Act 13:7-22 | ESV | STEP | He was with the proconsul , Sergius Paulus , a man of intelligence , who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God .

7 He was with ^athe proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the ^bmagician (for that is the meaning of his name) ^copposed them, seeking to turn ^dthe proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, ^efilled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “You ^fson of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and ^gvillainy, will you not stop ^hmaking crooked ⁱthe straight paths of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, ^jthe 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 ^kpeople to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at ^lthe 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 ^mJohn left them and returned ⁿto Jerusalem, 14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And ^oon the Sabbath day ^pthey went into the synagogue and sat down. 15 After ^qthe reading from ^rthe Law and the Prophets, ^sthe rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any ^tword of encouragement for the people, say it.” 16 So Paul stood up, and ^umotioning with his hand said:

“Men of Israel and ^vyou who fear God, listen. 17 ^wThe God of this people Israel ^xchose our fathers and ^ymade the people great ^zduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and ^aawith uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18 And for about ^abforty years ^ache put up with ^{▼▼Some manuscripts he carried (compare Deuteronomy 1:31)} them in the wilderness. 19 And ^aeafter destroying ^afseven nations in the land of Canaan, ^aghe gave them their land as an inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years. And after that ^ahhe gave them judges until ^aiSamuel the prophet. 21 Then ^ajthey asked for a king, and God gave them Saul ^akthe son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 And ^alwhen he had removed him, ^amhe raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^an‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ^aoa man after my heart, ^apwho will do all my will.’