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They could not find any real reason for Jesus to be put to death, but they asked Pilate to have him killed.
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When they had done to him all that the Scriptures had said, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.
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But God raised him up from the dead!
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After this, for many days, those who had gone with Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem saw him. They are now his witnesses to the people.
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We tell you the Good News about the promise God made to our ancestors.
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God has made this promise come true for us, his children, by raising Jesus from the dead. We read about this also in Psalm 'You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.'
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God raised Jesus from the dead, and he will never go back to the grave and become dust. So God said: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings that I promised to David.'
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But in another place God says: 'You will not let your Holy One rot.'
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David did God's will during his lifetime. Then he died and was buried beside his ancestors, and his body did rot in the grave.
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But the One God raised from the dead did not rot in the grave.