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As I mentioned in a previous post (\u201cActs 2, with an axe to grind\u201d<\/a>), the events recounted in the second chapter of Acts take place less than two months after Easter. \u00a0That\u2019s important to keep in mind. \u00a0If Peter\u2019s speech, given on the occasion, is at all accurately reported, its content is striking. \u00a0Take 2:22-24, for example:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 22\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cMen of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs [\u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03af\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 ]that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know\u2014<\/span> 23\u00a0<\/sup>this Jesus,\u00a0delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.\u00a024\u00a0<\/sup>God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n And consider also 2:31, which refers to David the Psalmist:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 31\u00a0<\/sup>he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades <\/span>[\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2\u00a0<\/span>\u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03bd], nor did his flesh see corruption.<\/span> 32\u00a0<\/sup>This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses [\u03bc\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2].<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n And note 2:36, which draws the appropriate conclusion:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 36\u00a0<\/sup>Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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