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Acts 13:12

James Moffatt - New Testament

Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had happened; he was astounded at the doctrine of the Lord.

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he belonged to the suite of the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man who called for Barnabas and Saul and demanded to hear the word of God.

All spoke well of him and marvelled at the gracious words that came from his lips; they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

There was an estate in the neighbourhood which belonged to a man called Publius, the governor of the island; he welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

They numbered all together about twelve men.

Paul and Barnabas, however, stayed on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord along with a number of others.

and the word of the Lord went far and wide over the whole country.

but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

The attendants replied, "No man ever spoke as he does."

All were seized with awe and glorified God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, "God has visited his people."

Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

After bearing their testimony to the word of the Lord and preaching it, the apostles went back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to a number of the Samaritan villages;

But the sorcerer Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) tried to divert the proconsul from the faith.

When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life;

Some days later, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come and let us go back to visit the brothers in every town where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they are doing."

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia the Jews without exception rose against Paul and brought him up before the tribunal,

This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

Thus did the word of the Lord increase and prevail mightily.

If Demetrius and his fellow tradesmen have a grievance against anybody, let both parties state their charges; assizes are held and there are always the proconsuls.




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