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

Cir. A.M. 4049. A.D. 45.
in the. 11:22-24 14:26,27

prophets. 11:25-27 15:35 Ro 12:6,7 1Co 12:28,29 14:24,25 Eph 4:11 1Th 5:20

Barnabas. 4:36 11:22-26,30 12:25 1Co 9:6 Ga 2:9,13

Lucius. 11:20 Ro 16:21

which, etc. or, Herod's foster brother. Herod. Mt 14:1-10 Lu 3:1,19,20 13:31,32 23:7-11 Php 4:22

and Saul. 9 8:1-3 9:1

2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

they. 6:4 De 10:8 1Sa 2:11 1Ch 16:4,37 *etc: Ro 15:16 Col 4:17 2Ti 1:11 4:5,11

fasted. 3 10:30 Da 9:3 Mt 6:16 9:14,15 Lu 2:37 1Co 7:5 2Co 6:5 11:27

the Holy. 10:19 16:6,7 1Co 12:11

Separate. 22:21 Nu 8:11-14 Ro 1:1 10:15 Ga 1:15 2:8,9 2Ti 2:2

the work. 9:15 14:26 Mt 9:38 Lu 10:1 Eph 3:7 1Ti 2:7 2Ti 1:11 Heb 5:4

3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

the had. 2 6:6 8:15-17 9:17 14:23 Nu 27:23 1Ti 4:14 5:22 2Ti 1:6 2:2

they sent. 14:26 15:40 Ro 10:15 3Jo 1:6,8

4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

being. 20:23

Cyprus. 4:36 11:19 27:4

5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

in the. 14,46 14:1 17:1-3,17 18:4 19:8

John. 12:25 15:37 Col 4:10

their. Ex 24:13 1Ki 19:3,21 2Ki 3:11 Mt 20:26 2Ti 4:11

6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

certain. 8:9-11 19:18,19 Ex 22:18 Le 20:6 De 18:10-12 1Ch 10:13 Isa 8:19,20

a false. De 13:1-3 1Ki 22:22 Jer 23:14,15 Eze 13:10-16 Zec 13:3 Mt 24:24 2Co 11:13 2Ti 3:8 2Pe 2:1-3 1Jo 4:1 Re 19:20

whose. Mt 16:17 Mr 10:46 Joh 21:15-17

7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

the deputy. 12 18:12 19:38

a prudent. 17:11,12 Pr 14:8,15,18 18:15 Ho 14:9 1Th 5:21

8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

for. 6 9:36 Joh 1:41

withstood. Ex 7:11-13 1Ki 22:24 Jer 28:1,10,11 29:24-32 2Ti 3:8 4:14,15

9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

who. 7

filled. 2:4 4:8,31 7:55 Mic 3:8

set. Mr 3:5 Lu 20:17

10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

O full. 8:20-23 Ec 9:3 Mt 3:7 15:19 23:25-33 Lu 11:39 2Co 11:3

thou child. Ge 3:15 Mt 13:38 Joh 8:44 1Jo 3:8

will. 20:30 Jer 23:36 Mt 23:13 Lu 11:52 Ga 1:7

the right. 18:25,26 Ge 18:19 2Ch 17:6 Ho 14:9 Joh 1:23

11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

hand. Ex 9:3 1Sa 5:6,9,11 Job 19:21 Ps 32:4 38:2 39:10,11

thou. 9:8,9,17 Ge 19:11 2Ki 6:8 Isa 29:10 Joh 9:39 Ro 11:7-10,25

a mist. 2Pe 2:17

12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

the deputy. 7 28:7

when. 19:7 Mt 27:54 Lu 7:16

being. 6:10 Mt 7:28,29 Lu 4:22 Joh 7:46 2Co 10:4,5

13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

loosed. 6 27:13

Perga. 2:10 14:24,25 27:5

John. 5 15:38 Col 4:10 2Ti 4:11

14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

A.M. 4050. A.D. 46. Antioch. 14:19,21-24

went. 5 16:13 17:2 18:4 19:8

15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

the reading. 27 15:21 Lu 4:16-18

the rulers. 18:8,17 Mr 5:22

Ye men. 1:16 2:29,37 7:2 15:7 22:1

if. 2:4 20:2 Ro 12:8 1Co 14:3 Heb 13:22

16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

beckoning. 12:17 19:33 21:40

Men. 26 2:22 3:12

and ye. 42,43,46 10:2,35 1Ki 8:40 Ps 67:7 85:9 135:20 Lu 1:50 23:40

give. 2:14 22:1,22 De 32:46,47 Ps 49:1-3 78:1,2 Mic 3:8,9 Mt 11:15 Re 2:7,11,17,29

