Second Division of the Sermon. Of the Promised Messiah, Jesus, the Son of David, 23 - 37.

Acts 13:23. Of this man's seed. This was the first requisite, for unless He were descended from David, Jesus could not be the Messiah foretold by the prophets.

God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus. The first part of the Antioch sermon spoke of the history of Israel under the protection and guidance of the unseen Messiah; the second part of the discourse tells of this Messiah's appearance on earth.

‘According to His promise.' Paul returns to and speaks of the long looked-for promise in the thirty-second verse. Instead of the word translated ‘raised' (unto Israel), the word contained in the older Mss. here signifies ‘brought' (unto Israel). It is the very word used in the Messianic prophecy of Zechariah 3:8: ‘Behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. ‘

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