^9 (A)Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; ^(B)do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

¹⁶ At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. ^(A)May it not be charged against them.

The Lord Is Faithful

^17 (B)But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, ^(C)so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered ^(D)out of the mouth of the lion.

^8 (A)Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: ⁹ If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, ¹⁰ let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, ^(B)that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, ^(C)whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. ¹¹ This is the ^(D)‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ ^12 (E)Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

The Name of Jesus Forbidden

¹³ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, ^(F)and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.