But Jesus is not here. He has risen from death, like he said he would. Come and see the place where his body was.
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But Jesus is not here. He has risen from death, like he said he would. Come and see the place where his body was.
The Father loves me because I give my life. I give my life so that I can get it back again.
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple and I will build it again in three days.”
But, on the third day \{after his death\}, God raised Jesus to life! God let people see Jesus clearly.
We are their children (descendants), and God has made this promise come true for us. God did this by raising Jesus from death. We also read about this in Psalm 2:
God raised Jesus from death. Jesus will never go back to the grave and become dust. So God said:
But the One (Jesus) that God raised from death did not rot in the grave.
God has decided a day when he will judge all the people in the world. He will be fair. He will use a man (Jesus) to do this. God chose this man long ago. And God has proved this to every person; God proved it by raising that man from death!”
Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. God raised Jesus from death. Death could not hold Jesus.
So Jesus is the One God raised from death, \{not David\}! We are all witnesses of this. We saw him!
No! God did it! He is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. {\cf2\super [52]} He is the God of all our fathers. {\cf2\super [53]} He gave glory to Jesus, his special servant. But you gave Jesus to be killed. Pilate decided to let Jesus go free. But you told Pilate you did not want Jesus.
And so you killed the One that gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw this with our own eyes.
God has sent his special servant (Jesus). God sent him to you first. God sent Jesus to bless you. He does this by making each of you turn away from doing bad things.”
We want all of you and all the Jewish people to know that this man was made well by the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth! You nailed Jesus to a cross. God raised him from death. This man was crippled, but he is now well. He is able to stand here before you because of the power of Jesus!