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To understand
the meaning of these words we need to read all the context in which they are
cited by the apostle Paul during his preaching in the synagogue of Antioch in
Pisidia. Here are the words of Paul: “But God raised him from the dead: And
he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee
to Jerusalem,
who are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings,
how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 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” (Acts 13:30-33). As you can see, Paul quotes those words of the second
Psalm in relation to the resurrection of Jesus Christ; therefore the day on
which Jesus was raised from the dead is the day on which the Son of God was
begotten, or rather on which, as Paul says, He was “declared to be the Son of
God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from
the dead” (Romans 1:4 – NKJV). Yes, because the Bible verse that says that
Jesus was begotten means that He was declared to be the Son of God with
power. Therefore, see that you divide rightly the Word of God so that you
might not be ashamed.
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