¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.^(A)

⁸ Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.^(A)

²⁷ “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant^[a] Jesus, whom you anointed,^(A)

³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,^(A)

⁵⁹ So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.^(A)

³⁰ The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.^{(A) 31} God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior that he might give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.^{(B) 32} And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”^(C)