Acts 13

Acts 13:1

• In the church at
• The church at
• Now in the church at

• Antioch there

• were
• were some
• were these

• prophets and

• teachers.
• teachers:
• teachers,

• Barnabas,
• Barnabas, and
• Barnabas and

• Simeon who was
• Simeon (
• Simeon
• Simeon who
• Simeon (also

• called
• called “the
• called the
• was called

• Niger,
• Niger, and
• Niger),
• Black),

• Lucius of
• Lucius (from
• Lucius from
• Lucius (from the city of

• Cyrene,
• Cyrene),
• Cyrene, and

• Manaen (who
• Manaen who
• Manaen, who

• had been brought up with

• Herod the
• Herod, the

• tetrarch, and
• ruler), and
• ruler) and
• tetrarch) and
• tetrarch), and
• ruler, and

• Saul.

Acts 13:2

• [Translation pending]

Acts 13:3

• Then, after
• Then after

• fasting and

• prayer
• prayer,
• praying
• praying,

• they

• laid
• placed

• their hands on

• them and
• them, and
• Barnabas and Saul and
• Barnabas and Saul, and

• sent

• them off.
• them out.

Acts 13:4

• So,
• Barnabas and
• So they,
• After Barnabas and
• So Barnabas and

• being sent out by the
• Saul were sent out by the
• Saul, sent out by the

• Holy Spirit, they came down to

• Seleucia. From there
• Seleucia and from there
• Seleucia, and from there
• Seleucia; and from there

• they

• sailed to
• sailed to the island of

• Cyprus.
• Cyprus,

Acts 13:5

• When they arrived at
• and when they arrived in
• And when they arrived in
• When they arrived in
• They arrived at

• Salamis
• Salamis,

• they

• proclaimed the
• began to proclaim the
• preached the
• declared the

• word of
• message of

• God in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their

• assistant.
• helper.
• attendant.

Acts 13:6

• When they had

• gone through the
• traveled through the
• crossed over the

• whole island as far as

• Paphos,
• Paphos
• Paphos. There
• Paphos, where
• Paphos where

• they met a certain

• magician, a
• man, a magician, a

• Jewish false

• prophet,
• prophet
• prophet whose

• named
• name was

• Bar-Jesus,
• Bar-Jesus.
• Bar-Jesus;
• Bar-jesus;

Acts 13:7

• who was with the
• He was with the

• proconsul
• proconsul,
• governor,
• governor.

• Sergius

• Paulus, an
• Paulus, who

• intelligent
• was an intelligent

• man of
• man. The
• man. This
• man.

• man
• intelligence, who
• governor
• He
• proconsul
• man, who

• summoned
• sent for
• called

• Barnabas and

• Saul, and
• Saul and
• Saul because

• wanted to
• he wanted to
• sought to
• asked to

• hear the

• word of
• message of

• God,
• God.

Acts 13:8

• But Elymas, the
• But Elymas the

• magician (for that

• is what
• is the meaning of

• his name

• means),
• means)

• opposed

• them
• them,
• them.
• them and

• tried to
• trying to
• seeking to

• turn the
• keep the
• stop the

• proconsul away from the
• governor from
• governor away from the
• Governor away from the
• proconsul from the

• Faith.
• faith.
• believing in Jesus.

Acts 13:9

• But Saul, who
• But Saul,
• Then Saul,
• Then Saul—
• Then Saul, who
• But Saul (
• Saul,
• Saul

• also
• was also
• is also

• known as
• called

• Paul—
• Paul,
• Paul),

• filled with the
• was filled with the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit.
• Spirit,
• Spirit;

• looked
• He looked
• he looked
• stared

• intently at
• straight at
• straight at the

• him.
• him,
• him
• Elymas
• Elymas.

Acts 13:10

• and said, ‘
• and said, “

• You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight

• ways of the
• paths of the

• Lord!
• Lord?

Acts 13:11

• And now
• And now,
• Now,

• behold, the hand of the Lord

• is against
• is upon
• is on

• you, and
• you.

