Study Desk

The Lord won't leave me in the grave. I am his holy one, and he won't let my body decay.

My friends, it is right for me to speak to you about our ancestor David. He died and was buried, and his tomb is still here.

But David was a prophet, and he knew that God had made a promise he would not break. He had told David that someone from his own family would someday be king.

David knew this would happen, and so he told us that Christ would be raised to life. He said that God would not leave him in the grave or let his body decay.

David didn't go up to heaven. So he wasn't talking about himself when he said, "The Lord told my Lord to sit at his right side,

On that day about three thousand believed his message and were baptized.

The God that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and our other ancestors worshiped has brought honor to his Servant Jesus. He is the one you betrayed. You turned against him when he was being tried by Pilate, even though Pilate wanted to set him free.

You see this man, and you know him. He put his faith in the name of Jesus and was made strong. Faith in Jesus made this man completely well while everyone was watching.

But God had his prophets tell that his Messiah would suffer, and now he has kept that promise.

Then that time will come when the Lord will give you fresh strength. He will send you Jesus, his chosen Messiah.

But Jesus must stay in heaven until God makes all things new, just as his holy prophets promised long ago.

You are really the ones God told his prophets to speak to. And you were given the promise that God made to your ancestors. He said to Abraham, "All nations on earth will be blessed because of someone from your family."

God sent his chosen Son to you first, because God wanted to bless you and make each one of you turn away from your sins.

Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone.

The kings of earth prepare for war, and the rulers join together against the Lord and his Messiah."

In a powerful way the apostles told everyone that the Lord Jesus was now alive. God greatly blessed his followers,

Ananias and his wife Sapphira also sold a piece of property.

Some young men came in and wrapped up his body. Then they took it out and buried it.

Then sick people were brought out to the road and placed on cots and mats. It was hoped that Peter would walk by, and his shadow would fall on them and heal them.

So they went into the temple before sunrise and started teaching. The high priest and his men called together their council, which included all of Israel's leaders. Then they ordered the apostles to be brought to them from the jail.