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Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
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The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them forth out of it.
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For about the time of forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
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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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After these things he gave them judges until Samuel, the prophet.
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Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
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When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
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From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
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before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
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Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent forth to you.