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Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
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It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.
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The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah.
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Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.
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Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
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“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”
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Whose Son Is the Messiah?
Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?
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“If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me,
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And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.”
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The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
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One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
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Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
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He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
