Acts 13:13-52

13 Now Paul and his companions * put out to sea from ¹Paphos and came to ²Perga in ³Pamphylia; but ⁴John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

14 But going on from Perga, they arrived at ⁵Pisidian ⁶Antioch, and on ⁷the Sabbath day they went into ⁸the synagogue and sat down.

15 After ⁹the reading of the Law and ¹⁰the Prophets ¹¹the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, "Brethren *, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

16 Paul stood up, and ¹²motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and ¹³ you who fear God, listen:

17 "The God of this people Israel ¹⁴chose our fathers and ¹⁵made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ¹⁶He led them out from it.

18 "For ¹⁷a period of about forty years ¹⁸He put up with them in the wilderness.

19 "¹⁹When He had destroyed ²⁰seven nations in the land of Canaan, He ²¹distributed their land as an inheritance -all of which took ²²about four hundred and fifty years.

20 "After these things He ²³gave them judges until ²⁴Samuel the prophet.

21 "Then they ²⁵asked for a king, and God gave them ²⁶Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 "After He had ²⁷removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, '²⁸I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.'

23 "²⁹From the descendants of this man, ³⁰according to promise, God has brought to Israel ³¹a Savior, Jesus,

24 after ³²John had proclaimed before His coming * a ³³baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 "And while John ³⁴was completing his course, ³⁵he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

26 "Brethren *, sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of ³⁶this salvation has been sent.

27 "For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ³⁷rulers, ³⁸recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of ³⁹the prophets which are ⁴⁰read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

28 "And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they ⁴¹asked Pilate that He be executed.

29 "When they had ⁴²carried out all that was written concerning Him, ⁴³they took Him down from ⁴⁴the cross and ⁴⁵laid Him in a tomb.

30 "But God ⁴⁶raised Him from the dead;

31 and for many days ⁴⁷He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ⁴⁸His witnesses to the people.

32 "And we ⁴⁹preach to you the good news of ⁵⁰the promise made to the fathers,

33 that God has fulfilled this promise to our children in that He ⁵¹raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, '⁵²YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'

34 "As for the fact that He ⁵³raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: '⁵⁴I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'

35 "Therefore He also says in another Psalm, '⁵⁵YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.'

36 "For ⁵⁶David, after he had served ⁵⁷the purpose of God in his own generation, ⁵⁸fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;

37 but He whom God ⁵⁹raised did not undergo decay.

38 "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren *, that ⁶⁰through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

39 and through Him ⁶¹everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

40 "Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of ⁶²in the Prophets may not come upon you:

41 '⁶³BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER * BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.' "

42 As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next ⁶⁴Sabbath.

43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the ⁶⁵God-fearing ⁶⁶proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in ⁶⁷the grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

44 The next ⁶⁸Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.

45 But when ⁶⁹the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.

46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ⁷⁰first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy * of eternal life, behold, ⁷¹we are turning to the Gentiles.

47 "For so the Lord has commanded us, '⁷²I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A ⁷³LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING * SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.' "

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ⁷⁴the word of the Lord; and as many as ⁷⁵had been appointed to eternal life believed.

