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Then Paul rising up and with his hand bespeaking silence, said: Ye men of Israel and you that fear God, give ear.
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The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people when they were sojourners in the land of Egypt: And with an high arm brought them out from thence:
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And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert:
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And, destroying seven nations in the land of Chaanan, divided their land among them by lot.
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As it were, after four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave unto them judges, until Samuel the prophet.
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And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.
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And when he had removed him, he raised them up David to be king: to whom giving testimony, he said: I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who shall do all my wills.
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Of this man’s seed, God, according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour Jesus:
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John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.
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And when John was fulfilling his course, he said: I am not he whom you think me to be. But behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
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Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God: to you the word of this salvation is sent.