Acts 19:21

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A Riot in Ephesus Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said,“After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

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  • Acts 20:22 : 22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,
  • 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 23:11 : 11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
  • Acts 18:21 : 21 but said farewell to them and added,“I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,
  • Rom 1:13 : 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.
  • Rom 1:15 : 15 Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.
  • Rom 15:23-29 : 23 But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you 24 when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things. 28 Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you, 29 and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.
  • 1 Cor 16:5 : 5 Paul’s Plans to Visit But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia– for I will be going through Macedonia–
  • 2 Cor 1:15-18 : 15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us, 16 and 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. 17 Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both“Yes, yes” and“No, no” at the same time? 18 But as God is faithful, our message to you is not“Yes” and“No.”
  • Gal 2:1 : 1 Confirmation from the Jerusalem Apostles Then after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, taking Titus along too.
  • Phil 1:12-14 : 12 Ministry as a Prisoner I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: 13 The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ, 14 and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.
  • 1 Thess 1:7 : 7 As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
  • Acts 20:1-6 : 1 Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia. 2 After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece, 3 where 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. 4 Paul 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. 5 These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas. 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.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 מ(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
  • Acts 16:6-9 : 6 Paul’s Vision of the Macedonian Man They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this, 8 so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas. 9 A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him,“Come over to Macedonia and help us!” 10 After 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.
  • Acts 18:12 : 12 Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.
  • Acts 21:11-15 : 11 He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said,“The Holy Spirit says this:‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’” 12 When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 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.” 15 After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 21:17 : 17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.
  • Acts 24:17-18 : 17 After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings, 18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
  • Acts 25:10-12 : 10 Paul replied,“I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well. 11 If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!” 12 Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied,“You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”
  • Acts 27:1 : 1 Paul and Company Sail for Rome When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
  • Acts 28:30-31 : 30 Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him, 31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.

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  • Acts 20:1-3
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    1Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.

    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.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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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 20:22-23
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    22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

    23except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

  • 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 16:8-12
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    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,

    12and 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.

  • Acts 21:12-15
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    12When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

    13Then 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.”

    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 18:1
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    1Paul at Corinth After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Rom 15:23-25
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    23But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you

    24when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

    25But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

  • Acts 18:21-22
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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.

  • Acts 20:16
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    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.

  • Rom 15:28
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    28Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you,

  • Acts 23:11
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    11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

  • Rom 15:19
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    19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 16:4-6
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    4And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.

    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 28:14-15
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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.

    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.

  • 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 18:27
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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 15:36
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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.”

  • Rom 1:15
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    15Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

  • 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.

  • Rom 1:10
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    10and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

  • Acts 21:1
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    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.

  • Gal 1:21
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    21Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

  • Acts 20:25
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    25“And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

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

  • 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 18:5
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    5Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

  • 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,

  • Rom 15:31
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    31Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

  • Acts 25:20
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    20Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

  • Acts 22:17
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    17When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

  • 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.