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And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken:
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The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
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And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.
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And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave [them] their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
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and after these things he gave [them] judges until Samuel the prophet.
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And afterward they asked for 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 David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My will.
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Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;
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when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not [he]. But behold, there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.
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Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.