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Ask a QuestionAnd the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
We had lost a lot of time. The weather was becoming dangerous for sea travel because it was so late in the fall, and Paul spoke to the ship’s officers about it.
Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believers instead and took them before the city council. “Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted, “and now they are here disturbing our city, too.
Then he wrote this letter to the governor:
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard what was happening, they tore their clothing in dismay and ran out among the people, shouting,
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city.
When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia.
The crowd listened until Paul said that word. Then they all began to shout, “Away with such a fellow! He isn’t fit to live!”
“I am, too,” the commander muttered, “and it cost me plenty!” Paul answered, “But I am a citizen by birth!”
We sighted the island of Cyprus, passed it on our left, and landed at the harbor of Tyre, in Syria, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
Instead, it was something about their religion and a dead man named Jesus, who Paul insists is alive.
Paul stayed in Corinth for some time after that, then said good-bye to the brothers and sisters and went to nearby Cenchrea. There he shaved his head according to Jewish custom, marking the end of a vow. Then he set sail for Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila with him.
This divided the council - the Pharisees against the Sadducees -
Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.
You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me.
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, no one in all of Greece will ever stop me from boasting about this.
“And it is one of King David’s descendants, Jesus, who is God’s promised Savior of Israel!
That ended Paul’s discussion with them,
Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized.
This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I am writing to God’s holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.