²³ this Jesus,^{[a] (A)}delivered up according to ^(B)the definite plan and ^(C)foreknowledge of God, ^(D)you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. ^24 (E)God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because ^(F)it was not possible for him to be held by it. ²⁵ For David says concerning him,

²⁹ “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about ^(M)the patriarch David ^(N)that he both died and ^(O)was buried, and ^(P)his tomb is with us to this day. ^30 (Q)Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that ^(R)God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, ³¹ he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that ^(S)he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. ³² This Jesus ^(T)God raised up, ^(U)and of that we all are witnesses.

³³ And with great ^(A)power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and ^(B)great grace was upon them all.

^52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^(B)the Righteous One, ^(C)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

³⁹ And ^(A)we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. ^(B)They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, ⁴⁰ but ^(C)God raised him on ^(D)the third day and made him to ^(E)appear, ^41 (F)not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as ^(G)witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^(A)they did not recognize him nor understand ^(B)the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^(C)fulfilled them by condemning him. ²⁸ And ^(D)though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, ^(E)they asked Pilate to have him executed. ²⁹ And when ^(F)they had carried out all that was written of him, ^(G)they took him down from ^(H)the tree and laid him in a tomb.

^3 (A)explaining and proving that it was necessary for ^(B)the Christ to suffer and ^(C)to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”