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Acts 13 - Introduction

PART II
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AMONG THE GENTILES; OR, ITS PROGRESS FROM ANTIOCH TO ROME—THE ACTS OF PAUL

Chapter S 13–28

CHAPTER 13
THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (PAUL AND BARNABAS)—COMMENCED

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1. Barnabas and Saul at Antioch; or, the Departure of the First Gentile Missionaries (Acts 13:1).

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2. The Conversion of Sergius Paulus; or, the Gospel in Cyprus (Acts 13:4).

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3. A Sabbath Day in Pisidian Antioch; or, Paul’s Sermon in the Synagogue (Acts 13:13).

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4. A Second Sabbath in Pisidian Antioch; or, the Gospel carried to the Gentiles (Acts 13:44).

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