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But Saul, who was also known as Paul, 1filled with the HolySpirit, fixed his gaze on him,
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and said, "You who are full of alldeceit and fraud, you 2son of the devil, you enemy of allrighteousness, will you not cease to makecrooked3the straightways of the Lord?
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"Now, behold, 4the 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 5proconsulbelieved when he saw what had happened, being amazed at 6the teaching of the Lord.
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NowPaul and his companions*put out to sea from 7Paphos and came to 8Perga in 9Pamphylia; but 10Johnleft them and returned to Jerusalem.
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But going on from Perga, they arrived at 11Pisidian12Antioch, and on 13the Sabbathday they went into 14the synagogue and satdown.
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After15the reading of the Law and 16the Prophets17the synagogueofficialssent to them, saying, "Brethren*, if you have anyword of exhortation for the people, say it."
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Paulstood up, and 18motioning with his handsaid, "Men of Israel, and 19 you who fearGod, listen:
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"The God of thispeopleIsrael20chose our fathers and 21made the peoplegreatduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an upliftedarm22He led them out from it.
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"For 23a period of aboutfortyyears24He put up with them in the wilderness.
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"25When He had destroyed26sevennations in the land of Canaan, He 27distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took 28aboutfourhundred and fiftyyears.