Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,

Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!”

and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.

where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

I replied, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, “Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

Paul replied, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”

They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, “What is it that you want to report to me?”