So those who were present asked him, "Master, is this the time when you are going to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?"

"Men of Israel, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you know, was a man whom God commended to you by the wonders, portents, and signs that God did right among you through him.

"Therefore the whole nation of Israel must understand that God has declared this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

When Peter saw this, he said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you stare so at us, as though it were some power or some piety of ours that had made him able to walk?

you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

For they have assembled here in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated??erod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,

God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

and then said, "Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.

When he was forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.

This was the Moses who said to the descendants of Israel, 'God will make a prophet rise from among your brothers to teach you, just as he made me rise.'

So God turned his back on them and left them to worship the starry host, just as the Book of the Prophets says, " 'Was it victims and sacrifices that you offered to me, O house of Israel, Those forty years in the desert?

The Lord said to him, "Go! This man is the means I have chosen for carrying my name among the heathen and their kings, and among the descendants of Israel.

He has sent his message to Israel's descendants, and made the good news of peace known to them through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of us all.

Then Paul got up, and motioning with his hand, said, "Men of Israel, and you who reverence God, listen!

The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers, and made the people great during their stay in Egypt, and then with uplifted hand led them out of Egypt.

It is from his descendants that God has brought to Israel as he promised to do, a savior in Jesus,

in preparation for whose coming John had preached to all the people of Israel baptism in token of repentance.

shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everybody everywhere against our people and the Law and this place, and besides he has actually brought Greeks into the Temple and desecrated this sacred place."

That is why I asked to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of Israel's hope that I have to wear this chain."