16 Paul 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 mightyA arm.c 18 And for about forty years he put up with themB in the wilderness;d 19 and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan,e he gave them their land as an inheritance. 20 This 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,C,i who will carry out all my will.’

23 “From this man’s descendants, as he promised, God brought to Israelj the Savior, Jesus.D