(13)The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. (14)But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and besought that a man, a murderer, might as a favour be given unto you; (15)but ye slew the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead: of which we are witnesses. (16)And through faith in his name hath his name restored this man to strength, whom ye behold and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the sight of you all. (17)And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did this deed, as did also your rulers. (18)But the things 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?