Hi, and welcome
again to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE
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I'm Kelly Mowrer
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We'll be reading today from
the King James Version in the
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book of Acts,
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But before we start
let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank You so much
for coming down here to become
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for us the way to
live with You forever,
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and that day, we
want that to come soon,
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but until that time, thank you
also, for this bible that we can
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read to know more about You,
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and today as we read about Your
disciples and how they went out
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and spread the word, please show
us if there's anything more that
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You would have us to do to
take your good news around, and
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we love You so
much, thank you, Amen.
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We're reading today from the
book of Acts in the King James
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Version, and
we're in chapter 10.
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When we were last together,
we were reading about Cornelius
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who had gathered together
a bunch of his friends and
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family, and then gone and
brought Peter to preach the word
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of God to them (Gentiles).
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Peter came and the Holy
Ghost was poured out on them,
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and everyone rejoiced.
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We're picking up in verse 45.
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And they of the circumcision
which believed were astonished,
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as many as came with Peter,
because that on the Gentiles
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also was poured out
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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For they heard them speak
with tongues, and magnify God.
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Then answered Peter, Can any man
forbid water, that these should
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not be baptized, which
have received the Holy Ghost
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as well as we?
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And he commanded them
to be baptized in the name
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of the Lord.
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Then prayed they him
to tarry certain days.
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Reading on in chapter 11.
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And the apostles and brethren
that were in Judea heard that
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the Gentiles had also
received the word of God.
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And when Peter was come up to
Jerusalem, they that were of the
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circumcision contended with him,
saying, Thou wentest in to men
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uncircumcised, and
didst eat with them.
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But Peter rehearsed the
matter from the beginning,
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and expounded it by order unto
them, saying, I was in the city
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of Joppa praying: and in a
trance I saw a vision, A certain
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vessel descend, as it had been
a great sheet, let down from
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heaven by four corners; and it
came even to me: upon the which
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when I had fastened mine
eyes, I considered, and saw
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four-footed beasts of the earth,
and wild beasts, and creeping
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things, and fowls of the air.
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And I heard a voice saying unto
me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
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But I said, Not so, Lord: for
nothing common or unclean hath
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at any time
entered into my mouth.
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But the voice answered me
again from heaven, What God hath
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cleansed, that
call not thou common.
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And this was done three times:
and all were drawn up again
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into heaven.
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And, behold, immediately there
were three men already come unto
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the house were I was,
sent from Caesarea unto me.
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And the Spirit bade me go
with them, nothing doubting.
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Moreover these six brethren
accompanied me, and we entered
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into the man's house: and
he showed us how he had seen an
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angel in his house, which stood
and said unto him, Send men to
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Joppa, and call for Simon, whose
surname is Peter; who shall tell
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thee words, whereby thou and
all thy house shall be saved.
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And as I began to speak,
the Holy Ghost fell on them,
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as on us at the beginning.
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Then remembered I the word
of the Lord, how that he said,
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John indeed baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized with
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the Holy Ghost.
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Forasmuch then as God gave them
the like gift as he did unto us,
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who believed on the Lord Jesus
Christ, what was I, that I could
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withstand God?
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When they heard these
things, they held their peace,
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and glorified God, saying, Then
hath God also to the Gentiles
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granted repentance unto life.
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Now they which were scattered
abroad upon the persecution that
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arose about Stephen traveled
as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus,
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and Antioch, preaching the word
to none but unto the Jews only.
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And some of them were men
of Cyprus and Cyrene, which,
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when they were come to Antioch,
spake unto the Grecians,
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preaching the Lord Jesus.
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And the hand of the Lord was
with them: and a great number
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believed, and
turned unto the Lord.
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Then tidings of these things
came unto the ears of the church
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which was in Jerusalem:
and they sent forth Barnabas,
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that he should go
as far as Antioch.
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Who, when he came, and had
seen the grace of God, was glad,
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and exhorted them all, that
with purpose of heart they would
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cleave unto the Lord.
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For he was a good man, and full
of the Holy Ghost and of faith:
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and much people was
added unto the Lord.
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Then departed Barnabas
to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
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And when he had found him,
he brought him unto Antioch.
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And it came to pass, that
a whole year they assembled
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themselves with the
church, and taught much people.
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And the disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch.
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And in these days came prophets
from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
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And there stood up one of them
named Agabus, and signified by
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the Spirit that there should be
great dearth throughout all the
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world: which came to pass
in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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Then the disciples, every
man according to his ability,
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determined to send relief
unto the brethren which dwelt in
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Judea: which also they did,
and sent it to the elders by the
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hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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We're reading from the
King James Version in the book
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of Acts, and now
we're starting chapter 12.
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Now about that time Herod the
king stretched forth his hands
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to vex certain of the church.
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And he killed James the
brother of John with the sword.
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And because he saw it pleased
the Jews, he proceeded further
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to take Peter also. (Then
were the days of unleaven bread)
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And when he had apprehended
him, he put him in prison,
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and delivered him to four
quaternions of soldiers to keep
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him; intending after Easter to
bring him forth to the people.
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Peter therefore was kept
in prison: but prayer was made
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without ceasing of the
church unto God for him.
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And when Herod would have
brought him forth, the same
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night Peter was sleeping between
two soldiers, bound with two
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chains: and the keepers
before the door kept the prison.
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And, behold, the angel of the
Lord came upon him, and a light
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shined in the prison: and
he smote Peter on the side,
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and raised him up,
saying, Arise up quickly.
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And his chains
fell off from his hands.
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And the angel said unto
him, Gird thyself, and bind on
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thy sandals. And so he did.
