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and this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila hearing him took him and taught him more accurately the way.
AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers.
And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews.
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And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent, but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus,
For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, that it might not be necessary for him to spend a long time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be at Jerusalem at the day of Pentecost. And from Miletus sending to Ephesus he called for the elders of the church. And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was with you at all times, read more.
serving the Lord with all humility, and tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews, how I kept not back from declaring to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house any thing that was profitable, testifying both to Jews and Greeks the change of mind to God, and the faith in our Lord Jesus. And behold now, I go constrained by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things which shall befall me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that you all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom shall see my face no more. Wherefore I call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men; for I have not kept back from declaring to you all the counsel of God. Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood. For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock, and of yourselves men will arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not to admonish every one of you with tears. And now I commend you to God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance with all the sanctified. I have coveted no man's silver or gold or clothing; you yourselves know that these hands have served my necessities and those with me. I have showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. And having said these words he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, grieving most of all for the word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
serving the Lord with all humility, and tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews, how I kept not back from declaring to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house any thing that was profitable, testifying both to Jews and Greeks the change of mind to God, and the faith in our Lord Jesus. And behold now, I go constrained by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things which shall befall me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that you all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom shall see my face no more. Wherefore I call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men; for I have not kept back from declaring to you all the counsel of God. Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood. For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock, and of yourselves men will arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not to admonish every one of you with tears. And now I commend you to God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance with all the sanctified. I have coveted no man's silver or gold or clothing; you yourselves know that these hands have served my necessities and those with me. I have showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. And having said these words he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, grieving most of all for the word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
Ephesus » Apollos visits and preaches in
And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent, read more.
but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch; and having spent some time there he went away, passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples. AND a certain Jew by the name of Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit spoke and taught correctly the doctrines concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John; and this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila hearing him took him and taught him more accurately the way. And he wishing to go into Achaia, the brothers sent him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. And when he came he helped those much who had believed through the grace; for he argued powerfully against the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch; and having spent some time there he went away, passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples. AND a certain Jew by the name of Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit spoke and taught correctly the doctrines concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John; and this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila hearing him took him and taught him more accurately the way. And he wishing to go into Achaia, the brothers sent him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. And when he came he helped those much who had believed through the grace; for he argued powerfully against the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
Missionary journeys » Ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
AND after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do. And Barnabas wished to take with them John called Mark; but Paul thought not best to take with them one who deserted them at Pamphylia and did not go with them to the work. read more.
And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus. But Paul choosing Silas went out, commended to the favor of the Lord by the brothers. And he passed through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father, who was commended by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. Him Paul wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his father was a Greek. And when he went through the cities he gave them the ordinances to observe which had been determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. Then the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. And passing through Phrygia and the country of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; and passing by Mysia they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. And when he saw the vision we immediately sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the good news to them. AND sailing from Troas we came in a direct course to Samothracia, and on the next day to Neapolis, and thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony. And we spent some days in that city. And on the sabbath we went out of the gate, by the river, where the proseuche [place of prayer] usually was, and sitting down we spoke to the women who came together. And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us. And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining. She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of salvation; and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around and said to the spirit, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out of her in that hour. And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, seizing Paul and Silas dragged them to the market, to the rulers, and bringing them before the prefects said, These men, being Jews, greatly trouble the city, and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe. And the multitude came together against them, and the prefects tearing off their clothes gave orders to beat them with rods, and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were removed. And the jailer awaking from sleep and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here. And asking for a light he sprang in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, and bringing them out said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and all those in his house. And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately, and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. And when it was day the prefects sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go. And the jailer told these words to Paul; The prefects have sent to let you go; now, therefore, go, and depart in peace. But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out. And the lictors told these words to the prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city. And going out of the prison they entered into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted them, and departed. AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures, explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. And some of them believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people; but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things, and taking security of Jason and the rest they let them go. And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews; but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed, both of honorable Grecian women, and of men not a few. And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the multitudes. