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for about four hundred fifty years. After that he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.
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Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.
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When he had removed him, he made David their king. In his testimony about him he said, "I have found David, son of Jesse, to be a man after my heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'
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Of this man's posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised;
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before his coming John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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And as John was finishing his work, he said, "What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but one is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of the sandals on his feet.'
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"My brothers, you descendants of Abraham's family, and others who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.
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Because the residents of Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize him or understand the words of the prophets that are read every sabbath, they fulfilled those words by condemning him.
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Even though they found no cause for a sentence of death, they asked Pilate to have him killed.
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When they had carried out everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
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But God raised him from the dead;