사도행전 13
Korean Living Bible
13 안디옥 교회에는 예언자와 교사들이 있었다. 그들은 바나바, 니게르라고 하는 시므온, 구레네 사람 루기오, [a]갈릴리 지방의 통치자인 헤롯과 함께 자란 마나엔, 그리고 사울이었다.
바울의 1차 선교 여행
2 그들이 주님을 섬기며 금식할 때 성령께서 “너희는 바나바와 사울을 따로 세워 내가 그들에게 맡긴 일을 하게 하라” 하고 말씀하셨다.
3 그래서 그들은 금식하고 기도한 후 그 두 사람에게 안수하고 그들을 보냈다.
키프러스에서
4 바나바와 사울은 성령님의 보내심을 받아 실루기아로 내려가 거기서 다시 배를 타고 키프러스로 건너갔다.
5 그들은 살라미에 이르러 유대인의 여러 회당에서 하나님의 말씀을 전했는데 마가라는 요한이 그들의 일을 도왔다.
6 그들은 그 섬을 가로질러 바보에 이르렀을 때 유대인 마술사이며 거짓 예언자인 바예수라는 사람을 만났다.
7 그는 그 섬의 총독 서기오 바울의 친구였으며 서기오 바울은 아주 지성적인 사람이었다. 총독이 바나바와 사울을 불러 하나님의 말씀을 듣고 싶어하였으나
8 엘루마라고도 하는 그 마술사는 그들을 대적하며 총독이 믿지 못하게 하였다.
9 그때 바울이라는 사울이 성령으로 충만하여 그 마술사를 뚫어지게 쳐다보면서
10 이렇게 말하였다. “온갖 거짓과 악이 가득한 마귀의 자식이며 모든 의의 원수야, 주님의 길을 방해하는 짓을 당장 그치지 못하겠느냐?
11 이제 너는 주님의 벌을 받아 소경이 되어서 얼마 동안 햇빛을 보지 못할 것이다.” 그러자 즉시 안개와 어두움이 그를 덮었고 그는 이리저리 더듬으며 이끌어 줄 사람을 찾았다.
12 이 광경을 본 총독은 주님에 대한 가르침에 크게 놀라 믿게 되었다.
비시디아의 안디옥에서
13 바울과 그 일행은 바보에서 배를 타고 밤빌리아의 버가로 건너갔다. 거기서 요한은 그들과 헤어져 예루살렘으로 돌아갔고
14 나머지 사람들은 버가를 떠나 비시디아의 안디옥으로 갔다. 안식일이 되어 그들은 회당에 들어가 앉았다.
15 율법과 예언서의 낭독이 있은 후에 [b]회당 책임자들이 사람을 시켜 청중에게 권면할 말이 있으면 하라고 하였다.
16 그래서 바울이 일어나 조용히 들어 달라는 손짓을 하며 이렇게 말하였다. “이스라엘 사람과 하나님을 섬기는 이방 사람 여러분, 잘 들으십시오.
17 이스라엘의 하나님이 우리 조상들을 택하시고 그들이 이집트 땅에 머물러 있는 동안 그들을 큰 민족이 되게 하셨으며 큰 능력으로 그들을 거기서 인도해 내셨습니다.
18 그리고 하나님은 광야에서 40년 동안 [c]그 들을 돌봐 주셨으며
19 가나안 일곱 민족을 멸망시키시고 그 땅을 유산으로 나누어 주셨는데
20 그 기간이 약 450년이나 걸렸습니다. 그 이후로 하나님은 예언자 사무엘 때까지 사사들을 주시다가
21 그들이 왕을 요구하자 베냐민 지파 사람 기스의 아들 사울을 왕으로 세워 40년 동안 다스리게 하셨습니다.
22 그 후에 하나님은 사울을 제거하고 다윗을 왕으로 세우고서 그에 대해 이렇게 말씀하셨습니다. [d]‘내가 이새의 아들 다윗을 만났으니 그는 내 마음에 드는 사람이다. 그가 내 뜻을 다 이룰 것이다.’
