41. ‘Look, you scoffers! Be astonished and die!For what I am doing todayis something that you will not believe,even when someone explains it to you!’ ”
42. As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to come back the next Sabbath and tell them more about these things.
43. After the people had left the meeting, Paul and Barnabas were followed by many Jews and by many Gentiles who had been converted to Judaism. The apostles spoke to them and encouraged them to keep on living in the grace of God.
44. The next Sabbath nearly everyone in the town came to hear the word of the Lord.