Acts 13:13-43

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In Pisidian Antioch

¹³ Now after Paul and his companions set sail from ^(A)Paphos, they came to ^(B)Perga in ^(C)Pamphylia, but ^(D)John left them and returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But going on from Perga, they arrived at ^(E)Pisidian ^(F)Antioch. And on ^(G)the Sabbath day, they went into ^(H)the synagogue and sat down. ¹⁵ And after ^(I)the reading of the Law and ^(J)the Prophets ^(K)the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” ¹⁶ So Paul stood up, and ^(L)motioning with his hand said,

“Men of Israel, and ^(M)you who fear God, listen: ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel ^(N)chose our fathers and ^[a](O)lifted up the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ^(P)He led them out from it. ¹⁸ And for ^(Q)a period of about forty years ^(R)He put up with them in the wilderness. ^19 (S)And when He destroyed ^(T)seven nations in the land of Canaan, He ^(U)distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took ^(V)about 450 years. ²⁰ After these things He ^(W)gave them judges until ^(X)Samuel the prophet. ²¹ Then they ^(Y)asked for a king, and God gave them ^(Z)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² And after He had ^(AA)removed him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He also said, bearing witness, ‘^(AB)I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ^[b]will.’ ^23 (AC)From the seed of this man, ^(AD)according to promise, God has brought to Israel ^(AE)a Savior, Jesus, ²⁴ after ^(AF)John had preached before ^[c]His coming a ^(AG)baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John ^(AH)was fulfilling his course, ^(AI)he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of His feet.’

²⁶ “Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of ^(AJ)this salvation was sent. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^(AK)rulers, ^(AL)recognizing neither Him nor the ^[d]utterances of ^(AM)the prophets which are ^(AN)read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. ²⁸ And though they found no ground for death, they ^(AO)asked Pilate that He be ^[e]executed. ²⁹ And when they had ^(AP)finished all that was written concerning Him, ^(AQ)they took Him down from ^(AR)the tree and ^(AS)laid Him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God ^(AT)raised Him from the dead; ³¹ and for many days ^(AU)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ^(AV)His witnesses to the people. ³² And we ^(AW)proclaim to you the good news of ^(AX)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise ^[f]to our children in that He ^(AY)raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘^(AZ)You are My Son; today I have begotten You.’ ³⁴ But that He ^(BA)raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(BB)I will give you the holy and ^[g]faithful lovingkindnesses of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘^(BC)You will not give Your ^[h]Holy One over to see corruption.’ ³⁶ For ^(BD)David, after he had ^[i]served ^(BE)the purpose of God in his own generation, ^(BF)fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and saw corruption; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(BG)raised did not see corruption. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that ^(BH)through ^[j]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and that in Him, ^(BI)everyone who believes is justified from all things which you could not be justified from ^[k]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore watch out, so that the thing spoken of ^(BJ)in the Prophets may not come upon you:

⁴² And as ^[m]Paul and Barnabas were leaving, the people kept pleading that these words might be spoken to them the next ^(BL)Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the ^(BM)God-fearing ^[n](BN)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in ^(BO)the grace of God.