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So he said to them, You know well that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with a stranger who is not of his tribe; but God has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

So he seized him and put him in prison and delivered him to the care of sixteen soldiers to keep him, so that he might deliver him to the Jewish people after the passover.

And the angel said to him, Bind on your girdle and put on your sandals. And so he did. And again he said to him, Put on your robe and follow me.

They said to her, You are confused. But she argued that it was so. Then said they, Perhaps it is his angel.

So, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

So Paul stood up, and lifting his hands said, O men of Israel, and those of you who fear God, hear my words:

Then Paul and Bar''na-bas said to them boldly, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but because you reject it, you have decided against yourselves and you are unworthy of everlasting life, so behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

For so has our Lord commanded us, as it is written, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

But the Jews stirred up the chief men of the city and the rich women who worshipped God with them, so that they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Bar''na-bas, and expelled them beyond their borders.

So they remained there for a long time, and spoke boldly concerning the LORD, and he gave them testimony to the word of his grace, by means of signs and wonders which he performed by their hands.

So they called Bar''na-bas, the chief of the gods; and Paul, they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

So that the men who remain may seek after the LORD, and also all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called; so said the LORD who does all these things.

And we have sent with them Judas and Silas, so that they may tell you the same things by word of mouth.

Paul wanted to take this man with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Syr''i-an.

And so the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

And a certain woman, named Lyd''i-a, a seller of purple of the city of Thy-a-ti''ra, feared God; her heart was so touched by our LORD that she listened to what Paul said.

And she did this for many days. So Paul was indignant and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it left her the same hour.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bands of all were loosed.

So they took bail from Jason and some of the brethren and then let them go.

For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews who were in Thes-sa-lo-ni''ca, in that they gladly heard the word daily, and searched the scriptures to find out if these things were so.