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Ask a QuestionKing Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do - ”
After that visit I went north into the provinces of Syria and Cilicia.
“And so, King Agrippa, I obeyed that vision from heaven.
But Paul appealed to have his case decided by the emperor. So I ordered that he be held in custody until I could arrange to send him to Caesar.”
The commander brought Paul inside and ordered him lashed with whips to make him confess his crime. He wanted to find out why the crowd had become so furious.
“When his accusers came here for the trial, I didn’t delay. I called the case the very next day and ordered Paul brought in.
I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike - the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus.
So the officer did, explaining, “Paul, the prisoner, called me over and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”
This went on for the next two years, so that people throughout the province of Asia - both Jews and Greeks - heard the word of the Lord.
Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time.
That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well.”
They decided that Barnabas was the Greek god Zeus and that Paul was Hermes, since he was the chief speaker.
That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers.
We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
“Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked. And they replied, “The baptism of John.”
But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.
Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia.