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and for manydays1He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very oneswho are now2His witnesses to the people.
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"And we 3preach to you the goodnews of 4the promisemade to the fathers,
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that God has fulfilledthis promise to our children in that He 5raised up Jesus, as it is alsowritten in the secondPsalm, '6YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'
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"As for the fact that He 7raised Him up from the dead, nolonger to return to decay, He has spoken in thisway: '8I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'
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"Therefore He alsosays in another Psalm, '9YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLYONE TO UNDERGODECAY.'
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"For 10David, after he had served11the purpose of God in his owngeneration, 12fellasleep, and was laidamong his fathers and underwentdecay;
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"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren*, that 14through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
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and through Him 15everyone who believes is freed from allthings, from which you could not be freedthrough the Law of Moses.
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"Thereforetakeheed, so that the thingspoken of 16in the Prophets may not come upon you:
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'17BEHOLD, 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.' "