^23 (A)From the descendants of this man, ^(B)according to promise, God has brought to Israel ^(C)a Savior, Jesus, ²⁴ after ^(D)John had proclaimed, before ^[a]His coming, a ^(E)baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And while John ^(F)was completing his course, ^(G)he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

²⁶ “^[b]Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of ^(H)this salvation has been sent. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^(I)rulers, ^(J)recognizing neither Him nor the ^[c]declarations of ^(K)the prophets which are ^(L)read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. ²⁸ And though they found no grounds for putting Him to death, they ^(M)asked Pilate that He be executed. ²⁹ When they had ^(N)carried out everything that was written concerning Him, ^(O)they took Him down from the ^[d](P)cross and ^(Q)laid Him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God ^(R)raised Him from the dead; ³¹ and for many days ^(S)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ^(T)His witnesses to the people. ³² And we ^(U)preach to you the good news of ^(V)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by ^(W)raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘^(X)You are My Son; today I have fathered You.’ ³⁴ As for the fact that He ^(Y)raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(Z)I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘^(AA)You will not ^[e]allow Your ^[f]Holy One to ^[g]undergo decay.’ ³⁶ For ^(AB)David, after he had ^[h]served God’s ^(AC)purpose in his own generation, ^(AD)fell asleep, and was ^[i]buried among his fathers and ^[j]underwent decay; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(AE)raised did not ^[k]undergo decay. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, ^[l]brothers, that ^(AF)through ^[m]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and ^[n]through Him ^(AG)everyone who believes is ^[o]freed ^[p]from all things, from which you could not be ^[q]freed ^[r]through the Law of Moses.