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

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" />

But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind<n id="1" /> to visit his fellow countrymen<n id="2" /> the Israelites.<n id="3" />

He thought his own people<n id="1" /> would understand that God was delivering them<n id="2" /> through him,<n id="3" /> but they did not understand.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now some men came down from Judea<n id="1" /> and began to teach the brothers, &#8220;Unless you are circumcised<n id="2" /> according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.&#8221;

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>

When they did not find them, they dragged<n id="1" /> Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials,<n id="2" /> screaming, &#8220;These people who have stirred up trouble<n id="3" /> throughout the world<n id="4" /> have come here too,

We continued the voyage from Tyre<n id="1" /> and arrived at Ptolemais,<n id="2" /> and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After some days Paul said to Barnabas, &#8220;Let&#8217;s return<n id="1" /> and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord<n id="2" /> to see how they are doing.&#8221;<n id="3" />

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders<n id="1" /> can testify about me. From them<n id="2" /> I also received<n id="3" /> letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way<n id="4" /> to make arrests there and bring<n id="5" /> the prisoners<n id="6" /> to Jerusalem<n id="7" /> to be punished.