Lexicon :: Strong's G2316 - theos

After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

“Cretans and Arabs ​— ​we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.”

“And it will be in the last days, says God,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all people;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

“Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know.

“Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[fn] on his throne.

“God has raised this Jesus; we are all witnesses of this.

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”

“For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number[fn] those who were being saved.

So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them ​— ​walking, leaping, and praising God.

“The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release him.

“You killed the source[fn] of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.

“In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets ​— ​that his Messiah would suffer.

“Heaven must receive him until the time of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through his holy prophets from the beginning.

“You are the sons[fn] of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

“let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead ​— ​by him this man is standing here before you healthy.

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done.

When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, “Master, you are the one who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.

“Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God.”

Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

“but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.

The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.

So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

“Brothers and fathers,” he replied, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

“God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him

“As the time was approaching to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

“At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home for three months.

“He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

“I am the God of your ancestors ​— ​the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge? ​— ​this one God sent as a ruler and a deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites: God[fn] will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.

“They told Aaron: Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.

“God turned away and gave them up to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring me offerings and sacrifices

for forty years in the wilderness?

“Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.