"But God has thus fulfilled what he foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

"Him God has exalted at his right hand as Prince and Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

So they left Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the Name;

"for I am going to show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my name."

"Of this man's descendants God has brought unto Israel, according to his promise, a Savior, Jesus;

explaining and quoting passages to prove that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise again from the dead and that "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming unto you is the Messiah."

"how that the Christ must suffer, and how he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should bring a message of light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."