as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? 003:013 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 003:014 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 003:015 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses. 003:016 By faith in his name has his name made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 003:017 "Now, brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 003:018 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled. 003:019 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, 003:020 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before, 003:021 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets. 003:022 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you. 003:023 It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'{Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19} 003:024 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days. 003:025 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'{Genesis 22:18; 26:4} 003:026 God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness." 004:001 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them, 004:002 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 004:003 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening. 004:004 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. 004:005 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem. 004:006 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander,