Acts
Acts 13
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Acts 13 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now there were in that was at certain prophets and teachers; as , and that was called , and , and , which had been brought up with the tetrarch, and . As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy said, Separate me and for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy , departed unto ; and from thence they sailed to . And when they were at , they preached of God in the synagogues of the : and they had also to their minister. And when they had gone through the isle unto , they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a , whose name was -: Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius , a prudent man; who called for and , and desired to hear of God. But the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the . Then , (who also is called ,) filled with the Holy , set his eyes him, And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of , thou enemy of all , wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. Now when and his company loosed from , they came to in : and departing from them returned to . But when they departed from , they came to in , and went into the synagogue the day, and sat down. And after the reading of and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say . Then stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of , and ye that fear God, give audience. The God of this people of chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of , and with an high arm brought he them out of it. And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of , he divided their land to them by . And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until the prophet. And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them the son of , a man of the tribe of , by the space of forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found the son of , a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto a , : When had first preached before his coming the of to all the people of . And as fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. Men and brethren, children of the stock of , and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is of this sent. For they that dwell at , and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from , and laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him from the dead: And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from to , who are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of . Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For , after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by of . Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, ye despisers, and , and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. And when the were gone out of the synagogue, the besought that these words might be preached to them the next . Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the and religious proselytes followed and : who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the of God. And the next day came almost the whole city together to hear of God. But when the saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by , contradicting and blaspheming. Then and waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the . For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the , that thou shouldest be for unto the ends of the earth. And when the heard this, they were glad, and glorified of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to believed. And of the Lord was published throughout all the region. But the stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against and , and expelled them out of their coasts. But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto . And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy .