The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Apostles 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.
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.”
3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed
and laid their hands on them, they sent
them away.
4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit,
they went down to Seleucia. From there
they sailed to Cyprus.
5 When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed
God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They
also had John as their attendant.
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,
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.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his
name by interpretation) withstood them,
seeking to turn the proconsul away from
the faith.
9 But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled
with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him
10 and said, “You son of the devil, full
of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy
of all righteousness, will you not cease to
pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 Now, behold,thehand oftheLord 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.
12 Then the proconsul, when he saw
what was done, believed, being astonished
at the teaching of the Lord.
13 Now Paul and his company set sail
from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia.
John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
14 But they, passing on from Perga, came
to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.
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.”
16 Paul stood up, and gesturing with his
hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who
fear God, listen.
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.
18 For a period of aboutforty yearshe put
up with them in the wilderness.
19 When he had destroyed seven nations
in the land of Canaan, he gave them their
land for an inheritance for aboutfour
hundred fifty years.
20 After these things, he gave them
judges until Samuel the prophet.
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.
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.’
23 From this man’s offspring, God has
brought salvation‡ to Israel according to
his promise,
24 before his coming, when John had
first preached the baptism of repentance
to Israel.§
25 As John was fulfilling his course, he
said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am
nothe. But behold, one comes afterme,the
sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to
untie.’
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.
27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and
their rulers, because theydidn’t know him,
nor the voices of the prophets which are
read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
28 Though they found no cause for death,
they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
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.
30 But God raised him from the dead,
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.
32 We bring you good news of the
promise made to the fathers,
33 that God has fulfilled this 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.’*
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.’*
35 Therefore he says also in another
psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One
to see decay.’*
36 For David, after he had in his own
generation served the counsel of God, fell
asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw
decay.
37 But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
38 Be it known to you therefore, brothers,
† that through this man is proclaimed
to you remission of sins;
39 and by him everyone who believes is
justified from all things, from which you
could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come on
you which is spoken in the prophets:
41 ‘Behold, you scoffers! 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.’ ” *
42 So when the Jews went out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these
words might be preached to them the next
Sabbath.
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.
44 The next Sabbath, almost the whole
city was gathered together to hear the
word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes,
they were filled with jealousy, and
contradicted the things which were spoken by
Paul, and blasphemed.
46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly,
and said, “It wasnecessary that God’s word
should be spoken to you first. Since indeed
you thrust it from yourselves, 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 you as a light for the Gentiles,
that you should bring salvation to the
uttermost parts of the earth.’ ” *
48 As the Gentiles heard this, they were
glad and glorified the word of God. As
many as were appointed to eternal life
believed.
49 The Lord’s word was spread abroad
throughout all the region.
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.
51 But they shook off the dust oftheir feet
against them, and came to Iconium.
52 The disciples were filled with joy and
with the Holy Spirit.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.
27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and
their rulers, because theydidn’t know him,
nor the voices of the prophets which are
read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
28 Though they found no cause for death,
they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
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.
30 But God raised him from the dead,
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.
32 We bring you good news of the
promise made to the fathers,
33 that God has fulfilled this 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.’*
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.’*
35 Therefore he says also in another
psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One
to see decay.’*
36 For David, after he had in his own
generation served the counsel of God, fell
asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw
decay.
37 But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
38 Be it known to you therefore, brothers,
† that through this man is proclaimed
to you remission of sins;
39 and by him everyone who believes is
justified from all things, from which you
could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come on
you which is spoken in the prophets:
41 ‘Behold, you scoffers! 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.’ ” *
42 So when the Jews went out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these
words might be preached to them the next
Sabbath.
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.
44 The next Sabbath, almost the whole
city was gathered together to hear the
word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes,
they were filled with jealousy, and
contradicted the things which were spoken by
Paul, and blasphemed.
46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly,
and said, “It wasnecessary that God’s word
should be spoken to you first. Since indeed
you thrust it from yourselves, 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 you as a light for the Gentiles,
that you should bring salvation to the
uttermost parts of the earth.’ ” *
48 As the Gentiles heard this, they were
glad and glorified the word of God. As
many as were appointed to eternal life
believed.
49 The Lord’s word was spread abroad
throughout all the region.
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.
51 But they shook off the dust oftheir feet
against them, and came to Iconium.
52 The disciples were filled with joy and
with the Holy Spirit.