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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 Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it.
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And about the time of forty years he suffered their manners in the wilderness.
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And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
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And after that he gave [to them] judges, 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 to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
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And when he had removed him, he raised up to 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 my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will.
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Of this man's offspring hath God, according to [his] promise, raised up to Israel a Savior, Jesus:
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John having first preached, before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not [he]. 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 whoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.