So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.

and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

Then he brought them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

but said farewell to them and added, “I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.

After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,

we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.

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