‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”

and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”