Acts 13:14-42

English Standard Version

¹⁴ but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And ^(A)on the Sabbath day ^(B)they went into the synagogue and sat down. ¹⁵ After ^(C)the reading from ^(D)the Law and the Prophets, ^(E)the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any ^(F)word of encouragement for the people, say it.” ¹⁶ So Paul stood up, and ^(G)motioning with his hand said:

“Men of Israel and ^(H)you who fear God, listen. ^17 (I)The God of this people Israel ^(J)chose our fathers and ^(K)made the people great ^(L)during their stay in the land of Egypt, and ^(M)with uplifted arm he led them out of it. ¹⁸ And for about ^(N)forty years ^(O)he put up with^[a] them in the wilderness. ¹⁹ And ^(P)after destroying ^(Q)seven nations in the land of Canaan, ^(R)he gave them their land as an inheritance. ²⁰ All this took about 450 years. And after that ^(S)he gave them judges until ^(T)Samuel the prophet. ²¹ Then ^(U)they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul ^(V)the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² And ^(W)when he had removed him, ^(X)he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^(Y)‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ^(Z)a man after my heart, ^(AA)who will do all my will.’ ^23 (AB)Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel ^(AC)a Savior, Jesus, ^(AD)as he promised. ²⁴ Before his coming, ^(AE)John had proclaimed ^(AF)a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John was finishing his course, ^(AG)he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

²⁶ “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you ^(AH)who fear God, to us has been sent ^(AI)the message of ^(AJ)this salvation. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^(AK)they did not recognize him nor understand ^(AL)the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^(AM)fulfilled them by condemning him. ²⁸ And ^(AN)though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, ^(AO)they asked Pilate to have him executed. ²⁹ And when ^(AP)they had carried out all that was written of him, ^(AQ)they took him down from ^(AR)the tree and laid him in a tomb. ³⁰ But ^(AS)God raised him from the dead, ³¹ and for many days ^(AT)he appeared to those ^(AU)who had come up with him ^(AV)from Galilee to Jerusalem, ^(AW)who are now ^(AX)his witnesses to the people. ³² And we bring you the good news ^(AY)that what God promised to the fathers, ^33 (AZ)this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,

³⁴ And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, ^(BB)(BC)no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,

³⁵ Therefore he says also in another psalm,

³⁶ For David, after he had ^(BF)served the purpose of God in his own generation, ^(BG)fell asleep and ^(BH)was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, ³⁷ but he whom ^(BI)God raised up did not see corruption. ³⁸ Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, ^(BJ)that through this man ^(BK)forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and by him ^(BL)everyone who believes is freed^[b] from everything ^(BM)from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:

⁴² As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.