But Paul and Barnabas spoke very boldly. They said, "We must speak the message F277 of God to you Jews first. But you refuse to listen. You are making yourselves lost--not worthy of having eternal life! So we will now go to the people of other nations!
This is what the Lord (God) told us to do. The Lord said: 'I have made you to be a light for other nations, so that you can show the way of salvation to people all over the world.'" R15
When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message F278 of the Lord. And many of the people believed the message. These were the people chosen to have life forever.
But the Jews caused some of the important religious women and the leaders of the city to become angry and to be against Paul and Barnabas. These people did things against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of town.