使徒行传 13
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
巴拿巴和扫罗奉差遣
13 在安提阿的教会中，有几位先知和教师，就是巴拿巴和称为尼结的西面、古利奈人路求，与希律分封王一起长大的马念，和扫罗。 2 他们在事奉主和禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗去做我召他们做的工作。” 3 于是他们禁食祷告后，给巴拿巴和扫罗按手，然后派遣他们走了。
在塞浦路斯传道
4 他们既蒙圣灵差遣，就下到西流基，从那里坐船往塞浦路斯去， 5 到了撒拉米，就在犹太人各会堂里宣讲 神的道，也有约翰作他们的帮手。 6 他们走遍全岛，直到帕弗，在那里遇见一个术士—犹太人的假先知，名叫巴耶稣。 7 这人常和士求‧保罗省长在一起。士求‧保罗是个通达人，他请巴拿巴和扫罗来，要听 神的道。 8 只是术士以吕马（他的名字翻出来就是行法术的意思）敌对使徒，设法使省长远离这信仰。 9 扫罗，又名保罗，被圣灵充满，定睛看他， 10 说：“你这充满各样诡诈奸恶，魔鬼的儿子，一切正义的仇敌，你还不停止扭曲主的正道吗？ 11 现在你看，主的手临到你身上，你会瞎眼，暂时看不见日光。”立刻迷蒙和黑暗笼罩着他，他到处摸索，求人拉着手领他。 12 省长看见所发生的事就信了，因对主的教导感到惊奇。
在彼西底的安提阿传道
13 保罗和他的同伴从帕弗开船，来到旁非利亚的别加，约翰却离开他们，回耶路撒冷去了。 14 他们从别加往前行，来到彼西底的安提阿。在安息日，他们进了会堂就坐下。 15 在读完了律法和先知的书，会堂主管们叫人过去，对他们说：“二位弟兄，你们若有什么劝勉众人的话，请说。”
16 保罗就站起来，做个手势，说：“诸位以色列人和一切敬畏 神的人，请听。 17 这以色列民的 神拣选了我们的祖宗，当百姓寄居埃及的时候抬举他们，用大能的手领他们从那地出来。 18 他在旷野容忍[a]他们，约有四十年。 19 他消灭了迦南地七族的人后，把那地分给他们为业， 20 约有四百五十年。此后[b]，他给他们设立士师，直到撒母耳先知的时候。 21 从那时起，他们要求立一个王， 神就将便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗给他们作王，共四十年。 22 他废了扫罗之后，就兴起大卫作他们的王，又为他作见证说：‘我寻得耶西的儿子大卫，他是合我心意的人，他要遵行我一切的旨意。’ 23 从这人的后裔中， 神已经照着所应许的为以色列人兴起一位救主，就是耶稣。 24 在他没有出来以前，约翰已向以色列全民宣讲悔改的洗礼。 25 约翰快走完他的人生路程时，说：‘你们以为我是谁？我不是[c]；但是有一位在我以后来的，我就是解他脚上的鞋带也不配。’
26 “诸位弟兄—亚伯拉罕的子孙和你们中间敬畏 神的人哪，这救世的道是传给我们的。 27 耶路撒冷的居民和他们的官长，因为不认识这基督，也不明白每安息日所读的先知的书，把他定了死罪，正应验了先知的预言。 28 虽然他们查不出他有该死的罪状，还是要求彼拉多把他杀了。 29 他们既实现了经上指着他所记的一切话，就从木头上把他取下来，放在坟墓里。 30 神却使他从死人中复活。 31 有许多日子，他向那些从加利利同他上耶路撒冷的人显现，这些人如今在民间成为他的见证人。 32 我们报好信息给你们，就是那应许祖宗的话， 33 神已经向我们这些作他们儿女的[d]应验，使耶稣复活了。正如《诗篇》第二篇上记着：
‘你是我的儿子，
我今日生了你。’
34 论到 神使他从死人中复活，不再归于朽坏，他曾这样说：
‘我必将所应许大卫那圣洁、
可靠的恩典赐给你们。’
35 所以他也在另一篇说：
‘你必不让你的圣者见朽坏。’