• you
• You

• will
• shall

• be

• blind,
• blind, and
• blind and

• not
• unable to

• see the
• seeing the

• sun for a

• time!”
• time.”
• time.” And

• Immediately
• immediately
• Immediately a
• immediately a
• Instantly

• mist and darkness

• came over
• fell on
• fell upon

• him, and
• him and

• he went

• about
• about,

• seeking
• looking for

• someone to
• people to

• lead him by the hand.

Acts 13:12

• When the governor
• When the Governor
• When the proconsul
• Then when the proconsul

• saw what had

• happened,
• happened

• he

• believed.
• believed, because
• believed because
• believed; for
• believed, for
• came to believe, for

• He
• he

• was
• was greatly

• astonished at the
• amazed at the
• astonished by the
• astounded at the

• teaching about the
• teaching of the

• Lord.

Acts 13:13

• From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to

• Perga in
• Perga, in
• Perga of
• Perga in the

• Pamphylia.
• Pamphylia. But
• Pamphylia, but
• Pamphylia; but
• Pamphylia; and
• Pamphylia, and
• Pamphylia: and
• Pamphylia. And
• Pamphylia where
• Pamphylia, where
• Pamphylia. There

• John,
• John
• John Mark
• John Mark,

• left
• departed from
• however, left
• deserted

• them and
• them to
• them there and

• returned to
• went back to
• return to

• Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem;
• Jerusalem,

Acts 13:14

• They
• But they
• But they,
• but they
• The others

• went on from

• Perga and
• Perga
• Perga,
• Perga.

• arrived at
• arrived in
• reached
• came to
• they arrived at
• they went on to

• Antioch in
• Antioch of
• Antioch, a
• Pisidian Antioch. On the
• Pisidian Antioch, and on the

• Pisidia. On the
• Sabbath
• Pisidia, and on the
• Pisidia. And on the

• Sabbath,
• Sabbath
• sabbath
• sabbath day
• Sabbath day
• day

• they

• went into the
• entered the
• went to the
• went to

• synagogue and sat down.

Acts 13:15

• After the reading from the
• After the reading of the
• And after the reading of the
• and after the reading of the

• Law and the
• law and the

• prophets, the
• prophets the
• Prophets, the

• rulers of the
• leaders of the
• officials of the

• synagogue

• sent to
• sent

• them,
• them a

• saying,
• saying, “
• message, saying, “

• Brothers, if
• Brethren, if

• you

• have any
• have a

• word of
• message of

• exhortation for the
• encouragement for the

• people—
• people,

• please speak!”
• please speak.”
• say it.”
• say on.
• say on.”
• say on.’

Acts 13:16

• Paul
• So Paul
• Then Paul

• stood up, and
• stood up and
• stood up,

• motioned with
• motioning with
• gestured with
• raised

• his

• hand and
• hand, and
• hand,
• hand

• said, ‘
• said,
• said: “
• said:
• said, “
• began to speak: “
• began to speak: ‘

• Men of
• Fellow
• People of
• You

• Israel and
• Israel, and
• Israelites, and
• Israelites and
• Israel and all

• you who
• you who worship
• you others who

• fear

• God,
• God:

• listen:
• listen.
• listen!
• listen to me.
• listen to me!

Acts 13:17

• “The God of this
• The God of this
• The God of the

• people
• people of

• Israel chose our

• ancestors and
• fathers and
• fathers, and

• made the
• exalted the
• made

• people great during
• people during
• people when

• their
• they

• stay in the
• stay in

• land of

• Egypt, and with
• Egypt, and with an

• uplifted

• arm
• arm,

• He
• he

• led
• brought

• them out of
• them out of that

• it
• it.
• country;
• country,
• country.

Acts 13:18

• And for about forty years
• and for about forty years
• For about forty years,
• For about forty years
• For about forty years ‘
• for about forty years
• For a period of about forty years

• He
• he
• God

• put up with
• bore with
• took care of
• endured

• them in the
• their ways in the
• their conduct in the

• wilderness.
• wilderness,
• wilderness;
• desert’;
• desert.
• desert,

Acts 13:19

• When he had destroyed seven
• When He had destroyed seven
• He destroyed seven
• After he had destroyed seven
• And when he had destroyed seven
• And after destroying seven

• nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their

• land to
• land as an
• land for an

• inheritance
• inheritance.
• his people as an inheritance.
• our people.
• his people.
• inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
• inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years.

