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Acts 13:7Berean Standard Biblean attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.Acts 13:9Berean Standard BibleThen Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at ElymasActs 13:13Berean Standard BibleAfter setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.Acts 13:16Berean Standard BiblePaul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!Acts 13:42Berean Standard BibleAs Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.Acts 13:43Berean Standard BibleAfter the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.Acts 13:45Berean Standard BibleBut when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.Acts 13:46Berean Standard BibleThen Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.Acts 13:50Berean Standard BibleThe Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.Acts 14:1Berean Standard BibleAt Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.Acts 14:3Berean Standard BibleSo Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.Acts 14:9Berean Standard BibleThis man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.Acts 14:10Berean Standard BibleIn a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.Acts 14:11Berean Standard BibleWhen the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”Acts 14:12Berean Standard BibleBarnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.Acts 14:14Berean Standard BibleBut when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,Acts 14:18Berean Standard BibleEven with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.Acts 14:19Berean Standard BibleThen some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.Acts 14:23Berean Standard BiblePaul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.Acts 15:2Berean Standard BibleAnd after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.Acts 15:12Berean Standard BibleThe whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.Acts 15:22Berean Standard BibleThen 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,Acts 15:25Berean Standard BibleSo we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,Acts 15:35Berean Standard BibleBut Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.Acts 15:36Berean Standard BibleSome 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.”Acts 15:38Berean Standard BibleBut Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.Acts 15:40Berean Standard Biblebut Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.Acts 16:1Berean Standard BiblePaul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.Acts 16:3Berean Standard BiblePaul 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.Acts 16:9Berean Standard BibleDuring the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”Acts 16:10Berean Standard BibleAs soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.Acts 16:14Berean Standard BibleAmong those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.Acts 16:17Berean Standard BibleThis girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”Acts 16:18Berean Standard BibleShe continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.Acts 16:19Berean Standard BibleWhen 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.Acts 16:22Berean Standard BibleThe crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.Acts 16:25Berean Standard BibleAbout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.Acts 16:28Berean Standard BibleBut Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”Acts 16:29Berean Standard BibleCalling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.Acts 16:32Berean Standard BibleThen Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.Acts 16:36Berean Standard BibleThe jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”Acts 16:37Berean Standard BibleBut Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”Acts 16:38Berean Standard BibleSo the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.Acts 16:40Berean Standard BibleAfter Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.Acts 17:2Berean Standard BibleAs was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,Acts 17:4Berean Standard BibleSome of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.Acts 17:5Berean Standard BibleThe Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.Acts 17:10Berean Standard BibleAs soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.Acts 17:13Berean Standard BibleBut when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.Acts 17:14Berean Standard BibleThe brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.Acts 17:15Berean Standard BibleThose who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.Acts 17:16Berean Standard BibleWhile Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.Acts 17:18Berean Standard BibleSome Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.Acts 17:19Berean Standard BibleSo they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?Acts 17:22Berean Standard BibleThen Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.Acts 17:33Berean Standard BibleAt that, Paul left the Areopagus.Acts 18:1Berean Standard BibleAfter this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.Acts 18:2Berean Standard BibleThere he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,Acts 18:5Berean Standard BibleAnd when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.Acts 18:7Berean Standard BibleSo Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.Acts 18:9Berean Standard BibleOne night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.Acts 18:11Berean Standard BibleSo Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.Acts 18:12Berean Standard BibleWhile Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.Acts 18:14Berean Standard BibleBut just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.Acts 18:18Berean Standard BiblePaul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.Acts 18:19Berean Standard BibleWhen they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.Acts 18:22Berean Standard BibleWhen Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.Acts 18:23Berean Standard BibleAfter Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.Acts 19:1Berean Standard BibleWhile Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciplesActs 19:3Berean Standard Bible“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.Acts 19:4Berean Standard BiblePaul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”Acts 19:6Berean Standard BibleAnd when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.Acts 19:8Berean Standard BibleThen Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.Acts 19:9Berean Standard BibleBut when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.Acts 19:11Berean Standard BibleGod did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,Acts 19:13Berean Standard BibleNow there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”Acts 19:15Berean Standard BibleEventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”Acts 19:21Berean Standard BibleAfter these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”Acts 19:26Berean Standard BibleAnd you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.Acts 19:29Berean Standard BibleSoon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.Acts 19:30Berean Standard BiblePaul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.Acts 19:31Berean Standard BibleEven some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.Acts 20:1Berean Standard BibleWhen the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.Acts 20:4Berean Standard BiblePaul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.Acts 20:7Berean Standard BibleOn the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.Acts 20:9Berean Standard BibleAnd a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.Acts 20:10Berean Standard BibleBut Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”Acts 20:11Berean Standard BibleThen Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.Acts 20:13Berean Standard BibleWe went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.Acts 20:16Berean Standard BiblePaul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.Acts 20:17Berean Standard BibleFrom Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.Acts 20:36Berean Standard BibleWhen Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.Acts 20:37Berean Standard BibleThey all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.Acts 21:4Berean Standard BibleWe sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.Acts 21:11Berean Standard BibleComing over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”Acts 21:12Berean Standard BibleWhen we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.Acts 21:13Berean Standard BibleThen Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”Acts 21:18Berean Standard BibleThe next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.Acts 21:19Berean Standard BiblePaul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.Acts 21:20Berean Standard BibleWhen they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.