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When Paul noticed that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead."
But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, when a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.
The tribune came and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he said, "Yes."
Agrippa said to Paul, "Are you so quickly persuading me to become a Christian?"
But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. Then 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 report to him."
When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal.
The tribune answered, "It cost me a large sum of money to get my citizenship." Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."
And they glorified God because of me.
So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him during the night to Antipatris.
Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having purified himself, he entered the temple with them, making public the completion of the days of purification when the sacrifice would be made for each of them.
After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, named Julius.
I myself, Paul, appeal to 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, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
The next day Paul went with us to visit James; and all the elders were present.