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Ask a QuestionBut when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.
And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him,
Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people."
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?"
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him."
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
And they glorified God because of me.
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."
So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.
I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ - I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away! -
Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor."
So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.