Bible verse
From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
Acts 13:23 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 13.
19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
20 All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
21 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
22 After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
23 From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
24 Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
KJV
Of this man’s seed hath God according to [his] promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
ASV
Of this man’s seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;
ERV
Of this man’s seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;
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