¹⁵ After ^(A)the reading of the Law and ^(B)the Prophets, ^(C)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 ^(D)motioning with his hand said,

“Men of Israel, and ^(E)you who fear God, listen: ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel ^(F)chose our fathers and ^[b](G)made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ^(H)He led them out from it. ¹⁸ For ^(I)a period of about forty years ^(J)He put up with them in the wilderness. ^19 (K)When He had destroyed ^(L)seven nations in the land of Canaan, He ^(M)distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took ^(N)about 450 years. ²⁰ After these things He ^(O)gave them judges until ^(P)Samuel the prophet. ²¹ Then they ^(Q)asked for a king, and God gave them ^(R)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² After He had ^(S)removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘^(T)I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ^[c]will.’ ^23 (U)From the descendants of this man, ^(V)according to promise, God has brought to Israel ^(W)a Savior, Jesus, ²⁴ after ^(X)John had proclaimed, before ^[d]His coming, a ^(Y)baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And while John ^(Z)was completing his course, ^(AA)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.’

²⁶ “^[e]Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of ^(AB)this salvation has been sent. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^(AC)rulers, ^(AD)recognizing neither Him nor the ^[f]declarations of ^(AE)the prophets which are ^(AF)read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. ²⁸ And though they found no grounds for putting Him to death, they ^(AG)asked Pilate that He be executed. ²⁹ When they had ^(AH)carried out everything that was written concerning Him, ^(AI)they took Him down from the ^[g](AJ)cross and ^(AK)laid Him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God ^(AL)raised Him from the dead; ³¹ and for many days ^(AM)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ^(AN)His witnesses to the people. ³² And we ^(AO)preach to you the good news of ^(AP)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by ^(AQ)raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘^(AR)You are My Son; today I have fathered You.’ ³⁴ As for the fact that He ^(AS)raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(AT)I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘^(AU)You will not ^[h]allow Your ^[i]Holy One to ^[j]undergo decay.’ ³⁶ For ^(AV)David, after he had ^[k]served God’s ^(AW)purpose in his own generation, ^(AX)fell asleep, and was ^[l]buried among his fathers and ^[m]underwent decay; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(AY)raised did not ^[n]undergo decay. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, ^[o]brothers, that ^(AZ)through ^[p]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and ^[q]through Him ^(BA)everyone who believes is ^[r]freed ^[s]from all things, from which you could not be ^[t]freed ^[u]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore, see that the thing spoken of ^(BB)in the Prophets does not come upon you:

⁴² As ^[w]Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these ^[x]things spoken to them the next ^(BD)Sabbath.