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Verse 1

Now{G1161} there were{G2258} at{G1722} Antioch,{G490} in{G2596} the church{G1577} that was{G5607} [there], {G5100} prophets{G4396} and{G2532} teachers,{G1320} {G5037} Barnabas,{G921} and{G2532} Symeon{G4826} that was called{G2564} Niger,{G3526} and{G2532} Lucius{G3066} of Cyrene,{G2956} and{G5037} Manaen{G3127} the foster-brother of{G4939} Herod{G2264} the tetrarch,{G5076} and{G2532} Saul.{G4569}

Verse 2

And as{G1161} they{G846} ministered{G3008} to the Lord,{G2962} and{G2532} fasted,{G3522} the Holy{G40} Spirit{G4151} said,{G2036} Separate{G873} me{G3427} Barnabas{G921} and{G2532} Saul{G4569} for{G1519} the work{G2041} whereunto{G3739} I have called{G4341} them.{G5037}

Verse 3

Then, when{G5119} they had fasted{G3522} and{G2532} prayed{G4336} and{G2532} laid{G2007} their hands{G5495} on them,{G846} they sent{G630} them away.{G630}

Verse 4

So{G3303} {G3767} they,{G3778} being sent forth{G1599} by{G5259} the Holy{G40} Spirit,{G4151} went down{G2718} to{G1519} Seleucia;{G4581} and{G5037} from thence{G1564} they sailed{G636} to{G1519} Cyprus.{G2954}

Verse 5

And{G2532} when they were{G1096} at{G1722} Salamis,{G4529} they proclaimed{G2605} the word{G3056} of God{G2316} in{G1722} the synagogues{G4864} of the Jews:{G2453} and{G1161} they had{G2192} also{G2532} John{G2491} as their attendant.{G5257}

Verse 6

And{G1161} when they had gone through{G1330} the whole island{G3520} unto{G891} Paphos,{G3974} they found{G2147} a certain{G5100} sorcerer,{G3097} a false prophet,{G5578} a Jew,{G2453} whose{G3739} name{G3686} was Bar-jesus;{G919}

Verse 7

who{G3739} was{G2258} with{G4862} the proconsul,{G446} Sergius{G4588} Paulus,{G3972} a man{G435} of understanding.{G4908} The same{G3778} called{G4341} unto him Barnabas{G921} and{G2532} Saul,{G4569} and sought{G1934} to hear{G191} the word{G3056} of God.{G2316}

Verse 8

But{G1161} Elymas{G1681} the sorcerer{G3097} (for{G1063} so{G3779} is{G3177} his{G846} name{G3686} by interpretation){G3177} withstood{G436} them,{G846} seeking{G2212} to turn aside{G1294} the proconsul{G446} from{G575} the faith.{G4102}

Verse 9

But{G1161} Saul,{G4569} who{G3588} is also{G2532} [called] Paul,{G3972} filled with{G4130} the Holy{G40} Spirit,{G4151} fastened his eyes{G816} on{G1519} him,{G2532}

Verse 10

and said,{G2036} O{G5599} full{G4134} of all{G3956} guile{G1388} and{G2532} all{G3956} villany,{G4468} thou son{G5207} of the devil,{G1228} thou enemy{G2190} of all{G3956} righteousness,{G1343} wilt thou{G3973} not{G3756} cease{G3973} to pervert{G1294} the right{G2117} ways{G3598} of the Lord?{G2962}

Verse 11

And{G2532} now,{G3568} behold,{G2400} the hand{G5495} of the Lord{G2962} is upon{G1909} thee,{G4571} and{G2532} thou shalt be{G2071} blind,{G5185} not{G3361} seeing{G991} the sun{G2246} for{G891} a season.{G2540} And{G1161} immediately{G3916} there fell{G1968} on{G1909} him{G846} a mist{G887} and{G2532} a darkness;{G4655} and{G2532} he went about{G4013} seeking{G2212} some to lead him by the hand.{G5497}

Verse 12

Then{G5119} the proconsul,{G446} when he saw{G1492} what was done,{G1096} believed,{G4100} being astonished{G1605} at{G1909} the teaching{G1322} of the Lord.{G2962}

