Acts 13:1-38 And certain prophets and teachers were in the church being in Antioch; as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And certain prophets and teachers were in the church being in Antioch; as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ² And they serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me Barnabas and Saul to the work which I have called them. ³ Then having fasted and prayed, and put hands upon them, they let go. ⁴ Therefore these truly, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, came down to Seleucia and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. ⁵ And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John a servant. ⁶ And having passed through the island to Paphos, they found a certain magician, a false prophet, a Jew, the name to him Barjesus: ⁷ Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paul, an intelligent man; he having called Barnabas and Saul, sought anxiously to hear the word of God. ⁸ And Elymas the magician withstood them, (for so was his name interpreted,) seeking to turn the proconsul from the faith. ⁹ And Saul, (also Paul,) filled with the Holy Spirit, and looking intently upon him, said, ¹⁰ O, full of deceit, and all dexterity, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, Wilt thou cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? ¹¹ And now, behold, the hand of the Lord upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun till the time. And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness; and going about he sought leading by hand. ¹² Then the proconsul having seen that done, he believed, being struck with amazement at the teaching of the Lord. ¹³ And having been brought from Paphos, they about Paul came to Perga of Pamphylia: and John, having departed from them, returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they having passed from Perga, approached Antioch of Pisidia, and having come into the synagogue on the day of the sabbaths, they sat down. ¹⁵ And after reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men, brethren, if the word of encouragement is in you to the people, speak. ¹⁶ And Paul having risen, and shaken with the hand, said, Men, Israelites, and ye fearing God, hear ye. ¹⁷ God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in sojourning the land of Egypt, and with high arm brought them out of it. ¹⁸ And about forty years time he bare them in the desert. ¹⁹ And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he gave them to inherit this land by lot. ²⁰ And after these, about four hundred and fifty years he gave judges, even to Samuel the prophet. ²¹ And thence they desired a king; and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years. ²² And having removed him, he raised up to them David for king; to whom also having testified, he said, I found David of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who shall do all my desires. ²³ From the seed of this has God according to promise raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus: ²⁴ John having proclaimed before the face of his coming the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John completed the course, be said, Whom think ye me to be? I am not. But, behold, he comes after me, whose shoes of the feet I am not worthy to loose. ²⁶ Men, brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent. ²⁷ For they dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, and the voices of the prophets which being read in every sabbath, having judged, they filled up. ²⁸ And having found no cause of death, they desired Pilate to have him slain. ²⁹ And when they finished all things written concerning him, having taken down from the wood, they put in a tomb. ³⁰ And God raised him from the dead: ³¹ Who was seen for many days to them having come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people. ³² And we announce good news to you, the promise made to our fathers, ³³ For this has God completed to us, their children, having raised up Jesus; as it has also been written in the second Psalms, Thou art my Son; to day have I begotten thee. ³⁴ And that he raised him from the dead, no more about to return to corruption, so he said, That I will give you the holy, faithful things of David. ³⁵ For also in another, he says, Thou shalt not give thy Holy one to see corruption. ³⁶ For David, truly having served his own generation by the will of God, was set to sleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption: ³⁷ But whom God raised up, he saw no corruption. ³⁸ Be it known therefore to you, men, brethren, that for him remission of sins is announced to you.