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For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, nor wilt thou give thy pious one to see corruption.

For he was a prophet, and he knew, that God had sworn to him by an oath: Of the fruit of thy bowels, I will seat [fn] on thy throne.

For David hath not ascended into heaven; because he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord, seat thyself at my right hand,

Simon said to them: Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission of sins; so that ye may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar off whom God will call.

and times of rest may come to you from before the face of the Lord; and he may send to you him, who was made ready for you, Jesus the Messiah:

For Moses said: A prophet, like me, will the Lord raise up to you, from among your brethren; to him hearken ye, in all that he shall say to you.

Neither is there deliverance in any other; for there is not another name under heaven, which is given to men, whereby to live.

What shall we do to these men? For lo, that a manifest sign hath been wrought by them, is known to all that reside at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard.

And they threatened them, and dismissed them. For they found no ground for punishing them, because of the people: for every one praised God for what had been done;

for the man, on whom this sign of healing had been wrought, was more than forty years old.

For, in reality, against thy holy Son Jesus whom thou hast anointed, Herod and Pilate, with the Gentiles and the congregation of Israel, have been combined together in this city,

while thou extendest thy hand for cures and prodigies, to be done in the name of thy holy Son Jesus.

And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold,

Simon said to her: Tell me, if ye sold the field for this price? And she said: Yes, for this price.

Then went the rulers with attendants, to bring them without violence; for they feared, lest the people should stone them.

Then rose up one of the Pharisees whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, and honored by all the people; and he directed them to put the legates aside for a short time.

For before this time, rose up Theudas, and said of himself, that he was some great one; and there went after him about four hundred men. And he was slain; and they who went after him, were dispersed and became as nothing.

And after him, rose up Judas a Galilean, in the days when the people were enrolled for the capitation tax; and he seduced much people after him. And he died, and all they that went after him were dispersed.