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"Brethren*, sons of Abraham'sfamily, and thoseamong you who fearGod, to us the message of 1thissalvation has been sent.
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"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their 2rulers, 3recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of 4the prophets which are 5readeverySabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.
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"And though they foundnoground for putting Him to death, they 6askedPilate that He be executed.
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"When they had 7carried out all that was writtenconcerning Him, 8they took Him down from 9the cross and 10laid Him in a tomb.
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and for manydays12He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very oneswho are now13His witnesses to the people.
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"And we 14preach to you the goodnews of 15the promisemade to the fathers,
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that God has fulfilledthis promise to our children in that He 16raised up Jesus, as it is alsowritten in the secondPsalm, '17YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'
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"As for the fact that He 18raised Him up from the dead, nolonger to return to decay, He has spoken in thisway: '19I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'
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"Therefore He alsosays in another Psalm, '20YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLYONE TO UNDERGODECAY.'
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"For 21David, after he had served22the purpose of God in his owngeneration, 23fellasleep, and was laidamong his fathers and underwentdecay;