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Brethren ,
sons of the family of Abraham ,
and those among you that fear God ,
to us has been sent the message of this salvation .
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For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers ,
because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every sabbath ,
fulfilled these by condemning him .
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Though they could charge him with nothing deserving death ,
yet they asked Pilate to have him killed .
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And when they had fulfilled all that was written of 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 for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem ,
who are now his witnesses to the people .
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And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers ,
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this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus ;
as also it is written in the second psalm , `
Thou art my Son ,
today I have begotten thee .'
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And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead ,
no more to return to corruption ,
he spoke in this way , `
I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David .'
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Therefore he says also in another psalm , `
Thou wilt not let thy Holy One see corruption .'
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For David ,
after he had served the counsel of God in his own generation ,
fell asleep ,
and was laid with his fathers ,
and saw corruption ;
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but he whom God raised up saw no corruption .
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Let it be known to you therefore ,
brethren ,
that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you ,