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Paulstood up, and 1motioning with his handsaid, "Men of Israel, and 2 you who fearGod, listen:
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"The God of thispeopleIsrael3chose our fathers and 4made the peoplegreatduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an upliftedarm5He led them out from it.
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"For 6a period of aboutfortyyears7He put up with them in the wilderness.
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"8When He had destroyed9sevennations in the land of Canaan, He 10distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took 11aboutfourhundred and fiftyyears.
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"Afterthesethings He 12gave them judgesuntil13Samuel the prophet.
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"Then they 14asked for a king, and Godgave them 15Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for fortyyears.
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"After He had 16removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He alsotestified and said, '17I HAVE FOUNDDAVID the son of Jesse, A MANAFTER MY HEART, who will doall My will.'
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"18From the descendants of thisman, 19according to promise, God has brought to Israel20a Savior, Jesus,
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after 21John had proclaimedbefore His coming* a 22baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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"And whileJohn23was completing his course, 24he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is comingafter me the sandals of whosefeet I am not worthy to untie.'
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"Brethren*, sons of Abraham'sfamily, and thoseamong you who fearGod, to us the message of 25thissalvation has been sent.