Acts 3:12-21

12When Peter saw this, he said to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed about this man? Why are you staring at us as though we have made him walk by our own power or godly life?

13The God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed Jesus over to Pilate. You rejected him in Pilate’s presence, even though Pilate had decided to let him go free.

14You rejected the man who was holy and innocent. You asked to have a murderer given to you,

15and you killed the source of life. But God brought him back to life, and we are witnesses to that.

16We believe in the one named Jesus. Through his power alone this man, whom you know, was healed, as all of you saw.

17“And now, brothers, I know that like your rulers you didn’t know what you were doing.

18But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets.

19So change the way you think and act, and turn ⌞to God⌟ to have your sins removed.

20Then times will come when the Lord will refresh you. He will send you Jesus, whom he has appointed to be the Christ.

21Heaven must receive Jesus until the time when everything will be restored as God promised through his holy prophets long ago.