Acts 13:20

• After that, He
• “After that He
• All this happened in about 450 years. “After this, God
• All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he
• After these things He
• After these things he

• gave

• them
• our people

• judges until
• judges until the
• judges until the time of
• judges
• judges,

• Samuel the
• time of the
• time of Samuel the

• prophet.
• prophet;
• prophet Samuel,
• prophet Samuel.

Acts 13:21

• “Then
• ‘Then
• Then
• “Then the
• Then the
• And afterward

• they
• people

• asked for a
• demanded a

• king, and
• king and
• king; and
• king: and
• king.
• king,

• God
• He
• he

• gave them

• Saul,
• Saul
• Saul the
• Saul, the

• son of

• Kish, a
• Kish. Saul

• man of the
• man from the
• was from the

• tribe of

• Benjamin, for forty
• Benjamin. After forty

• years,
• years
• years;
• years.

Acts 13:22

• After removing him,

• He
• he

• raised up
• made

• David
• David to be
• David as

• their king.

• God
• He

• testified concerning

• him: ‘
• him, ‘

• I have

• found
• found in
• found that

• David
• David,
• David, the
• David the

• son of

• Jesse, a
• Jesse a

• man after my own

• heart;
• heart.

• He
• he

• will do everything I want him to

• do.”
• do.’

Acts 13:23

• “From this man
• From this man

• ’s

• descendants
• offspring,
• offspring

• God has

• brought to
• raised up for

• Israel a
• Israel the

• Savior
• Savior,

• Jesus, as he

• promised;
• promised.
• had promised.

Acts 13:24

• Before He
• Before he
• Before his
• before his
• Before Jesus

• came,
• coming
• coming,

• John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 13:25

• As John
• And as John
• and as John
• When John
• But while John

• was

• finishing
• completing

• his

• course
• course,
• work,
• mission,
• ministry,
• ministry

• he

• said, ‘Who
• said: ‘Who
• said, “Who
• said, ‘What
• said what
• said

• do
• repeatedly, ‘What do

• you

• think
• suppose that
• suppose

• I
• me to

• am?
• be?

• I am not

• He. But
• he! But
• he. But

• behold, one is coming after

• me.
• me;
• me, and
• me of whom

• I

• am
• ’m

• not worthy to untie the

• sandals on
• sandals of

• his
• His

• feet.’
• feet!’

Acts 13:26

• “Men and
• ‘Men and

• brothers,

• sons of the
• sons in the
• children of the

• family of
• stock of

• Abraham and those among
• Abraham, and those among
• Abraham and
• Abraham, and

• you who

• fear
• worship

• God, to
• God, it is to
• God: it is to

• us that the
• us that this

• message of this
• message of

• salvation has been

• sent,
• sent.
• sent!
• sent to us.
• sent to us!

Acts 13:27

• For those who live in
• The people of
• The people in
• For the people who live in
• For those who dwell in

• Jerusalem, and
• Jerusalem and

• their rulers, because they did

• not
• n’t

• recognize

• him or
• him, or
• him nor

• understand the

• words of the
• utterances of the

• prophets that
• prophets, which
• prophets which

• are

• read every
• read on every

• Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning

• Him.
• him.
• Jesus.

Acts 13:28

• [Translation pending]

Acts 13:29

• When they had carried out
• When they had carried out all that

• everything that
• was

• was written about
• written about
• had been written about

• him,
• Him,
• him

• they took

• him down from the
• Him down from the
• Jesus down from the

• cross, and
• cross and
• tree, and
• tree and

• laid
• placed
• put

• Him in a
• him in a

• tomb.
• tomb;

Acts 13:30

• But God raised

• Him from the
• him from the
• him from
• him up from

• dead,
• dead!
• dead:
• dead.
• dead;
• death!
• death.
• death,

Acts 13:31

• And for many
• and for many
• For many
• And over a period of many
• and over a period of many

• days,
• days

• He
• he

• appeared to those who
• was seen by those who

• came up with
• had gone with
• had come up with
• had traveled with
• had accompanied
• had gone up with

• him from
• Him from
• Jesus from

• Galilee to

• Jerusalem, who
• Jerusalem. These

• are now

• his
• His

• witnesses to the

• people.
• people of Israel.

