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- Acts 20:13
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We 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.
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- Acts 20:14
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And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
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- Acts 20:15
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Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
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- Acts 20:17
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From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
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- Acts 20:18
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When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
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- Acts 20:37
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They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
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- Acts 20:38
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They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
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- Acts 21:1
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After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
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- Acts 21:3
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After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
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- Acts 21:4
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We 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.
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- Acts 21:5
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But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
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- Acts 21:6
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And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
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- Acts 21:7
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When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
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- Acts 21:8
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Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
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- Acts 21:9
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He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
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- Acts 21:10
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After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
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- Acts 21:12
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When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
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- Acts 21:14
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When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
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- Acts 21:15
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After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
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- Acts 21:16
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Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
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- Acts 21:17
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When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
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- Acts 21:18
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The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
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- Acts 21:20
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When 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.
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- Acts 21:21
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But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
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- Acts 21:25
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As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
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- Acts 21:27
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When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
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- Acts 21:32
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Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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- Acts 21:34
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Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
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- Acts 21:35
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When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
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- Acts 21:37
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As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
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- Acts 21:39
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But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
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- Acts 21:40
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Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
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- Acts 22:2
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When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
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- Acts 22:3
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“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
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- Acts 22:6
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About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
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- Acts 22:8
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‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
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- Acts 22:9
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My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
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- Acts 22:10
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Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
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- Acts 22:11
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Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
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- Acts 22:12
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There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
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- Acts 22:14
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Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
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- Acts 22:17
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Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
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- Acts 22:22
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The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
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- Acts 22:25
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But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
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- Acts 22:26
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On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
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- Acts 22:27
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The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
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- Acts 22:28
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“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
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- Acts 22:29
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At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
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- Acts 22:30
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The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
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- Acts 23:1
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Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
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