12Then the proconsul, seeing what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
13And Paul and his companions, having put to sea from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. 14But they, going on from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down. 15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Men, brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.
16And Paul arose, and beckoning with the hand, said: Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken. 17The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers; and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it. 18And about the time of forty years he nourished them[18] in the wilderness. 19And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as a possession, 20about four hundred and fifty years. And after that, he gave judges, until Samuel the prophet. 21And afterward they desired a king; and God gave them Saul the Son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22And having removed him, he raised up for them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, saying: I found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.
23Of the seed of this man, God, according to promise, raised up to Israel a Savior, Jesus; 24John having first preached, before his entrance, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25Now as John was finishing his course, he said: Whom do ye suppose me to be? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.
26Men, brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you the word of this salvation was sent forth. 27For they who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, fulfilled them in condemning him. 28And though they found no cause of death, they demanded of Pilate that he should be slain. 29And when they had fulfilled all the things written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb. 30But God raised him from the dead. 31And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people. 32And we declare to you glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers, 33that God has fulfilled this to us their children, in raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm[33]:
Thou art my Son;
I this day have begotten thee.
34And that he raised him up from the dead to return no more to corruption, he has thus spoken: I will give to you the holy, the sure promises of David. 35Wherefore also in another psalm he says: Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 36For David, having served his own generation according to the purpose of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption. 37But he, whom God raised, saw not corruption.
38Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that remission of sins through this man is announced to you; 39and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.
40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets: