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 coming^d 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

*Here the participle (“stood up”) is translated as a finite verb because of English style
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“destroying”) which is understood as temporal
*The words “to his people” are supplied as a clarification of who received the land
*The words “This took” are not in the Greek text but are supplied in keeping with English style
*Here the indirect object “them” is not in the Greek text but is implied
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“removing”) which is understood as temporal
cA quotation from 1 Sam 13:14
dLiterally “the presence of his coming”
*Here the participle (“had publicly proclaimed”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun