Dual Panel1Now <1161> there were <1510> these prophets <4396> and <2532> teachers <1320> in the church <1577> at <1722> Antioch <490>: Barnabas <921>, Simeon <4826> called <2564> Niger <3526>, Lucius <3066> the Cyrenian <2956>, Manaen <3127> (a close friend of Herod <2264> the tetrarch <5076> from childhood <4939>) and <2532> Saul <4569>.
2While <3008> they <846> were serving <3008> the Lord <2962> and <2532> fasting <3522>, the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> said <2036>, “Set apart <873> for me <3427> Barnabas <921> and <2532> Saul <4569> for <1519> the work <2041> to which <3739> I have called <4341> them <846>.”
3Then <5119>, after <3522> they had fasted <3522> and <2532> prayed <4336> and <2532> placed <2007> their hands <5495> on them <846>, they sent <630> them off <630>.
4So <3767> Barnabas and Saul, sent out <1599> by <5259> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151>, went down <2718> to <1519> Seleucia <4581>, and from there <1564> they sailed <636> to <1519> Cyprus <2954>.
5When <1096> they arrived <1096> in <1722> Salamis <4529>, they began to proclaim <2605> the word <3056> of God <2316> in <1722> the Jewish <2453> synagogues <4864>. (Now <1161> they <2192> also <2532> had <2192> John <2491> as their assistant <5257>.)
6When <1330> they had crossed over <1330> the whole <3650> island <3520> as far as <891> Paphos <3974>, they found <2147> a magician <3097>, a Jewish <2453> false prophet <5578> named <3686> Bar-Jesus <919>,
7who <3739> was <1510> with <4862> the proconsul <446> Sergius <4588> Paulus <3972>, an intelligent <4908> man <435>. The proconsul <3778> summoned <4341> Barnabas <921> and <2532> Saul <4569> and wanted <1934> to hear <191> the word <3056> of God <2316>.
8But <1161> the magician <3097> Elymas <1681> (for <1063> that is the way <3779> his <846> name <3686> is translated <3177>) opposed <436> them <846>, trying <2212> to turn <1294> the proconsul <446> away <1294> from <575> the faith <4102>.
9But <1161> Saul <4569> (also <2532> known as Paul <3972>), filled <4130> with the Holy <40> Spirit <4151>, stared straight <816> at <1519> him <846>
10and said <2036>, “You who are full <4134> of all <3956> deceit <1388> and <2532> all <3956> wrongdoing <4468>, you son <5207> of <1228> the devil <1228>, you enemy <2190> of all <3956> righteousness <1343>– will you <3973> not <3756> stop <3973> making crooked <1294> the straight <2117> paths <3598> of the Lord <2962>?
11Now <3568> look <2400>, the hand <5495> of the Lord <2962> is against <1909> you <4571>, and <2532> you will be <1510> blind <5185>, unable <3361> to see <991> the sun <2246> for <891> a time <2540>!” Immediately <3916> mistiness <887> and <2532> darkness <4655> came <4098> over <1909> him <846>, and <2532> he went around <4013> seeking <2212> people to lead <5497> him by the hand <5497>.
12Then <5119> when <1492> the proconsul <446> saw <1492> what had happened <1096>, he believed <4100>, because he was greatly astounded <1605> at <1909> the teaching <1322> about the Lord <2962>.
13Then <1161> Paul <3972> and his companions put out to sea <321> from <575> Paphos <3974> and came <2064> to <1519> Perga <4011> in Pamphylia <3828>, but <1161> John <2491> left <672> them <846> and returned <5290> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414>.
14Moving on <1330> from <575> Perga <4011>, they arrived <3854> at <1519> Pisidian <4099> Antioch <490>, and <2532> on the Sabbath <4521> day <2250> they went <2064> into <1519> the synagogue <4864> and sat down <2523>.
15After <3326> the reading <320> from the law <3551> and <2532> the prophets <4396>, the leaders of the synagogue <752> sent <649> them <846> a message, saying <3004>, “Brothers <435> <80>, if <1487> you <5213> have <1510> any <5100> message <3056> of exhortation <3874> for <4314> the people <2992>, speak <3004> it.”
