48 And when the Gentiles heard it, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were [a]ordained unto eternal life, believed.

49 Thus the word of the Lord was published throughout the whole country.

50 [b]But the Jews stirred certain [c]devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:48 Therefore either all were not appointed to everlasting life, or else all should have believed: but because that is not so, it followeth, that some certain were ordained, and therefore God did not only foreknow, but also foreordain, that neither faith nor the effects of faith should be the cause of his ordaining or appointment, but his ordaining the cause of faith.
  2. Acts 13:50 Such is the craft and subtlety of the enemies of the Gospel, that they abuse the simplicity of some which are not altogether evil men, to execute their cruelty.
  3. Acts 13:50 Such as embraced Moses’ Law.

Bible Gateway Recommends