^13-14 Now, what should we learn from everything that is written in this book?^[a] The most important thing a person can do is to respect God and obey his commands, because he knows about everything people do—even the secret things. He knows about all the good and all the bad, and he will judge people for everything they do.

⁶ Then they put these men before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.^[a]

³¹ He has decided on a day when he will judge all the people in the world in a way that is fair. To do this he will use a man he chose long ago. And he has proved to everyone that this is the man to do it. He proved it by raising him from death!”

³² When the people heard about Jesus being raised from death, some of them laughed. But others said, “We will hear more about this from you later.”