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Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, "We will hear you again about this."

But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking 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 when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.

But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things."

And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

But on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?"

And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.

And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."

But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all cried out with one voice, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

But if you seek anything further, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.

but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.