Acts 13:26-35

New International Version

²⁶“Fellow children of Abraham^(A) and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation^(B) has been sent. ²⁷The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus,^(C) yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets^(D) that are read every Sabbath. ²⁸Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.^(E) ²⁹When they had carried out all that was written about him,^(F) they took him down from the cross^(G) and laid him in a tomb.^(H) ³⁰But God raised him from the dead,^(I) ³¹and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.^(J) They are now his witnesses^(K) to our people.

³²“We tell you the good news:^(L) What God promised our ancestors^(M) ³³he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus.^(N) As it is written in the second Psalm:

“‘You are my son;
today I have become your father.’^[a]^(O)

³⁴God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said,

“‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’^[b]^(P)

³⁵So it is also stated elsewhere:

“‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’^[c]^(Q)

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