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this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

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God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

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For David says concerning him, “‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;

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You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

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“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

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Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

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

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Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

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Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

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And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

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And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

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And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.

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And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.

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And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,

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praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

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Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.

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Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

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But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”

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And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

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And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

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And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

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and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

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While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's.

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And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

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The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

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But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

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And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

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But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.

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that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

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whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

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Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.

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And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’

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And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.

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You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’

Acts 4:1

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

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greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

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But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

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On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,

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with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.

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And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

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let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well.

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This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.

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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

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But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.