Acts 13:2-14:28

Legacy Standard Bible

² And while they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, ^(A)the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me ^(B)Barnabas and Saul for ^(C)the work to which I have called them.” ³ Then, when they had fasted and ^(D)prayed and ^(E)laid their hands on them, ^(F)they sent them away.

On Cyprus

⁴ So, being ^(G)sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to ^(H)Cyprus. ⁵ And when they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in ^(I)the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had ^(J)John as their helper. ⁶ And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a ^(K)magician, a Jewish ^(L)false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, ⁷ who was with the ^(M)proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. ⁸ But Elymas the ^(N)magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the ^(O)proconsul away from ^(P)the faith. ⁹ But Saul, who was also known as Paul, ^[a](Q)filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him, ¹⁰ and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you ^(R)son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked ^(S)the straight ways of the ^[b]Lord? ¹¹ Now, behold, ^(T)the hand of the ^[c]Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. ¹² Then the ^(U)proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being astonished at ^(V)the teaching of the Lord.

In Pisidian Antioch

¹³ Now after Paul and his companions set sail from ^(W)Paphos, they came to ^(X)Perga in ^(Y)Pamphylia, but ^(Z)John left them and returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But going on from Perga, they arrived at ^(AA)Pisidian ^(AB)Antioch. And on ^(AC)the Sabbath day, they went into ^(AD)the synagogue and sat down. ¹⁵ And after ^(AE)the reading of the Law and ^(AF)the Prophets ^(AG)the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” ¹⁶ So Paul stood up, and ^(AH)motioning with his hand said,

“Men of Israel, and ^(AI)you who fear God, listen: ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel ^(AJ)chose our fathers and ^[d](AK)lifted up the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ^(AL)He led them out from it. ¹⁸ And for ^(AM)a period of about forty years ^(AN)He put up with them in the wilderness. ^19 (AO)And when He destroyed ^(AP)seven nations in the land of Canaan, He ^(AQ)distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took ^(AR)about 450 years. ²⁰ After these things He ^(AS)gave them judges until ^(AT)Samuel the prophet. ²¹ Then they ^(AU)asked for a king, and God gave them ^(AV)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² And after He had ^(AW)removed him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He also said, bearing witness, ‘^(AX)I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ^[e]will.’ ^23 (AY)From the seed of this man, ^(AZ)according to promise, God has brought to Israel ^(BA)a Savior, Jesus, ²⁴ after ^(BB)John had preached before ^[f]His coming a ^(BC)baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John ^(BD)was fulfilling his course, ^(BE)he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of His feet.’

²⁶ “Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of ^(BF)this salvation was sent. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^(BG)rulers, ^(BH)recognizing neither Him nor the ^[g]utterances of ^(BI)the prophets which are ^(BJ)read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. ²⁸ And though they found no ground for death, they ^(BK)asked Pilate that He be ^[h]executed. ²⁹ And when they had ^(BL)finished all that was written concerning Him, ^(BM)they took Him down from ^(BN)the tree and ^(BO)laid Him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God ^(BP)raised Him from the dead; ³¹ and for many days ^(BQ)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ^(BR)His witnesses to the people. ³² And we ^(BS)proclaim to you the good news of ^(BT)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise ^[i]to our children in that He ^(BU)raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘^(BV)You are My Son; today I have begotten You.’ ³⁴ But that He ^(BW)raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(BX)I will give you the holy and ^[j]faithful lovingkindnesses of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘^(BY)You will not give Your ^[k]Holy One over to see corruption.’ ³⁶ For ^(BZ)David, after he had ^[l]served ^(CA)the purpose of God in his own generation, ^(CB)fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and saw corruption; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(CC)raised did not see corruption. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that ^(CD)through ^[m]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and that in Him, ^(CE)everyone who believes is justified from all things which you could not be justified from ^[n]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore watch out, so that the thing spoken of ^(CF)in the Prophets may not come upon you:

⁴² And as ^[p]Paul and Barnabas were leaving, the people kept pleading that these words might be spoken to them the next ^(CH)Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the ^(CI)God-fearing ^[q](CJ)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in ^(CK)the grace of God.

