“Men of Israel, ³  and you Gentiles who fear God, ⁴  listen: 13:17 The God of this people Israel ⁵  chose our ancestors ⁶  and made the people great ⁷  during their stay as foreigners ⁸  in the country ⁹  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ¹⁰  he led them out of it. 13:18 For ¹¹  a period of about forty years he put up with ¹²  them in the wilderness. ¹³  13:19 After ¹⁴  he had destroyed ¹⁵  seven nations ¹⁶  in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance. ¹⁷  13:20 All this took ¹⁸  about four hundred fifty years. After this ¹⁹  he gave them judges until the time of ²⁰  Samuel the prophet. 13:21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled ²¹  forty years. 13:22 After removing him, God ²²  raised up ²³  David their king. He testified about him: ²⁴  ‘I have found David ²⁵  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ²⁶  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ²⁷  13:23 From the descendants ²⁸  of this man ²⁹  God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised. ³⁰  13:24 Before ³¹  Jesus ³²  arrived, John ³³  had proclaimed a baptism for repentance ³⁴  to all the people of Israel. 13:25 But while John was completing his mission, ³⁵  he said repeatedly, ³⁶  ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’ ³⁷  13:26 Brothers, ³⁸  descendants ³⁹  of Abraham’s family, ⁴⁰  and those Gentiles among you who fear God, ⁴¹  the message ⁴²  of this salvation has been sent to us. 13:27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize ⁴³  him, ⁴⁴  and they fulfilled the sayings ⁴⁵  of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning ⁴⁶  him. ⁴⁷  13:28 Though ⁴⁸  they found ⁴⁹  no basis ⁵⁰  for a death sentence, ⁵¹  they asked Pilate to have him executed. 13:29 When they had accomplished ⁵²  everything that was written ⁵³  about him, they took him down ⁵⁴  from the cross ⁵⁵  and placed him ⁵⁶  in a tomb. 13:30 But God raised ⁵⁷  him from the dead, 13:31 and ⁵⁸  for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied ⁵⁹  him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These ⁶⁰  are now his witnesses to the people. 13:32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ⁶¹  13:33 that this promise ⁶²  God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising ⁶³  Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; ⁶⁴  today I have fathered you.’ ⁶⁵  13:34 But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus ⁶⁶  from the dead, never ⁶⁷  again to be ⁶⁸  in a state of decay, God ⁶⁹  has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you ⁷⁰  the holy and trustworthy promises ⁷¹  made to David.’ ⁷²  13:35 Therefore he also says in another psalm, ⁷³  ‘You will not permit your Holy One ⁷⁴  to experience ⁷⁵  decay.’ ⁷⁶  13:36 For David, after he had served ⁷⁷  God’s purpose in his own generation, died, ⁷⁸  was buried with his ancestors, ⁷⁹  and experienced ⁸⁰  decay, 13:37 but the one ⁸¹  whom God raised up did not experience ⁸²  decay. 13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one ⁸³  forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 13:39 and by this one ⁸⁴  everyone who believes is justified ⁸⁵  from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify ⁸⁶  you. ⁸⁷  13:40 Watch out, ⁸⁸  then, that what is spoken about by ⁸⁹  the prophets does not happen to you:

13:41 ‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! ⁹⁰ 

For I am doing a work in your days,

a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.’” ⁹¹