Acts 13:21-32

²¹And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

²²And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

²³Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

²⁴John having proclaimed before the face of his entry among the people the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁵And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

²⁶Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

²⁷for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, by judging him.

²⁸And having found no cause of death in him, they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

³⁰but God raised him from among the dead,

³¹who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

³²And we declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,