Acts 13:1‑14:28• 1Now there were at Antioch in the assembly that was [there] prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
3Then when they had fasted and prayed and laid down their hands on them, they let them go.
4They then being sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down unto Seleucia and thence sailed away unto Cyprus,
5and when they were at Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John [as] attendant.
6And having gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet whose name [was] Bar-Jesus,
7who was with the pro-consul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called to [him] Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.
8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name interpreted) opposed them, seeking to turn away the pro-consul from the faith.
9But Saul who also [is] Paul filled with [the] Holy Spirit with fixed look at him
10said, O full of all guile and all trickery, devil's son, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the Lord's right ways?
11And now behold [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee; and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he went about seeking persons to lead him by the hand.
12Then the pro-consul seeing what was done believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
13Now Paul and his company, having sailed from Paphos, came unto Perga of Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned unto Jerusalem.
14But they passing through from Perga came unto Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day, sat down.
15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren if ye have any word of exhortation for the people speak.
16And Paul stood up and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hear.
17The God of this people chose out our fathers and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it;
18and for a time of about forty years bore them nurse-like in the desert;
19and when he had destroyed seven nations in [the] land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance in about four hundred and fifty years.
20And after these things he gave judges until Samuel the prophet;
21and then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of [the] tribe of Benjamin for forty years.
22And having removed him, he raised up for them David as king, to whom also bearing witness, he said, I found David, son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who shall do all my will.
23From his seed, according to promise, did God bring to Israel a Saviour Jesus
24when John had preached before his entrance a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not [he], but behold, there cometh one after me the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.
26Brethren sons of Abraham's race, and those among you that fear God, to us was the word of this salvation sent forth.
27For the dwellers in Jerusalem and their rulers, having ignored him and the voices of the prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled [them] by judging [him].
28And though they found no cause of death, they besought Pilate that he might be slain.
29And when they fulfilled all things written about him, they took [him] down from the tree and put [him] into a tomb;
30but God raised him from [the] dead,
31and he appeared for many days to those that came up with him from Galilee unto Jerusalem, the which are now his witnesses unto the people.
32And we declare to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
33that God hath fulfilled this to us their children having raised up Jesus; as also in the second psalm it is written, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.
34But that he raised him from [the] dead, no more to return unto corruption, he hath spoken thus, I will give you the faithful mercies of David;
35wherefore also in another [psalm] he saith, Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
36For David, having in his own generation served the counsel of God fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.
37But he whom God raised up saw no corruption.
38Be it known to you therefore [men-] brethren, that through this [Man] remission of sins is preached to you;
39and from all things from which ye could not in Moses' law be justified, in him every one that believeth is justified.
40See therefore that what is spoken of in the prophets come not on you.
41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.
42And as they were going out, they kept beseeching that these words might be spoken to them on the following Sabbath.
43Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas who speaking unto them persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44And on the next Sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, For you it was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken; but since ye thrust it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn unto the Gentiles.
47For thus hath the Lord enjoined us, I have set thee for a light of Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost parts of the earth.
48And the Gentiles on hearing rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained unto life eternal believed.
49And the word of the Lord was carried abroad through the whole country.
50But the Jews excited the women of rank that worshipped, and the chiefs of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and sent them out of their borders.
51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
52And the disciples were filled with joy and [the] Holy Spirit.
1And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.
2But the Jews that disobeyed stirred up the souls of the Gentiles and aggravated [them] against the brethren.
3A considerable time therefore they stayed speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord that gave witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5And when an effort was made of both the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to outrage and stone them,
6becoming aware [of it] they fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the [country] round about,
7and there they were preaching the gospel.
8And there sat a certain man at Lystra powerless in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
9This [man] heard Paul speaking, who fastening his eyes upon him and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
10said with a loud voice, Rise upright on thy feet: and he leaped up and walked.
11And the crowds seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voices in Lycaonian, saying, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
12And they called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he took the lead in speaking.
13And the priest of the Zeus that was before the city, having brought bulls and garlands unto the gates would have sacrificed with the crowds.
14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard [of it], they rent their garments, and sprang out unto the crowd, crying out,
15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like affections with you, preaching to you that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them;
16who in the bygone generations suffered all the Gentiles to walk in their own ways.
17And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
18And saying these things they with difficulty restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.
19But there arrived Jews from Antioch and Iconium and having persuaded the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged [him] without the city, supposing that he was dead.
20But as the disciples encircled him he rose up and entered into the city. And on the morrow, he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.
21And, after preaching the gospel to that city and making many disciples, they returned unto Lystra and unto Iconium, and unto Antioch,
22establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting [them] to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
23And when they chose for them elders in each assembly and prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord on whom they had believed.
24And having passed through Pisidia they came unto Pamphylia;
25and having spoken the word [of the Lord] in Perga, they went down unto Attalia;
26and thence they sailed unto Antioch, whence they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they fulfilled.
27And when they arrived and brought the assembly together, they repeated all things God had wrought with them, and how he had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith.
