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So they came and apologized. They led them out of the jail and asked them to please leave town.

So as usual, Paul went there to worship, and on three Sabbaths he spoke to the people. He used the Scriptures

The Jewish leaders were jealous and got some worthless bums who hung around the marketplace to start a riot in the city. They wanted to drag Paul and Silas out to the mob, and so they went straight to Jason's home.

So they made Jason and the other followers pay bail before letting them go.

So Paul stood up in front of the council and said: People of Athens, I see that you are very religious.

As I was going through your city and looking at the things you worship, I found an altar with the words, "To an Unknown God." You worship this God, but you don't really know him. So I want to tell you about him.

God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us,

and found out that they were tent makers. Paul was a tent maker too. So he stayed with them, and they worked together.

Finally, they turned against him and insulted him. So he shook the dust from his clothes and told them, "Whatever happens to you will be your own fault! I am not to blame. From now on I am going to preach to the Gentiles."

Apollos decided to travel through Achaia. So the Lord's followers wrote letters, encouraging the followers there to welcome him. After Apollos arrived in Achaia, he was a great help to everyone who had put their faith in the Lord Jesus because of God's kindness.

Paul replied, "John baptized people so that they would turn to God. But he also told them that someone else was coming, and that they should put their faith in him. Jesus is the one that John was talking about."

When the Jews and Gentiles in Ephesus heard about this, they were so frightened that they praised the name of the Lord Jesus.

So the Lord's message spread and became even more powerful.

So he sent his two helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia. But he stayed on in Asia for a while.

No one can deny this, and so you should calm down and not do anything foolish.

and stayed there for three months. Paul was about to sail to Syria. But some of the Jewish leaders plotted against him, so he decided to return by way of Macedonia.

With him were Sopater, son of Pyrrhus from Berea, and Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica. Gaius from Derbe was also with him, and so were Timothy and the two Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.

We found a ship going to Phoenicia, so we got on board and sailed off.

So he quickly took some soldiers and officers and ran to where the crowd had gathered. As soon as the mob saw the commander and soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Part of the crowd shouted one thing, and part of them shouted something else. But they were making so much noise that the commander could not find out a thing. Then he ordered Paul to be taken into the fortress.