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

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

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

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

Our ancestors received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, until the time of David.