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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.
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For they that inhabited Jerusalem and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, judging him, have fulfilled them.
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And finding no cause of death in him, they desired of Pilate that they might kill him.
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And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre.
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But God raised him up from the dead the third day.
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Who was seen for many days by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who to this present are his witnesses to the people.
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And we declare unto you that the promise which was made to our fathers,
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This same God hath fulfilled to our children, raising up Jesus, as in the second psalm also is written: Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.
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And to shew that he raised him up from the dead, not to return now any more to corruption, he said thus: I will give you the holy things of David, faithful.
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And therefore, in another place also, he saith: Thou shalt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption.