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Andwedeclare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was madeunto the fathers,
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God hath fulfilled the same unto ustheirchildren, in that he hath raised upJesusagain; as it isalsowrittenin the secondpsalm,ThouartmySon, this day have Ibegottenthee.
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And as concerning that he raisedhimupfrom the dead, now no moretoreturntocorruption, he said on this wise*, I will giveyou the suremercies[a] of David.
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Wherefore he saithalsoinanother psalm, Thou shaltnotsufferthine Holy One to seecorruption.
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For*David, after he had served his owngeneration by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laiduntohisfathers,andsawcorruption:
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Be itknown unto youtherefore,men and brethren,thatthrough this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
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Andbyhimall that believe are justifiedfrom all things, from which ye couldnot be justifiedby the law of Moses.
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Bewaretherefore, lest thatcomeuponyou, which is spoken ofin the prophets;
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Behold, ye despisers,andwonder, andperish: forIwork a workinyourdays, a workwhich ye shall in no wisebelieve, though a man declare it unto you.
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And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentilesbesought that thesewords might be preached to themthenext[b]sabbath.
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Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the JewsandreligiousproselytesfollowedPaulandBarnabas:who,speaking to them,persuadedthem to continue in the grace of God.
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And the next sabbath daycamealmost the wholecitytogether to hear the word of God.
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But when the Jewssaw the multitudes, they were filled with envy,and spake against those things which were spokenbyPaul,contradictingandblaspheming.
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ThenPaulandBarnabas waxed bold, and said, It wasnecessary that the word of Godshouldfirst have been spoken to you:butseeing ye putit from you, andjudgeyourselvesunworthyofeverlastinglife,lo, we turnto the Gentiles.
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Forsohath the Lordcommandedus, saying, I have setthee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest beforsalvationunto the ends of the earth.
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And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, andglorified the word of the Lord:and as many aswereordainedtoeternallifebelieved.
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And the word of the Lord was publishedthroughoutall the region.
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But the Jews stirred up the devoutandhonourablewomen,and the chief men of the city,andraisedpersecutionagainstPaulandBarnabas,andexpelledthem out oftheircoasts.
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But they shook off the dust of theirfeetagainstthem, and cameuntoIconium.
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And the disciples were filled withjoy,and with the HolyGhost.