18. and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
19. When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance
20. at the end of about four hundred and fifty years. After these things he provided judges up to Samuel [the] prophet.
21. Then they asked for a king. God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22. Then he removed him and raised up David as their king; of him he testified, ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.’
23. From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
24. John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel;
25. and as John was completing his course, he would say, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’
26. “My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation has been sent.
27. The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize him, and by condemning him they fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read sabbath after sabbath.