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.
52. But the Lord’s followers in Antioch were happy and filled with the Holy Spirit.