Acts 13:22-24

The Voice

²² After God moved Saul aside, He made David king in his place. God had this to say about David: “I have found David, son of Jesse, to be a man after My own heart. He’s the kind of king who will rule in ways that please Me.”^{[a] 23} God has selected one of David’s descendants as the long-promised Liberator of Israel. I am speaking of Jesus.

²⁴ Before Jesus arrived on the scene, His cousin John was hard at work, proclaiming to all the people of Israel a ceremonial washing through baptism^[b] and pointing to a new direction in thought and life.