Acts 13:13-25

New American Standard Bible

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 word to them, saying, “^[a]Brothers, 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 ^[b](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 450 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 ^[c]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 ^[d]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.’