Philippians 1:12 I want to report to you, friends, that my imprisonment here has had the opposite of its intended effect. Instead of being squelched, the Message has actually...

1:12 MSG

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The Message - I want to report to you, friends, that my imprisonment here has had the opposite of its intended effect. Instead of being squelched, the Message has actually prospered. All the soldiers here, and everyone else, too, found out that I’m in jail because of this Messiah. That piqued their curiosity, and now they’ve learned all about him. Not only that, but most of the followers of Jesus here have become far more sure of themselves in the faith than ever, speaking out fearlessly about God, about the Messiah.
新标点和合本 - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 弟兄们，我要你们知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更兴旺，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 弟兄们，我要你们知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更兴旺，
当代译本 - 弟兄姊妹，我希望你们知道，我的遭遇反而会使福音传得更广，
圣经新译本 - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的反而使福音更加兴旺了，
中文标准译本 - 弟兄们，我愿你们知道，我的遭遇反而促进了福音的进展，
现代标点和合本 - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺，
和合本（拼音版） - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺，
New International Version - Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.
New International Reader's Version - Brothers and sisters, here is what I want you to know. What has happened to me has actually helped to spread the good news.
English Standard Version - I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,
New Living Translation - And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.
Christian Standard Bible - Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually advanced the gospel,
New American Standard Bible - Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,
New King James Version - But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel,
Amplified Bible - Now I want you to know, believers, that what has happened to me [this imprisonment that was meant to stop me] has actually served to advance [the spread of] the good news [regarding salvation].
American Standard Version - Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;
King James Version - But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
New English Translation - I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:
World English Bible - Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,
新標點和合本 - 弟兄們，我願意你們知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音興旺，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 弟兄們，我要你們知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更興旺，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 弟兄們，我要你們知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更興旺，
當代譯本 - 弟兄姊妹，我希望你們知道，我的遭遇反而會使福音傳得更廣，
聖經新譯本 - 弟兄們，我願意你們知道，我所遭遇的反而使福音更加興旺了，
呂振中譯本 - 弟兄們，我願你們明白我的景況反而促成了福音之進步，
中文標準譯本 - 弟兄們，我願你們知道，我的遭遇反而促進了福音的進展，
現代標點和合本 - 弟兄們，我願意你們知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音興旺，
文理和合譯本 - 兄弟乎、我欲爾知、我所遭之事、適以廣福音之傳、
文理委辦譯本 - 我欲兄弟知我遇難、福音益以廣布、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我欲兄弟知我所遇之事、更有益於福音、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 茲欲告慰於兄弟者、即予所遭受之一切、適足促成福音之發揚光大也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Hermanos, quiero que sepan que, en realidad, lo que me ha pasado ha contribuido al avance del evangelio.
현대인의 성경 - 형제 여러분, 내가 당한 일이 오히려 기쁜 소식을 널리 전하는 일에 큰 도움이 되었다는 사실을 잊지 마십시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что все, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
Восточный перевод - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что всё, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что всё, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что всё, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je tiens à ce que vous le sachiez, frères et sœurs : ce qui m’est arrivé a plutôt servi la cause de l’Evangile.
リビングバイブル - 愛する皆さん。このことを、わきまえていてほしいのです。ここで私の身に起こったことはすべて、キリストについての福音を広めるのに、たいへん役立っているという事実をです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι τὰ κατ’ ἐμὲ μᾶλλον εἰς προκοπὴν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐλήλυθεν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς, βούλομαι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι τὰ κατ’ ἐμὲ, μᾶλλον εἰς προκοπὴν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐλήλυθεν;
Nova Versão Internacional - Quero que saibam, irmãos, que aquilo que me aconteceu tem, ao contrário, servido para o progresso do evangelho.