36 大卫在世的时候，遵行了 神的旨意就长眠了[e]，归到他祖宗那里，已见朽坏； 37 惟独 神使他复活的那一位，他并未见朽坏。 38 所以弟兄们，你们当知道：赦罪的道是由这人传给你们的， 39 你们靠摩西的律法在不得称义的一切事上，每一个信靠这位耶稣的都得称义了。 40 所以，你们要小心，免得先知书上所说的临到你们：
41 ‘要观看，你们这些藐视的人，
要惊讶，要灭亡，
因为在你们的日子，我行一件事，
虽有人告诉你们，你们总是不信。’”
42 他们走出会堂的时候，众人请他们在下一个安息日再讲这些话给他们听。 43 散会以后，有许多犹太人和敬虔的皈依犹太教的人跟从了保罗和巴拿巴。二人对他们讲话，劝他们务要恒久倚靠 神的恩典。
44 到下一个安息日，全城的人几乎都聚集起来，要听主的道[f]。 45 但犹太人看见这么多的人，就满心嫉妒，辩驳保罗所说的话，并且毁谤他。 46 于是保罗和巴拿巴放胆说：“ 神的道本应先传给你们；只因你们弃绝这道，断定自己不配得永生，我们就转向外邦人。 47 因为主曾这样吩咐我们：
‘我已经立你作万邦之光，
使你施行我的救恩，直到地极。’”
48 外邦人听见这话很欢喜，赞美主的道，凡被指定得永生的人都信了。 49 于是主的道传遍了那一带地方。 50 但犹太人挑唆虔敬尊贵的妇女和城内有名望的人，迫害保罗和巴拿巴，把他们赶出境外。 51 二人对着众人跺掉脚上的尘土，然后往以哥念去了。 52 门徒满心喜乐，又被圣灵充满。
사도행전 13
Korean Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
바나바와 사울, 특별한 사명을 받다
13 안디옥교회에는 몇 사람의 예언자와 교사들이 있었다. 그들은 바나바와, 니게르라고 하는 시므온과, 구레네 사람 루기오와, 분봉왕[a] 헤롯과 함께 자란 마나엔과, 사울이었다. 2 그들이 주께 예배드리며 금식하고 있을 때에, 성령께서 말씀하셨다. “나를 위해서 바나바와 사울을 따로 세워라. 내가 그들에게 맡길 일이 있어서 그들을 불렀다.”
3 그들은 금식과 기도를 마치고 두 사람에게 손을 얹은[b] 다음, 두 사람을 떠나보냈다.
바나바와 사울, 키프로스에 가다
4 두 사람은, 이렇게 성령의 보내심을 받아 실루기아로 내려간 다음, 그곳에서 배를 타고 키프로스로 갔다. 5 그들은 살라미에 이르러, 그곳에 있는 유대 사람의 회당을 두루 찾아다니며 하나님의 말씀을 널리 알렸다. 요한은 그들을 따라다니며 돕는 일을 하였다.
6 그들이 온 섬을 돌다가 바보라는 곳에 이르러, 마술을 부리는 거짓 예언자를 만났다. 그는 바예수라는 유대 사람이었다. 7 그는 총독 서기오 바울이 늘 곁에 두는 사람이었다. 총독은 똑똑한 사람이어서, 바나바와 사울을 불러다가 하나님의 말씀을 듣고 싶어하였다. 8 그런데 엘루마라고 하는 그 마술사는 사울과 바나바를 반대하였다. 엘루마는 바예수라는 이름을 그리스 말로 번역한 이름이다. 그는 총독으로 하여금 믿지 못하게 하려고 애를 썼다. 9 그러자 바울이라고 하는 사울이 성령으로 가득 차서, 엘루마를 노려보고 10 말하였다. “너는 악마의 자식이고 모든 정의의 원수이다. 너는 온갖 사기와 속임수로 가득 차 있다. 네가 주의 곧은 길을 굽게 만드는 짓을 그만두지 못하겠느냐? 11 이제 주의 손이 너를 내리치실 것이니, 네가 눈이 멀어 한동안 햇빛을 보지 못할 것이다.”
그러자 곧 안개와 어둠이 그를 뒤덮었다. 그는 여기저기를 더듬거리며 자기 손을 잡아 이끌어 줄 사람을 찾았다. 12 총독은 그 일을 보고 주를 믿었다. 그는 주에 관한 가르침에 크게 감동을 받았다.
