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(Judas was paid money for doing this. His money was used to buy him a field. But he fell on his head, his body broke open, and all his intestines poured out.

But we hear them in our own languages. How is this possible? We are from all these different places:

Crete, and Arabia. Some of us were born Jews, and others have changed their religion to worship God like Jews. We are from these different countries, but we can hear these men in our own languages! We can all understand the great things they are saying about God."

But others were laughing at the apostles, saying they were drunk from too much wine.

But Joel the prophet wrote about what you see happening here today. This is what he wrote:

Jesus was handed over to you, and you killed him. With the help of evil men, you nailed him to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. It was his plan—a plan he made long ago.

Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. He raised him from death. There was no way for death to hold him.

But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you. By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth—stand up and walk!"

No, God did it! He is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is the God of all our fathers. He gave glory to Jesus, his special servant. But you handed him over to be killed. Pilate decided to let him go free. But you told Pilate you did not want him.

Jesus was holy and good, but you said you did not want him. You told Pilate to give you a murderer instead of Jesus.

And so you killed the one who gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw it with our own eyes.

But God said these things would happen. Through the prophets he said that his Messiah would suffer and die. I have told you how God made this happen.

"But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when all things will be made right again. God told about this time when he spoke long ago through his holy prophets.

But many of the people who heard the apostles believed what they said. There were now about 5000 men in the group of believers.

We want all of you and all the people of Israel to know that this man was made well by the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth. You nailed Jesus to a cross, but God raised him from death. This man was crippled, but he is now well. He is able to stand here before you because of the power of Jesus!

Jesus is ‘the stone that you builders thought was not important. But this stone has become the cornerstone.'

The Jewish leaders understood that Peter and John had no special training or education. But they also saw that they were not afraid to speak. So the leaders were amazed. They also realized that Peter and John had been with Jesus.

But we must make them afraid to talk to anyone again using that name. Then this problem will not spread among the people."

But Peter and John answered them, "What do you think is right? What would God want? Should we obey you or God?

but he gave only part of the money to the apostles. He secretly kept some of the money for himself. His wife knew this, and she agreed with it.