| 13:44 |
Sed vere, on the following Sabbath, nearly the entire city came together to hear the Word of God. |
| 13:45 |
tum iudaei, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and they, blaspheming, contradicted the things that were being said by Paul. |
| 13:46 |
Then Paul and Barnabas said firmly: “It was necessary to speak the Word of God first to you. But because you reject it, and so judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, ecce, we turn to the Gentiles. |
| 13:47 |
For so has the Lord instructed us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ” |
| 13:48 |
Then the Gentiles, hoc audito, were gladdened, and they were glorifying the Word of the Lord. And as many as believed were preordained to eternal life. |
| 13:49 |
Now the word of the Lord was disseminated throughout the entire region. |
| 13:50 |
But the Jews incited some devout and honest women, and the leaders of the city. And they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they drove them away from their parts. |
| 13:51 |
At illi, shaking the dust from their feet against them, went on to Iconium. |
| 13:52 |
The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit. |
