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* Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers , Barnabas , Simeon who was called Niger , Lucius of Cyre 'ne , Man 'a-en a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch , and Saul . * While they were worshiping 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 fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off . * So , being sent out by the Holy Spirit , they went down to Seleu 'cia ; and from there they sailed to Cyprus . * When they arrived at Sal 'amis , they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews . And they had John to assist them . * When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos , they came upon a certain magician , a Jewish false prophet , named Bar-Jesus . * He was with the proconsul , Sergius Paulus , a man of intelligence , who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God . * But El 'ymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name ) withstood them , seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith . * But Saul , who is also called Paul , filled with the Holy Spirit , looked intently at him * and said , "You son of the devil , you enemy of all righteousness , full of all deceit and villainy , will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord ? * And now , behold , the hand of the Lord is upon you , and you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for a time ." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand . * Then the proconsul believed , when he saw what had occurred , for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord . * Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos , and came to Perga in Pamphyl 'ia . And John left them and returned to Jerusalem ; * but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisid 'ia . And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down . * After the reading of the law and the prophets , the rulers of the synagogue sent to them , saying , "Brethren , if you have any word of exhortation for the people , say it ." * So Paul stood up , and motioning with his hand said : "Men of Israel , and you that fear God , listen . * The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt , and with uplifted arm he led them out of it . * And for about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness . * And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan , he gave them their land as an inheritance , for about four hundred and fifty years . * And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet . * Then 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 when he had removed him , he raised up David to be their king ; of whom he testified and said , `I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart , who will do all my will .' * Of this man 's posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior , Jesus , as he promised . * Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel . * And as John was finishing his course , he said , `What do you suppose that I am ? I am not he . No , but after me one is coming , the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie .' * "Brethren , sons of the family of Abraham , and those among you that fear God , to us has been sent the message of this salvation . * For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers , because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every sabbath , fulfilled these by condemning him . * Though they could charge him with nothing deserving death , yet they asked Pilate to have him killed . * And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him , they took him down from the tree , and laid him in a tomb . * But God raised him from the dead ; * and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are now his witnesses to the people . * And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers , * this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus ; as also it is written in the second psalm , `Thou art my Son , today I have begotten thee .' * And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead , no more to return to corruption , he spoke in this way , `I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David .' * Therefore he says also in another psalm , `Thou wilt not let thy Holy One see corruption .' * For David , after he had served the counsel of God in his own generation , fell asleep , and was laid with his fathers , and saw corruption ; * but he whom God raised up saw no corruption . * Let it be known to you therefore , brethren , that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you , * and by him every one that believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses . * Beware , therefore , lest there come upon you what is said in the prophets : * `Behold , you scoffers , and wonder , and perish ; for I do a deed in your days , a deed you will never believe , if one declares it to you .'" * As they went out , the people begged that these things might be told them the next sabbath . * And when the meeting of the synagogue broke up , many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas , who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God . * The next sabbath almost the whole city gathered together to hear the word of God . * But when the Jews saw the multitudes , they were filled with jealousy , and contradicted what was spoken by Paul , and reviled him . * And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly , saying , "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you . Since you thrust it from you , and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life , behold , we turn to the Gentiles . * For so the Lord has commanded us , saying , `I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles , that you may bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth .'" * And when the Gentiles heard this , they were glad and glorified the word of God ; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed . * And the word of the Lord spread throughout all the region . * But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city , and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas , and drove them out of their district . * But they shook off the dust from their feet against them , and went to Ico 'nium . * And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit .

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