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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
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When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
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While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them.
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They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
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Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey away.
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When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
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All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.
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In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said,
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"Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus—
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for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry."
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(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.