"Listen, Israelites, to what I say. Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles and marvels and signs which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know, Him--

Peter, seeing this, spoke to the people. "Israelites," he said, "why do you wonder at this man? Or why gaze at us, as though by any power or piety of our own we had enabled him to walk?

"Israelites," he said, "be careful what you are about to do in dealing with these men.

So Paul rose, and motioning with his hand for silence, said, "Israelites, and you others who fear God, pay attention to me.