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"^(F1)But ^(C1)God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the ^(F2)agony of death, since it ^(C2)was impossible for Him to be held ^(F3)in its power.

"For David says of Him, '^(C1)I SAW THE LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME, BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

-'THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE WAS OVERJOYED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;

FOR YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO ^(C1)HADES, ^(C2)NOR WILL YOU ^(F1)ALLOW YOUR ^(F2)HOLY ONE TO ^(F3)UNDERGO DECAY.

-'YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.'

"^(F1)Brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^(C1)patriarch David that he both ^(C2)died and ^(C3)was buried, and ^(C4)his tomb is ^(F2)with us to this day.

"So because he was ^(C1)a prophet and knew that ^(C2)God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one ^(F1)of his descendants on his throne,

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the ^(F1)Christ, that ^(C1)He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ^(F2)suffer decay.

"It is this Jesus whom ^(C1)God raised up, ^(F1)a fact to which we are all ^(C2)witnesses.

"Therefore, ^(F1)since He has been exalted ^(F2)(C1)at the right hand of God, and ^(C2)has received ^(C3)the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has ^(C4)poured out this which you both see and hear.