Verse 13

Now{G1161} Paul{G3972} and his company{G4012} set sail{G321} from{G575} Paphos,{G3974} and came{G2064} to{G1519} Perga{G4011} in Pamphylia:{G3828} and{G1161} John{G2491} departed{G672} from{G575} them{G846} and returned{G5290} to{G1519} Jerusalem.{G2414}

Verse 14

But{G1161} they,{G846} passing through{G1330} from{G575} Perga,{G4011} came{G3854} to{G1519} Antioch{G490} of Pisidia;{G4099} and{G2532} they went{G1525} into{G1519} the synagogue{G4864} on the sabbath{G4521} day,{G2250} and sat down.{G2523}

Verse 15

And{G1161} after{G3326} the reading{G320} of the law{G3551} and{G2532} the prophets{G4396} the rulers of the synagogue{G752} sent{G649} unto{G4314} them,{G846} saying,{G3004} {G435} Brethren,{G80} if{G1487} ye have{G2076} any word{G3056} of exhortation{G1722} {G5213} for{G4314} the people,{G2992} say on.{G3004}

Verse 16

And{G2532} Paul{G3972} stood up,{G450} and{G2532} beckoning with{G2678} the hand{G5495} said,{G2036} Men{G435} of Israel,{G2475} and{G2532} ye that fear{G5399} God,{G2316} hearken:{G191}

Verse 17

The God{G2316} of this{G5127} people{G2992} Israel{G2474} chose{G1586} our{G2257} fathers,{G3962} and{G2532} exalted{G5312} the people{G2992} when{G1722} they sojourned{G3940} in{G1722} the land{G1093} of Egypt,{G125} and{G2532} with{G3326} a high{G5308} arm{G1023} led he{G1806} them{G846} forth out{G1537} of it.{G846}

Verse 18

And{G2532} for about{G5613} the time{G5550} of forty years{G5063} as a nursing-father bare{G5159} he{G846} them in{G1722} the wilderness.{G2048}

Verse 19

And{G2532} when he had destroyed{G2507} seven{G2033} nations{G1484} in{G1722} the land{G1093} of Canaan,{G5477} he gave{G2624} [them]{G846} their{G846} land{G1093} for an inheritance,{G2624} for about four hundred{G5071} and fifty{G4004} years:{G2094}

Verse 20

and{G2532} after{G3326} these things{G5023} he gave{G1325} [them] judges{G2923} until{G2193} Samuel{G4545} the prophet.{G4396}

Verse 21

And afterward{G2547} they asked{G154} for a king:{G935} and{G2532} God{G2316} gave{G1325} unto them{G846} Saul{G4549} the son{G5207} of Kish,{G2797} a man{G435} of{G1537} the tribe{G5443} of Benjamin,{G958} for the space of forty{G5062} years.{G2094}

Verse 22

And{G2532} when he had removed{G3179} him,{G846} he raised up{G1453} {G846} David{G1138} to be{G1519} their king;{G935} to whom{G3739} also{G2532} he bare witness{G3140} and said,{G2036} I have found{G2147} David{G1138} the{G3588} son of Jesse,{G2421} a man{G435} after{G2596} my{G3450} heart,{G2588} who{G3739} shall do{G4160} all{G3956} my{G3450} will.{G2307}

Verse 23

Of{G575} this man's{G5127} seed{G4690} hath{G1453} God{G2316} according to{G2596} promise{G1860} brought{G1453} unto Israel{G2474} a Saviour,{G4990} Jesus;{G2424}

Verse 24

when{G4296} John{G2491} had first preached{G4296} before{G4253} {G4383} his{G846} coming{G1529} the baptism{G908} of repentance{G3341} to all{G3956} the people{G2992} of Israel.{G2474}

Verse 25

And{G1161} as{G5613} John{G2491} was fulfilling{G4137} his course,{G1408} he said,{G3004} What{G5101} suppose ye that{G5282} I{G3165} am?{G1511} I{G1473} am{G1510} not{G3756} [he]. But{G235} behold,{G2400} there cometh one{G2064} after{G3326} me{G1691} the shoes{G5266} of{G4228} whose{G3739} feet{G4228} I am{G1510} not{G3756} worthy{G514} to unloose.{G3089}

Verse 26

{G435} Brethren,{G80} children{G435} of the stock{G1085} of Abraham,{G11} and{G2532} those{G3588} among{G1722} you{G5213} that fear{G5399} God,{G2316} to us{G5213} is{G649} the word{G3056} of this{G3778} salvation{G4991} sent{G649} forth.

