The Acts of Ruach HaKodesh in the Primitive Miqra

^1:1The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Yeshua began both to do and to teach, ^1:2until the day in which he was received up, after he had given mitzvah through the Holy Spirit to the emissaries whom he had chosen. ^1:3To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about G-d's Kingdom. ^1:4Being assembled together with them, he charged them, "Don't depart from Yerushalayim, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. ^1:5For Yochanan indeed immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

^1:6Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Yisra'el?"

^1:7He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority. ^1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Yerushalayim, in all Yehudah and Shomron, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

^1:9When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. ^1:10While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing, ^1:11who also said, "You men of the Galil, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Yeshua, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky."

^1:12Then they returned to Yerushalayim from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Yerushalayim, a Shabbat day's journey away. ^1:13When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Kefa, Yochanan, Ya`akov, Andrai, Philip, T'oma, Bar-Talmai, Mattityahu, Ya`akov the son of Chalfai, Shim`on the Zealot, and Yehudah the son of Ya`akov. ^1:14All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, and Miryam the mother of Yeshua, and with his brothers.

^1:15In these days, Kefa stood up in the midst of the talmidim (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said, ^1:16"Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Yehudah, who was guide to those who took Yeshua. ^1:17For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry. ^1:18Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out. ^1:19It became known to everyone who lived in Yerushalayim that in their language that field was called 'Chakal-Dama,' that is, 'The field of blood.' ^1:20For it is written in the book of Tehillim,

 'Let his habitation be made desolate,
      Let no one dwell therein,'

and,

 'Let another take his office.'

^1:21Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Yeshua went in and out among us, ^1:22beginning from the immersion of Yochanan, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection."

^1:23They put forward two, Yosef called Bar-Sabba, who was surnamed Justus, and Mattityah. ^1:24They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen ^1:25to take part in this ministry and office of emissary from which Yehudah fell away, that he might go to his own place." ^1:26They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Mattityah, and he was numbered with the eleven emissaries.

^2:1Now when the day of Shavu`ot had come, they were all with one accord in one place. <sup>2:2</sup>Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. <sup>2:3</sup>Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. <sup>2:4</sup>They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak. <sup>2:5</sup>Now there were dwelling in Yerushalayim Yehudim, devout men, from every nation under the sky. <sup>2:6</sup>When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language. <sup>2:7</sup>They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren't all these who speak from the Galil? <sup>2:8</sup>How do we hear, everyone in our own native language? <sup>2:9</sup>Parthians, Madai, Elamites, and people from Aram-Naharayim, Yehudah, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, <sup>2:10</sup>Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Yehudim and proselytes, <sup>2:11</sup>Cretans and `Aravi'im: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of G-d!" ^2:12They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?" ^2:13Others, mocking, said, "They are filled with new wine."

^2:14But Kefa, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Yehudah, and all you who dwell at Yerushalayim, let this be known to you, and listen to my words. ^2:15For these aren't drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day. ^2:16But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Yo'el:

 ^2:17'It will be in the last days, says G-d,
      That I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.

 Your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
      Your young men will see visions.
      Your old men will dream dreams.

 ^2:18Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days,
      I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

 ^2:19I will show wonders in the sky above,
      And signs on the earth beneath;
      Blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

 ^2:20The sun will be turned into darkness,
      And the moon into blood,
      Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
      ^2:21It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

^2:22"Men of Yisra'el, hear these words! Yeshua of Natzeret, a man approved by G-d to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which G-d did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know, ^2:23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of G-d, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed; ^2:24whom G-d raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. ^2:25For David says concerning him,

 'I saw the Lord always before my face,
      For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

 ^2:26Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced.
      Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;

 ^2:27Because you will not leave my soul in She'ol,
      Neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

 ^2:28You made known to me the ways of life.
      You will make me full of gladness with your presence.'

^2:29"Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. ^2:30Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that G-d had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah to sit on his throne, ^2:31he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah, that neither was his soul left in She'ol, nor did his flesh see decay. ^2:32This Yeshua G-d raised up, to which we all are witnesses. ^2:33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of G-d, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear. ^2:34For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself,

 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,
      ^2:35Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'

^2:36"Let all the house of Yisra'el therefore know assuredly that G-d has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Yeshua whom you crucified."

