Acts 13:13–25

PAUL’S SERMON IN ANTIOCH OF PISIDIA

¹³Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and went back to Jerusalem.^{y 14}They continued their journey from Perga and reached Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.^{z 15}After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”^a

¹⁶Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said, “Fellow Israelites, and you who fear God, listen!^{b 17}The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty^B arm.^{c 18}And for about forty years he put up with them^C in the wilderness;^{d 19}and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan,^e he gave them their land as an inheritance. ²⁰This all took about 450 years. After this, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.^{f 21}Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.^{g 22}After removing him,^h he raised up David as their king and testified about him, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart,^Di who will carry out all my will.’

²³“From this man’s descendants, as he promised, God brought to Israel^j the Savior, Jesus.^{A 24}Before his coming to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.^{k 25}Now as John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But one is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.’^l