Chapter 13
1 Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers : Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger , Lucius of Cyrene , Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch , and Saul .
2 As they served the Lord and fasted , the Holy Spirit said , "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me , for the work to which I have called them ."
3 Then , when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them , they sent them away.
4 So , being sent out by the Holy Spirit , they went down to Seleucia . From there they sailed to Cyprus .
5 When they were at Salamis , they proclaimed God ’ s word in the Jewish synagogues . They also had John as their attendant .
6 When they had gone through the island to Paphos , they found a certain sorcerer , a false prophet , a Jew whose name was Bar Jesus,
7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus , a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul , and sought to hear the word of God .
8 But Elymas the sorcerer ( for so is his name by interpretation ) withstood them , seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith .
9 But Saul , who is also called Paul , filled with the Holy Spirit , fastened his eyes on him
10 and said , " You son of the devil , full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness , will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ?
11 Now , behold , the hand of the Lord is on you , and you will be blind , not seeing the sun for a season !" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him . He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand .
12 Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done , believed , being astonished at the teaching of the Lord .
13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia . John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem .
14 But they , passing on from Perga , came to Antioch of Pisidia . They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down .
15 After the reading of the law and the prophets , the rulers of the synagogue sent to them , saying , "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people , speak ."
16 Paul stood up , and gesturing with his hand said , " Men of Israel , and you who fear God , listen.
17 The God of this people chose our fathers , and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm , he led them out of it .
18 For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness .
19 When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan , he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred fifty years.
20 After these things , he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet .
21 Afterward they asked for a king , and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish , a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years .
22 When he had removed him , he raised up David to be their king , to whom he also testified , ‘ I have found David the son of Jesse , a man after my heart , who will do all my will .’
23 From this man ’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise ,
24 before his coming , when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel .
25 As John was fulfilling his course , he said , ‘ What do you suppose that I am ? I am not he . But behold , one comes after me , the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie .’
26 "Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God , the word of this salvation is sent out to you .
27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem , and their rulers, because they didn’ t know him , nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath , fulfilled them by condemning him .
28 Though they found no cause for death , they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
29 When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him , they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb .
30 But God raised him from the dead ,
31 and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are his witnesses to the people .
32 We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers ,
33 that God has fulfilled this to us , their children , in that he raised up Jesus . As it is also written in the second psalm , ‘ You are my Son . Today I have become your father .’
34 " Concerning that he raised him up from the dead , now no more to return to corruption , he has spoken thus : ‘ I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David .’
35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘ You will not allow your Holy One to see decay .’
36 For David , after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God , fell asleep , was laid with his fathers , and saw decay .
37 But he whom God raised up saw no decay .
38 Be it known to you therefore , brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins;
39 and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things , from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses .
40 Beware therefore , lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets :
41 ‘ Behold , you scoffers ! Wonder and perish, for I work a work in your days , a work which you will in no way believe , if one declares it to you .’"
42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath .
43 Now when the synagogue broke up , many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who , speaking to them , urged them to continue in the grace of God .
44 The next Sabbath , almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God .
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes , they were filled with jealousy , and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul , and blasphemed.
46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly , and said , " It was necessary that God ’s word should be spoken to you first . Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves , and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life , behold , we turn to the Gentiles .
47 For so has the Lord commanded us , saying, ‘ I have set you as a light for the Gentiles , that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth .’"
48 As the Gentiles heard this , they were glad and glorified the word of God . As many as were appointed to eternal life believed .
49 The Lord ’ s word was spread abroad throughout all the region .
50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city , and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders .
51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them , and came to Iconium .
52 The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit .