An Ethiopian Receives Christ

²⁵ So, when they had solemnly ^(A)borne witness and spoken ^(B)the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were ^(C)proclaiming the gospel to many villages of the ^(D)Samaritans.

⁴⁹ And ^(A)the word of the ^[a]Lord was being spread through the whole region.

³⁵ But ^(A)Paul and Barnabas spent a long time in Antioch, teaching and ^[a](B)preaching with many others also, ^(C)the word of the Lord.

Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas

³⁶ Now after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in ^(D)every city in which we proclaimed ^(E)the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” ³⁷ And Barnabas wanted to take ^(F)John, called Mark, along with them also. ³⁸ But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had ^(G)deserted them ^[b]in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. ³⁹ And there was such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took ^(H)Mark with him and sailed away to ^(I)Cyprus. ⁴⁰ But Paul chose ^(J)Silas and left, being ^(K)committed by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. ⁴¹ And he was traveling through ^(L)Syria and ^(M)Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

¹⁰ This took place for ^(A)two years, so that all who lived in ^[a](B)Asia heard ^(C)the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

²⁰ So ^[a](A)the word of the Lord ^(B)was growing mightily and prevailing.