Moffatt(i)
45 But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.
46 So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!
47 For these are the Lord's orders to us: I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the end of the earth."
48 When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life;
49 and the word of the Lord went far and wide over the whole country.
50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high rank and the leading men in the town, who stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their territory.