Acts 20:3

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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.

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  • Acts 20:19 : 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.
  • Acts 9:23-24 : 23 Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him, 24 but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
  • 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,
  • Gal 1:21 : 21 Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
  • 2 Cor 1:15 : 15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,
  • 2 Cor 7:5 : 5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way– struggles from the outside, fears from within.
  • 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 18:18 : 18 Paul 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.
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 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.”
  • Acts 21:3 : 3 After 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.
  • Acts 23:12-15 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul. 15 So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”
  • Ezra 8:31 : 31 On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

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  • Acts 20:1-2
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    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,

  • Acts 20:4-6
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    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.

  • Acts 27:2
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    2 We 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 28:11-12
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    11 Paul Finally Reaches Rome After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the“Heavenly Twins” as its figurehead.

    12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.

  • Acts 19:21-22
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    21 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.”

    22 So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

  • Acts 18:18-23
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    18 Paul 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Acts 21:1-4
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    1 Paul’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.

    2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.

    3 After 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.

    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 20:13-16
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    13 The 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.

    14 When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.

    15 We 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    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.

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  • Acts 21:6-7
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    6 we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.

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    1 Paul 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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  • Acts 20:18-19
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    18 When 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,

    19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

  • Acts 28:14
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  • Acts 21:15
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    15 After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 23:30
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    30 When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.

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

  • Acts 18:27
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    27 When 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,

  • 1 Cor 16:5
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    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–

  • Acts 25:6
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    6 After 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 14:28
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    28 So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

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

  • 1 Cor 16:8
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    8 But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

  • Acts 18:3
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    3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them(for they were tentmakers by trade).

  • Acts 19:10
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    10 This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

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