but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.

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

Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

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.