2.
Set apart and sent by the Holy Spirit
13:1-4a
Acts 13
:1
13:1
Now there were in
aAntioch, in the local
1bchurch,
2cprophets and
3teachers:
4dBarnabas and Simeon, who was called
5Niger, and
6Lucius the Cyrenian, and
7Manaen, the foster brother of
8eHerod the tetrarch, and
9fSaul.
Acts 13
:2
13:2
And as they were
1ministering to the Lord and fasting, the
2Holy aSpirit said,
3bSet apart for Me now Barnabas and Saul for the
cwork to which I have
dcalled them.
Acts 13
:3
13:3
Then, when they had
1afasted and prayed and
2blaid their hands on
them, they sent them away.
3.
The first journey
13:4b—14:28
a.
To Paphos of Cyprus
13:4b-12
Acts 13
:4
13:4
They then, having been sent out by the Holy
1Spirit,
2went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed away to
aCyprus.
Acts 13
:5
13:5
And when they were in Salamis, they announced the
aword of God
1in the
2bsynagogues of the Jews. And they also had
cJohn as
their dattendant.
Acts 13
:6
13:6
And when they had passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a
amagician and Jewish
bfalse prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus,
Acts 13
:7
13:7
Who was with the
1aproconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; the latter called Barnabas and Saul to
him and sought to hear the word of God.
Acts 13
:8
13:8
But Elymas the
amagician (for so his name is translated)
bopposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the
1faith.
Acts 13
:9
13:9
But Saul, who is also
1Paul,
2filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
Acts 13
:10
13:10
And said, O
you who are full of all deceit and all unscrupulousness, son of the
adevil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the
1straight ways of the Lord?
Acts 13
:11
13:11
And now, behold, the
ahand 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.
Acts 13
:12
13:12
Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
b.
To Pisidian Antioch
13:13-52
1)
Preaching the crucified and resurrected Christ as the Savior
vv. 13-43
Acts 13
:13
13:13
And putting out to sea from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to
aPerga of
bPamphylia; and
cJohn 1departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
Acts 13
:14
13:14
And they passed through from Perga and arrived at Pisidian
aAntioch. And they went into the
bsynagogue 1on the
cSabbath day and sat down.
Acts 13
:15
13:15
And after the
areading of the
bLaw and the Prophets, the synagogue
crulers sent
word to them, saying,
1Men, brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say
it.
Acts 13
:16
13:16
And Paul, rising up and motioning with his hand, said,
1Men of Israel and
2those who
afear God, listen.
Acts 13
:17
13:17
The God of this people
aIsrael bchose our fathers and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of
cEgypt, and with a
1high arm He
dled them out of it.
Acts 13
:18
13:18
And for a time of about
aforty years
1He carried them as a
bnurse in the wilderness.
Acts 13
:19
13:19
And when He had overthrown
aseven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an
binheritance.
Acts 13
:20
13:20
And after these things, for about
1four hundred and fifty years, He gave
them ajudges until
bSamuel the prophet.
Acts 13
:21
13:21
And afterward they asked for a
aking; and God gave them
bSaul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Acts 13
:22
13:22
And when He had
adeposed him, He raised up
bDavid for them as king, to whom also He testified and said, I have
cfound David, the
son of Jesse, a man according to My
1heart, who will do all My
dwill.
Acts 13
:23
13:23
From this man's
aseed, God, according to
bpromise, brought to Israel a
cSavior, Jesus,
Acts 13
:24
13:24
After aJohn had proclaimed,
1prior to His public entrance, a
2baptism of
brepentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 13
:25
13:25
Now as John was completing his course, he said, What do you
1suppose that I am? I am
anot the Christ. But behold, One is coming after me, the
bsandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.
Acts 13
:26
13:26
1Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and
2those among you who
afear God, to us the
bword of this salvation has been sent forth.
Acts 13
:27
13:27
For those dwelling in Jerusalem and their rulers, being
aignorant of this One and of the
1words of the prophets which are
bread every Sabbath, fulfilled
them by
2judging Him.
Acts 13
:28
13:28
And though they did
anot find one cause of death
in Him, they asked of
bPilate that He be done away with.
Acts 13
:29
13:29
And when they had accomplished all that was written concerning Him, they took
Him down from the
atree and laid
Him in a
btomb.
Acts 13
:30
13:30
But 1God araised Him from the dead.
Acts 13
:31
13:31
And for many days He
aappeared to those who had come up with Him from
bGalilee to Jerusalem, who are now His
cwitnesses to the people.
Acts 13
:32
13:32
And we
aannounce to you the gospel of the
bpromise made to the fathers,
Acts 13
:33
13:33
That God has fully fulfilled this
promise to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm,
a"You are My Son; this day have I
1begotten You.''
Acts 13
:34
13:34
And as to His having
araised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He spoke in this way,"I will give you
1the 2holy things of David, the faithful things.''
Acts 13
:35
13:35
Therefore He also says in another
place, a"You will not
1allow Your Holy One to see corruption.''
Acts 13
:36
13:36
Now David, having
1served his own generation by the
acounsel of God, did indeed fall
basleep and was
2buried with his fathers and saw corruption;
Acts 13
:37
13:37
But He whom
1God has
araised did not see corruption.
Acts 13
:38
13:38
Therefore let it be known to you,
1men, brothers, that through this One
aforgiveness of sins is announced to you;
Acts 13
:39
13:39
And from all the things from which you were
anot able to be justified
1by the law of Moses, in this One everyone who
bbelieves is
2cjustified.
Acts 13
:40
13:40
Therefore beware that what is spoken in the prophets does not come upon you:
Acts 13
:41
13:41
a"Look, you despisers, and
bmarvel, 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.''
Acts 13
:42
13:42
And as
Paul and Barnabas were going out,
the people begged that these words would be spoken to them on the next
aSabbath.
Acts 13
:43
13:43
And when the synagogue gathering had been dismissed, many of the Jews and the
adevout 1bproselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to
ccontinue in the
2dgrace of God.
2)
Rejected by the Jews
vv. 44-52
Acts 13
:44
13:44
And on the following Sabbath almost all the city gathered together to hear the word of God.
Acts 13
:45
13:45
But when the
aJews saw the crowds, they were filled with
bjealousy and contradicted the things being spoken by Paul
and cblasphemed.
Acts 13
:46
13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke
aboldly and said, It was necessary for the
bword of God to be spoken to you
cfirst. Since you thrust it away and do
1not judge yourselves
dworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the
eGentiles.
Acts 13
:47
13:47
For so the Lord has commanded us,"I have set
1you as a
alight of the Gentiles, that you would be for salvation unto the
buttermost part of the earth.''
Acts 13
:48
13:48
And the Gentiles, hearing
this, rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were
1appointed to eternal life
abelieved.
Acts 13
:49
13:49
And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole region.
Acts 13
:50
13:50
But the Jews
aincited the
bwomen of high standing who
cworshipped God, and the chief men of the city, and
draised up a
epersecution against Paul and Barnabas and
fcast them out from their borders.
Acts 13
:51
13:51
But they
ashook off the dust of their feet against them and came to
bIconium.
Acts 13
:52
13:52
And the disciples were
1filled with
ajoy and with the Holy Spirit.
