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44 The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the Word of God.

45 But when the Jewish leaders[a] saw the crowds, they were jealous, and cursed and argued against whatever Paul said.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that this Good News from God should be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and shown yourselves unworthy of eternal life—well, we will offer it to Gentiles.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:45 the Jewish leaders, literally, “the Jews.” cursed, or “blasphemed.”

44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying(A) and heaped abuse(B) on him.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first.(C) Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.(D)

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