Verse 27

For{G1063} they that dwell{G2730} in{G1722} Jerusalem,{G2419} and{G2532} their{G846} rulers,{G758} because they knew{G50} him{G5126} not,{G50} nor the{G2532} voices{G5456} of the prophets{G4396} which{G3588} are read{G314} every{G3956} {G2596} sabbath,{G4521} fulfilled{G4137} [them] by condemning{G2919} [him].

Verse 28

And{G2532} though they found{G2147} no{G3367} cause{G156} of death{G2288} [in him], yet asked they{G154} of Pilate{G4091} that he{G846} should be slain.{G337}

Verse 29

And{G1161} when{G5613} they had fulfilled{G5055} all{G537} things that were written{G1125} of{G4012} him,{G846} they took{G2507} him down{G2507} from{G575} the tree,{G3586} and laid{G5087} him in{G1519} a tomb.{G3419}

Verse 30

But{G1161} God{G2316} raised{G1453} him{G846} from{G1537} the dead:{G3498}

Verse 31

and{G3739} he was seen{G3700} for many{G4119} days{G2250} of them that came up with{G4872} him{G846} from{G575} Galilee{G1056} to{G1519} Jerusalem,{G2419} who{G3748} are{G1526} now his{G846} witnesses{G3144} unto{G4314} the people.{G1909}

Verse 32

And{G2532} we{G2249} bring{G2097} you{G5209} good tidings{G2097} of the promise{G1860} made{G1096} unto{G4314} the fathers,{G3962}

Verse 33

that God{G2316} hath fulfilled{G1603} the same{G3778} unto our{G2254} {G846} children,{G5043} in that he raised up{G450} Jesus;{G2424} {G450} as{G5613} also{G2532} it is{G1125} written{G1125} in{G1722} the second{G1208} psalm,{G5568} Thou{G4771} art{G1488} my{G3450} Son,{G5207} this day{G4594} have{G1080} I{G1473} begotten{G1080} thee.{G3754}

Verse 34

And{G1161} as concerning that{G3754} he raised{G450} him{G846} up{G450} from{G1537} the dead,{G3498} now no more{G3371} to{G3195} return{G5290} to{G1519} corruption,{G1312} he hath spoken{G2046} on this wise,{G3754} I will give{G1325} you{G5213} the holy and sure{G4103} blessings{G3741} of David.{G1138}

Verse 35

Because{G1352} he saith{G3004} also{G2532} in{G1722} another{G2087} [psalm], Thou wilt{G1325} not{G3756} give{G1325} Thy{G4675} Holy One{G3741} to see{G1492} corruption.{G1312}

Verse 36

For{G1063} David,{G1138} after he had in his own{G2398} generation{G1074} served{G5256} the counsel{G1012} of God,{G2316} fell asleep,{G2837} and{G2532} was laid{G4369} unto{G4314} his{G846} fathers,{G3962} and{G2532} saw{G1492} corruption:{G3303}

Verse 37

but{G1161} he whom{G3739} God{G2316} raised up{G1453} saw{G1492} no{G3756} corruption.{G1312}

Verse 38

Be it{G2077} known{G1110} unto you{G5213} therefore,{G3767} {G435} brethren,{G80} that{G3754} through{G1223} this man{G435} is proclaimed{G2605} unto you{G5213} remission{G859} of sins:{G266}

Verse 39

and{G2532} by{G1722} him{G5129} every one that believeth{G4100} is justified{G1344} from{G575} all{G3956} things,{G3956} from which{G3739} ye could{G1410} not{G3756} be justified{G1344} by{G1722} the law{G3551} of Moses.{G3475}

