Righteousness shall be the belt of the waist of Jesus, the righteous Branch. In Acts 3:14, 15, it is written, " 14 But you denied g the Holy and h Righteous One, and i asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed j the Author of life, k whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. " The righteous Branch is the Author of life, for in Acts 2:32, it is written, " 32 This Jesus a God raised up, b and of that we are all witnesses. "
In Acts 7:52, 53, it is written, "' 52 g Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of h the Righteous One, i whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law j as delivered by angels and k did not keep it. '" The righteous Branch was betrayed and murdered. The righteous Branch did nothing wrong while He was on this earth, for in Luke 23:39-41, it is written, " 39 h One of the criminals who were hanged i railed at him,3 saying, ' Are you not j the Christ? Save yourself and us! ' 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, ' Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong. '"
In Acts 22:14, 15, it is written ( please read all of this chapter to get the immediate context ), " 14 And he said, t ' The God of our fathers u appointed you to know his will, v to see w the Righteous One and x to hear a voice from his mouth; 15 for y you will be a witness for him to everyone of what z you have seen and heard. '" Ananias told Saul that God appointed him to see the Righteous One, the righteous Branch, for example, and to hear a voice from His mouth. Saul saw the risen Lord, which made him uniquely qualified to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, for in Acts 1:21, 22, it is written ( please read this entire chapter to get the immediate context ), "' 21 So one of the men who have accompanied us during t all the time that the Lord Jesus u went in and out among us, 22 v beginning from the baptism of John until the day when w he was taken up from us — one of these men must become with us x a witness to his resurrection. '"
The righteous Branch went about doing good, for example, for in Acts 10:36-38, it is written, " 36 As for i the word that he sent to Israel, j preaching good news of k peace through Jesus Christ (l he is Lord of all), 37 you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, m beginning n from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: 38 how o God anointed Jesus of Nazareth p with the Holy Spirit and with q power. He went about doing good and healing all r who were oppressed by the devil, s for God was with him. " A righteous Branch sprung up for David. Please study the Holy Bible.