Peter Speaks to the Crowd

¹⁴ Peter stood with the eleven apostles and spoke in a loud and clear voice to the crowd:

Friends and everyone else living in Jerusalem, listen carefully to what I have to say!

²² Now, listen to what I have to say about Jesus from Nazareth. God proved he sent Jesus to you by having him work miracles, wonders, and signs. All of you know this. ^23 (A) God had already planned and decided that Jesus would be handed over to you. So you took him and had evil men put him to death on a cross. ^24 (B) But God set him free from death and raised him to life. Death could not hold him in its power. ^25 (C) What David said are really the words of Jesus,

²⁹ My friends, it is right for me to speak to you about our ancestor David. He died and was buried, and his tomb is still here. ^30 (D) But David was a prophet, and he knew that God had made a promise he would not break. He had told David someone from his own family would someday be king.

³¹ David knew this would happen, and so he told us Christ would be raised to life. He said God would not leave him in the grave or let his body decay. ³² All of us can tell you that God has raised Jesus to life!