22. After God took him away, God made David their king. God said about him: ‘I have found in David son of Jesse the kind of man I want. He will do all I want him to do.’
23. So God has brought Jesus, one of David’s descendants, to Israel to be its Savior, as he promised.
24. Before Jesus came, John preached to all the people of Israel about a baptism of changed hearts and lives.
25. When he was finishing his work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the Christ. He is coming later, and I am not worthy to untie his sandals.’
26. “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and others who worship God, listen! The news about this salvation has been sent to us.
27. Those who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not realize that Jesus was the Savior. They did not understand the words that the prophets wrote, which are read every Sabbath day. But they made them come true when they said Jesus was guilty.