Gentiles Hear the Good News
34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that
1God
2shows no partiality,
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but
3in every nation anyone who fears him and
4does what is right is acceptable to him.
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As for
5the word that he sent to Israel,
6preaching good news of
7peace through Jesus Christ (
8he is Lord of all),
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you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea,
9beginning
10from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed:
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how
11God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
12with the Holy Spirit and with
13power. He went about doing good and healing all
14who were oppressed by the devil,
15for God was with him.
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And
16we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
17They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,
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but
18God raised him on
19the third day and made him to
20appear,
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21not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as
22witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
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And
23he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify
24that he is the one appointed by God to be judge
25of the living and the dead.
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26To him
27all the prophets bear witness that
28everyone who believes in him receives
29forgiveness of sins
30through his name."