10. and said, “You son of the devil! You are a liar, a criminal, and an enemy of everything that is right. When will you stop speaking against the true ways of the Lord?
11. The Lord is going to punish you by making you completely blind for a while.”Suddenly the man's eyes were covered by a dark mist, and he went around trying to get someone to lead him by the hand.
12. When the governor saw what had happened, he was amazed at this teaching about the Lord. So he put his faith in the Lord.
13. Paul and the others left Paphos and sailed to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and went back to Jerusalem.
14. The rest of them went on from Perga to Antioch in Pisidia. Then on the Sabbath they went to the Jewish meeting place and sat down.
15. After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders sent someone over to tell Paul and Barnabas, “Friends, if you have anything to say that will help the people, please say it.”
16. Paul got up. He motioned with his hand and said:People of Israel, and everyone else who worships God, listen!
17. The God of Israel chose our ancestors, and he let our people prosper while they were living in Egypt. Then with his mighty power he led them out,
18. and for about forty years he took care of them in the desert.
19. He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people.
20. All this happened in about 450 years.Then God gave our people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel,
21. but the people demanded a king. So for forty years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.
22. Later, God removed Saul and let David rule in his place. God said about him, “David the son of Jesse is the kind of person who pleases me most! He does everything I want him to do.”
23. God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and that one is Jesus.
24. But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.
25. Then, when John's work was almost done, he said, “Who do you people think I am? Do you think I am the Promised One? He will come later, and I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
26. Now listen, you descendants of Abraham! Pay attention, all you Gentiles who are here to worship God! Listen to this message about how to be saved, because it is for everyone.
27. The people of Jerusalem and their leaders didn't realize who Jesus was. And they didn't understand the words of the prophets that they read each Sabbath. So they condemned Jesus just as the prophets had said.