27. The people of Jerusalem and their leaders didn't realize who Jesus was. And they didn't understand the words of the prophets that they read each Sabbath. So they condemned Jesus just as the prophets had said.
28-29. They did exactly what the Scriptures said they would. Even though they couldn't find any reason to put Jesus to death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.After Jesus had been put to death, he was taken down from the cross and placed in a tomb.
30. But God raised him from death!
31. Then for many days Jesus appeared to his followers who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. Now they are telling our people about him.
32. God made a promise to our ancestors. And we are here to tell you the good news
33. that he has kept this promise to us. It is just as the second Psalm says about Jesus,“You are my son because todayI have become your Father.”
34. God raised Jesus from death and will never let his body decay. It is just as God said,“I will make to youthe same holy promisethat I made to David.”
35. And in another psalm it says, “God will never let the body of his Holy One decay.”
36. When David was alive, he obeyed God. Then after he died, he was buried in the family grave, and his body decayed.
37. But God raised Jesus from death, and his body did not decay.
38. My friends, the message is that Jesus can forgive your sins! The Law of Moses could not set you free from all your sins.