Jul. 20, 21
Acts 13
Act 13:1 Now in the
assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers:
Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the
foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Act 13:2 As they served
the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas
and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
Act 13:3 Then, when
they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent
them away.
Act 13:4 So, being sent
out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they
sailed to Cyprus.
Act 13:5 When they were
at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.
They had also John as their attendant.
Act 13:6 When they had
gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a
false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,
Act 13:7 who was with
the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man
summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
Act 13:8 But Elymas the
sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them,
seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
Act 13:9 But Saul, who
is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes
on him,
Act 13:10 and said,
"Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you
enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right
ways of the Lord?
Act 13:11 Now, behold,
the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the
sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him.
He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
Act 13:12 Then the
proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at
the teaching of the Lord.
Act 13:13 Now Paul and
his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia.
John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
Act 13:14 But they,
passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
Act 13:15 After the
reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent
to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation
for the people, speak."
Act 13:16 Paul stood
up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you
who fear God, listen.
Act 13:17 The God of
this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they
stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he
led them out of it.
Act 13:18 For a period
of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
Act 13:19 When he had
destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their
land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.
Act 13:20 After these
things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
Act 13:21 Afterward
they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a
man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Act 13:22 When he had
removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also
testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my
heart, who will do all my will.'
Act 13:23 From this
man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his
promise,
Act 13:24 before his
coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to
Israel.
Act 13:25 As John was
fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am
not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am
not worthy to untie.'
Act 13:26 Brothers,
children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God,
the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
Act 13:27 For those who
dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn't know him,
nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath,
fulfilled them by condemning him.
Act 13:28 Though they
found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
Act 13:29 When they had
fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down
from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
Act 13:30 But God
raised him from the dead,
Act 13:31 and he was
seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to
Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
Act 13:32 We bring you
good news of the promise made to the fathers,
Act 13:33 that God has
fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus.
As it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son. Today I
have become your father.'
Act 13:34 "Concerning
that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to
corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give you the holy and sure
blessings of David.'
Act 13:35 Therefore he
says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see
decay.'
Act 13:36 For David,
after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell
asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
Act 13:37 But he whom
God raised up saw no decay.
Act 13:38 Be it known
to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to
you remission of sins,
Act 13:39 and by him
everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you
could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Act 13:40 Beware
therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:
Act 13:41 'Behold, you
scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a
work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.' "
Act 13:42 So when the
Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words
might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
Act 13:43 Now when the
synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to
continue in the grace of God.
Act 13:44 The next
Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word
of God.
Act 13:45 But when the
Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and
contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
Act 13:46 Paul and
Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that
God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it
from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we
turn to the Gentiles.
Act 13:47 For so has
the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the
Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of
the earth.' "
Act 13:48 As the
Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God.
As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
Act 13:49 The Lord's
word was spread abroad throughout all the region.
Act 13:50 But the Jews
stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the
city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and
threw them out of their borders.
Act 13:51 But they
shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
Act 13:52 The disciples
were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.