God

Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.

He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.