which God before announced
by the mouth of all his prophets, that Messiah should suffer, he hath
thus fulfilled. (19)Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out, when refreshing seasons shall come from the
presence of the Lord; (20)and he will send Jesus Christ, who was before
preached unto you: (21)whom the heaven indeed must receive, until the
times of restoration of all things, which God hath spoken of by the
mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning of the world. (22)For
Moses truly said unto the fathers, "A prophet shall the Lord your God
raise up unto you from among your brethren, like myself; him shall ye
hear in all things whatsoever he shall speak to you. (23)But it shall
come to pass, that every soul which will not hearken to that prophet,
shall be utterly exterminated from amidst the people[28]." (24)And all
the prophets indeed from Samuel, and those who succeeded him, as many
as have spoken, have also foretold those days. (25)Ye are the children
of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers,
saying unto Abraham, And "in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed[29]." (26)Unto you in the first instance, hath God,
after raising up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, to the end that
every one of you should turn away from your iniquities.

CHAP. IV.

AND as they were thus speaking, the priests, and the captain of the
temple-guard, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2)worn down with
vexation, because they taught the people, and preached by Jesus the
resurrection of the dead. (3)And they laid hands on them, and committed
them to prison till the next day: for it was then evening.

(4)But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the
men was about five thousand. (5)Now it came to pass that the next
morning, their rulers, and elders, and scribes, were assembled at
Jerusalem, (6)and Annas the high-priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and
Alexander, and as many as were the high-priest's relations. (7)And
placing them in the midst, they interrogated them, By what power, or by
what name, have ye done this thing?

(8)Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of
the people, and elders of Israel, (9)if we are this day examined
relative to the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was
restored; (10)be it known unto you all, and to all the people of
Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Naz