Acts 13:32

• And we
• We
• “We
• We are
• “We are

• bring
• tell
• telling
• proclaim to

• you the
• you
• you this

• good
• Good

• News: What
• news. What
• news: What
• News about the
• news about the
• news of the
• news that what

• God promised
• promise made to
• God promised to
• promise made
• promise God made to

• our
• unto the

• ancestors,
• ancestors—
• ancestors
• ancestors.
• fathers,
• fathers.
• fathers

Acts 13:33

• God
• he
• that God

• has

• fulfilled this for
• fulfilled for
• fulfilled to
• fulfilled

• us
• us,

• their

• children by
• children, by
• children, in that
• children in that
• descendants, by

• raising
• raising up
• He raised up
• he raised up

• Jesus. As
• Jesus, as
• Jesus, as also
• Jesus; as also

• it

• is
• was

• written in the second

• Psalm: “‘
• Psalm:
• psalm, ‘
• Psalm: ‘
• psalm,
• Psalm, ‘
• Psalm, “‘
• Psalm: “
• psalm: ‘

• You are

• my
• My

• son;
• Son;
• Son,
• Son.
• son:

• Today
• today

• I have become

• your
• Your

• father.’
• Father.
• Father.”
• Father.’
• father.

Acts 13:34

• But regarding the fact that he

• raised
• has raised

• Him from the
• him from the
• Jesus from the

• dead,
• dead
• dead, no

• never to
• more to

• return to

• corruption,
• decay,

• He
• he

• has spoken in this
• has spoken

• way, “‘
• way,
• way, ‘
• way: ‘
• thus: ‘

• I

• will
• shall

• give
• give to

• you the

• holy and
• sacred and

• sure

• mercies of
• blessings of
• promises made to
• blessings promised to

• David;’
• David.
• David.”
• David.’

Acts 13:35

• Therefore He also
• Therefore he also
• In another place it

• says, “‘
• says, “
• says, ‘
• says: ‘
• says in another psalm, ‘
• says in another Psalm: ‘
• says in another Psalm, ‘
• is said—‘
• is said,

• You

• will
• wilt

• not

• allow
• let
• let the
• permit

• your
• Your

• holy one to
• Holy One to
• Holy One
• holy one

• see corruption.
• see corruption.’
• rot in the grave.’
• see decay.’
• see decay.
• experience decay.’
• decay.”
• decay.’

Acts 13:36

• “For David, after
• For David, after

• he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell

• asleep and
• asleep, and
• asleep,

• was

• buried with
• laid with
• gathered to

• his

• fathers and
• fathers, and
• ancestors, and

• saw
• experienced

• corruption.
• corruption:
• corruption,
• corruption;
• decay;
• decay.
• decay,

Acts 13:37

• But the One God
• But the one God
• But the One whom God
• But the one whom God

• raised from the
• raised from

• dead,
• dead
• death

• didnot

• experience
• see
• rot in the
• undergo

• decay.
• corruption.
• corruption;
• grave.

Acts 13:38

• Therefore let
• Therefore, let

• it be known to you therefore,

• brethren, that through this
• brothers, that through this

• man forgiveness of sins

• is
• is being

• proclaimed to

• you.
• you,
• you;

Acts 13:39

• and by him
• and by Him
• Through him

• everyone who believes is

• justified from
• justified from all

• things from which
• things, from which

• you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Acts 13:40

• Be careful! Don’t let what the prophets

• said
• said does not

• happen to

• you.
• you—
• you:
• you. They said,

Acts 13:41

• Look,
• ‘Look,
• “‘Look,
• “Look,
• ‘Behold,
• Behold,

• you
• you,

• scoffers—
• scoffers!
• scoffers;
• scoffers,
• scoffers, and
• mockers;
• mockers!
• mockers,
• despisers, and

• wonder, and
• wonder and
• be amazed, and
• be amazed and

• perish; for
• perish! For

• I work a work in your

• days, A
• days, a

• work which
• work that
• work

• you

• will
• would

• never believe, if one declares it to

• you.
• you
• you!