Hoffnung für alle - Meine lieben Brüder und Schwestern! Ihr sollt wissen, dass meine Gefangenschaft die Ausbreitung der rettenden Botschaft nicht gehindert hat. Im Gegenteil!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thưa anh chị em, tôi mong anh chị em đều biết rõ: Chính những hoạn nạn, bức hại, tù đày của tôi đã làm cho Phúc Âm càng lan rộng
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พี่น้องทั้งหลาย บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าอยากให้ท่านทราบว่าแท้จริงแล้วสิ่งที่เกิดกับข้าพเจ้ากลับทำให้ข่าวประเสริฐแพร่ออกไป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พี่น้องเอ๋ย บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าอยากให้ท่านทราบว่า สิ่งใดที่ได้เกิดขึ้นกับข้าพเจ้าแล้วได้ทำให้ข่าวประเสริฐก้าวหน้าขึ้น

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Acts 21:30 - Soon the whole city was in an uproar, people running from everywhere to the Temple to get in on the action. They grabbed Paul, dragged him outside, and locked the Temple gates so he couldn’t get back in and gain sanctuary.
Acts 21:31 - As they were trying to kill him, word came to the captain of the guard, “A riot! The whole city’s boiling over!” He acted swiftly. His soldiers and centurions ran to the scene at once. As soon as the mob saw the captain and his soldiers, they quit beating Paul.
Acts 21:33 - The captain came up and put Paul under arrest. He first ordered him handcuffed, and then asked who he was and what he had done. All he got from the crowd were shouts, one yelling this, another that. It was impossible to tell one word from another in the mob hysteria, so the captain ordered Paul taken to the military barracks. But when they got to the Temple steps, the mob became so violent that the soldiers had to carry Paul. As they carried him away, the crowd followed, shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Esther 9:1 - On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s order came into effect. This was the very day that the enemies of the Jews had planned to overpower them, but the tables were now turned: the Jews overpowered those who hated them! The Jews had gathered in the cities throughout King Xerxes’ provinces to lay hands on those who were seeking their ruin. Not one man was able to stand up against them—fear made cowards of them all. What’s more, all the government officials, satraps, governors—everyone who worked for the king—actually helped the Jews because of Mordecai; they were afraid of him. Mordecai by now was a power in the palace. As Mordecai became more and more powerful, his reputation had grown in all the provinces.
Acts 28:1 - Once everyone was accounted for and we realized we had all made it, we learned that we were on the island of Malta. The natives went out of their way to be friendly to us. The day was rainy and cold and we were already soaked to the bone, but they built a huge bonfire and gathered us around it.
Acts 28:3 - Paul pitched in and helped. He had gathered up a bundle of sticks, but when he put it on the fire, a venomous snake, roused from its sleepiness by the heat, struck his hand and held on. Seeing the snake hanging from Paul’s hand like that, the natives jumped to the conclusion that he was a murderer getting what he deserved. Paul shook the snake off into the fire like it was nothing. They kept expecting him to drop dead, but when it was obvious he wasn’t going to, they jumped to the conclusion that he was a god!
Acts 28:7 - The head man in that part of the island was Publius. He took us into his home as his guests, drying us out and putting us up in fine style for the next three days. Publius’s father was sick at the time, down with a high fever and dysentery. Paul went to the old man’s room, and when he laid hands on him and prayed, the man was healed. Word of the healing got around fast, and soon everyone on the island who was sick came and got healed.
Acts 28:10 - We spent a wonderful three months on Malta. They treated us royally, took care of all our needs and outfitted us for the rest of the journey. When an Egyptian ship that had wintered there in the harbor prepared to leave for Italy, we got on board. The ship had a carved Gemini for its figurehead: “the Heavenly Twins.”
Acts 28:12 - We put in at Syracuse for three days and then went up the coast to Rhegium. Two days later, with the wind out of the south, we sailed into the Bay of Naples. We found Christian friends there and stayed with them for a week.