^2:37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Kefa and the rest of the emissaries, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

^2:38Kefa said to them, "Repent, and be immersed, everyone of you, in the name of Yeshua the Messiah for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ^2:39For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our G-d will call to himself." ^2:40With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"

^2:41Then those who gladly received his word were immersed. There were added that day about three thousand souls. ^2:42They continued steadfastly in the emissaries' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. ^2:43Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the emissaries. ^2:44All who believed were together, and had all things in common. ^2:45They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need. ^2:46Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, ^2:47praising G-d, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

^3:1Kefa and Yochanan were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. ^3:2A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Yafeh, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple. ^3:3Seeing Kefa and Yochanan about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy. ^3:4Kefa, fastening his eyes on him, with Yochanan, said, "Look at us." ^3:5He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them. ^3:6But Kefa said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Yeshua the Messiah of Natzeret, get up and walk!" ^3:7He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength. ^3:8Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising G-d. ^3:9All the people saw him walking and praising G-d. ^3:10They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Yafeh Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. ^3:11As the lame man who was healed held on to Kefa and Yochanan, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Shlomo's, greatly wondering.

^3:12When Kefa saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Yisra'el, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or G-dliness we had made him walk? ^3:13The G-d of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya`akov, the G-d of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Yeshua, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. ^3:14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ^3:15and killed the Prince of life, whom G-d raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses. ^3:16By faith in his name has his name made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

^3:17"Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ^3:18But the things which G-d announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Messiah should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

^3:19"Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, ^3:20and that he may send Messiah Yeshua, who was ordained for you before, ^3:21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which G-d spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets. ^3:22For Moshe indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord G-d will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you. ^3:23It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.' ^3:24Yes, and all the prophets from Shemu'el and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days. ^3:25You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which G-d made with our fathers, saying to Avraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.' ^3:26God, having raised up his servant, Yeshua, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."

^4:1As they spoke to the people, the kohanim and the captain of the temple and the Tzedukim came to them, ^4:2being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Yeshua the resurrection from the dead. ^4:3They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening. ^4:4But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

^4:5It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Yerushalayim. ^4:6Anan the kohen gadol was there, with Kayafa, Yochanan, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the kohen gadol. ^4:7When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

^4:8Then Kefa, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Yisra'el, ^4:9if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, ^4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Yisra'el, that in the name of Yeshua the Messiah of Natzeret, whom you crucified, whom G-d raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole. ^4:11He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.' ^4:12There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"

^4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Kefa and Yochanan, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Yeshua. ^4:14Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. ^4:15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, ^4:16saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Yerushalayim, and we can't deny it. ^4:17But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name." ^4:18They called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Yeshua.

^4:19But Kefa and Yochanan answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of G-d to listen to you rather than to G-d, judge for yourselves, ^4:20for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."

^4:21When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified G-d for that which was done. ^4:22For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

^4:23Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief kohanim and the elders had said to them. ^4:24When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to G-d with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are G-d, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them; ^4:25who by the mouth of your servant, David, said,

 'Why do the nations rage,
      And the peoples plot a vain thing?

 ^4:26The kings of the earth take a stand,
      And the rulers take council together,
      Against the Lord, and against his Messiah.'

^4:27For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Yeshua, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Goyim and the people of Yisra'el, were gathered together ^4:28to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen. ^4:29Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, ^4:30while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Yeshua."

^4:31When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of G-d with boldness. ^4:32The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. ^4:33With great power, the emissaries gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Yeshua. Great grace was on them all. ^4:34For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, ^4:35and laid them at the emissaries' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need. ^4:36Yosi, who by the emissaries was surnamed Bar-Nabba (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race, ^4:37having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the emissaries' feet.

^5:1But a certain man named Chananyah, with Shappirah, his wife, sold a possession, ^5:2and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the emissaries' feet. ^5:3But Kefa said, "Chananyah, why has Hasatan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? ^5:4While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to G-d."

