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.”

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

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.

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

After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.

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

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 a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

So Paul entered the synagogue and spoke out fearlessly for three months, addressing and convincing them about the kingdom of God.

The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.

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 sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

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

especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

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