Acts 28:14 - And then we came to Rome. Friends in Rome heard we were on the way and came out to meet us. One group got as far as Appian Court; another group met us at Three Taverns—emotion-packed meetings, as you can well imagine. Paul, brimming over with praise, led us in prayers of thanksgiving. When we actually entered Rome, they let Paul live in his own private quarters with a soldier who had been assigned to guard him.
Acts 28:17 - Three days later, Paul called the Jewish leaders together for a meeting at his house. He said, “The Jews in Jerusalem arrested me on trumped-up charges, and I was taken into custody by the Romans. I assure you that I did absolutely nothing against Jewish laws or Jewish customs. After the Romans investigated the charges and found there was nothing to them, they wanted to set me free, but the Jews objected so fiercely that I was forced to appeal to Caesar. I did this not to accuse them of any wrongdoing or to get our people in trouble with Rome. We’ve had enough trouble through the years that way. I did it for Israel. I asked you to come and listen to me today to make it clear that I’m on Israel’s side, not against her. I’m a hostage here for hope, not doom.”
Acts 28:21 - They said, “Nobody wrote warning us about you. And no one has shown up saying anything bad about you. But we would like very much to hear more. The only thing we know about this Christian sect is that nobody seems to have anything good to say about it.”
Acts 28:23 - They agreed on a time. When the day arrived, they came back to his home with a number of their friends. Paul talked to them all day, from morning to evening, explaining everything involved in the kingdom of God, and trying to persuade them all about Jesus by pointing out what Moses and the prophets had written about him.
Acts 28:24 - Some of them were persuaded by what he said, but others refused to believe a word of it. When the unbelievers got cantankerous and started bickering with each other, Paul interrupted: “I have just one more thing to say to you. The Holy Spirit sure knew what he was talking about when he addressed our ancestors through Isaiah the prophet: Go to this people and tell them this: “You’re going to listen with your ears, but you won’t hear a word; You’re going to stare with your eyes, but you won’t see a thing. These people are blockheads! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won’t have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won’t have to look, so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.”
Acts 28:28 - “You’ve had your chance. The non-Jewish outsiders are next on the list. And believe me, they’re going to receive it with open arms!”
Acts 28:30 - Paul lived for two years in his rented house. He welcomed everyone who came to visit. He urgently presented all matters of the kingdom of God. He explained everything about Jesus Christ. His door was always open.
Acts 22:1 - “My dear brothers and fathers, listen carefully to what I have to say before you jump to conclusions about me.” When they heard him speaking Hebrew, they grew even quieter. No one wanted to miss a word of this.
Acts 22:2 - He continued, “I am a good Jew, born in Tarsus in the province of Cilicia, but educated here in Jerusalem under the exacting eye of Rabbi Gamaliel, thoroughly instructed in our religious traditions. And I’ve always been passionately on God’s side, just as you are right now.
Acts 22:4 - “I went after anyone connected with this ‘Way,’ went at them with all my might, ready to kill for God. I rounded up men and women right and left and had them thrown in prison. You can ask the Chief Priest or anyone in the High Council to verify this; they all knew me well. Then I went off to our brothers in Damascus, armed with official documents authorizing me to hunt down the followers of Jesus there, arrest them, and bring them back to Jerusalem for sentencing.
Acts 22:6 - “As I arrived on the outskirts of Damascus about noon, a blinding light blazed out of the skies and I fell to the ground, dazed. I heard a voice: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?’
Acts 22:8 - “‘Who are you, Master?’ I asked. “He said, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, the One you’re hunting down.’ My companions saw the light, but they didn’t hear the conversation.
Acts 22:10 - “Then I said, ‘What do I do now, Master?’ “He said, ‘Get to your feet and enter Damascus. There you’ll be told everything that’s been set out for you to do.’ And so we entered Damascus, but nothing like the entrance I had planned—I was blind as a bat and my companions had to lead me in by the hand.
