For these people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is only the third hour of the day;

But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.

Therefore, since He has been exalted at the right hand of God, and has received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush.

This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him at length on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to you.

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he fell asleep.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”

All the prophets testify of Him, that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, since he was the chief speaker.

Since this is the case, why are you putting God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

For from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have confused you by their teaching, upsetting your souls,

and they are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are Romans.”

Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and was overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with his whole household.

The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands;

nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;

Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.