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Acts 18:9And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, ‘Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;Acts 18:10because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;’Acts 18:24And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by birth, a man of eloquence, being mighty in the Writings, came to Ephesus,Acts 18:25this one was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in the Spirit, was speaking and teaching exactly the things about the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John;Acts 18:26this one also began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Aquilas and Priscilla having heard of him, took him to them, and did more exactly expound to him the way of God,Acts 18:27and he being minded to go through into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, having exhorted them to receive him, who having come, did help them much who have believed through the grace,Acts 18:28for powerfully the Jews he was refuting publicly, shewing through the Writings Jesus to be the Christ.Acts 19:22and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him—Timotheus and Erastus—he himself stayed a time in Asia.Acts 20:3having made also three months’ stay—a counsel of the Jews having been against him—being about to set forth to Syria, there came to him a resolution of returning through Macedonia.Acts 20:17And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,Acts 20:18and when they were come unto him, he said to them, ‘Ye—ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;Acts 20:19serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against me;Acts 20:20how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,Acts 20:21testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.Acts 20:22‘And now, lo, I—bound in the Spirit—go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,Acts 20:23save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;Acts 20:24but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.Acts 20:25‘And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face,—ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;Acts 20:26wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all,Acts 20:27for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.Acts 20:28‘Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,Acts 20:29for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,Acts 20:30and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.Acts 20:31‘Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;Acts 20:32and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.Acts 20:33‘The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;Acts 20:34and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands;Acts 20:35all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth us to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.’Acts 20:36And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray,Acts 20:37and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,Acts 20:38sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said—that they are about no more to see his face; and they were accompanying him to the ship.Acts 21:5but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed,Acts 21:6and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.Acts 21:8and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Caesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist—who is of the seven—we remained with him,Acts 21:9and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.Acts 21:10And we remaining many more days, there came down a certain one from Judea, a prophet, by name Agabus,Acts 21:27And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,Acts 21:28crying out, ‘Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;’Acts 21:29for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.Acts 21:30All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,Acts 21:31and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,Acts 21:32who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.Acts 21:33Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,Acts 21:34and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,Acts 21:35and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,Acts 21:36for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, ‘Away with him.’Acts 21:37And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, ‘Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?’ and he said, ‘Greek dost thou know?Acts 21:38art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?’Acts 21:39And Paul said, ‘I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.’Acts 21:40And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying:Acts 22:12and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling there,Acts 22:13having come unto me and stood by me, said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;Acts 22:14and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,Acts 22:15because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;Acts 22:18and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;Acts 22:21and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.’Acts 22:24the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, ‘By scourges let him be examined;’ that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.Acts 22:25And as he was stretching him with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion who was standing by, ‘A man, a Roman, uncondemned—is it lawful to you to scourge;’Acts 22:26and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, ‘Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;’Acts 22:27and the chief captain having come near, said to him, ‘Tell me, art thou a Roman?’ and he said, ‘Yes;’