Today your Savior, the Lord Messiah, was born in the City of David.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Lord's Messiah.

Now the people were filled with expectation, and all of them were wondering if John was perhaps the Messiah.

Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

He asked them, "But who do you say I am?" "God's Messiah," Peter replied.

Then he asked them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?

They said, "If you are the Messiah, tell us."

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. The leaders were mocking him by saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one!"

Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting him, "You are the Messiah, aren't you? Save yourself"and us!"

The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

He told them, "This is how it is written: the Messiah was to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,