| Acts 13:1 |
Now there were in Antioch, in the local church, prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon, who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. |
| Acts 13:2 |
And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for Me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. |
| Acts 13:3 |
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on [them,] they sent them away. |
| Acts 13:4 |
They then, having been sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. |
| Acts 13:5 |
And when they were in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as [their] attendant. |
| Acts 13:6 |
And when they had passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician [and] Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus, |
| Acts 13:7 |
Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; the latter called Barnabas and Saul to [him] and sought to hear the word of God. |
| Acts 13:8 |
But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. |
| Acts 13:9 |
But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him |
| Acts 13:10 |
And said, O [you who are] full of all deceit and all unscrupulousness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? |
| Acts 13:11 |
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And instantly a mist and a darkness fell upon him; and he went about and sought some to lead him by the hand. |
| Acts 13:12 |
Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. |
| Acts 13:13 |
And putting out to sea from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem. |
| Acts 13:14 |
And they passed through from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. |
| Acts 13:15 |
And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue rulers sent [word] to them, saying, Men, brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say [it.] |
| Acts 13:16 |
And Paul, rising up and motioning with his hand, said, Men of Israel and those who fear God, listen. |
| Acts 13:17 |
The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm He led them out of it. |
| Acts 13:18 |
And for a time of about forty years He carried them as a nurse in the wilderness. |
| Acts 13:19 |
And when He had overthrown seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance. |
| Acts 13:20 |
And after these things, for about four hundred and fifty years, He gave [them] judges until Samuel the prophet. |
| Acts 13:21 |
And afterward they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. |
| Acts 13:22 |
And when He had deposed him, He raised up David for them as king, to whom also He testified and said, I have found David, the [son] of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who will do all My will. |
| Acts 13:23 |
From this man's seed, God, according to promise, brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, |
| Acts 13:24 |
After John had proclaimed, prior to His public entrance, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. |
| Acts 13:25 |
Now as John was completing his course, he said, What do you suppose that I am? I am not [the Christ.] But behold, One is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. |
| Acts 13:26 |
Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation has been sent forth. |
| Acts 13:27 |
For those dwelling in Jerusalem and their rulers, being ignorant of this One and of the words of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled [them] by judging [Him.] |
| Acts 13:28 |
And though they did not find one cause of death [in Him,] they asked of Pilate that He be done away with. |
| Acts 13:29 |
And when they had accomplished all that was written concerning Him, they took [Him] down from the tree and laid [Him] in a tomb. |
| Acts 13:30 |
But God raised Him from the dead. |
| Acts 13:31 |
[And] for many days He appeared to those who had come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people. |
| Acts 13:32 |
And we announce to you the gospel of the promise made to the fathers, |
| Acts 13:33 |
That God has fully fulfilled this [promise] to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, "You are My Son; this day have I begotten You." |
| Acts 13:34 |
And as to His having raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He spoke in this way, "I will give you the holy things of David, the faithful things." |
| Acts 13:35 |
Therefore He also says in another [place,] "You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption." |
| Acts 13:36 |
Now David, having served his own generation by the counsel of God, did indeed fall asleep and was buried with his fathers and saw corruption; |
| Acts 13:37 |
But He whom God has raised did not see corruption. |
| Acts 13:38 |
Therefore let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is announced to you; |
| Acts 13:39 |
And from all the things from which you were not able to be justified by the law of Moses, in this One everyone who believes is justified. |
| Acts 13:40 |
Therefore beware that what is spoken in the prophets does not come upon you: |
| Acts 13:41 |
"Look, you despisers, and marvel, and vanish away; for I am doing a work in your days, a work which you will by no means believe, though someone tells [it] to you in detail." |
| Acts 13:42 |
And as [Paul and Barnabas] were going out, [the people] begged that these words would be spoken to them on the next Sabbath. |
| Acts 13:43 |
And when the synagogue gathering had been dismissed, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God. |
| Acts 13:44 |
And on the following Sabbath almost all the city gathered together to hear the word of God. |
| Acts 13:45 |
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and contradicted the things being spoken by Paul [and] blasphemed. |
| Acts 13:46 |
And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. Since you thrust it away and do not judge yourselves worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. |
| Acts 13:47 |
For so the Lord has commanded us, "I have set you as a light of the Gentiles, that you would be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth." |
| Acts 13:48 |
And the Gentiles, hearing [this,] rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. |
| Acts 13:49 |
And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole region. |
| Acts 13:50 |
But the Jews incited the women of high standing who worshipped God, and the chief men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and cast them out from their borders. |
| Acts 13:51 |
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them and came to Iconium. |
| Acts 13:52 |
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. |