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Acts 13

First Missionary Journey

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Now there were at  aAntioch, in the  bchurch that was there,  cprophets and  dteachers:  eBarnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of  fCyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with  gHerod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting,  athe Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me  bBarnabas and Saul for  cthe work to which I have called them."

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Then, when they had fasted and  aprayed and  blaid their hands on them,  cthey sent them away.

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So, being  asent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to  bCyprus.

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When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in  athe synagogues of the Jews; and they also had  bJohn as their helper.

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When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a  amagician, a Jewish  bfalse prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

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who was with the  aproconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

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But Elymas the  amagician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the  bproconsul away from  cthe faith.

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But Saul, who was also known as Paul,  1 afilled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,

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and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you  ason of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked  bthe straight ways of the Lord?

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"Now, behold,  athe hand of the 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.

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Then the  aproconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at  bthe teaching of the Lord.

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Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from  aPaphos and came to  bPerga in  cPamphylia; but  dJohn left them and returned to Jerusalem.

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But going on from Perga, they arrived at  aPisidian  bAntioch, and on  cthe Sabbath day they went into  dthe synagogue and sat down.

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After  athe reading of the Law and  bthe Prophets  cthe synagogue officials sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

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Paul stood up, and  amotioning with his hand said,

"Men of Israel, and  byou who fear God, listen:

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"The God of this people Israel  achose our fathers and  1 bmade the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm  cHe led them out from it.

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"For  aa period of about forty years  bHe put up with them in the wilderness.

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aWhen He had destroyed  bseven nations in the land of Canaan, He  cdistributed their land as an inheritance--all of which took  dabout four hundred and fifty years.

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"After these things He  agave them judges until  bSamuel the prophet.

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"Then they  aasked for a king, and God gave them  bSaul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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"After He had  aremoved him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ` bI HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My  1will.'

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aFrom the descendants of this man,  baccording to promise, God has brought to Israel  ca Savior, Jesus,

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after  aJohn had proclaimed before  1His coming a  bbaptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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"And while John  awas completing his course,  bhe kept saying, `What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

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"Brethren, sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of  athis salvation has been sent.

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"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their  arulers,  brecognizing neither Him nor the  1utterances of  cthe prophets which are  dread every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

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"And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they  aasked Pilate that He be  1executed.

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"When they had  acarried out all that was written concerning Him,  bthey took Him down from  cthe  1cross and  dlaid Him in a tomb.

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"But God  araised Him from the dead;

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and for many days  aHe appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now  bHis witnesses to the people.

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"And we  apreach to you the good news of  bthe promise made to the fathers,

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that God has fulfilled this promise  1to our children in that He  araised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ` bYOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'

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"As for the fact that He  araised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ` bI WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and  1SURE blessings OF DAVID.'

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"Therefore He also says in another Psalm,aYOU WILL NOT  1ALLOW YOUR  2HOLY ONE TO  3UNDERGO DECAY.'

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"For  aDavid, after he had  1served  bthe purpose of God in his own generation,  cfell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and  2underwent decay;

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but He whom God  araised did not  1undergo decay.

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"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that  athrough  1Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

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and  1through Him  aeveryone who believes is  2freed  3from all things, from which you could not be  2freed  3through the Law of Moses.

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"Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of  ain the Prophets may not come upon you:

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aBEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND  1PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.' "

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As  1Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these  2things might be spoken to them the next  aSabbath.

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Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the  aGod-fearing  1 bproselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in  cthe grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

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The next  aSabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of  1the Lord.

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But when  athe Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were  1blaspheming.

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Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you  afirst; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold,  bwe are turning to the Gentiles.

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"For so the Lord has commanded us, ` aI HAVE PLACED YOU AS A  bLIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY  1BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.' "

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When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying  athe word of  1the Lord; and as many as  bhad been appointed to eternal life believed.

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And  athe word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.

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But  athe Jews incited the  1 bdevout women  cof prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their  2district.

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But  athey shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to  bIconium.

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And the disciples were continually  afilled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.



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