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they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him
down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

"But God raised him from the dead: and he was seen for many days by them
that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his
witnesses unto the people. And we bring you good tidings of the promise
made unto the fathers, how that God hath fulfilled the same unto our
children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the
second psalm, 'Thou art my Son, this day have I {384} begotten thee.'
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to
return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, 'I will give you the
holy and sure blessings of David.' Because he saith also in another
psalm, 'Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption.' For David,
after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, he fell
asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: but he whom
God raised up saw no corruption.

"Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is
proclaimed unto you remission of sins: and by him everyone that
believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be
justified by the law of Moses. Beware therefore, lest that come upon
you, which is spoken in the prophets;--

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish;
For I work a work in your days,
A work which ye shall in no wise believe,
if one declare it unto you.'"

And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to
them the next Sabbath. Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews
and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking
to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

And the next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear
the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled
with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul,
and blasphemed. And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and {385} said,
"It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you.
Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal
life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us,
saying,--

'I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles,
That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the
uttermost part of the earth.'"

And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word
of God: and