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and the brethren. Then departing, he went to another place. 18 Now as soon as it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, What was become of Peter. And Herod 19 having caused search to be made for him, and not finding him,

after examining the guards, he ordered them to be led away to execution. Then departing from Judea, he went down to 20 Cæsarea and resided there. Now Herod was meditating a war against the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they with one accord waited on him, and having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, they sued for peace, because their country was 21 subsisted by that of the king. And on a set day Herod arrayed

in robes of state and seated on the throne, made a speech to 22 them, upon which the people shouted, It is the voice of a 23 god and not of a man! And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

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Still the word of God increased and was multiplied; and 25 Barnabas and Saul, having fully performed their service, had

returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John who was XIII. surnamed Mark. Now there was in the congregation at Antioch, certain prophets and teachers, namely, Barnabas and Symeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaem, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and 2 Saul. And whilst they were ministering to the Lord, and fast

ing, the holy spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, 3 for the work to which I have called them. So having fasted

and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they dismissed them. 4 They then being sent forth by the holy spirit, went down to

Seleucia, and thence sailed to Cyprus. And arriving at Sala5 mis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John for their attendant. And having 6 traversed the island till they came to Paphos, they found there 7 a magian, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Barjesus. He was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding, who had sent for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to 8 hear the word of God. But Elymas the Magian, (for thus his name is translated) set himself against them, endeavouring to 9 divert the proconsul from the belief. Upon which Saul, who is also called Paul, being filled with a holy spirit, and having

10 his eyes fixed upon him, said, O! full of all deceit and of all wick

edness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou 11 not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord! Now there

fore behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind and shalt not see the sun for a season. And instantly 12 there fell upon him a mist and darkness. And groping about he sought some to lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul, upon seeing what was done, believed, being struck with awe at the doctrine concerning the Lord.

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Now Paul and his company, having taken their departure from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John having 14 withdrawn from them, returned to Jerusalem. They, however, went on from Perga and came to Antioch, in Pisidia, and going into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men, brethren, if you have any word of consolation to the people, deliver it. Where16 upon Paul stood up and beckoning with his hand for attention, 17 said, Men of Israel and ye who fear God, hearken! The God

of the people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm brought them out of it; and for the space of about forty 18 years bore with their behaviour in the wilderness. And having 19 destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he distributed 20 their land among them. And after these things, which took

up about four hundred and fifty years, he gave them judges 21 till Samuel the prophet. But from that time they desired a

king, and God gave them Saul, the son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, Forty years. Then having removed him, 22 he raised up for them David to be king, to whom he gave this

testimony, "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will execute all my orders.*" Of his 23 seed God hath, according to promise, raised up for Israel a 24 saviour, namely Jesus, before whose appearance John pro

claimed a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, I am not he

* Sam. 13. 14. and Ps. 89. 20.

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whom you suppose me to be; but behold he is coming after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to untie.

Men, brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and those 27 among you, who fear God, to you the word of this salvation is sent. For the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their chiefs, not knowing him, have indeed by condemning him fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath day. 28 Though they found no cause of death, they demanded of Pi29 late that he should be executed. And when they had accom

plished all that was written concerning him, he was taken down from the cross and laid in a tomb. But God raised him 30 from the dead, and for many days he appeared to them who 31 came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are his 32 witnesses to the people. And we proclaim to you the glad

tidings with respect to the promise made to the fathers, That God hath fulfilled it to us their children by raising up Jesus, even 33 as it is written in the second psalm, "Thou art my son, this 34 day I have begotten thee"-and that he hath raised him from

the dead never more to return to corruption, as he said, "I will 35 give you the gracious promises to David which are faithful:* and therefore, in another place, he saith, "Thou wilt not suf 36 fer thy holy one to see corruption.+" For David indeed, hav

ing in his generation answered the purpose of God, went to 37 rest and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption; but he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

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Be it known therefore to you, Men, brethren, that by this person remission of sins is proclaimed to you; and that by him 39 every one who believeth is acquitted from all those sins, from which you could not be acquitted by the law of Moses. Take 40 heed therefore that what is said in the prophets may not come 41 upon you-"Behold ye despisers, and express your amaze and vanish. For I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe, though one tell you.‡"

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And on their going out of the synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles intreated that these things might be spoken to them, 43 in the interim, till the next sabbath. And when the syna

*Es. 35. 3. † Ps. 16. 10. +Habak. 1. 5.

gogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and ex44 horted them to persevere in the grace of God. And on the 45 next sabbath almost the whole city was assembled to hear the

word of God. But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with zeal and contradicted what was spoken by Paul; con46 tradicting and reviling. Whereupon Paul and Barnabas with

great freedom of speech said, It was necessary that the word of 47 God should be first spoken to you. But since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of this everlasting life, behold we turn to the Gentiles; for thus the Lord hath commanded us, "I have set thee for the light of nations, that thou mayst be for salvation to the remotest parts of the earth.*"

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Upon hearing this, the Gentiles rejoiced and glorified the 49 word of the Lord; and as many as were fitly disposed for everlasting life, believed. And the word of the Lord spread through 50 that whole region. But the Jews stirred up the devout women,

even such as were women of rank, and the leading men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and 51 expelled them out of their territories. Upon which they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, went to Iconium.

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Now the disciples were filled with joy and a holy spirit, XIV. and at Iconium they went in the same manner to the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke so that a great number both 2 of Jews and Greeks believed. But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and disaffected the minds of the Gentiles against the 3 brethren. They, however, staid there a considerable time, speaking boldly for the Lord who gave attestation to the word of his grace, and granted signs and miracles to be done by 4 their hands. So the multitude of the city were divided, some 5 siding with the Jews, and some with the apostles. But as a violent attempt was going to be made, both by the Gentiles and 6 Jews, with their chiefs, to assault and stone them, they having intelligence of it, fled to the cities of Lycaonia-to Lystra 7 and Derbe, and the region around; and proclaimed the glad tidings there.

Esaias 49. 6.

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Now at Lystra there sat a man who had no use of his feet, 9 being a cripple from his birth, who had never walked. This man was listening to Paul speaking, who fixing his eyes upon him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a 10 loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. Upon which he leaped 11 up and walked. When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, and, in the Lycaonian dialect, said, "The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." And 12 they called Barnabas, Jupiter: and Paul, Mercury; because he 13 was the chief speaker. And the priests of Jupiter's temple

which was before their city, brought bulls with garlands to 14 the gates, and together with the multitude, desired to offer a sacrifice. But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, hearing of this, rent their clothes and ran in among the crowd, crying out and 15 saying, Men, why do ye these things? We are only frail mortals like yourselves, proclaiming to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth, 16 and the sea, and all the things which are therein; who in the ages 17 past suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways, though at

the same time he did not fail to give an evidence of himself, by conferring favours, giving us rain from heaven and fruitful 18 seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. And with

such speeches as these, they, with difficulty, restrained the peo19 ple from offering them a sacrifice. But there came thither

some Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who, having gained over the populace and stoned Paul, dragged him out of the 20 city, supposing him dead. But while the disciples were around him, he arose and went into the city. And on the morrow he 21 departed with Barnabas to Derbe. And when they had proclaimed the glad tidings in that city, and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, 22 and Antioch, establishing and confirming the souls of the dis23 ciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith. And because we must enter into the kingdom of God through many afflictions; they therefore appointed elders for them in every congregation, and having fasted and prayed, they recom24 mended them to the Lord in whom they believed. Then pass25 ing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphilia. And having spo 26 ken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, and thence

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