17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

God. 7:2 *etc: Ge 12:1-3 17:7,8 De 4:37 7:6-8 9:5 14:2 Ne 9:7,8 Ps 105:6-12,42,43 135:4 Isa 41:8,9 44:1 Jer 33:24-26 1Pe 2:9

and exalted. 7:17 Ex 1:7-9 De 10:22 Ps 105:23,24

and with. 7:36 Ex 6:1-14:31 15:1-21 18:11 De 4:20,34 7:19 1Sa 4:8 Ne 9:9-12 Ps 77:13-20 78:12,13,42-53 105:26-39 106:7-11 Ps 114:1-8 135:8-10 136:10-15 Isa 63:9-14 Jer 32:20,21 Am 2:10 Mic 6:4 7:15,16

18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

about. 7:36,39-43 Ex 16:2,35 Nu 14:22,33,34 De 9:7,21-24 Ne 9:16-21 Ps 78:17-42 95:8-11 106:13-29 Eze 20:10-17 Am 5:25,26 1Co 10:1-10 Heb 3:7-10,16-19

suffered. 'Gr. [tropophoreo,] perhaps for [trophophoreo,] bore, or fed them as a nurse beareth or feedeth her child. De. 1:31; according to the LXX., and so Chrysostom.'

19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

when. 7:45 De 7:1 Jos 24:11 Ne 9:24 Ps 78:55

Chanaan. Ge 12:5 17:8 Ps 135:11

Canaan. he divided. Nu 26:53-56 Jos 14:1 18:10 23:4 Ps 78:55

20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

he gave. Jud 2:16 3:10 Ru 1:1 1Sa 12:11 2Sa 7:11 2Ki 23:22 1Ch 17:6

until. 1Sa 3:20

21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

they. 1Sa 8:5-22 12:12-19

Saul. 1Sa 10:1,21-26 11:15 15:1

Cis. 1Sa 9:1,2 10:21

Kish.

22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

when. 1Sa 12:25 13:13 15:11,23,26,28 16:1 28:16 31:6 2Sa 7:15 1Ch 10:13 Ho 13:10,11

he raised. 1Sa 16:1,13 2Sa 2:4 5:3-5 7:8 1Ch 28:4,5 Ps 2:6 78:70-72 Ps 89:19,20 *etc: Jer 33:21,26 Eze 34:23 37:24,25 Ho 3:5

to whom. 15:8 Heb 11:4,5

I have. 7:46 1Sa 13:14 1Ki 15:3,5

23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

this. 2:30 2Sa 7:12 Ps 89:35-37 132:11 Isa 7:13 11:1,10 Jer 23:5,6 Jer 33:15-17 Am 9:11 Mt 1:1 21:9 22:42 Lu 1:31-33,69 Joh 7:42 Ro 1:3 Re 22:16

raised. 2:32-36 3:26 4:12 5:30,31 Isa 43:11 45:21 Zec 9:9 Mt 1:21 Lu 2:10,11 Joh 4:42 Ro 11:26 Tit 1:4 2:10-14 3:3-6 2Pe 1:1,11 2Pe 2:20 3:2,18 1Jo 4:14 Jude 1:25

24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

1:22 10:37 19:3,4 Mt 3:1-11 Mr 1:2-8 Lu 1:76 3:2,3 *etc: Joh 1:6-8,15 *etc: Joh 3:25-36 5:33-36

25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

fulfilled. 36 20:24 Mr 6:16-28 Joh 4:34 19:28-30 2Ti 4:7 Re 11:7

whom. 19:4 Mt 3:11 Mr 1:7 Lu 3:15,16 Joh 1:20-23,26,27,29,34,36 Joh 3:27-29 7:18 2Co 4:5

