1 Barnabas and Saul Sent from Antioch by the Holy Spirit Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 And while they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul 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.On Cyprus
4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
5 And when they reached Salamis, theybegan toproclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their helper.
6 And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
9 But Saul, who was alsoknown asPaul, 13:9Or having just been filled filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,
10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the 13:10 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 40:3 Lord?
11 Now, behold, the hand of the 13:11 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Ex 9:3 Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.
12 Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.In Pisidian Antioch
13 Now after Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
14 But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down.
15 And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.”
16 So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said,“Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and 13:17Or exalted lifted up the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it.
18 And for a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.
19 And when He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which tookabout 450 years.
20 After these things He gavethemjudges until Samuel the prophet.
21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22 And after He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He also said, bearing witness, ‘Ihave foundDavidthe son of Jesse,a man afterMy heart, who will do all My 13:22 Lit wishes will.’
23 From the seed of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,
24 after John had preached before 13:24Lit the face of His entering His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 And as John was fulfilling his course, he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am notHe. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of His feet.’
26 “Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation was sent.
27 For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the 13:27Lit voices utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilledthemby condemningHim.
28 And though they found no ground for death, they asked Pilate that He be 13:28Lit destroyed executed.
29 And when they had finished all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
30 But God raised Him from the dead;
31 and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.
32 And we proclaim to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
33 that God has fulfilled thispromise 13:33Late mss to us their children to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘You areMySon;todayIhave begottenYou.’
34 Butthat He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘Iwill give you the holyand 13:34Lit trustworthy faithfullovingkindnessesofDavid.’
35 Therefore He also says in anotherPsalm, ‘You will not giveYour 13:35Or Devout, Pious HolyOne over to see corruption.’
36 For David, after he had 13:36Or served his own generation by the purpose of God served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and saw corruption;
37 but He whom God raised did not see corruption.
38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through 13:38Lit this One Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
39 andthatin Him, everyone who believes is justified from all things which you could not be justified from 13:39Lit by through the Law of Moses.
40 Therefore watch out, so that the thing spoken of in the Prophets may not come uponyou:
41 ‘Look,you scoffers,and marvel,and 13:41Lit disappear perish;ForIam accomplishing a work in your days,Awork which you will never believe,though someone should recount it to you.’ ”
42 And as 13:42Lit they Paul and Barnabas were leaving, the people kept pleading that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.
43 Now whenthe meeting ofthe synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing 13:43Gentile converts to Judaism proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God.Many Gentiles Believe
44 And the next Sabbath, nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of 13:44One early ms God the 13:44In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 1:10 Lord.
45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy andbegancontradicting the things spoken by Paul, 13:45Or slandering him blaspheming.
46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
47 For so the 13:47In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 42:6 Lord has commanded us,‘Ihave placedYou as a light for theGentiles,ThatYou may 13:47Lit be for salvation bring salvation to the end of the earth.’ ”
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, theybeganrejoicing and glorifying the word of 13:48Two early mss God the 13:48In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 1:10 Lord, and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
49 And the word of the 13:49In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 1:10 Lord was being spread through the whole region.
50 But the Jews incited the 13:50Or worshiping God-fearing women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their 13:50Lit boundaries district.
51 But having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to Iconium.
52 And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.