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Christian Minister: Faithful: The Apostles Acts 3:12–26

And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? / The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. / You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

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Christian Minister: Faithful: The Apostles Acts 4:9–13, 19, 20, 31

If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed, / then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. / This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

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Christian Minister: Faithful: The Apostles Acts 5:21, 29–32

At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles. / But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. / We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

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