17TheGodθεὸςtheosG2316ofthispeopleλαοῦlaouG2992IsraelἸσραὴλIsraēlG2474choseourfathersπατέραςpaterasG3962,andexaltedὕψωσενhupsōsenG5312thepeopleλαὸνlaonG2992whentheysojournedinthelandγῇgēaG1093ofEgyptΑἰγύπτουAiguptouG125,andwithahighG5308armβραχίονοςbrachionosG1023ledhethemforthoutofit. 18AndforaboutthetimeG5550offortyτεσσερακονταετῆtesserakontaetēG5063yearsasanursing-father barehetheminthewildernessἐρήμῳ,erēmōG2048. 19AndwhenhehaddestroyedsevenἑπτὰheptaG2033nationsἔθνηethnēG1484inthelandγῇgēaG1093ofCanaanΧανάανChanaanG5477,hegavethemtheirlandγῆνgēnG1093foraninheritance,foraboutfour hundredandfifty years: 21AndafterwardtheyaskedᾐτήσαντοētēsantoG154forakingβασιλέα,basileaG935:andGodθεὸςtheosG2316gaveG1325untothemSaulΣαοὺλSaoulG4549thesonυἱὸνhuionG5207ofKish,amanἄνδραandraG435ofthetribeφυλῆςphulēsG5443ofBenjaminΒενιαμίν,BeniaminG958,forthespaceoffortyτεσσεράκοντα·tesserakontaG5062yearsἔτηetēG2094. 22Andwhenhehadremovedhim,heraisedG1453upDavidΔαυὶδDauidG1138tobetheirkingβασιλέα,basileaG935;towhomalsoG2532hebarewitnessμαρτυρήσας·marturēsasG3140andsaidG3004,IhavefoundG2147DavidΔαυὶδDauidG1138thesonofJesseἸεσσαί,IessaiG2421,amanἄνδραandraG435aftermyheartκαρδίανkardianG2588,whoshalldoallmywill. 23Ofthisman’sτούτουtoutouG3778seedσπέρματοςspermatosG4690hathGodθεὸςtheosG2316accordingκατ᾽kat᾽G2596topromiseἐπαγγελίανepangelianG1860broughtG71untoIsraelἸσραὴλIsraēlG2474aSaviour,JesusἸησοῦν,IēsounG2424; 24whenJohnἸωάννουIōannouG2491hadfirst preachedbeforehiscomingthebaptismβάπτισμαbaptismaG908ofrepentanceμετανοίαςmetanoiasG3341toallthepeopleλαῷlaōG2992ofIsraelἸσραήλ.IsraēlG2474. 26Brethren,childrenofthestockofAbrahamἈβραὰμAbraamG11,andthoseamongyouthatfearφοβούμενοιphoboumenoiG5399Godθεόν,theonG2316,tousisthewordG3056ofthissalvationσωτηρίαςsōtēriasG4991sentforthG1821. 27FortheythatdwellκατοικοῦντεςkatoikountesG2730inJerusalemἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmG2419,andtheirrulersἄρχοντεςarchontesG758,becausetheyknewhimnot,northevoicesG5456oftheprophetsπροφητῶνprophētōnG4396whicharereadἀναγινωσκομένας,anaginōskomenasG314everysabbathσάββατονsabbatonG4521,fulfilledthembycondemninghim. 28AndthoughtheyfoundG2147nocauseαἰτίανaitianG156ofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288inhim,yetaskedG154theyofPilateΠιλᾶτονPilatonG4091thatheshouldbeslain. 32AndwebringG2097yougoodtidingsofthepromiseἐπαγγελίανepangelianG1860madeuntothefathersπατέραςpaterasG3962, 34AndasconcerningthatheraisedG450himupfromthedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498,nowG1161nomoreμηκέτιmēketiG3371toreturnὑποστρέφεινhupostrepheinG5290tocorruption,hehathspokenonthiswise,IwillgiveδώσωdōsōG1325youtheholyὅσιαhosiaG3741andsureblessingsofDavidΔαυὶδDauidG1138. Read all of Acts 13American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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