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He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Be a shepherd to my sheep. 17 He said to him a third time: Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep. 18 Verily, verily I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself, and walked whither you chose; but when you have become old, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall gird you, and lead you whither you would not, 19 But this he said, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he said to him: Follow me.

20 Then Peter, turning about, saw the disciple that Jesus loved, following, who also reclined at supper upon his breast, and said: Lord, who is he that delivers thee up? 21 Peter seeing this one, said to Jesus: Lord, what shall this one do? 22 Jesus said to him: If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? Do you follow me. went out among the brethren, that die. Yet Jesus did not say to him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?

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24 This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did; if they should be written, every one of them, I suppose that not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

ACTS OF APOSTLES.

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1. HE former record I made, O Theophilus, of all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, till the day on which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen. To whom, after he had suffered, he also showed himself alive, by many indubitable proofs; appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things that pertain to the kingdom of God. And calling them together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of my Father, which, said he, you have heard from me; for John indeed immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.

Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? But he said to them: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has reserved under his own control. But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the most distant part of the earth.

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And when he had spoken these things, while they were looking on him, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out | of their sight. 10 And while they were looking earnestly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white raiment, who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand

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you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken. up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day's journey. 13 And when they had come in, they went up into an upper room, in which dwelt Peter and James, and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. 14 All these, with one mind, continued in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

15 And in those days Peter arose in the midst of the disciples, (the number of the names together was about a hundred and twenty,) and said:

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Brethren, it was necessary for this scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit had before spoken by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who took Jesus: 17 for he was numbered with us, and had been appointed to this ministry. 18 Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known to all that dwelt in Jerusalem, so that the field is called, in their own language, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood. 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no one dwell in it, and, His office let another take. 21 Therefore, of these men who have associated with us during the whole time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the immersion of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, must one be appointed as a witness with us of his resurrection.

And they set apart two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias; and praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, make known which of these two thou hast chosen, 25 that he may be appointed to this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. 26 And they gave in their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias: and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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II. And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one consent in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a rushing, violent wind, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues like fire, which distributed themselves, and sat one on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem devout Jews, from every nation under heaven. When the report of this had gone abroad, the multitude came together; and they were perplexed, for each one heard them speak in his own language. They were amazed and astonished, and said one to another: Are not all these that are speaking, Galileans? And how is it that we hear, every one in our own language in which we were born Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and we who dwell in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 1o Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, Roman residents, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians we hear them speaking, in our own tongues, the wonderful works of God? 12 And they were all in amazement and doubt, and said, one to another: What can this

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mean? 13 But others deriding, said: They are full of new wine.

14 But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them: Men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words. 5 For these men are not drunk, as you suppose: for it is the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:

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17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of 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. 18 And also on my servants and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord comes. 21 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, clearly pointed out to you as a man from God, by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did by him in your midst, as you yourselves also know, 23 him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay: 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in subjection by it. 25 For David speaks with reference to him: I saw the Lord always in my presence: for he is at my right hand, that I should not be moved. 20 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue sang praise. Moreover, my flesh shall rest in hope; 27 because thou wilt not

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