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Acts 13:12

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When the governor saw this, he believed. He was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.

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He always stayed close to Sergius Paulus, who was the governor and a very smart man. He invited Barnabas and Saul to come visit him, because he wanted to hear the message of God.

Everyone there said good things about Jesus. They were amazed to hear him speak such wonderful words. They said, “How is this possible? Isn’t he Joseph’s son?”

There were some fields around that same area. They were owned by a man named Publius, the most important Roman official on the island. He welcomed us into his home and was very good to us. We stayed in his house for three days.

There were about twelve men in this group.

But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch. They and many others taught the believers and told other people the Good News about the Lord.

And so the message of the Lord was being told throughout the whole country.

But the Spirit was helping him speak with wisdom. His words were so strong that these Jews could not argue with him.

The Temple police answered, “We have never heard anyone say such amazing things!”

Everyone was filled with fear. They began praising God and said, “A great prophet is here with us!” and “God is taking care of his people.”

The army officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything that happened. They were very afraid and said, “He really was the Son of God!”

Then the two apostles told the people what they had seen Jesus do. They told them the message of the Lord. Then they went back to Jerusalem. On the way, they went through many Samaritan towns and told people the Good News.

But the magician Elymas (as Barjesus was called in Greek) spoke against them, trying to stop the governor from believing in Jesus.

When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message of the Lord, and many of them believed it. These were the ones chosen to have eternal life.

A few days later, Paul said to Barnabas, “We should go back to all the towns where we told people the message of the Lord. We should visit the believers to see how they are doing.”

During the time that Gallio was the governor of Achaia, some of the Jews came together against Paul. They took him to court.

He did this for two years. Because of this work, everyone in Asia, Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

This is how the word of the Lord was spreading in a powerful way, causing more and more people to believe.

We have courts of law and there are judges. Do Demetrius and those men who work with him have a charge against anyone? They should go to the courts. Let them argue with each other there.




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