When these events were over, Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem.“ After I’ve been there,” he said,“ I must see Rome as well!”
I planned with this confidence to come to you first, so you could have a double benefit,and to go on to Macedonia with your help, then come to you again from Macedonia and be given a start by you on my journey to Judea.So when I planned this, was I irresponsible? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human way so that I say“ Yes, yes” and“ No, no” simultaneously?
After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying good-bye, departed to go to Macedonia.And when he had passed through those areas and exhorted them at length, he came to Greeceand stayed three months. When he was about to set sail for Syria, a plot was devised against him by the Jews, so a decision was made to go back through Macedonia.
