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"1When He had destroyed2sevennations in the land of Canaan, He 3distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took 4aboutfourhundred and fiftyyears.
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"Afterthesethings He 5gave them judgesuntil6Samuel the prophet.
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"Then they 7asked for a king, and Godgave them 8Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for fortyyears.
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"After He had 9removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He alsotestified and said, '10I HAVE FOUNDDAVID the son of Jesse, A MANAFTER MY HEART, who will doall My will.'
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"11From the descendants of thisman, 12according to promise, God has brought to Israel13a Savior, Jesus,
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after 14John had proclaimedbefore His coming* a 15baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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"And whileJohn16was completing his course, 17he 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 18thissalvation has been sent.
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"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their 19rulers, 20recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of 21the prophets which are 22readeverySabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.
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"And though they foundnoground for putting Him to death, they 23askedPilate that He be executed.
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"When they had 24carried out all that was writtenconcerning Him, 25they took Him down from 26the cross and 27laid Him in a tomb.