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So they arrested him and brought him to the court house which is called Ar-e-op''agus, and said to him, May we know what is this new doctrine which you preach?

So that they should seek and search after God, and find him by means of his creations, because he is not far from any one of us:

So Paul left them.

So he shook his garments and said to them, From henceforth I am not to be blamed for what I am about to do; I am going to the Gentiles.

So that even when, of the clothes on his body, pieces of garments were brought and laid upon the sick, diseases were cured, and even the insane were restored.

Then the insane man leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

So mightily grew the faith of God and greatly increased in numbers.

So he sent to Mac-e-do''ni-a two men of those who had ministered to him, Ti-mo''theus and E-ras''tus; but he himself stayed in Asia Minor for some time.

So that not only is this craft doomed, but also the temple of the great goddess Ar''temis will be disregarded, and the goddess of all Asia Minor, even she whom all peoples worship, will be despised.

There he remained three months. But the Jews laid a plot against him, just as he was about to sail for Syria, so he decided to return to Mac-e-do''ni-a.

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul''s girdle, and bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

Take them and go purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads: then every one will know that what has been said against you is false, and that you yourself have fulfilled the law and obey it.

So the whole city was in a tumult, and all the people ran together; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple; and the doors were immediately shut.

And some of the mob cried against him one thing, some another: and because of their confusion he was unable to know what was true, so he commanded him to be taken to headquarters.

The high priest and all the elders can so testify about me, for it was from them that I received letters to go to the brethren at Damascus, to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem to be punished.

The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know for what cause they cried so against him.

During the night, our LORD appeared to Paul and said, Be strong, for as you have testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so also you are to testify at Rome.

So the centurion took the young man, and brought him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, called me and begged me to bring this young man to you, for he has something to tell you.

And the next day the horsemen dismissed the footmen so that they might return to the castle:

So that you may understand, that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.