32. “We tell you the Good News about the promise God made to our ancestors.
33. We are their descendants, and God has made this promise come true for us. God did this by raising Jesus from death. We also read about this in Psalm 2: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’ Psalm 2:7
34. God raised Jesus from death. Jesus will never go back to the grave and become dust. So God said, ‘I will give you the true and holy promises that I made to David.’ Isaiah 55:3
35. But in another Psalm it says, ‘You will not let your Holy One rot in the grave.’ Psalm 16:10
36. “David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!
37. But the one God raised from death did not rot in the grave.
38-39. Brothers, understand what we are telling you. You can have forgiveness of your sins through this Jesus. The Law of Moses could not free you from your sins. But you can be made right with God if you believe in Jesus.
40. So be careful! Don’t let what the prophets said happen to you:
41. ‘Listen, you people who doubt! You can wonder, but then go away and die; because during your time, I will do something that you will not believe. You will not believe it, even if someone explains it to you!’” Habakkuk 1:5
42. As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people asked them to come again on the next Sabbath day and tell them more about these things.
43. After the meeting, many of the people followed Paul and Barnabas, including many Jews and people who had changed their religion to be like Jews and worship the true God. Paul and Barnabas encouraged them to continue trusting in God’s grace.
44. On the next Sabbath day, almost all the people in the city came together to hear the word of the Lord.
45. When the Jews there saw all these people, they became very jealous. Shouting insults, they argued against everything Paul said.
46. But Paul and Barnabas spoke very boldly. They said, “We had to tell God’s message to you Jews first, but you refuse to listen. You have made it clear that you are not worthy of having eternal life. So we will now go to those who are not Jews.
47. This is what the Lord told us to do: ‘I have made you a light for the other nations, to show people all over the world the way to be saved.’” Isaiah 49:6
48. When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message of the Lord, and many of them believed it. These were the ones chosen to have eternal life.
49. And so the message of the Lord was being told throughout the whole country.
50. But the Jews there caused some of the important religious women and the leaders of the city to be angry and turn against Paul and Barnabas and throw them out of town.
51. So Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet. Then they went to the city of Iconium.