¹Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers : Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger , Lucius of Cyrene , Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch , and Saul .

²As they served the Lord and fasted , the Holy Spirit said , “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me , for the work to which I have called them .”

³Then , when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them , they sent them away.

⁴So , being sent out by the Holy Spirit , they went down to Seleucia . From there they sailed to Cyprus .

⁵When they were at Salamis , they proclaimed God ’s word in the Jewish synagogues . They also had John as their attendant .

⁶When they had gone through the island to Paphos , they found a certain sorcerer , a false prophet , a Jew whose name was Bar Jesus,

⁷who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus , a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul , and sought to hear the word of God .

⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation ) withstood them , seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith .

⁹But Saul , who is also called Paul , filled with the Holy Spirit , fastened his eyes on him

¹⁰and said , “You son of the devil , full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness , will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ?

¹¹Now , behold , the hand of the Lord is on you , and you will be blind , not seeing the sun for a season !”

Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him . He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand .

¹²Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done , believed , being astonished at the teaching of the Lord .

¹³Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia . John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem .

¹⁴But they , passing on from Perga , came to Antioch of Pisidia . They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down .

¹⁵After the reading of the law and the prophets , the rulers of the synagogue sent to them , saying , “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people , speak .”

¹⁶Paul stood up , and gesturing with his hand said , “Men of Israel , and you who fear God , listen.

¹⁷The God of this people chose our fathers , and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm , he led them out of it .[#13:17 TR, NU add “Israel”]

¹⁸For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness .

¹⁹When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan , he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.

²⁰After these things , he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet .

²¹Afterward they asked for a king , and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish , a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years .

²²When he had removed him , he raised up David to be their king , to whom he also testified , ‘I have found David the son of Jesse , a man after my heart , who will do all my will .’

²³From this man ’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise ,[#13:23 TR, NU read “a Saviour, Jesus” instead of “salvation”]

²⁴before his coming , when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel .[#13:24 TR, NU read “to all the people of Israel” instead of “to Israel”]

²⁵As John was fulfilling his course , he said , ‘What do you suppose that I am ? I am not he . But behold , one comes after me , the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie .’

²⁶“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those amongst you who fear God , the word of this salvation is sent out to you .

²⁷For those who dwell in Jerusalem , and their rulers, because they didn’t know him , nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath , fulfilled them by condemning him .

²⁸Though they found no cause for death , they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

²⁹When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him , they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb .

³⁰But God raised him from the dead ,

³¹and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are his witnesses to the people .

³²We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers ,

³³that God has fulfilled this to us , their children , in that he raised up Jesus . As it is also written in the second psalm ,

‘You are my Son .

Today I have become your father .’

³⁴“Concerning that he raised him up from the dead , now no more to return to corruption , he has spoken thus : ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David .’[#Isaiah 55:3]

³⁵Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay .’[#Psalms 16:10]

³⁶For David , after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God , fell asleep , was laid with his fathers , and saw decay .

³⁷But he whom God raised up saw no decay .

³⁸Be it known to you therefore , brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins;[#13:38 The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”]

³⁹and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things , from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses .

⁴⁰Beware therefore , lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets :

⁴¹‘Behold , you scoffers !

Wonder and perish,

for I work a work in your days ,

a work which you will in no way believe , if one declares it to you .’”

⁴²So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath .

⁴³Now when the synagogue broke up , many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who , speaking to them , urged them to continue in the grace of God .

⁴⁴The next Sabbath , almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God .

⁴⁵But when the Jews saw the multitudes , they were filled with jealousy , and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul , and blasphemed.

⁴⁶Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly , and said , “It was necessary that God ’s word should be spoken to you first . Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves , and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life , behold , we turn to the Gentiles .

⁴⁷For so has the Lord commanded us , saying,

‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles ,

that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth .’”

⁴⁸As the Gentiles heard this , they were glad and glorified the word of God . As many as were appointed to eternal life believed .

⁴⁹The Lord ’s word was spread abroad throughout all the region .

⁵⁰But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city , and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders .

⁵¹But they shook off the dust of their feet against them , and came to Iconium .

⁵²The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit .