Study Desk

And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

And they spent a long time there with the disciples.

Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled your minds by what they said.

So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.

Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

After the Holy Spirit prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

When the girl's owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

They brought them to the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.