Act 13:14-41 | ESV | STEP | but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia . And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down .

14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And ^aon the Sabbath day ^bthey went into the synagogue and sat down. 15 After ^cthe reading from ^dthe Law and the Prophets, ^ethe rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any ^fword of encouragement for the people, say it.” 16 So Paul stood up, and ^gmotioning with his hand said:

“Men of Israel and ^hyou who fear God, listen. 17 ⁱThe God of this people Israel ^jchose our fathers and ^kmade the people great ^lduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and ^mwith uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18 And for about ⁿforty years ^ohe put up with ^{▼▼Some manuscripts he carried (compare Deuteronomy 1:31)} them in the wilderness. 19 And ^qafter destroying ^rseven nations in the land of Canaan, ^she gave them their land as an inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years. And after that ^the gave them judges until ^uSamuel the prophet. 21 Then ^vthey asked for a king, and God gave them Saul ^wthe son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 And ^xwhen he had removed him, ^yhe raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^z‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ^aaa man after my heart, ^abwho will do all my will.’ 23 ^acOf this man’s offspring God has brought to Israel ^ada Savior, Jesus, ^aeas he promised. 24 Before his coming, ^afJohn had proclaimed ^aga baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was finishing his course, ^ahhe 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 ^aiwho fear God, to us has been sent ^ajthe message of ^akthis salvation. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^althey did not recognize him nor understand ^amthe utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^anfulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And ^aothough they found in him no guilt worthy of death, ^apthey asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 And when ^aqthey had carried out all that was written of him, ^arthey took him down from ^asthe tree and laid him in a tomb. 30 But ^atGod raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days ^auhe appeared to those ^avwho had come up with him ^awfrom Galilee to Jerusalem, ^axwho are now ^ayhis witnesses to the people. 32 And we bring you the good news ^azthat what God promised to the fathers, 33 ^bathis he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,

^bb“‘You are my Son,
today I have begotten you.’
34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, ^bc, ^bdno more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,

“‘I will give you ^bethe holy and sure blessings of David.’
35 Therefore he says also in another psalm,

^bf“‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’
36 For David, after he had ^bgserved the purpose of God in his own generation, ^bhfell asleep and ^biwas laid with his fathers and saw corruption, 37 but he whom ^bjGod raised up did not see corruption. 38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, ^bkthat through this man ^blforgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by him ^bmeveryone who believes is freed ^{▼▼Greek justified; twice in this verse} from everything ^bofrom which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. 40 Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:

41 ^bp“‘Look, you scoffers,
be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’”