Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"

"Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,

"Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.

"For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.

But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'

But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ -- he is Lord of all --

Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."