Acts 13:23-40
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Chapter 13
23Of this man 's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised. 24Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25And as John was finishing his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
26"Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
27For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
28And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
29And when they had carried out all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
30But God raised him from the dead,
31and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
32And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,
33this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, "‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’
36For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
37but he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
38Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
39and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
40Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:
