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22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to these words! Jesus the Nazarene was a man whose credentials God proved to you through miracles, wonders, and signs, which God performed through him among you. You yourselves know this.
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"You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know—
23 In accordance with God's established plan and foreknowledge, he was betrayed. You, with the help of wicked men, had Jesus killed by nailing him to a cross.
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this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.
24 God raised him up! God freed him from death's dreadful grip, since it was impossible for death to hang on to him.
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But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.
25 David says about him, I foresaw that the Lord was always with me; because he is at my right hand I won't be shaken.
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For David says concerning him, "I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;
26 Therefore, my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover, my body will live in hope,
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therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will live in hope.
27 because you won't abandon me to the grave, nor permit your holy one to experience decay.
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For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One experience corruption.
28 You have shown me the paths of life; your presence will fill me with happiness.
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You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'
29 “Brothers and sisters, I can speak confidently about the patriarch David. He died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this very day.
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"Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 Because he was a prophet, he knew that God promised him with a solemn pledge to seat one of his descendants on his throne.
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Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne.
31 Having seen this beforehand, David spoke about the resurrection of Christ, that he wasn't abandoned to the grave, nor did his body experience decay.
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Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying, "He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption.'
32 This Jesus, God raised up. We are all witnesses to that fact.
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This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses.
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