Acts 7:1‑13:42• 1And the high priest said, Are these things so?
2And he said, Brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3and said unto him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
4Then came he out of [the] land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran; and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.
5And he gave him none inheritance in it, not so much as a foot's tread, and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.
6God thus spoke, that his seed should be a sojourner in a land not theirs, and that they should enslave and ill-treat them, four hundred years.
7And the nation, to whom they shall be in slavery, will I judge, said God; and after these things shall they come out and serve me in this place.
8And he gave him a covenant of circumcision, and thus he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
9And the patriarchs through jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
12But Jacob, having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers first;
13and at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
14And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
15And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers;
16and they were carried over unto Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in [son, of] Shechem.
17But as the time of the promise was drawing nigh which God vouchsafed to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
18till there arose another king over Egypt who knew not Joseph.
19He dealt craftily with our race and evil-entreated our fathers, that they should expose their babes to the end they might not be preserved alive.
20At which season Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair, who was nourished three months in his father's house;
21and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up and nourished him for her own son.
22And Moses was instructed in all [the] wisdom of [the] Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
23But when he was about forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the sons of Israel;
24and seeing one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.
25For he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
26And on the day following he appeared to them as they were striving, and compelled them to peace, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to 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 Midian where he begat two sons.
30And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of the mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31And Moses on seeing, wondered at the sight, and as he went up to observe, there came a voice of [the] Lord .
32I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not observe.
33And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
34I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and am come down to take them out for myself. And now come, I send thee into Egypt.
35This Moses whom they denied, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge? him hath God sent [both] ruler and deliverer, with an angel's hand that appeared to him in the bush.
36This [man] 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 that said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you out of your brethren, like me.
38This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give us:
39to whom our fathers would not be subject but thrust [him] away and turned in their hearts into 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 is become of him.
41And they made a calf in those days and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Did ye offer me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Remphan, the forms which ye made to worship them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he that spake to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;
45which also our fathers having in succession received brought [it] in with Joshua, in their taking possession of the Gentiles 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 habitation for the God of Jacob;
47but Solomon built him a house.
48But the Highest dwelleth not in [places] made with hands; even as the prophet saith,
49The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth a footstool of my feet: what sort of house will ye build me, saith [the] Lord, or what [is] my place of rest?
50Did not my hand make all these things?
51Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers so ye.
52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers,
53ye, which received the law as ordinances of angels and kept it not.
54Now hearing these things they were deeply cut to their hearts, and gnashing their teeth at him.
55But being full of the Holy Spirit, looking fixedly into 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.
57But they crying with a loud voice held their ears and rushed upon him with one accord,
58and cast out of the city and stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul,
59and stoned Stephen, invoking 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 the making him away. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the assembly that was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria except the apostles.
2And devout men buried Stephen and made great wailing over him.
3But Saul was ravaging the assembly, entering throughout the houses, and, dragging men and women, was delivering [them] to prison.
4They therefore that were scattered abroad went about evangelizing the word.
5And Philip went down to a city of Samaria and preached to them the Christ.
6And the crowds with one accord gave heed to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
7For [as to] many that had unclean spirits, they went out crying with a loud voice, and many palsied and lame were healed.
8And there was great joy in that city.
9But a certain man, Simon by name, was before in the city practicing magic and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one:
10to whom they all gave heed from small to great, saying, He is the power of God that is called Great.
11And they gave heed to him, because a long time he had amazed them with his magic arts.
12But when they believed Philip evangelizing about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
13And Simon also himself believed; and being baptized he continued with Philip, and beholding signs and great works of power as they were done, was amazed.
14Now when the apostles that were in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John,
15the which, on coming down, prayed for them that they might receive [the] Holy Spirit;
16for as yet he had fallen upon none of them: only they had got baptized unto the name of the Lord Jesus.
17Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
18Now Simon, when he saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given,
19saying, Give me also this power that, on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.
20But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thoughtest to obtain the gift of God through money.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right before God.
22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and beseech the Lord if so be the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee,
23for I see that thou art in gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity.
24And Simon said in answer, Beseech ye for me with the Lord that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and evangelized many villages of the Samaritans.
26But an angel of [the] Lord spake to Philip, saying, Arise, go southward unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza; this is desert.
27And he arose and went. And behold a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch in power under Candace, queen of [the] Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, had come to worship at Jerusalem;
28and he was returning and, as he sat in his chariot, was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join thyself to this chariot.
30And Philip running up heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I unless someone shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this(
33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away.
34And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself or of some other?
35And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached to him Jesus.
36And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, Behold, water; what hindereth me to be baptized?
37(Verse not included in this translation)
38And he commanded the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
39But when they came up out of the water, [the] Spirit of [the] Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
40But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he evangelized all the cities till he came to Caesarea.