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And he saith unto him,
Cast thy garment about thee,
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and follow me.
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And he went out, and followed
him; and wist not that it was
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true which was done by
the angel; but thought he
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saw a vision.
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When they were past the first
and the second ward, they came
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unto the iron gate that leadeth
unto the city; which opened to
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them of his own accord: and
they went out, and passed on
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through one street;
and forthwith the angel
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departed from him.
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And when Peter was come to
himself, he said, Now I know of
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a surety, that the Lord
hath sent his angel, and hath
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delivered me out of the
hand of Herod, and from all the
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expectation of the
people of the Jews.
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And when he had considered the
thing, he came to the house of
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Mary the mother of John, whose
surname was Mark; where many
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were gathered together praying.
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And as Peter knocked at the door
of the gate, a damsel came to
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harken, named Rhoda.
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And when she knew Peter's
voice, she opened not the gate
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for gladness, but ran
in, and told how Peter stood
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before the gate.
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And they said
unto her, Thou art mad.
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But she constantly
affirmed that it was even so.
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Then said they, It is his angel.
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But Peter continued knocking:
and when they had opened the
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door, and saw him,
they were astonished.
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But he, beckoning unto them with
the hand to hold their peace,
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declared unto them how
the Lord had brought him
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out of the prison.
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And he said, Go show
these things unto James,
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and to the brethren.
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And he departed, and
went into another place.
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Now as soon as it was day, there
was no small stir among the
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soldiers, what
was become of Peter.
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And when Herod had sought
for him, and found him not,
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he examined the keepers, and
commanded that they should be
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put to death.
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And he went down from Judea
to Caesarea, and there abode.
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And Herod was highly displeased
with them of Tyre and Sidon:
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but they came with one accord
to him, and having made Blastus
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the king's chamberlain
their friend, desired peace;
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because their country was
nourished by the king's country.
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And upon a set day
Herod, arrayed in royal apparel,
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sat upon his throne, and
made an oration unto them.
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And the people gave a
shout, saying, It is the voice
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of a god, and not of a man.
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And immediately the angel of the
Lord smote him, because he gave
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not God the glory:
and he was eaten of worms,
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and gave up the ghost.
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But the word of God
grew and multiplied.
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And Barnabas and Saul returned
from Jerusalem, when they had
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fulfilled their ministry,
and took with them John,
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whose surname was Mark.
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We're reading from the book of
Acts, and we are now beginning
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chapter 13.
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Now there were in the church
that was at Antioch certain
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prophets and teachers; as
Barnabas, and Simeon that was
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called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manaen, which had
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been brought up with
Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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As they ministered to the Lord,
and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
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Separate me Barnabas and
Saul for the work whereunto
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I have called them.
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And when they had fasted and
prayed, and laid their hands on
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them, they sent them away.
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So they, being sent forth by
the Holy Ghost, departed unto
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Seleucia; and from
thence they sailed to Cyprus.
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And when they were at Salamis,
they preached the word of God
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in the synagogues of the
Jews: and they had also John
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to their minister.
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And when they had gone through
the isle unto Paphos, they found
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a certain sorcerer, a
false prophet, a Jew, whose name
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was Bar-jesus: which was
with the deputy of the country,
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Sergius Paulus, a prudent
man; who called for Barnabas and
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Saul, and desired to
hear the word of God.
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But Elymas the sorcerer (for so
is his name by interpretation)
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withstood them, seeking to turn
away the deputy from the faith.
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Then Saul, (who is also
called Paul) filled with the
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Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
and said, O full of all subtlety
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and all mischief, thou child
of the devil, thou enemy of all
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righteousness, wilt thou
not cease to pervert the right
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ways of the Lord?
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And now, behold, the
hand of the Lord is upon thee,
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and thou shalt be blind,
not seeing the sun for a season.
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And immediately there fell
on him a mist and a darkness;
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and he went about seeking
some to lead him by the hand.
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Then the deputy, when he
saw what was done, believed,
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being astonished at
the doctrine of the Lord.
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Now when Paul and his company
loosed from Paphos, they came to
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Perga in Pamphylia: and John
departing from them returned
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to Jerusalem.
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But when they departed
from Perga, they came to Antioch
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in Psidia, and went
into the synagogue on the
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sabbath day, and sat down.
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And after the reading of
the law and the prophets,
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the rulers of the synagogue sent
unto them, saying, Ye men and
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brethren, if ye have any word
of exhortation for the people,
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say on.
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Then Paul stood up, and
beckoning with his hand said,
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Men of Israel, and ye
that fear God, give audience.
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The God of this people of Israel
chose our fathers, and exalted
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the people when they dwelt as
strangers in the land of Egypt,
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and with a high arm
brought he them out of it.
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And about the time of forty
years suffered he their manners
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in the wilderness.
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And when he had destroyed seven
nations in the land of Canaan,
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he divided their
land to them by lot.
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And after that he gave unto
them judges about the space of
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four hundred and fifty
years, until Samuel the prophet.
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And afterward they desired
a king: and God gave unto them
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Saul the son of Cis, a
man of the tribe of Benjamin,
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by the space of forty years.
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And when he had removed him,
he raised up unto them David
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to be their king; to whom also
he gave testimony, and said,
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I have found David the son
of Jesse, a man after mine own
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heart, which shall
fulfill all my will.
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Of this man's seed hath
God, according to his promise,
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raised unto
Israel a Savior, Jesus:
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Oh that we all be called by
God; men and women after His
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own heart.
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thank you for joining us
today, and until next time.
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Goodbye.
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