Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Acts: Chapter 13
1. NOW
there were in the church that was at An-ti-och certain prophets and
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cy-re-ne, and Man-a-en, which had been brought up with Herod the
tetrarch, and Saul.
2. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away.
4. So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Se-leu-ci-a;
and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5. And when they were at Sal-a-mis, they preached the word of God in the
synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
6. And when they had gone through the isle unto Pa-phos, they found a
certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
7. Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent
man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of
God.
8. But El-y-mas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)
withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set
his eyes on him,
10. And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the
devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert
the right ways of the Lord?
11. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt
be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there
fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to
lead him by the hand.
12. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being
astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13. Now when Paul and his company loosed from Pa-phos, they came to Perga
in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
14. But when they departed from Perga, they came to An-ti-och in Pi-sid-i-a,
and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
15. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the
synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any
word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16. Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel,
and ye that fear God, give audience.
17. The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the
people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an
high arm brought he them out of it.
18. And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the
wilderness.
19. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Cha-na-an, he
divided their land to them by lot.
20. And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four
hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21. And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the
son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22. And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be
their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David
the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my
will.
23. Of this mans seed hath God according to his promise raised unto
Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
24. When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of
repentance to all the people of Israel.
25. And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am?
I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes
of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26. Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever
among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27. For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they
knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every
sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they
Pilate that he should be slain.
29. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took
him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
30. But God raised him from the dead:
31. And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from
Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was
made unto the fathers,
33. God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath
raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou
art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
34. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more
to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure
mercies of David.
35. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
36. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of
God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37. But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this
man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39. And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from
which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the
prophets;
41. Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in
your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man
declare it unto you.
42. And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles
besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43. Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and
religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them,
persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44. And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear
the word of God.
45. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy,
and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting
and blaspheming.
46. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that
the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put
it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we
turn to the Gentiles.
47. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a
light to the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the
ends of the earth.
49. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the
word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
49. And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
50. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the
chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas,
and expelled them out of their coasts.
51. But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came
unto I-co-ni-um.
52. And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
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