Acts 16:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

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  • Phil 1:1 : 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.
  • Acts 20:6 : 6 And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.
  • Acts 16:9 : 9 And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.
  • Acts 16:21 : 21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

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  • Acts 16:8-11
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    8And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.

    9And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.

    10And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

    11So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

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    13And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

    14And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

    15And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

    16And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

  • Acts 20:2-6
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    2And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

    3And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

    4And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

    5But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    6And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

  • 16And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

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    12And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.

    13And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli:

    14Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

    15And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

  • 2And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

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    14And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

    15And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

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    5But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;

    6But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

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    1And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

    2And as there was a ship going to Phoenicia, we went in it.

    3And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

    4And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

    5And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

    6We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.

    7And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

    8And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

  • 1At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

  • 1Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

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    5And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

    6And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.

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    15And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

    16And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.

  • 15And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;

  • 10In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

  • 22And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

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    39Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

    40And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

  • 36And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

  • 40But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.

  • 14So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

  • 1After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

  • 44Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.

  • 1Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

  • 13I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

  • 11And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.