³² And ^(A)we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit ^(B)whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

The Coming Rejection

^26 (A)“But when the ^[a]Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, ^(B)He will testify of Me. ²⁷ And ^(C)you also will bear witness, because ^(D)you have been with Me from the beginning.

^3 (A)how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, ^(B)which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was ^(C)confirmed to us by those who heard Him, ^4 (D)God also bearing witness ^(E)both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and ^(F)gifts^[a] of the Holy Spirit, ^(G)according to His own will?

^31 (A)He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

³⁹ And we are ^(A)witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom ^[a]they ^(B)killed by hanging on a tree. ⁴⁰ Him ^(C)God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, ^41 (D)not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us ^(E)who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.

⁴⁷ and that repentance and ^(A)remission of sins should be preached in His name ^(B)to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ And ^(C)you are witnesses of these things.

¹² To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to ^[a]us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which ^(A)angels desire to look into.

²⁹ But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: ^(A)“We ought to obey God rather than men.