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var title="FIRST MISSIONARIES";
var title2="Lesson 11";
	
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Text[0]='1. One day while the Christians at Antioch were worshipping, the Holy Spirit said, "Send out Paul and Barnabas to tell people in other countries about Jesus."';

Text[1]='2. After praying, the leaders of the church laid their hands on Paul and Barnabas and sent them out.';

Text[2]='3. Paul and Barnabas went to the seaport of Antioch to find a ship going to the Island of Cyprus, sixty miles away.';

Text[3]='4. Arriving at Salamis, they traveled across the Island of Cyprus to the capital of Paphos.';

Text[4]='5. Here Paul and Barnabas went from synagog to synagog telling people, "Jesus is God\'s Son; He is the promised Savior."';

Text[5]='6. Sergius Paulus, the governor of Cyprus, heard about them. He invited Paul and Barnabas to speak to him and his men at his palace. Among them was Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jewish sorcerer.';

Text[6]='7. Bar-Jesus was very unhappy that the governor liked what Paul was saying about Jesus as the Savior. He began to argue with Paul.';

Text[7]='8. But Paul told him, "You, enemy of all true religion, son of the devil, the Lord\'s hand is on you: You will be blind and not see the sun for a while."';

Text[8]='9. At once Elymas could not see. He looked for someone to lead him.';

Text[9]='10. Soon after this, Paul and Barnabas sailed north from Cyprus to Perga on the mainland of Asia Minor, 130 miles away.';

Text[10]='11. From Perga, Paul and Barnabas climbed up through the rough Taurus Mountains to Antioch in Pisidia.';

Text[11]='12. Antioch was the capital of the Roman providence of Galatia. It was also a very busy trade center.';

Text[12]='13. On the Sabbath day, Paul and Barnabas went to the synagog. They probably sat in a special place up front reserved for visitors.';

Text[13]='14. After the opening prayers and the Scripture readings, the synagog leaders sent a man to tell them, "If you have anything to say to us, you may speak."';
Text[14]='15. Paul got up and said, "We have come to tell you the good news. God sent Jesus as the promised Savior. Jesus was killed but rose from the dead."';
Text[15]='16. "This Jesus forgives your sins. Be careful to listen and believe in Him lest you perish as the prophet Habakkuk said long ago."';
Text[16]='17. The people asked Paul and Barnabas to tell them more on the next Sabbath. Many followed them to hear about Jesus.';

Text[17]='18. The following Sabbath the synagog was crowded with people. The Jews were so jealous, they said, "It\'s not true. Jesus is not the promised Savior."';
Text[18]='19. Finally Paul and Barnabas said to the Jews, "We had to speak to you first, but since you will not listen, we now go to the non-Jews, the Gentiles. This is what God has told us to do."';

Text[19]='20. The Gentiles were happy to hear this. Paul and Barnabas kept on telling them about Jesus. Many of them believed.';