But Peter stood up along with the eleven, and raising his voice he addressed them thus: "Men of Judaea and residents in Jerusalem, let everyone of you understand this ??attend to what I say:

For David says of him, I saw the Lord before me evermore; lest I be shaken, he is at my right hand.

For it was not David who ascended to heaven; David says, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand,

but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing.

They then instigated people to say, "We have heard him talking blasphemy against Moses and God."

They also brought forward false witnesses to say, "This fellow is never done talking against this holy Place and the Law!

Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!"

And yet the most High does not dwell in houses made by hands. As the prophet says,

They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say."

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

Hence in another psalm he says, thou wilt not let thy holy One suffer decay.

Then Paul associated himself with the men next day; he had himself purified along with them and went into the temple to give notice of the time when the days of purification would be completed ??the time, that is to say, when the sacrifice could be offered for each one of them.

Just as he was being taken into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, "May I say a word to you?" "You know Greek!" said the commander.

Some days later Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus;

However the officer let himself be persuaded by the captain and the owner rather than by anything Paul could say,