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry. Then he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and those that were pious, and in the market every day with those he met. And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you? for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean. And all the Athenians and the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but telling or hearing something new. And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons. For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you. The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands, neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; and he made of one blood every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, determining their appointed times and the bounds of their habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us. For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring. Being therefore an offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver or stone, a work of art and human device. Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds, because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead. But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this. So Paul went out from the midst of them; but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus. But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles. And departing thence he came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue. And Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent, for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city. And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God. And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose with one consent against Paul and brought him to the tribunal, saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. And when Paul was about to open his mouth Gallio said to the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil imposition, O Jews, I would bear with you in a reasonable manner; but if it is a question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things. And he drove them from the tribunal. And they all took Sosthenes the synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and Gallio cared for none of these things. And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent, but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch;
And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus. But Paul choosing Silas went out, commended to the favor of the Lord by the brothers. And he passed through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father, who was commended by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. Him Paul wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his father was a Greek. And when he went through the cities he gave them the ordinances to observe which had been determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. Then the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. And passing through Phrygia and the country of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; and passing by Mysia they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. And when he saw the vision we immediately sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the good news to them. AND sailing from Troas we came in a direct course to Samothracia, and on the next day to Neapolis, and thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony. And we spent some days in that city. And on the sabbath we went out of the gate, by the river, where the proseuche [place of prayer] usually was, and sitting down we spoke to the women who came together. And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us. And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining. She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of salvation; and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around and said to the spirit, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out of her in that hour. And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, seizing Paul and Silas dragged them to the market, to the rulers, and bringing them before the prefects said, These men, being Jews, greatly trouble the city, and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe. And the multitude came together against them, and the prefects tearing off their clothes gave orders to beat them with rods, and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were removed. And the jailer awaking from sleep and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here. And asking for a light he sprang in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, and bringing them out said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and all those in his house. And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately, and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. And when it was day the prefects sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go. And the jailer told these words to Paul; The prefects have sent to let you go; now, therefore, go, and depart in peace. But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out. And the lictors told these words to the prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city. And going out of the prison they entered into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted them, and departed. AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures, explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. And some of them believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people; but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things, and taking security of Jason and the rest they let them go. And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews; but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed, both of honorable Grecian women, and of men not a few. And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the multitudes. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry. Then he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and those that were pious, and in the market every day with those he met. And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you? for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean. And all the Athenians and the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but telling or hearing something new. And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons. For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you. The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands, neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; and he made of one blood every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, determining their appointed times and the bounds of their habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us. For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring. Being therefore an offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver or stone, a work of art and human device. Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds, because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead. But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this. So Paul went out from the midst of them; but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus. But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles. And departing thence he came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue. And Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent, for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city. And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God. And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose with one consent against Paul and brought him to the tribunal, saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. And when Paul was about to open his mouth Gallio said to the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil imposition, O Jews, I would bear with you in a reasonable manner; but if it is a question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things. And he drove them from the tribunal. And they all took Sosthenes the synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and Gallio cared for none of these things. And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent, but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch;
Paul » Visits » Ephesus
And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent, read more.
but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch; and having spent some time there he went away, passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples.
but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch; and having spent some time there he went away, passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples.
Paul's » First - with barnabas and john mark ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
AND after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do. And Barnabas wished to take with them John called Mark; but Paul thought not best to take with them one who deserted them at Pamphylia and did not go with them to the work. read more.
