Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.