Acts 13:32

Simplified Cowboy Version

"This is the good news we tell you, God promised our ancestors a cowboy who would save us all.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.

King James Version (1611)
And we declare vnto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made vnto the fathers,

King James Version
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

English Standard Version
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,

New American Standard Bible
"And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,

New Century Version
We tell you the Good News about the promise God made to our ancestors.

Amplified Bible
"And we are bringing you the good news of the promise made to our fathers (ancestors),

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,

Legacy Standard Bible
And we proclaim to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,

Berean Standard Bible
And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

Contemporary English Version
God made a promise to our ancestors. And we are here to tell you the good news

Complete Jewish Bible
"As for us, we are bringing you the Good News that what God promised to the fathers,

Darby Translation
And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,

Easy-to-Read Version
"We tell you the Good News about the promise God made to our ancestors.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And we declare vnto you, that touching the promise made vnto the fathers,

George Lamsa Translation
And behold we also preach to you that that very promise which was made to our fathers,

Good News Translation
And we are here to bring the Good News to you: what God promised our ancestors he would do, he has now done for us, who are their descendants, by raising Jesus to life. As it is written in the second Psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father.' <

Lexham English Bible
And we proclaim the good news to you: that the promise that was made to the fathers,

Literal Translation
And we preach the gospel to you, the promise made to the fathers,

American Standard Version
And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

Bible in Basic English
And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,

Hebrew Names Version
We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

International Standard Version
We are telling you the good news: What God promised our ancestorsGenesis 3:15; 12:3; 22:18; Acts 26:6; Romans 4:13; Galatians 3:16;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And we also, behold, we preach to you that that promise which was made to our fathers,

Murdock Translation
And lo, we also announce to you, that the promise, which was made to our fathers,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And we declare vnto you, howe that the promise which was made vnto the fathers,

English Revised Version
And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

World English Bible
We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And we declare to you glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers,

Weymouth's New Testament
And we bring you the Good News about the promise made to our forefathers,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And we schewen to you the biheest that was maad to oure fadris;

Update Bible Version
And we bring you good tidings of the promise made to the fathers,

Webster's Bible Translation
And we declare to you the glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers,

New English Translation
And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

New King James Version
And we declare to you glad tidings--that promise which was made to the fathers.

New Living Translation
"And now we are here to bring you this Good News. The promise was made to our ancestors,

New Life Bible
"We bring you the Good News about the promise made to our early fathers.

New Revised Standard
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to our ancestors

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
We, therefore, unto you, bring the good news, as to the promise which, unto our fathers, was made, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we declare unto you that the promise which was made to our fathers,

Revised Standard Version
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And we declare vnto you how that ye promes made vnto the fathers

Young's Literal Translation
`And we to you do proclaim good news -- that the promise made unto the fathers,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And we also declare vnto you ye promes, which was made vnto oure fathers,

Mace New Testament (1729)
to you therefore we declare, that the promise which God had made to the fathers, he has now perform'd to us, who are their children, by his having raised up Jesus again.

THE MESSAGE
"And we're here today bringing you good news: the Message that what God promised the fathers has come true for the children—for us! He raised Jesus, exactly as described in the second Psalm: My Son! My very own Son! Today I celebrate you! "When he raised him from the dead, he did it for good—no going back to that rot and decay for him. That's why Isaiah said, ‘I'll give to all of you David's guaranteed blessings.' So also the psalmist's prayer: ‘You'll never let your Holy One see death's rot and decay.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁴Paul and Barnabas struck a long trot inland for Antioch of Pisidia. On the day of rest, they went to the local Jewish church for the services. ¹⁵After the usual readings from the Good Book of Moses, the preachers invited Paul and Barnabas saying, "If y'all cowboys got a word from the Lord, we'd love to hear it." ¹⁶So Paul got up and motioned for everyone to quiet down. He said, "Listen up you cowboys from Israel and you God-fearing mavericks. ¹⁷The God of Israel chose our granddaddies over everyone else. He even strengthened them while they were slaves in Egypt and ¹⁸he was with 'em during the forty years in the wilderness after he set 'em free. ¹⁹He led the charge and defeat of seven mighty nations in Canaan so his kids could have the country he promised 'em. ²⁰Everything I've just said took about four hundred and fifty years. After this, God gave Israel some cowboys he called Judges to lead the nation. This went on until the time of Samuel the prophet. ²¹Then the people were crying out for a king and God gave 'em Saul, son of Kish. This cowboy was from the Benjamin outfit and he ruled for forty years. ²²After God got rid of Saul, he made David the king. God said this about David, 'I have found this buckaroo, David, son of Jesse, to be a man after my own heart. He will do everything I tell him to do.' ²³"From David descendants, God gave us the Top Hand who would save Israel from their sins just like he promised to.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we: Acts 13:38, Isaiah 40:9, Isaiah 41:27, Isaiah 52:7, Isaiah 61:1, Luke 1:19, Luke 2:10, Romans 10:15

how: Acts 3:19, Acts 26:6, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 49:10, Deuteronomy 18:15, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, Ezekiel 34:23, Daniel 9:24-26, Micah 5:2, Haggai 2:7, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 9:9, Zechariah 13:1, Zechariah 13:7, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:2, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:55, Luke 1:68-73, Romans 4:13, Galatians 3:16-18

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:5 - that he may Psalms 40:10 - faithfulness Psalms 69:13 - in the Psalms 89:4 - General Psalms 89:28 - mercy Psalms 103:17 - unto children's Jeremiah 33:14 - General Zechariah 10:9 - live Luke 8:1 - the glad John 1:41 - first Acts 2:25 - David Acts 3:26 - first Romans 9:4 - promises 2 Corinthians 1:20 - all Ephesians 4:10 - fill Hebrews 1:1 - the fathers 1 John 1:3 - declare

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And we declare unto you glad tidings,.... The whole of the Gospel, concerning the incarnation, obedience, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ, and the benefits arising from thence, as peace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation; all which are good news and glad tidings to sensible sinners; and which are declared and published by the ministers of the Gospel, according to the commission given them, as here by Paul and Barnabas:

how that the promise which was made unto the fathers; not barely and solely that which respects the resurrection of Christ, but the mission of him, the exhibition of him in human nature, his incarnation, his work and business he was to do, namely, to obtain salvation for his people; it chiefly regards the promise of his coming into the world to do the will of God, which promise was made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Judah, Genesis 22:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And we - We who are here present. Paul and Barnabas.

Declare unto you glad tidings - We preach the gospel the good news. To a Jew, nothing could be more grateful intelligence than that the Messiah had come; to a sinner convinced of his sins nothing can be more cheering than to hear of a Saviour.

The promise ... - The promise here refers to all that had been spoken in the Old Testament respecting the advent, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. We declare unto you glad tidings — We proclaim that Gospel to you which is the fulfilment of the promise made unto the fathers.