Acts:13

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* Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers : Barnabas , Simeon who was called Niger , Lucius of Cyrene , Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch , and Saul . * As they served the Lord and fasted , the Holy Spirit said , "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me , 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 , being sent out by the Holy Spirit , they went down to Seleucia . From there they sailed to Cyprus . * When they were at Salamis , they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues . They had also John as their attendant . * When they had gone through the island to Paphos , they found a certain sorcerer , a false prophet , a Jew , whose name was Bar Jesus , * who was with the proconsul , Sergius Paulus , a man of understanding . This man summoned 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 , "Full of all deceit and all cunning , you son of the devil , you enemy of all righteousness , will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ? * Now , behold , the hand of the Lord is on you , and you will be blind , not seeing the sun for a season !" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him . He went around seeking someone 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 . John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem . * But they , passing on from Perga , came to Antioch of Pisidia . They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day , and sat down . * After the reading of the law and the prophets , the rulers of the synagogue sent to them , saying , "Brothers , if you have any word of exhortation for the people , speak ." * Paul stood up , and beckoning with his hand said , "Men of Israel , and you who fear God , listen . * The God of this people {TR , NU add "Israel "} chose our fathers , and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt , and with an uplifted arm , he led them out of it . * For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness . * When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan , he gave them their land for an inheritance , for about four hundred fifty years . * After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet . * Afterward they asked for a king , and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish , a man of the tribe of Benjamin , for forty years . * When he had removed him , he raised up David to be their king , to whom he also testified , 'I have found David the son of Jesse , a man after my heart , who will do all my will .' * From this man 's seed , God has brought salvation {TR , NU read "a Savior , Jesus " instead of "salvation "} to Israel according to his promise , * before his coming , when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel . {TR , NU read "to all the people of Israel " instead of "to Israel "} * As John was fulfilling his course , he said , 'What do you suppose that I am ? I am not he . But behold , one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie .' * Brothers , children of the stock of Abraham , and those among you who fear God , the word of this salvation is sent out to you . * 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 . * Though they found no cause for death , they still asked Pilate to have him killed . * When they had fulfilled all things that were written about 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 by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are his witnesses to the people . * We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers , * that God has fulfilled the same to us , their children , in that he raised up Jesus . As it is also written in the second psalm , 'You are my Son . Today I have become your father .' {Psalm strkjv @2:7 } * "Concerning that he raised him up from the dead , now no more to return to corruption , he has spoken thus : 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David .' {Isaiah strkjv @55:3 } * Therefore he says also in another psalm , 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay .' {Psalm strkjv @16:10 } * For David , after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God , fell asleep , and was laid with his fathers , and saw decay . * But he whom God raised up saw no decay . * Be it known to you therefore , brothers {The word for "brothers " here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters " or "siblings ."}, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins , * and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things , from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses . * Beware therefore , lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets : * 'Behold , you scoffers , 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 .'" {Habakkuk strkjv @1:5 } * So when the Jews went out of the synagogue , the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached 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 . * The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God . * But when the Jews saw the multitudes , they were filled with jealousy , and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul , and blasphemed . * Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly , and said , "It was necessary that God 's word should be spoken to you first . Since indeed you thrust it from you , and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life , behold , we turn to the Gentiles . * For so has the Lord commanded us , saying , 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles , that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth .'" {Isaiah strkjv @49:6 } * As the Gentiles heard this , they were glad , and glorified the word of God . As many as were appointed to eternal life believed . * The Lord 's word was spread abroad throughout all the region . * But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city , and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas , and threw them out of their borders . * But they shook off the dust of their feet against them , and came to Iconium . * The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit .

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