PAUL'S SERMON IN ANTIOCH (I)
Key verse: 22b
NIV
16 Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand(A) and said: “Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me! 17 The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country;(B) 18 for about forty years he endured their conduct[a](C) in the wilderness;(D) 19 and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan,(E) giving their land to his people(F) as their inheritance.(G) 20 All this took about 450 years.
“After this, God gave them judges(H) until the time of Samuel the prophet.(I) 21 Then the people asked for a king,(J) and he gave them Saul(K) son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin,(L) who ruled forty years. 22 After removing Saul,(M) he made David their king.(N) God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;(O) he will do everything I want him to do.’(P)
23 “From this man’s descendants(Q) God has brought to Israel the Savior(R) Jesus,(S) as he promised.(T) 24 Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.(U) 25 As John was completing his work,(V) he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for.(W) But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’(X)
Footnotes
- Acts 13:18 Some manuscripts he cared for them
Cross references
- Acts 13:16 : S Ac 12:17
- Acts 13:17 : Ex 6:6, 7; Dt 7:6-8
- Acts 13:18 : Dt 1:31
- Acts 13:18 : Nu 14:33; Ps 95:10; Ac 7:36
- Acts 13:19 : Dt 7:1
- Acts 13:19 : Jos 19:51; Ac 7:45
- Acts 13:19 : Ps 78:55
- Acts 13:20 : Jdg 2:16
- Acts 13:20 : 1Sa 3:19, 20; Ac 3:24
- Acts 13:21 : 1Sa 8:5, 19
- Acts 13:21 : 1Sa 10:1
- Acts 13:21 : 1Sa 9:1, 2
- Acts 13:22 : 1Sa 15:23, 26
- Acts 13:22 : 1Sa 16:13; Ps 89:20
- Acts 13:22 : 1Sa 13:14; Jer 3:15
- Acts 13:22 : Isa 44:28
- Acts 13:23 : S Mt 1:1
- Acts 13:23 : S Lk 2:11
- Acts 13:23 : Mt 1:21
- Acts 13:23 : ver 32; 2Sa 7:11; 22:51; Jer 30:9
- Acts 13:24 : S Mk 1:4
- Acts 13:25 : Ac 20:24
- Acts 13:25 : Jn 1:20
- Acts 13:25 : Mt 3:11; Jn 1:27
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ESV
16 So Paul stood up, and (A)motioning with his hand said:
“Men of Israel and (B)you who fear God, listen. 17 (C)The God of this people Israel (D)chose our fathers and (E)made the people great (F)during their stay in the land of Egypt, and (G)with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18 And for about (H)forty years (I)he put up with[a] them in the wilderness. 19 And (J)after destroying (K)seven nations in the land of Canaan, (L)he gave them their land as an inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years. And after that (M)he gave them judges until (N)Samuel the prophet. 21 Then (O)they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul (P)the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 And (Q)when he had removed him, (R)he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, (S)‘I have found in David the son of Jesse (T)a man after my heart, (U)who will do all my will.’ 23 (V)Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel (W)a Savior, Jesus, (X)as he promised. 24 Before his coming, (Y)John had proclaimed (Z)a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was finishing his course, (AA)he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Acts 13:18 Some manuscripts he carried (compare Deuteronomy 1:31)
Cross references
- Acts 13:16 : See ch. 12:17
- Acts 13:16 : ver. 26; ch. 10:2, 22
- Acts 13:17 : See Matt. 15:31
- Acts 13:17 : Deut. 7:6-8
- Acts 13:17 : Num. 24:7
- Acts 13:17 : ch. 7:17; Ex. 1:1, 7, 12; Ps. 105:23, 24
- Acts 13:17 : Ex. 6:6; 13:14, 16
- Acts 13:18 : See ch. 7:36
- Acts 13:18 : [Deut. 9:5-24]
- Acts 13:19 : See ch. 7:45
- Acts 13:19 : Deut. 7:1
- Acts 13:19 : Josh. 14:1, 2; 19:51; Ps. 78:55; 136:21, 22
- Acts 13:20 : Judg. 2:16; 3:9
- Acts 13:20 : See ch. 3:24
- Acts 13:21 : 1 Sam. 8:5; 10:1
- Acts 13:21 : 1 Sam. 9:1, 2
- Acts 13:22 : 1 Sam. 15:23, 26, 28; 16:1; [Hos. 13:11]
- Acts 13:22 : 1 Sam. 16:13; 2 Sam. 2:4; 5:3
- Acts 13:22 : Cited from Ps. 89:20
- Acts 13:22 : ch. 7:46; Cited from 1 Sam. 13:14
- Acts 13:22 : ver. 36
- Acts 13:23 : See Matt. 1:1
- Acts 13:23 : See Luke 2:11
- Acts 13:23 : Ps. 132:11; [ver. 32, 33]
- Acts 13:24 : ch. 1:22; Matt. 3:1
- Acts 13:24 : ch. 19:4; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3; [ch. 2:38; Matt. 3:11]
- Acts 13:25 : John 1:20, 27; [Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16]
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1. God chose Israel (16-2
a)
God called Israel to be his own possession. He wanted them to be a kingdom of priests through whom he might bless all people (Ex 19:6). He multiplied their numbers in Egypt, and by his almighty power, he led them out of Egypt. He was patient with them during their 4
years of desert training. Then he gave them victory over the Canaanite nations and established them in the promised land.
2. A man after God's own heart (2
b-25)
After the moral confusion of the time of the judges, and the failure of the first king Saul, God made David their king. He was a man after God's own heart because he did everything God wanted him to do. God promised that from David's descendants he would bring to Israel the Savior. God kept that promise by sending Jesus. John the Baptist was the witness; he preached repentance, then he introduced Jesus.
Prayer: Lord, give me a sense of history so that I may know your heart. Help me to do what pleases you, and use me in your redemptive history.
One Word: Do what God wants you to do
