Acts 16:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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  • Acts 13:14 : 14 But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.
  • Acts 13:42 : 42 And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.
  • Acts 16:6 : 6 And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;
  • Acts 17:2 : 2 And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,
  • Acts 18:4 : 4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.
  • Acts 21:5 : 5 And 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,
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
  • Matt 5:1-2 : 1 And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him. 2 And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,
  • Matt 13:2 : 2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.
  • Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
  • Luke 4:20-21 : 20 And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him. 21 Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.
  • Luke 13:10 : 10 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.
  • John 8:2 : 2 And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them.

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  • Acts 16:8-12
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    8 And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.

    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.

    10 And 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.

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

    12 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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    14 And 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.

    15 And 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.

    16 And 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.

    17 She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

  • Acts 21:2-8
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    2 And as there was a ship going to Phoenicia, we went in it.

    3 And 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.

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

    5 And 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,

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

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

    8 And 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.

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

    40 And 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.

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    14 But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

    15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

  • Acts 20:5-7
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    5 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    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.

    7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

  • Acts 17:1-2
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    1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

    2 And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

  • 44 And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

  • 4 And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

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

    15 And 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.

  • 4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

  • 2 And 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.

  • 19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

  • 17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

  • 35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

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

    15 And 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.

  • 7 And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

  • 7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • 42 And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

  • 10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

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

  • 25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

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

  • 16 And 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.

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

  • 19 And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

  • 26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

  • 36 And 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.

  • 27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • 30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?