Acts 13
First Missionary Journey
1 Now there were aprophets and bteachers at cAntioch, in the dchurch that was there: eBarnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of fCyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with gHerod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2While they were ▼▼Lit performing ministry to
serving the Lord and fasting, ithe Holy Spirit said, “Set jBarnabas and Saul apart for Me for kthe work to which I have called them.” 3Then, when they had fasted, lprayed, and mlaid their hands on them, nthey sent them away. 4 So, being osent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to pCyprus. 5When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in qthe synagogues of the Jews; and they also had rJohn as their helper. 6When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a smagician, a Jewish tfalse prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7who was with the uproconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the vmagician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the wproconsul away from xthe faith. 9But Saul, who was also known as Paul, ▼▼Or having just been filled
zfilled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him, 10and said, “ ▼▼Lit O full of
You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you abson of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked acthe straight ways of the Lord? 11Now, behold, adthe hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. 12Then the aeproconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at afthe teaching of the Lord. 13 Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from agPaphos and came to ahPerga in aiPamphylia; but ajJohn left them and returned to Jerusalem. 14But going on from Perga, they arrived at akPisidian alAntioch, and on amthe Sabbath day they went into anthe synagogue and sat down. 15After aothe reading of the Law and apthe Prophets, aqthe synagogue officials sent word to them, saying, “ ▼▼Lit Men, brothers
Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” 16Paul stood up, and asmotioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and atyou who fear God, listen: 17The God of this people Israel auchose our fathers and ▼▼Or exalted
awmade the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm axHe led them out from it. 18For aya period of about forty years azHe put up with them in the wilderness. 19 baWhen He had destroyed bbseven nations in the land of Canaan, He bcdistributed their land as an inheritance--all of which took bdabout 450 years. 20After these things He begave them judges until bfSamuel the prophet. 21Then they bgasked for a king, and God gave them bhSaul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22After He had biremoved him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘ bjI have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ▼▼Lit wishes
will.’ 23 blFrom the descendants of this man, bmaccording to promise, God has brought to Israel bna Savior, Jesus, 24after boJohn had proclaimed, before ▼▼Lit the face of His entering
His coming, a bqbaptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25And while John brwas completing his course, bshe kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’ 26 “ ▼▼Lit Men, brothers
Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of buthis salvation has been sent. 27For those who live in Jerusalem, and their bvrulers, bwrecognizing neither Him nor the ▼▼Lit voices
declarations of bythe prophets which are bzread every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. 28And though they found no grounds for putting Him to death, they caasked Pilate that He be executed. 29When they had cbcarried out everything that was written concerning Him, ccthey took Him down from the ▼▼Lit wood; see Deut 21:23
cecross and cflaid Him in a tomb. 30But God cgraised Him from the dead; 31and for many days chHe appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ciHis witnesses to the people. 32And we cjpreach to you the good news of ckthe promise made to the fathers, 33that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by clraising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘ cmYou are My Son; today I have fathered You.’ 34As for the fact that He cnraised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘ coI will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’ 35Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘ cpYou will not ▼▼Lit give
allow Your ▼▼Or Devout; or Pious
Holy One to ▼▼Lit see corruption
undergo decay.’ 36For ctDavid, after he had ▼▼Or served his own generation by the purpose of God
served God’s cvpurpose in his own generation, cwfell asleep, and was ▼▼Lit gathered to his
buried among his fathers and ▼▼Lit saw corruption
underwent decay; 37but He whom God czraised did not ▼▼Lit see corruption
undergo decay. 38Therefore let it be known to you, ▼▼Lit men, brothers
brothers, that dcthrough ▼▼Lit this One
Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39and ▼▼Lit in; or by
through Him dfeveryone who believes is ▼▼Or justified
freed ▼▼Lit by
from all things, from which you could not be ▼▼Or justified
freed ▼▼Lit by
through the Law of Moses. 40Therefore, see that the thing spoken of dkin the Prophets does not come upon you: 41 ‘ dlLook, you scoffers, and be astonished, and ▼
▼Lit disappear
perish; For I am accomplishing a work in your days,
A work which you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.’” 42 As ▼
▼Lit they
Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these ▼▼Lit words
things spoken to them the next dpSabbath. 43Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the dqGod-fearing ▼▼I.e., Gentile converts to Judaism
dsproselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in dtthe grace of God. Paul Turns to the Gentiles
44 The next duSabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of ▼▼One early ms God
the Lord. 45But when dwthe Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ▼▼Or slandering him
blaspheming. 46Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you dyfirst. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, dzwe are turning to the Gentiles. 47For so the Lord has commanded us, ‘ eaI have appointed You as a eblight ▼
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to the Gentiles, That You may ▼
▼Lit be for salvation
bring salvation to the end of the earth.’” 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying eethe word of ▼▼Two early mss God
the Lord; and all who eghad been appointed to eternal life believed. 49And ehthe word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. 50But eithe Jews incited the ▼▼Or worshiping
ekdevout women elof prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ▼▼Lit boundaries
region. 51But enthey shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to eoIconium. 52And the disciples were continually epfilled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
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