and came<n id="1" /> and apologized to them. After<n id="2" /> they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly<n id="3" /> to leave the city.

They took the boy home alive and were greatly<n id="1" /> comforted.p>

<p class="bodytext">As Paul and Barnabas<n id="1" /> were going out,<n id="2" /> the people<n id="3" /> were urging<n id="4" /> them to speak about these things<n id="5" /> on the next Sabbath.

Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.<n id="1" />

After he had gone through those regions<n id="1" /> and spoken many words of encouragement<n id="2" /> to the believers there,<n id="3" /> he came to Greece,<n id="4" />

When we heard this, both we and the local people<n id="1" /> begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

But so that I may not delay<n id="1" /> you any further, I beg<n id="2" /> you to hear us briefly<n id="3" /> with your customary graciousness.<n id="4" />

So the chief priests and the most prominent men<n id="1" /> of the Jews brought formal charges<n id="2" /> against Paul to him.

There<n id="1" /> we found<n id="2" /> some brothers<n id="3" /> and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.<n id="4" />

With many other words he testified<n id="1" /> and exhorted them saying, &#8220;Save yourselves from this perverse<n id="2" /> generation!&#8221;

The man<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;How in the world can I,<n id="2" /> unless someone guides me?&#8221; So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

When<n id="1" /> he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true<n id="2" /> to the Lord with devoted hearts,<n id="3" />

They strengthened<n id="1" /> the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue<n id="2" /> in the faith, saying, &#8220;We must enter the kingdom<n id="3" /> of God through many persecutions.&#8221;<n id="4" />

When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia&#8217;s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then<n id="1" /> departed.p>

Even some of the provincial authorities<n id="1" /> who were his friends sent<n id="2" /> a message<n id="3" /> to him, urging him not to venture<n id="4" /> into the theater.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging<n id="1" /> them and saying farewell,<n id="2" /> he left to go to Macedonia.<n id="3" />

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important<n id="1" /> for your survival.<n id="2" /> For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.&#8221;

So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Because Lydda<n id="1" /> was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, &#8220;Come to us without delay.&#8221;<n id="2" />

A<n id="1" /> vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there<n id="2" /> urging him,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Come over<n id="4" /> to Macedonia<n id="5" /> and help us!&#8221;