13:17 The God of this people Israel ¹  chose our ancestors ²  and made the people great ³  during their stay as foreigners ⁴  in the country ⁵  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ⁶  he led them out of it. 13:18 For ⁷  a period of about forty years he put up with ⁸  them in the wilderness. ⁹  13:19 After ¹⁰  he had destroyed ¹¹  seven nations ¹²  in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance. ¹³  13:20 All this took ¹⁴  about four hundred fifty years. After this ¹⁵  he gave them judges until the time of ¹⁶  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 ¹⁷  forty years. 13:22 After removing him, God ¹⁸  raised up ¹⁹  David their king. He testified about him: ²⁰  ‘I have found David ²¹  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ²²  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ²³  13:23 From the descendants ²⁴  of this man ²⁵  God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised. ²⁶  13:24 Before ²⁷  Jesus ²⁸  arrived, John ²⁹  had proclaimed a baptism for repentance ³⁰  to all the people of Israel. 13:25 But while John was completing his mission, ³¹  he said repeatedly, ³²  ‘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!’ ³³  13:26 Brothers, ³⁴  descendants ³⁵  of Abraham’s family, ³⁶  and those Gentiles among you who fear God, ³⁷  the message ³⁸  of this salvation has been sent to us. 13:27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize ³⁹  him, ⁴⁰  and they fulfilled the sayings ⁴¹  of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning ⁴²  him. ⁴³  13:28 Though ⁴⁴  they found ⁴⁵  no basis ⁴⁶  for a death sentence, ⁴⁷  they asked Pilate to have him executed. 13:29 When they had accomplished ⁴⁸  everything that was written ⁴⁹  about him, they took him down ⁵⁰  from the cross ⁵¹  and placed him ⁵²  in a tomb. 13:30 But God raised ⁵³  him from the dead, 13:31 and ⁵⁴  for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied ⁵⁵  him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These ⁵⁶  are now his witnesses to the people. 13:32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ⁵⁷  13:33 that this promise ⁵⁸  God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising ⁵⁹  Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; ⁶⁰  today I have fathered you.’ ⁶¹  13:34 But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus ⁶²  from the dead, never ⁶³  again to be ⁶⁴  in a state of decay, God ⁶⁵  has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you ⁶⁶  the holy and trustworthy promises ⁶⁷  made to David.’ ⁶⁸  13:35 Therefore he also says in another psalm, ⁶⁹  ‘You will not permit your Holy One ⁷⁰  to experience ⁷¹  decay.’ ⁷²  13:36 For David, after he had served ⁷³  God’s purpose in his own generation, died, ⁷⁴  was buried with his ancestors, ⁷⁵  and experienced ⁷⁶  decay, 13:37 but the one ⁷⁷  whom God raised up did not experience ⁷⁸  decay. 13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one ⁷⁹  forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 13:39 and by this one ⁸⁰  everyone who believes is justified ⁸¹  from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify ⁸²  you. ⁸³  13:40 Watch out, ⁸⁴  then, that what is spoken about by ⁸⁵  the prophets does not happen to you:

13:41 ‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! ⁸⁶ 

For I am doing a work in your days,

a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.’” ⁸⁷