Acts 13:13-43

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹³ Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from ^(A)Paphos and came to ^(B)Perga in ^(C)Pamphylia; but ^(D)John left them and returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But going on from Perga, they arrived at ^(E)Pisidian ^(F)Antioch, and on ^(G)the Sabbath day they went into ^(H)the synagogue and sat down. ¹⁵ After ^(I)the reading of the Law and ^(J)the Prophets ^(K)the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” ¹⁶ Paul stood up, and ^(L)motioning with his hand said,

“Men of Israel, and ^(M)you who fear God, listen: ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel ^(N)chose our fathers and ^[a](O)made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ^(P)He led them out from it. ¹⁸ For ^(Q)a period of about forty years ^(R)He put up with them in the wilderness. ^19 (S)When He had destroyed ^(T)seven nations in the land of Canaan, He ^(U)distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took ^(V)about four hundred and fifty years. ²⁰ After these things He ^(W)gave them judges until ^(X)Samuel the prophet. ²¹ Then they ^(Y)asked for a king, and God gave them ^(Z)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² After He had ^(AA)removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘^(AB)I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ^[b]will.’ ^23 (AC)From the descendants of this man, ^(AD)according to promise, God has brought to Israel ^(AE)a Savior, Jesus, ²⁴ after ^(AF)John had proclaimed before ^[c]His coming a ^(AG)baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And while John ^(AH)was completing his course, ^(AI)he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

²⁶ “Brethren, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of ^(AJ)this salvation has been sent. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^(AK)rulers, ^(AL)recognizing neither Him nor the ^[d]utterances of ^(AM)the prophets which are ^(AN)read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. ²⁸ And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they ^(AO)asked Pilate that He be ^[e]executed. ²⁹ When they had ^(AP)carried out all that was written concerning Him, ^(AQ)they took Him down from ^(AR)the ^[f]cross and ^(AS)laid Him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God ^(AT)raised Him from the dead; ³¹ and for many days ^(AU)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ^(AV)His witnesses to the people. ³² And we ^(AW)preach to you the good news of ^(AX)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise ^[g]to our children in that He ^(AY)raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘^(AZ)You are My Son; today i have begotten You.’ ³⁴ As for the fact that He ^(BA)raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(BB)I will give you the holy and ^[h]sure blessings of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘^(BC)You will not ^[i]allow Your ^[j]Holy One to ^[k]undergo decay.’ ³⁶ For ^(BD)David, after he had ^[l]served ^(BE)the purpose of God in his own generation, ^(BF)fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and ^[m]underwent decay; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(BG)raised did not ^[n]undergo decay. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that ^(BH)through ^[o]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and ^[p]through Him ^(BI)everyone who believes is ^[q]freed ^[r]from all things, from which you could not be ^[s]freed ^[t]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of ^(BJ)in the Prophets may not come upon you:

⁴² As ^[v]Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these ^[w]things might be spoken to them the next ^(BL)Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the ^(BM)God-fearing ^[x](BN)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in ^(BO)the grace of God.