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- Acts 18:6
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But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
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- Acts 18:8
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Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
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- Acts 18:9
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One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
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- Acts 18:11
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So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.
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- Acts 18:12
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While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
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- Acts 18:14
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But 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.
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- Acts 18:15
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But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
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- Acts 18:17
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At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.
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- Acts 18:18
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Paul 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.
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- Acts 18:19
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When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
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- Acts 18:20
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When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.
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- Acts 18:24
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Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
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- Acts 18:26
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And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
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- Acts 18:27
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When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
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- Acts 19:1
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While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
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- Acts 19:2
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and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
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- Acts 19:3
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“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
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- Acts 19:4
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Paul 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.”
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- Acts 19:5
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On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
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- Acts 19:7
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There were about twelve men in all.
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- Acts 19:8
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Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
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- Acts 19:9
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But 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.
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- Acts 19:10
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This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
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- Acts 19:13
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Now 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 command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
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- Acts 19:14
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Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
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- Acts 19:15
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But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
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- Acts 19:17
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This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
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- Acts 19:19
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And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
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- Acts 19:21
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After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
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- Acts 19:22
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He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
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- Acts 19:23
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About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
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- Acts 19:27
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There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
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- Acts 19:28
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When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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- Acts 19:30
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Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
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- Acts 19:31
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Even 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.
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- Acts 19:33
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The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
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- Acts 19:34
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But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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- Acts 19:35
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Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
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- Acts 19:39
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But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
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- Acts 20:1
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When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
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- Acts 20:2
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After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
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- Acts 20:4
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Paul 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.
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- Acts 20:5
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These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
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- Acts 20:6
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And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
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- Acts 20:7
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On 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.
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- Acts 20:8
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Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
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- Acts 20:9
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And 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.
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- Acts 20:10
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But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
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- Acts 20:11
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Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
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- Acts 20:12
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And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.
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