Acts 13:27-37 (New International Version)
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The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus,1 yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets2 that are read every Sabbath.
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Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.3
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When they had carried out all that was written about him,4 they took him down from the tree5 and laid him in a tomb.6
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But God raised him from the dead,7
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and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.8 They are now his witnesses9 to our people.
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"We tell you the good news:10 What God promised our fathers11
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he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus.12 As it is written in the second Psalm: " 'You are my Son; today I have become your Father.a 'b13
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The fact that God raised him from the dead, never to decay, is stated in these words: " 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.'c14
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So it is stated elsewhere: " 'You will not let your Holy One see decay.'d15
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"For when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep;16 he was buried with his fathers17 and his body decayed.
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But the one whom God raised from the dead18 did not see decay.
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