Acts 13:23
Good News Translation
It was Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Savior of the people of Israel, as he had promised.

New Revised Standard Version
Of this man’s posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised;

Contemporary English Version
God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and this one is Jesus.

New American Bible
From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Of this man's seed, God, according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour Jesus:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Of this man's seed, God, according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour Jesus:

this.

Acts 2:30 Whereas therefore he was a prophet and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.

2 Samuel 7:12 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

Psalm 89:35-37 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: . . .

Psalm 132:11 The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

Isaiah 7:13 And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?

Isaiah 11:1,10 And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root. . . .

Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise: and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. . . .

Jeremiah 33:15-17 In those days, and at that time, I will make the bud of justice to spring forth unto David, and he shall do judgment and justice in the earth. . . .

Amos 9:11 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Matthew 22:42 Saying: What think you of Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him: David's.

Luke 1:31-33,69 Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. . . .

John 7:42 Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David and from Bethlehem the town where David was?

Romans 1:3 Concerning his Son, who was made to him of the seed of David, according to the flesh,

Revelation 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star.

raised.

Acts 2:32-36 This Jesus hath God raised again, whereof all we are witnesses. . . .

Acts 3:26 To you first, God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved.

Acts 5:30,31 The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree. . . .

Isaiah 43:11 I am, I am the Lord: and there is no saviour besides me.

Isaiah 45:21 Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me.

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.

Luke 2:10,11 And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the people: . . .

John 4:42 And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Titus 1:4 To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Titus 2:10-14 Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. . . .

Titus 3:3-6 For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. . . .

2 Peter 1:1,11 Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ: to them that have obtained equal faith with us in the justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. . . .

2 Peter 2:20 For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former.

2 Peter 3:2,18 That you may be mindful of those words which I told you before from the holy prophet and of your apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and Saviour. . . .

1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father hath sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Jude 1:25 To the only God our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and magnificence, empire and power, before all ages, and now, and for all ages of ages. Amen.

Context
In Pisidian Antioch
22And when he had removed him, he raised them up David to be king: to whom giving testimony, he said: I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who shall do all my wills. 23Of this man's seed, God, according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour Jesus: 24John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.…
Cross References
Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

Jeremiah 30:9
But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.

Luke 2:11
For, this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

John 4:42
And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

Acts 13:32
And we declare unto you that the promise which was made to our fathers,

Acts 13:22
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