Acts 13:13-52

New King James Version

At Antioch in Pisidia

¹³ Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and ^(A)John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and ^(B)went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. ¹⁵ And ^(C)after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have ^(D)any word of ^[a]exhortation for the people, say on.”

¹⁶ Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and ^(E)you who fear God, listen: ¹⁷ The God of this people ^[b]Israel ^(F)chose our fathers, and exalted the people ^(G)when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with ^[c]an uplifted arm He ^(H)brought them out of it. ¹⁸ Now ^(I)for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness. ¹⁹ And when He had destroyed ^(J)seven nations in the land of Canaan, ^(K)He distributed their land to them by allotment.

²⁰ “After that ^(L)He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, ^(M)until Samuel the prophet. ^21 (N)And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them ^(O)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² And ^(P)when He had removed him, ^(Q)He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ^(R)‘I have found David the son of Jesse, ^(S)a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ ^23 (T)From this man’s seed, according ^(U)to the promise, God raised up for Israel ^(V)a^[d] Savior—Jesus— ^24 (W)after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John was finishing his course, he said, ^(X)‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, ^(Y)there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’

²⁶ “Men and brethren, sons of the ^[e]family of Abraham, and ^(Z)those among you who fear God, ^(AA)to you the ^[f]word of this salvation has been sent. ²⁷ For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, ^(AB)because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him. ^28 (AC)And though they found no cause for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He should be put to death. ^29 (AD)Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, ^(AE)they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. ^30 (AF)But God raised Him from the dead. ^31 (AG)He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people. ³² And we declare to you glad tidings—^(AH)that promise which was made to the fathers. ³³ God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:

³⁴ And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to ^[g]corruption, He has spoken thus:

³⁵ Therefore He also says in another Psalm:

³⁶ “For David, after he had served ^[i]his own generation by the will of God, ^(AL)fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and ^[j]saw corruption; ³⁷ but He whom God raised up ^[k]saw no corruption. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that ^(AM)through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; ³⁹ and ^(AN)by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Beware therefore, lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you:

Blessing and Conflict at Antioch

^42 [l]So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, ^(AP)persuaded them to continue in ^(AQ)the grace of God.

⁴⁴ On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God. ⁴⁵ But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they ^(AR)opposed the things spoken by Paul. ⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, ^(AS)“It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but ^(AT)since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, ^(AU)we turn to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the Lord has commanded us:

⁴⁸ Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. ^(AW)And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

⁴⁹ And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region. ⁵⁰ But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, ^(AX)raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. ^51 (AY)But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples ^(AZ)were filled with joy and ^(BA)with the Holy Spirit.