Many Gentiles Believe

⁴⁴ And the next ^(CL)Sabbath, nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of ^[r]the ^[s]Lord. ⁴⁵ But when ^(CM)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, ^[t]blaspheming. ⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^(CN)first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^(CO)we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the ^[u]Lord has commanded us,

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(CR)the word of ^[w]the ^[x]Lord, and as many as ^(CS)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹ And ^(CT)the word of the ^[y]Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But ^(CU)the Jews incited the ^[z](CV)God-fearing women ^(CW)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[aa]district. ⁵¹ But ^(CX)having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to ^(CY)Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were continually ^(CZ)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

In Iconium

14 Now it happened that in ^(DA)Iconium ^(DB)they entered the synagogue of the Jews together and spoke in such a manner ^(DC)that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of ^(DD)Greeks. ² But ^(DE)the ^[ab](DF)unbelieving Jews instigated and embittered the ^[ac]minds of the Gentiles against ^(DG)the brothers. ³ Therefore they spent a long time there ^(DH)speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that ^[ad](DI)signs and wonders be done through their hands. ^4 (DJ)But the multitude of the city was divided; and some ^[ae]sided with ^(DK)the Jews, and some with ^(DL)the apostles. ⁵ And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and ^(DM)the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and to ^(DN)stone them, ⁶ they became aware of it and fled to the cities of ^(DO)Lycaonia, ^(DP)Lystra and ^(DQ)Derbe, and the surrounding region; ⁷ and there they continued to ^(DR)proclaim the gospel.

In Lystra and Derbe

⁸ And at ^(DS)Lystra ^(DT)a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. ⁹ This man listened to Paul as he spoke, who, ^(DU)when he fixed his gaze on him and saw that he had ^(DV)faith to be ^[af]saved from being lame, ¹⁰ said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ^(DW)And he leaped up and began to walk. ¹¹ And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the ^(DX)Lycaonian language, “^(DY)The gods have become like men and have come down to us.” ¹² And they began calling Barnabas, ^[ag]Zeus, and Paul, ^[ah]Hermes, because he was ^[ai]the chief speaker. ¹³ And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was ^[aj]just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and ^(DZ)was wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴ But when ^(EA)the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^(EB)tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out ¹⁵ and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^(EC)men of the same nature as you, ^(ED)proclaiming the gospel to you that you should turn from these ^[ak](EE)vain things to a ^(EF)living God, ^(EG)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. ^16 [al]In the generations gone by He ^(EH)permitted all the ^[am]nations to ^(EI)go their own ways; ¹⁷ and yet ^(EJ)He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and ^(EK)gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” ¹⁸ And saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

¹⁹ But ^(EL)Jews came from ^(EM)Antioch and ^(EN)Iconium, and after winning over the crowds and ^(EO)stoning Paul, they were dragging him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. ²⁰ But while ^(EP)the disciples stood around him, he rose up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to ^(EQ)Derbe. ²¹ And after they had ^(ER)proclaimed the gospel to that city and had ^(ES)made many disciples, they returned to ^(ET)Lystra and to ^(EU)Iconium and to ^(EV)Antioch, ²² strengthening the souls of ^(EW)the disciples, encouraging them to continue in ^(EX)the faith, and saying, “^(EY)Through many afflictions we must enter the kingdom of God.” ²³ And when ^(EZ)they had appointed ^(FA)elders for them in every church, having ^(FB)prayed with fasting, they ^(FC)commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

The Return to Antioch

²⁴ And when they passed through ^(FD)Pisidia, they came into ^(FE)Pamphylia. ²⁵ And when they had spoken the word in ^(FF)Perga, they went down to Attalia. ²⁶ And from there they sailed to ^(FG)Antioch, from ^(FH)where they had been ^(FI)committed to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. ²⁷ And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to ^(FJ)report all things that God had done with them and ^[an]how He had opened a ^(FK)door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸ And they spent not a little time with ^(FL)the disciples.