Acts 13:50

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

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  • Acts 14:2 : 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
  • Acts 13:43 : 43 When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
  • Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
  • Acts 21:27 : 27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
  • 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.
  • Jas 2:5-6 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
  • 1 Cor 1:26-29 : 26 Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. 27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, 29 so that no one can boast in his presence.
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
  • Acts 16:37-39 : 37 But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!” 38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens 39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Listen to the LORD’s message, you who respect his word! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say,“May the LORD be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.
  • Amos 7:12 : 12 Amaziah then said to Amos,“Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there!
  • Matt 10:23 : 23 Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  • Mark 5:17 : 17 Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
  • Acts 2:5 : 5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.
  • Acts 6:12 : 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
  • Acts 8:1 : 1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

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  • Acts 13:51
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    51So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium.

  • Acts 17:12-13
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    12Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

    13But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

  • Acts 14:1-2
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    1Paul and Barnabas at Iconium The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

    2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

  • Acts 17:4-6
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    4Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

    5But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

    6When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

  • Acts 14:18-21
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    18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

    19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

    20But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

    21Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.

  • Acts 14:4-6
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    4But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

    5When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

    6Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

  • Acts 13:49
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    49So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

  • Acts 16:19-20
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    19But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

    20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

  • Acts 13:42-46
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    42As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

    43When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

    44On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

    45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.

    46Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

  • Luke 4:29
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    29They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

  • Acts 17:8
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    8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

  • Acts 17:10
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    10Paul and Silas at Berea The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

  • Acts 15:2
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    2When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.

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    19Activity in the Church at Antioch Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.

  • Acts 21:30
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    30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

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    7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

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    14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

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    12Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

  • Acts 16:22
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    22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

  • Acts 13:13-15
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    13Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

    14Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

    15After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying,“Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.”

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    2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

  • Acts 21:27
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    27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

  • Acts 26:11
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    11I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

  • Acts 16:39
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    39and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

  • Acts 19:28-30
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    28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

    29The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

    30But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.

  • Acts 8:3
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    3But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

  • Acts 11:22
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    22A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

  • Acts 17:33
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    33So Paul left the Areopagus.

  • Acts 17:1
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    1Paul and Silas at Thessalonica After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

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    5When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.(Now they also had John as their assistant.)