David said about him: “‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand

Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.

You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!

God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.

So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.

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—

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”

You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”

but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

“Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

“You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

“Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.”

If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”