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He adhered to a wise man, who was the proconsul, and was called Sergius Paulus. And the proconsul sent for Saul and Barnabas, and requested to hear from them the word of God.

And now, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, and shalt not see the sun for a time. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and he went about, inquiring who would take him by the hand.

And he extirpated seven nations in the land of Canaan, and gave them their land for an inheritance.

And for four hundred and fifty years he gave them judges, until Samuel the prophet.

And then they asked for themselves a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

For, those inhabitants of Jerusalem and their chiefs, did not apprehend it; neither [fn] also the writings of the prophets, which are read every sabbath; but they condemned him, and fulfilled all the things written.

And while they found no ground for [fn] death, they desired of Pilate that they might kill him.

For David, in his generation, served the pleasure of God, and went to rest, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though a man relate it to you.

For so hath our Lord commanded us; as it is written: I have set thee a light to the Gentiles; that thou shouldst be for life unto the ends of the earth.

And they established for them Elders in each church, while they fasted with them, and prayed, and commended them to our Lord in whom they believed.

And thence they proceeded by sea, and came to Antioch; because from there they had been commended to the grace of the Lord, for that work which they had accomplished.

And some who from the sect of the Pharisees had believed, rose up and said: It is necessary for you to circumcise them, and to command them to observe the law of Moses.

Simon hath related to you, how God hath begun to elect a people for his name from among the Gentiles.

For in every city, from former ages, Moses hath heralds in the synagogues, who read him every sabbath.

men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

For it was pleasing to the Holy Spirit, and to us, that there should not be laid upon you any additional burden, besides these necessary things:

But Paul chose Silas for his companion, and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God.

Him Paul was disposed to take with him: and he took him, and circumcised him, because of the Jews that were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Gentile.

And when Paul had seen this vision, immediately we were desirous to depart for Macedonia; because we inferred, that our Lord called us to preach to them.