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Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king's chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king's country.

And while they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time." And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

And for a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.

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

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.

And though they found no ground for death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.

and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and saw corruption;

‘Look, you scoffers, and marvel, and perish;For I am accomplishing a work in your days,A work which you will never believe, though someone should recount it to you.'"

For so the Lord has commanded us,‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles,That You may bring salvation to the end of the earth.'"

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

And from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

For from ancient generations, Moses has those who preach him in every city, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

Paul wanted this man to go with him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.