<p>13:46 <i>And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said: It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing you thrust it from you</i>- See on Acts 7:27 <i>Thrust him away</i>. One phrase of Paul's in Acts 13:46 combines allusions to two verses in Matthew (Mt. 21:41; 22:8). Those verses are close to each other. As Paul thought about Mt. 21:41, he would have gone on to Mt. 22:8, and then brought them both together in his allusion- ultimately controlled by the Spirit, of course.</p><p><i>And judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles</i>- Not only are we living out <i>our</i> judgment by how we preach; by presenting the Gospel to people we are effectively bringing the judgment to them. Paul commented how those who rejected his preaching judged / condemned themselves to be unworthy. The Jews by their attitude to the word &quot;judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life&quot;; and we too can anticipate the judgment seat by the same mistake. The preacher stands in the &lsquo;highways&rsquo; (Mt. 22:9)- &lsquo;the place of two roads&rsquo;, the Greek means, i.e. the place where two roads divide. This is what our taking of the Gospel to people means. They are given their choice. We bring the crisis of the judgment seat right in front of them, and they make their choice.</p>