^9 [a]But what did you go out to see? ^(A)A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.

¹⁹ And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “^(A)Go home to your people and report to them ^[a]what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

¹¹ for today in the city of David there has been born for you a ^(A)Savior, who is ^[a](B)Christ ^(C)the Lord.

² for He says,

Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation”—

² but after we had already suffered and been ^(A)treated abusively in ^(B)Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God ^(C)to speak to you the ^(D)gospel of God ^[a]amid much ^[b](E)opposition.