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* Now there were at Antioch , in the church that was [there ], prophets and teachers , Barnabas , and Symeon that was called Niger , and Lucius of Cyrene , and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch , and Saul . * And as they were ministering to the Lord , and fasting , the Holy Spirit said , Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them . * Then , when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them , they sent them away . * So they , being sent forth by the Holy Spirit , went down to Seleucia ; and from there they sailed to Cyprus . * And when they were at Salamis , they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews : and they had also John as their attendant . * And when they had gone through the whole island to Paphos , they found a man [who was ] a certain sorcerer , a false prophet , a Jew , whose name was Bar-jesus ; * who was with the proconsul , Sergius Paulus , a man of understanding . The same called to him Barnabas and Saul , and sought to hear the word of God . * But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation ) withstood them , seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith . * But Saul , who is also [called ] Paul , filled with the Holy Spirit , fastened his eyes on him , * and said , O full of all guile and all villany , you son of the devil , you enemy of all righteousness , will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ? * And now , look , the hand of the Lord is on you , and you will be blind , not seeing the sun for a season . And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness ; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand . * Then the proconsul , when he saw what was done , believed , being astonished at the teaching of the Lord . * Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos , and came to Perga in Pamphylia : and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem . * But they , passing through from Perga , came to Antioch of 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 , Men , brothers , if you (note :){+}(:note ) have any word of exhortation for the people , say on . * And Paul stood up , and beckoning with the hand said , Men , Israelites , and you (note :){+}(:note ) who fear God , listen : * The God of this people Israel chose our fathers , and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt , and with a high arm led he them forth out of it . * And for about the time of forty years as a foster-father he bore them in the wilderness . * And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan , he gave [them ] their land for an inheritance , for about four hundred and fifty years : * and after these things he gave [them ] judges until Samuel the prophet . * And afterward they asked for a king : and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish , a man of the tribe of Benjamin , for the space of forty years . * And when he had removed him , he raised up David to be their king ; to whom also he bore witness and said , I have found David the son of Jesse , a man after My heart , who will do all My will . * Of this man 's seed has God according to promise brought to Israel a Savior , Jesus ; * when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel . * And as John was fulfilling his course , he said , What do you (note :){+}(:note ) suppose that I am ? I am not [he ]. But look , there comes one after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose . * Men , brothers , sons of the stock of Abraham , and those among you (note :){+}(:note ) who fear God , to us is the word of this salvation sent forth . * For those who dwell in Jerusalem , and their rulers , because they didn 't know him , nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath , fulfilled [them ] by condemning [him ]. * And though they found no cause of death [in him ], yet they asked of Pilate that he should be slain . * And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him , they took him down from the tree , and laid him in a tomb . * But God raised him from the dead : * and he was seen for many days of those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are now his witnesses to the people . * And we bring you (note :){+}(:note ) good news of the promise made to the fathers , * that God has fulfilled these things to us , their children , in that he raised up Jesus ; as also it is written in the second psalm , You are my Son , this day I have begotten you . * And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead , now no more to return to corruption , he has spoken on this wise , I will give you (note :){+}(:note ) the holy and sure [blessings ] of David . * Because he says also in another [psalm ], You will not give Your Holy One to see corruption . * For David , after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God , fell asleep , and was laid to his fathers , and saw corruption : * but he whom God raised up saw no corruption . * Be it known to you (note :){+}(:note ) therefore , men , brothers , that through this man is proclaimed to you {+} remission of sins , and from all things which you {+} could not be justified by the law of Moses . * By this man everyone who believes is justified . * Beware therefore , lest that come upon [you (note :){+}(:note )] which is spoken in the prophets : * Look , you (note :){+}(:note ) despisers , and wonder , and perish ; For I work a work in your {+} days , A work which you {+} will in no way believe , if one declares it to you {+}. * And as they went out , they implored that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath . * Now when the synagogue broke up , many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas ; who , speaking to them , urged them to continue in the grace of God . * And the next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of the Lord . * But when the Jews saw the multitudes , they were filled with jealousy , and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul , and blasphemed . * And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly , and said , It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you (note :){+}(:note ). Seeing you {+} thrust it from you {+}, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life , look , we turn to the Gentiles . * For so has the Lord commanded us , [saying ], I have set you for a light of the Gentiles , That you should be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth . * And as the Gentiles heard this , they were glad , and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed . * And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region . * But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate , and the chief men of the city , and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas , and cast them out of their borders . * But they shook off the dust of their feet against them , and came to Iconium . * And the disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit .

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