Acts 13

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

1 Now there were in the church at Antioch *ch. 11:27;15:32;19:6;21:9,10;Rom. 12:6,7;See 1 Cor. 12:28,29prophets and *ch. 11:27;15:32;19:6;21:9,10;Rom. 12:6,7;See 1 Cor. 12:28,29teachers, *ch. 11:22-26Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,*13:1 Niger is a Latin word meaning black, or dark Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of *See Luke 3:1Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, *[ch. 20:28]; See ch. 8:29the Holy Spirit said, *Rom. 1:1;Gal. 1:15"Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul *See ch. 9:15for the work to which I have called them." 3 Then after fasting and *See ch. 6:6praying they laid their hands on them and *ch. 14:26sent them off.

Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus

4 So, being sent out *ver. 2;[ch. 16:6,7]by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God *ver. 14;ch. 9:20;14:1;17:1,2,10,17;18:4,19;19:8;[ver. 46]; See Mark 6:2in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had *See ch. 12:12John to *[ch. 19:22]assist them. 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain *ch. 8:9,11magician, *See Matt. 7:15a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. 7 He was with *ver. 8, 12;ch. 18:12;19:38the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the *[See ver. 6above] magician (for that is the meaning of his name) *[Ex. 7:11;2 Tim. 3:8] opposed them, seeking to turn *ver. 7, 12the proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, *ch. 4:8filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, "You *See Matt. 13:38son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and *[ch. 18:14] villainy, will you not stop *Mic. 3:9making crooked *Hos. 14:9;2 Pet. 2:15;[ch. 18:25, 26]the straight paths of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, *ch. 11:21;Ex. 9:3;1 Sam. 5:6,7,11;Ps. 32:4;[Heb. 10:31;1 Pet. 5:6] the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking *[ch. 9:8;22:11]people to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at *[ver. 49; ch. 15:35]the teaching of the Lord.

Paul and Barnabas at Antioch in Pisidia

13 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And *ver. 5John left them and returned *ch. 12:12to Jerusalem, 14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And *ver. 42, 44;ch. 16:13;17:2;18:4on the Sabbath day *See ver. 5they went into the synagogue and sat down. 15 After *ch. 15:21the reading from *See Luke 16:16the Law and the Prophets, *See Mark 5:22the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any *Heb. 13:22word of encouragement for the people, say it." 16 So Paul stood up, and *See ch. 12:17motioning with his hand said:

"Men of Israel and *ver. 26;ch. 10:2,22you who fear God, listen. 17 *See Matt. 15:31The God of this people Israel *Deut. 7:6-8chose our fathers and *Num. 24:7made the people great *ch. 7:17;Ex. 1:1,7,12;Ps. 105:23,24during their stay in the land of Egypt, and *Ex. 6:6;13:14,16with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18 And for about *See ch. 7:36forty years *[Deut. 9:5-24]he put up with*13:18 Some manuscripts he carried (compare Deuteronomy 1:31) them in the wilderness. 19 And *See ch. 7:45after destroying *Deut. 7:1seven nations in the land of Canaan, *Josh. 14:1,2;19:51;Ps. 78:55;136:21,22he gave them their land as an inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years. And after that *Judg. 2:16;3:9he gave them judges until *See ch. 3:24Samuel the prophet. 21 Then *1 Sam. 8:5;10:1they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul *1 Sam. 9:1,2the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 And *1 Sam. 15:23,26,28;16:1;[Hos. 13:11] when he had removed him, *1 Sam. 16:13;2 Sam. 2:4;5:3he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, *Cited from Ps. 89:20‘I have found in David the son of Jesse *ch. 7:46;Cited from 1 Sam. 13:14a man after my heart, *ver. 36who will do all my will.’ 23 *See Matt. 1:1Of this man’s offspring God has brought to Israel *See Luke 2:11a Savior, Jesus, *Ps. 132:11;[ver. 32, 33]as he promised. 24 Before his coming, *ch. 1:22;Matt. 3:1John had proclaimed *ch. 19:4;Mark 1:4;Luke 3:3;[ch. 2:38;Matt. 3:11]a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was finishing his course, *John 1:20,27;[Matt. 3:11;Mark 1:7;Luke 3:16]he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

