1Now there were at Antioch, in the ekklesia(called-out community) that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the hagio(holy) pneuma(spirit) said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4So, being sent out by the hagio(holy) pneuma(spirit), they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
5When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the logos(word) of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.
6When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence; this man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the logos(word) of God.
8But Elymas the magician — for so his name is translated — was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
9But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with hagio(holy) pneuma(spirit), fixed his gaze on him
10and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, son of the diabolos(devil, accuser, slanderer), enemy of all dikaiosyne(righteousness), will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a kairos(appointed-time)." Immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.
12Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
13Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
14But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the sabbatons(referring to every Moed of Leviticus 23) day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
15After the reading of the nomos(law) and the Prophets, the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any logos(word) of paraklesis(the act of coming alongside to call, comfort, exhortation) for the people, say it."
16Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it.
18For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.
19When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance — all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.
20After these things He gave them krites(judges) until Samuel the prophet.
21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My kardia(heart, soul-domain), who will do all My thelema(will)s.'
23From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Yeshua(Jesus),
24after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of metanoia(repentance, spiritual domain) to all the people of Israel.
25And while John was completing his course, he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not He; but behold, one is coming after me the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
26Brothers, sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the logos(word) of this Salvation has been sent.
27For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize Him nor understand the utterances of the Prophets which are read every sabbaton(referring to every Moed of Leviticus 23), fulfilled these by krino(judging) Him.
28And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.
29When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
30But God raised Him from the dead;
31and 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.
32And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
33that God has fulfilled this promise to our children in that He raised up Yeshua(Jesus), as it is also written in the second Psalm, 'You are My Son; today I have begotten You.'
34As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
35Therefore He also says in another Psalm, 'You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.'
36For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
37but He whom God raised did not undergo decay.
38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
39and through Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified through the nomos(law) of Moses.
40Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of in the Prophets may not come upon you:
41'Behold, 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 describe it to you.'"
42As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these rhema(spoken-word)s might be spoken to them the next sabbaton(referring to every Moed of Leviticus 23).
43Now when the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the charis(grace) of God.
44The next sabbaton(referring to every Moed of Leviticus 23) nearly the whole city assembled to hear the logos(word) of God.
45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.
46Paul and Barnabas spoke out with parresia(boldness) and said, "It was necessary that the logos(word) of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and krino(judge) yourselves unworthy of eternal zoe(life), behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
47For 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.'"
48When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the logos(word) of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal zoe(life) believed.
49And the logos(word) of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.
50But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
51But they shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
52And the disciples were continually filled with joy and hagio(holy) pneuma(spirit).