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Acts 13

Acts 13 — Overview

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

, Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles; , Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer; , Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ; , The Gentiles believe; , but the Jews gainsay and blaspheme, whereupon they turn to the Gentiles, of whom many believe; , The Jews raise a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, who go to Iconium.

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