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But Peter, taking his stand with ^(C1)the other eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, ^(F1)know this, and pay attention to my words.

"For these people are not drunk, as you assume, ^(C1)since it is only the ^(F1)third hour of the day;

but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

'^(C1)AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL ^(F1)MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN WILL ^(F2)HAVE DREAMS;

AND EVEN ON MY MALE AND FEMALE ^(F1)SERVANTS I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT IN THOSE DAYS, And they will prophesy.

-'AND I WILL ^(F1)DISPLAY WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, FIRE, AND ^(F2)VAPOR OF SMOKE.

-'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES.

-'AND IT SHALL BE THAT ^(C1)EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: ^(C1)Jesus the Nazarene, ^(C2)a Man ^(F1)attested to you by God with ^(F2)miracles and ^(C3)wonders and ^(F3)signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—

this Man, delivered over by the ^(C1)predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^(C2)you nailed to a cross by the hands of ^(F1)godless men and put Him to death.

"^(F1)But ^(C1)God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the ^(F2)agony of death, since it ^(C2)was impossible for Him to be held ^(F3)in its power.

"For David says of Him, '^(C1)I SAW THE LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME, BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

-'THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE WAS OVERJOYED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;

FOR YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO ^(C1)HADES, ^(C2)NOR WILL YOU ^(F1)ALLOW YOUR ^(F2)HOLY ONE TO ^(F3)UNDERGO DECAY.

-'YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.'

"^(F1)Brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^(C1)patriarch David that he both ^(C2)died and ^(C3)was buried, and ^(C4)his tomb is ^(F2)with us to this day.

"So because he was ^(C1)a prophet and knew that ^(C2)God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one ^(F1)of his descendants on his throne,

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the ^(F1)Christ, that ^(C1)He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ^(F2)suffer decay.

"It is this Jesus whom ^(C1)God raised up, ^(F1)a fact to which we are all ^(C2)witnesses.

"Therefore, ^(F1)since He has been exalted ^(F2)(C1)at the right hand of God, and ^(C2)has received ^(C3)the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has ^(C4)poured out this which you both see and hear.

"For it was not David who ascended into ^(F1)heaven, but he himself says: '^(C1)THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET."'

"Therefore let all the ^(C1)house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^(C2)Lord and ^(F1)Christ—this Jesus ^(C3)whom you crucified."