^5:5Chananyah, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things. ^5:6The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him. ^5:7About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. ^5:8Kefa answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much."

She said, "Yes, for so much."

^5:9But Kefa asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

^5:10She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband. ^5:11Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things. ^5:12By the hands of the emissaries many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Shlomo's porch. ^5:13None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them. ^5:14More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women. ^5:15They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Kefa came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them. ^5:16Multitudes also came together from the cities around Yerushalayim, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.

^5:17But the kohen gadol rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Tzedukim), and they were filled with jealousy, ^5:18and laid hands on the emissaries, and put them in public custody. ^5:19But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said, ^5:20"Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."

^5:21When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the kohen gadol came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Yisra'el, and sent to the prison to have them brought. ^5:22But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported, ^5:23"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

^5:24Now when the kohen gadol, the captain of the temple, and the chief kohanim heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this. ^5:25One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people." ^5:26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

^5:27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The kohen gadol questioned them, ^5:28saying, "Didn't we strictly charge you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Yerushalayim with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

^5:29But Kefa and the emissaries answered, "We must obey G-d rather than men. ^5:30The G-d of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree. ^5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Yisra'el, and remission of sins. ^5:32We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom G-d has given to those who obey him."

^5:33But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them. ^5:34But one stood up in the council, a Parush named Gamli'el, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the emissaries out for a little while. ^5:35He said to them, "You men of Yisra'el, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do. ^5:36For before these days Todah rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. ^5:37After this man, Yehudah of the Galil rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad. ^5:38Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown. ^5:39But if it is of G-d, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against G-d!"

^5:40They agreed with him. Summoning the emissaries, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Yeshua, and let them go. ^5:41They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Yeshua#s name.

^5:42Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Yeshua, the Messiah.

^6:1Now in those days, when the number of the talmidim was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Grecian Yehudim against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily service. ^6:2The twelve summoned the multitude of the talmidim and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of G-d and serve tables. ^6:3Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ^6:4But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."

^6:5These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch; ^6:6whom they set before the emissaries. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. ^6:7The word of G-d increased and the number of the talmidim multiplied in Yerushalayim exceedingly. A great company of the kohanim were obedient to the faith.

^6:8Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. ^6:9But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen. ^6:10They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. ^6:11Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moshe and G-d." ^6:12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council, ^6:13and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law. ^6:14For we have heard him say that this Yeshua of Natzeret will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moshe delivered to us." ^6:15All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

^7:1The kohen gadol said, "Are these things so?"

^7:2He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The G-d of glory appeared to our father Avraham, when he was in Aram-Naharayim, before he lived in Charan, ^7:3and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.' ^7:4Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim, and lived in Charan. From there, when his father was dead, G-d moved him into this land, where you are now living. ^7:5He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child. ^7:6God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. ^7:7'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said G-d, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.' ^7:8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Avraham became the father of Yitzchak, and circumcised him the eighth day. Yitzchak became the father of Ya`akov, and Ya`akov became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

^7:9"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Yosef, sold him into Egypt. G-d was with him, ^7:10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Par`oh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house. <sup>7:11</sup>Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Kana`an, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food. ^7:12But when Ya`akov heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time. <sup>7:13</sup>On the second time Yosef was made known to his brothers, and Yosef's race was revealed to Par`oh. ^7:14Yosef sent, and summoned Ya`akov, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls. <sup>7:15</sup>Ya`akov went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers, ^7:16and they were brought back to Shekhem, and laid in the tomb that Avraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Chamor of Shekhem.

^7:17"But as the time of the promise came close which G-d had sworn to Avraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, ^7:18until there arose a different king, who didn't know Yosef. ^7:19The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. ^7:20At that time Moshe was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house. ^7:21When he was thrown out, Par`oh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son. ^7:22Moshe was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works. ^7:23But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Yisra'el. ^7:24Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian. ^7:25He supposed that his brothers understood that G-d, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.

