Pilate told them, “Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied, “We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”

So the disciples went back to their homes.

And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

But God raised him from the dead,

So Paul left the Areopagus.

Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

He will reward each one according to his works:

“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

ruin and misery are in their paths,

so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

and all ate the same spiritual food,

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

for we are members of his body.