^17 (A)The God of this people Israel ^(B)chose our fathers and ^(C)made the people great ^(D)during their stay in the land of Egypt, and ^(E)with uplifted arm he led them out of it. ¹⁸ And for about ^(F)forty years ^(G)he put up with^[a] them in the wilderness. ¹⁹ And ^(H)after destroying ^(I)seven nations in the land of Canaan, ^(J)he gave them their land as an inheritance. ²⁰ All this took about 450 years. And after that ^(K)he gave them judges until ^(L)Samuel the prophet. ²¹ Then ^(M)they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul ^(N)the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² And ^(O)when he had removed him, ^(P)he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^(Q)‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ^(R)a man after my heart, ^(S)who will do all my will.’ ^23 (T)Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel ^(U)a Savior, Jesus, ^(V)as he promised.

²⁶ “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you ^(A)who fear God, to us has been sent ^(B)the message of ^(C)this salvation. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^(D)they did not recognize him nor understand ^(E)the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^(F)fulfilled them by condemning him. ²⁸ And ^(G)though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, ^(H)they asked Pilate to have him executed. ²⁹ And when ^(I)they had carried out all that was written of him, ^(J)they took him down from ^(K)the tree and laid him in a tomb. ³⁰ But ^(L)God raised him from the dead, ³¹ and for many days ^(M)he appeared to those ^(N)who had come up with him ^(O)from Galilee to Jerusalem, ^(P)who are now ^(Q)his witnesses to the people. ³² And we bring you the good news ^(R)that what God promised to the fathers, ^33 (S)this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,

³⁸ Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, ^(A)that through this man ^(B)forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and by him ^(C)everyone who believes is freed^[a] from everything ^(D)from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.