^7:26"The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at shalom again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?' ^7:27But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? ^7:28Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' ^7:29Moshe fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midyan, where he became the father of two sons.

^7:30"When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. ^7:31When Moshe saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him, ^7:32'I am the G-d of your fathers, the G-d of Avraham, the G-d of Yitzchak, and the G-d of Ya`akov.' Moshe trembled, and dared not look. ^7:33The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. ^7:34I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.'

^7:35"This Moshe, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. ^7:36This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Sea of Suf, and in the wilderness for forty years. ^7:37This is that Moshe, who said to the children of Yisra'el, 'The Lord our G-d will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.' ^7:38This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us, ^7:39to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt, ^7:40saying to Aharon, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moshe, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.' ^7:41They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands. ^7:42But G-d turned, and gave them up to serve the host of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets,

 'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices
      Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Yisra'el?

 ^7:43You took up the tent of Molekh,
      The star of your G-d Reifan,

 The figures which you made to worship.
      I will carry you away beyond Bavel.'

^7:44"Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moshe commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen; ^7:45which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Yehoshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom G-d drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David, ^7:46who found favor in the sight of G-d, and asked to find a habitation for the G-d of Ya`akov. <sup>7:47</sup>But Shlomo built him a house. <sup>7:48</sup>However, Ha`Elyon doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

 ^7:49'heaven is my throne,
      And the earth a footstool for my feet.

 What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord;
      'Or what is the place of my rest?

 ^7:50Didn't my hand make all these things?'

^7:51"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do. ^7:52Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers. ^7:53You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"

^7:54Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. ^7:55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of G-d, and Yeshua standing on the right hand of G-d, ^7:56and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of G-d!"

^7:57But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord. ^7:58They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Sha'ul. ^7:59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Yeshua, receive my Spirit!" ^7:60He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.

^8:1Sha'ul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Yerushalayim in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Yehudah and Shomron, except for the emissaries. ^8:2Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him. ^8:3But Sha'ul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison. ^8:4Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word. ^8:5Philip went down to the city of Shomron, and proclaimed to them the Messiah. ^8:6The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did. ^8:7For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. ^8:8There was great joy in that city.

^8:9But there was a certain man, Shim`on by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Shomron, making himself out to be some great one, <sup>8:10</sup>to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of G-d." <sup>8:11</sup>They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. <sup>8:12</sup>But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of G-d and the name of Yeshua the Messiah, they were immersed, both men and women. <sup>8:13</sup>Shim`on himself also believed. Being immersed, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occuring, he was amazed.

^8:14Now when the emissaries who were at Yerushalayim heard that Shomron had received the word of G-d, they sent Kefa and Yochanan to them, ^8:15who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; ^8:16for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua. ^8:17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. ^8:18Now when Shim`on saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the emissaries' hands, he offered them money, ^8:19saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit." ^8:20But Kefa said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of G-d with money! ^8:21You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before G-d. ^8:22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask G-d if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. ^8:23For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."

^8:24Shim`on answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me."

^8:25They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Yerushalayim, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Shomroni. ^8:26But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Yerushalayim to `Aza. This is a desert."

^8:27He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Kush, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Kushim, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Yerushalayim to worship. ^8:28He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Yesha`yahu.

^8:29The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

^8:30Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Yesha`yahu the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

^8:31He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him. ^8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,

 "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
      As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
      So he doesn't open his mouth.

 ^8:33In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away.
      Who will declare His generation?
      For his life is taken from the earth."

^8:34The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?"

^8:35Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Yeshua. ^8:36As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being immersed?"

^{8:37 8:38}He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him.

^8:39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing. ^8:40But Philip was found at Ashdod. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

^9:1But Sha'ul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the talmidim of the Lord, went to the kohen gadol, ^9:2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Dammesek, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Yerushalayim. ^9:3As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Dammesek, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. ^9:4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why do you persecute me?"

^9:5He said, "Who are you, Lord?"

The Lord said, "I am Yeshua, whom you are persecuting. ^9:6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

^9:7The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one. ^9:8Sha'ul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Dammesek. ^9:9He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

^9:10Now there was a certain talmid at Dammesek named Chananyah. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Chananyah!"

