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Acts 13
Acts 13
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 in
to 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.