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Acts 3: 11 - 26 |
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While he clung
to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico
called Solomon's, astounded. |
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12 |
And when Peter
saw it he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at
this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had
made him walk? |
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13 |
The God of
Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his
servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate,
when he had decided to release him. |
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14 |
But you denied
the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, |
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and killed the
Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. |
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16 |
And his name,
by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; and
the faith which is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in
the presence of you all. |
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17 |
"And now,
brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. |
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But what God
foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer,
he thus fulfilled. |
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19 |
Repent
therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of
refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, |
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20 |
and that he may
send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, |
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21 |
whom heaven
must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the
mouth of his holy prophets from of old. |
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22 |
Moses said,
`The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he
raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. |
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And it shall
be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed
from the people.' |
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24 |
And all the
prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came afterwards, also
proclaimed these days. |
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25 |
You are the
sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers,
saying to Abraham, `And in your posterity shall all the families of the
earth be blessed.' |
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26 |
God, having
raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every
one of you from your wickedness." |
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Psalms 8: 2, 5 - 9 |
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2 |
by the mouth of
babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, to
still the enemy and the avenger. |
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5 |
Yet thou hast
made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor. |
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6 |
Thou hast
given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things
under his feet, |
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7 |
all sheep and
oxen, and also the beasts of the field, |
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8 |
the birds of
the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the
sea. |
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9 |
O LORD, our
Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth! |
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Luke 24: 35 - 48 |
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35 |
Then they told
what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking
of the bread. |
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36 |
As they were
saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. |
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37 |
But they were
startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. |
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38 |
And he said to
them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your
hearts? |
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39 |
See my hands and
my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not
flesh and bones as you see that I have." |
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41 |
And while they
still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Have you
anything here to eat?" |
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42 |
They gave him
a piece of broiled fish, |
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43 |
and he took it
and ate before them. |
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44 |
Then he said
to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still
with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the
prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." |
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45 |
Then he opened
their minds to understand the scriptures, |
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46 |
and said to
them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the
third day rise from the dead, |
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47 |
and that repentance
and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem. |
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48 |
You are
witnesses of these things. |
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