16So <1161> Paul <3972> stood up <450>, gestured <2678> with his hand <5495> and said <2036>, “Men <435> of Israel <2475>, and <2532> you Gentiles who fear <5399> God <2316>, listen <191>:
17The God <2316> of this <5127> people <2992> Israel <2474> chose <1586> our <2257> ancestors <3962> and <2532> made <5312> the people <2992> great <5312> during <1722> their stay as foreigners <3940> in <1722> the country <1093> of Egypt <125>, and <2532> with <3326> uplifted <5308> arm <1023> he led <1806> them <846> out of <1537> it <846>.
18For a period <5550> of about <5613> forty years <5063> he put up <5159> with them <846> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>.
19After <2507> he had destroyed <2507> seven <2033> nations <1484> in <1722> the land <1093> of Canaan <5477>, he gave <2624> his people their <846> land <1093> as an inheritance <2624>.
20All this took about four hundred <5071> fifty <4004> years <2094>. After <3326> this <5023> he gave <1325> them judges <2923> until <2193> the time of Samuel <4545> the prophet <4396>.
21Then <2547> they asked <154> for a king <935>, and <2532> God <2316> gave <1325> them <846> Saul <4549> son <5207> of Kish <2797>, a man <435> from <1537> the tribe <5443> of Benjamin <958>, who ruled forty <5062> years <2094>.
22After removing <3179> him <846>, God raised up <1453> David <1138> their <846> king <935>. He testified <3140> about him: ‘I have found <2147> David <1138> the son of Jesse <2421> to be a man <435> after <2596> my <3450> heart <2588>, who <3739> will accomplish <4160> everything <3956> I <3450> want <2307> him to do.’
23From <575> the descendants <4690> of this <5127> man God <2316> brought <71> to Israel <2474> a Savior <4990>, Jesus <2424>, just as he promised <1860>.
24Before <4253> <4383> Jesus <846> arrived <1529>, John <2491> had proclaimed <4296> a baptism <908> for repentance <3341> to all <3839> the people <2992> of Israel <2474>.
25But <1161> while John <2491> was completing <4137> his mission <1408>, he said repeatedly <3004>, ‘What <5101> do you think <5282> I am <1510>? I <1473> am not <3756> he. But <235> look <2400>, one is coming <2064> after <3326> me <1691>. I am <1510> not <3756> worthy <514> to untie <3089> the sandals <5266> on his feet <4228>!’
26Brothers <435> <80>, descendants <5207> of Abraham’s <11> family <1085>, and <2532> those Gentiles among <1722> you <5213> who fear <5399> God <2316>, the message <3056> of this <3778> salvation <4991> has been sent <1821> to us <2254>.
27For <1063> the people who live <2730> in <1722> Jerusalem <2419> and <2532> their <846> rulers <758> did not recognize <50> him, and <2532> they fulfilled <4137> the sayings <5456> of the prophets <4396> that are read <314> every <3956> Sabbath <4521> by <2596> condemning him.
28Though <2532> they found <2147> no <3367> basis <156> for a death sentence <2288>, they asked <154> Pilate <4091> to have <337> him <846> executed <337>.
29When <5613> they had accomplished <5055> everything <3956> that was written <1125> about <4012> him <846>, they took <2507> him down <2507> from <575> the cross <3586> and placed <5087> him in <1519> a tomb <3419>.
30But <1161> God <2316> raised <1453> him <846> from <1537> the dead <3498>,
31and for many <4119> days <2250> he appeared <3700> to those who had accompanied <4872> him <846> from <575> Galilee <1056> to <1519> Jerusalem <2419>. These <3748> are <1510> now <3568> his <846> witnesses <3144> to <4314> the people <2992>.
32And <2532> we <2249> proclaim <2097> to you <5209> the good news <2097> about <4314> the promise <1860> to our ancestors <3962>,
33that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as <5613> also <2532> it is written <1125> in <1722> the second <1208> psalm <5568>, ‘You <4771> are <1510> my <3450> Son <5207>; today <4594> I <1473> have fathered <1080> you <4571>.’
34But <1161> regarding the fact that <3754> he has raised <450> Jesus <846> from <1537> the dead <3498>, never again <3371> to be <3195> in a state <5290> of <1519> decay <1312>, God has spoken <2046> in this way <3779>: ‘I will give <1325> you <5213> the holy <3741> and trustworthy <4103> promises made to David <1138>.’
