40. Therefore, be careful, lest what was said by the Prophets may overwhelm you:
41. 'You despisers! Look, and wonder, and be scattered! For I am working a deed in your days, a deed which you would not believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.' "
42. Then, as they were departing, they asked them if, on the following Sabbath, they might speak these words to them.
43. And when the synagogue had been dismissed, many among the Jews and the new worshipers were following Paul and Barnabas. And they, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44. Yet truly, on the following Sabbath, nearly the entire city came together to hear the Word of God.
45. Then the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and they, blaspheming, contradicted the things that were being said by Paul.