19. He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people.
20. All this happened in about 450 years.Then God gave our people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel,
21. but the people demanded a king. So for forty years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.
22. Later, God removed Saul and let David rule in his place. God said about him, “David the son of Jesse is the kind of person who pleases me most! He does everything I want him to do.”
23. God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and that one is Jesus.
24. But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.
25. Then, when John's work was almost done, he said, “Who do you people think I am? Do you think I am the Promised One? He will come later, and I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
26. Now listen, you descendants of Abraham! Pay attention, all you Gentiles who are here to worship God! Listen to this message about how to be saved, because it is for everyone.
27. The people of Jerusalem and their leaders didn't realize who Jesus was. And they didn't understand the words of the prophets that they read each Sabbath. So they condemned Jesus just as the prophets had said.
28-29. They did exactly what the Scriptures said they would. Even though they couldn't find any reason to put Jesus to death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.After Jesus had been put to death, he was taken down from the cross and placed in a tomb.
30. But God raised him from death!