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.

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.

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

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”

So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.

For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’

But some people joined him and believed. Among them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

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

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

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

“And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

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

(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)

and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!