15. After the reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue officials sent word to them, “My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.”
16. So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said, “Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
17. The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt. With uplifted arm he led them out of it
18. and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
19. When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance