Acts 13:44-52

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

44 The next ¹Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.

45 But when ²the 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 ³first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy * of eternal life, behold, ⁴we are turning to the Gentiles.

47 "For so the Lord has commanded us, '⁵I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A ⁶LIGHT 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 ⁷the word of the Lord; and as many as ⁸had been appointed to eternal life believed.

49 And ⁹the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.

50 But ¹⁰the Jews incited the ¹¹devout women ¹²of 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 ¹³they shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to ¹⁴Iconium.

52 And the disciples were continually ¹⁵filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 13:14
• 2. Acts 13:50; Acts 14:2, 4, 5, 19; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
• 3. Acts 3:26; Acts 9:20; Acts 13:5, 14
• 4. Acts 18:6; Acts 19:9; Acts 22:21; Acts 26:20; Acts 28:28
• 5. Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6
• 6. Luke 2:32
• 7. Acts 13:12
• 8. Romans 8:28f; Ephesians 1:4f, 11
• 9. Acts 13:12
• 10. Acts 13:45; Acts 14:2, 4, 5, 19; 1 Thessalonians 2:14f
• 11. Acts 13:43; Acts 16:14; Acts 17:4, 17; Acts 18:7
• 12. Mark 15:43
• 13. Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; Luke 10:11; Acts 18:6
• 14. Acts 14:1, 19, 21; Acts 16:2; 2 Timothy 3:11
• 15. Acts 2:4

Footnotes

• [a]. One early ms reads "God"
• [b]. Or "slandering" him
• [c]. Lit "be for salvation"
• [d]. Two early mss read "God"
• [e]. Or "worshiping"
• [f]. Lit "boundaries"