1Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul. 2And while they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them away. 4Therefore, sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. 5And when they came to Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as assistant. 6And when they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wished to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the magician (for his name is translated in this way) opposed them, attempting to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9But Saul (also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10and said, “O you who are full of all deceit and of all unscrupulousness, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord! 11And now behold, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun ˻for a while˼. And immediately mist and darkness fell over him, and he was going around looking for people to lead him by the hand. 12Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was astounded at the teaching about the Lord. 13Now ˻Paul and his companions˼ put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem. 14And they went on from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And they entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and sat down. 15So after the reading from the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Men and brothers, if there is any message of exhortation by you for the people, say it.” 16So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, he said, “Israelite men, and those who fear God, listen! 17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18And for a period of time of about forty years, he put up with them in the wilderness. 19And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave their land to his people as an inheritance. 20This took about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22And after removing him, he raised up David for their king, about whom he also said, testifying, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man in accordance with my heart, who will carry out all my will.’ 23From the descendants of this man, according to his promise, God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus. 24Before ˻his coming˼ John had publicly proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25But while John was completing his mission, he said, ‘What do you suppose me to be? I am not he! But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals of his feet!’ 26“Men and brothers, sons of the family of Abraham and those among you who fear God—to us the message of this salvation has been sent! 27For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize this one, and the voices of the prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled themby condemning him. 28And although they found no charge worthy of death, they asked Pilate that he be executed. 29And when they had carried out all the things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb. 30But God raised him from the dead, 31who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem—who are now his witnesses to the people. 32And we proclaim the good news to you: that the promise that was made to the fathers, 33this promise God has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second psalm,‘You are my Son;today I have fathered you.’ 34But that he has raised him from the dead, no more going to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the reliable divine decrees of David.’ 35Therefore he also says in another psalm,‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’ 36For David, after serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and ˻was buried with˼ his fathers, and experienced decay. 37But he whom God raised up did not experience decay. 38“Therefore let it be known to you, men and brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and from all the things from which you were not able to be justified by the law of Moses, 39by this one everyone who believes is justified! 40Watch out, therefore, lest what is stated by the prophets come upon you: 41‘Look, you scoffers,and be astonished and perish!For I am doing a work in your days,a work that you would never believeeven if someone were to tell it to you.’ ” 42And as they were going out, they began urging that these things be spoken about to them on the next Sabbath. 43And after the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God. 44And on the coming Sabbath, nearly the whole city came together to hear the word of the Lord. 45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and began contradicting what was being said by Paul by reviling him. 46Both Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you, since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life! Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles! 47For so the Lord has commanded us:‘I have appointed you ˻to be˼ a light for the Gentiles,˻that you would bring˼ salvation to the end of the earth.’ 48And when the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and to glorify the word of the Lord. And all those who were designated for eternal life believed. 49So the word of the Lord was carried through the whole region. 50But the Jews incited the devout women of high social standing and the most prominent men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their district. 51So after shaking off the dust from their feet against them, they went to Iconium. 52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.