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CHAPTER 13
Acts 13:1-3
1 Now 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. 2 And 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. 3 Then, when
they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them
away.
Acts 13:4-13
4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and
from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And 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. 6 And 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; 7 who 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. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from
the faith. 9 But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy
Spirit, fastened his eyes on him, 10 and 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? 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 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: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
Acts 13:14-41
14 But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and
they 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, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the
people, say on. 16 And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men
of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken: 17 The 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. 18 And for about
the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.
19 And 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:
20 and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21
And 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. 22 And
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. 23 Of this man's seed hath God
according to promise brought 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 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. 26 Brethren, children
of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the
word of this salvation sent forth. 27 For 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. 28 And
though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that
he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all things that were
written of 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 of
them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his
witnesses unto the people. 32 And we bring you good tidings of the promise
made unto the fathers, 33 that 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. 34 And 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. 35 Because he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not give Thy
Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had in his own
generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his
fathers, and saw corruption: 37 but he whom God raised up saw no
corruption. 38 Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this
man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins: 39 and by him every one that
believeth is 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 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, if one declare it unto you. Acts 13:42-52
42 And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken 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 And 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 And
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.
47 For 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. 48 And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life
believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the
region. 50 But 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. 51 But they shook off the
dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And the
disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit. CHAPTER 14
Acts 14:1-7
1 And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the
synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of Jews and
of Greeks believed. 2 But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the
souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren. 3
Long time therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, who
bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be
done by their hands. 4 But the multitude of the city was divided; and part
held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5 And when there was made
an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat
them shamefully and to stone them, 6 they became aware of it, and fled unto
the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about: 7 and
there they preached the gospel.
Acts 14:8-18
8 And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple
from his mother's womb, who never had walked. 9 The same heard Paul
speaking, who, fastening eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be
made whole, 10 said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he
leaped up and walked. 11 And when the multitude saw what Paul had done,
they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are
come down to us in the likeness of men. 12 And they called Barnabas,
Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. 13 And the
priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and
garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.
14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their
garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out 15 and saying,
Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you,
and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto
a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that
in them is: 16 who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to
walk in their own ways. 17 And yet He left not himself without witness, in
that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons,
filling your hearts with food and gladness. 18 And with these sayings
scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them. Acts
14:19-28
19 But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having
persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the
city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But as the disciples stood round about
him, he rose up, and entered into the city: and on the morrow he went forth
with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 And when they had preached the gospel to that
city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium,
and to Antioch, 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter
into the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had appointed for them elders in
every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord,
on whom they had believed. 24 And they passed through Pisidia, and came to
Pamphylia. 25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to
Attalia; 26 and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been
committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. 27 And
when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed
all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of
faith unto the Gentiles. 28 And they tarried no little time with the
disciples.

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