Acts 19:9

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But some of them became stubborn and refused to believe. In front of everyone, they said bad things about the Way. So Paul left these Jews and took the Lord’s followers with him. He went to a place where a man named Tyrannus had a school. There Paul talked with people every day.

Cross References

Acts 19:23

But during that time there was some trouble in Ephesus about the Way. This is how it all happened:

Acts 9:2

and asked him to write letters to the synagogues in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted the high priest to give him the authority to find people in Damascus who were followers of the Way. If he found any believers there, men or women, he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem.

2 Peter 2:12

But these false teachers speak evil against what they don’t understand. They are like animals that do things without really thinking—like wild animals that are born to be caught and killed. And, like wild animals, they will be destroyed.

Acts 14:4

But some of the people in the city agreed with the Jews who did not believe Paul and Barnabas. Others followed the apostles. So the city was divided.

Jude 1:10

But these people criticize things they don’t understand. They do understand some things. But they understand these things not by thinking, but by feeling, the way dumb animals understand things. And these are the things that destroy them.

2 Peter 2:2

Many people will follow them in the morally wrong things they do. And because of them, others will say bad things about the way of truth we follow.

Hebrews 3:13

But encourage each other every day, while you still have something called “today.” Help each other so that none of you will be fooled by sin and become too hard to change.

1 Timothy 6:5

They are always making trouble, because they are people whose thinking has been confused. They have lost their understanding of the truth. They think that devotion to God is a way to get rich.

Romans 11:7

So this is what has happened: The people of Israel wanted God’s blessing, but they did not all get it. The people he chose did get his blessing, but the others became hard and refused to listen to him.

Romans 9:18

So God shows mercy to those he wants to show mercy to and makes stubborn those he wants to make stubborn.

Acts 22:4

I persecuted the people who followed the Way. Some of them were killed because of me. I arrested men and women and put them in jail.

Acts 7:51

Then Stephen said, “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You refuse to give your hearts to God or even listen to him. You are always against what the Holy Spirit wants you to do. That’s how your ancestors were, and you are just like them!

2 Timothy 4:2

Tell everyone God’s message. Be ready at all times to do whatever is needed. Tell people what they need to do, tell them when they are doing wrong, and encourage them. Do this with great patience and careful teaching.

2 Timothy 3:5

They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that “devotion” change the way they live. Stay away from these people!

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in Asia has left me. Even Phygelus and Hermogenes have left me.

Acts 28:22

We want to hear your ideas. We know that people everywhere are speaking against this new group.”

Acts 24:21

I did say one thing when I stood before them and shouted, ‘You are judging me today because I believe that people will rise from death!’”

Acts 20:31

So be careful! And always remember what I did during the three years I was with you. I never stopped reminding each one of you how you should live, counseling you day and night and crying over you.

Acts 19:30

Paul wanted to go in and talk to the people, but the Lord’s followers did not let him go.

Acts 17:4

Some of the Jews there believed Paul and Silas and decided to join them. Also, a large number of Greeks who were worshipers of the true God and many important women joined them.

Acts 11:26

When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. They stayed there a whole year. Every time the church came together, Barnabas and Saul met with them and taught many people. It was in Antioch that the followers of the Lord Jesus were called “Christ-followers” for the first time.

John 12:40

“God made the people blind. He closed their minds. He did this so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their minds. He did it so that they would not turn and be healed.” Isaiah 6:10

Matthew 26:55

Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Why do you come to get me with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal. Every day I sat in the Temple area teaching. You did not arrest me there.

Matthew 16:4

It is the evil and sinful people who want to see a miracle as a sign from God. But no miracle will be done to prove anything to them. The only sign will be the miracle that happened to Jonah.” Then Jesus went away from there.

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees. They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Jeremiah 19:15

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel says: ‘I said I would bring many disasters to Jerusalem and the villages around it. I will soon make this happen because the people are very stubborn. They refuse to listen and obey me.’”

Jeremiah 7:26

But your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did evil even worse than their fathers did.

Isaiah 8:14

If you people would respect him, he would be a safe place for you. But you don’t respect him, so he is like a stone that you stumble over. He is a rock that makes both families of Israel fall. He has become a trap that all the people of Jerusalem will fall into.

Proverbs 8:34

Whoever waits at my door and listens for me will be blessed.

Psalm 95:8

“Don’t be stubborn, as you were at Meribah, as you were at Massah in the desert.

Nehemiah 9:29

You warned them. You told them to come back, but they were too proud. They refused to listen to your commands. If people obey your laws, they will live. But our ancestors broke your laws. They were stubborn. They turned their backs on you. They refused to listen.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God’s prophets and refused to listen to them. They hated God’s messages. Finally, the Lord could not hold his anger any longer. He became angry with his people and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don’t be stubborn as your ancestors were. But obey the Lord with a willing heart. Come to the Temple that he has made to be holy forever. Serve the Lord your God. Then his fearful anger will turn away from you.

2 Kings 17:14

But the people would not listen. They were very stubborn like their ancestors. Their ancestors did not believe the Lord their God.

1 Corinthians 16:9

I will stay here, because a good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given to me now. And there are many people working against it.