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But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, and there, with many others, they taught and proclaimed the word of the Lord.

But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

But Paul chose Silas and set out, the believers commending him to the grace of the Lord.

Paul went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek.

When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

She kept doing this for many days. But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I order you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.

But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here."

But Paul replied, "They have beaten us in public, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they going to discharge us in secret? Certainly not! Let them come and take us out themselves."

But the Jews became jealous, and with the help of some ruffians in the marketplaces they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. While they were searching for Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly, they attacked Jason's house.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Beroea as well, they came there too, to stir up and incite the crowds.

Then the believers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there would spend their time in nothing but telling or hearing something new.

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, "We will hear you again about this."

But some of them joined him and became believers, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal.

but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I do not wish to be a judge of these matters."

Then all of them seized Sosthenes, the official of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of these things.

When they reached Ephesus, he left them there, but first he himself went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.