1But Saul, still breathing threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
2and asked of him letters unto Damascus to the synagogues; so that, if he found any belonging to the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound unto Jerusalem.
3And as he was journeying, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round him a light out of heaven,
4and falling upon the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest;
6but arise and enter into the city; and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7And the men that journeyed with him were standing speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one.
8And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; but leading by the hand they brought him into Damascus;
9and he was three days without seeing, and did neither eat nor drink.
10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold I [am here], Lord.
11And the Lord [said] unto him, Rise up, and go to the lane that is called Straight, and seek in Judas' house one of Tarsus named Saul; for behold he prayeth
12and hath seen in a vision a a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hands b on him, so that he might receive his sight.
13And Ananias answered, Lord, I heard c from many of this man, how much evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem;
14and here he hath authority from the high priests to bind all that call on thy name.
15But the Lord said unto him, Go, for he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name before both d Gentiles and kings and sons of Israel;
16for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
17And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus that appeared to thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, so that thou mightest receive sight and be filled with [the] Holy Spirit.
18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received sight, e and rising up he was baptized;
19and he took food and was strengthened. And he f was certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20And immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, g that he is the Son of God.
21And all that heard [him] were amazed and said, Is not this he, that in Jerusalem made havoc of those that called on this name, and had come hither for this thing, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests?
22But Saul increased the more in power and confounded the Jews that dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him;
24but their plot became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates also 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 when he 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 and brought him unto the apostles, and declared to them how he saw the Lord in the way, and that he spoke to him, and how in Damascus he preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
28And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,
29preaching boldly in the name of the Lord; and he was speaking and discussing with the Hellenists, but they had in hand to kill him.
30And when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off unto Tarsus.
31The assembly then, throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
32Now it came to pass that Peter going through all [parts] came down also to the saints inhabiting Lydda.
33And there he found a certain man named Eneas, for eight years lying on a couch, who was paralyzed.
34And Peter said to him, Eneas, Jesus [the] Christ healeth thee; rise up and make thy couch. And immediately he rose up.
35And all that inhabited Lydda and the Sharon saw him, who also turned to the Lord.
36Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which being interpreted is called Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
37And it came to pass in those days that she fell sick and died: and, having washed, they laid her in an upper room.
38And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter was there sent two men unto him, beseeching, Delay not to come on to us.
39And Peter rose up, and went with them; whom, on his arrival, they brought up into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing [the] coats and cloaks which Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
40But Peter, putting them all forth and kneeling down, prayed; and turning unto the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up.
41And, giving her a hand, he raised her up, and calling the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.
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 one Simon a tanner.
1Now a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of a cohort that was called Italian,
2pious and fearing God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and entreating God continually,
3saw in a vision manifestly about ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in unto him and saying to him, Cornelius.
4But he gazing on him and being affrighted, 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 unto Joppa, and fetch [one] Simon, who is surnamed Peter;
6he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea.
7And when the angel that spoke to him had departed, he called two of his domestics and a pious soldier of those in close attendance,
8and having recounted all to them, sent them to Joppa.
9And on the morrow, when they were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about [the] sixth hour;
10and he became hungry and desired to eat; and while they made ready, a trance came over him,
11and he beholdeth the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending as a great sheet by four corners let down upon the earth
12in which were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and [the] birds of the sky.
13And there came a voice unto him, Arise, Peter, slay and eat.
14But Peter said, By no means, Lord; because never did I eat anything common and unclean.
15And a voice [came] again a second time unto him, What God cleansed deem not thou common.
16And this was done thrice; and straightway the vessel was taken up into heaven.
17And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that had been sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
18and having called, were enquiring whether Simon surnamed Peter lodged there.
19Now while Peter was pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee,
20but arise, go down and journey with them nothing doubting because I have sent them.
21And Peter went down unto the men and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye are here?
22And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous, and fearing God, and attested by the whole nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy angel to send for thee unto his house and to hear words from thee.
23Having therefore called them in he lodged [them].
24And on the morrow, he entered into Caesarea; and Cornelius was awaiting them, having called together his kinsmen and his near friends.
25And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and falling at his feet, did homage;
26but Peter raised him, saying, Rise up, I myself also am a man.
27And conversing with him he entered and findeth many come together;
28and he said to them, Yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another race. And me God showed to call no man common or unclean:
29wherefore also without gainsaying I came when sent for. I ask then on what account ye sent for me.
30And Cornelius said, Four days ago till this hour I was fasting and the ninth [hour] praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing
31and says, Cornelius thy prayer is heard, and thine alms had in remembrance before God:
32send then unto Joppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter. He lodgeth in the house of Simon a tanner by [the] sea.
33Forthwith then I sent unto thee, and thou hast done well in arriving. Now then we are all here before God to hear all the things that have been commanded thee of the Lord.
