Acts 13
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1Now #Acts 14:26in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: #Acts 11:22Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, #Rom. 16:21Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, #Num. 8:14; Acts 9:15; 22:21; Rom. 1:1; Gal. 1:15; 2:9“Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work #Matt. 9:38; Acts 14:26; Rom. 10:15; Eph. 3:7, 8; 1 Tim. 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:11; Heb. 5:4to which I have called them.” 3Then, #Matt. 9:15; Mark 2:20; Luke 5:35; Acts 6:6having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
Preaching in Cyprus
4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to #Acts 4:36Cyprus. 5And when they arrived in Salamis, #(Acts 13:46)they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had #Acts 12:25; 15:37John as their assistant.
6Now when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found #Acts 8:9a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8But #Ex. 7:11; 2 Tim. 3:8Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9Then Saul, who also is called Paul, #Acts 2:4; 4:8filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, #Matt. 13:38; John 8:44; (1 John 3:8)you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11And now, indeed, #Ex. 9:3; 1 Sam. 5:6; Job 19:21; Ps. 32:4; Heb. 10:31the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.”
And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
At Antioch in Pisidia
13Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and #Acts 15:38John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. 14But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and #Acts 16:13went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. 15And #Luke 4:16after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have #Heb. 13:22any word of exhortation for the people, say on.”
16Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and #Acts 10:35you who fear God, listen: 17The God of this people Israel #Ex. 6:1, 6; 13:14, 16; Deut. 7:6–8chose our fathers, and exalted the people #Acts 7:17when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He #Ex. 14:8brought them out of it. 18Now #Ex. 16:35; Num. 14:34; Acts 7:36for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness. 19And when He had destroyed #Deut. 7:1seven nations in the land of Canaan, #Josh. 14:1, 2; 19:51; Ps. 78:55He distributed their land to them by allotment.
20“After that #Judg. 2:16; 1 Sam. 4:18; 7:15He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, #1 Sam. 3:20; Acts 3:24until Samuel the prophet. 21#1 Sam. 8:5And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them #1 Sam. 10:20–24Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22And #1 Sam. 15:23, 26, 28when He had removed him, #1 Sam. 16:1, 12, 13He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, #Ps. 89:20‘I have found David the son of Jesse, #1 Sam. 13:14a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ 23#Is. 11:1From this man’s seed, according #Ps. 132:11to the promise, God raised up for Israel #(Matt. 1:21)a Savior—Jesus— 24#Matt. 3:1; (Luke 3:3)after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25And as John was finishing his course, he said, #Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, #John 1:20, 27there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’
26“Men and brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and #Ps. 66:16those among you who fear God, #Matt. 10:6to you the word of this salvation has been sent. 27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, #Luke 23:34because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him. 28#Matt. 27:22, 23; Mark 15:13, 14; Luke 23:21–23; John 19:15; Acts 3:14; (2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15); 1 Pet. 2:22And though they found no cause for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He should be put to death. 29#Luke 18:31Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, #Matt. 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30#Ps. 16:10, 11; Hos. 6:2; Matt. 12:39, 40; 28:6But God raised Him from the dead. 31#Matt. 28:16; Acts 1:3, 11; 1 Cor. 15:5–8He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people. 32And we declare to you glad tidings—#(Gen. 3:15)that promise which was made to the fathers. 33God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:
#Ps. 2:7; Heb. 1:5‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.’
34And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus:
#Is. 55:3‘I will give you the sure mercies of David.’
35Therefore He also says in another Psalm:
#Ps. 16:10; Acts 2:27‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’
36“For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, #Acts 2:29fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption; 37but He whom God raised up saw no corruption. 38Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that #Jer. 31:34through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39and #(Is. 53:11; John 3:16)by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40Beware therefore, lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you:
41‘Behold,#Hab. 1:5 you despisers,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe,
Though one were to declare it to you.’ ”
Blessing and Conflict at Antioch
42So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. 43Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, #Acts 11:23persuaded them to continue in #Titus 2:11; Heb. 12:15; 1 Pet. 5:12the grace of God.
