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.” ¹ 

When the meeting of the synagogue ¹  had broken up, ²  many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes ³  followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading ⁴  them ⁵  to continue ⁶  in the grace of God.