Acts 13:30-46

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,

³³that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.

³⁴But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.

³⁵Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.

³⁶For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.

³⁷But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

³⁸Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,

³⁹and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.

⁴⁰See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon you,

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.

⁴²And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.

⁴³And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁴And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁵But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, contradicting and speaking injuriously.

⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;