Acts 13:42-52

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Acts 13:42-52

42As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
43After 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.
44On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
46Then 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.
47For 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.’”
48When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
49And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
50The 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.
51So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
— Acts 13:42-52

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