¹⁷ But the Lord stood at my side^(A) and gave me strength,^(B) so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.^(C) And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.^(D)

⁸ Be alert and of sober mind.^(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around^(B) like a roaring lion^(C) looking for someone to devour.

²⁷ Indeed Herod^(A) and Pontius Pilate^(B) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,^(C) whom you anointed.

³⁰ I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world^(A) is coming. He has no hold over me,

⁵⁹ At this, they picked up stones to stone him,^(A) but Jesus hid himself,^(B) slipping away from the temple grounds.

³⁰ The God of our ancestors^(A) raised Jesus from the dead^(B)—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.^{(C) 31} God exalted him to his own right hand^(D) as Prince and Savior^(E) that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.^{(F) 32} We are witnesses of these things,^(G) and so is the Holy Spirit,^(H) whom God has given to those who obey him.”