Acts 13:32-52

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 ^[a]to our children in that He ^(C)raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘^(D)You are My Son; today i have begotten You.’ ³⁴ As for the fact that He ^(E)raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(F)I will give you the holy and ^[b]sure blessings of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘^(G)You will not ^[c]allow Your ^[d]Holy One to ^[e]undergo decay.’ ³⁶ For ^(H)David, after he had ^[f]served ^(I)the purpose of God in his own generation, ^(J)fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and ^[g]underwent decay; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(K)raised did not ^[h]undergo decay. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that ^(L)through ^[i]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and ^[j]through Him ^(M)everyone who believes is ^[k]freed ^[l]from all things, from which you could not be ^[m]freed ^[n]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of ^(N)in the Prophets may not come upon you:

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

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

⁴⁴ The next ^(T)Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of ^[s]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 ^[t]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 judge 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 as many as ^(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]district. ⁵¹ But ^(AF)they shook off the dust of 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.