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He did all this in about four hundred and fifty years. "After that he gave his people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.
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"Then the people demanded a king, so God gave them Saul, son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin. After forty years
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God removed Saul and made David their king. God spoke favorably about David. He said, 'I have found that David, son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.'
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"God had the Savior, Jesus, come to Israel from David's descendants, as he had promised.
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Before Jesus began his ministry, John [the Baptizer] told everyone in Israel about the baptism of repentance.
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When John was finishing his work, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I'm not the person you're looking for. He will come later. I'm not even good enough to untie his sandals.'
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"Brothers--descendants of Abraham and converts to Judaism--the message that God saves people was sent to us.
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The people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers didn't know who Jesus was. They didn't understand the prophets' messages, which are read every day of worship. So they condemned Jesus and fulfilled what the prophets had said.
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Although they couldn't find any good reason to kill him, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
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When they had finished doing everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
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But God brought him back to life,