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You killed the author of life! "But God has raised him from the dead! Of this we are witnesses.

But this is how God fulfilled what he had announced in advance, when he spoke through all the prophets, namely, that his Messiah was to die.

"Therefore, repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be erased;

He has to remain in heaven until the time comes for restoring everything, as God said long ago, when he spoke through the holy prophets.

"You are the sons of the prophets; and you are included in the covenant which God made with our fathers when he said to Avraham, ‘By your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'

So it is to you first that God has sent his servant whom he has raised up, so that he might bless you by turning each one of you from your evil ways."

then let it be known to you and to all the people of Isra'el that it is in the name of the Messiah, Yeshua from Natzeret, whom you had executed on a stake as a criminal but whom God has raised from the dead, that this man stands before you perfectly healed.

But Kefa and Yochanan answered, "You must judge whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God.

They threatened them some more but finally let them go — they couldn't punish them because of the people, for everyone was praising God over what had happened,

When they heard it, they raised their voices to God with singleness of heart. "Master," they prayed, "You made heaven, earth, the sea and everything in them.

Before you sold it, the property was yours; and after you sold it, the money was yours to use as you pleased. So what made you decide to do such a thing? You have lied not to human beings but to God!"

Kefa and the other emissaries answered, "We must obey God, not men.

The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whereas you men killed him by having him hanged on a stake .

God has exalted this man at his right hand as Ruler and Savior, in order to enable Isra'el to do t'shuvah and have her sins forgiven.

We are witnesses to these things; so is the Ruach HaKodesh, whom God has given to those who obey him."

But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them; you might even find yourselves fighting God!" They heeded his advice.

So the Twelve called a general meeting of the talmidim and said, "It isn't appropriate that we should neglect the Word of God in order to serve tables.

So the word of God continued to spread. The number of talmidim in Yerushalayim increased rapidly, and a large crowd of cohanim were becoming obedient to the faith.

So they secretly persuaded some men to allege, "We heard him speak blasphemously against Moshe and against God."

and Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to Avraham avinu in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran