David himself calls him lord, and how can he be his son?" The mass of the people liked to hear him.

for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah.

The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming??e who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will tell us everything!"

and when they reached Mysia they tried to get into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it,

and they passed Mysia and came down to Troas.

for the mass of people followed them shouting, "Kill him!"

But there is no comparison between God's gift and that offense. For if one man's offense made the mass of mankind die, God's mercy and his gift given through the favor of the one man Jesus Christ have far more powerfully affected mankind.

For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright.

If the first handful of dough is consecrated, the whole mass is, and if the root of a tree is consecrated, so are its branches.

For to keep you from thinking too well of yourselves, brothers, I do not want you to miss this secret, that only partial insensibility has come upon Israel, to last until all the heathen have come in,