Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43 or 10:34-36. 42-43
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
Peter proceeded to speak and said, "In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every
nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him. You know the word (that) he
sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, what has
happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing
all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in
the country of the Jews and (in) Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This
man God raised (on) the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us,
the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the
dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by
God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who
believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name."
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