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So these two, after they had been sent out by the Ruach HaKodesh, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.

and thus they made their way throughout the whole island. They ended up in Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and pseudo-prophet named Bar-Yeshua.

but the others went on from Perga to Pisidian Antioch, and on Shabbat they went into the synagogue and sat down.

The God of this people Isra'el chose our fathers. He made the people great during the time when they were living as aliens in Egypt and with a stretched-out arm he led them out of that land .

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Sha'ul Ben-Kish, a man from the tribe of Binyamin. After forty years,

For the people living in Yerushalayim and their leaders did not recognize who Yeshua was or understand the message of the Prophets read every Shabbat, so they fulfilled that message by condemning him.

and when they had carried out all the things written about him, he was taken down from the stake and placed in a tomb.

He appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from the Galil to Yerushalayim; and they are now his witnesses to the people.

As they left, the people invited Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba to tell them more about these matters the following Shabbat.

but when the Jews who had not believed saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and spoke up against what Sha'ul was saying and insulted him.

The Gentiles were very happy to hear this. They honored the message about the Lord, and as many as had been appointed to eternal life came to trust.

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the women ‘God-fearers' of high social standing and the leading men of the city, and they organized persecution against Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba and expelled them from their district.

In Iconium the same thing happened — they went into the synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks came to trust.

but they learned of it and escaped to Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,

They began calling Bar-Nabba "Zeus" and Sha'ul "Hermes," since he did most of the talking;

When the emissaries Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul heard of it, they tore their clothes and ran into the crowd, shouting,

Then some unbelieving Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. They won over the crowds, stoned Sha'ul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.

After proclaiming the Good News in that city and making many people into talmidim, they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,

After appointing elders for them in every congregation, Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord in whom they had put their trust.

After speaking the message in Perga, they came down to Attalia; and from there, they sailed back to Antioch,