Now there were ^aprophets and ^bteachers at ^cAntioch, in the ^dchurch that was there: ^eBarnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of ^fCyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with ^gHerod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were ¹serving the Lord and fasting, ^athe Holy Spirit said, “Set ^bBarnabas and Saul apart for Me for ^cthe work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, when they had fasted, ^aprayed, and ^blaid their hands on them, ^cthey sent them away.

4 So, being ^asent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to ^bCyprus. 5 When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in ^athe synagogues of the Jews; and they also had ^bJohn as their helper. 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a ^amagician, a Jewish ^bfalse prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7 who was with the ^aproconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the ^amagician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the ^bproconsul away from ^cthe faith. 9 But Saul, who was also known as Paul, ^1afilled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him, 10 and said, “¹You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you ^ason of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked ^bthe straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now, behold, ^athe 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. 12 Then the ^aproconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at ^bthe teaching of the Lord.

13 Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from ^aPaphos and came to ^bPerga in ^cPamphylia; but ^dJohn left them and returned to Jerusalem. 14 But going on from Perga, they arrived at ^aPisidian ^bAntioch, and on ^cthe Sabbath day they went into ^dthe synagogue and sat down. 15 After ^athe reading of the Law and ^bthe Prophets, ^cthe synagogue officials sent word to them, saying, “¹Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” 16 Paul stood up, and ^amotioning with his hand said,“Men of Israel, and ^byou who fear God, listen: 17 The God of this people Israel ^achose our fathers and ^1bmade the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ^cHe led them out from it. 18 For ^aa period of about forty years ^bHe put up with them in the wilderness. 19 ^aWhen He had destroyed ^bseven nations in the land of Canaan, He ^cdistributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took ^dabout 450 years. 20 After these things He ^agave them judges until ^bSamuel the prophet. 21 Then they ^aasked for a king, and God gave them ^bSaul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 After He had ^aremoved him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘^bI have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ¹will.’ 23 ^aFrom the descendants of this man, ^baccording to promise, God has brought to Israel ^ca Savior, Jesus, 24 after ^aJohn had proclaimed, before ¹His coming, a ^bbaptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And while John ^awas completing his course, ^bhe 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.’

26 “¹Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of ^athis salvation has been sent. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^arulers, ^brecognizing neither Him nor the ¹declarations of ^cthe prophets which are ^dread every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. 28 And though they found no grounds for putting Him to death, they ^aasked Pilate that He be executed. 29 When they had ^acarried out everything that was written concerning Him, ^bthey took Him down from the ^1ccross and ^dlaid Him in a tomb. 30 But God ^araised Him from the dead; 31 and for many days ^aHe appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ^bHis witnesses to the people. 32 And we ^apreach to you the good news of ^bthe promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by ^araising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘^bYOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE FATHERED YOU.’ 34 As for the fact that He ^araised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘^bI WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND FAITHFUL MERCIES OF DAVID.’ 35 Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘^aYOU WILL NOT ¹ALLOW YOUR ²HOLY ONE TO ³UNDERGO DECAY.’ 36 For ^aDavid, after he had ¹served God’s ^bpurpose in his own generation, ^cfell asleep, and was ²buried among his fathers and ³underwent decay; 37 but He whom God ^araised did not ¹undergo decay. 38 Therefore let it be known to you, ¹brothers, that ^athrough ²Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and ¹through Him ^aeveryone who believes is ²freed from all things, from which you could not be ³freed ⁴through the Law of Moses. 40 Therefore, see that the thing spoken of ^ain the Prophets does not come upon you:

42 As ¹Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these ²things spoken to them the next ^aSabbath. 43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the ^aGod-fearing ^1bproselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in ^cthe grace of God.

44 The next ^aSabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of ¹the Lord. 45 But when ^athe Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ¹blaspheming. 46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^afirst. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^bwe are turning to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has commanded us,‘^aI HAVE APPOINTED YOU AS A ^bLIGHT ¹TO THE GENTILES,THAT YOU MAY ²BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.’”

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^athe word of ¹the Lord; and all who ^bhad been appointed to eternal life believed. 49 And ^athe word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. 50 But ^athe Jews incited the ^1bdevout women ^cof prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ²region. 51 But ^athey shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to ^bIconium. 52 And the disciples were continually ^afilled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.