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Acts 13:13–25

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Preaching in the Synagogue at Pisidian Antioch

13Now Paul and his companionsb put out to sea from Paphos and* came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John departed from them and* returned to Jerusalem. 14And they went on from Perga and* arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And they entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and* sat down. 15So after the reading from the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent word* to them, saying, “Men and brothers, if there is any message of exhortation by you for the people, say it.”*

16So Paul stood up,* and motioning with his* hand, he said, “Israelite men, and those who fear God, listen! 17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during their* stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18And for a period of time of about forty years, he put up with them in the wilderness. 19And after* destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave their land to his people* as an inheritance. 20This took* about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave them* judges until Samuel the prophet. 21And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22And after* removing him, he raised up David for their king, about whom he also said, testifying, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man in accordance with my heart, who will carry out all my will.’c 23From the descendants of this man, according to his promise, God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus. 24Before his comingd John had publicly proclaimed* a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25But while John was completing his* mission, he said, ‘What do you suppose me to be? I am not he! But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his* feet!’

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Footnotes

  1. bLiterally “those around Paul”
  2. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“put out to sea”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“departed”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went on”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“entered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  6. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. *Here the participle (“stood up”) is translated as a finite verb because of English style
  9. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  10. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  11. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“destroying”) which is understood as temporal
  12. *The words “to his people” are supplied as a clarification of who received the land
  13. *The words “This took” are not in the Greek text but are supplied in keeping with English style
  14. *Here the indirect object “them” is not in the Greek text but is implied
  15. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“removing”) which is understood as temporal
  16. cA quotation from 1 Sam 13:14
  17. dLiterally “the presence of his coming”
  18. *Here the participle (“had publicly proclaimed”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
  19. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  20. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun