20. All this happened in about 450 years.“After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
21. Then the people asked for a king. God gave them Saul son of Kish. Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. He was king for 40 years.
22. After God took him away, God made David their king. This is what God said about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse. He is the kind of man I want. He will do all that I want him to do.’
23. So God has brought one of David’s descendants to Israel to be their Savior. That descendant is Jesus. And God promised to do this.
24. Before Jesus came, John preached to all the people of Israel. He told them 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. I am not worthy to untie his sandals.’
26. “Brothers, sons in the family of Abraham, and you non-Jews who worship God, listen! The news about this salvation has been sent to us.