Aboutthat timethere occurrednosmalldisturbanceconcerningthe Way.
and he beganto speak out boldlyin the synagogue.But when Priscillaand Aquilaheardhim, they took him asideand explainedto him the wayof Godmore accurately.
But whensomewere becoming hardenedand disobedient,speaking evilof the Waybeforethe people,he withdrewfrom them and took awaythe disciples,reasoningdailyin the schoolof Tyrannus.
"I persecutedthisWayto the death,bindingand puttingbothmenand womeninto prisons,
"But thisI admitto you, that accordingto the Waywhichthey calla sectI do servethe Godof our fathers,believingeverythingthat is in accordancewith the Lawand that is writtenin the Prophets;
But Felix,havinga more exactknowledgeaboutthe Way,put them off,saying,"WhenLysiasthe commandercomes down,I will decideyour case."
and askedfor lettersfrom him to the synagoguesat Damascus,sothat ifhe foundanybelongingto the Way,bothmenand women,he might bringthem boundto Jerusalem.
[I have been] on frequentjourneys,in dangersfrom rivers,dangersfrom robbers,dangersfrom [my] countrymen,dangersfrom the Gentiles,dangersin the city,dangersin the wilderness,dangerson the sea,dangersamongfalse brethren;
in beatings,in imprisonments,in tumults,in labors,in sleeplessness,in hunger,
as unknownyetwell-known,as dyingyetbehold,we live;as punishedyetnot put to death,
