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

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).

When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.

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

After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

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

You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

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

Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

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

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.

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

So the commanding officer came and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied, “Yes.”

When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.