Acts 13:48-50

The Voice

⁴⁸ These words created two strong reactions. The outsiders were thrilled and praised God’s message, and all those who had been appointed for eternal life became believers. ⁴⁹ Through them the Lord’s message spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But the Jewish leaders united the aristocratic religious women and the city’s leading men in opposition to Paul and Barnabas, and soon they were persecuted and driven out of the region.