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When John had first preachedbeforehiscomingthebaptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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AndasJohnfulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that Iam? Iamnot he. But,behold, there cometh oneafterme,whoseshoes of his feet I amnotworthy to loose.
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Men and brethren,children of the stock of Abraham,and whosoever amongyoufearethGod, to youis the word of thissalvationsent.
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For they that dwellatJerusalem,andtheirrulers, because they knewhimnot, nor yet the voices of the prophetswhich are read*every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
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And though they foundnocause of death in him, yet desired theyPilate that he should be slain.
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Andwhen they had fulfilledall that was writtenofhim, they took him downfrom the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
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And he was seenmany*days of them which came up withhimfromGalileetoJerusalem,whoarehiswitnessesunto the people.
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Andwedeclare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was madeunto the fathers,
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God hath fulfilled the same unto ustheirchildren, in that he hath raised upJesusagain; as it isalsowrittenin the secondpsalm,ThouartmySon, this day have Ibegottenthee.
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And as concerning that he raisedhimupfrom the dead, now no moretoreturntocorruption, he said on this wise*, I will giveyou the suremercies[a] of David.
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Wherefore he saithalsoinanother psalm, Thou shaltnotsufferthine Holy One to seecorruption.
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For*David, after he had served his owngeneration by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laiduntohisfathers,andsawcorruption:
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Be itknown unto youtherefore,men and brethren,thatthrough this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
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Andbyhimall that believe are justifiedfrom all things, from which ye couldnot be justifiedby the law of Moses.
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Bewaretherefore, lest thatcomeuponyou, which is spoken ofin the prophets;
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Behold, ye despisers,andwonder, andperish: forIwork a workinyourdays, a workwhich ye shall in no wisebelieve, though a man declare it unto you.
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And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentilesbesought that thesewords might be preached to themthenext[b]sabbath.
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Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the JewsandreligiousproselytesfollowedPaulandBarnabas:who,speaking to them,persuadedthem to continue in the grace of God.
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And the next sabbath daycamealmost the wholecitytogether to hear the word of God.