Acts 13

1Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.Cross-references: Matt 14:1 · Luke 3:1 · Luke 3:19 · Luke 13:31 · Luke 23:7 · Acts 4:36 · +22 more

2As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”Cross-references: Num 8:11 · Deut 10:8 · 1Sam 2:11 · 1Chr 16:4 · 1Chr 16:37 · Dan 9:3 · +32 moreExamined: Unitarianism →

3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.Cross-references: Num 27:23 · Acts 6:6 · Acts 8:15 · Acts 9:17 · Acts 13:2 · Acts 14:23 · +9 more

4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.Cross-references: Acts 4:36 · Acts 11:19 · Acts 13:2 · Acts 20:23 · Acts 27:4

5When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.Cross-references: Ex 24:13 · 1Ki 19:3 · 1Ki 19:21 · 2Ki 3:11 · Matt 20:26 · Acts 9:20 · +12 more

6When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar Jesus,Cross-references: Ex 22:18 · Lev 20:6 · Deut 13:1 · Deut 18:10 · 1Ki 22:22 · 1Chr 10:13 · +16 more

7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.Cross-references: Prov 14:8 · Prov 14:15 · Prov 14:18 · Prov 18:15 · Hos 14:9 · Acts 13:8 · +5 more

8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.Cross-references: Ex 7:11 · 1Ki 22:24 · Jer 28:1 · Jer 28:10 · Jer 29:24 · John 1:41 · +7 more

9But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on himCross-references: Mic 3:8 · Mark 3:5 · Luke 20:17 · Acts 2:4 · Acts 4:8 · Acts 4:31 · +1 more

10and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Gen 18:19 · 2Chr 17:6 · Eccl 9:3 · Jer 23:36 · Hos 14:9 · +16 more

11Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.Cross-references: Gen 19:11 · Ex 9:3 · 1Sam 5:6 · 1Sam 5:9 · 1Sam 5:11 · 2Ki 6:8 · +12 more

12Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.Cross-references: Matt 7:28 · Matt 27:54 · Luke 4:22 · Luke 7:16 · John 7:46 · Acts 6:10 · +6 more

13Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.Cross-references: Acts 2:10 · Acts 12:12 · Acts 13:5 · Acts 14:24 · Acts 15:38 · Acts 27:5 · +3 more

14But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.Cross-references: Acts 9:20 · Acts 13:5 · Acts 13:42 · Acts 13:44 · Acts 14:19 · Acts 14:21 · +4 more

15After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”Cross-references: Mark 5:22 · Luke 4:16 · Luke 16:16 · Acts 1:16 · Acts 2:4 · Acts 2:29 · +12 more

16Paul stood up, and gesturing with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.Cross-references: Deut 32:46 · 1Ki 8:40 · Ps 49:1 · Ps 67:7 · Ps 78:1 · Ps 85:9 · +21 more

17The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.Cross-references: Gen 12:1 · Gen 17:7 · Ex 1:7 · Ex 6:1 · Ex 13:14 · Ex 13:16 · +34 more

18For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.Cross-references: Ex 16:2 · Ex 16:35 · Num 14:22 · Num 14:33 · Deut 1:31 · Deut 9:7 · +12 more

19When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred fifty years.Cross-references: Gen 12:5 · Gen 17:8 · Num 26:53 · Deut 7:1 · Josh 14:1 · Josh 18:10 · +7 more

20After these things, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.Cross-references: Judg 2:16 · Judg 3:10 · Ruth 1:1 · 1Sam 3:20 · 1Sam 12:11 · 2Sam 7:11 · +3 more

21Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.Cross-references: 1Sam 8:5 · 1Sam 10:1 · 1Sam 10:21 · 1Sam 11:15 · 1Sam 12:12 · 1Sam 15:1

22When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’Cross-references: 1Sam 12:25 · 1Sam 13:13 · 1Sam 15:11 · 1Sam 15:23 · 1Sam 15:26 · 1Sam 15:28 · +24 more

23From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,Cross-references: 2Sam 7:12 · Ps 89:35 · Ps 132:11 · Isa 7:13 · Isa 11:1 · Isa 11:10 · +34 more

24before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.Cross-references: Matt 3:1 · Mark 1:2 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 3:2 · John 1:6 · John 1:15 · +5 more

25As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’Cross-references: Matt 3:11 · Mark 1:7 · Mark 6:16 · Luke 3:15 · John 1:20 · John 1:26 · +13 more

26“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.Cross-references: 2Chr 20:7 · Ps 105:6 · Ps 147:19 · Isa 41:8 · Isa 46:13 · Isa 48:1 · +19 more

27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.Cross-references: Gen 50:20 · Matt 22:29 · Matt 26:54 · Luke 22:34 · Luke 24:20 · Luke 24:24 · +17 more

28Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.Cross-references: Matt 27:19 · Matt 27:22 · Mark 15:13 · Luke 23:4 · Luke 23:14 · Luke 23:21 · +4 more

29When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.Cross-references: Matt 27:57 · Mark 15:45 · Luke 18:31 · Luke 23:53 · Luke 24:44 · John 19:28 · +7 more

30But God raised him from the dead,Cross-references: Matt 28:6 · John 2:19 · John 10:17 · Acts 2:24 · Acts 2:32 · Acts 3:13 · +7 more

31and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.Cross-references: Matt 28:16 · Mark 16:12 · Luke 24:36 · Luke 24:48 · John 15:27 · John 20:19 · +12 more

32We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Gen 12:3 · Gen 22:18 · Gen 26:4 · Gen 49:10 · Deut 18:15 · +30 more

33that God has fulfilled this to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’Cross-references: Ps 2:7 · Heb 1:5 · Heb 5:5

34“Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’Cross-references: 2Sam 7:14 · 2Sam 23:5 · Ps 89:2 · Ps 89:19 · Isa 55:3 · Jer 33:15 · +8 more

35Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’Cross-references: Ps 16:10 · Ps 49:9 · Ps 89:48 · Luke 2:26 · John 3:36 · John 8:51 · +3 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

36For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.Cross-references: Gen 3:19 · 2Sam 7:12 · 1Ki 2:10 · 1Chr 11:2 · 1Chr 13:2 · 1Chr 15:12 · +24 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

37But he whom God raised up saw no decay.Cross-references: Acts 2:24 · Acts 13:30Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

38Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins;Cross-references: Ps 32:1 · Ps 130:4 · Ps 130:7 · Jer 31:34 · Ezek 36:32 · Dan 3:18 · +22 more

39and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.Cross-references: Job 9:20 · Job 25:4 · Ps 143:2 · Isa 53:11 · Jer 31:32 · Hab 2:4 · +33 more

40Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:Cross-references: Isa 29:14 · Hab 1:5 · Mal 3:2 · Mal 4:1 · Matt 3:9 · Heb 2:3 · +2 more

41‘Behold, you scoffers! Wonder and perish, for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’”Cross-references: Prov 1:24 · Prov 5:12 · Isa 5:24 · Isa 28:14 · Isa 65:15 · Dan 9:26 · +19 more

42So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.Cross-references: Ezek 3:6 · Matt 11:21 · Matt 19:30 · Acts 10:33 · Acts 13:14 · Acts 28:28

43Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.Cross-references: Matt 23:15 · John 8:31 · John 15:5 · Acts 2:10 · Acts 6:5 · Acts 11:23 · +32 more

44The next Sabbath, almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.Cross-references: Gen 49:10 · Ps 110:3 · Isa 11:10 · Isa 60:8

45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.Cross-references: Gen 37:11 · Num 11:29 · Eccl 4:4 · Isa 26:11 · Matt 23:13 · Matt 27:18 · +14 more

46Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.Cross-references: Ex 32:9 · Deut 32:21 · Prov 28:1 · Isa 49:5 · Isa 55:5 · Matt 10:6 · +26 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

47For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”Cross-references: Ps 22:27 · Ps 67:2 · Ps 72:7 · Ps 96:1 · Ps 98:2 · Ps 117:1 · +29 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

48As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.Cross-references: Ps 138:2 · Matt 28:16 · Luke 2:10 · Luke 7:8 · John 10:16 · John 10:26 · +20 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

49The Lord’s word was spread abroad throughout all the region.Cross-references: Acts 6:7 · Acts 9:42 · Acts 12:24 · Acts 19:10 · Acts 19:26 · Phil 1:13

50But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.Cross-references: 1Ki 21:25 · Isa 66:5 · Amos 7:12 · Matt 10:23 · Mark 5:17 · Acts 2:5 · +14 more

51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.Cross-references: Matt 10:14 · Mark 6:11 · Luke 9:5 · Acts 14:1 · Acts 14:19 · Acts 14:21 · +3 more

52The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.Cross-references: Matt 5:12 · Luke 6:22 · John 16:22 · Acts 2:4 · Acts 2:46 · Acts 4:31 · +11 more