Acts 13:3-30
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4So, being asent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to bCyprus. 5And when they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in athe synagogues of the Jews, and they also had bJohn as their helper. 6And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a amagician, a Jewish bfalse prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7who was with the aproconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the amagician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the bproconsul away from cthe faith. 9But Saul, who was also known as Paul, 1,afilled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him, 10and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you ason of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked bthe straight ways of the 1Lord? 11“Now, behold, athe hand of the 1Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. 12Then the aproconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being astonished at bthe teaching of the Lord.
In Pisidian Antioch
13Now after Paul and his companions set sail from aPaphos, they came to bPerga in cPamphylia, but dJohn left them and returned to Jerusalem. 14But going on from Perga, they arrived at aPisidian bAntioch. And on cthe Sabbath day, they went into dthe synagogue and sat down. 15And after athe reading of the Law and bthe Prophets cthe synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” 16So Paul stood up, and amotioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and byou who fear God, listen: 17“The God of this people Israel achose our fathers and 1,blifted up the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm cHe led them out from it. 18“And for aa period of about forty years bHe put up with them in the wilderness. 19“aAnd when He destroyed bseven nations in the land of Canaan, He cdistributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took dabout 450 years. 20“After these things He agave them judges until bSamuel the prophet. 21“Then they aasked for a king, and God gave them bSaul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22“And after He had aremoved him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He also said, bearing witness, ‘bI have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My 1will.’ 23“aFrom the seed of this man, baccording to promise, God has brought to Israel ca Savior, Jesus, 24after aJohn had preached before 1His coming a bbaptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25“And as John awas fulfilling his course, bhe kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of His feet.’
26“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of athis salvation was sent. 27“For those who live in Jerusalem, and their arulers, brecognizing neither Him nor the 1utterances of cthe prophets which are dread every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. 28“And though they found no ground for death, they aasked Pilate that He be 1executed. 29“And when they had afinished all that was written concerning Him, bthey took Him down from cthe tree and dlaid Him in a tomb. 30“But God araised Him from the dead;