But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

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.”

but Paul insisted that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia.

When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this,

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

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

Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.

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

and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”

The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,