“When your life is finished, you will die and be buried with your ancestors. But then I will make one of your own children become the king.
Acts 13:23 - Easy To Read Version God has brought one of David’s descendants {\cf2\super [262]} to Israel (the Jews) to be their Savior. {\cf2\super [263]} That descendant is Jesus. God promised to do this. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of this man's descendants God has brought to Israel a Savior [in the person of Jesus], according to His promise. American Standard Version (1901) Of this man’s seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus; Common English Bible From this man’s descendants, God brought to Israel a savior, Jesus, just as he promised. Catholic Public Domain Version From his offspring, according to the Promise, God has brought Jesus the Savior to Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of this man's seed God according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus: |
“When your life is finished, you will die and be buried with your ancestors. But then I will make one of your own children become the king.
The Lord made a promise to David.\par The Lord promised to be loyal to David.\par The Lord promised that the kings would come from David’s family.\par
A small tree (child) will begin to grow from the stump (family) of Jesse. {\cf2\super [133]} That branch will grow from Jesse’s roots.
At that time, there will be a special person from Jesse’s {\cf2\super [135]} family. This person will be like a flag. This “flag” will show all the nations that they should come together around him. The nations will ask him the things they should do. And the place where he is will be filled with glory.
I myself am the Lord. And there is no other Savior—\{I am the only One\}.
Tell these people to come to me. Let them present their case and discuss these things.)
Then Isaiah said, “Family of David, {\cf2\super [85]} listen very carefully! You test the people’s patience—and this is not important to you. So, now you test my God’s patience.
The people of Israel and Judah will not serve foreign countries. No! They will serve the Lord their God. And they will serve David their king, {\cf2\super [236]} I will send that king to them.
“David’s tent {\cf2\super [118]} has fallen,\par but at that time,\par I will set his tent up again.\par I will fix the holes in the walls.\par I will build the ruined buildings again.\par I will build it like it was before.\par
City of Zion, rejoice!\par People of Jerusalem, shout with joy!\par Look, your king is coming to you!\par He is the good king that won the victory.\par But he is humble.\par He is riding on a donkey,\par on a young donkey\par born from a work animal.\par
This is the family history of Jesus Christ. He came from the family of David {\cf2\super [1]} and Abraham. {\cf2\super [2]}
She will give birth to a son. You will name the son Jesus. {\cf2\super [13]} Give him that name because he will save his people from their sins.”
Some of the people were walking ahead of Jesus. Other people were walking behind Jesus. The people shouted,
Jesus said, “What do you think about the Christ {\cf2\super [322]} ? Whose son is he?”
God has given us a powerful Savior\par from the family of God’s servant, David. {\cf2\super [21]} \par
The people said to the woman, “First we believed in Jesus because of what you told us. But now we believe because we heard him ourselves. We know now that he really is the one that will save the world.”
The Scriptures {\cf2\super [118]} say that the Christ will come from the family of David. {\cf2\super [119]} And the Scriptures say that the Christ will come from Bethlehem, the town where David lived.”
We tell you the Good News {\cf2\super [271]} about the promise God made to our ancestors.
David was a prophet {\cf2\super [33]} and knew something God said. God promised David that he would make a person from David’s family to be a king like David. {\cf2\super [34]}
God has sent his special servant (Jesus). God sent him to you first. God sent Jesus to bless you. He does this by making each of you turn away from doing bad things.”
Jesus is the only One who can save people. His name is the only power in the world that has been given to save people. We must be saved through Jesus!”
And that is how all Israel will be saved. It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [125]} \}:
To Titus. You are \{like\} a true son to me in the faith we share together.
Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ.
And you will be given a very great welcome into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That kingdom continues forever.
Those people were made free from the evil things in the world. They were made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if those people go back into those evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.
But grow in the grace (kindness) and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and forever! Amen.
I want you to remember the words that the holy prophets {\cf2\super [11]} spoke in the past. And remember the command that our Lord and Savior gave us. He gave us that command through your apostles. {\cf2\super [12]}
We have seen that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. That is what we tell people now.
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to tell you these things for the churches (groups of believers). I am the descendant {\cf2\super [176]} from the family of David. {\cf2\super [177]} I am the bright morning star.”