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1428 The Acts of the Apostles

corruption. 48 And the Gentiles hearing it, were glad, and
36 For David, when he had served in his gen- glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as
eration, according to the will of God, slept: and were ordained to life everlasting, believed.
was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption. 49 And the word of the Lord was published
37 But he whom God hath raised from the throughout the whole country.
dead, saw no corruption. 50 But the Jews stirred up religious and hon-
38 Be it known therefore to you, men, ourable women, and the chief men of the city,
brethren, that through him forgiveness of sins is and raised persecution against Paul and Barn-
preached to you: and from all the things, from abas: and cast them out of their coasts.
which you could not be justified by the law of 51 But they, shaking off the dust of their feet
Moses. against them, came to Iconium.
39 In him every one that believeth, is justified. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and
40 Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you with the Holy Ghost.
which is spoken in the prophets:
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and per- Chapter 14
ish: for I work a work in your days, a work which
you will not believe, if any man shall tell it you. And it came to pass in Iconium, that they en-
42 And as they went out, they desired them, tered together into the synagogue of the Jews,
that on the next sabbath, they would speak unto and so spoke that a very great multitude both of
them these words. the Jews and of the Greeks did believe.
43 And when the synagogue was broken up, 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and
many of the Jews, and of the strangers who incensed the minds of the Gentiles against the
served God, followed Paul and Barnabas: who brethren.
speaking to them, persuaded them to continue 3 A long time therefore they abode there, deal-
in the grace of God. ing confidently in the Lord, who gave testimony
44 But the next sabbath day, the whole city to the word of his grace, granting signs and won-
almost came together, to hear the word of God. ders to be done by their hands.
45 And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were 4 And the multitude of the city was divided;
filled with envy, and contradicted those things and some of them indeed held with the Jews, but
which were said by Paul, blaspheming. some with the apostles.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To 5 And when there was an assault made by the
you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use
but because you reject it, and judge yourselves them contumeliously, and to stone them:
unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the 6 They understanding it, fled to Lystra, and
Gentiles. Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the whole coun-
47 For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have try round about, and were there preaching the
set thee to be the light of the Gentiles; that thou gospel.
mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of 7 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, im-
the earth. potent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s