Acts 13
Barnabas and Saul
Begin Their First Missionary Journey |
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Now there were in the church that was at
An'ti-och certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon
that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyre'ne, and Man'a-en, which
had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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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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And when they had fasted and prayed, and
laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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The Apostles Preach in
Cyprus |
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So they, being sent forth by the Holy
Ghost, departed unto Seleu'cia; and from thence they sailed to
Cyprus.
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And when they were at Sal'amis, 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 Bar-jesus:
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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 El'ymas the sorcerer (for so is his
name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the
deputy from the faith.
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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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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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Then the deputy, when he saw what was
done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the
Lord.
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Paul and Barnabas at
Antioch of Pisidia |
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Now when Paul and his company loosed
from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphyl'i-a: and John departing
from them returned to Jerusalem.
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But when they departed from Perga, they
came to An'ti-och in Pisid'i-a, and went into the synagogue on the
sabbath day, and sat down.
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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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The God of this people of Israel chose
our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in
the land of Egypt, Ex. 1.7 and with a high arm brought he them out of it. Ex.
12.51
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And about the time of forty years
suffered he their manners in the wilderness. Num. 14.34 · Deut. 1.31
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And when he had destroyed seven nations
in the land of Canaan, Deut. 7.1 he divided their land to them by lot. Josh. 14.1
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And after that he gave unto them judges Judg. 2.16 about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel
the prophet. 1 Sam. 3.20
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And afterward they desired a king: 1 Sam.
8.5 and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of
the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Sam. 10.21 by the space of forty years.
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And when he had removed him, 1 Sam.
13.14 he raised up unto them David to be their king; to
whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil
all my will. 1 Sam. 16.12 · Ps. 89.20
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Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
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when John had first preached before his
coming the baptism of repentance Mk. 1.4 · Lk. 3.3 to
all the people of Israel.
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And as John fulfilled his course, he
said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. Joh. 1.20 But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. Mt. 3.11 · Mk. 1.7 · Lk. 3.16 · Joh. 1.27
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Men and brethren, children of
the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is
the word of this salvation sent.
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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.
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And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. Mt.
27.22, 23 · Mk. 15.13, 14 · Lk. 23.21-23 · Joh. 19.15
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And when they had fulfilled all that was
written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. Mt. 27.57-61 · Mk. 15.42-47 · Lk.
23.50-56 · Joh. 19.38-42
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But God raised him from the
dead:
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and he was seen many days of them which
came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, Acts 1.3 who are his witnesses unto the people.
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And we declare unto you glad tidings, how
that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
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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,
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Thou art my Son, |
this day have I begotten thee. Ps.
2.7 |
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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,
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I will give you the sure mercies of David. Is.
55.3 |
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Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,
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Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption. Ps.
16.10 |
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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:
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but he, whom God raised again, saw no
corruption.
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Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins:
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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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Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and
perish:
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for I work a work in your days, |
a work which ye shall in no wise believe, |
though a man declare it unto you. Hab.
1.5 |
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And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached
to them the next sabbath.
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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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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.
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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.
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For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
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I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, |
that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends
of the earth. Is.
42.6 ; 49.6 |
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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.
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And the word of the Lord was published
throughout all the region.
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But the Jews stirred up the devout and
honorable 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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But they shook off the dust of their feet
against them, Mt. 10.14 · Mk. 6.11 · Lk. 9.5 ; 10.11 and came unto Ico'ni-um.
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And the disciples were filled with joy,
and with the Holy Ghost.
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