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"So we should not trouble these people who are not Jews who are turning to God.

So now we send Judas and Silas to you. They will tell you the same things.

They argued so much that they left each other. Barnabas took John Mark with him and went by ship to the island of Cyprus.

So Paul went away from the people.

They made tents for a living. Paul did the same kind of work so he stayed with them and they worked together.

Everyone knows this is true, so you must not cry out or do anything foolish.

On the first day of the week we met together to eat the Lord's supper. Paul talked to them. He thought he would leave the next day, so he kept on talking until twelve o'clock at night.

Paul planned to pass by the city of Ephesus so he would not lose more time in Asia. He wanted to be in Jerusalem if he could be on the day to remember how the Holy Spirit came on the church.

Paul would not listen to us. So we stopped begging him and said, "May whatever God wants be done."

The people cried out so loud and pushed so hard that Paul had to be carried up the steps by the soldiers.

The captain told Paul to speak. So Paul stood on the steps and held up his hand. When there was no more noise, he spoke to them in the language of the Jews.

I fell to the ground. A voice said to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you work so hard against Me?'

The next day they took off the chains that were holding Paul. The captain wanted to know why the Jews wanted to kill him. So the captain told the head religious leaders to gather for their court. They brought Paul and put him in front of them.

I wanted to know what they had against him. So I took him to the religious leaders' court.

I always try to live so my own heart tells me I am not guilty before God or man.

He was hoping that Paul would give him money so he could go free. For that reason he kept sending for Paul and talking to him.

After two years Porcius Festus became leader of the people instead of Felix. Felix wanted to please the Jews so he kept Paul in prison.

You know all about the Jewish ways and problems. So I ask you to listen to me until I have finished.

We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice speaking to me in the Jewish language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you working so hard against Me? You hurt yourself by trying to hurt Me.'

For many days the ship did not move fast. It was hard to get to the city of Cnidus. The wind would not let us go on. So we went along the south shore of the island of Crete and passed the end of the island called Salome.