Acts 13 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

First Missionary Journey

13 Now there were ^(A)prophets and ^(B)teachers at ^(C)Antioch, in the ^(D)church that was there: ^(E)Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of ^(F)Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with ^(G)Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ² While they were ^[a]serving the Lord and fasting, ^(H)the Holy Spirit said, “Set ^(I)Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for ^(J)the work to which I have called them.” ³ Then, when they had fasted, ^(K)prayed, and ^(L)laid their hands on them, ^(M)they sent them away.

⁴ So, being ^(N)sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to ^(O)Cyprus. ⁵ When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in ^(P)the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had ^(Q)John as their helper. ⁶ When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a ^(R)magician, a Jewish ^(S)false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, ⁷ who was with the ^(T)proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. ⁸ But Elymas the ^(U)magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the ^(V)proconsul away from ^(W)the faith. ⁹ But Saul, who was also known as Paul, ^[b](X)filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him, ¹⁰ and said, “^[c]You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you ^(Y)son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked ^(Z)the straight ways of the Lord? ¹¹ Now, behold, ^(AA)the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. ¹² Then the ^(AB)proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at ^(AC)the teaching of the Lord.

¹³ Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from ^(AD)Paphos and came to ^(AE)Perga in ^(AF)Pamphylia; but ^(AG)John left them and returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But going on from Perga, they arrived at ^(AH)Pisidian ^(AI)Antioch, and on ^(AJ)the Sabbath day they went into ^(AK)the synagogue and sat down. ¹⁵ After ^(AL)the reading of the Law and ^(AM)the Prophets, ^(AN)the synagogue officials sent word to them, saying, “^[d]Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.” ¹⁶ Paul stood up, and ^(AO)motioning with his hand said,

“Men of Israel, and ^(AP)you who fear God, listen: ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel ^(AQ)chose our fathers and ^[e](AR)made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm ^(AS)He led them out from it. ¹⁸ For ^(AT)a period of about forty years ^(AU)He put up with them in the wilderness. ^{19 (AV)}When He had destroyed ^(AW)seven nations in the land of Canaan, He ^(AX)distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took ^(AY)about 450 years. ²⁰ After these things He ^(AZ)gave them judges until ^(BA)Samuel the prophet. ²¹ Then they ^(BB)asked for a king, and God gave them ^(BC)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² After He had ^(BD)removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘^(BE)I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My ^[f]will.’ ^{23 (BF)}From the descendants of this man, ^(BG)according to promise, God has brought to Israel ^(BH)a Savior, Jesus, ²⁴ after ^(BI)John had proclaimed, before ^[g]His coming, a ^(BJ)baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And while John ^(BK)was completing his course, ^(BL)he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

²⁶ “^[h]Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of ^(BM)this salvation has been sent. ²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^(BN)rulers, ^(BO)recognizing neither Him nor the ^[i]declarations of ^(BP)the prophets which are ^(BQ)read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. ²⁸ And though they found no grounds for putting Him to death, they ^(BR)asked Pilate that He be executed. ²⁹ When they had ^(BS)carried out everything that was written concerning Him, ^(BT)they took Him down from the ^[j](BU)cross and ^(BV)laid Him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God ^(BW)raised Him from the dead; ³¹ and for many days ^(BX)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now ^(BY)His witnesses to the people. ³² And we ^(BZ)preach to you the good news of ^(CA)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by ^(CB)raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘^(CC)You are My Son; today I have fathered You.’ ³⁴ As for the fact that He ^(CD)raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(CE)I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘^(CF)You will not ^[k]allow Your ^[l]Holy One to ^[m]undergo decay.’ ³⁶ For ^(CG)David, after he had ^[n]served God’s ^(CH)purpose in his own generation, ^(CI)fell asleep, and was ^[o]buried among his fathers and ^[p]underwent decay; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(CJ)raised did not ^[q]undergo decay. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, ^[r]brothers, that ^(CK)through ^[s]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and ^[t]through Him ^(CL)everyone who believes is ^[u]freed ^[v]from all things, from which you could not be ^[w]freed ^[x]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore, see that the thing spoken of ^(CM)in the Prophets does not come upon you:

⁴¹ ‘^(CN)Look, you scoffers, and be astonished, and ^[y]perish;
For I am accomplishing a work in your days,
A work which you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.’”

