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Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
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Now when Paul and his company cast loose from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
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But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.
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And after the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, "Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on."
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Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said: "Men of Israel and ye that fear God, give audience!
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The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm He brought them out of it.
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And for about forty years, He suffered their ways in the wilderness.
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And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided their land among them by lot.
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And after that, He gave unto them judges for about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
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And afterward they desired a king, and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.
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And when He had removed him, He raised up unto them David to be their king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, `I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after Mine own heart, who shall fulfill all My will.'