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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.
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For those who dwell in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they knew Him not nor yet understood the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath day, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.
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And though they found no cause for death in Him, yet they asked Pilate that He should be slain.
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And when they had fulfilled all that was written of Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a sepulcher.
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But God raised Him from the dead;