The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

THere were at Antioche / in the congre∣gacion certayne Prophetes & teachers: as Barnabas & Simon called Niger / & Lucius of Cerene / & Manahen Herode the [ A] Tetrarkes norsfelowe / & Saul. As they myni¦stred to the Lorde & fasted / the holy goost say∣de: separate me Barnabas & Saul / for y^• wor∣ke* 1.1 where vnto I have called them. Then fa∣sted they and prayed / and put their hondes on them / and let them goo. And they after they were sent of the holy goost / came vnto Seleu¦tia / & from thence they. sayled to Cyprus. And when they were come to Salamine / they she∣wed y^• worde of God in y^• synagoges / of •• Ie¦wes. And they had * 1.2 Iohn to their minister.

When they had gone thorowout y^• yle vn¦to [ B] y^• cite of Paphos / they foūde a certayne sor serer / a falce prophet which was a Iewe / na∣med Bariesu which was with y^• ruler of the countre won Sergius Paulus a prudēt man.* 1.3 The same ruler called vnto him Barnabas & Saul / & desyred to heare the worde of God.

But Elemas the sorcerar (for so was his na∣me* 1.4 by interpretacion) w^t stode them / & sought to turne awaye the ruler frō the fayth. Then Saul which also is called Paul beinge full of* 1.5 the holy goost / set his eyes on him / & sayde: O full of all sutteltie & disseytfulnes / the chylde of the devyll / & y^e enemye of all righteousnes / thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght way∣es of the Lorde. And now beholde the honde of the Lorde is vpon the / & thou shalt be blin¦de & not se the sunne for a season. And imme∣diatly ther fell on him▪ a myste & a darcknes / & he went aboute sekinge them that shuld lea∣de him by the honde. Then the rular when he sawe what had happened / beleved / & wōdred at the doctryne of the Lorde.

When they that were with Paule / were de¦parted* 1.6 by shyppe frō Paph{us} / they cam to Per¦ga a cite of Pamphilia: & there Iohn departed from them / and returned to Ierusalem. But they wandred thorowe the countres / frō Per¦ga to Antioche a cite of the coūtre of Pisidia / & wēt in to the synagoge on the saboth daye / & sate doune. And after the lawe & y^e Prophe∣tes were redde / y^e rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayinge: Ye men & brethren / yf ye have eny sermō to exhorte y^e people / saye on.

Then Paul stode vp & beckened with the honde / & sayde: Men of Israel / & ye that feare [ C] God / geve audiēce. The God of this people* 1.7 chose oure fathers / & exalted the people whē they dwelt as straūgers in y^e londe of Egypt / & with a mighty arme brought them oute of

it / and aboute the tyme of▪ xl. yeares suffred* 1.8 he their maners in the wyldernes. And he de∣stroyed .vii. naciōs in the londe of Canaan / & devided their londe to them by lot. And after* 1.9 warde he gave vnto them iudges aboute the space of .iiii. C. & .l. yeres vnto the tyme of Sa muel y^• Prophet. And after that they desyred a kinge / & God gave vnto them Saul the son¦ne of Cis / a man of the tribe of Beniamin / by* 1.10 the space of .xl. yeres. And after he had put [ D] him doune / he set vp David to be their kynge / of whome he reported sayinge: I have founde David the sonne of Iesse / a man after myne awne hert / he shall fulfill all my will.

Of this mānes seed hath God (accordinge* 1.11 to his promes) brought forth to the people of Israel a saviour / one Iesus / when Iohn had fyrst preached before his cōminge the bapty∣me* 1.12 of repentaūce to Isràel. And when Iohn had fulfylled his course / he sayde: whome ye thinke that I am / the same am I not. But be∣holde ther cometh one after me / whose she∣wes of his fete I am not worthy to lowse.

✚ Ye men & brethren / chyldren of the gene racion of Abraham / & whosoever amōge you feareth God / to you is this worde of salvaciō [ E] sent. The inhabiters of Ierusalem & their ru¦lers / because they knewe him not / nor yet the voyces of the Prophetes which are redde eve¦ry Saboth daye / they have fulfilled them in condēpninge him. And when they founde no cause of deeth in him / yet desyred they Pylate* 1.13 t•• kyll him. And when they had fulfilled all

that were written of him / they toke him dou∣ne from the tree and put him in a sepulcre. But God raysed him agayne from deeth / and* 1.14 he was sene many dayes of them which ca∣me w^t him frō Galile to Ierusalem. Which are his witnesses vnto the people.

