Now therewere in the churchthat was at Antiochcertainprophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeonthat was calledNiger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had beenbrought up withHerod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thouchild of the devil, thouenemy of all righteousness, wiltthou not cease to pervert the rightways of the Lord?
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is uponthee, and thoushalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediatelytherefell on him a mist and a darkness; and he wentaboutseekingsome to lead him by the hand.
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagoguesentuntothem, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
The God of thispeople of Israelchose our fathers, and exalted the peoplewhentheydwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
And when he had removed him, he raised up untothemDavid to be theirking; to whomalso he gavetestimony, and said, I havefoundDavid the son of Jesse, a man aftermine own heart, whichshallfulfil all my will.
And as Johnfulfilled his course, he said, Whomthink ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, therecometh one after me, whoseshoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
For theythatdwell at Jerusalem, and theirrulers, becausetheyknew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophetswhich are readeverysabbath day, theyhavefulfilledthem in condemning him.
God hathfulfilled the sameunto us theirchildren, in that he hathraised up Jesusagain; as it is alsowritten in the secondpsalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begottenthee.
And as concerningthat he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on thiswise, I willgive you the suremercies of David.
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religiousproselytesfollowedPaul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuadedthem to continue in the grace of God.
ThenPaul and Barnabaswaxedbold, and said, It was necessarythat the word of God shouldfirsthavebeenspoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judgeyourselvesunworthy of everlastinglife, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
But the Jewsstirred up the devout and honourablewomen, and the chief men of the city, and raisedpersecutionagainstPaul and Barnabas, and expelledthem out of theircoasts.