바울과 바나바, 비시디아 안디옥으로 가다
13 바울과 그 일행은 바보에서 배를 타고 밤빌리아에 있는 버가로 갔다. 그러나 요한은 일행을 떠나 예루살렘으로 돌아갔다. 14 일행은 다시 버가를 떠나 비시디아에 있는 안디옥에 닿았다. 그들은 안식일에 회당에 들어가 앉았다. 15 율법서와 예언서를 큰 소리로 읽고 난 다음, 회당의 지도자들이 사람을 보내어 바울과 바나바에게 다음과 같이 청하였다. “두 분 형제께서 여기 모인 사람들에게 들려주고 싶은 격려의 말씀이 있으시면 들려주십시오.”
16 그리하여 바울이 일어나 손을 들어 보이고[c] 나서 말하였다. “이스라엘 형제 여러분, 그리고 하나님을 경배하는 이방인 여러분, 제 말을 들어 주십시오. 17 이스라엘 백성의 하나님께서는 우리 조상을 택하셨습니다. 이 민족이 이집트 땅에서 나그네로 머무는 동안에 그들을 큰 민족으로 키워 주시고, 크신 능력으로 그들을 그 나라에서 이끌어 내셨습니다. 18 광야에서는 사십 년 동안 그들이 저지른 온갖 잘못도 참아 주셨습니다. 19 그리고 가나안 땅의 일곱 민족을 멸하시고, 그들의 땅을 당신의 백성에게 유산으로 주셨습니다. 20 이 모든 일이 약 사백오십 년에 걸쳐서 일어났습니다.
그런 다음 하나님께서는 예언자 사무엘의 시대에 이르기까지 그들에게 사사들을 보내 주셨습니다. 21 그들이 왕을 세워 달라고 하자, 하나님께서는 베냐민 가문 사람인 기스의 아들 사울을 주셨고, 사울은 사십 년 동안 다스렸습니다. 22 그런 뒤에 사울을 물러나게 하시고 다윗을 그들의 왕으로 세우셨습니다. 하나님께서는 다윗을 두고 이렇게 말씀하셨습니다. ‘나는 내가 마음에 두었던 이새의 아들 다윗을 찾아냈다. 그는 내가 그에게 바라는 일을 할 것이다.’ 23 하나님께서는 약속하신 대로 이 다윗의 자손 가운데서 구주[d]를 세워 이스라엘에게 보내셨으니, 그가 곧 예수이십니다. 24 예수께서 오시기 전에 요한[e]은 온 이스라엘 백성에게 회개하고 세례를 받으라고 선포하였습니다. 25 요한은 자기의 사명을 마치면서 이렇게 말하였습니다. ‘너희는 나를 누구라고 생각하느냐? 나는 그리스도가 아니다. 그분은 내 뒤에 오실 터인데, 나는 그분의 신발 끈을 풀어 드릴 자격도 없다.’
26 형제 여러분, 아브라함의 자손 여러분, 그리고 하나님을 두려워하는 이방인 여러분! 이러한 구원의 소식이 우리에게 전해졌습니다. 27 예루살렘에 사는 사람들과 그들의 지도자들은 그분을 사형에 처해야 한다고 정죄함으로써 예언자들의 말을 그대로 이루었습니다. 그분을 알아보지 못하였고, 안식일마다 읽는 예언자들의 말을 깨닫지도 못하였기 때문입니다. 28 그들은 예수를 죽일 만한 아무런 구실도 찾지 못하였으나, 빌라도를 졸라서 그분을 죽이게 하였습니다. 29 그들은 성경에 예수께 일어나리라고 쓰여 있는 일들을 다 저질렀습니다. 그런 다음 그분을 십자가에서 내려 무덤에 두었습니다. 30 그러나 하나님께서는 그분을 다시 살리셨으며, 31 그분은 갈릴리에서 예루살렘으로 함께 올라갔던 사람들에게 여러 날 동안 나타나셨습니다. 이 사람들은 지금 백성들에게 그분에 대한 증인이 되었습니다. 32 우리는 여러분에게 기쁜 소식을 전합니다. 곧 하나님께서 우리 조상과 맺으셨던 약속을, 33 그 조상의 자손인 우리를 위해서 예수를 죽음에서 일으킴으로써 이루어 주셨다는 것입니다. 이 일을 두고 시편 둘째 편에 이렇게 쓰여 있습니다.
