so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you – that is, Jesus.

This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

From the descendants of this man God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised.

On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.

They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” He replied, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) –

So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.