And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, You men and kindred, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Men and fellow believers, this scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke beforehand concerning Judas, who guided those who took Jesus.
For those who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said to them, Men and fellow believers, you know how a good while ago God decided among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared about none of those things.
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Or he that exhorts, in exhortation: he that gives, let him do it with sincerity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
But their minds were blinded: for to this day the same veil is still not removed in the reading of the old testament; which veil comes to an end in Christ.