Acts 13:42-52

New American Standard Bible

⁴²As ^[a]Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these ^[b]things spoken to them the next ^(A)Sabbath. ⁴³Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the ^(B)God-fearing ^[c]^(C)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in ^(D)the grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

⁴⁴The next ^(E)Sabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of ^[d]the Lord. ⁴⁵But when ^(F)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ^[e]blaspheming. ⁴⁶Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^(G)first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^(H)we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷For so the Lord has commanded us,

‘^(I)I have appointed You as a ^(J)light ^[f]to the Gentiles,
That You may ^[g]bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”

⁴⁸When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(K)the word of ^[h]the Lord; and all who ^(L)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹And ^(M)the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰But ^(N)the Jews incited the ^[i]^(O)devout women ^(P)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[j]region. ⁵¹But ^(Q)they shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to ^(R)Iconium. ⁵²And the disciples were continually ^(S)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

Acts 13:42 Lit they
Acts 13:42 Lit words
Acts 13:43 I.e., Gentile converts to Judaism
Acts 13:44 One early ms God
Acts 13:45 Or slandering him
Acts 13:47 Lit of
Acts 13:47 Lit be for salvation
Acts 13:48 Two early mss God
Acts 13:50 Or worshiping
Acts 13:50 Lit boundaries

Isaiah 42:1-13

New American Standard Bible

God’s Promise concerning His Servant

42 “^(A)Behold, My ^(B)Servant, whom I ^[a]uphold;
My ^(C)chosen one in whom My ^(D)soul delights.
I have put My ^(E)Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth ^(F)justice to the ^[b]nations.
²He will not cry out nor raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
³A bent reed He will not break off
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth ^(G)justice.
⁴He will not be ^(H)disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice on the earth;
And the ^(I)coastlands will wait expectantly for His ^[c]law.”

⁵This is what God the Lord says,

Who ^(J)created the heavens and ^(K)stretched them out,
Who spread out the ^(L)earth and its ^[d]offspring,
Who ^(M)gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it:
⁶“I am the Lord, I have ^(N)called You in righteousness,
I will also ^(O)hold You by the hand and ^(P)watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a ^(Q)covenant to the people,
As a ^(R)light to the nations,
⁷To ^(S)open blind eyes,
To ^(T)bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.
⁸^(U)I am the Lord, that is ^(V)My name;
I will not give My ^(W)glory to another,
Nor My praise to idols.
⁹Behold, the ^(X)former things have come to pass,
Now I declare ^(Y)new things;
Before they sprout I proclaim them to you.”

¹⁰Sing to the Lord a ^(Z)new song,
Sing His praise from the ^(AA)end of the earth!
^(AB)You who go down to the sea, and ^(AC)all that is in it;
You ^(AD)islands, and those who live on them.
¹¹Let the ^(AE)wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
The settlements which ^(AF)Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of ^(AG)Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the ^(AH)mountains.
¹²Let them ^(AI)give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the ^(AJ)coastlands.
¹³^(AK)The Lord will go out like a warrior,
He will stir His ^(AL)zeal like a man of war.
He will shout, indeed, He will raise a war cry.
He will ^(AM)prevail against His enemies.