He took me closer, and I saw a man who shone like bronze. He was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring rod and was standing by a gateway.

In another vision I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

I was then given a stick that looked like a measuring-rod, and was told, "Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who are worshiping in the temple.

The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

And I myself will send upon you what my Father has promised. But you must wait in the city until the power from above comes down upon you."

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

He has been raised to the right side of God, his Father, and has received from him the Holy Spirit, as he had promised. What you now see and hear is his gift that he has poured out on us.

The Jewish believers who had come from Joppa with Peter were amazed that God had poured out his gift of the Holy Spirit on the Gentiles also.

For they heard them speaking in strange tongues and praising God's greatness. Peter spoke up:

Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

When they heard this, they stopped their criticism and praised God, saying, "Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!"