| 1 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.
2 And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said,
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they
sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down
to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 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. 6 And when they had gone
through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false
prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus; 7 who was with the proconsul,
Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and
Saul, and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for
so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the
proconsul from the faith. 9 But Saul, who is also called Paul,
filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him, 10 and said, O full
of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all
righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt 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.
12 Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being
astonished at the teaching of the Lord. 13 Now Paul and his company set
sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them
and returned to Jerusalem. 14 But they, passing through from Perga, came
to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath day,
and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the
rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word
of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 And Paul stood up, and beckoning
with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken: 17 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. 18 And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he
them in the wilderness. 19 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: 20 and after these things he gave
them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21 And afterward they asked
for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe
of Benjamin, for the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him,
he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I
have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My
will. 23 Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto
Israel a Saviour, Jesus; 24 when John had first preached before his coming
the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was
fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not
he. But behold, there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I
am not worthy to unloose. 26 Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,
and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent
forth. 27 For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they
knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath,
fulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And though they found
no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he should be
slain. 29 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. 30 But God
raised him from the dead: 31 and he was seen for many days of them that
came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto
the people. 32 And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the
fathers, 33 that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he
raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up
from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this
wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.
35 Because he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not give Thy
Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had in his own
generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his
fathers, and saw corruption: 37 but he whom God raised up saw no
corruption. 38 Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this
man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins: 39 and by him every one that
believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified
by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you
which is spoken in the prophets:
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish;
For I work a work in your days,
A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.
42 And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to
them the next sabbath. 43 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. 44 And the next
sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy,
and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
46 And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that
the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you,
and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles,
That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the
earth.
48 And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word
of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49 And the
word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region. 50 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. 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against
them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy
with the Holy Spirit.
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