Acts 13:49 — Acts 14:20

49 And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole region.

50 But the Jews incited the women of high standing who worshiped God, and the chief men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and cast them out from their borders.

51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them and came to Iconium.

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

CHAPTER 14
1 And in Iconium they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.

2 But the Jews who were disobedient stirred up and ill-affected the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.

3 Therefore they spent a considerable amount of time speaking with boldness in the Lord, who testified to the word of His grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

4 But the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews and some with the apostles.

5 And when a hostile attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to treat the apostles outrageously and to stone them,

6 They became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region.

7 And there they announced the gospel.

8 And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, without strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

9 This man heard Paul speaking, who, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up and began to walk.

11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in Lycaonian, The gods have become like men and have come down to us.

12 And they called Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, since he was the one who took the lead in the discourse.

13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was before the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer a sacrifice with the crowds.

14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard this, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

15 And saying, Men, why are you doing these things? We also are amen of like feeling as you, and announce the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them;

16 Who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to go their ways.

17 And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good by giving you brain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

18 And saying these things, they restrained the crowds only with difficulty from offering sacrifices to them.

19 But Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, supposing that he was dead.

20 But as the disciples surrounded him, he rose up and entered into the city. And on the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.

Acts 13:28 — Acts 13:48

28 And though they did not find one cause of death in Him, they asked of Pilate that He be done away with.

29 And when they had accomplished all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

30 But God raised Him from the dead.

31 And for many days He appeared to those who had come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.

32 And we announce to you the gospel of the promise made to the fathers,

33 That God has fully fulfilled this promise to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, “You are My Son; this day have I begotten You.”

34 And as to His having raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He spoke in this way, “I will give you the holy things of David, the faithful things.”

35 Therefore He also says in another place, “You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.”

36 Now David, having served his own generation by the counsel of God, did indeed fall asleep and was buried with his fathers and saw corruption;

37 But He whom God has raised did not see corruption.

38 Therefore let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is announced to you;

39 And from all the things from which you were not able to be justified by the law of Moses, in this One everyone who believes is justified.

40 Therefore beware that what is spoken in the prophets does not come upon you:

41 “Look, you despisers, and marvel, and vanish away; for I am doing a work in your days, a work which you will by no means believe, though someone tells it to you in detail.”

42 And as Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people begged that these words would be spoken to them on the next Sabbath.

43 And when the synagogue gathering had been dismissed, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

44 And on the following Sabbath almost all the city gathered together to hear the word of God.

45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and contradicted the things being spoken by Paul and blasphemed.

46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. Since you thrust it away and do not judge yourselves worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

47 For so the Lord has commanded us, “I have set you as a light of the Gentiles, that you would be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

48 And the Gentiles, hearing this, rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 13:9 — Acts 13:27

9 But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

10 And said, O you who are full of all deceit and all unscrupulousness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And instantly a mist and a darkness fell upon him; and he went about and sought some to lead him by the hand.

12 Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

13 And putting out to sea from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

14 And they passed through from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.

15 And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue rulers sent word to them, saying, Men, brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.

16 And Paul, rising up and motioning with his hand, said, Men of Israel and those who fear God, listen.

17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm He led them out of it.

18 And for a time of about forty years He carried them as a nurse in the wilderness.

19 And when He had overthrown seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance.

20 And after these things, for about four hundred and fifty years, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

21 And afterward they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 And when He had deposed him, He raised up David for them as king, to whom also He testified and said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who will do all My will.

23 From this man’s seed, God, according to promise, brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

24 After John had proclaimed, prior to His public entrance, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 Now as John was completing his course, he said, What do you suppose that I am? I am not the Christ. But behold, One is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.

26 Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation has been sent forth.

27 For those dwelling in Jerusalem and their rulers, being ignorant of this One and of the words of the prophets which are bread every Sabbath, fulfilled them by judging Him.

Acts 12:14 — Acts 13:8

14 And when she recognized Peter’s voice, she did not open the gate for joy, but ran in and reported that Peter was standing before the entry.

15 But they said to her, You are crazy! But she insisted that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the gate, they saw him and were beside themselves.

17 And motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison, and he said, Report these things to James and the brothers. And going out, he went to another place.

18 Now when it became day, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, they not knowing what had become of Peter.

19 And when Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led off to execution. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.

20 Now he was furious with the Tyrians and Sidonians. And they came to him with one accord; and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king’s country.

21 And on an appointed day Herod arrayed himself in royal clothing and sat on the judgment seat; and he delivered a public address to them.

22 And the populace cried out, The voice of a god and not of a man!

23 And instantly an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God; and he was eaten by worms and expired.

24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.

25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having completed the dispensing; and they took along with them John, who was surnamed Mark.

CHAPTER 13
1 Now there were in Antioch, in the local church, prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon, who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for Me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 They then, having been sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed away to Cyprus.

5 And when they were in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the JEWS. And they also had John as their attendant.

6 And when they had passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician and Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus,

7 Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; the latter called Barnabas and Saul to him and sought to hear the word of God.

8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Acts 11:27 — Acts 12:13

27 And in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28 And one of them named Agabus rose up and signified through the Spirit that there was about to be a great famine over the whole inhabited earth, which occurred during the time of Claudius.

29 And the disciples, according to how one was prospered, determined, each one of them, to send things for dispensing to the brothers dwelling in Judea,

30 Which also they did, sending it to the elders through the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

CHAPTER 12
1 Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some from the church in order to mistreat them.

2 And he did away with James, the brother of John, with the sword.

3 And when he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to arrest Peter also (now those were the days of Unleavened Bread),

4 Whom also he seized and put in prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

5 So then Peter was kept in the prison; but prayer was being made fervently by the church to God concerning him.

6 And when Herod was about to bring him forward, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, abound with two chains; and guards before the door were keeping the prison.

7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and roused him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off his hands.

8 And the angel said to him, Gird yourself and tie on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Throw your cloak around you and follow me.

9 And he went out and followed him; yet he did not know that what was taking place through the angel was real, but thought that he was seeing a vision.

10 And passing the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened of itself to them. And going out, they went forward one lane; and immediately the angel departed from him.

11 And Peter came to himself and said, Now I know truly that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me out of Herod’s hand and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.

12 And when he became aware of this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where there was a considerable number assembled together and praying.

13 And when he knocked at the door of the entry, a maiden named Rhoda came to listen.