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    Acts 13

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    At Paphos, the man trying to keep a proconsul from faith is made blind, while the proconsul, seeing it, believes; and in the middle of the affair Saul quietly acquires Paul as another name.

    Sent out, and across the islandvv. 1–12

    Antioch has a splendid little staff list: prophets and teachers, including Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, and Saul. While they worship and fast, the Holy Spirit selects Barnabas and Saul, and the church sends them off with prayer and hands laid upon them. They travel by way of Seleucia, Cyprus, Salamis, and the whole island to Paphos, where Bar-Jesus, a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet, attempts to obstruct the proconsul's hearing. Saul, who is also called Paul—no explanation, merely the name appearing in the doorway—speaks sharply, and the would-be interrupter loses his sight. Sergius Paulus gains faith instead.

    Paul's synagogue speechvv. 13–41

    From Paphos they reach Perga, where John leaves them and returns to Jerusalem; the chapter supplies no reason, and simply carries on. At Pisidian Antioch, Paul is invited to speak after the reading, and he gives the congregation the long sweep: Israel out of Egypt, through the wilderness and Canaan, past judges and Saul, onward to David, Jesus, and John. The speech turns on the contrast between what people did to Jesus and what God did next: the rulers condemned him, laid him in a tomb, and God raised him from the dead. David saw decay; the One raised from the dead did not. The conclusion offers forgiveness and justification, then ends with a warning about a work too astonishing for scoffers to believe.

    A crowded Sabbath and a dusty departurevv. 42–52

    The first hearing produces an invitation to return, and the next Sabbath brings nearly the whole city. The crowd is too much for some of the Jews, who contradict Paul; Paul and Barnabas therefore turn to the Gentiles, who receive the announcement with rejoicing. The word spreads through the region, while opposition recruits prominent women and leading men to drive the two men out. Paul and Barnabas shake the dust from their feet and go to Iconium. The disciples, remarkably, are left joyful and filled with the Holy Spirit.

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    1. Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

    2. Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

    3. Acts 13:3And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

    4. Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

    5. Acts 13:5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

    6. Acts 13:6They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

    7. Acts 13:7an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

    8. Acts 13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

    9. Acts 13:9Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

    10. Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

    11. Acts 13:11Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

    12. Acts 13:12When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

    13. Acts 13:13After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.

    14. Acts 13:14And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

    15. Acts 13:15After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

    16. Acts 13:16Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

    17. Acts 13:17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

    18. Acts 13:18He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

    19. Acts 13:19And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

    20. Acts 13:20All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

    21. Acts 13:21Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

    22. Acts 13:22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’

    23. Acts 13:23From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

    24. Acts 13:24Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

    25. Acts 13:25As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

    26. Acts 13:26Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

    27. Acts 13:27The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

    28. Acts 13:28And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

    29. Acts 13:29When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

    30. Acts 13:30But God raised Him from the dead,

    31. Acts 13:31and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

    32. Acts 13:32And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

    33. Acts 13:33He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

    34. Acts 13:34In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’

    35. Acts 13:35So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

    36. Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

    37. Acts 13:37But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

    38. Acts 13:38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

    39. Acts 13:39Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

    40. Acts 13:40Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:

    41. Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

    42. Acts 13:42As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.

    43. Acts 13:43After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

    44. Acts 13:44On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

    45. Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

    46. Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

    47. Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

    48. Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

    49. Acts 13:49And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.

    50. Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

    51. Acts 13:51So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

    52. Acts 13:52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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    • 41Habakkuk 1:5“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
    • 221 Samuel 13:13–14“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
    • 47Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
    • 47Isaiah 42:6“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
    • 9Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
    • 47Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
    • 221 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
    • 35Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
    • 22Psalms 78:70–72He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
    • 221 Samuel 16:13So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
    • 33Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
    • 39Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
    • 39Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
    • 48Romans 8:29–30For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
    • 48Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
    • 51Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

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