1 Now in the church at Antiochthere were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeoncalled Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen( who had been brought up with Herodthe tetrarch ), and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabasand Saulfor the work to which I have called them." 3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
On Cyprus
4 So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleuciaand sailed from there to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And Johnwas with them as their helper.
6 They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, 7 an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabasand Saulbecause he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymasthe sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10 and said, "O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun." Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
In Pisidian Antioch
13 After setting sail from Paphos, Pauland his companions came to Pergain Pamphylia, where Johnleft them to return to Jerusalem. 14 And from Perga, they traveled inland to PisidianAntioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down. 15 After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: "Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak."
16 Paulstood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: "Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me! 17 The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land. 18 He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. 19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years.
After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuelthe prophet. 21 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saulson of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. 22 After removing Saul, He raised up Davidas their king and testified about him: ‘I have found Davidson of Jessea man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’13:22 See 1 Samuel 13:14.
23 From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised. 24 Before the arrival of Jesus, Johnpreached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 As Johnwas completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’13:25 Luke 3:16; see also Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:7, and John 1:27.
26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. 27 The people of Jerusalemand their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. 28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilateto have Him executed.
29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30 But God raised Him from the dead, 31 and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galileeto Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
32 And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers 33 He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm:
‘You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.’13:33 Psalm 2:7; literally today I have begotten You
34 In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said:
‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’13:34 Literally I will give you the holy, the trustworthy of David; Isaiah 55:3
35 So also, He says in another Psalm:
‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’13:35 Psalm 16:10
36 For when Davidhad served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay. 37 But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
41 ‘Look, you scoffers,
wonder and perish!
For I am doing a work in your days
that you would never believe,
even if someone told you.’13:41 Habakkuk 1:5 (see also LXX)"
A Light for the Gentiles
42 As Pauland Barnabaswere leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath. 43 After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Pauland Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
44 On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paulwas saying.
46 Then Pauland Barnabasanswered them boldly: "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’13:47 Isaiah 49:6"
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Pauland Barnabasand drove them out of their district. 51 So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Lugar Bíblico
Cidade / Povoado
Antioch
Hoje: Antakya (Hatay), Turkey
ἈντιόχειαAntiocheia
Antioch is the city where the disciples were called Christians first. Barnabas and Saul spent a whole year there meeting with the church and teaching great numbers of people (Acts 11:26).
Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus, brought Saul to the apostles and was sent by the church in Jerusalem to Antioch, where he was a prophet and teacher; an apostle like Paul, he reported with him the signs God had done among the Gentiles (Acts 15:12).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus, brought Saul to the apostles and was sent by the church in Jerusalem to Antioch, where he was a prophet and teacher; an apostle like Paul, he reported with him the signs God had done among the Gentiles (Acts 15:12).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Cyprus is the homeland of Joseph the Levite, called Barnabas, and of Mnason, an early disciple; those sent by the Holy Spirit sailed there from Seleucia (Acts 13:4).
Mark, also called John, assisted Barnabas and Paul on their journey to Cyprus and Pamphylia, but left them at Perga and returned to Jerusalem; later, Barnabas took him along to Cyprus (Acts 15:39).
Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus, brought Saul to the apostles and was sent by the church in Jerusalem to Antioch, where he was a prophet and teacher; an apostle like Paul, he reported with him the signs God had done among the Gentiles (Acts 15:12).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Pamphylia is the region where Perga is located, a city to which Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos, and where John left them and returned to Jerusalem (Acts 13:13).
Mark, also called John, assisted Barnabas and Paul on their journey to Cyprus and Pamphylia, but left them at Perga and returned to Jerusalem; later, Barnabas took him along to Cyprus (Acts 15:39).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Antioch is a city in Pisidia where Paul and his companions arrived from Perga and entered the synagogue on the Sabbath; later they returned there, passing through Lystra and Iconium (Acts 13:14).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Canaan is the land God promised to give the Israelites as an inheritance. Jacob and his sons lived there, and the Israelites ate manna forty years until they reached the borders of Canaan (Exodus 16:35).
Samuel, son of Elkanah and Hannah, was dedicated by his mother to the service of the Lord at Shiloh, judged Israel as a prophet, and anointed Saul and David as kings (1 Samuel 3:20).
Saul, son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, was the first king of Israel, anointed by Samuel; he disobeyed the Lord, pursued David, and died on Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 9:2).
Kish was a man of the tribe of Benjamin and the father of Saul, the king God gave to the people. When his donkeys were lost, he sent Saul to look for them with one of the servants (1 Samuel 9:3).
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob, was born to Rachel, who died in childbirth and named him Ben-oni; he gave rise to the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Pilate, Roman governor of Judea, questioned Jesus and found no guilt in him, but, pressured by the crowd, released Barabbas and delivered Jesus to be crucified (Matthew 27:24).
Galilee is the land of Nazareth and Cana, from where Jesus came to be baptized by John in the Jordan and from where crowds and women followed him (Mark 1:9).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus, brought Saul to the apostles and was sent by the church in Jerusalem to Antioch, where he was a prophet and teacher; an apostle like Paul, he reported with him the signs God had done among the Gentiles (Acts 15:12).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus, brought Saul to the apostles and was sent by the church in Jerusalem to Antioch, where he was a prophet and teacher; an apostle like Paul, he reported with him the signs God had done among the Gentiles (Acts 15:12).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus, brought Saul to the apostles and was sent by the church in Jerusalem to Antioch, where he was a prophet and teacher; an apostle like Paul, he reported with him the signs God had done among the Gentiles (Acts 15:12).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus, brought Saul to the apostles and was sent by the church in Jerusalem to Antioch, where he was a prophet and teacher; an apostle like Paul, he reported with him the signs God had done among the Gentiles (Acts 15:12).
Iconium is the city where Paul and Barnabas entered the synagogue of the Jews and spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed (Acts 14:1).