‘너는 내 아들, 오늘 내가 너를 낳았다.’(A)
34 하나님께서 그분을 죽은 사람들 가운데서 살리시고, 다시는 썩지 않게 하셨습니다. 하나님께서는 이 사실을 두고 미리 이렇게 말씀하셨습니다.
‘나는
다윗에게 약속했던 거룩하고 확실한 복을
너희에게 주겠다.’(B)
35 성경의 또 다른 곳에서는 이렇게 말씀하고 있습니다.
‘당신께서는
당신의 거룩한 이를
썩도록 버려 두지 않으실 것입니다.’(C)
36 다윗은 사는 동안 하나님의 뜻을 받들어 섬기다가 잠들었습니다. 그는 조상들과 함께 묻혔고, 그의 몸은 썩고 말았습니다. 37 그러나 하나님께서 죽음에서 일으키신 이는 썩지 않으셨습니다. 38 그러므로 형제 여러분, 이것을 아시기 바랍니다. 곧 그분을 통하여 죄를 용서받을 수 있다는 소식이 선포되었다는 것입니다. 39 모세의 율법을 통해서는 여러분이 결코 죄에서 풀려날 수 없었습니다. 그러나 이제는 누구든지 그분을 믿는 사람은, 그분을 통하여 모든 죄에서 풀려날 수 있습니다. 40 예언자들이 한 말이 여러분에게 일어나지 않도록 조심하십시오. 41 그들이 이렇게 말하였습니다.
‘보라, 너희 비웃는 자들아
너희는 놀라며 망해 버려라.
내가 너희 시대에 한 가지 일을 할 터인데
그 일을 누가 너희에게 말하여 줄지라도
너희는 도무지 믿지 않을 것이기 때문이다.’”(D)
42 두 사람이 회당을 떠날 때에, 사람들은 다음 안식일에도 그 일에 관하여 더 이야기해 달라고 부탁하였다. 43 회당의 모임이 끝난 뒤에, 많은 유대 사람과 유대교로 개종[f]한 경건한 이방 사람들이 바울과 바나바를 따랐다. 두 사람은 그들과 이야기를 나누며, 믿음을 굳게 지켜 계속하여 하나님의 은혜를 누리며 살라고 권고하였다.
44 다음 안식일에는 도시의 거의 대부분 사람이 주의 말씀을 들으려고 모였다. 45 유대 사람들은 모여든 사람들을 보고 시샘이 북받쳐서 바울이 하는 말을 반대하며 욕설을 퍼부었다. 46 그러나 바울과 바나바는 거침없이 말하였다. “우리는 하나님의 말씀을 가장 먼저 여러분에게 전해야 했습니다. 그러나 여러분은 그 말씀을 거부하고, 자신들을 영원한 생명을 얻을 자격이 있는 사람들로 여기지 않고 있습니다. 그러므로 우리는 이제 이방 사람[g]에게 갑니다. 47 주께서 우리에게 이렇게 명하셨기 때문입니다.
‘나는 너를 이방 사람의 빛으로 삼았다.
그것은, 네가 땅 끝까지
구원의 빛을 비추게 하려는 것이다.’”(E)
48 이방 사람들은 이 말을 듣고 기뻐하며 주의 말씀을 찬양하였다. 그리고 영원한 생명을 얻도록 정해진 사람들은 모두 주를 믿었다.
49 주의 말씀이 그 지방에 두루 퍼져나갔다. 50 그러나 유대 사람들은, 이방 사람으로서 하나님을 섬기는 그 도시의 귀부인들과 지도자들을 부추겨서, 바울과 바나바를 박해하기 시작하였다. 그리고 두 사람을 자기네 지방에서 내쫓았다. 51 두 사람은 그들에게 항의하는 뜻에서 발에 묻은 먼지를 떨어 버리고[h] 이고니온으로 갔다. 52 비시디아 지방의 안디옥에서 새로 예수의 제자가 된 사람들은 기쁨과 성령으로 가득 차 있었다.