Acts 22:12 - “And that’s when I met Ananias, a man with a sterling reputation in observing our laws—the Jewish community in Damascus is unanimous on that score. He came and put his arm on my shoulder. ‘Look up,’ he said. I looked, and found myself looking right into his eyes—I could see again!
Acts 22:14 - “Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has handpicked you to be briefed on his plan of action. You’ve actually seen the Righteous Innocent and heard him speak. You are to be a key witness to everyone you meet of what you’ve seen and heard. So what are you waiting for? Get up and get yourself baptized, scrubbed clean of those sins and personally acquainted with God.’
Acts 22:17 - “Well, it happened just as Ananias said. After I was back in Jerusalem and praying one day in the Temple, lost in the presence of God, I saw him, saw God’s Righteous Innocent, and heard him say to me, ‘Hurry up! Get out of here as quickly as you can. None of the Jews here in Jerusalem are going to accept what you say about me.’
Acts 22:19 - “At first I objected: ‘Who has better credentials? They all know how obsessed I was with hunting out those who believed in you, beating them up in the meeting places and throwing them in jail. And when your witness Stephen was murdered, I was right there, holding the coats of the murderers and cheering them on. And now they see me totally converted. What better qualification could I have?’
Acts 22:21 - “But he said, ‘Don’t argue. Go. I’m sending you on a long journey to outsider non-Jews.’”
Acts 22:22 - The people in the crowd had listened attentively up to this point, but now they broke loose, shouting out, “Kill him! He’s an insect! Stomp on him!” They shook their fists. They filled the air with curses. That’s when the captain intervened and ordered Paul taken into the barracks. By now the captain was thoroughly exasperated. He decided to interrogate Paul under torture in order to get to the bottom of this, to find out what he had done that provoked this outraged violence. As they spread-eagled him with strips of leather, getting him ready for the whip, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is this legal: torturing a Roman citizen without a fair trial?”
Acts 22:26 - When the centurion heard that, he went directly to the captain. “Do you realize what you’ve done? This man is a Roman citizen!”
Acts 22:27 - The captain came back and took charge. “Is what I hear right? You’re a Roman citizen?” Paul said, “I certainly am.”
Acts 22:28 - The captain was impressed. “I paid a huge sum for my citizenship. How much did it cost you?” “Nothing,” said Paul. “It cost me nothing. I was free from the day of my birth.”
Acts 22:29 - That put a stop to the interrogation. And it put the fear of God into the captain. He had put a Roman citizen in chains and come within a whisker of putting him under torture!
Acts 22:30 - The next day, determined to get to the root of the trouble and know for sure what was behind the Jewish accusation, the captain released Paul and ordered a meeting of the high priests and the High Council to see what they could make of it. Paul was led in and took his place before them.
Acts 11:19 - Those who had been scattered by the persecution triggered by Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they were still only speaking and dealing with their fellow Jews. Then some of the men from Cyprus and Cyrene who had come to Antioch started talking to Greeks, giving them the Message of the Master Jesus. God was pleased with what they were doing and put his stamp of approval on it—quite a number of the Greeks believed and turned to the Master.

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The Message - I want to report to you, friends, that my imprisonment here has had the opposite of its intended effect. Instead of being squelched, the Message has actually prospered. All the soldiers here, and everyone else, too, found out that I’m in jail because of this Messiah. That piqued their curiosity, and now they’ve learned all about him. Not only that, but most of the followers of Jesus here have become far more sure of themselves in the faith than ever, speaking out fearlessly about God, about the Messiah.
新标点和合本 - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 弟兄们，我要你们知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更兴旺，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 弟兄们，我要你们知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更兴旺，
当代译本 - 弟兄姊妹，我希望你们知道，我的遭遇反而会使福音传得更广，
圣经新译本 - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的反而使福音更加兴旺了，
中文标准译本 - 弟兄们，我愿你们知道，我的遭遇反而促进了福音的进展，
现代标点和合本 - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺，
和合本（拼音版） - 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺，
New International Version - Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.
