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and said, "You who are full of alldeceit and fraud, you 1son of the devil, you enemy of allrighteousness, will you not cease to makecrooked2the straightways of the Lord?
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"Now, behold, 3the 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 darknessfell upon him, and he wentaboutseeking those who would lead him by the hand.
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Then the 4proconsulbelieved when he saw what had happened, being amazed at 5the teaching of the Lord.
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NowPaul and his companions*put out to sea from 6Paphos and came to 7Perga in 8Pamphylia; but 9Johnleft them and returned to Jerusalem.
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But going on from Perga, they arrived at 10Pisidian11Antioch, and on 12the Sabbathday they went into 13the synagogue and satdown.
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After14the reading of the Law and 15the Prophets16the synagogueofficialssent to them, saying, "Brethren*, if you have anyword of exhortation for the people, say it."
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Paulstood up, and 17motioning with his handsaid, "Men of Israel, and 18 you who fearGod, listen:
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"The God of thispeopleIsrael19chose our fathers and 20made the peoplegreatduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an upliftedarm21He led them out from it.
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"For 22a period of aboutfortyyears23He put up with them in the wilderness.
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"24When He had destroyed25sevennations in the land of Canaan, He 26distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took 27aboutfourhundred and fiftyyears.
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"Afterthesethings He 28gave them judgesuntil29Samuel the prophet.