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And then, whoever calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.'

"Listen to these words, fellow Israelites! Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him. You yourselves know this, for it happened here among you.

For David said about him, ‘I saw the Lord before me at all times; he is near me, and I will not be troubled.

For it was not David who went up into heaven; rather he said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side

"All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus, whom you crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah!"

For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away—all whom the Lord our God calls to himself."

One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer.

There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life. Every day he was carried to the gate to beg for money from the people who were going into the Temple.

times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you.

He must remain in heaven until the time comes for all things to be made new, as God announced through his holy prophets of long ago.

For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me, and he will be one of your own people. You are to obey everything that he tells you to do.

The promises of God through his prophets are for you, and you share in the covenant which God made with your ancestors. As he said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants I will bless all the people on earth.'

For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard."

So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free. They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened.

For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.

But with his wife's agreement he kept part of the money for himself and turned the rest over to the apostles.

Peter said to him, "Ananias, why did you let Satan take control of you and make you lie to the Holy Spirit by keeping part of the money you received for the property?

Peter asked her, "Tell me, was this the full amount you and your husband received for your property?" "Yes," she answered, "the full amount."

The apostles obeyed, and at dawn they entered the Temple and started teaching. The High Priest and his companions called together all the Jewish elders for a full meeting of the Council; then they sent orders to the prison to have the apostles brought before them.

"We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man," he said; "but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!"