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Acts 13 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

First Missionary Journey

Act 13:1

Act 13:1Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Act 13:2

Act 13:2While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Act 13:3

Act 13:3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Act 13:4

Act 13:4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Act 13:5

Act 13:5When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.

Act 13:6

Act 13:6When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

Act 13:7

Act 13:7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

Act 13:8

Act 13:8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Act 13:9

Act 13:9But Saul, who was also known as Paul, [fn]filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,

Act 13:10

Act 13:10and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

Act 13:11

Act 13:11“Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

Act 13:12

Act 13:12Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

Act 13:13

Act 13:13Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

Act 13:14

Act 13:14But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

Act 13:15

Act 13:15After the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.”

Act 13:16

Act 13:16Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:

Act 13:17

Act 13:17“The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and [fn]made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it.

Act 13:18

Act 13:18“For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.

Act 13:19

Act 13:19“When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.

Act 13:20

Act 13:20“After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

Act 13:21

Act 13:21“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.

Act 13:22

Act 13:22“After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My [fn]will.’

Act 13:23

Act 13:23“From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

Act 13:24

Act 13:24after John had proclaimed before [fn]His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Act 13:25

Act 13:25“And while John was completing his course, he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

Act 13:26

Act 13:26“Brethren, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.

Act 13:27

Act 13:27“For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the [fn]utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

Act 13:28

Act 13:28“And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be [fn]executed.

Act 13:29

Act 13:29“When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the [fn]cross and laid Him in a tomb.

Act 13:30

Act 13:30“But God raised Him from the dead;

Act 13:31

Act 13:31and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.

Act 13:32

Act 13:32“And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,

Act 13:33

Act 13:33that God has fulfilled this promise [fn]to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.’

Act 13:34

Act 13:34“As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and [fn]SURE blessings OF DAVID.’

Act 13:35

Act 13:35“Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘YOU WILL NOT [fn]ALLOW YOUR [fn]HOLY ONE TO [fn]UNDERGO DECAY.’

Act 13:36

Act 13:36“For David, after he had [fn]served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and [fn]underwent decay;

Act 13:37

Act 13:37but He whom God raised did not [fn]undergo decay.

Act 13:38

Act 13:38“Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through [fn]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

Act 13:39

Act 13:39and [fn]through Him everyone who believes is [fn]freed [fn]from all things, from which you could not be [fn]freed [fn]through the Law of Moses.

Act 13:40

Act 13:40“Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of in the Prophets may not come upon you:

Act 13:41

Act 13:41‘BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND [fn]PERISH;
FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS,
A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.’”

Act 13:42

Act 13:42As [fn]Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these [fn]things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.

Act 13:43

Act 13:43Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing [fn]proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

Act 13:44

Act 13:44The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of [fn]the Lord.

Act 13:45

Act 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were [fn]blaspheming.

Act 13:46

Act 13:46Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Act 13:47

Act 13:47“For so the Lord has commanded us,
‘I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES,
THAT YOU MAY [fn]BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.’”

Act 13:48

Act 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of [fn]the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Act 13:49

Act 13:49And the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.

Act 13:50

Act 13:50But the Jews incited the [fn]devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their [fn]district.

Act 13:51

Act 13:51But they shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

Act 13:52

Act 13:52And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Or, having just been filled
Or, exalted
Literally: wishes
Literally: the face of His entering
Literally: voices
Literally: destroyed
Literally: wood
Late mss read to us their children
Literally: trustworthy
Literally: give
Or, Devout or Pious
Literally: see corruption
Or, served his own generation by the purpose of God
Literally: saw corruption
Literally: see corruption
Literally: this One
Literally: in or by
Literally: justified
Literally: by
Literally: disappear
Literally: they
Literally: words
I.e. Gentile converts to Judaism
One early ms reads God
Or, slandering him
Literally: be for salvation
Two early mss read God
Or, worshiping
Literally: boundaries
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