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"As for the fact that He 1raised Him up from the dead, nolonger to return to decay, He has spoken in thisway: '2I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'
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"Therefore He alsosays in another Psalm, '3YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLYONE TO UNDERGODECAY.'
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"For 4David, after he had served5the purpose of God in his owngeneration, 6fellasleep, and was laidamong his fathers and underwentdecay;
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"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren*, that 8through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
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and through Him 9everyone 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 10in the Prophets may not come upon you:
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'11BEHOLD, 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.' "
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As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that thesethings might be spoken to them the next12Sabbath.
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Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the 13God-fearing14proselytesfollowedPaul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in 15the grace of God.
Paul Turns to the Gentiles
44 The next16Sabbathnearly the wholecityassembled to hear the word of the Lord.