And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus. But Paul choosing Silas went out, commended to the favor of the Lord by the brothers. And he passed through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father, who was commended by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. Him Paul wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his father was a Greek. And when he went through the cities he gave them the ordinances to observe which had been determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. Then the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. And passing through Phrygia and the country of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; and passing by Mysia they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. And when he saw the vision we immediately sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the good news to them. AND sailing from Troas we came in a direct course to Samothracia, and on the next day to Neapolis, and thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony. And we spent some days in that city. And on the sabbath we went out of the gate, by the river, where the proseuche [place of prayer] usually was, and sitting down we spoke to the women who came together. And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us. And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining. She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of salvation; and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around and said to the spirit, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out of her in that hour. And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, seizing Paul and Silas dragged them to the market, to the rulers, and bringing them before the prefects said, These men, being Jews, greatly trouble the city, and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe. And the multitude came together against them, and the prefects tearing off their clothes gave orders to beat them with rods, and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were removed. And the jailer awaking from sleep and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here. And asking for a light he sprang in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, and bringing them out said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and all those in his house. And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately, and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. And when it was day the prefects sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go. And the jailer told these words to Paul; The prefects have sent to let you go; now, therefore, go, and depart in peace. But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out. And the lictors told these words to the prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city. And going out of the prison they entered into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted them, and departed. AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures, explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. And some of them believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people; but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things, and taking security of Jason and the rest they let them go. And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews; but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed, both of honorable Grecian women, and of men not a few. And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the multitudes. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry. Then he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and those that were pious, and in the market every day with those he met. And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you? for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean. And all the Athenians and the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but telling or hearing something new. And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons. For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you. The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands, neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; and he made of one blood every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, determining their appointed times and the bounds of their habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us. For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring. Being therefore an offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver or stone, a work of art and human device. Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds, because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead. But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this. So Paul went out from the midst of them; but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus. But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles. And departing thence he came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue. And Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent, for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city. And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God. And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose with one consent against Paul and brought him to the tribunal, saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. And when Paul was about to open his mouth Gallio said to the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil imposition, O Jews, I would bear with you in a reasonable manner; but if it is a question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things. And he drove them from the tribunal. And they all took Sosthenes the synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and Gallio cared for none of these things. And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent, but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch;
And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus. But Paul choosing Silas went out, commended to the favor of the Lord by the brothers. And he passed through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father, who was commended by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. Him Paul wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his father was a Greek. And when he went through the cities he gave them the ordinances to observe which had been determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. Then the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. And passing through Phrygia and the country of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; and passing by Mysia they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. And when he saw the vision we immediately sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the good news to them. AND sailing from Troas we came in a direct course to Samothracia, and on the next day to Neapolis, and thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony. And we spent some days in that city. And on the sabbath we went out of the gate, by the river, where the proseuche [place of prayer] usually was, and sitting down we spoke to the women who came together. And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us. And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining. She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of salvation; and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around and said to the spirit, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out of her in that hour. And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, seizing Paul and Silas dragged them to the market, to the rulers, and bringing them before the prefects said, These men, being Jews, greatly trouble the city, and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe. And the multitude came together against them, and the prefects tearing off their clothes gave orders to beat them with rods, and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were removed. And the jailer awaking from sleep and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here. And asking for a light he sprang in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, and bringing them out said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and all those in his house. And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately, and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. And when it was day the prefects sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go. And the jailer told these words to Paul; The prefects have sent to let you go; now, therefore, go, and depart in peace. But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out. And the lictors told these words to the prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city. And going out of the prison they entered into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted them, and departed. AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures, explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. And some of them believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people; but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things, and taking security of Jason and the rest they let them go. And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews; but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed, both of honorable Grecian women, and of men not a few. And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the multitudes. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry. Then he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and those that were pious, and in the market every day with those he met. And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you? for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean. And all the Athenians and the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but telling or hearing something new. And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons. For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you. The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands, neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; and he made of one blood every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, determining their appointed times and the bounds of their habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us. For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring. Being therefore an offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver or stone, a work of art and human device. Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds, because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead. But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this. So Paul went out from the midst of them; but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus. But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles. And departing thence he came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue. And Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent, for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city. And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God. And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose with one consent against Paul and brought him to the tribunal, saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. And when Paul was about to open his mouth Gallio said to the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil imposition, O Jews, I would bear with you in a reasonable manner; but if it is a question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things. And he drove them from the tribunal. And they all took Sosthenes the synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and Gallio cared for none of these things. And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews. And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent, but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus, and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch;
Priscilla » Disciple » A disciple at corinth
and this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila hearing him took him and taught him more accurately the way.
AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers.
And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews.
Salute Prisca [Priscilla] and Aquila my co-laborers in Christ Jesus, who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the nations;
Salute Prisca [Priscilla] and Aquila and the house of Onesiphorus.
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the assembly [church] at their house.
Reasoning » Of paul from the scriptures
And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures,
And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews.
Synagogues » Christ and his disciples teach in
And at Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude of the Jews and Greeks believed.
and coming to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John for a servant.
And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews.
Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always assemble, and in secret I have said nothing.