23 “하나님은 약속하신 대로 이 사람의 후손 가운데서 이스라엘을 구원하실 구주를 일으키셨습니다. 그분이 바로 예수님이셨습니다.
24 그분이 오시기 전에 요한이 먼저 모든 이스라엘 백성에게 회개와 [e]세례를 전파했습니다.
25 그리고 그는 자기 일을 다 마칠 무렵에 ‘너희는 나를 누구로 생각하느냐? 나는 그리스도가 아니다. 내 뒤에 오시는 분이 계시는데 나는 그분의 신발끈을 풀어 드릴 자격도 없다’ 고 했습니다.
26 아브라함의 후손들과 하나님을 섬기는 이방 사람 여러분, 하나님께서 이 구원의 말씀을 우리에게 주셨습니다.
27 그러나 예루살렘에 사는 사람들과 그들의 지도자들은 예수님을 알아보지 못하고 그분을 죄인으로 단정함으로써 그들이 안식일마다 읽던 예언자들의 말이 이루어지게 했습니다.
28 그들은 예수님을 죽일 아무런 죄도 찾지 못했으나 빌라도에게 그분을 죽이라고 요구했습니다.
29 그리고 그들은 예수님에 대해서 성경에 기록된 모든 것을 다 이행한 후에 십자가에서 그분의 시체를 내려 무덤에 두었으나
30 하나님이 죽은 사람들 가운데서 그분을 다시 살리셨습니다.
31 그 후 여러 날 동안 예수님은 갈릴리에서 예루살렘까지 자기와 동행했던 사람들에게 나타나셨는데 바로 그들이 지금 이 백성들에게 그분을 증거하고 있습니다.
32 그래서 우리도 하나님이 우리 조상들에게 약속하신 기쁜 소식을 여러분에게 전합니다.
33 하나님은 예수님을 다시 살리심으로써 그들의 후손인 우리에게 그 약속이 이루어지게 하셨습니다. 시편 둘째 편에도 예수님에 대하여 [f]‘너는 내 아들이다. 오늘 내가 너를 낳았다’ 라고 쓰여 있습니다.
34 하나님께서는 예수님을 죽은 사람들 가운데서 다시 살리시고 썩지 않게 하셨습니다. 그것은 [g]‘내가 다윗에게 약속한 거룩하고 확실한 복을 너희에게 주겠다’ 라고 하신 말씀과
35 또 다른 시편에 [h]‘주의 거룩한 자를 썩지 않게 하실 것이다’ 라고 말씀하신 대로 된 것입니다.
36 다윗은 한평생 하나님의 뜻을 받들어 섬기다가 죽어 그의 조상들 곁에 묻혀서 썩고 말았습니다.
37 그러나 하나님이 다시 살리신 그분은 썩지 않았습니다.
38 그러므로 형제 여러분, 여러분은 예수님을 통해서 죄의 용서가 여러분에게 선포되고 있음을 아셔야 합니다.
39 여러분이 모세의 율법으로 의롭게 될 수 없었던 모든 일에서도 예수님을 믿는 사람은 누구나 의롭다는 인정을 받습니다.
40 그러므로 다음과 같은 예언자들의 말이 여러분에게 일어나지 않도록 조심하십시오.
41 [i]‘비웃는 자들아, 너희는 놀라고 죽어 없어져라. 내가 너희 시대에 한 일을 행하겠다. 누가 그 일을 설명해 주어도 너희가 절대로 믿지 않을 것이다.’ ”
42 그들이 회당에서 나올 때 사람들은 다음 안식일에도 이 말씀을 해 달라고 부탁하였다.
43 집회가 끝나자 많은 유대인과 유대교로 개종한 경건한 이방인들이 바울과 바나바를 따랐다. 그래서 바울과 바나바는 그들에게 하나님의 은혜 가운데 계속 머물러 있으라고 격려하였다.
44 다음 안식일에는 온 동네 사람이 거의 다 하나님의 말씀을 들으려고 모여들었다.
45 유대인들은 군중들을 보고 시기가 가득하여 바울이 말하는 것을 방해하며 모욕하였다.
46 그러나 바울과 바나바는 다음과 같이 담대하게 말하였다. “하나님의 말씀을 먼저 여러분에게 전해야 마땅합니다. 그렇지만 여러분이 그 말씀을 거절하고 여러분 스스로 영원한 생명을 얻을 가치가 없다고 판단하기 때문에 우리가 이방인에게 말씀을 전합니다.
47 주께서도 우리에게 [j]‘내가 너를 이방 민족의 빛이 되게 하여 온 세상에 구원을 베풀도록 하였다’ 라고 하셨습니다.”
48 그 말을 듣고 이방인들은 기뻐하며 주의 말씀을 찬양하였고 영원한 생명을 얻도록 [k]선택된 사람은 모두 믿었다.
49 그리하여 주님의 말씀은 그 지방 전체에 퍼져나갔다.
50 그러나 유대인들은 경건한 귀부인들과 그 도시의 유지들을 선동하여 바울과 바나바를 괴롭히고 그 지방에서 내쫓았다.
51 바울과 바나바는 그들을 향해 발의 먼지를 떨어 버리고 이고니온으로 갔으며
52 안디옥 신자들은 계속 기쁨과 성령이 충만하였다.
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
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 13
1 [a]Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who was a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, completing their fasting and prayer, they laid hands on them and sent them off.
First Mission Begins in Cyprus. 4 [b]So they, sent forth by the holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had John[c] also as their assistant. 6 When they had traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, they met a magician named Bar-Jesus who was a Jewish false prophet.[d] 7 He was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who had summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the magician (for that is what his name means) opposed them in an attempt to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, also known as Paul,[e] filled with the holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right, full of every sort of deceit and fraud. Will you not stop twisting the straight paths of [the] Lord? 11 Even now the hand of the Lord is upon you. You will be blind, and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately a dark mist fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. 12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he came to believe, for he was astonished by the teaching about the Lord.
Paul’s Arrival at Antioch in Pisidia. 13 From Paphos, Paul and his companions set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.(A) 14 They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they entered [into] the synagogue and took their seats. 15 After the reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue officials sent word to them, “My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.”
Paul’s Address in the Synagogue. 16 [f]So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said, “Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing,[g] listen. 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt.(B) With uplifted arm he led them out of it 18 and for about forty years he put up with[h] them in the desert.(C) 19 When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance(D) 20 at the end of about four hundred and fifty years.[i] After these things he provided judges up to Samuel [the] prophet.(E) 21 Then they asked for a king. God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.(F) 22 Then he removed him and raised up David as their king; of him he testified, ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.’(G) 23 From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.(H) 24 John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel;(I) 25 and as John was completing his course, he would say, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’(J)
26 “My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation has been sent. 27 The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize him, and by condemning him they fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read sabbath after sabbath. 28 For even though they found no grounds for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him put to death,(K) 29 and when they had accomplished all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.(L) 30 But God raised him from the dead,(M) 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.(N) These are [now] his witnesses before the people.[j] 32 We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to you that what God promised our ancestors 33 he has brought to fulfillment for us, [their] children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my son; this day I have begotten you.’(O) 34 And that he raised him from the dead never to return to corruption he declared in this way, ‘I shall give you the benefits assured to David.’(P) 35 That is why he also says in another psalm, ‘You will not suffer your holy one to see corruption.’(Q) 36 Now David, after he had served the will of God in his lifetime, fell asleep, was gathered to his ancestors, and did see corruption.(R) 37 But the one whom God raised up did not see corruption. 38 You must know, my brothers, that through him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you, [and] in regard to everything from which you could not be justified[k] under the law of Moses, 39 in him every believer is justified.(S) 40 Be careful, then, that what was said in the prophets not come about:
41 ‘Look on, you scoffers,
be amazed and disappear.
