New Testament in a Year

²⁶ Men and brethren, sons of the lineage of Abraham, and whosoever among you fears God, unto you is this word of saving health sent.

²⁷ For those that dwell at Jerusalem and their princes, because they knew him not nor yet the voices of the prophets who are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

²⁸ And without finding cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be slain.

²⁹ And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a sepulchre.

³⁰ But God raised him from the dead,

³¹ and he was seen many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who until now are his witnesses unto the people.

³² And we declare unto you the gospel of the promise which was made unto the fathers,

³³ which God has fulfilled unto us their children, in that he has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

³⁴ And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said this, I will give you the sure mercies promised to David.

³⁵ Therefore he also says in another place, Thou shalt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

³⁶ For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep and was gathered unto his fathers and saw corruption;

³⁷ but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

³⁸ Be it known unto you, therefore, men and brethren, that through this one is preached unto you the remission of sins;

³⁹ and in him all that believe are justified from all the things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴⁰ Beware, therefore, lest what is spoken of in the prophets come upon you:

⁴¹ Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish, for I do a work in your days, a work which ye would in no wise believe, if one should declare it unto you.

⁴² ¶ And when they were gone out of the synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

⁴³ Now when the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to remain in the grace of God.

⁴⁴ And the next sabbath day almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁵ But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy and spoke against that which Paul said, contradicting and blaspheming.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas speaking with freedom, said, It was necessary indeed that the word of God should first have been spoken to you; but seeing ye put it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁴⁷ For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles that thou should be for saving health unto the ends of the earth.

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

⁴⁹ And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

⁵⁰ But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women and the principals of the city and raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their borders.

⁵¹ But they shook off the dust of their feet against them and came unto Iconium.

⁵² And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.