He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."

^9:11The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Yehudah for one named Sha'ul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying, ^9:12and in a vision he has seen a man named Chananyah coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."

^9:13But Chananyah answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your holy ones at Yerushalayim. ^9:14Here he has authority from the chief kohanim to bind all who call on your name."

^9:15But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Yisra'el. ^9:16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

^9:17Chananyah departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Sha'ul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit." ^9:18Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was immersed. ^9:19He took food and was strengthened. Sha'ul stayed several days with the talmidim who were at Dammesek. ^9:20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Messiah, that he is the Son of G-d. ^9:21All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Yerushalayim made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief kohanim!"

^9:22But Sha'ul increased more in strength, and confounded the Yehudim who lived at Dammesek, proving that this is the Messiah. ^9:23When many days were fulfilled, the Yehudim conspired together to kill him, ^9:24but their plot became known to Sha'ul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him, ^9:25but his talmidim took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. ^9:26When Sha'ul had come to Yerushalayim, he tried to join himself to the talmidim; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a talmid. ^9:27But Bar-Nabba took him, and brought him to the emissaries, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Dammesek he had preached boldly in the name of Yeshua. ^9:28He was with them entering into Yerushalayim, ^9:29preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. He spoke and disputed against the Grecian Yehudim, but they were seeking to kill him. ^9:30When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus. ^9:31So the assemblies throughout all Yehudah and the Galil and Shomron had shalom, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

^9:32It happened, as Kefa went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the holy ones who lived at Lud. ^9:33There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. ^9:34Kefa said to him, "Aeneas, Yeshua the Messiah heals you. Get up and make your bed!" Immediately he arose. ^9:35All who lived at Lud and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

^9:36Now there was at Yafo a certain talmid named Tavita, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did. ^9:37It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber. ^9:38As Lud was near Yafo, the talmidim, hearing that Kefa was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them. ^9:39Kefa got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. ^9:40Kefa put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tavita, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Kefa, she sat up. ^9:41He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the holy ones and widows, he presented her alive. ^9:42And it became known throughout all Yafo, and many believed in the Lord. ^9:43It happened, that he stayed many days in Yafo with one Shim`on, a tanner.

^10:1Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, ^10:2a devout man, and one who feared G-d with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to G-d. ^10:3At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of G-d coming to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

^10:4He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?"

He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before G-d. ^10:5Now send men to Yafo, and get Shim`on, who is surnamed Kefa. <sup>10:6</sup>He lodges with one Shim`on, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside."

^10:7When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually. ^10:8Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Yafo. ^10:9Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Kefa went up on the housetop to pray at about noon. ^10:10He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance. ^10:11He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth, ^10:12in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky. ^10:13A voice came to him, "Rise, Kefa, kill and eat!"

^10:14But Kefa said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

^10:15A voice came to him again the second time, "What G-d has cleansed, you must not call unclean." ^10:16This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven. ^10:17Now while Kefa was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Shim`on's house, stood before the gate, <sup>10:18</sup>and called and asked whether Shim`on, who was surnamed Kefa, was lodging there. ^10:19While Kefa was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men seek you. ^10:20But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them."

^10:21Kefa went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?"

^10:22They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears G-d, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Yehudim, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say." ^10:23So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day Kefa arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Yafo accompanied him. ^10:24On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends. ^10:25When it happened that Kefa entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him. ^10:26But Kefa raised him up, saying, "Stand up! I myself am also a man." ^10:27As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together. ^10:28He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Yehudi to join himself or come to one of another nation, but G-d has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean. ^10:29Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"

^10:30Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, ^10:31and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of G-d. ^10:32Send therefore to Yafo, and summon Shim`on, who is surnamed Kefa. He lodges in the house of Shim`on a tanner, by the seaside. When he comes, he will speak to you.' ^10:33Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of G-d to hear all things that have been commanded you by G-d."

