After removing him, God ¹  raised up ²  David their king. He testified about him: ³  ‘I have found David ⁴  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ⁵  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ⁶ 

He ¹  did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, ²  not even a foot of ground, ³  yet God ⁴  promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, ⁵  even though Abraham ⁶  as yet had no child.

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

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On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord. ¹ 

Now there were devout Jews ¹  from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. ² 

known ¹  from long ago. ² 

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ¹ 

In this way the word of the Lord ¹  continued to grow in power ²  and to prevail. ³ 

You know ¹  the message ²  he sent to the people ³  of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace ⁴  through ⁵  Jesus Christ ⁶  (he is Lord ⁷  of all) –

They ¹  continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord ¹  that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart. ² 

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice ¹  and praise ²  the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life ³  believed.

They began to call ¹  Barnabas Zeus ²  and Paul Hermes, ³  because he was the chief speaker.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, ¹  teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) ²  the word of the Lord. ³ 

but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended ¹  to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters. ² 

“And now ¹  I know that none ²  of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom ³  will see me ⁴  again.

There was a great commotion, ¹  and some experts in the law ²  from the party of the Pharisees stood up ³  and protested strongly, ⁴  “We find nothing wrong ⁵  with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Some ¹  devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation ²  over him. ³ 

Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.