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"Fellow Israelites, listen carefully to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man thoroughly accredited by God to you - the miracles and wonders and signs that God did through him are common knowledge -
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this Jesus, following the deliberate and well-thought-out plan of God, was betrayed by men who took the law into their own hands, and was handed over to you. And you pinned him to a cross and killed him.
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But God untied the death ropes and raised him up. Death was no match for him.
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David said it all: I saw God before me for all time. Nothing can shake me; he's right by my side.
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I'm glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I've pitched my tent in the land of hope.
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I know you'll never dump me in Hades; I'll never even smell the stench of death.
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You've got my feet on the life-path, with your face shining sun-joy all around.
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"Dear friends, let me be completely frank with you. Our ancestor David is dead and buried - his tomb is in plain sight today.
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But being also a prophet and knowing that God had solemnly sworn that a descendant of his would rule his kingdom,
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seeing far ahead, he talked of the resurrection of the Messiah - 'no trip to Hades, no stench of death.'
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This Jesus, God raised up. And every one of us here is a witness to it.