1 | 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. |
2 | 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. |
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| And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away. |
4 | So
they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from
thence they sailed to Cyprus. |
5
| 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. |
6 | And when they had gone through the
isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose
name was Barjesus: |
7 |
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. |
8 | But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is
his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy
from the faith. |
9 | 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.
Psa 89:20
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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. |
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.
Psa 2:7
Heb 1:5,
5:5
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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.
Isa 55:3
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35 | Wherefore he
saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.
Psa 16:10
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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.
Hab 1:5
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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.
Isa 49:6
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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. |