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In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.

who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers have gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'

But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property;

with his wife's knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles' feet.

The young men came and wrapped up his body, then carried him out and buried him.

After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, so they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior that he might give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Then he left the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God had him move from there to this country in which you are now living.

He did not give him any of it as a heritage, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as his possession and to his descendants after him, even though he had no child.

And God spoke in these terms, that his descendants would be resident aliens in a country belonging to others, who would enslave them and mistreat them during four hundred years.

and rescued him from all his afflictions, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

On the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.

Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five in all;

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful before God. For three months he was brought up in his father's house;

So Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his relatives, the Israelites.