Acts 3:13-26

English Standard Version

^13 (A)The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, ^(B)the God of our fathers, ^(C)glorified his servant^[a] Jesus, whom ^(D)you delivered over and ^(E)denied in the presence of Pilate, ^(F)when he had decided to release him. ¹⁴ But you denied ^(G)the Holy and ^(H)Righteous One, and ^(I)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵ and you killed ^(J)the Author of life, ^(K)whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And ^(L)his name—by ^(M)faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is ^(N)through Jesus^[b] has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

¹⁷ “And now, brothers, I know that ^(O)you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ¹⁸ But what God ^(P)foretold ^(Q)by the mouth of all the prophets, that ^(R)his Christ would ^(S)suffer, he thus fulfilled. ^19 (T)Repent therefore, and ^(U)turn back, that ^(V)your sins may be blotted out, ²⁰ that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ ^(W)appointed for you, Jesus, ^21 (X)whom heaven must receive until the time for ^(Y)restoring all the things about which ^(Z)God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. ²² Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you ^(AA)a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen ^(AB)to him in whatever he tells you. ²³ And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet ^(AC)shall be destroyed from the people.’ ²⁴ And ^(AD)all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. ^25 (AE)You are the sons of the prophets and of ^(AF)the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ^(AG)‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ ^26 (AH)God, ^(AI)having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, ^(AJ)to bless you ^(AK)by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”