stood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from 9 the faith. But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with 10 the Holy Ghost, fastened his eyes on him, and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not 11 cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun 1for a season. 1 Or, until. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him 12 by the hand. Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. 13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed 14 from them and returned to Jerusalem. But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the 15 sabbath day, and sat down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word 16 of exhortation for the people, say on. And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken. 17 The 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. ancient them as a the wilderness. See Deut. i. 31. 18 And for about the time of forty years 2 suffered he their 2 Many 19 manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed authorities seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them read bare he their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred nursing20 and fifty years: and after these things he gave them father in 21 judges until Samuel the prophet. And 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 22 space of forty years. And 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 23 all my will. Of this man's seed hath God according 3 Gr. wills. 24 to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus; when 3 in. 1 Gr. before John had first preached before his coming the baptism the face of his entering of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John 25 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. Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, 26 and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth. For they that dwell in 27 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. And 28 though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain. And when 29 they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead: 30 and he was seen for many days of them that came up 31 with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people. And we bring you good 32 tidings of the promise made unto the fathers, how that 33 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. And as concerning that he raised him up from 34 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. Because he saith also in 35 another psalm, Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to 2 Or, served see corruption. For David, after he had 2 in his 36 his own gen- own generation served the counsel of God, fell on the counsel sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corof God, fell on sleep. ruption: but he whom God raised up saw no cor- 37 Or, served ruption. Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, 38 eration, fell that through this man is proclaimed unto you reon sleep by mission of sins: and by him every one that be- 39 lieveth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Beware 40 therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets; eration by his own gen the counsel of God. 3 Or, vanish away. Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; 41 42 A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath. 43 Now 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. 44 ancient authorities read the Lord. And the next sabbath almost the whole city was 45 gathered together to hear the word of God." But1 Many when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were 46 spoken by Paul, and 2blasphemed. And Paul and or, railed. 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 un47 worthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For 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 48 And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region. 50 But the Jews urged on the devout women of honourable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast 51 them out of their borders. But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost. 14 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks 2 believed. But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil 3 affected against the brethren. Long time therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, which bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting 4 signs and wonders to be done by their hands. But 2 Gr. Zeus. 8 Gr. Hermes. the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. And when 5 there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to entreat them shamefully, and to stone them, they became aware of it, and fled 6 unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about: and there they preached the 7 gospel. 3 And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in 8 his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. The same heard Paul speaking: who, 9 fastening his eyes upon him, and seeing that he had 1 Or, saved. faith to be made whole, said with a loud voice, Stand 10 upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked. And when the multitudes saw what Paul had done, 11 they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, 2Jupiter; 12 and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. And the priest of 2 Jupiter whose temple was before the 13 city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes. But 14 when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out and saying, Sirs, why do ye these 15 Or, nature. things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is: who in the generations gone by suffered all the 16 nations to walk in their own ways. And yet he left 17 not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. And with these 18 sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them. 4 But there came Jews thither from Antioch and 19 Iconium and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But as the disciples stood 20 round about him, he rose up, and entered into the : city and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas 21 to Derbe. And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribula23 tions we must enter into the kingdom of God. And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended 24 them to the Lord, on whom they had believed. And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they 26 went down to Attalia; and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and how that he had opened a door 28 of faith unto the Gentiles. And they tarried no little time with the disciples. 15 And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after 2 the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about 3 this question. They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: 4 and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and. they rehearsed all things that God had done with them. 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses. 6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered to7 gether to consider of this matter. And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, |