Acts 13:23
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Acts 13:23
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~"From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,
Acts 13:24
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after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 13:25
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~"And while John was completing his course, he kept saying, `What do you suppose that I am? I am not {He.} But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
Acts 13:26
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"Brethren, sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.
Acts 13:27
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~"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled {these} by condemning {Him.}
Acts 13:28
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~"And though they found no ground for {putting Him to} death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.
Acts 13:29
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~"When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.
Acts 13:30
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~"But God raised Him from the dead;
Acts 13:31
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and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.
Acts 13:32
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~"And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
Acts 13:33
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that God has fulfilled this {promise} to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, `YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'
Acts 13:34
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~"{As for the fact} that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: `I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY {and} SURE {blessings} OF DAVID.'
Acts 13:35
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~"Therefore He also says in another {Psalm,} `YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.'
Acts 13:36
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~"For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
Acts 13:37
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but He whom God raised did not undergo decay.
Acts 13:38
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~"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
Acts 13:39
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and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.
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