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Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent forth to you.
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For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn`t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
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Though they found no cause of death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
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When they had fulfilled all things that were 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,
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and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
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We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
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that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, `You are my Son. Today I have become your father.`
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"Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: `I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.`
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Therefore he says also in another psalm, `You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.`
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For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
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But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
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Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,