“Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.”
then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. — Peter directly names the source of power: Jesus Christ of Nazareth (the Messiah, the one you know from recent history). The accusation is blunt: 'whom you crucified' (stauros, crucified, hung on a stake), but the inversion is sharper: 'whom God raised from the dead' (egeiro nekros, raised from the dead). The healed man's presence (stands before you) is living proof of the resurrection's power.
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