Acts 13:32-52

New American Standard Bible

³² And we ^(A)preach to you the good news of ^(B)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by ^(C)raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘^(D)You are My Son; today I have fathered You.’ ³⁴ As for the fact that He ^(E)raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(F)I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘^(G)You will not ^[a]allow Your ^[b]Holy One to ^[c]undergo decay.’ ³⁶ For ^(H)David, after he had ^[d]served God’s ^(I)purpose in his own generation, ^(J)fell asleep, and was ^[e]buried among his fathers and ^[f]underwent decay; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(K)raised did not ^[g]undergo decay. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, ^[h]brothers, that ^(L)through ^[i]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and ^[j]through Him ^(M)everyone who believes is ^[k]freed from all things, from which you could not be ^[l]freed ^[m]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore, see that the thing spoken of ^(N)in the Prophets does not come upon you:

⁴² As ^[o]Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these ^[p]things spoken to them the next ^(P)Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the ^(Q)God-fearing ^[q](R)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in ^(S)the grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

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

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(Z)the word of ^[v]the Lord; and all who ^(AA)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹ And ^(AB)the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But ^(AC)the Jews incited the ^[w](AD)devout women ^(AE)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[x]region. ⁵¹ But ^(AF)they shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to ^(AG)Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were continually ^(AH)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.