zCited from Isa. 49:6; [Isa. 45:22]

Acts 9:20-25

20And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, aHe is the Son of God.” 21And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who bmade havoc cin Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?” 22But Saul dincreased all the more in strength, and econfounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving fthat Jesus was the Christ.

Saul Escapes from Damascus

23 gWhen many days had passed, the Jews
The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
plotted to kill him,
24but their iplot became known to Saul. jThey were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25but his disciples took him by night and klet him down through an opening in the wall,
Greek  through the wall
lowering him in a basket.

Acts 13:42-50

42As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. 43And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and mdevout nconverts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them oto continue in pthe grace of God.

44The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 qBut rwhen the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with sjealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, treviling him. 46And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God ube spoken first to you. vSince you thrust it aside and judge yourselves wunworthy of eternal life, behold, we xare turning to the Gentiles. 47 yFor so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

z“‘I have made you aaa light for the Gentiles,
that you may abbring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
48And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and acglorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. 49And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region. 50 adBut the Jews
Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
incited the devout afwomen of high standing and the leading men of the city, agstirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ahdrove them out of their district.

Acts 14:1-6

Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

1Now at Iconium aithey entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 ajBut the akunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against althe brothers.
Or  brothers and sisters
3So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for anthe Lord, who bore witness to aothe word of his grace, apgranting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4But the people of the city aqwere divided; arsome sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. 5When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, asto mistreat them and atto stone them, 6they learned of it and aufled to avLystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,

Acts 17:1-5

Paul and Silas in Thessalonica

1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to awThessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2And Paul went in, axas was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them ayfrom the Scriptures, 3 azexplaining and proving that it was necessary for bathe Christ to suffer and bbto rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” 4And bcsome of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did bda great many of the devout beGreeks and not a few of the leading women. 5 bfBut the Jews
Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 13
bhwere jealous, and taking bisome wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

Acts 18:4-6

4And bjhe reasoned in the synagogue bkevery Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 blWhen Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul bmwas occupied with the word, bntestifying to the Jews that the Christ was boJesus. 6And when they opposed and reviled him, bphe shook out his garments and said to them, bqYour blood be on your own heads! brI am innocent. bsFrom now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 19:8-9

8And bthe entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them buabout the kingdom of God. 9 bvBut when some became stubborn and bwcontinued in unbelief, speaking evil of bxthe Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
Some manuscripts add from the fifth hour to the tenth (that is, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
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