Verse 40

Beware{G991} therefore,{G3767} lest{G3361} that come{G1904} upon{G1909} [you]{G5209} which is spoken{G2046} in{G1722} the prophets:{G4396}

Verse 41

Behold,{G1492} ye despisers,{G2707} and{G2532} wonder,{G2296} and{G2532} perish;{G853} For{G3754} I{G1473} work{G2038} a work{G2041} in{G1722} your{G5216} days,{G2250} A work{G2041} which{G3739} ye shall{G4100} in no{G3756} wise{G3361} believe,{G4100} if{G1437} one{G5100} declare it{G1555} unto you.{G5213}

Verse 42

And{G1161} as they went out,{G1826} they besought{G3870} that these{G5023} words{G4487} might be spoken{G2980} to them{G846} {G1519} the next{G3342} sabbath.{G4521}

Verse 43

Now{G1161} when{G3089} the synagogue{G4864} broke up,{G3089} many{G4183} of the Jews{G2453} and{G2532} of the devout{G4576} proselytes{G4339} followed{G190} Paul{G3972} and{G2532} Barnabas;{G921} who,{G3748} speaking{G4354} to them,{G846} urged{G3982} them{G846} to continue in{G1961} the grace{G5485} of God.{G2316}

Verse 44

And{G1161} the next{G2064} sabbath{G4521} almost{G4975} the whole{G3956} city{G4172} was gathered{G4863} together{G4863} to hear{G191} the word{G3056} of God.{G2316}

Verse 45

But{G1161} when{G1492} the Jews{G2453} saw{G1492} the multitudes,{G3793} they were filled{G4130} with jealousy,{G2205} and{G2532} contradicted{G483} the things which were spoken{G3004} by{G5259} Paul,{G3972} and{G2532} blasphemed.{G987}

Verse 46

And{G2532} Paul{G3972} and{G2532} Barnabas{G921} spake out boldly,{G3955} and said,{G2036} It was{G2258} necessary{G316} that the word{G3056} of God{G2316} should{G2980} first{G4412} be spoken{G2980} to you.{G5213} {G1161} Seeing{G1894} ye thrust{G683} it{G846} from you,{G683} and{G2532} judge{G2919} yourselves{G1438} unworthy{G514} {G3756} of eternal{G166} life,{G2222} lo,{G2400} we turn{G4762} to{G1519} the Gentiles.{G1484}

Verse 47

For{G1063} so{G3779} hath{G1781} the Lord{G2962} commanded{G1781} us,{G2254} [saying], I have set{G5087} thee{G4571} for{G1519} a light{G5457} of the Gentiles,{G1484} That thou{G4571} shouldest be{G1511} for{G1519} salvation{G4991} unto{G2193} the uttermost part{G2078} of the earth.{G1093}

Verse 48

And{G1161} as{G191} the Gentiles{G1484} heard this,{G191} they were glad,{G5463} and{G2532} glorified{G1392} the word{G3056} of God:{G2962} and{G2532} as many as{G3745} were{G2258} ordained{G5021} to{G1519} eternal{G166} life{G2222} believed.{G4100}

Verse 49

And{G1161} the word{G3056} of the Lord{G2962} was spread{G1308} abroad throughout{G1223} all{G3650} the region.{G5561}

Verse 50

But{G1161} the Jews{G2453} urged on{G3951} the devout{G4576} women{G1135} of{G2532} honorable{G2158} estate, and{G2532} the chief men{G4413} of the city,{G4172} and{G2532} stirred{G1892} up a persecution{G1375} against{G1909} Paul{G3972} and{G2532} Barnabas,{G921} and{G2532} cast{G1544} them{G846} out of{G575} their{G846} borders.{G3725}

Verse 51

But{G1161} they shook off{G1621} the dust{G2868} of their{G846} feet{G4228} against{G1909} them,{G846} and came{G2064} unto{G1519} Iconium.{G2430}

Verse 52

And{G1161} the disciples{G3101} were filled{G4137} with joy{G5479} {G2532} with the Holy{G40} Spirit.{G4151}

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