^10:34Kefa opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that G-d doesn't show favoritism; ^10:35but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him. ^10:36The word which he sent to the children of Yisra'el, preaching good news of shalom by Yeshua the Messiah--he is Lord of all--^10:37that spoken word you yourselves know, which was proclaimed throughout all Yehudah, beginning from the Galil, after the immersion which Yochanan preached; ^10:38even Yeshua of Natzeret, how G-d anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for G-d was with him. ^10:39We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Yehudim, and in Yerushalayim; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree. ^10:40God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed, ^10:41not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by G-d, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ^10:42He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by G-d as the Judge of the living and the dead. ^10:43All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."

^10:44While Kefa was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word. ^10:45They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Kefa, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Goyim. ^10:46For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying G-d.

Then Kefa answered, ^10:47"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be immersed?" ^10:48He commanded them to be immersed in the name of Yeshua the Messiah. Then they asked him to stay some days.

^11:1Now the emissaries and the brothers who were in Yehudah heard that the Goyim had also received the word of G-d. ^11:2When Kefa had come up to Yerushalayim, those who were of the circumcision contended with him, ^11:3saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"

^11:4But Kefa began, and explained to them in order, saying, ^11:5"I was in the city of Yafo praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me. ^11:6When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. ^11:7I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Kefa, kill and eat!' ^11:8But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.' ^11:9But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What G-d has cleansed, don't you call unclean.' ^11:10This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven. ^11:11Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me. ^11:12The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house. ^11:13He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Yafo, and get Shim`on, whose surname is Kefa, ^11:14who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.' ^11:15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. ^11:16I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'Yochanan indeed immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit.' ^11:17If then G-d gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who was I, that I could withstand G-d?"

^11:18When they heard these things, they held their shalom, and glorified G-d, saying, "Then G-d has also granted to the Goyim repentance to life!"

^11:19They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Yehudim only. ^11:20But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Yeshua. ^11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. ^11:22The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Yerushalayim. They sent out Bar-Nabba to go as far as Antioch, ^11:23who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of G-d, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord. ^11:24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

^11:25Bar-Nabba went out to Tarsus to look for Sha'ul. ^11:26When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The talmidim were first called Messianic in Antioch.

^11:27Now in these days, prophets came down from Yerushalayim to Antioch. ^11:28One of them named Agav stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius. ^11:29As any of the talmidim had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Yehudah; ^11:30which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul.

^12:1Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly. ^12:2He killed Ya`akov, the brother of Yochanan, with the sword. ^12:3When he saw that it pleased the Yehudim, he proceeded to seize Kefa also. This was during the days of matzah. ^12:4When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Pesach. ^12:5Kefa therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to G-d for him. ^12:6The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Kefa was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

^12:7And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Kefa on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands. ^12:8The angel said to him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." He did so. He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and follow me." ^12:9And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision. ^12:10When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

^12:11When Kefa had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Yehudi people were expecting." ^12:12Thinking about that, he came to the house of Miryam, the mother of Yochanan whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. ^12:13When Kefa knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. ^12:14When she recognized Kefa's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Kefa was standing in front of the gate.

^12:15They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel." ^12:16But Kefa continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed. ^12:17But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to Ya`akov, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.

^12:18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Kefa. ^12:19When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Yehudah to Caesarea, and stayed there. ^12:20Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tzor and Tzidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked for shalom, because their country depended on the king's country for food. ^12:21On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them. ^12:22The people shouted, "The voice of a G-d, and not of a man!" ^12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give G-d the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

^12:24But the word of G-d grew and multiplied. ^12:25Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul returned to Yerushalayim, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them Yochanan whose surname was Mark.

^13:1Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Bar-Nabba, Shim`on who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Menachem the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Sha'ul. ^13:2As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

^13:3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. ^13:4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus. ^13:5When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of G-d in the synagogues of the Yehudim. They had also Yochanan as their attendant. ^13:6When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Yehudi, whose name was Bar-Yeshua, ^13:7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul, and sought to hear the word of G-d. ^13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith. ^13:9But Sha'ul, who is also called Sha'ul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him, ^13:10and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devi