21. And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.
22. And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My will.
23. Of this man’s seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;
24. when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25. And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.
26. Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.
27. For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
28. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.