For I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will never believe
even if someone tells you.’”(T)
42 As they were leaving, they invited them to speak on these subjects the following sabbath. 43 After the congregation had dispersed, many Jews and worshipers who were converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to remain faithful to the grace of God.
Address to the Gentiles. 44 On the following sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and with violent abuse contradicted what Paul said. 46 (U)Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.[l] 47 For so the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.’”(V)
48 The Gentiles were delighted when they heard this and glorified the word of the Lord. All who were destined for eternal life came to believe, 49 and the word of the Lord continued to spread through the whole region. 50 The Jews, however, incited the women of prominence who were worshipers and the leading men of the city, stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their territory. 51 (W)So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.[m] 52 The disciples were filled with joy and the holy Spirit.
Footnotes
- 13:1–3 The impulse for the first missionary effort in Asia Minor is ascribed to the prophets of the Antiochene community, under the inspiration of the holy Spirit. Just as the Jerusalem community had earlier been the center of missionary activity, so too Antioch becomes the center from which the missionaries Barnabas and Saul are sent out.
- 13:4–14:27 The key event in Luke’s account of the first missionary journey is the experience of Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:14–52). The Christian kerygma proclaimed by Paul in the synagogue was favorably received. Some Jews and “God-fearers” (see note on Acts 8:26–40) became interested and invited the missionaries to speak again on the following sabbath (Acts 13:42). By that time, however, the appearance of a large number of Gentiles from the city had so disconcerted the Jews that they became hostile toward the apostles (Acts 13:44–50). This hostility of theirs appears in all three accounts of Paul’s missionary journeys in Acts, the Jews of Iconium (Acts 14:1–2) and Beroea (Acts 17:11) being notable exceptions.
- 13:5 John: that is, John Mark (see Acts 12:12, 25).
- 13:6 A magician named Bar-Jesus who was a Jewish false prophet: that is, he posed as a prophet. Again Luke takes the opportunity to dissociate Christianity from the magical acts of the time (Acts 13:7–11); see also Acts 8:18–24.
- 13:9 Saul, also known as Paul: there is no reason to believe that his name was changed from Saul to Paul upon his conversion. The use of a double name, one Semitic (Saul), the other Greco-Roman (Paul), is well attested (cf. Acts 1:23, Joseph Justus; Acts 12:12, 25, John Mark).
- 13:16–41 This is the first of several speeches of Paul to Jews proclaiming that the Christian church is the logical development of Pharisaic Judaism (see also Acts 24:10–21; 26:2–23).
- 13:16 Who are God-fearing: see note on Acts 8:26–40.
- 13:18 Put up with: some manuscripts read “sustained.”
- 13:20 At the end of about four hundred and fifty years: the manuscript tradition makes it uncertain whether the mention of four hundred and fifty years refers to the sojourn in Egypt before the Exodus, the wilderness period and the time of the conquest (see Ex 12:40–41), as the translation here suggests, or to the time between the conquest and the time of Samuel, the period of the judges, if the text is read, “After these things, for about four hundred and fifty years, he provided judges.”
- 13:31 The theme of the Galilean witnesses is a major one in the Gospel of Luke and in Acts and is used to signify the continuity between the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of the church and to guarantee the fidelity of the church’s teachings to the words of Jesus.
- 13:38–39 Justified: the verb is the same as that used in Paul’s letters to speak of the experience of justification and, as in Paul, is here connected with the term “to have faith” (“every believer”). But this seems the only passage about Paul in Acts where justification is mentioned. In Lucan fashion it is paralleled with “forgiveness of sins” (a theme at Acts 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 10:43) based on Jesus’ resurrection (Acts 13:37) rather than his cross, and is put negatively (Acts 13:38). Therefore, some would translate, “in regard to everything from which you could not be acquitted…every believer is acquitted.”
- 13:46 The refusal to believe frustrates God’s plan for his chosen people; however, no adverse judgment is made here concerning their ultimate destiny. Again, Luke, in the words of Paul, speaks of the priority of Israel in the plan for salvation (see Acts 10:36).
- 13:51 See note on Lk 9:5.
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