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Now there werein the church that wasatAntiochcertainprophetsandteachers;asBarnabas,andSimeon that was calledNiger,andLucius of Cyrene,andManaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,andSaul.
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And said, Ofull of allsubtiltyandallmischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of allrighteousness, wilt thounotcease to pervert the rightways of the Lord?
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Andnow,behold, the hand of the Lord is uponthee,and thou shalt beblind,notseeing the sunfor a season.Andimmediately there fellonhim a mistand a darkness;and he went aboutseeking some to lead him by the hand.
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Andafter the reading of the lawand the prophets the rulers of the synagoguesentuntothem,saying, Ye men and brethren,if ye have*anyword of exhortationfor the people, say on.
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The God of thispeople of Israelchoseourfathers,andexalted the peoplewhen they dwelt as strangersin the land of Egypt,andwith an higharm brought hethem out ofit.
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And when he had removedhim, he raised up unto themDavid to be their king; to whomalso he gave testimony, and said, I have foundDavid the son of Jesse, a manafter mine ownheart,which shall fulfilallmywill.
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AndasJohnfulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that Iam? Iamnot he. But,behold, there cometh oneafterme,whoseshoes of his feet I amnotworthy to loose.
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For they that dwellatJerusalem,andtheirrulers, because they knewhimnot, nor yet the voices of the prophetswhich are read*every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
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God hath fulfilled the same unto ustheirchildren, in that he hath raised upJesusagain; as it isalsowrittenin the secondpsalm,ThouartmySon, this day have Ibegottenthee.
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And as concerning that he raisedhimupfrom the dead, now no moretoreturntocorruption, he said on this wise*, I will giveyou the suremercies of David.
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Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the JewsandreligiousproselytesfollowedPaulandBarnabas:who,speaking to them,persuadedthem to continue in the grace of God.
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ThenPaulandBarnabas waxed bold, and said, It wasnecessary that the word of Godshouldfirst have been spoken to you:butseeing ye putit from you, andjudgeyourselvesunworthyofeverlastinglife,lo, we turnto the Gentiles.
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But the Jews stirred up the devoutandhonourablewomen,and the chief men of the city,andraisedpersecutionagainstPaulandBarnabas,andexpelledthem out oftheircoasts.