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"God did not remember these times when people did not know better. But now He tells all men everywhere to be sorry for their sins and to turn from them.

But they worked against Paul and said bad things about him. He shook his clothes and said, "Whatever happens to you is your own doing. I am free from your guilt. From now on I will go to the people who are not Jews."

Paul was ready to speak, but Gallio said to the Jews, "If this were something bad or a wrong doing, I would listen to you.

But because it is about words and names and your own Law, you will have to take care of it yourselves. I do not want to judge who is right or wrong in things like this."

Then all the Greek people took Sosthenes, the leader of the Jewish place of worship, and beat him in front of the court. But Gallio did not let this trouble him.

They wanted him to stay longer but he would not.

He had been taught in the way of the Lord. And with a strong desire in his heart, he taught about Jesus. What he said was true, but he knew only about the baptism of John.

The demon said, "I know Jesus. I know about Paul. But who are you?"

Paul wanted to stand in front of all the people but his followers would not let him.

But in every city I have been, the Holy Spirit tells me that trouble and chains will be waiting for me there.

But I am not worried about this. I do not think of my life as worth much, but I do want to finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do. My work is to preach the Good News of God's loving-favor.

We saw the island of Cyprus to our left but went on to the country of Syria. We came to land at the city of Tyre. The ship was to leave its load of freight there.

Those who were with me saw the light. But they did not hear Him speaking to me.

The captain said, "I had to pay a lot of money to be a citizen." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."

The one religious group believes that no one is raised from the dead. Also, they do not believe in angels or spirits. But the other religious group, the proud religious law-keepers, believe that people are raised from the dead and that there are angels and spirits.

This man Paul was taken by the Jews. He was about to be killed by them. But I came along with my soldiers and kept him from being killed. I did this when I learned that he was a Roman citizen.

He even tried to make the house of God unclean by taking people into it who were not Jews. But we took hold of him. (*We could have said he was guilty by our Law.

But Lysias, the captain, came and took him out of our hands.

"I will say this, I worship the God of our fathers in the new Way. They say it is a false way. But I believe everything that has been written in the Law and by the early preachers.

He told the soldier to watch Paul, but to let him come and go as much as he wanted to. Paul's friends were to be able to come and care for him.