What Shall We Do?: Acts 2:22-41

Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.

Peter's sermon turned to Jesus. Accredited—proven, validated. Miracles, wonders, signs—the evidence was public. You yourselves know. The audience had seen. This was not hearsay but eyewitness territory.

This man was handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.

The tension held together. God's deliberate plan—the cross was not accident or defeat. Your hands—human responsibility remained. Wicked men—Roman executioners. Nailing to the cross—the brutal method stated plainly.