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"And whileJohn1was completing his course, 2he 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 3thissalvation has been sent.
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"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their 4rulers, 5recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of 6the prophets which are 7readeverySabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.
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"And though they foundnoground for putting Him to death, they 8askedPilate that He be executed.
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"When they had 9carried out all that was writtenconcerning Him, 10they took Him down from 11the cross and 12laid Him in a tomb.
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and for manydays14He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very oneswho are now15His witnesses to the people.
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"And we 16preach to you the goodnews of 17the promisemade to the fathers,
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that God has fulfilledthis promise to our children in that He 18raised up Jesus, as it is alsowritten in the secondPsalm, '19YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'
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"As for the fact that He 20raised Him up from the dead, nolonger to return to decay, He has spoken in thisway: '21I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'
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"Therefore He alsosays in another Psalm, '22YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLYONE TO UNDERGODECAY.'