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But three days later, God raised him to life and let him be seen.

Not everyone saw him. He was seen only by us, who ate and drank with him after he was raised from death. We were the ones God chose to tell others about him.

God told us to announce clearly to the people that Jesus is the one he has chosen to judge the living and the dead.

Now they were hearing Gentiles speaking unknown languages and praising God. Peter said,

The voice from heaven spoke to me again, "When God says that something can be used for food, don't say it isn't fit to eat."

God gave those Gentiles the same gift that he gave us when we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. So how could I have gone against God?

When they heard Peter say this, they stopped arguing and started praising God. They said, "God has now let Gentiles turn to him, and he has given life to them!"

When Barnabas got there and saw what God had been kind enough to do for them, he was very glad. So he begged them to remain faithful to the Lord with all their hearts.

While Peter was being kept in jail, the church never stopped praying to God for him.

The people shouted, "You speak more like a god than a man!"

At once an angel from the Lord struck him down because he took the honor that belonged to God. Later, Herod was eaten by worms and died.

Paul got up. He motioned with his hand and said: People of Israel, and everyone else who worships God, listen!

The God of Israel chose our ancestors, and he let our people prosper while they were living in Egypt. Then with his mighty power he led them out,

All this happened in about 450 years. Then God gave our people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel,

but the people demanded a king. So for forty years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.

Later, God removed Saul and let David rule in his place. God said about him, "David the son of Jesse is the kind of person who pleases me most! He does everything I want him to do."

God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and that one is Jesus.

But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.

Now listen, you descendants of Abraham! Pay attention, all of you Gentiles who are here to worship God! Listen to this message about how to be saved, because it is for everyone.

But God raised him from death!