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and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.

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.'

"‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, for I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.'"

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: "‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

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

So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.

"It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."

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

The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.

They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis.