12. And having seen what took place, the proconsul believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Master.
13. And having put out from Paphos, Sha’ul and those with him came to Perge in Pamphulia. And Yoḥanan, having left them, returned to Yerushalayim.
14. But passing through from Perge, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the congregation on the Sabbath day and sat down.
15. And after the reading of the Torah and the Prophets, the rulers of the congregation sent to them, saying, “Men, brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.”
16. And Sha’ul, standing up and motioning with his hand said, “Men, Yisra’ĕlites, and those fearing Elohim, listen:
17. “The Elohim of this people Yisra’ĕl did choose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourning in the land of Mitsrayim, and with a high arm He brought them out of it.
18. “Now for a time of about forty years He sustained them in the wilderness.
19. “And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Kena‘an, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.
20. “And after that He gave judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Shemu’ĕl the prophet.
21. “But then they asked for a sovereign, and Elohim gave them Sha’ul the son of Qish, a man of the tribe of Binyamin, for forty years.