Acts 7:1‑13:42• 1And the high priest said, Are these things then so?
2And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
4Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which *ye* now dwell.
5And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.
6And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat them four hundred years;
7and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.
8And he gave to him the covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
9And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,
10and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.
11But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
12But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;
13and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
14And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
15And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
16and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
17But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
18until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.
19*He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.
20In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.
21And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself to be for a son.
22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
23And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;
24and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended him, and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.
25For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.
26And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, *Ye* are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?
27But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?
28Dost *thou* wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
29And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.
30And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
31And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord,
32*I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider it.
33And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
34I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
35This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send to be a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36*He* led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me him shall ye hear.
38This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;
39to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
40saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
44Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;
45which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of the lands of the nations, whom God drove out from the face of our fathers, until the days of David;
46who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
47but Solomon built him a house.
48But the Most High dwells not in places made with hands; as says the prophet,
49The heaven is my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord, or where is the place of my rest?
50has not my hand made all these things?
51O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also.
52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers!
53who have received the law as ordained by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it.
54And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.
55But being full of the Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
56and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
57And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
58and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
59And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.
1And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.
2And pious men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
3But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.
4Those then that had been scattered went through the countries announcing the glad tidings of the word.
5And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;
6and the crowds with one accord gave heed to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs which he wrought.
7For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.
8And there was great joy in that city.
9But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.
10To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.
11And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts.
12But when they believed Philip announcing the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised, both men and women.
13And Simon also himself believed; and, having been baptised, continued constantly with Philip; and, beholding the signs and great works of power which took place, was astonished.
14And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;
15who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
16for he was not yet fallen upon any of them, only they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
17Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money,
19saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive the Holy Spirit.
20And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be obtained by money.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not upright before God.
22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and supplicate the Lord, if indeed the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee;
23for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.
24And Simon answering said, Supplicate *ye* for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of the things of which ye have spoken.
25They therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and announced the glad tidings to many villages of the Samaritans.
26But the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: the same is desert.
27And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,
28was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.
29And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot.
30And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
31And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
32And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.
33In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other?
35And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.
36And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?
37(Verse 37 is omitted in this translation.)
38And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they went down both to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptised him.
39But when they came up out of the water the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no longer, for he went on his way rejoicing.
40And Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he announced the glad tidings to all the cities till he came to Caesarea.
1But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest
2and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3But as he was journeying, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven,
4and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, *I* am Jesus, whom *thou* persecutest.
6But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7But the men who were travelling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but beholding no one.
8And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading him by the hand they brought him into Damascus.
9And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.
10And there was a certain disciple in Damascus by name Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, here am I, Lord.
11And the Lord said to him, Rise up and go into the street which is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas one by name Saul, he is of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,
12and has seen in a vision a man by name Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he should see.
13And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;
14and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.
15And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel:
16for *I* will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.
17And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus that appeared to thee in the way in which thou camest, that thou mightest see, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
18And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;
19and, having received food, got strength. And he was with the disciples who were in Damascus certain days.
20And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that *he* is the Son of God.
21And all who heard were astonished and said, Is not this *he* who destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name, and here was come for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?
22But Saul increased the more in power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.
24But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;
25but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.
28And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem,
29and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him.
30And the brethren knowing it, brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
31The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
32Now it came to pass that Peter, passing through all quarters, descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.
33And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, who had been lying for eight years upon a couch, who was paralysed.
34And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus, the Christ, heals thee: rise up, and make thy couch for thyself. And straightway he rose up.
35And all who inhabited Lydda and the Saron saw him, who turned to the Lord.
36And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
37And it came to pass in those days that she grew sick and died; and, having washed her, they put her in the upper room.
38But Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, beseeching him, Thou must not delay coming to us.
39And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
40But Peter, putting them all out, and kneeling down, prayed. And, turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
41And having given her his hand, he raised her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her living.
42And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.
43And it came to pass that he remained many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.
1But a certain man in Caesarea,--by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italic,
2pious, and fearing God with all his house, both giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,
3--saw plainly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.
4But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.
5And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
6He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.
7And when the angel who was speaking to him had departed, having called two of his household and a pious soldier of those who were constantly with him,
8and related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9And on the morrow, as these were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house to pray, about the sixth hour.
10And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
11and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;
12in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
13And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
14And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
15And there was a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
16And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven.
17And as Peter doubted in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold also the men who were sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
18and having called some one, they inquired if Simon who was surnamed Peter was lodged there.
19But as Peter continued pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee;
20but rise up, go down, and go with them, nothing doubting, because *I* have sent them.
21And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, *I* am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?
22And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.
23Having therefore invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow, rising up he went away with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him.
24And on the morrow they came to Caesarea. But Cornelius was looking for them, having called together his kinsmen and his intimate friends.
25And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did him homage.
26But Peter made him rise, saying, Rise up: *I* myself also am a man.
27And he went in, talking with him, and found many gathered together.
28And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.
29Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.
30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been fasting unto this hour, and the ninth I was praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
31and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.
32Send therefore to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea who when he is come will speak to thee.
33Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and *thou* hast well done in coming. Now therefore *we* are all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
34And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
35but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
36The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,)
37*ye* know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached--
38Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
39*We* also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.
40This man God raised up the third day and gave him to be openly seen,
41not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, *us* who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead.
42And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that *he* it is who was determinately appointed of God to be judge of living and dead.
43To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.
44While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.
45And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:
46for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
47Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did?
48And he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they begged him to stay some days.
1And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
2and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,
3saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
4But Peter began and set forth the matter to them in order, saying,
5I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
6on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
8And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
9And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
10And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
11and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
12And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,
13and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
14who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.
16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.
17If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God?
18And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.
19They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.
20But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.
21And the Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:
23who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;
24for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd of people were added to the Lord.
25And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.
26And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
27Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;
28and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.
29And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them;
30which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
1At that time Herod the king laid his hands on some of those of the assembly to do them hurt,
2and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.
3And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)
4whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.
5Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.
6And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.
7And lo, an angel of the Lord came there, and a light shone in the prison: and having smitten the side of Peter, he roused him up, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off his hands.
8And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.
9And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.
10And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.
11And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12And having become clearly conscious in himself, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where were many gathered together and praying.
13And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;
14and having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.
15And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
16But Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him and were astonished.
17And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and went to another place.
18And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.
19And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded them to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed there.
20And he was in bitter hostility with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.
21And on a set day, clothed in royal apparel and sitting on the elevated seat of honour, Herod made a public oration to them.
22And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.
24But the word of God grew and spread itself.
25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled the service entrusted to them, taking also with them John, surnamed Mark.
1Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, 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 now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
3Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid their hands on them, they let them go.
4They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.
5And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as their attendant.
6And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,
7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to him, desired to hear the word of God.
8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
9But Saul, who also is Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,
10said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of the Lord?
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 going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.
12Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
13And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.
14But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.
15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.
16And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.
17The God of this people Israel chose 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 he nursed them in the desert.
19And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
20And after these things he gave them judges till Samuel the prophet, to the end of about four hundred and fifty years.
21And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.
22And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.
23Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;
24John having proclaimed before the face of his entry among the people the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.
26Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:
27for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, by judging him.
28And having found no cause of death in him, they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.
29And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;
30but God raised him from among the dead,
31who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
32And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,
33that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee.
34But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.
35Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.
36For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
37But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
38Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,
39and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.
40See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon 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 went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath. (Acts 7:1‑13:42)