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Acts 13

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And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there , prophets and teachers ; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian , Manaen also -- Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother -- and Saul ;
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers : Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene , Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul .
and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them ,'
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them .”
then having fasted , and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them , they sent ` them ' away .
And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off .
These, indeed, then , having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia , thence also they sailed to Cyprus ,
So Barnabas and Saul , sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus .
and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John ` as ' a ministrant;
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues . And John was with them as their helper.
and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet , a Jew, whose name `is' Bar-Jesus ;
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus ,
who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man ; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul , did desire to hear the word of God ,
an attendant of the proconsul , Sergius Paulus . The proconsul , a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God .
and there withstood them Elymas the magian -- for so is his name interpreted -- seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.
But Elymas the sorcerer ( for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,
Then Saul , who was also called Paul , filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
said, ` O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil , enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?
and said, O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
and now , lo , a hand of the Lord ` is ' upon thee , and thou shalt be blind , not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he , going about, was seeking some to lead ` him ' by the hand ;
Now look , the hand of the Lord is against you , and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun .” Immediately mist and darkness came over him , and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand .
then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass , did believe , being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
When the proconsul saw what had happened , he believed , for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them , did turn back to Jerusalem ,
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem .
and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia , and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath -day, they sat down ,
And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down .
and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them , saying, `Men, brethren , if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people -- say on . '
After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them : “Brothers , if you have a word of encouragement for the people , please speak .
And Paul having risen , and having beckoned with the hand, said, ` Men , Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:
Paul stood up , motioned with his hand, and began to speak: Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!
the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers , and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers . He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness ,
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness .
and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.
And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance .
`And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges -- till Samuel the prophet ;
All this took about 450 years . After this , God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet .
and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul , son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin , for forty years;
Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin .
and having removed him , He did raise up to them David for king , to whom also having testified , he said, I found David , the ` son ' of Jesse , a man according to My heart , who shall do all My will.
After removing Saul , He raised up David as their king and testified about him: I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart ; he will carry out My will in its entirety .
` Of this one's seed God, according to promise , did raise to Israel a Saviour -- Jesus,
From the descendants of this man , God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
John having first preached, before his coming , a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel ;
Before the arrival of Jesus , John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel .
and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be ? I am not `he', but , lo, he doth come after me , of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of `his' feet .
As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am ? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie .
`Men, brethren , sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent ,
Brothers , children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent .
for those dwelling in Jerusalem , and their chiefs, this one not having known , also the voices of the prophets , which every sabbath are being read -- having judged `him' -- did fulfill,
The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus , yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
and no cause of death having found , they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,
And though they found no ground for a death sentence , they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken ` him ' down from the tree , they laid him in a tomb ;
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb .
and God did raise him out of the dead,
But God raised Him from the dead,
and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are his witnesses unto the people.
and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem . They are now His witnesses to our people.
` And we to you do proclaim good news -- that the promise made unto the fathers ,
And now we proclaim to you the good news : What God promised our fathers
God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus , as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee .
He has fulfilled for us , their children, by raising up Jesus . As it is written in the second Psalm : ‘You are My Son ; today I have become Your Father .
`And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus -- I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David ;
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said : I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David .’
wherefore also in another `place' he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,
So also , He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
for David , indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God , did fall asleep , and was added unto his fathers , and saw corruption,
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep . His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption .
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay .
` Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren , that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers , that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses .
see , therefore , it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:
Watch out , then , that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you :
See , ye despisers , and wonder , and perish , because a work I -- I do work in your days , a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare `it' to you. '
‘Look , you scoffers , wonder and perish ! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you. ’”
And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews , the nations were calling upon ` them ' that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,
As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath .
and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who , speaking to them , were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.
After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,
On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
and the Jews having seen the multitudes , were filled with zeal , and did contradict the things spoken by Paul -- contradicting and speaking evil .
But when the Jews saw the crowds , they were filled with jealousy , and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying .
And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during , lo, we do turn to the nations;
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth. '
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth. ’”
And the nations hearing were glad , and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;
When the Gentiles heard this , they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.
And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women , and the first men of the city , and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas , and did put them out from their borders;
The Jews , however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city . They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them , came to Iconium ,
So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium .
and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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