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"The God of thispeopleIsraelchose our fathers and made the peoplegreatduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an upliftedarm He led them out from it.
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"When He had destroyedsevennations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took aboutfourhundred and fiftyyears.
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"After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He alsotestified and said, 'I HAVE FOUNDDAVID the son of Jesse, A MANAFTER MY HEART, who will doall My will.'
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"And whileJohn was completing his course, he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is comingafter me the sandals of whosefeet I am not worthy to untie.'
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"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are readeverySabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.
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that God has fulfilledthis promise to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is alsowritten in the secondPsalm, 'YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'
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"As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, nolonger to return to decay, He has spoken in thisway: 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'
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'BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORKWHICH YOU WILL NEVER*BELIEVE, THOUGHSOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.' "