Many Gentiles Believe

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

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(G)the word of ^[f]the ^[g]Lord, and as many as ^(H)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹ And ^(I)the word of the ^[h]Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But ^(J)the Jews incited the ^[i](K)God-fearing women ^(L)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[j]district. ⁵¹ But ^(M)having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to ^(N)Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were continually ^(O)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.