Footnotes
- 13:1 분봉왕 그리스어로는 ‘테트라아르케스’(‘영토의 1/4 통치자’라는 뜻)
- 13:3 손을 얹은 하나님께서 이들에게 맡기신 특별한 임무에 복을 내려 주시기를 바란다는 것을 나타낸다.
- 13:16 손을 들어 보이고 사람들로 하여금 자기 말에 귀를 기울여 듣게 하려는 몸짓
- 13:23 구주 하나님께서 당신의 백성을 죄에서 구원하기 위해 보내 주시겠다고 약속하신 분, 곧 예수 그리스도
- 13:24 요한 세례자 요한. 그는 사람들에게 그리스도께서 오실 것을 선포하였다. 막 1장, 눅 3장
- 13:43 개종 종교를 딴 것으로 바꿔 믿음
- 13:46 이방 사람 유대 사람이 아닌 사람
- 13:51 발에 묻은 먼지를 떨어 버리고 일종의 경고로서, 앞으로는 그 사람들과 말도 하지 않겠다는 표시이다.
Acts 13
New King James Version
Paul and Barnabas Are Sent to the Gentiles
13 Now (A)in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: (B)Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, (C)Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, (D)“Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work (E)to which I have called them.” 3 Then, (F)having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
Preaching in Cyprus
4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to (G)Cyprus. 5 And when they arrived in Salamis, (H)they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had (I)John as their assistant.
6 Now when they had gone through [a]the island to Paphos, they found (J)a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But (K)Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) [b]withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, (L)filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, (M)you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 And now, indeed, (N)the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.”
And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
At Antioch in Pisidia
13 Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and (O)John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and (P)went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. 15 And (Q)after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have (R)any word of [c]exhortation for the people, say on.”
16 Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and (S)you who fear God, listen: 17 The God of this people [d]Israel (T)chose our fathers, and exalted the people (U)when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with [e]an uplifted arm He (V)brought them out of it. 18 Now (W)for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness. 19 And when He had destroyed (X)seven nations in the land of Canaan, (Y)He distributed their land to them by allotment.
20 “After that (Z)He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, (AA)until Samuel the prophet. 21 (AB)And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them (AC)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 And (AD)when He had removed him, (AE)He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, (AF)‘I have found David the son of Jesse, (AG)a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ 23 (AH)From this man’s seed, according (AI)to the promise, God raised up for Israel (AJ)a[f] Savior—Jesus— 24 (AK)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, (AL)‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, (AM)there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’
26 “Men and brethren, sons of the [g]family of Abraham, and (AN)those among you who fear God, (AO)to you the [h]word of this salvation has been sent. 27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, (AP)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 (AQ)And though they found no cause for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He should be put to death. 29 (AR)Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, (AS)they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30 (AT)But God raised Him from the dead. 31 (AU)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—(AV)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:
(AW)‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.’
34 And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to [i]corruption, He has spoken thus:
35 Therefore He also says in another Psalm:
(AY)‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’
36 “For David, after he had served [k]his own generation by the will of God, (AZ)fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and [l]saw corruption; 37 but He whom God raised up [m]saw no corruption. 38 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that (BA)through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39 and (BB)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:
41 ‘Behold,(BC) you despisers,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe,
Though one were to declare it to you.’ ”
Blessing and Conflict at Antioch
42 [n]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, (BD)persuaded them to continue in (BE)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 (BF)opposed the things spoken by Paul. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, (BG)“It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but (BH)since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, (BI)we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has commanded us:
(BJ)‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. (BK)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, (BL)raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. 51 (BM)But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium. 52 And the disciples (BN)were filled with joy and (BO)with the Holy Spirit.
Footnotes
- Acts 13:6 NU the whole island
- Acts 13:8 opposed
- Acts 13:15 encouragement
- Acts 13:17 M omits Israel
- Acts 13:17 Mighty power
- Acts 13:23 M salvation, after
- Acts 13:26 stock
- Acts 13:26 message
- Acts 13:34 the state of decay
- Acts 13:34 blessings
- Acts 13:36 in his
- Acts 13:36 underwent decay
- Acts 13:37 underwent no decay
- Acts 13:42 Or And when they went out of the synagogue of the Jews; NU And when they went out, they begged
Acts 13
King James Version
13 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.
3 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.
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.
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.
35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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.
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.
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.
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