11
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord
is against thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12
Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13
Now when Paul and his company sailed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; then John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
14
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and sat down.
15
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the princes of the synagogue sent unto them, saying,
Ye men
and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.
16
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with
his hand said, Men of Israel and ye that fear God hearken.
17
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it.
18
And
for the time of about forty years, he suffered their manners in the wilderness.
19
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
20
And after that he gave
unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21
And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.