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Acts 13:16-50

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16So standing up and motioning with his hand, Paul said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
17The God of this people chose our fathers, and prospered the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and brought them out of it with an uplifted arm.
18For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.
19And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them possession of their land.
20After these things, He gave judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, a son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22And removing him He raised up for them David as king, about whom He gave witness and said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
23God, from this man's seed, according to promise, has brought Salvation to Israel,
24John having heralded beforehand, in advance of His coming, a baptism of repentance to Israel.
25Well, as John was fulfilling his course, he said: ‘Whom do you suppose me to be? No I am not—but indeed He comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
26“Men, brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God: to you the word of this salvation has been sent.
27The Jerusalem dwellers and their rulers, understanding neither Him nor the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.
28Though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
29When they had fulfilled all things that were written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and placed Him in a tomb.
30But God raised Him from the dead;
31and for many days He was seen by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.
32“Yes we proclaim to you the good news: the promise that was made to the fathers,
33God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, when He raised up Jesus; as also it stands written in the second Psalm: ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’
34And that He raised Him from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken thus, ‘I will give you the holy things guaranteed to David.’
35Further, it is stated elsewhere, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’
36Now David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw decay;
37but the One whom God raised up did not see decay.
38Therefore, let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you;
39and by Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the Law of Moses.
40So take care, lest there come upon you that which has been spoken in the prophets:
41‘Look you despisers, marvel and perish! For I am working a work in your days to which you will not give credence, even if someone were to explain it in detail to you.’ ”
42Now as the Jews were going out of the synagogue, the Gentiles implored repeatedly that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.
43The synagogue service having been dismissed, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who started addressing them, urging them to continue in the grace of God.
44Well the next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered to hear the Word of God.
45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with envy and started speaking against the things said by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46But Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said: “It was necessary that God's Word should be spoken to you first. But since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we are being turned to the Gentiles.
47Because that is just how the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you to be a light for ethnic nations, that you should be for salvation up to the last place on earth.’ ”
48Now upon hearing this, the Gentiles rejoiced and glorified the Word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal live believed.
49Well the Word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region.
50But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

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