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Paul Turns to the Gentiles

44 The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the word of the Lord. 45 But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles. 47 For the Lord gave us this command when he said,

‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles,
    to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’[a]

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were chosen for eternal life became believers. 49 So the Lord’s message spread throughout that region.

50 Then the Jews stirred up the influential religious women and the leaders of the city, and they incited a mob against Paul and Barnabas and ran them out of town. 51 So they shook the dust from their feet as a sign of rejection and went to the town of Iconium. 52 And the believers[b] were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:47 Isa 49:6.
  2. 13:52 Greek the disciples.

44 On the ho · de following erchomai Sabbath sabbaton almost schedon the ho whole pas city polis assembled synagō together to hear akouō the ho word logos of the ho Lord kyrios. 45 But de when the ho Jews Ioudaios saw the ho crowds ochlos, they were filled pimplēmi with jealousy zēlos; and kai blaspheming blasphēmeō, they began to contradict antilegō what ho was being said laleō by hypo Paul Paulos. 46 Both te Paul Paulos and kai Barnabas Barnabas spoke boldly parrēsiazomai · ho · ho and said legō, “ It was eimi necessary anankaios that the ho word logos of ho God theos be spoken laleō first prōton to you hymeis. Since epeidē you reject apōtheō it autos and kai do krinō not ou consider krinō yourselves heautou worthy axios of ho eternal aiōnios life zōē, we are now turning strephō to eis the ho Gentiles ethnos. 47 For gar thus houtōs the ho Lord kyrios has commanded entellō us hēmeis: ‘ I have appointed tithēmi you sy to eis be a light phōs for the Gentiles ethnos, to ho bring eimi salvation sōtēria to heōs the ends eschatos of the ho earth .’” 48 When the ho Gentiles ethnos heard akouō · de this, they began rejoicing chairō and kai glorifying doxazō the ho word logos of the ho Lord kyrios, and kai as hosos many as were eimi appointed tassō to eis eternal aiōnios life zōē believed pisteuō. 49 So de the ho word logos of the ho Lord kyrios was being spread diapherō throughout dia the ho whole holos region chōra. 50 But de the ho Jews Ioudaios incited parotrynō the ho devout sebō women gynē of ho honorable euschēmōn rank and kai the ho leading prōtos men of the ho city polis, and kai they stirred epegeirō up persecution diōgmos against epi · ho Paul Paulos and kai Barnabas Barnabas, and kai drove ekballō them autos out of apo · ho their autos district horion. 51 So de they ho shook ektinassō off the ho dust koniortos from their ho feet pous against epi them autos and went erchomai on to eis Iconium Ikonion. 52 And te the ho disciples mathētēs were filled plēroō with joy chara and kai with the Holy hagios Spirit pneuma.

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