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Ask a Questioneven on my male servants and female servantsin those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
the sun shall be turned to darknessand the moon to blood,before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
For David says concerning him, "'I saw the Lord always before me,for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
"'And in the last days it shall be, God declares,that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,and your young men shall see visions,and your old men shall dream dreams;
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
"Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know -
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,or let your Holy One see corruption.
For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, "'The Lord said to my Lord,Sit at my right hand,
For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
And I will show wonders in the heavens aboveand signs on the earth below,blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;my flesh also will dwell in hope.