and
was placed with his fathers, and saw corruption. (37)But he, whom God
raised up, saw no corruption. (38)Be it therefore known unto you, men
and brethren, that through this man remission of sin is proclaimed to
you: (39)and by this man shall every one who believeth be justified
from all things, from which it was not possible that he should be
justified by the law of Moses. (40)Take heed then, that this come not
upon you, which is spoken by the prophets; (41)"Behold, ye despisers,
and wonder, and perish: for I do a work in your days, a work which ye
shall in no wise believe, though one declare it unto you[44]."

(42)But when the Jews were going out of the synagogue, the Gentiles
entreated that these words might be spoken to them the following
sabbath. (43)And when the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and
of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, exhorting
them, persuaded them to abide stedfast in the grace of God.

(44)And on the next sabbath almost all the city thronged together to
hear the word of God. (45)But the Jews seeing the multitude, were
filled with envy, and opposed the things spoken by Paul, contradicting
and reviling. (46)Then Paul and Barnabas speaking with undaunted
boldness, said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first
spoken unto you: but since ye have thrust it from you, and judged
yourselves not worthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to the Gentiles.
(47)For so hath the Lord enjoined us, "I have set thee for a light of
the Gentiles, that thou mightest be for salvation unto the extremity of
the earth[45]." (48)Now when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced,
and glorified the word of the Lord: and they believed, even as many as
were ordained to life eternal. (49)So the word of the Lord was diffused
through the whole region.

(50)Then the Jews stirred up the devout women, and those who were
respectable, and the principal persons of the city, and raised up a
persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their
borders. (51)But they, shaking off the dust of their feet against them,
came to Iconium. (52)And the disciples were filled with joy, and with
the Holy Ghost.

CHAP. XIV.

NOW it came to pass at Iconium, that they went together into the
synagogue of the Jews, and spake in such a manner, as that a vast
multitude both of the Jews and Greek proselytes believed. (2)But the
unbelieving Jews stirred up, and maliciously prejudiced the spirits of
th