Even by saying<n id="1" /> these things, they scarcely persuaded<n id="2" /> the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.p>

They caused confusion among<n id="1" /> the crowd and the city officials<n id="2" /> who heard these things.

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people<n id="1" /> were brought to the Lord.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy,<n id="1" /> and they began to contradict<n id="2" /> what Paul was saying<n id="3" /> by reviling him.<n id="4" />

But when the apostles<n id="1" /> Barnabas and Paul heard about<n id="2" /> it, they tore<n id="3" /> their clothes and rushed out<n id="4" /> into the crowd, shouting,<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">The crowd joined the attack<n id="1" /> against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes<n id="2" /> off Paul and Silas<n id="3" /> and ordered them to be beaten with rods.<n id="4" />

When he came to the steps, Paul<n id="1" /> had to be carried<n id="2" /> by the soldiers because of the violence<n id="3" /> of the mob,

In those days<n id="1" /> Peter stood up among the believers<n id="2" /> (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said,<n id="1" /> as they heard and saw the miraculous signs<n id="2" /> he was performing.

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted<n id="1" /> in the Lycaonian language,<n id="2" /> &#8220;The gods have come down to us in human form!&#8221;<n id="3" />

The priest of the temple<n id="1" /> of Zeus,<n id="2" /> located just outside the city, brought bulls<n id="3" /> and garlands<n id="4" /> to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">But Jews came from Antioch<n id="1" /> and Iconium,<n id="2" /> and after winning<n id="3" /> the crowds over, they stoned<n id="4" /> Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

Some of the crowd concluded<n id="1" /> it was about<n id="2" /> Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front.<n id="3" /> Alexander, gesturing<n id="4" /> with his hand, was wanting to make a defense<n id="5" /> before the public assembly.<n id="6" />

They did not find me arguing<n id="1" /> with anyone or stirring up a crowd<n id="2" /> in the temple courts<n id="3" /> or in the synagogues<n id="4" /> or throughout the city,<n id="5" />

which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified,<n id="1" /> without a crowd or a disturbance.<n id="2" />

The word of God continued to spread,<n id="1" /> the number of disciples in Jerusalem<n id="2" /> increased greatly, and a large group<n id="3" /> of priests became obedient to the faith.p>

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch.<n id="1" /> So<n id="2" /> for a whole year Barnabas and Saul<n id="3" /> met with the church and taught a significant number of people.<n id="4" /> Now it was in Antioch<n id="5" /> that the disciples were first called Christians.<n id="6" />p>

But when the Jews from Thessalonica<n id="1" /> heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God<n id="2" /> in Berea,<n id="3" /> they came there too, inciting<n id="4" /> and disturbing<n id="5" /> the crowds.

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded<n id="1" /> and turned away<n id="2" /> a large crowd,<n id="3" /> not only in Ephesus<n id="4" /> but in practically all of the province of Asia,<n id="5" /> by saying<n id="6" /> that gods made by hands are not gods at all.<n id="7" />

After the city secretary<n id="1" /> quieted the crowd, he said, &#8220;Men of Ephesus, what person<n id="2" /> is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper<n id="3" /> of the temple of the great Artemis<n id="4" /> and of her image that fell from heaven?<n id="5" />