and provide mounts for Paul to ride<n id="1" /> so that he may be brought safely to Felix<n id="2" /> the governor.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Agrippa<n id="1" /> said to Paul, &#8220;In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?&#8221;<n id="2" />

They began to call<n id="1" /> Barnabas Zeus<n id="2" /> and Paul Hermes,<n id="3" /> because he was the chief speaker.

<p class="bodytext">So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders,<n id="1" /> took<n id="2" /> Paul and brought him to Antipatris<n id="3" /> during the night.

When the horsemen<n id="1" /> came to Caesarea<n id="2" /> and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented<n id="3" /> Paul to him.

Then Festus<n id="1" /> replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea,<n id="2" /> and he himself intended to go there<n id="3" /> shortly.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Paul and his companions put out to sea<n id="1" /> from Paphos<n id="2" /> and came to Perga<n id="3" /> in Pamphylia,<n id="4" /> but John<n id="5" /> left them and returned to Jerusalem.<n id="6" />

<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.

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The magistrates have sent orders<n id="2" /> to release you. So come out now and go in peace.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea<n id="1" /> at once, during the night. When they arrived,<n id="2" /> they went to the Jewish synagogue.<n id="3" />

Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast<n id="1" /> at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">While<n id="1" /> Apollos was in Corinth,<n id="2" /> Paul went through the inland<n id="3" /> regions<n id="4" /> and came to Ephesus.<n id="5" /> He<n id="6" /> found some disciples there<n id="7" />

But the evil spirit replied to them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I know about Jesus<n id="2" /> and I am acquainted with<n id="3" /> Paul, but who are you?&#8221;<n id="4" />

He<n id="1" /> immediately took<n id="2" /> soldiers and centurions<n id="3" /> and ran down to the crowd.<n id="4" /> When they saw<n id="5" /> the commanding officer<n id="6" /> and the soldiers, they stopped beating<n id="7" /> Paul.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When morning came,<n id="1" /> the Jews formed<n id="2" /> a conspiracy<n id="3" /> and bound themselves with an oath<n id="4" /> not to eat or drink anything<n id="5" /> until they had killed Paul.

They<n id="1" /> went<n id="2" /> to the chief priests<n id="3" /> and the elders and said, &#8220;We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath<n id="4" /> not to partake<n id="5" /> of anything until we have killed Paul.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Agrippa<n id="1" /> said to Paul, &#8220;You have permission<n id="2" /> to speak for yourself.&#8221; Then Paul held out his hand<n id="3" /> and began his defense:<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When it was decided we<n id="1" /> would sail to Italy,<n id="2" /> they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion<n id="3" /> of the Augustan Cohort<n id="4" /> named Julius.

But the Jews incited<n id="1" /> the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out<n id="2" /> of their region.

When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate<n id="1" /> with them, the church<n id="2" /> appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with<n id="3" /> the apostles and elders in Jerusalem<n id="4" /> about this point of disagreement.<n id="5" />