“But I hae tellʼt ye thae things, sae whan the time comes, ye sal caʼ to mind I tellʼt ye oʼ them. And thir things I gied‐ye‐na at the first, for I was wʼye.
And to wham he schawed his sel leevin eftir his sufferans, by mony sure and certain tokens, appearin to them throwe forty days, and speakin oʼ the things anent the kingdom oʼ God.
“But ye sal hae strenth, eftir the Holie Spirit is come to ye; and ye sal be witnesses for me baith in Jerusalem, and in aʼ Judea and Samaria, and to the far‐awaʼ ends oʼ the yirth.”
But thir men war nobler than the anes in Thessalonica, in that they welcomed the message wiʼ aefauld minds, day by day looking weel to the word, gin thir things war sae or no.
“ ‘But rise ye, and staun on yere feet; for to this end hae I appearʼt to ye; to fit ye to be a helper and a witness, baith oʼ what ye hae seen, and iʼ thae things I sal appear tʼye:
To the end I soud be a public servant oʼ Jesus Christ to the nations, giean service in the Joyfuʼ‐message oʼ God, that the offeran oʼ the nations micht be weel‐pleasin, made holie by the Holie Spirit.
Hoo sal we ʼscape, gif we gie the gang‐by to sae great a salvation; whilk in truth, begude to be spoken throwe the Lord by they wha heard, and to us was made siccar:
The elders that are amang ye I entreat, wha am, wiʼ you, an elder, and a witness oʼ the sufferans oʼ Christ; and ane to partak oʼ the glorie to be made kent;
For it wasna as followin eftir pawkilie‐wrocht‐oot tales, that we made kent to ye the pooer and presence oʼ oor Lord Jesus Christ; but as ee‐witnesses oʼ his gloriousness.