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So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

And on the basis of faith in Jesus' name, his very name has made this man—whom you see and know—strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets—that his Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way.

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities."

The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ .'

The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles' feet.

After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.

He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.