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Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was calledNiger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the HolySpiritsaid, "Setapart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
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and said, "You who are full of alldeceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of allrighteousness, will you not cease to makecrooked the straightways of the Lord?
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"Now, behold, the 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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After the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogueofficialssent to them, saying, "Brethren*, if you have anyword of exhortation for the people, say it."
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"The God of thispeopleIsraelchose our fathers and made the peoplegreatduring their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an upliftedarm He led them out from it.
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"When He had destroyedsevennations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took aboutfourhundred and fiftyyears.
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"After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He alsotestified and said, 'I HAVE FOUNDDAVID the son of Jesse, A MANAFTER MY HEART, who will doall My will.'
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"And whileJohn was completing his course, he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is comingafter me the sandals of whosefeet I am not worthy to untie.'
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"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are readeverySabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.
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that God has fulfilledthis promise to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is alsowritten in the secondPsalm, 'YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'
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"As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, nolonger to return to decay, He has spoken in thisway: 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'
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'BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORKWHICH YOU WILL NEVER*BELIEVE, THOUGHSOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.' "
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Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearingproselytesfollowedPaul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God.
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Paul and Barnabasspoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judgeyourselvesunworthy* of eternallife, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
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But the Jewsincited the devoutwomen of prominence and the leadingmen of the city, and instigated a persecutionagainstPaul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.