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

All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand

Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”

With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

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

When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,