25. John was coming to the end of his work. 'Who do you think I am?' he said. 'I am not the one you are looking for. No, he is coming after me. I am not good enough to untie his sandals.'
26. "Listen, brothers, you children of Abraham! Listen, you non-Jews who worship God! This message of salvation has been sent to us.
27. The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus. By finding him guilty, they made the prophets' words come true. These are read every Sabbath day.
28. The people and their rulers had no reason at all for sentencing Jesus to death. But they asked Pilate to have him killed.
29. They did everything that had been written about Jesus. Then they took him down from the cross. They laid him in a tomb.
30. But God raised him from the dead.
31. For many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. Now they are his witnesses to our people.
32. "We are telling you the good news. What God promised our people long ago