And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

And when they read it, they rejoiced at its encouragement.

And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar.

And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

But when it was day, the magistrates sent their police, saying, "Release those men."

The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.

They went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

The crowd and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.

And when they had taken a pledge from Jason and the others, they let them go.

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."

When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined;

When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.

And he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,

And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

But when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

When they heard this, they were enraged and began crying out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all with one voice shouted, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he set out for Macedonia.

When he had gone through those parts and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.

There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

When he had said this, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

When we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

And when our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we greeted the brethren and stayed with them for a day.

When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "The will of the Lord be done."

When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed; they are all zealous for the law,

The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each one of them.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

When he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew language, they became more quiet. And he said:

"When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

When the blood of Stephen your witness was shed, I also was standing by and approving, and keeping the garments of those who were killing him.'

But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?"

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."

So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately; and the commander also was afraid when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains.

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial."

When he said this, a dissension broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

And when I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you."

When these had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

When he had read the letter, he asked from what province he was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

he said, "I will hear you when your accusers arrive also." And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

And when Paul was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying to Felix: "Since through you we have enjoyed much peace, and since by your provision, reforms are introduced on behalf of this nation,

When the governor had motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: "Realizing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.

Or else let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the Council,

But Felix, having a more exact knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case."

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you."

But when two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go."

Now when a few days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus.

and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for sentence against him.

When therefore they came together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him of such crimes as I had expected,

But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.

And that is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment."

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.

When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

When a gentle south wind came up, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was raging on us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned.

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to sense that they were approaching land.

When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

When day came, they could not recognize the land, but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

When we had been brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta.

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live."

When this had happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.