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Then they went through the whole island as far as Paphos, and there they found a Jewish magician and false prophet whose name was Barjesus.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesHand Of GodMiracles, Nature OfMistPainMiracles Of PaulMiracles Bringing God's JudgmentBarriersGod's HandOvertaken By DarknessGod BlindingGod's Hands In Oppositionfitness

Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John, however, left them and went back to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringProvincesInstabilityPeople Abandoning PeopleMissionaries

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

Verse ConceptsGenerationsGuidance, God's Promises OfLast ThingsPeople Are CorruptiblePurposeLife Purposecorruptionevangelising

And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

Verse ConceptseagernessOn The Sabbath

Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofDevout MenGrace, And Christian LifeJudaismProselytesPersevering To The EndMany In The Church

Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.

Verse ConceptsWalkingMiracles Of PaulThe Healed WalkingIndividuals ShoutingGet Up!jumping

And they went on to call Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercury, seeing that, he, was the leader of discourse.

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse GodsBarnabasMythologyAcclaimingSpokesmen

But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfApostles, DescriptionIndividuals RunningThose Who Tore Clothes

And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

Verse ConceptsNewsMany In The ChurchMinistering To The UnsavedevangelizingChristians Are Called Disciples

And they went throughout Pisidia and came into Pamphylia,

So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

Because we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,

Verse ConceptsHeresyMen's OrdersTroubling Groups Of People

Then, being sent off, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

Verse ConceptsChurch Gatherings

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning PeopleNot With PeopleMissionaries

And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;

Verse ConceptsIslandsSeafaringSuffering, Causes OfAlienation, Examples OfSharpnessPeople PartingMissionariesMisunderstandings

Then he went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.

Verse ConceptsBelieversGrandmothers

they went on to Mysia and tried to get into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

Verse ConceptsProvincesThe Spirit Of ChristLed By The Spirit

Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,

Verse ConceptsIslandsSeafaringThe Next Daysailing

From there we went on to Philippi, a Roman colony, the leading town in that part of Macedonia. In this town we stayed some days.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofProvinces

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdemons, Kinds ofMastersMoney, Uses OfPredictionsDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyWhere To PraySorceryThe Futuremagicpsychics

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain went out, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them to the market before the rulers.

Verse ConceptsArrestingFalse Witnesses,examples OfHope, Nature OfLove, Abuse OfMarketsMarketplacesPulling People

And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfTremblingConviction Of SinIndividuals Trembling

and came, and besought them, and, leading them out, went on to request them to depart from the city.

Verse ConceptsLeaving

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofevangelising

Then, passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they went to Thessalonica. Here there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

but when the Jews of Thessalonica were inform'd that Paul had preached the word of God at Berea, they went thither to stir up the populace.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPreaching, Effects OfInciting To EvilSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, As Response To GodIsrael Hardened

And those who conducted Paul brought [him] as far as Athens, and [after] receiving an order for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they went away.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

where having found a Jew nam'd Aquila, a native of Pontus, who lately came from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had order'd all the Jews to quit Rome; he went to them:

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and, because they followed the same trade of tentmaking, he stayed with them and went to work [for them].

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation

So he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

Verse ConceptsProselytes

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, UnnaturalBarbersBaldnessHairsSeafaringVowsAquilaCutting HairSea Travelsyriagoodbyes

being arriv'd at Ephesus, he left them there, and went himself to the synagogue, where he disputed with the Jews,

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofAquilaDiscussions

And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGuidance, God's Promises OfSeafaringFarewellsSea TravelGod's Will Be Donesailinggoodbyes

And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Task OfPaul, Life OfTravelMissionary WorkSpecific Cases Of Strengthening

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

Verse ConceptsFindingRoadsflexibility

But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofUnbelief, As Response To GodWay, TheUnbelief, Sourced InUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfDiscussionsSchoolsObstinate IndividualsOnce A DaySchoolChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

And this went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the message about the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineWordsProvincesTwo YearsThe Gospel To Jew And Gentilespace

And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdriving outSuperstitionAdjurationWanderersPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristThose DemonisedDemonsCasting Out Demons

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.

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And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

Verse ConceptsStaying PutServing PeoplePeople Sending People

About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way (Jesus, Christianity).

Verse ConceptsDisorder Among PeopleChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a united cry went up from all of them for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Verse ConceptsHourRacial PrejudiceVoicesTwo Hours

But, after the tumult had ceased, Paul, sending for the disciples and exhorting them, took leave, and went forth to be journeying unto Macedonia.

Verse ConceptsExcitementSoundSilencegoodbyes

after having visited the faithful in those parts, and given them many exhortations, he went to Greece.

Verse ConceptsPreaching, Content Of

And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfWeeksFour Or Five DaysSeven DaysSea Travel

and a young man named Eutychus, who was sitting by the window, was gradually overcome by heavy drowsiness, as Paul kept speaking longer and longer, and at last he went fast asleep and fell from the third story to the ground and was picked up dead.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfSleep, PhysicalPeople Falling From A HeightThree Parts Of ConstructionsBad LuckteenagerFalling Backwards

and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked -- till daylight, so he went forth,

Verse ConceptsDaybreakConversationBreaking Of BreadUntil DaybreakAction For A Long Time

And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

Verse ConceptsThe NavyParticular JourneysSea TravelPeople Going Beforesailing

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

Sailing thence on the following day we arrived off Chios; next day we crossed over to Samos, and [after stopping at Trogyllium] we went on next day to Miletus.

Verse ConceptsIslandsThe Next DaySea Travelsailing

And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, In The ChurchI Pray For You

specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.

Verse ConceptsLove, For One AnotherSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessFarewellsNot Seeing People

And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

Verse ConceptsSouthGod Is ImmanentEmptyingLeft Hand Side

And, when it came to pass that we had completed the days, we went forth, and continued our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, as far as outside the city; and, kneeling down on the beach in prayer,

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Having completed our voyage from Tyre we went to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brothers continued with them one day.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsOne DaySea Travel

and there went certain also of the disciples from Caesarea, along with us, who were to introduce us unto one with whom we might be entertained, one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple.

Verse ConceptsHospitality, Examples OfIslandsflexibility

And, saluting them, he went on to narrate, one by one, each of the things which God had wrought among the nations through his ministry.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In Nt

accordingly Paul went to the men, and the next day was purified with them; then entring into the temple, he declar'd how long the time of the purification was to last, and when the offering was to be made for each of them.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfGiving InformationPurifying Oneselfaccomplishment