Acts 13:26-43

²⁶“Men, brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God: to you the word of this salvation has been sent.

²⁷The Jerusalem dwellers and their rulers, understanding neither Him nor the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.

²⁸Though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

²⁹When they had fulfilled all things that were written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and placed Him in a tomb.

³⁰But God raised Him from the dead;

³¹and for many days He was seen by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

³²“Yes we proclaim to you the good news: the promise that was made to the fathers,

³³God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, when He raised up Jesus; as also it stands written in the second Psalm: ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’

³⁴And that He raised Him from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken thus, ‘I will give you the holy things guaranteed to David.’

³⁵Further, it is stated elsewhere, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’

³⁶Now David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw decay;

³⁷but the One whom God raised up did not see decay.

³⁸Therefore, let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you;

³⁹and by Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the Law of Moses.

⁴⁰So take care, lest there come upon you that which has been spoken in the prophets:

⁴¹‘Look you despisers, marvel and perish! For I am working a work in your days to which you will not give credence, even if someone were to explain it in detail to you.’ ”

⁴²Now as the Jews were going out of the synagogue, the Gentiles implored repeatedly that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.

⁴³The synagogue service having been dismissed, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who started addressing them, urging them to continue in the grace of God.