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No, it was a reference to someone else—someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.
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“Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins.
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Everyone who believes in him is declared right with God—something the law of Moses could never do.
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Be careful! Don’t let the prophets’ words apply to you. For they said,
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‘Look, you mockers, be amazed and die! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.’ ”
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As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue that day, the people begged them to speak about these things again the next week.
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Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God.
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The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the word of the Lord.
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But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.
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Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles.
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For the Lord gave us this command when he said, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’ ”