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But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David's own descendants would sit on his throne.

David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah's resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.

"God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses of this.

"So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!"

Peter replied, "Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God."

all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.

All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God.

For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him.

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!

But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things.

Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.

For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.

Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.'

You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.'

When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways."

Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead.

There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved."

But Peter and John replied, "Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?