13:4 So Barnabas and Saul, ¹  sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, ²  and from there they sailed to Cyprus. ³  13:5 When ⁴  they arrived ⁵  in Salamis, ⁶  they began to proclaim ⁷  the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. ⁸  (Now they also had John ⁹  as their assistant.) ¹⁰  13:6 When they had crossed over ¹¹  the whole island as far as Paphos, ¹²  they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus, ¹³  13:7 who was with the proconsul ¹⁴  Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul ¹⁵  summoned ¹⁶  Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear ¹⁷  the word of God. 13:8 But the magician Elymas ¹⁸  (for that is the way his name is translated) ¹⁹  opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul ²⁰  away from the faith. 13:9 But Saul (also known as Paul), ²¹  filled with the Holy Spirit, ²²  stared straight ²³  at him 13:10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, ²⁴  you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? ²⁵  13:11 Now ²⁶  look, the hand of the Lord is against ²⁷  you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness ²⁸  and darkness came over ²⁹  him, and he went around seeking people ³⁰  to lead him by the hand. 13:12 Then when the proconsul ³¹  saw what had happened, he believed, ³²  because he was greatly astounded ³³  at the teaching about ³⁴  the Lord.

13:13 Then Paul and his companions put out to sea ³⁵  from Paphos ³⁶  and came to Perga ³⁷  in Pamphylia, ³⁸  but John ³⁹  left them and returned to Jerusalem. ⁴⁰  13:14 Moving on from ⁴¹  Perga, ⁴²  they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, ⁴³  and on the Sabbath day they went into ⁴⁴  the synagogue ⁴⁵  and sat down. 13:15 After the reading from the law and the prophets, ⁴⁶  the leaders of the synagogue ⁴⁷  sent them a message, ⁴⁸  saying, “Brothers, ⁴⁹  if you have any message ⁵⁰  of exhortation ⁵¹  for the people, speak it.” ⁵²  13:16 So Paul stood up, ⁵³  gestured ⁵⁴  with his hand and said,

“Men of Israel, ⁵⁵  and you Gentiles who fear God, ⁵⁶  listen: 13:17 The God of this people Israel ⁵⁷  chose our ancestors ⁵⁸  and made the people great ⁵⁹  during their stay as foreigners ⁶⁰  in the country ⁶¹  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ⁶²  he led them out of it. 13:18 For ⁶³  a period of about forty years he put up with ⁶⁴  them in the wilderness. ⁶⁵  13:19 After ⁶⁶  he had destroyed ⁶⁷  seven nations ⁶⁸  in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance. ⁶⁹  13:20 All this took ⁷⁰  about four hundred fifty years. After this ⁷¹  he gave them judges until the time of ⁷²  Samuel the prophet. 13:21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled ⁷³  forty years. 13:22 After removing him, God ⁷⁴  raised up ⁷⁵  David their king. He testified about him: ⁷⁶  ‘I have found David ⁷⁷  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ⁷⁸  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ⁷⁹  13:23 From the descendants ⁸⁰  of this man ⁸¹  God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised. ⁸²  13:24 Before ⁸³  Jesus ⁸⁴  arrived, John ⁸⁵  had proclaimed a baptism for repentance ⁸⁶  to all the people of Israel. 13:25 But while John was completing his mission, ⁸⁷  he said repeatedly, ⁸⁸  ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’ ⁸⁹  13:26 Brothers, ⁹⁰  descendants ⁹¹  of Abraham’s family, ⁹²  and those Gentiles among you who fear God, ⁹³  the message ⁹⁴  of this salvation has been sent to us. 13:27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize ⁹⁵  him, ⁹⁶  and they fulfilled the sayings ⁹⁷  of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning ⁹⁸  him. ⁹⁹  13:28 Though ¹⁰⁰  they found ¹⁰¹  no basis ¹⁰²  for a death sentence, ¹⁰³  they asked Pilate to have him executed. 13:29 When they had accomplished ¹⁰⁴  everything that was written ¹⁰⁵  about him, they took him down ¹⁰⁶  from the cross ¹⁰⁷  and placed him ¹⁰⁸  in a tomb. 13:30 But God raised ¹⁰⁹  him from the dead, 13:31 and ¹¹⁰  for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied ¹¹¹  him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These ¹¹²  are now his witnesses to the people. 13:32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ¹¹³  13:33 that this promise ¹¹⁴  God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising ¹¹⁵  Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; ¹¹⁶  today I have fathered you.’ ¹¹⁷  13:34 But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus ¹¹⁸  from the dead, never ¹¹⁹  again to be ¹²⁰  in a state of decay, God ¹²¹  has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you ¹²²  the holy and trustworthy promises ¹²³  made to David.’ ¹²⁴  13:35 Therefore he also says in another psalm, ¹²⁵  ‘You will not permit your Holy One ¹²⁶  to experience ¹²⁷  decay.’ ¹²⁸  13:36 For David, after he had served ¹²⁹  God’s purpose in his own generation, died, ¹³⁰  was buried with his ancestors, ¹³¹  and experienced ¹³²  decay, 13:37 but the one ¹³³  whom God raised up did not experience ¹³⁴  decay. 13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one ¹³⁵  forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 13:39 and by this one ¹³⁶  everyone who believes is justified ¹³⁷  from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify ¹³⁸  you. ¹³⁹  13:40 Watch out, ¹⁴⁰  then, that what is spoken about by ¹⁴¹  the prophets does not happen to you:

13:41 ‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! ¹⁴² 

For I am doing a work in your days,

a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.’” ¹⁴³ 

13:42 As Paul and Barnabas ¹⁴⁴  were going out, ¹⁴⁵  the people ¹⁴⁶  were urging ¹⁴⁷  them to speak about these things ¹⁴⁸  on the next Sabbath. 13:43 When the meeting of the synagogue ¹⁴⁹  had broken up, ¹⁵⁰  many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes ¹⁵¹  followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading ¹⁵²  them ¹⁵³  to continue ¹⁵⁴  in the grace of God.

13:44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord. ¹⁵⁵  13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, ¹⁵⁶  and they began to contradict ¹⁵⁷  what Paul was saying ¹⁵⁸  by reviling him. ¹⁵⁹  13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, ¹⁶⁰  “It was necessary to speak the word of God ¹⁶¹  to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy ¹⁶²  of eternal life, we ¹⁶³  are turning to the Gentiles. ¹⁶⁴  13:47 For this ¹⁶⁵  is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed ¹⁶⁶  you to be a light ¹⁶⁷  for the Gentiles, to bring salvation ¹⁶⁸  to the ends of the earth.’” ¹⁶⁹  13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice ¹⁷⁰  and praise ¹⁷¹  the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life ¹⁷²  believed. 13:49 So the word of the Lord was spreading ¹⁷³  through the entire region. 13:50 But the Jews incited ¹⁷⁴  the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out ¹⁷⁵  of their region. 13:51 So after they shook ¹⁷⁶  the dust off their feet ¹⁷⁷  in protest against them, they went to Iconium. ¹⁷⁸  13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy ¹⁷⁹  and with the Holy Spirit.

14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium ¹⁸⁰  when Paul and Barnabas ¹⁸¹  went into the Jewish synagogue ¹⁸²  and spoke in such a way that a large group ¹⁸³  of both Jews and Greeks believed. 14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe ¹⁸⁴  stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds ¹⁸⁵  against the brothers. 14:3 So they stayed there ¹⁸⁶  for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified ¹⁸⁷  to the message ¹⁸⁸  of his grace, granting miraculous signs ¹⁸⁹  and wonders to be performed through their hands. 14:4 But the population ¹⁹⁰  of the city was divided; some ¹⁹¹  sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. 14:5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made ¹⁹²  an attempt to mistreat ¹⁹³  them and stone them, ¹⁹⁴  14:6 Paul and Barnabas ¹⁹⁵  learned about it ¹⁹⁶  and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra ¹⁹⁷  and Derbe ¹⁹⁸  and the surrounding region. 14:7 There ¹⁹⁹  they continued to proclaim ²⁰⁰  the good news.

14:8 In ²⁰¹  Lystra ²⁰²  sat a man who could not use his feet, ²⁰³  lame from birth, ²⁰⁴  who had never walked. 14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ²⁰⁵  stared ²⁰⁶  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, 14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ²⁰⁷  And the man ²⁰⁸  leaped up and began walking. ²⁰⁹  14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted ²¹⁰  in the Lycaonian language, ²¹¹  “The gods have come down to us in human form!” ²¹²  14:12 They began to call ²¹³  Barnabas Zeus ²¹⁴  and Paul Hermes, ²¹⁵  because he was the chief speaker. 14:13 The priest of the temple ²¹⁶  of Zeus, ²¹⁷  located just outside the city, brought bulls ²¹⁸  and garlands ²¹⁹  to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ²²⁰  14:14 But when the apostles ²²¹  Barnabas and Paul heard about ²²²  it, they tore ²²³  their clothes and rushed out ²²⁴  into the crowd, shouting, ²²⁵  14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures ²²⁶  just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn ²²⁷  from these worthless ²²⁸  things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, ²²⁹  the sea, and everything that is in them. 14:16 In ²³⁰  past ²³¹  generations he allowed all the nations ²³²  to go their own ways, 14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, ²³³  by giving you rain from heaven ²³⁴  and fruitful seasons, satisfying you ²³⁵  with food and your hearts with joy.” ²³⁶  14:18 Even by saying ²³⁷  these things, they scarcely persuaded ²³⁸  the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

14:19 But Jews came from Antioch ²³⁹  and Iconium, ²⁴⁰  and after winning ²⁴¹  the crowds over, they stoned ²⁴²  Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. 14:20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back ²⁴³  into the city. On ²⁴⁴  the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. ²⁴⁵