26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

children. 15,17,46 3:26 2Ch 20:7 Ps 105:6 147:19,20 Isa 41:8 48:1 51:1,2 Mt 3:9 10:6 Lu 24:47

and whosoever. 16,43 10:35

to you. 16:17 28:28 Isa 46:13 Lu 1:69,77 Ro 1:16 2Co 5:19-21 Eph 1:13 Col 1:5

27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

because. 3:17 Lu 22:34 Joh 8:28 15:21 16:3 Ro 11:8-10,25 1Co 2:8 2Co 3:14 4:4 1Ti 1:13

nor. Mt 22:29 Lu 24:25-27,44,45

which. 14,15 15:21

they have. 26:22,23 28:23 Ge 50:20 Mt 26:54-56 Lu 24:20,24 Joh 19:28-30 Joh 19:36,37

28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

3:13,14 Mt 27:19,22-25 Mr 15:13-15 Lu 23:4,5,14-16,21-25 Joh 18:38 19:4,12-16

29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

when. 27 2:23 4:28 Lu 18:31-33 24:44 Joh 19:28,30,36,37

they took. Mt 27:57-60 Mr 15:45,46 Lu 23:53 Joh 19:38-42 1Co 15:4

30 But God raised him from the dead:

2:24,32 3:13,15,26 4:10 5:30,31 10:40 17:31 Mt 28:6 Joh 2:19 Joh 10:17 Heb 13:20

31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

he was. 1:3,11 10:41 Mt 28:16 Mr 16:12-14 Lu 24:36-42 Joh 20:19-29 Joh 21:1 *etc: 1Co 15:5-7

who. 1:8,22 2:32 3:15 5:32 10:39 Lu 24:48 Joh 15:27 Heb 2:3,4

32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

we. 38 Isa 40:9 41:27 52:7 61:1 Lu 1:19 2:10 Ro 10:15

how. 3:19 26:6 Ge 3:15 12:3 22:18 26:4 49:10 De 18:15 Isa 7:14 Isa 9:6,7 11:1 Jer 23:5 Eze 34:23 Da 9:24-26 Mic 5:2 Hag 2:7 Zec 6:12 9:9 13:1,7 Mal 3:1 4:2 Lu 1:54,55,68-73 Ro 4:13 Ga 3:16-18

33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

Thou art. Ps 2:7 Heb 1:5,6 5:5

34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

now. Ro 6:9

I will. Isa 55:3

the sure. 2Sa 7:14-16 23:5 Ps 89:2-4,19-37 Jer 33:15-17,26 Eze 34:23,24 Eze 37:24,25 Ho 3:5 Am 9:11 Zec 12:8

mercies. 'Gr. [ta hosios,] holy, or just, things; which word the LXX., both in the place of Is. 55:3, and in many others, use for that which is in the Heb. mercies.'

35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

in. 2:27-31 Ps 16:10

to see. 36,37 Ps 49:9 89:48 Lu 2:26 Joh 3:36 8:51 Heb 11:5

36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

served, etc. or, in his own age served the will of God. 22 1Ch 11:2 13:2-4 15:12-16,25-29 18:14 22:1-29:30 Ps 78:71,72

fell. 7:60 2Sa 7:12 1Ki 2:10 1Co 15:6,18 1Th 4:13

and was. 2:29 1Ch 17:11 2Ch 9:31 12:16 21:1 26:23

and saw. Ge 3:19 Job 17:14 19:26,27 21:26 Ps 49:9,14 Joh 11:39 1Co 15:42-44,53,54

37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

30 2:24

38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

it. 2:14 4:10 28:28 Eze 36:32 Da 3:18

that. 2:38 5:31 10:43 Ps 32:1 130:4,7 Jer 31:34 Da 9:24 Mic 7:18-20 Zec 13:1 Lu 24:47 Joh 1:29 2Co 5:18-21 Eph 1:7 4:32 Col 1:14 Heb 8:6,12,13 9:9-14,22 10:4-18 1Jo 2:1,2,12

39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

by. Isa 53:11 Hab 2:4 Lu 18:14 Joh 5:24 Ro 3:24-30 4:5-8,24 5:1,9 Ro 8:1,3,30-34 10:10 1Co 6:11 Ga 2:16 3:8

from which. Job 9:20 25:4 Ps 143:2 Jer 31:32 Lu 10:25,28 Joh 1:17 Ro 3:19 Ro 4:15 5:20 7:9-11 8:3 9:31 10:4 Ga 2:16,19 3:10-12,21-25 5:3 Php 3:6-9 Heb 7:19 9:9,10 10:4,11

