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Then the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and tie on your sandals"; and so he did. And he said to him, "Put on your garment and follow me."

So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying.

But they said to her, "You are beside yourself!" Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel."

So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, [fn] the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.' " Isaiah 49:6 ">[fn]

Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.

So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

So they stayed there a long time with the disciples.

So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us,

So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,Says the Lord who does all these things.' Amos 9:11, 12 ">[fn]

So when they were sent off, they came to Antioch; and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.

Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;

So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

So passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.