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Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
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Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,
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Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen
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The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
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Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
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They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
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When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.
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The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
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And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
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David said about him: “‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
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“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
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The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
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With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
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Peter Speaks to the Onlookers
While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.
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Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
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For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.
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Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin
The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.
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When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.
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The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.’
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Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
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After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
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With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all
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Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
