Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

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

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 Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

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.”

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 some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”

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.

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.

At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.

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

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

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

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.

When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.