1Now there were at Antioch, in the assembly that was there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul 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 they, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant. 6And when they had gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Yeshua; 7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man called to him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) opposed 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, O full of all deceit and all villainy, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about 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: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem. 14But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15And after the reading of the Torah and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak. 16And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen: 17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18And for about forty years he bore with them like a nursing father in the wilderness. 19And when 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: 20and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21And afterward 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. 22And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bore witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will. 23Of this man’s seed God has according to promise brought to Israel a Savior, Yeshua; 24when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. 26Brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation has been sent. 27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. 28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be killed. 29And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of 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 now his witnesses to the people. 32And we bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers, 33that God has fulfilled this to our children, in that he raised up Yeshua; as also it is written in the second psalm, You are my Son, today I have begotten you. 34And as concerning the fact that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David. 35Because he says also in another psalm, You will not give your Holy One to see corruption. 36For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption: 37but he whom God raised up saw no corruption. 38Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you: 39and by him everyone believing is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Torah of Moses. 40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets: 41Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which you shall by no means believe, if one declares it to you. 42And as they went out, they begged that these words might be spoken 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. 44And the 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. 46And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing you push it away from you, 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 for a light of the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth. 48And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region. 50But the Jews urged on the devout women of high standing, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region. 51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium. 52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.