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Peter Addresses the Crowd

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews[a] and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.

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  1. 2.14 Gk Men, Judeans

Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    you people who have my teaching in your hearts;
do not fear the reproach of others,
    and do not be dismayed when they revile you.(A)

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Israel’s Apostasy

Set the trumpet to your lips!
    One like a vulture[a] is over the house of the Lord,
because they have broken my covenant
    and transgressed my law.(A)

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  1. 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain

False and True Worship

58 Shout out; do not hold back!
    Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion,
    to the house of Jacob their sins.(A)

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Blessings in Store for God’s People

51 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
    you who seek the Lord.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
    and to the quarry from which you were dug.(A)

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Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Keep silence and hear, O Israel! This very day you have become the people of the Lord your God.(A)

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28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites,[a] help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”(A)

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  1. 21.28 Gk Men, Israelites

And Stephen replied:

“Brothers[a] and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,(A)

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  1. 7.2 Gk Men, brothers

35 Then he said to them, “Fellow Israelites,[a] consider carefully what you propose to do to these men.

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  1. 5.35 Gk Men, Israelites

22 “Fellow Israelites,[a] listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth,[b] a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know(A)

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  1. 2.22 Gk Men, Israelites
  2. 2.22 Gk the Nazorean

26 And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

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Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread
    and your earnings for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
    and delight yourselves in rich food.(A)

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Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices;
    together they shout for joy,
for in plain sight they see
    the return of the Lord to Zion.(A)

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Listen to me, my people,
    and give heed to me, my nation,
for a teaching will go out from me
    and my justice for a light to the peoples.(A)

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32 “And now, my children, listen to me:
    happy are those who keep my ways.(A)

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Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A)

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16 So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak:

“Fellow Israelites[a] and others who fear God, listen.

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  1. 13.16 Gk Men, Israelites

Get you up to a high mountain,
    O Zion, herald of good news;[a]
lift up your voice with strength,
    O Jerusalem, herald of good news;[b]
    lift it up, do not fear;
say to the cities of Judah,
    “Here is your God!”(A)

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  1. 40.9 Or O herald of good news to Zion
  2. 40.9 Or O herald of good news to Jerusalem