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He will show them how wrong they are about how to be right with God. The Helper will do this, because I am going to the Father. You will not see me then.

The Father himself loves you because you have loved me. And he loves you because you have believed that I came from God.

We can see now that you know all things. You answer our questions even before we ask them. This makes us believe that you came from God."

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that they can know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

The Jewish leaders answered, "We have a law that says he must die, because he said he is the Son of God."

Jesus answered, "The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."

Jesus said to her, "You don't need to hold on to me! I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my followers and tell them this: ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father. I am going back to my God and your God.'"

Thomas said to Jesus, "My Lord and my God!"

But these are written so that you can believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. Then, by believing, you can have life through his name.

(Jesus said this to show how Peter would die to give glory to God.) Then he said to Peter, "Follow me!"

Crete, and Arabia. Some of us were born Jews, and others have changed their religion to worship God like Jews. We are from these different countries, but we can hear these men in our own languages! We can all understand the great things they are saying about God."

‘God says: In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will have special dreams.

"My fellow Israelites, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a very special man. God clearly showed this to you. He proved it by the miracles, wonders, and miraculous signs he did through Jesus. You all saw these things, so you know this is true.

Jesus was handed over to you, and you killed him. With the help of evil men, you nailed him to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. It was his plan—a plan he made long ago.

Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. He raised him from death. There was no way for death to hold him.

He was a prophet and knew something that God had said. God had promised David that someone from his own family would sit on David's throne as king.

So Jesus is the one God raised from death. We are all witnesses of this. We saw him.

Jesus was lifted up to heaven. Now he is with God, at God's right side. The Father has given the Holy Spirit to him, as he promised. So Jesus has now poured out that Spirit. This is what you see and hear.

David was not the one who was lifted up to heaven. David himself said, ‘The Lord God said to my Lord: Sit at my right side,

"So, all the people of Israel should know this for certain: God has made Jesus to be Lord and Messiah. He is the man you nailed to the cross!"