Acts 13:23-37

New International Version

²³ “From this man’s descendants^(A) God has brought to Israel the Savior^(B) Jesus,^(C) as he promised.^{(D) 24} Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.^{(E) 25} As John was completing his work,^(F) he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for.^(G) But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’^(H)

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

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

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

³⁵ So it is also stated elsewhere:

³⁶ “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep;^(Z) he was buried with his ancestors^(AA) and his body decayed. ³⁷ But the one whom God raised from the dead^(AB) did not see decay.