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Acts 13:5-23

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5And having come to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.
6And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magian, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus,
7who was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.
8But Elymas the magian (for so is his name interpreted) withstood them, seeking so turn away the proconsul from the faith.
9But Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him
10and said, O full of all deceit, and of all mischief, son of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou wilt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought to find some who would lead him by the hand.
12Then the proconsul, when he saw what had taken place, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13And Paul and his company, having put to sea from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
14And they, going on from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and sat down.
15And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.
16Then Paul stood up, and beckoned with his hand and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.
17The God of this people chose our fathers, and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it;
18and for about forty years he nourished them in the wilderness.
19And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as a possession.
20And after that, for about four hundred and fifty years, he gave judges, until Samuel the prophet.
21And afterward they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;
22and having removed him, he raised up to them David to be their king, to whom he gave testimony, saying, “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.”
23From the seed of this man hath God, according to his promise, brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

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