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The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.
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You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
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The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.
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Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
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After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
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Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
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Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—
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“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross,
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The Church in Antioch
Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews.
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The Plot to Kill Paul
The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
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Don’t give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”
