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22 God removed Saul, and rais'd up David to be their king, to whom he gave this testimonial, " I have found David the son of Jesse: he is a man most acceptable to me, and he will execute all my orders."
23 it is of his posterity that God, pursuant to his promise, has rais'd up Jesus to be the saviour of Israel.
24 before his appearance, John had preach'd the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 and in the discharge of his mission, he said, "who do you think I am? I am not the Messias. but there comes another after me, whose shoes I am not worthy to untie."
26 It is to you, my brethren, who are the children of Abraham, and to all who fear God among you, that this salutary news is sent.
27 as for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and their senators, by their not knowing who he was, and by condemning him, they have accomplished the declarations of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day:
28 although they could not convict him of any thing capital, yet they demanded of Pilate, that he should be put to death.
29 after they had accomplished all that was written concerning him, he was taken down from the cross, and laid in a sepulchre:
30 but God raised him from the dead:
31 and for many days he was seen by those, who had accompany'd him from Galilee to Jerusalem: and they are now his witnesses to the people.
32 to you therefore we declare, that the promise which God had made to the fathers, he has now perform'd to us, who are their children, by his having raised up Jesus again.
33 agreeable to what is written in the first psalm, "thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee."
34 and to show that he rais'd him from the dead, never more to return to corruption, he said thus, "I will faithfully perform the promises, which I made to David."
35 wherefore in another place he says, "thou shalt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption."
36 for David, after he had serv'd in his time the designs of providence, died and was buryed with his fathers, and was subject to corruption.