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that God has amply fulfilled it to our children in raising up Jesus; as it is also written in the second Psalm, `Thou art My Son: to-day I have become Thy Father.'
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And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, never again to be in the position of one soon to return to decay, He speaks thus: `I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'
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Because in another Psalm also He says, `Thou wilt not give up Thy Holy One to undergo decay.'
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For David, after having been useful to his own generation in accordance with God's purpose, did fall asleep, was gathered to his forefathers, and did undergo decay.
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But He whom God raised to life underwent no decay.
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"Understand therefore, brethren, that through this Jesus forgiveness of sins is announced to you;
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and in Him every believer is absolved from all offences, from which you could not be absolved under the Law of Moses.
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Beware, then, lest what is spoken in the Prophets should come true of you:
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`Behold, you despisers, be astonished and perish, because I am carrying on a work in your time--a work which you will utterly refuse to believe, though it be fully declared to you.'"
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As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people earnestly begged to have all this repeated to them on the following Sabbath.
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And, when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout converts from heathenism continued with Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to hold fast to the grace of God.