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He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
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Paul and Barnabas in Antioch of Pisidia
Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphyl′ia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem;
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So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.
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And when the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
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But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and reviled him.
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And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
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But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Paul and Barnabas in Iconium
Now at Ico′nium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great company believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.
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Paul and Barnabas in Lystra and Derbe
Now at Lystra there was a man sitting, who could not use his feet; he was a cripple from birth, who had never walked.
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He listened to Paul speaking; and Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
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And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycao′nian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
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Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called Hermes.
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But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude, crying,
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The Return to Antioch in Syria
But Jews came there from Antioch and Ico′nium; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
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And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
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The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsab′bas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
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it has seemed good to us in assembly to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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Paul and Barnabas Separate
And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”
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But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphyl′ia, and had not gone with them to the work.
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but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek.
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Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