• ”’

Acts 13:42

• As Paul and Barnabas
• As they
• Paul and Barnabas
• So when the Jews

• were
• went
• went out of the

• going out, the
• out, the
• synagogue, the

• people
• Gentiles

• begged that these

• things
• words

• be
• might be

• preached to

• them the
• them on the

• next
• following

• Sabbath;
• sabbath.
• Sabbath.
• Sabbath day.’
• Sabbath day.

Acts 13:43

• Now when the

• synagogue
• congregation
• meeting
• meeting of the

• broke up,
• broke up
• had dispersed,
• had broken up,

• many of the
• many

• Jews and
• Jews and of the

• devout
• God-fearing

• proselytes
• converts to Judaism
• converts

• followed Paul and

• Barnabas, who
• Barnabas; who,
• Barnabas, who,
• Barnabas, who, as

• speaking to
• spoke to
• talked with
• were speaking with
• they spoke with

• them and
• them,

• urged
• were persuading
• encouraged

• them to

• continue in the
• remain faithful to the
• continue to rely on the

• grace of God.

Acts 13:44

• On the next
• The next
• On the following
• The following

• Sabbath,
• sabbath,
• Sabbath
• sabbath
• Sabbath day,
• Sabbath day

• almost the
• almost
• almost all the
• nearly the

• whole
• everyone in the
• people in the

• city
• town

• gathered to
• came to
• came together to
• assembled to
• assembled together to

• hear the

• word of the
• word of
• message of the

• Lord.
• God.

Acts 13:45

• [Translation pending]

Acts 13:46

• Then Paul and
• But Paul and
• Both Paul and
• Paul and

• Barnabas

• spoke out
• spoke

• boldly, and
• boldly and
• very boldly. They

• said: “
• said, “

• It
• We

• was
• must

• necessary that the

• word of
• message of

• God
• God should

• be
• should be

• spoken to you

• first; since
• first. Since
• first; but since
• first; but, since
• first, but since
• first. But since

• you

• reject
• thrust

• it, and
• it and
• it from you, and

• do not consider
• judge
• judging

• yourselves
• yourselves as
• yourselves not

• unworthy of
• worthy of

• eternal
• everlasting

• life, we now turn to the

• Gentiles.
• Gentiles!

Acts 13:47

• [Translation pending]

Acts 13:48

• When the Gentiles
• And when the Gentiles

• heard this, they

• were
• began
• were happy.
• began to

• glad, and
• glad and
• rejoicing and
• They gave

• glorified the
• glorifying the
• praised the
• honor to the

• word of the
• word of
• message of the

• God: and as
• God; and as

• many as

• were
• had been

• appointed to
• appointed for
• destined for
• chosen for
• ordained to

• eternal life

• believed.
• believed,
• became believers.

Acts 13:49

• And the word of the
• and the word of the
• The word of the
• So the word of the
• So the message of the
• And so the message of the
• Thus the word of the

• Lord

• spread through the
• was spread
• was spreading through the

• whole
• abroad throughout all the

• region.
• country.
• land.

Acts 13:50

• But the Jews
• But the Jewish leaders

• incited the
• stirred up the
• stirred up

• devout
• God-fearing

• women of

• high social standing and the
• high standing and the

• leading men of the

• city, and
• city.
• city,
• city. They
• city; they
• town, and

• stirred up
• stirred up a

• persecution against Paul and

• Barnabas, and
• Barnabas and

• drove
• threw
• expelled

• them out of
• them from

• their

• district.
• region.
• territory.

Acts 13:51

• So they
• But they
• So Paul and Barnabas
• Paul and Barnabas

• shook the
• shook off the

• dust off
• dust from
• dust of

• their

• feet in protest against
• feet against

• them and
• them, and
• them,

• went to
• went to the
• went on to
• came to
• they went to

• Iconium.
• city of Iconium.

Acts 13:52

• And the disciples
• The disciples

• were filled with

• joy and with the
• joy and the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit.
• spirit.