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Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said: "Men of Israel and ye that fear God, give audience!
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The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm He brought them out of it.
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And for about forty years, He suffered their ways in the wilderness.
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And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided their land among them by lot.
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And after that, He gave unto them judges for about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
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And afterward they desired a king, and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.
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And when He had removed him, He raised up unto them David to be their king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, `I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after Mine own heart, who shall fulfill all My will.'
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Of this man's seed hath God, according to His promise, raised unto Israel a Savior, Jesus.
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John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, `Whom think ye that I am? I am not He. But behold, there cometh One after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.'
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"Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.