31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.(A) 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.(B) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,(C) 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom(D) will never end.”(E)

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,(F) and the power of the Most High(G) will overshadow you. So the holy one(H) to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.(I)

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  1. Luke 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

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23 “From this man’s descendants(A) God has brought to Israel the Savior(B) Jesus,(C) as he promised.(D) 24 Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.(E) 25 As John was completing his work,(F) he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for.(G) But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’(H)

26 “Fellow children of Abraham(I) and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation(J) has been sent. 27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus,(K) yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets(L) that are read every Sabbath. 28 Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.(M) 29 When they had carried out all that was written about him,(N) they took him down from the cross(O) and laid him in a tomb.(P) 30 But God raised him from the dead,(Q) 31 and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.(R) They are now his witnesses(S) to our people.

32 “We tell you the good news:(T) What God promised our ancestors(U) 33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus.(V) As it is written in the second Psalm:

“‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.’[a](W)

34 God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said,

“‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’[b](X)

35 So it is also stated elsewhere:

“‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’[c](Y)

36 “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep;(Z) he was buried with his ancestors(AA) and his body decayed. 37 But the one whom God raised from the dead(AB) did not see decay.

38 “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.(AC) 39 Through him everyone who believes(AD) is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.(AE)

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  1. Acts 13:33 Psalm 2:7
  2. Acts 13:34 Isaiah 55:3
  3. Acts 13:35 Psalm 16:10 (see Septuagint)

23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

30 But God raised him from the dead:

31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

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the gospel he promised beforehand(A) through his prophets(B) in the Holy Scriptures(C) regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a](D) was a descendant of David,(E) and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[b](F) by his resurrection from the dead:(G) Jesus Christ our Lord.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh
  2. Romans 1:4 Or was declared with power to be the Son of God

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

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