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

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) –

Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”

God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.”

“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?

But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin – that is, the whole high council of the Israelites – and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.