And we declare vnto you / how that y^• pro∣mes made vnto the fathers / God hath fulfil¦lid vnto vs their chyldrē / in that he reysed vp Iesus agayne ✚ evē as it is written in the fyr¦ste* 1.15 psalme: Thou arte my sonne / this same daye begat I the. As concernynge that he rey¦sed him vp from deeth / now no more to retur∣ne to corrupcion / he sayde on this wyse: The holy promyses made to David I will geve them faithfully to you. Wherfore he saith al¦so in another place: Thou shalt not soffre thy¦ne* 1.16 holye to se corrupcion. Howbe it David af¦ter he had in his tyme fulfilled the will of God / he slepte / and was layde with his fa∣thers / & sawe corrupcion. But he whom God reysed agayne / sawe no corrupcion.

Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men & [ F] brethrē / that thorow this man is preached vn to you the forgevenes of synnes / & y^• by him are all y^t beleve * 1.17 iustified frō all thinges frō the which ye coulde not be iustified by y^e lawe of Moses. Beware therfore lest that fall on you / which is spoken of in the Prophets: Be holde ye despisers and wonder / & perishe ye: for I do aworke in youre dayes / which ye shall not beleve / yf a mā wolde declare it you.

When they were come out of the Synago∣ge

of the Iewes / the gētyls besought y^t they wolde preache the worde to them bitwene the Saboth dayes. When the congregacion was broken vp / many of the Iewes & verteous cō∣vertes folowed Paul & Barnabas / which spa¦ke to them & exhorted them to cōtinue in the grace of God. And y^• nexte Saboth daye / ca∣me almoste the whole cite to gether / to heare the worde of God. When y^• Iewes sawe the people / they were full of indignacion & spake agaynst those thinges which were spoken of Paul / spekinge agaynst it / and raylinge on it. Then Paul & Barnabas wexed bolde / & say∣de: it was mete that the worde of God shulde fyrst have bene preached to you. But seinge ye put it from you / & thinke youre selfes on∣worthy of everlastinge lyfe: lo / we turne to [ G] the gentyls. For so hath the Lorde cōmann∣ded vs: I have made y^• a light to the gētyls / y^• thou be salvaciō vnto y^• ende of y^• worlde.* 1.18

The gētyls hearde & were glad & glorified the worde of y^• Lorde / & beleved: evē as many as were ordeyned vnto eternall lyfe. And y^• worde of the Lorde was publisshed thorowe oute all the region. But the Iewes moved y^• worshypfull & honorable wemen / and the che¦fe men of the cyte / & reysed persecuciō agaynst* 1.19 Paul and Barnabas / & expelled them oute of their costes. And they shouke of y^• duste of their fete agaynst them / & came vnto Iconiū. And the disciples were filled with ioye and with the holy goost. ⊢

Notes

• * 1.1

  Barna∣bas & pau¦le are sent to prea∣che.
• * 1.2

  This Iohn is Marke the euan∣gelist.
• * 1.3

  Bariesu▪ Sergus Paulus.
• * 1.4

  Elemas.
• * 1.5

  Paul
• * 1.6

  Marke the euan∣gelist o∣therwise called Iohn bre∣aketh cō∣panie.
• * 1.7

  ••exo. j. a. ••exo. xiij.
• * 1.8

  ex. xvj. a
• * 1.9

  iosu. xiiij judi. iij. d. i. re. viij a j. reg. ix. c and .x. a.
• * 1.10

  psalmo. lxx viij. j. reg. xvi
• * 1.11

  esa. xj. a.
• * 1.12

  mat. iiij. a mark .j. a. luc. iij. a. marc .j. a.
• * 1.13

  mathew .xxvij. mar. xv. lu. xxiij. lo. xix. c.
• * 1.14

  mathew .xxviij. mar. xvj. lu. xxiiij io. xx.
• * 1.15

  esa. ib. b Rebre. j. b
• * 1.16

  esa. lb. b. psal. xv d j. Reg. j. b
• * 1.17

  Fayth iustifieth & not the lawe Abac. j. b
• * 1.18

  esa. xlix.
• * 1.19

  mat. x. b mar. v••. b luc. ix. a