28And they tarried no little time with the disciples. (Acts 13:1‑14:28)
Acts 16:1‑18• 1And he came unto Derbe and unto Lystra; and, behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timothy, son of a Jewish believing woman, but of a Greek father;
2who was borne witness to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.
3Him Paul would have to go with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4And as they passed through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to observe, which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
5The assemblies then were being strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6And they went through the Phrygian and Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit, to speak the word in Asia,
7and having come over against Mysia, they attempted to proceed into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not;
8and passing by Mysia they came down to Troas.
9And a vision appeared to Paul by night. There was a certain man of Macedon standing and beseeching him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.
10And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
11Having therefore sailed away from Troas we took a straight course unto Samothrace, and on the morrow unto Neapolis,
12and thence unto Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, first of the district, a colony. And we were in this city staying certain days.
13And on the Sabbath day we went forth outside the gate by a river where prayer was wont to be: and we sat down and spoke to the women that had come together.
14And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, that worshipped God heard, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things spoken by Paul.
15And when she was baptized and her house, she besought, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come into my house and abide. And she constrained us.
16And it came to pass as we were going unto prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much gain by divinations.
17She, having followed Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are bondmen of the most high God, who announce to you salvation's way.
18And this she did for many days. But Paul being distressed, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.
19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on, and dragged Paul and Silas into the market-place before the rulers;
20and when they had brought them unto the praetors, they said, These men being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city,
21and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or practice, being Romans.
22And the crowd rose up together against them; and the praetors rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
23And having laid many stripes on them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
24who having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet into the stocks.
25But about midnight, Paul and Silas in praying were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bands of all were loosed.
27And the jailor being roused out of sleep, and seeing the prison doors open drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
28But Paul cried with loud voice saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.
29And he called for lights, and sprang in, and trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
30and led them forth, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31and they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, a and thou shalt be saved and thy house.
32And they spoke to him the word of the Lord b with all that were in his house.
33And he took them at that hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his immediately.
34And having brought them into his house, he set meat c before them, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.
35And when it was day the praetors sent the lictors saying, Let those men go.
36And the jailor reported the saying to Paul, The praetors have sent that ye be let go: now then go out and proceed in peace.
37But Paul said unto them, They beat us openly uncondemned, men being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they cast us out privily? No, indeed, but let themselves come and bring us out.
38And the lictors announced these words to the praetors; and they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
39And on coming they besought them, and bringing out entreated [them] to go out of the city.
40And when they went out of the prison, they entered into [the house of] Lydia; and when they saw the brethren, they exhorted them and departed.
1Now when they had journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.
2And Paul, as his custom was, went in among them, and on three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures;
3opening and alleging that the Christ must suffer, and rise again from [the] dead, and that this Jesus whom I announce to you is the Christ.
4And some of them were persuaded and added to Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5But the Jews, having been stirred up to jealousy, took unto them certain wicked men of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city in confusion, and besetting the house of Jason, sought to bring them out to the people.
6And not having found them they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the city-rulers, crying out, these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also,
7whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
8And they troubled the crowd and the city-rulers, when they heard these things.
9And having taken security for Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10But the brethren immediately sent away by night Paul and Silas unto Beroea, who on their arrival went away into the synagogue of the Jews.
11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, being such as received the word with all readiness of mind, day by day examining the scriptures whether these things were so.
12Many out of them therefore believed, and of the Greek women of good position and of men, not a few.
13But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced by Paul in Beroea also, they came thither also, stirring up and troubling the crowds.
14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to proceed toward the sea, but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
15But they that were conducting Paul brought [him] as far as Athens; and having received a charge for Silas and Timothy that they should come as quickly as possible unto him they departed.
16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked in him as he observed the city to be full of idols.
17He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout, and in the market place every day with those that turned up.
18And certain also of the Epicureans and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this babbler say? and others, He seemeth to be an announcer of strange divinities, because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
19And having taken hold of him, they brought [him] up to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching [is] that is spoken by thee?
20For thou bringest certain strange things unto our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean.
21Now all Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than either to tell something, or to hear something newer.
22And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, Men of Athens, in all things I observe that ye are very reverent to divinities,
23for passing through and closely observing the objects of your worship, I found also an altar on which was the inscription: To an unknown God. What therefore, ye, without knowing, worship, this I announce to you.
24The God that made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.
25Nor is he served by human hands as needing something more, himself giving to all life, and breath, and all things.
26And he made of one [blood] every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation,
27that they should seek God if haply they might feel after and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
28For in him we live and move and are; as also some of your own poets have said, For his off-spring also are we.
29Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man.
30God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent,
31inasmuch as he has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom he marked out, having given assurance to all in that he raised him from [the] dead.
32Now when they heard of resurrection of dead [men] some mocked, but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.
33Thus Paul went out from their midst.
34But some clave to him and believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
1After these things he departed from Athens and came unto Corinth. (Acts 16:1‑18)