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* Now there were at Antioch , in the church that was there , prophets and teachers ; Barnabas , and Simeon who was called Niger , and Lucius the Cyrenaean , and Manaen , the foster –brother of Herod the tetrarch , and Saul . * And while they were ministering to the Lord , and fasting , the Holy Spirit said , Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them . * Then , after they had fasted and prayed , and laid their hands on them , they sent them away . * They therefore being sent forth by the Holy Spirit , came down to Seleucia , and from thence sailed to Cyprus . * And having come to Salamis , they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews ; and they had also John as an assistant . * And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos , they found a certain magian , a Jewish false prophet , whose name was Bar –jesus , * who was with the proconsul of the country , Sergius Paulus , an intelligent man . He , having called for Barnabas and Saul , desired to hear the word of God . * But Elymas the magian (for so is his name interpreted ) withstood them , seeking so turn away the proconsul from the faith . * But Saul (who is also called Paul ), filled with the Holy Spirit , fixed his eyes on him * and said , O full of all deceit , and of all mischief , son of the Devil , enemy of all righteousness , wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ? * And now , behold , the hand of the Lord is upon thee , and thou wilt be blind , not seeing the sun for a season . And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness ; and going about he sought to find some who would lead him by the hand . * Then the proconsul , when he saw what had taken place , believed , being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord . * And Paul and his company , having put to sea from Paphos , came to Perga in Pamphylia . But John , departing from them , returned to Jerusalem . * And they , going on from Perga , came to Antioch in Pisidia ; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath –day , and sat down . * And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets , the rulers of the synagogue sent to them , saying , Brethren , if ye have any word of exhortation for the people , speak . * Then Paul stood up , and beckoned with his hand and said , Men of Israel , and ye that fear God , hearken . * The God of this people chose our fathers , and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt , and with a high arm he brought them out of it ; * and for about forty years he nourished them in the wilderness . * And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan , he gave them their land as a possession . * And after that , for about four hundred and fifty years , he gave judges , until Samuel the prophet . * And afterward they asked for a king ; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish , a man of the tribe of Benjamin , for forty years ; * and having removed him , he raised up to them David to be their king , to whom he gave testimony , saying , "I have found David the son of Jesse , a man after my own heart , who will do all my will ." * From the seed of this man hath God , according to his promise , brought to Israel a Saviour , Jesus ; * before whose coming forward John had first preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel . * And as John was finishing his course , he said , Who do ye think that I am ? I am not He . But lo I there cometh after me one , the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose . * Brethren , sons of the stock of Abraham , and those among you who fear God , to you was the word of this salvation sent forth . * For they that dwell at Jerusalem , and their rulers , not knowing him , nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath , fulfilled them in condemning him . * And though they found nothing deserving death in him , they asked of Pilate that he should be slain . * And when they had accomplished all that was written of him , they took him down from the cross , and laid him in a tomb . * But God raised him from the dead , * and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are now his witnesses to the people . * And we declare to you the glad tidings , that the promise which was made to the fathers * God hath fulfilled to us their children , in raising up Jesus ; as it is also written in the first Psalm : "Thou art my Son ; I have this day begotten thee ." * And that he raised him up from the dead , no more to return to corruption , he hath thus spoken : "I will give you the sure holy things promised to David ." * Wherefore also in another Psalm he saith , "Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption :" * For David , after having in his own generation served the will of God , fell asleep , and was added to his fathers , and saw corruption ; * but he whom God raised from the dead did not see corruption . * Be it therefore known to you , brethren , that through this man is announced to you the forgiveness of sins ; * and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things , from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses . * Beware therefore , lest that come upon you which is spoken in the Prophets , * "Behold , ye despisers , and wonder , and perish ! for I work a work in your days , a work which ye will not believe , though one should plainly declare it to you ." * And as they were going out , they besought that these words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath . * And when the synagogue broke up , many of the Jews and proselyte worshippers followed Paul and Barnabas ; who , speaking to them , exhorted them to continue in the grace of God . * And on the next sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of the Lord . * But when the Jews saw the multitudes , they were filled with indignation , and spoke against what was spoken by Paul , contradicting and reviling . * Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly and plainly , It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you ; but seeing ye thrust it from you , and judge yourselves unworthy of the everlasting life , lo ! we turn to the gentiles . * For thus hath the Lord commanded us : "I have set thee to be a light of the gentiles , that thou mayst bring salvation even to the end of the earth ." * And when the gentiles heard this , they rejoiced , and glorified the word of the Lord ; and as many as were ordained to everlasting life , believed . * And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout the whole country . * But the Jews stirred up the women of rank who worshipped God , and the chief men of the city , and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas , and drove them from their borders . * But they shook off the dust of their feet against them , and came to Iconium . * And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit .

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