34And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons
35but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is acceptable to him.
36The word which he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), a
37ye know b the matter that came to pass throughout the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached(
38Jesus of Nazareth how that God anointed him with [the] Holy Spirit and power; who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
39And we [are] c witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom also d they slew hanging [him] on a tree,
40him God raised on the third day and gave him to be manifest
41not to all the people, but to witnesses that were chosen before by God, to us which ate and drank with him, after he rose from [the] dead.
42And he charged us to preach to the people and testify that this is he that is ordained by God judge of living and dead.
43To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins through his Name.
44While Peter was yet speaking these sayings, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those that were hearing the word.
45And the faithful of the circumcision, as many as came with Peter, were amazed, because upon the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.
46For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. Then answered Peter,
47Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized which received the Holy Spirit even as we.
48And he directed them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they entreated him to abide certain days.
1But the apostles and the brethren which were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.
2And when Peter went up unto Jerusalem, they of [the] circumcision contended with him
3saying, Thou wentest in unto men uncircumcised and didst eat with them.
4But Peter began and set forth to them in order, saying,
5I was in [the] city of Joppa, praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came as far as me.
6On which having fixed mine eyes, I considered and saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the reptiles and the birds of the heaven.
7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter, slay and eat.
8But I said, In no wise, Lord, because common or unclean never entered into my mouth.
9But a voice answered a second time out of heaven, What God cleansed make not thou common.
10And this was done thrice, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11And behold immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
12And the Spirit bade me go with them doubting nothing. And there went with me also these six brethren, and we entered into the house of the man,
13and he reported to us how he saw the angel in his house, standing and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, that is surnamed Peter,
14who shall speak words unto thee, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
15And on my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them as upon us also at the beginning.
16And I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with [the] Holy Spirit.
17If then God gave to them the same gift as also to us when we believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that could forbid God?
18And when they heard these things, they were still and glorified God, saying, Then indeed also to the Gentiles did God give repentance unto life.
19They therefore that were scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only.
20But there were some of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming unto Antioch spoke unto the Greeks a also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
21And [the] Lord's hand was with them and a great number believed and turned b unto the Lord.
22And the report concerning them came unto the ears of the assembly that was in Jerusalem; and they despatched Barnabas c as far as Antioch:
23who on arriving and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide by the Lord.
24For he was a good man and full of [the] Holy Spirit and faith; and a large crowd was added to the Lord.
25And he d went forth unto Tarsus to seek for Saul,
26and on finding brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass that even e for a whole year they were gathered together in f the assembly and taught a large crowd, and that the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
27Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28And there stood up one from among them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that a great famine was about to be over all the habitable [earth]; which came to pass under Claudius. g
29And according as any of the disciples had means, they determined each of them to send help to the brethren that dwelt in Judea
30which also they did, despatching [it] unto the elders by [the] hand of Barnabas and Saul.
1Now at that season Herod the king put forth his hands to injure some of those from the assembly.
2And he slew James the brother of John with [the] sword.
3And seeing that it was agreeable to the Jews, he went on to seize Peter also (but they were the days of unleavened bread)
4whom, having taken, he also put in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the Passover to bring him forth unto the people.
5Peter, then, was kept in the prison; but prayer was earnestly made by the assembly unto God concerning him.
6And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were keeping the prison.
7And, behold, an angel of [the] Lord stood by, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck the side of Peter, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals; and he did so. And he saith to him, Throw thy cloak round thee and follow me.
9And going out he followed and knew not that what was being done by the angel was true, but thought he was seeing a vision.
10And when they came through a first guard and a second, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city, which of itself opened to them; and having gone out they went forth one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.
11And Peter, on coming to himself, said, Now I know truly that [the] Lord sent forth his angel and took me out of Herod's hand and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12And, being conscious, he came unto the house of Mary the mother of John that was surnamed Mark, where were many assembled and praying.
13And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, there came forward a maid to listen, by name Rhoda;
14recognizing Peter's voice, she did not for joy open the gate, but ran in and reported that Peter was standing before the gateway.
15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she kept maintaining that it was so; and they said, It is his angel.
16But Peter continued knocking, and on opening they saw him and were amazed.
17And, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and proceeded unto another place.
18And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
19But Herod having sought him out without finding [him] examined the guards and commanded [them] to be led away [to execution] , and he went down from Judea unto Caesarea and stayed [there].
20And he was at bitter enmity with them of Tyre and Sidon; but with one consent they came to him, and having won over Blastus the chamberlain of the king, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.
21And on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel and seated on the throne, made an harangue unto them.
22And the people shouted thereon, A god's voice and not a man's.
23And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he gave not the glory to God; and becoming worm-eaten he expired.
24But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled the service, taking also with them John surnamed Mark.
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. (Acts 7:1‑13:42)