Acts 13:13–25

¹³Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from ^aPaphos and came to ^bPerga in ^cPamphylia; but ^dJohn left them and returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁴But going on from Perga, they arrived at ^aPisidian ^bAntioch, and on ^cthe Sabbath day they went into ^dthe synagogue and sat down.

¹⁵After ^athe reading of the Law and ^bthe Prophets ^cthe synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.”

¹⁶Paul stood up, and ^amotioning with his hand said,

“Men of Israel, and ^byou who fear God, listen:

¹⁷“The God of this people Israel ^achose our fathers and ^1bmade the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ^cHe led them out from it.

¹⁸“For ^aa period of about forty years ^bHe put up with them in the wilderness.

¹⁹“^aWhen He had destroyed ^bseven nations in the land of Canaan, He ^cdistributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took ^dabout four hundred and fifty years.

²⁰“After these things He ^agave them judges until ^bSamuel the prophet.

²¹“Then they ^aasked for a king, and God gave them ^bSaul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

²²“After He had ^aremoved him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘^bI have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ¹will.’

²³“^aFrom the descendants of this man, ^baccording to promise, God has brought to Israel ^ca Savior, Jesus,

²⁴after ^aJohn had proclaimed before ¹His coming a ^bbaptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁵“And while John ^awas completing his course, ^bhe kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’