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Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.

My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.

And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,

And, jumping up, he got on to his feet and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and giving praise to God.

And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.

And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:

And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.