The Incomparable Prophet

Peter Speaks in Solomon's Portico

¹¹yWhile he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in zthe portico called Solomon's. ¹²And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? ¹³aThe God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, bthe God of our fathers, cglorified his servant2 Jesus, whom dyou delivered over and edenied in the presence of Pilate, fwhen he had decided to release him. ¹⁴But you denied gthe Holy and hRighteous One, and iasked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵and you killed jthe Author of life, kwhom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. ¹⁶And lhis name—by mfaith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is nthrough Jesus3 has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

¹⁷“And now, brothers, I know that oyou acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ¹⁸But what God pforetold qby the mouth of all the prophets, that rhis Christ would ssuffer, he thus fulfilled. ¹⁹tRepent therefore, and uturn back, that vyour sins may be blotted out, ²⁰that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ wappointed for you, Jesus, ²¹xwhom heaven must receive until the time for yrestoring all the things about which zGod spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. ²²Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you aa prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen bto him in whatever he tells you. ²³And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet cshall be destroyed from the people.’ ²⁴And dall the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. ²⁵eYou are the sons of the prophets and of fthe covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, g‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ ²⁶hGod, ihaving raised up his servant, sent him to you first, jto bless you kby turning every one of you from your wickedness.”