Acts 13

1 Now in the church at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

2 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.”

3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

4 So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

6 They traveled through the island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

7 an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness fell over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

13 After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.

14 And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

15 After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

16 Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

17 The God of the people chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

18 He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as their inheritance.

20 All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

21 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

22 After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’

23 From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel salvation, as He promised.

24 Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to Israel.

25 As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to you that this message of salvation has been sent.

27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

30 But God raised Him from the dead,

31 and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are His witnesses to our people.

32 And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

33 He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

34 In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’

35 So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

36 For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

37 But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

40 Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:

41 ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

42 As the Jews were leaving the synagogue, the Gentiles urged Paul and Barnabas to continue this message on the next Sabbath.

43 After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

44 On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of God.

45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously opposed and contradicted what Paul was saying.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

49 And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.

50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

51 So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

1 ¶ Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

3 And 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 Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to [their] minister.

6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [was] Barjesus:

7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

9 Then Saul, (who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou] child 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 deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

14 ¶ But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and 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, [Ye] men [and] brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

20 And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

23 Of this man's seed hath God according to [his] promise raised 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 fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.

26 Men [and] brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled [them] in condemning [him].

28 And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took [him] down from the tree, and laid [him] in a sepulchre.

30 But God raised him from the dead:

31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also 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 said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

35 Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

38 Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

39 And by him all that believe are 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 of 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, though a man declare it unto you.

42 ¶ And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

1 Now there were in Antioch prophets and teachers in the church, namely, Barnabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 And as they were ministering unto the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said, Send me forth Barnabas and Saul unto the work whereunto I have called them.

3 Then they fasted, and prayed, and laid hands on them, and let them go.

4 And when they were sent forth by the Holy Ghost, they came to Seleucia, and from thence they toiled to Cyprus.

5 And when they were come into the city of Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had John also to minister unto them.

6 And as they passed through the island unto the city of Paphos, they found a sorcerer and a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jehu.

7 He was with Sergius Paul the governor, a man of understanding. The same called Barnabas and Saul unto him, and desired to hear the word of God.

8 Then Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is interpreted) stood against them, and sought to turn the governor from the faith.

9 And Saul, who is also called Paul, full of the Holy Ghost, looked upon him.

10 And said, O thou child of the devil, full of all guile and cunning, and enemy to all righteousness! Thou ceasest not to turn aside the right ways of the LORD.

11 And now, behold, the hand of the LORD cometh upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, and shalt not see the sun for a season. And from that hour darkness and gloom fell upon him: and he went about seeking the ladder of hands.

12 When the governor saw the story, he believed, and marvelled at the doctrine of the LORD.

13 And when Paul and they that were about him were shipped from Paphos, they came to Perge in the land of Pamphylia. But John departed from them, and went again to Jerusalem.

14 And they passed through from Perge, and came to Antioch in the land of Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

15 And after the lesson of the law and of the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye will speak any thing, and exhort the people, tell them

16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoned with his hand, and said: Ye men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hear me.

17 The God of this people hath chosen our fathers, and hath lifted up the people, when they were strangers in the land of Egypt; and with a high arm brought they out of the same.

18 And for forty years he tolerated their ways in the wilderness.

19 And he destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, and divided among them according to the lot of those countries.

20 And after that he gave them judges four hundred and fifty years, except Samuel the prophet.

21 And from that time they asked for a king. And God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, forty years.

22 And when he had put him away, he raised up David king over them, of whom he testified: I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall do all my will.

23 Of this seed hath God, as he promised, begotten JESUS a Saviour unto the people of Israel,

24 When John before began to preach the baptism of repentance unto the people of Israel.

25 And when John had run his course, he said, I am not he whom ye think me to be: but, behold, he cometh after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the shoes of his feet.

26 Ye men, brethren, children of the seed of Abraham, and them that fear God among you, unto you is sent the word of this salvation.

27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing this, nor the voice of the prophets (which are read every sabbath day), have filled them with their judgment.

28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they besought Pilate to put him to death.

29 And when they had finished all that was written of him, they took him down from the wood, and laid him in a sepulchre.

30 But God raised him from the dead.

31 And he appeared many days unto them that went up with him from Galilee unto Jerusalem, which are his witnesses unto the people.

32 And we also declare unto you the promise which was made unto our fathers,

33 That the same God hath fulfilled us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus;] as it is written in another psalm, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.

34 And when he hath raised him from the dead, that he should no more perish, thus saith he: I will faithfully keep the grace promised to David.

35 Therefore saith he also in the other place, Thou wilt not suffer thy saint to see corruption.

36 For David, when he had served the will of God in his days, fell asleep, and joined his fathers, and saw corruption.

37 But whom God hath raised up, he hath not seen corruption.

38 Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that there is preached unto you remission of sins by this, and of all things, whereby ye could not be justified in the law of Moses.

39 But he that believeth on him is righteous.

40 Take heed therefore that those things which are spoken in the prophets come not upon you:

41 Behold, ye despisers, and marvel, and be confounded: for I do a work in your days, which ye shall not believe, if any man tell you.

42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought them to speak unto them between the sabbaths.

43 And when the church of the synagogue was departed from one another, there followed after Paul and Barnabas many Jews, and the godly of the Jews. And they saw them, and exhorted them to abide in the grace of God.

44 And on the next sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

45 And when the Jews saw the people, they were filled with envy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and contradicted and blasphemed.

46 And Paul and Barnabas said openly, Ye had first to be told the word of God: but now ye cast it from you, and consider yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn unto the Gentiles.

47 For thus hath the LORD commanded us: I have set thee for a light unto the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be salvation unto the ends of the earth.

48 And when the Gentiles heard it, they were glad, and glorified the word of the LORD, and believed how many were ordained unto eternal life.

49 And the word of the LORD was spread abroad through all that region.

50 But the Jews moved the devout and honourable women, and the rulers of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

51 And they shook the dust off their feet upon them, and came to Iconium.

52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost.