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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,
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and for many days he appeared to those who had come with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These people are now witnesses and are testifying to the Jewish people about him.
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We are telling you the Good News: What God promised our ancestors has happened.
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God has fulfilled the promise for us, their descendants, by bringing Jesus back to life. This is what Scripture says in the second psalm: 'You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.'
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"God stated that he brought Jesus back to life and that Jesus' body never decayed. He said, 'I will give you the enduring love promised to David.'
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Another psalm says, 'You will not allow your holy one to decay.'
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After doing God's will by serving the people of his time, David died. He was laid to rest with his ancestors, but his body decayed.
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However, the man God brought back to life had a body that didn't decay.
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"So, brothers, I'm telling you that through Jesus your sins can be forgiven. Sins kept you from receiving God's approval through Moses' Teachings.