Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

At The Next Sabbath Meeting, The Jews Contradict Paul. He Turns To The Gentiles

⁴² And while they were going out, they were begging that these words might be spoken to them on the next Sabbath. ⁴³ And the gathering^[a] having been released^[b], many of the Jews and of the worshiping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas— who, speaking to them, were persuading them to continue-in the grace of God. ⁴⁴ Now on the coming Sabbath, almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of the Lord. ⁴⁵ But the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with jealousy. And they were contradicting^[c] the things being spoken by Paul, blaspheming. ⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas, having spoken-boldly, said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you are rejecting it and judging yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold— we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For thus the Lord has commanded us [in Isa 49:6]: ‘I have placed you for^[d] a light to the Gentiles, that you may be a light for salvation as far as the last place of the earth’”. ⁴⁸ And the Gentiles, having heard it, were rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. And all who had been appointed^[e] to eternal life believed.

The Jews Drive Paul And Barnabas Out of Their Districts

⁴⁹ And the word of the Lord was being carried^[f] through the whole region^[g]. ⁵⁰ But the Jews incited the prominent worshiping women and the leading men of the city, and aroused a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out from their districts. ⁵¹ But the ones, having shaken-out the dust from their feet against them, went to Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were being filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.