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Acts 3:14

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You rejected Jesus, who was holy and good. You asked for a murderer to be set free,

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I am your chosen one. You won't leave me in the grave or let my body decay.

Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout! Your king has won a victory, and he is coming to you. He is humble and rides on a donkey; he comes on the colt of a donkey.

But the chief priests and the leaders convinced the crowds to ask for Barabbas to be set free and for Jesus to be killed.

"Jesus from Nazareth, what do you want with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One."

But the chief priests told the crowd to ask Pilate to free Barabbas.

And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot.

The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come down to you, and God's power will come over you. So your child will be called the holy Son of God.

He freed the man who was in jail for rioting and murder, because he was the one the crowd wanted to be set free. Then Pilate handed Jesus over for them to do what they wanted with him.

They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again.

They shouted, "No, not him! We want Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a terrorist.

They did exactly what the Scriptures said they would. Even though they couldn't find any reason to put Jesus to death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed. After Jesus had been put to death, he was taken down from the cross and placed in a tomb.

The Lord won't leave me in the grave. I am his holy one, and he won't let my body decay.

Then Ananias told me, "The God that our ancestors worshiped has chosen you to know what he wants done. He has chosen you to see the One Who Obeys God and to hear his voice.

Here in Jerusalem, Herod and Pontius Pilate got together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel. Then they turned against your holy Servant Jesus, your chosen Messiah.

"We told you plainly not to teach in the name of Jesus. But look what you have done! You have been teaching all over Jerusalem, and you are trying to blame us for his death."

Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn't mistreat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God. And now you have turned against him and killed him.

Christ never sinned! But God treated him as a sinner, so that Christ could make us acceptable to God.

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, who couldn't even fight back.

Christ died once for our sins. An innocent person died for those who are guilty. Christ did this to bring you to God, when his body was put to death and his spirit was made alive.

My children, I am writing this so that you won't sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ always does the right thing, and he will speak to the Father for us.

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: I am the one who is holy and true, and I have the keys that belonged to David. When I open a door, no one can close it. And when I close a door, no one can open it. Listen to what I say.




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