1 Now there were in the church at Antiochnch. 11:27; 15:32; 19:6; 21:9, 10; Rom. 12:6, 7; See 1 Cor. 12:28, 29 prophets andnch. 11:27; 15:32; 19:6; 21:9, 10; Rom. 12:6, 7; See 1 Cor. 12:28, 29 teachers,och. 11:22-26 Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court ofpSee Luke 3:1 Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,q[ch. 20:28]; See ch. 8:29 the Holy Spirit said,rRom. 1:1; Gal. 1:15 “Set apart for me Barnabas and SaulsSee ch. 9:15 for the work to which I have called them. ” 3 Then after fasting andtSee ch. 6:6 praying they laid their hands on them anduch. 14:26 sent them off.
4 So, being sent outvver. 2; [ch. 16:6, 7] by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of Godwver. 14; ch. 9:20; 14:1; 17:1, 2, 10, 17; 18:4, 19; 19:8; [ver. 46]; See Mark 6:2 in the synagogues of the Jews. And they hadxSee ch. 12:12 John toy[ch. 19:22] assist them. 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certainzch. 8:9, 11 magician,aSee Matt. 7:15 a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. 7 He was withbver. 8, 12; ch. 18:12; 19:38 the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas thez[See ver. 6 above] magician (for that is the meaning of his name)c[Ex. 7:11; 2 Tim. 3:8] opposed them, seeking to turndver. 7, 12 the proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also called Paul,ech. 4:8 filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “YoufSee Matt. 13:38 son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit andg[ch. 18:14] villainy, will you not stophMic. 3:9 making crookediHos. 14:9; 2 Pet. 2:15; [ch. 18:25, 26] the straight paths of the Lord? 11 And now, behold,jch. 11:21; Ex. 9:3; 1 Sam. 5:6, 7, 11; Ps. 32:4; [Heb. 10:31; 1 Pet. 5:6] the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time. ” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seekingk[ch. 9:8; 22:11] people to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished atl[ver. 49; ch. 15:35] the teaching of the Lord.
13 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. Andmver. 5 John left them and returnednch. 12:12 to Jerusalem, 14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. Andover. 42, 44; ch. 16:13; 17:2; 18:4 on the Sabbath daypSee ver. 5 they went into the synagogue and sat down. 15 Afterqch. 15:21 the reading fromrSee Luke 16:16 the Law and the Prophets,sSee Mark 5:22 the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have anytHeb. 13:22 word of exhortation for the people, say it. ” 16 So Paul stood up, anduSee ch. 12:17 motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel andvver. 26; ch. 10:2, 22 you who fear God, listen. 17 wSee Matt. 15:31 The God of this people IsraelxDeut. 7:6-8 chose our fathers andyNum. 24:7 made the people greatzch. 7:17; Ex. 1:1, 7, 12; Ps. 105:23, 24 during their stay in the land of Egypt, andaEx. 6:6; 13:14, 16 with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18 And for aboutbSee ch. 7:36 forty yearsc[Deut. 9:5-24] he put up with them in the wilderness. 19 AnddSee ch. 7:45 after destroyingeDeut. 7:1 seven nations in the land of Canaan,fJosh. 14:1, 2; 19:51; Ps. 78:55; 136:21, 22 he gave them their land as an inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years. And after thatgJudg. 2:16; 3:9 he gave them judges untilhSee ch. 3:24 Samuel the prophet. 21 Theni1 Sam. 8:5; 10:1 they asked for a king, and God gave them Saulj1 Sam. 9:1, 2 the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 Andk1 Sam. 15:23, 26, 28; 16:1; [Hos. 13:11] when he had removed him,l1 Sam. 16:13; 2 Sam. 2:4; 5:3 he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said,mCited from Ps. 89:20 ‘I have found in David the son of Jessench. 7:46; Cited from 1 Sam. 13:14 a man after my heart,over. 36 who will do all my will. ’ 23 pSee Matt. 1:1 Of this man's offspring God has brought to IsraelqSee Luke 2:11 a Savior, Jesus,rPs. 132:11; [ver. 32, 33] as he promised. 24 Before his coming,sch. 1:22; Matt. 3:1 John had proclaimedtch. 19:4; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3; [ch. 2:38; Matt. 3:11] a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was finishing his course,uJohn 1:20, 27; [Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16] he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. ’
26 Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among youvver. 16 who fear God, to us has been sentwch. 10:36; [Eph. 1:13] the message ofx[ch. 5:20]; See ch. 4:12 this salvation.
