Today<n id="1" /> your Savior is born in the city<n id="2" /> of David.<n id="3" /> He is Christ<n id="4" /> the Lord.

<t /><p class="bodytext">But<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;How is it that they say that the Christ<n id="2" /> is David&#8217;s son?<n id="3" />

Wasn&#8217;t<n id="1" /> it necessary<n id="2" /> for the Christ<n id="3" /> to suffer these things and enter into his glory?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t<n id="1" /> you the Christ?<n id="2" /> Save yourself and us!&#8221;

and said to them, &#8220;Thus it stands written that the Christ<n id="1" /> would suffer<n id="2" /> and would rise from the dead on the third day,

It<n id="1" /> had been revealed<n id="2" /> to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die<n id="3" /> before<n id="4" /> he had seen the Lord&#8217;s Christ.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">While the people were filled with anticipation<n id="1" /> and they all wondered<n id="2" /> whether perhaps John<n id="3" /> could be the Christ,<n id="4" />

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;But who do you say that I am?&#8221; Peter<n id="2" /> answered,<n id="3" /> &#8220;The Christ<n id="4" /> of God.&#8221;

and said, &#8220;If<n id="1" /> you are the Christ,<n id="2" /> tell us.&#8221; But he said to them, &#8220;If<n id="3" /> I tell you, you will not<n id="4" /> believe,

Demons also came out<n id="1" /> of many, crying out,<n id="2" /> &#8220;You are the Son of God!&#8221;<n id="3" /> But he rebuked<n id="4" /> them, and would not allow them to speak,<n id="5" /> because they knew that he was the Christ.<n id="6" />p>

They<n id="1" /> began to accuse<n id="2" /> him, saying, &#8220;We found this man subverting<n id="3" /> our nation, forbidding<n id="4" /> us to pay the tribute tax<n id="5" /> to Caesar<n id="6" /> and claiming that he himself is Christ,<n id="7" /> a king.&#8221;

The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed<n id="1" /> him, saying, &#8220;He saved others. Let him save<n id="2" /> himself if<n id="3" /> he is the Christ<n id="4" /> of God, his chosen one!&#8221;