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What does Acts 13:39 mean?

"and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses."

— Acts 13:39 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

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But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

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Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,

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and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

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Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

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‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’”

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So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

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