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"For 1a period of aboutfortyyears2He put up with them in the wilderness.
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"3When He had destroyed4sevennations in the land of Canaan, He 5distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took 6aboutfourhundred and fiftyyears.
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"Afterthesethings He 7gave them judgesuntil8Samuel the prophet.
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"Then they 9asked for a king, and Godgave them 10Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for fortyyears.
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"After He had 11removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He alsotestified and said, '12I HAVE FOUNDDAVID the son of Jesse, A MANAFTER MY HEART, who will doall My will.'
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"13From the descendants of thisman, 14according to promise, God has brought to Israel15a Savior, Jesus,
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after 16John had proclaimedbefore His coming* a 17baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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"And whileJohn18was completing his course, 19he 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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"Brethren*, sons of Abraham'sfamily, and thoseamong you who fearGod, to us the message of 20thissalvation has been sent.
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"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their 21rulers, 22recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of 23the prophets which are 24readeverySabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.
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"And though they foundnoground for putting Him to death, they 25askedPilate that He be executed.