⁴² As ^[z]Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these ^[aa]things spoken to them the next ^(CO)Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the ^(CP)God-fearing ^[ab](CQ)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in ^(CR)the grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

⁴⁴ The next ^(CS)Sabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of ^[ac]the Lord. ⁴⁵ But when ^(CT)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ^[ad]blaspheming. ⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^(CU)first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^(CV)we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the Lord has commanded us,

‘^(CW)I have appointed You as a ^(CX)light ^[ae]to the Gentiles,
That You may ^[af]bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(CY)the word of ^[ag]the Lord; and all who ^(CZ)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹ And ^(DA)the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But ^(DB)the Jews incited the ^[ah](DC)devout women ^(DD)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[ai]region. ⁵¹ But ^(DE)they shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to ^(DF)Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were continually ^(DG)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Footnotes

1. Acts 13:2 Lit performing ministry to
2. Acts 13:9 Or having just been filled
3. Acts 13:10 Lit O full of
4. Acts 13:15 Lit Men, brothers
5. Acts 13:17 Or exalted
6. Acts 13:22 Lit wishes
7. Acts 13:24 Lit the face of His entering
8. Acts 13:26 Lit Men, brothers
9. Acts 13:27 Lit voices
10. Acts 13:29 Lit wood; see Deut 21:23
11. Acts 13:35 Lit give
12. Acts 13:35 Or Devout; or Pious
13. Acts 13:35 Lit see corruption
14. Acts 13:36 Or served his own generation by the purpose of God
15. Acts 13:36 Lit gathered to his
16. Acts 13:36 Lit saw corruption
17. Acts 13:37 Lit see corruption
18. Acts 13:38 Lit men, brothers
19. Acts 13:38 Lit this One
20. Acts 13:39 Lit in; or by
21. Acts 13:39 Or justified
22. Acts 13:39 Lit by
23. Acts 13:39 Or justified
24. Acts 13:39 Lit by
25. Acts 13:41 Lit disappear
26. Acts 13:42 Lit they
27. Acts 13:42 Lit words
28. Acts 13:43 I.e., Gentile converts to Judaism
29. Acts 13:44 One early ms God
30. Acts 13:45 Or slandering him
31. Acts 13:47 Lit of
32. Acts 13:47 Lit be for salvation
33. Acts 13:48 Two early mss God
34. Acts 13:50 Or worshiping
35. Acts 13:50 Lit boundaries

