Acts 13:13-41 - Preaching In The Synagogue At Pisidian Antioch
13 And Paul and those with him loosing from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John withdrawing from them, returned to Jerusalem. 14 And departing from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia; and going into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the chief of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.
16 Then Paul standing, and waving his hand, said, Ye men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken. 17 The God of this people chose our fathers, and raised the people, while sojourning in the land of Egypt, and brought them out of it with an uplifted arm. 18 And he suffered their manners in the wilderness, about the space of forty years. 19 And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot, about four hundred and fifty years. 20 And after that, he gave them judges, until Samuel the prophet. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years. 22 And having removed him, he raised up to them David for their king, to whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, who will do all my will.
23 Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus; 24 John having first preached before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But behold one cometh after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26 Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, neither knowing him, nor the sayings of the prophets, which are read very sabbath-day, have fulfilled them, in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate, that he might be put to death. 29 And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre. 30 But God raised him from the dead. 31 And he was seen many days by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people. 32 And we declare to you glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled this to us their children, in raising up Jesus: as it is written also in the second Psalm, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
34 And because he raised him up from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spake thus, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another Psalm, Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy one to see corruption. 36 Now David, having served the will of God in his generation, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption. 37 But he whom God raised, did not see corruption. 38 Be it known unto you therefore, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins. 39 And by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets.
41 Behold ye despisers, and wonder and perish. For I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.