Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13

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Acts 13 . 1 , Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles; Acts 13 . 6 , Of Sergius Paulus , and Elymas the sorcerer; Acts 13 . 13 , Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ; Acts 13 . 42 , The Gentiles believe; Acts 13 . 44 , but the Jews gainsay and blaspheme , whereupon they turn to the Gentiles , of whom many believe; Acts 13 . 50 , The Jews raise a persecution against Paul and Barnabas , who go to Iconium.

Acts 13:1

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.

Acts 13:1 · BSB

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Acts 13:2

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.”

Acts 13:2 · BSB

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Acts 13:3

And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 13:3 · BSB

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Acts 13:4

So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

Acts 13:4 · BSB

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Acts 13:5

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

Acts 13:5 · BSB

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Acts 13:6

They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

Acts 13:6 · BSB

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Acts 13:7

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.

Acts 13:7 · BSB

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Acts 13:8

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

Acts 13:8 · BSB

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Acts 13:9

Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

Acts 13:9 · BSB

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Acts 13:10

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?

Acts 13:10 · BSB

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Acts 13:11

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.

Acts 13:11 · BSB

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Acts 13:12

When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

Acts 13:12 · BSB

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Acts 13:13

After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.

Acts 13:13 · BSB

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Acts 13:14

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

Acts 13:14 · BSB

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Acts 13:15

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.”

Acts 13:15 · BSB

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Acts 13:16

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

Acts 13:16 · BSB

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Acts 13:17

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.

Acts 13:17 · BSB

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Acts 13:18

He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 13:18 · BSB

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suffered "Gr. ופסןנןצןסחוןם [Strong's G5159] , perhaps for ופסןצןצןסחףום , bore , or fed them as a nurse beareth or feedeth her child , Deuteronomy 1 . 31; according to the LXX , and so Chrysostom."

Acts 13:19

And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

Acts 13:19 · BSB

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Acts 13:20

All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

Acts 13:20 · BSB

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Acts 13:21

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Acts 13:21 · BSB

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Acts 13:22

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.’

Acts 13:22 · BSB

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Acts 13:23

From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

Acts 13:23 · BSB

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Acts 13:24

Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 13:24 · BSB

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Acts 13:25

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.’

Acts 13:25 · BSB

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Acts 13:26

Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

Acts 13:26 · BSB

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Acts 13:27

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.

Acts 13:27 · BSB

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Acts 13:28

And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

Acts 13:28 · BSB

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Acts 13:29

When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

Acts 13:29 · BSB

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Acts 13:30

But God raised Him from the dead,

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Acts 13:31

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.

Acts 13:31 · BSB

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Acts 13:32

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

Acts 13:32 · BSB

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Acts 13:33

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.’

Acts 13:33 · BSB

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Acts 13:34

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.’

Acts 13:34 · BSB

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Acts 13:35

So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

Acts 13:35 · BSB

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Acts 13:36

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.

Acts 13:36 · BSB

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Acts 13:37

But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

Acts 13:37 · BSB

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Acts 13:38

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

Acts 13:38 · BSB

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Acts 13:39

Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

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Acts 13:40

Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:

Acts 13:40 · BSB

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Acts 13:41

‘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.’”

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Acts 13:42

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.

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Acts 13:43

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.

Acts 13:43 · BSB

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Acts 13:44

On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

Acts 13:44 · BSB

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Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

Acts 13:45 · BSB

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Acts 13:46

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.

Acts 13:46 · BSB

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Acts 13:47

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.’”

Acts 13:47 · BSB

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Acts 13:48

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

Acts 13:48 · BSB

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Acts 13:49

And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.

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Acts 13:50

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.

Acts 13:50 · BSB

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Acts 13:51

So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

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Acts 13:52

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 13:52 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web45 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Acts 13:32-33 → Deuteronomy 4:37-38, Acts 13:33 → Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:34 → Isaiah 55:3, Acts 13:35 → Psalms 16:10, Acts 13:41 → Habakkuk 1:5, Acts 13:46-47 → Isaiah 49:6
Allusions Acts 13:10 → Isaiah 40:3, Acts 13:11 → Deuteronomy 28:28-29, Acts 13:17 → Exodus 6:1, Acts 13:18 → Exodus 16:35, Acts 13:19 → Deuteronomy 7:1, Acts 13:20 → 1 Kings 6:1, Acts 13:22 → 1 Samuel 15:23, Acts 13:22 → Psalms 89:20, Acts 13:23 → 2 Samuel 7:12, Acts 13:23 → Judges 3:9, Acts 13:27 → Isaiah 53:3, Acts 13:29 → Deuteronomy 21:22-23, Acts 13:36 → 1 Kings 2:10
Echoes Acts 13:1-3 → Numbers 8:11-12, Acts 13:15 → Deuteronomy 4:25-46, Acts 13:23 → Zechariah 6:12, Acts 13:24 → Malachi 3:1-2, Acts 13:26 → Psalms 107:20, Acts 13:31 → Deuteronomy 4:26, Acts 13:48 → Exodus 32:32-33
Other Acts 13:22 → 1 Samuel 13:14
Trajectories
Book of Life (God's Record of the Elect), Davidic Messianic Titles (Faithful Witness, Firstborn, Ruler of Kings), Day of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger), Journey to the Promised Land (Christian Pilgrimage), Judges (Flawed Deliverers), Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles), Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice), Samuel (Prophet-Priest-Judge), Saul (Rejected King), Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)
Chiasms
Shaped Acts 13:04–13, Acts 13:22–34, Acts 13:26–40, Acts 13:41–45, Acts 13:45–52
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