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.
02 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.
03 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid
their hands on them, they sent them away.
04 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost,
departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they
sailed to Cyprus.
05 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.
06 And when they had gone through the isle unto
Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false
prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
07 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.
08 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn
away the deputy from the faith.
09 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 into 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
their 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.
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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.
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