Acts 13:13-31
The apostles, continuing their journey, land in Pamphylia. But there, John (also called Mark, Acts 12:12) leaves them and returns to Jerusalem. His faith was not equal to the service in which he was engaged nor for the difficulties he had encountered. It is not sufficient merely to accompany or to imitate a servant of God. Even in a joint work, each one has his own responsibility before the Lord and can only walk by his own personal faith.
Addressing himself to the Jews in the synagogue of Antioch in Pisidia, Paul, like Stephen, recalls the history of Israel and shows how God has fulfilled in Jesus the promises made to David (Psalms 132:11). Was not David himself a precious type of the Saviour who was to be descended from him (v. 23)? For in contrast with Saul, a king according to the flesh, God had Himself chosen in David a man after His own heart, who would fulfil all His will (v. 22).
Everything agreed perfectly in pointing to Jesus as the Messiah: the witness of John after that of all the prophets; the fulfilment of the Scriptures in His death, even though no crime had been found in Him (v. 28; Isaiah 53:9); and, above all, His resurrection (v. 30).