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22 »When he removed him, he made David their king. He testified about him when he said: I found David the son of Jesse is a man after my own heart. He will do my will.
23 »God brought the Savior Jesus to Israel from this man’s descendants.
24 »Before Jesus came John preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 »As John accomplished his purpose he asked: Who do you think I am? I am not that one. One comes after me whose shoes I am not worthy to untie.
26 »Men and brothers, children of Abraham, and you of the nations who respect God, the message of salvation is sent to you.
27 »The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not know Jesus. They fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath when they condemned Jesus.
28 »They found no grounds for the death sentence for him. Yet they asked Pilate to put him to death.
29 »When they had fulfilled all that was written about him, they took him down from the stake, and laid him in a tomb.
30 »But God raised him from the dead:
31 »Those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem saw him. They are his witnesses to the people.
32 »We tell you good news. It is God’s promise to the fathers.
33 »God has fulfilled this promise to their children by resurrecting Jesus. Just as it is written in the second psalm: You are my Son, today I have become your father. (Psalms 2:7)
34 »He raised him up from the dead, never to decay. It is stated in these words: I will give you the sure blessings promised David. (Isaiah 55:3)
35 »He said in another psalm: You will not allow your Holy One to see decay. (Ps 16:10)
36 »After David served his own generation by doing the will of God he died and was buried with his fathers. His body decayed.