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Chapter 13 |
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1 | Now there were in the church that was
at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was
called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with
Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. |
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2 | As they ministered to the Lord, and
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work
whereunto I have called them. |
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3 | And when they had fasted and prayed,
and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. |
| 4 | So they, being
sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they
sailed to Cyprus. |
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5 | And when they were at Salamis, they preached the
word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their
minister. |
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| And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they
found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was
Barjesus: |
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| Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus,
a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word
of God. |
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But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)
withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. |
| 9 | Then
Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on
him. |
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And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child
of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert
the right ways of the Lord? |
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11 | And now, behold, the hand of the Lord
is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And
immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking
some to lead him by the hand. |
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12 | Then the deputy, when he saw what was
done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. |
| 13 | Now
when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia:
and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. |
| 14 | But when
they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the
synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. |
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15 | And after the reading
of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying,
Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say
on. |
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Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of
Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. |
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17 | The God of this people
of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as
strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of
it. |
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And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in
the wilderness. |
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19 | And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land
of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. |
| 20 | And after
that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years,
until Samuel the prophet. |
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21 | And afterward they desired a king: and
God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the
space of forty years. |
| 22 | And when he had removed him, he raised up
unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and
said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which
shall fulfil all my will. |
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23 | Of this man's seed hath God according
to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: |
| 24 | When John
had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the
people of Israel. |
| 25 | And as John fulfilled his course, he said,
Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me,
whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. |
| 26 | Men and
brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth
God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. |
| 27 | For they
that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet
the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have
fulfilled them in condemning him. |
| 28 | And though they found no
cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
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| 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: |
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31 | And he was seen many days of them
which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto
the people. |
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32 | And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the
promise which was made unto the fathers, |
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33 | God hath fulfilled the
same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is
also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
thee. |
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And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no
more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure
mercies of David. |
| 35 | Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,
Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. |
| 36 | For David,
after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and
was laid 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 man is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins: |
| 39 | And by him all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of
Moses. |
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| Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is
spoken of in the prophets; |
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41 | Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and
perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise
believe, though a man declare it unto you. |
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42 | And when the Jews were
gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be
preached to them the next sabbath. |
| 43 | Now when the congregation was
broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and
Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of
God. |
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And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together
to hear the word of God. |
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45 | But when the Jews saw the multitudes,
they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by
Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. |
| 46 | Then Paul and Barnabas waxed
bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been
spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of
everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. |
| 47 | For so hath
the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles,
that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. |
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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 chief men of the
city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out
of their coasts. |
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51 | But they shook off the dust of their feet against
them, and came unto Iconium. |
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52 | And the disciples were filled with
joy, and with the Holy Ghost. |
