1Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there , prophets and teachers , Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger , and Lucius of Cyrene , and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch , and Saul . 2And as they ministered to the Lord , and fasted , the Holy Spirit said , Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them . 3Then , when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them , they sent them away.
Preaching in Cyprus
4So they , being sent forth by the Holy Spirit , went down to Seleucia ; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus . 5And when they were at Salamis , they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews : and they had also John as their attendant . 6And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos , they found a certain sorcerer , a false prophet , a Jew , whose name was Bar-Jesus; 7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus , a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul , and sought to hear the word of God . 8But Elymas the sorcerer ( for so is his name by interpretation ) withstood them , seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith . 9But Saul , who is also called Paul , filled with the Holy Spirit , fastened his eyes on him , 10and said , O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil , thou enemy of all righteousness , wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ? 11And now , behold , the hand of the Lord is upon 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 . 12Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done , believed , being astonished at the teaching of the Lord .
Paul's Sermon in Pisidian Antioch
13Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos , and came to Perga in Pamphylia : and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem . 14But they , passing through from Perga , came to Antioch of Pisidia ; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath day , and sat down . 15And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them , saying , Brethren , if ye have any word of exhortation for the people , say on . 16And Paul stood up , and beckoning with the hand said , Men of Israel , and ye that fear God , hearken : 17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers , and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it . 18And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness . 19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan , he gave them their land for an inheritance , for about four hundred and fifty years: 20and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet . 21And afterward they asked for a king : and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish , a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years . 22And when he had removed him , he raised up David to be their king ; to whom also he bare witness and said , I have found David the son of Jesse , a man after my heart , who shall do all my will . 23Of this man ’s seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour , Jesus ; 24when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel . 25And as John was fulfilling his course , he said , What suppose ye that I am ? I am not he . But behold , there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose . 26Brethren , children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God , to us is the word of this salvation sent forth . 27For they that dwell in Jerusalem , and their rulers, because they knew him not , nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath , fulfilled them by condemning him . 28And though they found no cause of death in him , yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain. 29And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him , they took him down from the tree , and laid him in a tomb . 30But God raised him from the dead : 31and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem , who are now his witnesses unto the people . 32And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers , 33that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children , in that he raised up Jesus ; as also it is written in the second psalm , Thou art my Son , this day have I begotten thee . 34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead , now no more to return to corruption , he hath spoken on this wise , I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David . 35Because he saith also in another psalm , Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption . 36For David , after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God , fell asleep , and was laid unto his fathers , and saw corruption : 37but he whom God raised up saw no corruption . 38Be it known unto you therefore , brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins: 39and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things , from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses . 40Beware therefore , lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets : 41Behold , ye despisers , and wonder , and perish; For I work a work in your days , A work which ye shall in no wise believe , if one declare it unto you .
Reactions to the Gospel
42And as they went out , they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath . 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 . 44And the next sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God . 45But when the Jews saw the multitudes , they were filled with jealousy , and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul , and blasphemed. 46And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly , and said , It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you . Seeing ye thrust it from you , and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life , lo , we turn to the Gentiles . 47For so hath the Lord commanded us , saying , I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles , That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth . 48And as the Gentiles heard this , they were glad , and glorified the word of God : and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed . 49And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region . 50But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city , and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders . 51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them , and came unto Iconium . 52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit .