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Acts 13

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1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.IPNumbers 8:11-12TOSKActs 13:1

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2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”IPNumbers 8:11-12TOSKActs 13:2

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3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.IPNumbers 8:11-12TOSKActs 13:3

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4 So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:4

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5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:5

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6 They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:6

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7 an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:7

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8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:8

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9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at ElymasCActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:9

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10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?IPIsaiah 40:3CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:10TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary)

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11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.IPDeuteronomy 28:28-29CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:11

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12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:12

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13 After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.CActs 13:04-13TOSKActs 13:13

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14 And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.TOSKActs 13:14

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15 After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”IPDeuteronomy 4:25-46TOSKActs 13:15

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16 Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!TOSKActs 13:16

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17 The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.IPExodus 6:1TOSKActs 13:17

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18 He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.IPExodus 16:35TOSKActs 13:18TTJourney to the Promised Land (Christian Pilgrimage)

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19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.IPDeuteronomy 7:1TOSKActs 13:19

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20 All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.IP1 Kings 6:1TOSKActs 13:20TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Judges (Flawed Deliverers) Samuel (Prophet-Priest-Judge)

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21 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.TOSKActs 13:21TTSaul (Rejected King)

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22 After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’IP1 Samuel 15:23 1 Samuel 13:14 Psalms 89:20CActs 13:22-34TOSKActs 13:22TTJudges (Flawed Deliverers) Saul (Rejected King)

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23 From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.IPJudges 3:9 2 Samuel 7:12 Zechariah 6:12CActs 13:22-34TOSKActs 13:23TTJudges (Flawed Deliverers)

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24 Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.IPMalachi 3:1-2CActs 13:22-34TOSKActs 13:24

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25 As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’CActs 13:22-34TOSKActs 13:25

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26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.IPPsalms 107:20CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:26

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27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.IPIsaiah 53:3CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:27TTDay of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice) Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice)

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28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:28

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29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.IPDeuteronomy 21:22-23CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:29

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30 But God raised Him from the dead,CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:30

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31 and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.IPDeuteronomy 4:26CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:31

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32 And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathersIPDeuteronomy 4:37-38CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:32

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33 He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’IPDeuteronomy 4:37-38 Psalm 2:7CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:33

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34 In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’IPIsaiah 55:3CActs 13:22-34 Acts 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:34TTDavidic Messianic Titles (Faithful Witness, Firstborn, Ruler of Kings) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Judges (Flawed Deliverers)

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35 So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’IPPsalms 16:10CActs 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:35TTJudges (Flawed Deliverers)

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36 For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.IP1 Kings 2:10CActs 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:36TTJudges (Flawed Deliverers)

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37 But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.CActs 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:37

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38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.CActs 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:38

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39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.CActs 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:39

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40 Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:CActs 13:26-40TOSKActs 13:40

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41 ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”IPHabakkuk 1:5CActs 13:41-45TOSKActs 13:41

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42 As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.CActs 13:41-45TOSKActs 13:42

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43 After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.CActs 13:41-45TOSKActs 13:43

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44 On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.CActs 13:41-45TOSKActs 13:44

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45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.CActs 13:41-45 Acts 13:45-52TOSKActs 13:45

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46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.IPIsaiah 49:6CActs 13:45-52TOSKActs 13:46TTGentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)

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47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”IPIsaiah 49:6CActs 13:45-52TOSKActs 13:47TTGentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)

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48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.IPExodus 32:32-33CActs 13:45-52TOSKActs 13:48TTBook of Life (God's Record of the Elect)

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49 And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.CActs 13:45-52TOSKActs 13:49

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50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.CActs 13:45-52TOSKActs 13:50