Acts 13:13-43

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

In Perga John Mark Leaves. Paul And Barnabas Go On To Pisidian Antioch

¹³ And having put-to-sea from Paphos, the ones around^[a] Paul came to Perga of Pamphylia. But John, having departed^[b] from them, returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But they, having gone through^[c] from Perga, arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And having entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath, they sat-down. ¹⁵ And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue-officials sent forth a message to them, saying, “Men, brothers, if there is any word of exhortation^[d] among you for the people, speak”.

Paul Proclaims That John Announced The Coming of The Davidic Savior, Jesus

¹⁶ And Paul, having stood up, and having motioned with his hand, said “Men, Israelites, and the ones fearing God: listen. ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel chose our fathers. And He lifted-up the people during the stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm led them out of it. ¹⁸ And for about a forty year period He put-up-with^[e] them in the wilderness. ¹⁹ And having brought-down seven^[f] nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them their land as-an-inheritance ²⁰ about^[g] in [a total of] four-hundred and fifty years. And after these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. ²¹ And from there they asked-for a king. And God gave them Saul— the son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin— for forty years. ²² And having removed him, He raised-up David for them for a king— concerning whom also having testified, He said, ‘I found David the son of Jesse, a man in-accordance-with^[h] My heart, who will do all My desires’. ²³ From the seed of this one, in accordance with the promise, God brought a Savior for^[i] Israel, Jesus— ²⁴ John having publicly-proclaimed a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel before the presence of His coming. ²⁵ And as John was completing his course, he was saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not the One. But behold— He is coming after me, of Whom I am not worthy to untie the sandal of His feet’.

Fulfilling The Scriptures, The Rulers Killed Jesus And God Raised Him Up

²⁶ “Men, brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and the ones among you fearing God: the message of this salvation was sent-out to us. ²⁷ For the ones dwelling in Jerusalem and their rulers, not having known this One and the voices of the prophets being read every Sabbath— having condemned Him, fulfilled them. ²⁸ And having found no charge worthy of death, they asked Pilate that He be executed. ²⁹ And when they fulfilled all the things having been written about Him, having taken Him down from the cross, they laid Him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God raised Him from the dead— ³¹ Who appeared for many days to the ones having come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who now are His witnesses to the people. ³² And we are announcing-as-good-news-to you the promise having been made to the fathers— ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise for us their children, having raised-up^[j] Jesus, as it has also been written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son. Today I have fathered You’ [Ps 2:7]. ³⁴ And that^[k] He raised Him up from the dead as One no longer going to return to decay, He has spoken in this manner [in Isa 55:3]: that ‘I will give You the holy, trustworthy^[l] things of ^[m] David’. ³⁵ Therefore^[n] also in another place it says, ‘You will not give^[o] Your holy One to see^[p] decay’ [Ps 16:10]. ³⁶ For David, having served the purpose^[q] of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was put-with^[r] his fathers, and saw decay. ³⁷ But He Whom God raised did not see decay.

Forgiveness Is Now Being Proclaimed To You. Don’t Be Scoffers

³⁸ “Therefore let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you. And from all things from which you could not be declared-righteous by the Law of Moses— ³⁹ by^[s] this One everyone believing is declared-righteous. ⁴⁰ Therefore be watching-out that the thing having been spoken in the Prophets [in Hab 1:5] may not come upon you: ⁴¹ ‘Look, scoffers, and marvel and perish. Because I am working a work in your days, a work which you will never believe if someone tells you in detail’”.

At The Next Sabbath Meeting, The Jews Contradict Paul. He Turns To The Gentiles

⁴² And while they were going out, they were begging that these words might be spoken to them on the next Sabbath. ⁴³ And the gathering^[t] having been released^[u], many of the Jews and of the worshiping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas— who, speaking to them, were persuading them to continue-in the grace of God.