44On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God. 45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they #Acts 18:6; 1 Pet. 4:4; Jude 10opposed the things spoken by Paul. 46Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, #Matt. 10:6; Acts 3:26; Rom. 1:16“It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but #Ex. 32:10; Deut. 32:21; Is. 55:5; Matt. 21:43; Rom. 10:19since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, #Acts 18:6we turn to the Gentiles. 47For so the Lord has commanded us:
#Is. 42:6; 49:6; Luke 2:32‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
48Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. #(Acts 2:47)And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
49And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region. 50But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, #Acts 7:52; 2 Tim. 3:11raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. 51#Matt. 10:14; Mark 6:11; (Luke 9:5)But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium. 52And the disciples #Matt. 5:12; John 16:22were filled with joy and #Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 13:9with the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 13
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Sent Out from Antioch
1Now in the Antioch community, there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (brought up since childhood with Herod the Tetrarch), and Saul.
2While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Ruach ha-Kodesh said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
3Then after fasting, praying, and laying hands on them, they sent them off.
4So, sent out by the Ruach ha-Kodesh, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
5When they arrived at Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as a helper.
6When they had gone throughout the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a man who was a magician—a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-Yeshua.
7He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
9But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh, fixed his gaze on him
10and said, “O you, full of all deceit and trickery, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness—will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
11Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind and not see the sun for awhile.” Immediately, cloudiness and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
12When he saw what had happened, the proconsul believed, because he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
Paul’s Message in Diaspora Synagogues
13Setting sail from Paphos, Paul’s company came to Perga in Pamphylia. John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
14But they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. Entering the synagogue on the Shabbat, they sat down.
15After the reading of the Torah and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.”
16So Paul, standing up and motioning with his hand, said, “Men of Israel and God-fearers, listen.
17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an outstretched arm He led them out of there.
18For about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.
19And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land as an inheritance—
20all of this took about 450 years. After that, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22After removing him, He raised up David to be their king. He also testified about him and said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do My will.’
23“From this man’s seed, in keeping with His promise, God brought to Israel a Savior—Yeshua.
24Before His coming, John had proclaimed an immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25As John was completing his service, he said, ‘What do you suppose me to be? I am not He. But behold, One is coming after me, whose sandal I’m not worthy to untie.’
26“Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham and those among you who are God-fearers, it is to us the message of this salvation has been sent.
27For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers—not recognizing Him or the sayings of the Prophets that are read every Shabbat—fulfilled these words by condemning Him.
28Though they found no charge worthy of a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
29When they had carried out all that had been written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
30But God raised Him from the dead!
31For many days He appeared to those who had come up from the Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.
32“And we proclaim to you Good News—the promise to the fathers has arrived!
33For God has fulfilled this promise to the children—to us—by raising up Yeshua, as it is also written in the second psalm: ‘You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.’
34“But since He raised Him up from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, ‘I will give you the holy and sure mercies of David.’
35Therefore He also says in another psalm, ‘You will not permit Your Holy One to see decay.’
36For after David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he went to sleep and was laid with his fathers and saw decay.
37But the One whom God raised up did not see decay.
38“Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this One is proclaimed to you the removal of sins, including all those from which you could not be set right by the Torah of Moses.
39Through this One everyone who keeps trusting is made righteous.
40“Be careful, then, so that what is said in the Prophets may not come upon you:
41‘Look, you scoffers, be amazed and vanish away. For I am doing a work in your days— a work you will never believe, even if someone tells it to you in detail.’”
42As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging them to speak these things to them the next Shabbat.
43When the synagogue meeting broke up, many of the Jewish people and God-fearing inquirers followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and trying to persuade them to continue in the grace of God.
44The following Shabbat, almost the entire city came together to hear the word of the Lord.
45When the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and tried to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
46Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unfit for eternal life—behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
47For so the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have placed you as a light to the nations, so that you may bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”
48When the Gentiles heard this, they were thrilled and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as had been inscribed for eternal life believed.
49Now the word of the Lord spread throughout the whole region.
50But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and they drove them out of their district.
51But Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet against them, and they went on to Iconium.
52And the disciples were filled with joy and the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
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