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45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with envy and began to contradict what Paul was saying by slandering him.[a]

46 Then Paul and Barnabas responded fearlessly, “It was necessary that God’s word be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, look: We are now turning to the Gentiles! 47 For this is what the Lord has instructed us:

I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring salvation to the end of the earth.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:45 Some witnesses to the text read and began speaking against the things spoken by Paul, by contradicting and slandering him.
  2. Acts 13:47 Isaiah 49:6