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However, the one God raised up did not see decay .

After some time, Sha'ul said to Bar-Nabba, "Let's go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we proclaimed the message about the Lord, and see how they're doing."

Now the people here were of nobler character than the ones in Thessalonica; they eagerly welcomed the message, checking the Tanakh every day to see if the things Sha'ul was saying were true.

Sha'ul stood up in the Council meeting and said, "Men of Athens: I see how very religious you are in every way!

where he met a Jewish man named Aquila, originally from Pontus but having recently come with his wife Priscilla from Italy, because Claudius had issued a decree expelling all the Jews from Rome. Sha'ul went to see them;

And you can see and hear for yourselves that not only here in Ephesus, but in practically the whole province of Asia, this Sha'ul has convinced and turned away a considerable crowd by saying that man-made gods aren't gods at all.

"Now, listen! I know that none of you people among whom I have gone about proclaiming the Kingdom will ever see me again.

What saddened them the most was his remark that they would never see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

On hearing it, they praised God; but they also said to him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Judeans, and they are all zealots for the Torah.

Those who were with me did see the light, but they didn't hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

came to me, stood by me and said, ‘Brother Sha'ul, see again!' And at that very moment, I recovered my sight and saw him.

He said, ‘The God of our fathers determined in advance that you should know his will, see the Tzaddik and hear his voice;

Festus said, "King Agrippa and all of you here with us, do you see this man? The whole Judean community has complained to me about him both in Yerushalayim and here, crying that he shouldn't be allowed to remain alive.

But get up, and stand on your feet! I have appeared to you to appoint you to serve and bear witness to what you have already seen of me, and to what you will see when I appear to you in the future.

"Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be a catastrophe, not only with huge losses to the cargo and the ship but with loss of our lives as well."

This is why I have asked to see you and speak with you, for it is because of the hope of Isra'el that I have this chain around me."

because the heart of this people has grown thick — with their ears they barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, for fear that they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and do t'shuvah, so that I could heal them."'

Sha'ul remained two whole years in a place he rented for himself; and he continued receiving all who came to see him,

For I long to see you, so that I might share with you some spiritual gift that can make you stronger —

but in my various parts, I see a different "torah," one that battles with the Torah in my mind and makes me a prisoner of sin's "torah," which is operating in my various parts.