Twentieth_Century(i)
12 On seeing this, Peter said to the people: "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? and why do you stare at us, as though we, by any power or piety of our own, had enabled this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honor to his Servant Jesus--him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free.
14 You, I say, disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for the release of a murderer!
15 The very Guide to Life you put to death! But God raised him from the dead--and of that we are ourselves witnesses.
16 And it is by faith in the Name of Jesus, that this man, whom you all see and know, has--by his Name--been made strong. Yes, it is the faith inspired by Jesus that has made this complete cure of the man, before the eyes of you all.
17 And yet, my Brothers, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.
18 But it was in this way that God fulfilled all that he had long ago foretold, as to the sufferings of his Christ, by the lips of all the Prophets.