15Now after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent to them, saying, “Men and brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”
16And Paul, arising and motioning with his hand, said, “Men, Israelites, and you who fear God, listen:
17The God of this people chose our fathers, and lifting up the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm brought them out from it.
18Now for a time of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.
19And destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.
20“And after these things, for about four hundred and fifty years, He gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.