But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah