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To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.
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While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.
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So they proposed two candidates: Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.
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Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,
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both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
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But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:
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‘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.
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Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
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So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,
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So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
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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.”
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and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.
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But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets—that his Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way.
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This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.
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Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.
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Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’
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And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.
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You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’
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For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales
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and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.
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The Judgment on Ananias and Sapphira
Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.
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He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet.
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But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?
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“Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”
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And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.