27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, becausey[2 Cor. 3:14, 15]; See ch. 3:17 they did not recognize him nor understandzver. 15; [ch. 15:21] the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath,aSee Luke 24:20, 26, 27, 44 fulfilled them by condemning him.
28 Andb[Mark 14:55; Luke 23:22] though they found in him no guilt worthy of death,cch. 2:23; 3:14, 15; Luke 23:23 they asked Pilate to have him executed.
29 And whendLuke 18:31; 24:44; John 19:28, 30, 36, 37 they had carried out all that was written of him,eMatt. 27:59, 60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:38, 41, 42 they took him down fromfSee ch. 5:30 the tree and laid him in a tomb.
30 ButgSee ch. 2:24 God raised him from the dead,
31 and for many dayshSee ch. 1:3 he appeared to thoseiMark 15:41 who had come up with himjch. 1:11; 2:7 from Galilee to Jerusalem,kSee Luke 24:48 who are nowlSee ch. 1:8 his witnesses to the people.
32 And we bring you the good newsmch. 26:6; Rom. 4:13; 15:8; Gal. 3:16; [Rom. 9:4] that what God promised to the fathers,
33 n[ver. 23; Luke 1:69-73] this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,
oHeb. 1:5; 5:5; Cited from Ps. 2:7 ‘You are my Son,
today I have begotten you. ’
34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead,pRom. 6:9; [Heb. 9:25-28],qver. 35-37 no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,
‘I will give yourCited from Isa. 55:3 the holy and sure blessings of David. ’
35 Therefore he says also in another psalm,
sch. 2:27; Cited from Ps. 16:10 ‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption. ’
36 For David, after he hadtver. 22; ch. 20:27 served the purpose of God in his own generation,u2 Sam. 7:12; 1 Kgs. 2:10; [ch. 2:29] fell asleep andvJudg. 2:10 was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, 37 but he whomwver. 30 God raised up did not see corruption. 38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers,xLuke 24:47; 1 John 2:12 that through this manych. 5:31 forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by himzRom. 3:28; See ch. 10:43 everyone who believes is freed from everything 39 aRom. 2:13; 3:20; 8:3; Gal. 2:16; 3:11; Eph. 2:9; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5; [Heb. 7:19] from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. 40 Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:
41 bCited from Hab. 1:5; [Isa. 29:14] ‘Look, you scoffers,
be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you. ’ ”
42 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. 43 And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews andcver. 50; ch. 17:4, 17; [ch. 16:14] devoutdch. 2:11; 6:5; Matt. 23:15 converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged theme[Jude 21] to continue infJude 4; See ch. 11:23 the grace of God.
44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
45 g[ch. 19:9] Buth[1 Thess. 2:16] when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled withiSee ch. 5:17 jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul,jch. 18:6; 26:11; 1 Tim. 1:20 reviling him.
46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of Godkver. 5, 14; See ch. 3:26 be spoken first to you.lSee Matt. 21:43 Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselvesmSee Matt. 22:8 unworthy of eternal life, behold, wench. 18:6; 22:21; 26:17, 18, 20; 28:28; See ch. 9:15 are turning to the Gentiles.
47 o[ch. 11:18] For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
pCited from Isa. 49:6; [Isa. 45:22] ‘I have made youqIsa. 42:6; Luke 2:32 a light for the Gentiles,
that you mayr[ver. 26; ch. 1:8] bring salvation to the ends of the earth. ’ ”
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing ands[2 Thess. 1:12] glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region. 50 t[ch. 14:2, 19; 17:5, 13; 18:12; 20:3, 19; 21:27] But the Jews incited the devoutuch. 17:12 women of high standing and the leading men of the city,v2 Tim. 3:11 stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, andw1 Thess. 2:15 drove them out of their district. 51 But theyxMatt. 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; [ch. 18:6] shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filledy[1 Thess. 1:6]; See Matt. 5:12; John 16:22 with joy andzSee ch. 2:4 with the Holy Spirit.