Acts 16:12
and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.
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- Phil 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
- 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.
- Acts 20:6 : 6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
- Acts 16:9 : 9 A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him,“Come over to Macedonia and help us!”
- Acts 16:21 : 21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
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- Acts 16:8-114 verses85%
8so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas.
9A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him,“Come over to Macedonia and help us!”
10After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.
11Arrival at Philippi We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,
- Acts 16:13-164 verses83%
13On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.
14A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
15After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,“If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.
16Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
- Acts 20:2-65 verses77%
2After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,
3where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
5These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
6We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
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16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.
- Acts 28:12-154 verses74%
12We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.
13From there we cast off and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli.
14There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.
15The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
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2We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
- Acts 20:14-152 verses74%
14When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.
15We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.
- 1 Cor 16:5-62 verses73%
5Paul’s Plans to Visit But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia– for I will be going through Macedonia–
6and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.
- Acts 21:1-88 verses73%
1Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.
3After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.
4After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.
5When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,
6we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.
7We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.
8On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
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1So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.
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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.
- Acts 27:5-62 verses72%
5After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.
6There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.
- Acts 21:15-162 verses71%
15After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.
16Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.
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15And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.
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10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
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22So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.
- Acts 16:39-402 verses70%
39and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
40When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.
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36Paul and Barnabas Part Company After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”
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40Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
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14Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
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1Paul at Corinth After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.
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44(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)
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1¶ Salutation From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
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13I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and set out for Macedonia.
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11So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.