Study Desk

She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, "These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation."

Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

And they spoke the word of God to him together with all who were in his house.

And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and was overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with his whole household.

And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a significant number of the leading women.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.

"For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

"The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands;

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

"Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

"So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,

Then he left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

And he settled there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

saying, "This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to the law."

but took leave of them and said, "I will return to you again if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

and he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately to him.

And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, having discussions and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.