Acts 13:13–25

Paul and Barnabas at Antioch in Pisidia

¹³Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And ^mJohn left them and returned ⁿto Jerusalem, ¹⁴but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And ^oon the Sabbath day ^pthey went into the synagogue and sat down. ¹⁵After ^qthe reading from ^rthe Law and the Prophets, ^sthe rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any ^tword of encouragement for the people, say it.” ¹⁶So Paul stood up, and ^umotioning with his hand said:

“Men of Israel and ^vyou who fear God, listen. ^17wThe God of this people Israel ^xchose our fathers and ^ymade the people great ^zduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and ^awith uplifted arm he led them out of it. ¹⁸And for about ^bforty years ^che put up with² them in the wilderness. ¹⁹And ^dafter destroying ^eseven nations in the land of Canaan, ^fhe gave them their land as an inheritance. ²⁰All this took about 450 years. And after that ^ghe gave them judges until ^hSamuel the prophet. ²¹Then ⁱthey asked for a king, and God gave them Saul ^jthe son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²²And ^kwhen he had removed him, ^lhe raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^m‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ⁿa man after my heart, ^owho will do all my will.’ ^23pOf this man’s offspring God has brought to Israel ^qa Savior, Jesus, ^ras he promised. ²⁴Before his coming, ^sJohn had proclaimed ^ta baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵And as John was finishing his course, ^uhe said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’