49 And ⁷⁶the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.

50 But ⁷⁷the Jews incited the ⁷⁸devout women ⁷⁹of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

51 But ⁸⁰they shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to ⁸¹Iconium.

52 And the disciples were continually ⁸²filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 13:6
• 2. Acts 14:25
• 3. Acts 2:10; Acts 14:24; Acts 15:38; Acts 27:5
• 4. Acts 12:12
• 5. Acts 14:24
• 6. Acts 14:19, 21; 2 Timothy 3:11
• 7. Acts 13:42, 44; Acts 16:13; Acts 17:2; Acts 18:4
• 8. Acts 9:20; Acts 13:5
• 9. Acts 15:21; 2 Corinthians 3:14
• 10. Acts 13:27
• 11. Mark 5:22
• 12. Acts 12:17
• 13. Acts 10:2; Acts 13:26
• 14. Exodus 6:1, 6; Exodus 13:14, 16; Deuteronomy 7:6-8; Acts 7:17f
• 15. Exodus 1:7
• 16. Exodus 12:51
• 17. Numbers 14:34; Acts 7:36
• 18. Deuteronomy 1:31
• 19. Acts 7:45
• 20. Deuteronomy 7:1
• 21. Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Psalms 78:55
• 22. Judges 11:26; 1 Kings 6:1
• 23. Judges 2:16
• 24. 1 Samuel 3:20; Acts 3:24
• 25. 1 Samuel 8:5
• 26. 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 10:1, 21
• 27. 1 Sam 15:23, 26, 28; 1 Samuel 16:1, 13
• 28. 1 Samuel 13:14; Psalms 89:20; Acts 7:46
• 29. Matthew 1:1
• 30. Acts 13:32
• 31. Luke 2:11; John 4:42
• 32. Mark 1:1-4; Acts 1:22; Acts 19:4
• 33. Luke 3:3
• 34. Acts 20:24
• 35. Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; John 1:20, 27
• 36. John 6:68; Acts 4:12; Acts 5:20; Acts 13:46; Acts 28:28
• 37. Luke 23:13
• 38. Acts 3:17
• 39. Luke 24:27
• 40. Acts 13:15
• 41. Matthew 27:22, 23; Mark 15:13, 14; Luke 23:21-23; John 19:15; Acts 3:14
• 42. Acts 26:22
• 43. Luke 23:53
• 44. Acts 5:30
• 45. Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
• 46. Acts 2:24; Acts 13:33, 34, 37
• 47. Acts 1:3
• 48. Luke 24:48
• 49. Acts 5:42; Acts 14:15
• 50. Acts 13:23; Acts 26:6; Romans 1:2; Romans 4:13; Romans 9:4
• 51. Acts 2:24; Acts 13:30, 34, 37
• 52. Psalms 2:7
• 53. Acts 2:24; Acts 13:30, 33, 37
• 54. Isaiah 55:3
• 55. Psalms 16:10; Acts 2:27
• 56. Acts 2:29
• 57. Acts 13:22; Acts 20:27
• 58. 1 Kings 2:10; Acts 8:1
• 59. Acts 2:24; Acts 13:30, 33, 34
• 60. Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38
• 61. Romans 10:43">Acts Romans 10:43; Romans 3:28; Romans 10:4
• 62. Luke 24:44; John 6:45; Acts 7:42
• 63. Habakkuk 1:5
• 64. Acts 13:14
• 65. Acts 13:50; Acts 16:14; Acts 17:4, 17; Acts 18:7
• 66. Matthew 23:15
• 67. Acts 11:23
• 68. Acts 13:14
• 69. Acts 13:50; Acts 14:2, 4, 5, 19; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
• 70. Acts 3:26; Acts 9:20; Acts 13:5, 14
• 71. Acts 18:6; Acts 19:9; Acts 22:21; Acts 26:20; Acts 28:28
• 72. Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6
• 73. Luke 2:32
• 74. Acts 13:12
• 75. Romans 8:28f; Ephesians 1:4f, 11
• 76. Acts 13:12
• 77. Acts 13:45; Acts 14:2, 4, 5, 19; 1 Thessalonians 2:14f
• 78. Acts 13:43; Acts 16:14; Acts 17:4, 17; Acts 18:7
• 79. Mark 15:43
• 80. Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; Luke 10:11; Acts 18:6
• 81. Acts 14:1, 19, 21; Acts 16:2; 2 Timothy 3:11
• 82. Acts 2:4

Footnotes

• [a] Or "exalted"
• [b] Lit "wishes"
• [c] Lit "the face of His entering"
• [d] Lit "voices"
• [e] Lit "destroyed"
• [f] Lit "wood"
• [g] Late mss read "to us their children"
• [h] Lit "trustworthy"
• [i] Lit "give"
• [j] Or "Devout" or "Pious"
• [k] Lit "see corruption"
• [l] Or "served his own generation by the purpose of God"
• [m] Lit "saw corruption"
• [n] Lit "see corruption"
• [o] Lit "this One"
• [p] Lit "in" or "by"
• [q] Lit "justified"
• [r] Lit "by"
• [s] Lit "justified"
• [t] Lit "by"
• [u] Lit "disappear"
• [v] Lit "they"
• [w] Lit "words"
• [x] I.e. Gentile converts to Judaism
• [y] One early ms reads "God"
• [z] Or "slandering" him
• [aa] Lit "be for salvation"
• [ab] Two early mss read "God"
• [ac] Or "worshiping"
• [ad] Lit "boundaries"