Acts 13:1‑14:28• 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.
43And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
45But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, contradicting and speaking injuriously.
46And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;
47for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
48And those of the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.
49And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole country.
50But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.
51But they, having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, 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 who did not believe stirred up the minds of those of the nations and made them evil-affected against the brethren.
3They stayed therefore a good while, speaking boldly, confiding in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace, giving signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews and some with the apostles.
5And when an assault was making, both of those of the nations and the Jews with their rulers, to use them ill and stone them,
6they, being aware of it, fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country,
7and there they were announcing the glad tidings.
8And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, being lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.
9This man heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
10said with a loud voice, Rise up straight upon thy feet: and he sprang up and walked.
11But the crowds, who saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices in Lycaonian, saying, The gods, having made themselves like men, are come down to us.
12And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury, because he took the lead in speaking.
13And the priest of Jupiter who was before the city, having brought bulls and garlands to the gates, would have done sacrifice along with the crowds.
14But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard it, rent their garments, and rushed out to the crowd, crying
15and saying, Men, why do ye these things? *We* also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them;
16who in the past generations suffered all the nations to go in their own ways,
17though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
18And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.
19But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds and stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing him to have died.
20But while the disciples encircled him, he rose up and entered into the city. And on the morrow he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.
21And having announced the glad tidings to that city, and having made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,
22establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
23And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
24And having passed through Pisidia they came to Pamphylia,
25and having spoken the word in Perga, they came down to Attalia;
26and thence they sailed away to Antioch, whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
27And having arrived, and having brought together the assembly, they related to them all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
28And they stayed no little time with the disciples. (Acts 13:1‑14:28)
Acts 16:1‑18• 1And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus, son of a Jewish believing woman, but the father a Greek,
2who had a good testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.
3Him would Paul have go forth with him, and took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.
4And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
5The assemblies therefore were confirmed in the faith, and increased in number every day.
6And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,
7having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;
8and having passed by Mysia they descended to Troas.
9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a certain Macedonian man, standing and beseeching him, and saying, Pass over into Macedonia and help us.
10And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go forth to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to announce to them the glad tidings.
11Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,
12and thence to Philippi, which is the first city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city certain days.
13And on the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where it was the custom for prayer to be, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled.
14And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.
15And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.
16And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.
17She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.
18And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.
19And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;
20and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
21and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.
22And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.
23And having laid many stripes upon 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 to the stocks.
25And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.
26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.
27And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.
28But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.
29And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.
30And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?
31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
32And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.
33And he took them the same hour of the night and washed them from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.
34And having brought them into his house he laid the table for 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 these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.
37But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.
38And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
39And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.
40And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.
1And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.
2And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
3opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you.
4And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to themselves certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
6and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These men that have set the world in tumult, are come here 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 politarchs when they heard these things.
9And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.
11And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.
12Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.
13But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.
14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
15But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
16But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.
17He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.
18But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection to them.
19And having taken hold on him they brought him to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee is?
20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
21Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.
22And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;
23for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing him, him I announce to you.
24The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
25nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;
26and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,
27that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:
28for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
29Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination.
30God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
31because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead.
32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.
33Thus Paul went out of their midst.
34But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.
1And after these things, having left Athens, he came to Corinth; (Acts 16:1‑18)