Acts 18:20

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When they asked him to stay longer with them, he declined.

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  • Mark 1:37-38 : 37 and when they found him, they said, 'Everyone is looking for you.' 38 Jesus replied, 'Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also, for that is why I have come.'
  • Acts 20:16 : 16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
  • Acts 21:13-14 : 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14 When he would not be persuaded, we gave up and said, 'The Lord's will be done.'
  • 1 Cor 16:12 : 12 Now concerning our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not at all his desire to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

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  • Acts 18:21-23
    3 verses
    83%

    21But as he left, he said, 'I will return to you, God willing.' Then he set sail from Ephesus.

    22When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to greet the church and then went down to Antioch.

    23After spending some time there, he departed and traveled throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

  • Acts 18:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he said goodbye to the brothers and sisters and set sail for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken.

    19They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

  • Acts 20:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15From there, we set sail and arrived opposite Chios the next day. The following day, we crossed over to Samos, stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after that, we came to Miletus.

    16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

  • Acts 14:28
    74%

    28And they stayed there a considerable time with the disciples.

  • Acts 20:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2After traveling through those regions and encouraging the people with many words, he came to Greece.

    3He stayed there for three months. But when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

  • 1 Cor 16:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7For I do not want to see you now just in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

    8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.

  • Acts 21:14-15
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    73%

    14When he would not be persuaded, we gave up and said, 'The Lord's will be done.'

    15After these days, we made preparations and went up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 19:30
    72%

    30Paul wanted to go in before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

  • Acts 15:38
    72%

    38but Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

  • Acts 21:4
    71%

    4There we found some disciples and stayed with them for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept urging Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 18:11
    71%

    11So Paul stayed there for a year and six months, teaching them the word of God.

  • Acts 21:12
    71%

    12When we heard this, we and the local believers pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 21:6-7
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    71%

    6and said our farewells. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned to their homes.

    7After completing our voyage from Tyre, we arrived in Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers and sisters there and stayed with them for a day.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
    71%

    1Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to remain in Athens alone.

  • 1 Cor 16:12
    71%

    12Now concerning our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not at all his desire to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

  • Acts 15:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33After spending some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

    34But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.

  • Acts 14:18
    71%

    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

  • Acts 20:18
    71%

    18When they arrived, he said to them, 'You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in Asia.'

  • Luke 24:28-29
    2 verses
    70%

    28As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther.

    29But they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over." So he went in to stay with them.

  • Acts 22:21
    70%

    21Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 17:33
    70%

    33At that, Paul left the assembly.

  • Acts 19:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Paul went into the synagogue, and for three months he spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

    9But when some became stubborn and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, took the disciples with him, and reasoned daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

  • Acts 13:13
    70%

    13Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 22:18
    70%

    18I saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

  • Acts 20:38
    70%

    38They were deeply grieved because of what he had said—that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

  • Acts 20:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5These men went ahead and waited for us at Troas.

    6But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

  • Acts 25:4
    69%

    4But Festus replied that Paul was being held in custody in Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

  • Acts 17:14
    69%

    14Immediately, the brothers sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

  • Acts 19:22
    69%

    22He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.

  • Acts 20:11
    69%

    11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread and ate. After talking with them for a long time, until daybreak, he left.

  • John 4:40
    69%

    40So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

  • Acts 18:27
    69%

    27When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

  • Acts 25:6
    69%

    6After spending more than ten days among them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day, he took his seat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought in.

  • Acts 28:14
    69%

    14There we found some fellow believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

  • John 7:9
    69%

    9Having said this to them, He remained in Galilee.

  • Acts 13:43
    68%

    43After the synagogue meeting had ended, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

  • Acts 16:39
    68%

    39So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

  • Acts 20:13
    68%

    13But we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, where we intended to take Paul on board, for that was his arrangement since he planned to travel there on foot.