Acts 20:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

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  • Zech 9:13 : 13 For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 15:41 : 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.
  • Acts 16:12 : 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.
  • Acts 17:1 : 1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:
  • Acts 17:10 : 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.
  • Acts 20:6-7 : 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 20:11 : 11 And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.
  • Col 1:28 : 28 Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;
  • 1 Thess 2:3 : 3 For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

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  • 1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

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    21 Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

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

  • 27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

  • Acts 20:3-6
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    3 And 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.

    4 And 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.

    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.

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

  • 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.

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    13 But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

    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.

    16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

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    18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

    19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

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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.

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

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    22 And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

    23 And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

  • 19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

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    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.

    20 And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

  • 21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

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

  • 11 And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

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    23 But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

    24 Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--

  • 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.

  • 22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

  • 15 But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

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    36 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

    37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

    38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

  • Acts 21:1-2
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    1 And 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:

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

  • 28 So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.

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

  • Acts 18:4-5
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    4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

    5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 21 Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.

  • 10 And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.