13:1Now there were at
Antioch, in the
church that was
there, prophets and teachers,
Barnabas, and Symeon that was called
Niger, and
Lucius of
Cyrene, and
Manaen the foster-brother of
Herod the
tetrarch, and
Saul.
13:2And as they ministered to the
Lord, and fasted, the
Holy Spirit said, Separate me
Barnabas and
Saul for the
work whereunto I have called them.
13:3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
13:4So they,
being sent forth by the
Holy Spirit, went down to
Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to
Cyprus.
13:5And when they were at
Salamis, they proclaimed the
word of
God in the synagogues of the
Jews: and they had also
John as their attendant.
13:6And when they had gone through the whole island unto
Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false
prophet, a
Jew, whose
name was
Bar-jesus;
13:7who was with the proconsul, Sergius
Paulus, a
man of
understanding. The same called unto him
Barnabas and
Saul, and sought to hear the
word of
God.
13:8But
Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his
name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the
faith.
13:9But
Saul, who is also
called Paul, filled with the
Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,
13:10and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the
devil, thou enemy of all
righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the
right ways of the
Lord?
13:11And 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.
13:12Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed,
being astonished at the teaching of the
Lord.
13:13Now
Paul and his company set sail from
Paphos, and came to
Perga in
Pamphylia: and
John departed from them and returned to
Jerusalem.
13:14But they, passing through from
Perga, came to
Antioch of
Pisidia; and they went into the
synagogue on the
sabbath day, and sat down.
13:15And after the reading of the
law and the prophets the rulers of the
synagogue sent unto them, saying,
Brethren, if ye have any
word of exhortation for the
people, say on.
13:16And
Paul stood up, and beckoning with the
hand said,
Men of
Israel, and ye that
fear God, hearken:
13:17The
God of this
people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the
people when they sojourned in the land of
Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
13:18And for about the
time of forty
years as a nursing-father bare he them in the
wilderness.
13:19And when he had destroyed
seven nations in the land of
Canaan, he gave
them their land for an
inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty
years:
13:20and after these
things he gave
them judges until
Samuel the
prophet.
13:21And afterward they asked for a
king: and
God gave unto them
Saul the son of
Kish, a
man of the tribe of
Benjamin, for the space of forty
years.
13:22And when he had removed him, he raised up
David to be their
king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found
David the son of
Jesse, a
man after My
heart, who shall do all My will.
13:23Of this man's
seed hath
God according to
promise brought unto
Israel a
Saviour,
Jesus;
13:24when
John had first preached before his coming the
baptism of
repentance to all the
people of
Israel.
13:25And as
John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that
I am?
I am not
he. But behold, there cometh one after me the
shoes of whose
feet I am not worthy to unloose.
13:26Brethren, children of the stock of
Abraham, and those among you that
fear God, to us is the
word of this
salvation sent forth.
13:27For they that dwell in
Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every
sabbath, fulfilled
them by condemning
him.
13:28And though they found no cause of
death in him, yet asked they of
Pilate that he should be slain.
13:29And when they had fulfilled all
things that were written of him, they took him down from the
tree, and laid him in a
tomb.
13:30But
God raised him from the
dead:
13:31and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from
Galilee to
Jerusalem, who are now his
witnesses unto the
people.
13:32And we bring you
good tidings of the
promise made unto the fathers,
13:33that
God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up
Jesus; as also it is written in the second
psalm, Thou art my Son, this
day have I begotten thee.
13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the
dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the
holy and sure
blessings of
David.
13:35Because he saith also in another
psalm, Thou wilt not give Thy
Holy One to see corruption.
13:36For
David, after he had in his own
generation served the counsel of
God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
13:37but he whom
God raised up saw no corruption.
13:38Be it known unto you therefore,
brethren, that through this
man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:
13:39and by him every one that believeth is justified from all
things, from which ye could not be justified by the
law of
Moses.
13:40Beware therefore, lest that come upon
you which is spoken in the prophets:
13:41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish;
For I work a work in your days,
A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.
13:42And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath. 13:43Now 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. 13:44And the next sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God. 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed. 13:46And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles,
That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.
13:48And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 13:49And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region. 13:50But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.13:51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 13:52And the disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.
