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For that is what ADONAI has ordered us to do: 'I have set you as a light for the Goyim, to be for deliverance to the ends of the earth.' "
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The Gentiles were very happy to hear this. They honored the message about the Lord, and as many as had been appointed to eternal life came to trust.
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And the message about the Lord was carried throughout the whole region.
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But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the women 'God-fearers' of high social standing and the leading men of the city, and they organized persecution against Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba and expelled them from their district.
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However, Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba shook off the dust of their feet against them and went on to Iconium;
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and the talmidim were filled with joy and with the Ruach HaKodesh.