40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

Beware. Mal 3:2 4:1 Mt 3:9-12 Heb 2:3 3:12 12:25

which. Isa 29:14 Hab 1:5

41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

ye despisers. Pr 1:24-32 5:12 Isa 5:24 28:14-22 Lu 16:14 23:35 Heb 10:28-30

for. 47 3:23 6:14 22:21 Isa 65:15 Da 9:26,27 Mt 8:10,11 21:41-44 Mt 22:7-10 23:34-38 Lu 19:42-44 21:20-26 Ro 11:7-14 Eph 3:3-8 Col 1:26,27 1Th 2:16 1Pe 4:17

42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

the Gentiles. 10:33 28:28 Eze 3:6 Mt 11:21 19:30

the next sabbath. Gr. in the week between, or, in the sabbath between. 44

43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

and religious. 2:10 6:5

followed. 17:34 19:9

persuaded. 11:23 14:22 19:8 28:23 Joh 8:31,32 15:5-10 2Co 5:11 6:1 Ga 5:1 Php 3:16 4:1 Col 1:23,28 1Th 3:3-5 Heb 6:11,12 12:15 2Pe 3:14,17,18 1Jo 2:28 2Jo 1:9

the grace. 14:3 Ro 3:24 5:2,21 11:6 Ga 5:4 Eph 2:8 Tit 2:11 Heb 13:9 1Pe 5:12

44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

came. Ge 49:10 Ps 110:3 Isa 11:10 60:8

45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

they. 5:17 *marg: 17:5 Ge 37:11 Nu 11:29 Ec 4:4 Isa 26:11 Mt 27:18 Lu 15:25-30 Ro 1:29 1Co 3:3 Ga 5:21 Jas 3:14-16 4:5

spake. 6:9,10 18:6 19:9 Mt 23:13 1Pe 4:4 Jude 1:10

46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

waxed. 4:13,29-31 Pr 28:1 Ro 10:20 Eph 6:19,20 Php 1:14 Heb 11:34

It was. 26 3:26 18:5 26:20 Mt 10:6 Lu 24:47 Joh 4:22 Ro 1:16 2:10 9:4,5

seeing. 7:51 Ex 32:9,10 De 32:21 Isa 49:5-8 Mt 10:13-15 21:43 22:6-10 Lu 14:16-24 Joh 1:11 Ro 10:19-21 11:11-13

turn. 18:6 28:28 Isa 55:5

47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

so. 1:8 9:15 22:21 26:17,18 Mt 28:19 Mr 16:15 Lu 24:47

I have. 26:23 Isa 42:1,6 49:6 60:3 Lu 2:32

that thou. 15:14-16 Ps 22:27-29 67:2-7 72:7,8 96:1,2 98:2,3 117:1,2 Isa 2:1-3 24:13-16 42:9-12 45:22 52:10 59:19,20 Jer 16:19 Ho 1:10 Am 9:12 Mic 4:2,3 5:7 Zep 3:9,10 Zec 2:11 8:20-23 Mal 1:11

48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

they. 42 2:41 8:8 15:31 Lu 2:10-11 Ro 15:9-12

glorified. Ps 138:2 2Th 3:1

and as. 2:47 Joh 10:16,26,27 11:52 Ro 8:30 11:7 Eph 1:19 2:5-10 2Th 2:13,14

ordained. 15:2 20:13 22:10 28:23 Mt 28:16 Lu 7:8 Ro 13:1 1Co 16:15 *Gr:

49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

was. 6:7 9:42 12:24 19:10,26 Php 1:13,14

50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

the Jews. 45 6:12 14:2,19 17:13 21:27 1Ki 21:25

devout. 43 2:5 Ro 10:2

honourable. 1Co 1:26-29 Jas 2:5,6

and raised. 8:1 Mt 10:23 2Ti 3:11

and expelled. 16:37-39 Isa 66:5 Am 7:12 Mr 5:17

51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

they. 18:6 Mt 10:14 Mr 6:11 Lu 9:5

Iconium. 14:1,19,21 16:2

52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

were. 2:46 5:41 Mt 5:12 Lu 6:22,23 Joh 16:22,23 Ro 5:3 14:17 15:13 2Co 8:2 1Th 1:6 Jas 1:2 1Pe 1:6-8 4:13

with the. 2:4 4:31 Ga 5:22 Eph 5:18-20