Cross references

1. Acts 13:1 : Acts 11:27; 15:32; 19:6; 21:9; 1 Cor 11:4f; 13:2, 8f; 14:29, 32, 37
2. Acts 13:1 : Rom 12:6f; 1 Cor 12:28f; Eph 4:11; James 3:1
3. Acts 13:1 : Acts 11:19
4. Acts 13:1 : Acts 11:26
5. Acts 13:1 : Acts 4:36
6. Acts 13:1 : Matt 27:32; Acts 11:20
7. Acts 13:1 : Matt 14:1
8. Acts 13:2 : Acts 8:29; 13:4
9. Acts 13:2 : Acts 4:36
10. Acts 13:2 : Acts 9:15
11. Acts 13:3 : Acts 1:24
12. Acts 13:3 : Acts 6:6
13. Acts 13:3 : Acts 13:4; 14:26
14. Acts 13:4 : Acts 13:2f
15. Acts 13:4 : Acts 4:36
16. Acts 13:5 : Acts 9:20; 13:14
17. Acts 13:5 : Acts 12:12
18. Acts 13:6 : Acts 8:9
19. Acts 13:6 : Matt 7:15
20. Acts 13:7 : Acts 13:8, 12; 18:12; 19:38
21. Acts 13:8 : Acts 8:9
22. Acts 13:8 : Acts 13:7, 12; 18:12; 19:38
23. Acts 13:8 : Acts 6:7
24. Acts 13:9 : Acts 2:4; 4:8
25. Acts 13:10 : Matt 13:38; John 8:44
26. Acts 13:10 : Hos 14:9; 2 Pet 2:15
27. Acts 13:11 : Ex 9:3; 1 Sam 5:6f; Job 19:21; Ps 32:4; Heb 10:31
28. Acts 13:12 : Acts 13:7, 8; 18:12; 19:38
29. Acts 13:12 : Acts 8:25; 13:49; 15:35f; 19:10, 20
30. Acts 13:13 : Acts 13:6
31. Acts 13:13 : Acts 14:25
32. Acts 13:13 : Acts 2:10; 14:24; 15:38; 27:5
33. Acts 13:13 : Acts 12:12
34. Acts 13:14 : Acts 14:24
35. Acts 13:14 : Acts 14:19, 21; 2 Tim 3:11
36. Acts 13:14 : Acts 13:42, 44; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4
37. Acts 13:14 : Acts 9:20; 13:5
38. Acts 13:15 : Acts 15:21; 2 Cor 3:14f
39. Acts 13:15 : Acts 13:27
40. Acts 13:15 : Mark 5:22
41. Acts 13:16 : Acts 12:17
42. Acts 13:16 : Acts 10:2; 13:26
43. Acts 13:17 : Ex 6:1, 6; 13:14, 16; Deut 7:6-8; Acts 7:17ff
44. Acts 13:17 : Ex 1:7
45. Acts 13:17 : Ex 12:51
46. Acts 13:18 : Num 14:34; Acts 7:36
47. Acts 13:18 : Deut 1:31
48. Acts 13:19 : Acts 7:45
49. Acts 13:19 : Deut 7:1
50. Acts 13:19 : Josh 14:1; 19:51; Ps 78:55
51. Acts 13:19 : Judg 11:26; 1 Kin 6:1
52. Acts 13:20 : Judg 2:16
53. Acts 13:20 : 1 Sam 3:20; Acts 3:24
54. Acts 13:21 : 1 Sam 8:5
55. Acts 13:21 : 1 Sam 9:1f; 10:1, 21
56. Acts 13:22 : 1 Sam 15:23, 26, 28; 16:1, 13
57. Acts 13:22 : 1 Sam 13:14; Ps 89:20; Acts 7:46
58. Acts 13:23 : Matt 1:1
59. Acts 13:23 : Acts 13:32f
60. Acts 13:23 : Luke 2:11; John 4:42
61. Acts 13:24 : Mark 1:1-4; Acts 1:22; 19:4
62. Acts 13:24 : Luke 3:3
63. Acts 13:25 : Acts 20:24
64. Acts 13:25 : Matt 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; John 1:20, 27
65. Acts 13:26 : John 6:68; Acts 4:12; 5:20; 13:46; 28:28
66. Acts 13:27 : Luke 23:13
67. Acts 13:27 : Acts 3:17
68. Acts 13:27 : Luke 24:27
69. Acts 13:27 : Acts 13:15
70. Acts 13:28 : Matt 27:22, 23; Mark 15:13, 14; Luke 23:21-23; John 19:15; Acts 3:14
71. Acts 13:29 : Acts 26:22
72. Acts 13:29 : Luke 23:53
73. Acts 13:29 : Deut 21:23
74. Acts 13:29 : Matt 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
75. Acts 13:30 : Acts 2:24; 13:33, 34, 37
76. Acts 13:31 : Acts 1:3
77. Acts 13:31 : Luke 24:48
78. Acts 13:32 : Acts 5:42; 14:15
79. Acts 13:32 : Acts 13:23; 26:6; Rom 1:2; 4:13; 9:4
80. Acts 13:33 : Acts 2:24; 13:30, 34, 37
81. Acts 13:33 : Ps 2:7
82. Acts 13:34 : Acts 2:24; 13:30, 33, 37
83. Acts 13:34 : Is 55:3
84. Acts 13:35 : Ps 16:10; Acts 2:27
85. Acts 13:36 : Acts 2:29
86. Acts 13:36 : Acts 13:22; 20:27
87. Acts 13:36 : 1 Kin 2:10; Acts 8:1
88. Acts 13:37 : Acts 2:24; 13:30, 33, 34
89. Acts 13:38 : Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38
90. Acts 13:39 : Acts 10:43; Rom 3:28; 10:4
91. Acts 13:40 : Luke 24:44; John 6:45; Acts 7:42
92. Acts 13:41 : Hab 1:5
93. Acts 13:42 : Acts 13:14
94. Acts 13:43 : Acts 13:50; 16:14; 17:4, 17; 18:7
95. Acts 13:43 : Matt 23:15
96. Acts 13:43 : Acts 11:23
97. Acts 13:44 : Acts 13:14
98. Acts 13:45 : Acts 13:50; 14:2, 4, 5, 19; 1 Thess 2:16
99. Acts 13:46 : Acts 3:26; 9:20; 13:5, 14
100. Acts 13:46 : Acts 18:6; 19:9; 22:21; 26:20; 28:28
101. Acts 13:47 : Is 42:6; 49:6
102. Acts 13:47 : Luke 2:32
103. Acts 13:48 : Acts 13:12
104. Acts 13:48 : Rom 8:28ff; Eph 1:4f, 11
105. Acts 13:49 : Acts 13:12
106. Acts 13:50 : Acts 13:45; 14:2, 4, 5, 19; 1 Thess 2:14ff
107. Acts 13:50 : Acts 13:43; 16:14; 17:4, 17; 18:7
108. Acts 13:50 : Mark 15:43
109. Acts 13:51 : Matt 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; 10:11; Acts 18:6
110. Acts 13:51 : Acts 14:1, 19, 21; 16:2; 2 Tim 3:11
111. Acts 13:52 : Acts 2:4