20 Kodvwa ngesikhatsi emakholwa abutsana kuye, wasukuma wabuyela edolobheni. Ngelilanga lelilandzelako yena naBhanabasi bahamba baya eDebe.
Kwatsi lapho amkhandza, wamletsa e-Antiyokhi. Umnyaka wonkhe bobabili babehlanganyela nebantfu belibandla, babefundzisa sicuku lesikhulu. Kwakuse-Antiyokhi lapho bafundzi babitwa kwekucala ngekutsi ngemaKhristu.
Bafundzi bavumelana kutsi ngulowo nalowo atfumele loko langakutfumela kusita bazalwane baseJudiya.
Waphakamisa sandla sakhe wababindzisa, wabachazela kutsi iNkhosi imkhulule njani ejele. Watsi kubo: “Nibotjela Jakobe nebazalwane.” Wase uyabashiya uya encenye.
Bacinisa emakholwa bawakhutsata ekubambeleleni ekukholweni. Babafundzisa kutsi: “Sifanele sendlule ekuhluphekeni lokunyenti kuze singene embusweni waNkulunkulu.”
Bahlala lapho nemakholwa sikhatsi lesidze.
baphostoli nabakuva loko, babalekela eListra naseDebe, emadolobha lamakhulu aseLikhawoniya, naseveni lelakhelene nawo.
BoPawula bahamba behlela eDebe naseListra, lapho bekukhona likholwa lelitsite, libito lalo kunguThimothi, indvodzana yemfati labengumJuda lokholwako, kodvwa uyise abengumGriki.
Ngako-ke baphuma ejele baya kaLidiya. Bafike babona bazalwane, babakhutsata base bayahamba.
Emvakwalesiphitsiphitsi Pawula wabita labakholwako wabakhutsata, wabavalelisa, wabashiya, waya eMasedoniya.
Asinakwa, kodvwa satiwa kakhulu. Shangatsi siyafa, kodvwa siyaphila. Siyajeziswa, kodvwa asigwetjwa intsambo.