Acts 18:20

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When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,

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  • Mark 1:37-38 : 37 When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.” 38 He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”
  • Acts 20:16 : 16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so as not to spend time in the province of Asia, for he was hurrying to arrive in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
  • Acts 21:13-14 : 13 Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14 Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except,“The Lord’s will be done.”
  • 1 Cor 16:12 : 12 With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

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  • Acts 18:21-23
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    21but said farewell to them and added,“I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

    22and when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch.

    23After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

  • Acts 18:18-19
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    18Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow.

    19When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.

  • Acts 20:15-16
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    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.

    16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so as not to spend time in the province of Asia, for he was hurrying to arrive in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

  • Acts 14:28
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    28So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

  • Acts 20:2-3
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 16:7-8
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    7For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

    8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

  • Acts 21:14-15
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    14Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except,“The Lord’s will be done.”

    15After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 19:30
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    30But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.

  • Acts 15:38
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    38but Paul insisted that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

  • Acts 21:4
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    4After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

  • Acts 18:11
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    11So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

  • Acts 21:12
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    12When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 21:6-7
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    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.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

  • 1 Cor 16:12
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    12With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

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

  • Acts 20:18
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    18When they arrived, he said to them,“You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,

  • Luke 24:28-29
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    28So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,

    29but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.

  • Acts 22:21
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    21Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

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

  • Acts 19:8-9
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    8Paul Continues to Minister at Ephesus So Paul entered the synagogue and spoke out fearlessly for three months, addressing and convincing them about the kingdom of God.

    9But when some were stubborn and refused to believe, reviling the Way before the congregation, he left them and took the disciples with him, addressing them every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

  • Acts 13:13
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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.

  • Acts 22:18
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    18and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

  • Acts 20:38
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    38especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

  • Acts 20:5-6
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    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.

  • Acts 25:4
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    4Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

  • Acts 17:14
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    14Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

  • Acts 19:22
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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 20:11
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    11Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

  • John 4:40
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    40So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

  • Acts 18:27
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    27When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,

  • Acts 25:6
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    6After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 28:14
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    14There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

  • John 7:9
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    9When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.

  • Acts 13:43
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    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.

  • Acts 16:39
    68%

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

  • Acts 20:13
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    13The Voyage to Miletus We went on ahead to the ship and put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. He himself was intending to go there by land.

  • Acts 15:33
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    33After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.