In Pisidian Antioch

After setting sail from Paphos, Paul [and] his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, [where] John left them to return to Jerusalem. 14 And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath [and] sat down. 15 After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them vvv“Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

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Paul stood up, motioned with [his] hand, [and] began to speak:“Men [of] Israel and [you Gentiles] who fear God, listen [to me]! 17 The God of the people[fn] chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during [their] stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of [that land]. 18 He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. 19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, {He gave} their land [to His people] as their inheritance 20 [All this took about] 450 {} years.

After this, [God] gave [them] judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21 Then [the people] asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from [the] tribe of Benjamin, [who ruled] forty years. 22 [After] removing [Saul], He raised up David as their king and vvv testified [about him]:‘I have found David [son] of Jesse a man after My [own] heart; [he] will carry out My will in its entirety.’[fn]

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From the descendants of this [man], God has brought to Israel salvation,[fn] as He promised. 24 Before the arrival of [Jesus], John preached a baptism of repentance to Israel.[fn] 25 As John was completing [his] course, he said,‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not [that One]. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’[fn]

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vvv Brothers, children of Abraham and you [ Gentiles ] who fear God, [it is] to you[fn] [that] this message of salvation has been sent. 27 The [people] of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize [Jesus], yet in condemning [Him] they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. 28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed

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When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took [Him] down from the tree [and] laid [Him] in a tomb. 30 But God raised Him from [the] dead, 31 [and] for many days [He] was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. [They] are[fn] His witnesses to [our] people.

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And now we proclaim to you the good news [What God] promised [our] fathers 33 [He] has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus vvv As it is written in the second Psalm:

‘You are My Son;

today I have become Your Father

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In fact, [God] raised Him from [the] dead, never to see decay. As He has said

‘I will give you the holy [and] sure [blessings] [promised to] David.’[fn]

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So also, He says in another [Psalm]: vvv

‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’[fn]

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For [when] David had served vvv God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. [His body] was buried with his fathers and saw decay. 37 But the [One] whom God raised from the dead vvv did not see decay.

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Therefore let it be known to you, vvv brothers, that through [Jesus] [the] forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which vvv you could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Watch out, then, that vvv what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:[fn]

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‘Look, [you] scoffers,

wonder and perish!

For I am doing a work in your days

[that] vvv vvv you would never believe,

even if someone told you.’[fn]”

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