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(Now this man acquired a field with the price of his unrighteousness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

"For it is written in the book of Psalms,‘Let his residence be made desolate,And let no one dwell in it';and,‘Let another man take his office.'

beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection."

to take the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.

But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

"Men, brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to set one of the fruit of his body on his throne,

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

And a man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they used to set down daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

But when Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him, he said, "Look at us!"

And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which is through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also proclaimed these days.

For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."