39-43 “And we saw it, saw it all, everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem where they killed him, hung him from a cross. But in three days God had him up, alive, and out where he could be seen. Not everyone saw him—he wasn’t put on public display. Witnesses had been carefully handpicked by God beforehand—us! We were the ones, there to eat and drink with him after he came back from the dead. He commissioned us to announce this in public, to bear solemn witness that he is in fact the One whom God destined as Judge of the living and dead. But we’re not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets.”

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40 but God raised him from the dead(A) on the third day and caused him to be seen. 41 He was not seen by all the people,(B) but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate(C) and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people(D) and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.(E)

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