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16So Paul stood up and motioned with his hand; he said, “Men of Israel and you who honor God, listen.
17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people numerous when they stayed in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he led them out of it.
18For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
19After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave our people their land for an inheritance.
20All these events took place over four hundred and fifty years. After all these things, God gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
21Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, to be king for forty years.
22After God removed him from the kingship, he raised up David to be their king. It was about David that God said, 'I have found David son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who does all I want him to do.'
23From this man's descendants God has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus, as he promised to do.
24This began to happen when, before Jesus came, John first announced the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25As John was finishing his work, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But listen, one is coming after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
26Brothers, children of the line of Abraham, and those among you who worship God, it is to us that the message about this salvation has been sent.
27For they who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, did not recognize him, and they fulfilled sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.
28Even though they found no good cause for death in him, they asked Pilate to kill him.
29When they had completed all the things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
30But God raised him from the dead.
31He was seen for many days by those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These people are now his witnesses to the people.
32So we are telling you the good news that what God promised to our fathers
33he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: 'You are my Son, today I have become your Father.'
34The fact that he raised him up from the dead so that his body would never decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.'
35This is why he also says in another Psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.'
36For when David had served the desires of God in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was laid with his fathers and his body experienced decay.
37But he whom God raised up experienced no decay.
38So let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you forgiveness of sins.
39By him every one who believes is justified from all the things which the law of Moses could not justify you.
40So then be careful that the thing the prophets spoke about does not happen to you:
41'Look, you despisers, and be astonished and then perish; For I am doing a work in your days, A work that you shall never believe, even if someone announces it to you.'”
42As Paul and Barnabas left, the people begged them that they might speak these same words again the next Sabbath.
43When the synagogue meeting ended, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
44On the next Sabbath, almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of the Lord.
45When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and spoke against the things that were said by Paul and insulted him.
46But Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing you push it away from yourselves and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, see, we will turn to the Gentiles.
47For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have placed you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'”
48As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
49The word of the Lord was spread out through the whole region.
50But the Jews urged on the devout and important women, as well as the leading men of the city. These stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out beyond the border of their city.

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