And someof them were persuadedand joinedPauland Silas,alongwith a largenumberof the God-fearingGreeksand a numberof the leadingwomen.
He who walkswith wisemenwill be wise,But the companionof foolswill sufferharm.
"Forsake[your] follyand live,And proceedin the wayof understanding."
"Wherehas your belovedgone,O most beautifulamong women?Wherehas your belovedturned,That we may seekhim with you?"
"Manynationswill jointhemselves to the LORDin that dayand will becomeMy people.Then I will dwellin your midst,and you will knowthat the LORDof hostshas sentMe to you.
The Jewsthensaidto one another,"Wheredoes this manintendto gothat we will not findHim? He is not intendingto goto the Dispersionamong the Greeks,and teachthe Greeks,is He?
Nowwhen [the meeting of] the synagoguehad brokenup, manyof the Jewsand of the God-fearingproselytesfollowedPauland Barnabas,who,speakingto them, were urgingthem to continuein the graceof God.
But the Jewsincitedthe devoutwomenof prominenceand the leading menof the city,and instigateda persecutionagainstPauland Barnabas,and drovethem out of their district.
In Iconiumthey enteredthe synagogueof the Jewstogether,and spokein such a mannerthat a largenumber of peoplebelieved,bothof Jewsand of Greeks.
But the peopleof the citywere divided;and somesidedwith the Jews,and somewith the apostles.
Thenit seemed goodto the apostlesand the elders,with the wholechurch,to choosemenfrom amongthem to sendto Antiochwith Pauland Barnabas--JudascalledBarsabbas,and Silas,leadingmenamongthe brethren,
"Thereforewe have sentJudasand Silas,who themselveswill alsoreportthe same thingsby word[of mouth].
Judasand Silas,alsobeingprophetsthemselves,encouragedand strengthenedthe brethrenwith a lengthymessage.
But PaulchoseSilasand left,being committedby the brethrento the graceof the Lord.
Paulwantedthis manto gowith him; and he tookhim and circumcisedhim becauseof the Jewswho were in thoseparts,for they allknewthat his fatherwas a Greek.
The brethrenimmediatelysentPauland Silasawayby nightto Berea,and when they arrived,they wentinto the synagogueof the Jews.
Thereforemanyof them believed,alongwith a numberof prominentGreekwomenand men.
Thenimmediatelythe brethrensentPaulout to goas faras the sea;and Silasand Timothyremainedthere.
Sohe was reasoningin the synagoguewith the Jewsand the God-fearing[Gentiles], and in the market placeeverydaywith thosewho happened to be present.
But somemenjoinedhim and believed,amongwhomalsowere Dionysiusthe Areopagiteand a womannamedDamarisand otherswith them.
And he was reasoningin the synagogueeverySabbathand trying to persuadeJewsand Greeks.
Thistook placefor twoyears,sothat allwho livedin Asiaheardthe wordof the Lord,bothJewsand Greeks.
And allthosewho had believedwere togetherand hadall thingsin common;
cryingout, "Menof Israel,come to our aid!Thisis the manwho preachesto all meneverywhereagainstour peopleand the Lawand thisplace;and besideshe has evenbroughtGreeksinto the templeand has defiledthisholyplace."
Somewere being persuadedby the things spoken,but otherswould not believe.
When they had been released,they wentto their own[companions] and reportedallthat the chief priestsand the eldershad saidto them.
and [this], not as we had expected,but they firstgavethemselvesto the Lordand to us by the willof God.