26 "Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you *ver. 16who fear God, to us has been sent *ch. 10:36;[Eph. 1:13] the message of *[ch. 5:20]; See ch. 4:12this salvation. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because *[2 Cor. 3:14,15]; See ch. 3:17they did not recognize him nor understand *ver. 15;[ch. 15:21] the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, *See Luke 24:20,26,27,44fulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And *[Mark 14:55;Luke 23:22] though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, *ch. 2:23;3:14,15;Luke 23:23they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 And when *Luke 18:31;24:44;John 19:28,30,36,37they had carried out all that was written of him, *Matt. 27:59,60;Mark 15:46;Luke 23:53;John 19:38,41,42they took him down from *See ch. 5:30the tree and laid him in a tomb. 30 But *See ch. 2:24God raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days *See ch. 1:3he appeared to those *Mark 15:41who had come up with him *ch. 1:11;2:7from Galilee to Jerusalem, *See Luke 24:48who are now *See ch. 1:8his witnesses to the people. 32 And we bring you the good news *ch. 26:6;Rom. 4:13;15:8;Gal. 3:16;[Rom. 9:4]that what God promised to the fathers, 33 *[ver. 23; Luke 1:69-73] this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,

*Heb. 1:5;5:5;Cited from Ps. 2:7"‘You are my Son,

today I have begotten you.’

34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, *Rom. 6:9;[Heb. 9:25-28] *ver. 35-37no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,

"‘I will give you *Cited from Isa. 55:3the holy and sure blessings of David.’

35 Therefore he says also in another psalm,

*ch. 2:27;Cited from Ps. 16:10"‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’

36 For David, after he had *ver. 22;ch. 20:27served the purpose of God in his own generation, *2 Sam. 7:12;1 Kgs. 2:10;[ch. 2:29] fell asleep and *Judg. 2:10was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, 37 but he whom *ver. 30God raised up did not see corruption. 38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, *Luke 24:47;1 John 2:12that through this man *ch. 5:31forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by him *Rom. 3:28;See ch. 10:43everyone who believes is freed*13:39 Or justified; twice in this verse from everything *Rom. 2:13;3:20;8:3;Gal. 2:16;3:11;Eph. 2:9;2 Tim. 1:9;Titus 3:5;[Heb. 7:19]from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. 40 Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:

41 *Cited from Hab. 1:5;[Isa. 29:14]"‘Look, you scoffers,

be astounded and perish;

for I am doing a work in your days,

a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’"

42 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. 43 And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and *ver. 50;ch. 17:4,17;[ch. 16:14] devout *ch. 2:11;6:5;Matt. 23:15converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them *[Jude 21] to continue in *Jude 4;See ch. 11:23the grace of God.

44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 *[ch. 19:9] But *[1 Thess. 2:16] when the Jews*13:45 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 50 saw the crowds, they were filled with *See ch. 5:17jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, *ch. 18:6;26:11;1 Tim. 1:20reviling him. 46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God *ver. 5, 14;See ch. 3:26be spoken first to you. *See Matt. 21:43Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves *See Matt. 22:8unworthy of eternal life, behold, we *ch. 18:6;22:21;26:17,18,20;28:28;See ch. 9:15are turning to the Gentiles. 47 *[ch. 11:18] For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

*Cited from Isa. 49:6;[Isa. 45:22] "‘I have made you *Isa. 42:6;Luke 2:32a light for the Gentiles,

that you may *[ver. 26; ch. 1:8]bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’"

48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and *[2 Thess. 1:12]glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region. 50 *[ch. 14:2,19;17:5,13;18:12;20:3,19;21:27] But the Jews incited the devout *ch. 17:12women of high standing and the leading men of the city, *2 Tim. 3:11stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and *1 Thess. 2:15drove them out of their district. 51 But they *Matt. 10:14;Mark 6:11;Luke 9:5;[ch. 18:6]shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled *[1 Thess. 1:6]; See Matt. 5:12; John 16:22with joy and *See ch. 2:4with the Holy Spirit.