But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know--Him being delivered by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses."

Last Sunday was a High Day - the loftiest of them all - Resurrection Day! Easter-lily fragrance filled the church, choirs sang their gladdest anthems of triumph; worshipers, wearing fresh, maybe even new, spring outfits, particip…