Act 13:4-14:28 | ESV | STEP | So , being sent out by the Holy Spirit , they went down to Seleucia , and from there they sailed to Cyprus .

4 So, being sent out ^aby the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God ^bin the synagogues of the Jews. And they had ^cJohn to ^dassist them. 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain ^emagician, ^fa Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. 7 He was with ^gthe proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the ^hmagician (for that is the meaning of his name) ⁱopposed them, seeking to turn ^jthe proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, ^kfilled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “You ^lson of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and ^mvillainy, will you not stop ⁿmaking crooked ^othe straight paths of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, ^pthe hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking ^qpeople to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at ^rthe teaching of the Lord.

Paul and Barnabas at Antioch in Pisidia

13 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And ^sJohn left them and returned ^tto Jerusalem, 14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And ^uon the Sabbath day ^vthey went into the synagogue and sat down. 15 After ^wthe reading from ^xthe Law and the Prophets, ^ythe rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any ^zword of encouragement for the people, say it.” 16 So Paul stood up, and ^aamotioning with his hand said:

“Men of Israel and ^abyou who fear God, listen. 17 ^acThe God of this people Israel ^adchose our fathers and ^aemade the people great ^afduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and ^agwith uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18 And for about ^ahforty years ^aihe put up with ^{▼▼Some manuscripts he carried (compare Deuteronomy 1:31)} them in the wilderness. 19 And ^akafter destroying ^alseven nations in the land of Canaan, ^amhe gave them their land as an inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years. And after that ^anhe gave them judges until ^aoSamuel the prophet. 21 Then ^apthey asked for a king, and God gave them Saul ^aqthe son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 And ^arwhen he had removed him, ^ashe raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^at‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ^aua man after my heart, ^avwho will do all my will.’ 23 ^awOf this man’s offspring God has brought to Israel ^axa Savior, Jesus, ^ayas he promised. 24 Before his coming, ^azJohn had proclaimed ^baa baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was finishing his course, ^bbhe said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you ^bcwho fear God, to us has been sent ^bdthe message of ^bethis salvation. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^bfthey did not recognize him nor understand ^bgthe utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^bhfulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And ^bithough they found in him no guilt worthy of death, ^bjthey asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 And when ^bkthey had carried out all that was written of him, ^blthey took him down from ^bmthe tree and laid him in a tomb. 30 But ^bnGod raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days ^bohe appeared to those ^bpwho had come up with him ^bqfrom Galilee to Jerusalem, ^brwho are now ^bshis witnesses to the people. 32 And we bring you the good news ^btthat what God promised to the fathers, 33 ^buthis he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,

^bv“‘You are my Son,
today I have begotten you.’
34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, ^bw, ^bxno more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,

“‘I will give you ^bythe holy and sure blessings of David.’
35 Therefore he says also in another psalm,

^bz“‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’
36 For David, after he had ^caserved the purpose of God in his own generation, ^cbfell asleep and ^ccwas laid with his fathers and saw corruption, 37 but he whom ^cdGod raised up did not see corruption. 38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, ^cethat through this man ^cfforgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by him ^cgeveryone who believes is freed ^{▼▼Greek justified; twice in this verse} from everything ^cifrom which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. 40 Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:

41 ^cj“‘Look, you scoffers,
be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’”
42 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. 43 And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and ^ckdevout ^clconverts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them ^cmto continue in ^cnthe grace of God.

44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 ^coBut ^cpwhen the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with ^cqjealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, ^crreviling him. 46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God ^csbe spoken first to you. ^ctSince you thrust it aside and judge yourselves ^cuunworthy of eternal life, behold, we ^cvare turning to the Gentiles. 47 ^cwFor so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

^cx“‘I have made you ^cya light for the Gentiles,
that you may ^czbring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and ^daglorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region. 50 ^dbBut the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time} incited the devout ^ddwomen of high standing and the leading men of the city, ^destirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ^dfdrove them out of their district. 51 But they ^dgshook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled ^dhwith joy and ^diwith the Holy Spirit.

Acts 14

Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

1 Now at Iconium ^djthey entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 ^dkBut the ^dlunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against ^dmthe brothers. ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} 3 So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for ^dothe Lord, who bore witness to ^dpthe word of his grace, ^dqgranting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4 But the people of the city ^drwere divided; ^dssome sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. 5 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, ^dtto mistreat them and ^duto stone them, 6 they learned of it and ^dvfled to ^dwLystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country, 7 and there they continued to preach the gospel.

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

8 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was ^dxcrippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and ^dyseeing that he had faith to be made well, ^{▼▼Or be saved} 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he ^easprang up and began walking. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, ^eb“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” 12 Barnabas they called ^ecZeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 And the priest of ^edZeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and ^eewanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^eftore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, 15 “Men, ^egwhy are you doing these things? We also are men, ^ehof like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that ^eiyou should turn from these ^ejvain things to ^eka living God, ^elwho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 In past generations he ^emallowed all the nations ^ento walk in their own ways. 17 Yet ^eohe did not leave himself without witness, for he ^epdid good by ^eqgiving you rains from heaven and ^erfruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with ^esfood and ^etgladness.” 18 Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

19 ^euBut Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^evthey stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and had ^ewmade many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 ^exstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^eyto continue in ^ezthe faith, and saying that ^fathrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had ^fbappointed ^fcelders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^fdthey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, 26 and from there they sailed to Antioch, ^fewhere they had been ^ffcommended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. 27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, ^fgthey declared all that God had done with them, and ^fhhow he had ^fiopened ^fja door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they remained no little time with the disciples.