35Therefore <1360> he <3004> also <2532> says <3004> in <1722> another <2087> psalm, ‘You will <1325> not <3756> permit <1325> your <4675> Holy One <3741> to experience <1492> decay <1312>.’
36For <1063> David <1138>, after he had served <5256> God’s <2316> purpose <1012> in his own <2398> generation <1074>, died <2837>, was buried <4369> with <4314> his <846> ancestors <3962>, and <2532> experienced <1492> decay <1312>,
37but <1161> the one whom <3739> God <2316> raised up <1453> did <1492> not <3756> experience <1492> decay <1312>.
38Therefore <3767> let it be <1510> known <1110> to you <5213>, brothers <435> <80>, that <3754> through <1223> this <5127> one forgiveness <859> of sins <266> is proclaimed <2605> to you <5213>,
39and <2532> by <1722> this <5129> one everyone <3956> who believes <4100> is justified <1344> from <575> everything <3956> from which <3739> the law <3551> of Moses <3475> could <1410> not <3756> justify <1344> you.
40Watch out <991>, then <3767>, that what is spoken <2046> about by <1722> the prophets <4396> does <1904> not <3361> happen <1904> to you:
41‘Look, you <1492> scoffers <2707>; be amazed <2296> and <2532> perish <853>! For <3754> I <1473> am doing <2038> a work <2041> in <1722> your <5216> days <2250>, a work <2041> you would <4100> never <3756> <3361> believe <4100>, even if <1437> someone <5100> tells <1555> you <5213>.’”
42As Paul and Barnabas were going out <1826>, the people were urging <3870> them <846> to speak <2980> about these things <3778> on <1519> the next <3342> Sabbath <4521>.
43When <3089> the meeting of the synagogue <4864> had broken up <3089>, many <4183> of the Jews <2453> and <2532> God-fearing <4576> proselytes <4339> followed <190> Paul <3972> and <2532> Barnabas <921>, who <3748> were speaking <4354> with them <846> and were persuading <3982> them <846> to continue <4357> in the grace <5485> of God <2316>.
44On the next <2064> Sabbath <4521> almost <4975> the whole <3956> city <4172> assembled together <4863> to hear <191> the word <3056> of the Lord <2316>.
45But <1161> when the Jews <2453> saw <1492> the crowds <3793>, they were filled <4130> with jealousy <2205>, and <2532> they began to contradict <483> what Paul <3972> was saying <2980> by <5259> reviling <987> him.
46Both Paul <3972> and <2532> Barnabas <921> replied <3004> courageously <3955>, “It was <1510> necessary <316> to speak <2980> the word <3056> of God <2316> to you <5213> first <4412>. Since <1894> you reject <683> it <846> and <2532> do <2919> not <3756> consider <2919> yourselves <1438> worthy <514> of eternal <166> life <2222>, we are turning <4762> to <1519> the Gentiles <1484>.
47For <1063> this is <3779> what the Lord <2962> has commanded <1781> us <2254>: ‘I have appointed <5087> you <4571> to be <1510> a light <5457> for <1519> the Gentiles <1484>, to bring salvation <4991> to <2193> the ends <2078> of the earth <1093>.’”
48When <1161> the Gentiles <1484> heard <191> this, they began to rejoice <5463> and <2532> praise <1392> the word <3056> of the Lord <2316>, and <2532> all <3745> who had been appointed <5021> for <1519> eternal <166> life <2222> believed <4100>.
49So <1161> the word <3056> of the Lord <2962> was spreading <1308> through <1223> the entire <3650> region <5561>.
50But <1161> the Jews <2453> incited <3951> the God-fearing <4576> women <1135> of high social standing <2158> and <2532> the prominent men <4413> of the city <4172>, stirred up <1892> persecution <1375> against <1909> Paul <3972> and <2532> Barnabas <921>, and <2532> threw <1544> them <846> out <575> of their <846> region <3725>.
51So <1161> after they shook <1621> the dust <2868> off their feet <4228> in protest against <1909> them <846>, they went <2064> to <1519> Iconium <2430>.
52And <5037> the disciples <3101> were filled <4137> with joy <5479> and <2532> with the Holy <40> Spirit <4151>.