New International Reader's Version - Brothers and sisters, here is what I want you to know. What has happened to me has actually helped to spread the good news.
English Standard Version - I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,
New Living Translation - And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.
Christian Standard Bible - Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually advanced the gospel,
New American Standard Bible - Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,
New King James Version - But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel,
Amplified Bible - Now I want you to know, believers, that what has happened to me [this imprisonment that was meant to stop me] has actually served to advance [the spread of] the good news [regarding salvation].
American Standard Version - Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;
King James Version - But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
New English Translation - I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:
World English Bible - Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,
新標點和合本 - 弟兄們，我願意你們知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音興旺，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 弟兄們，我要你們知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更興旺，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 弟兄們，我要你們知道，我所遭遇的事反而使福音更興旺，
當代譯本 - 弟兄姊妹，我希望你們知道，我的遭遇反而會使福音傳得更廣，
聖經新譯本 - 弟兄們，我願意你們知道，我所遭遇的反而使福音更加興旺了，
呂振中譯本 - 弟兄們，我願你們明白我的景況反而促成了福音之進步，
中文標準譯本 - 弟兄們，我願你們知道，我的遭遇反而促進了福音的進展，
現代標點和合本 - 弟兄們，我願意你們知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音興旺，
文理和合譯本 - 兄弟乎、我欲爾知、我所遭之事、適以廣福音之傳、
文理委辦譯本 - 我欲兄弟知我遇難、福音益以廣布、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我欲兄弟知我所遇之事、更有益於福音、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 茲欲告慰於兄弟者、即予所遭受之一切、適足促成福音之發揚光大也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Hermanos, quiero que sepan que, en realidad, lo que me ha pasado ha contribuido al avance del evangelio.
현대인의 성경 - 형제 여러분, 내가 당한 일이 오히려 기쁜 소식을 널리 전하는 일에 큰 도움이 되었다는 사실을 잊지 마십시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что все, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
Восточный перевод - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что всё, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что всё, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Хочу, чтобы вы знали, братья, что всё, что произошло со мной, послужило успеху возвещения Радостной Вести.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je tiens à ce que vous le sachiez, frères et sœurs : ce qui m’est arrivé a plutôt servi la cause de l’Evangile.
リビングバイブル - 愛する皆さん。このことを、わきまえていてほしいのです。ここで私の身に起こったことはすべて、キリストについての福音を広めるのに、たいへん役立っているという事実をです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι τὰ κατ’ ἐμὲ μᾶλλον εἰς προκοπὴν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐλήλυθεν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς, βούλομαι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι τὰ κατ’ ἐμὲ, μᾶλλον εἰς προκοπὴν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐλήλυθεν;
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Acts 21:30 - Soon the whole city was in an uproar, people running from everywhere to the Temple to get in on the action. They grabbed Paul, dragged him outside, and locked the Temple gates so he couldn’t get back in and gain sanctuary.
Acts 21:31 - As they were trying to kill him, word came to the captain of the guard, “A riot! The whole city’s boiling over!” He acted swiftly. His soldiers and centurions ran to the scene at once. As soon as the mob saw the captain and his soldiers, they quit beating Paul.
Acts 21:33 - The captain came up and put Paul under arrest. He first ordered him handcuffed, and then asked who he was and what he had done. All he got from the crowd were shouts, one yelling this, another that. It was impossible to tell one word from another in the mob hysteria, so the captain ordered Paul taken to the military barracks. But when they got to the Temple steps, the mob became so violent that the soldiers had to carry Paul. As they carried him away, the crowd followed, shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Esther 9:1 - On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s order came into effect. This was the very day that the enemies of the Jews had planned to overpower them, but the tables were now turned: the Jews overpowered those who hated them! The Jews had gathered in the cities throughout King Xerxes’ provinces to lay hands on those who were seeking their ruin. Not one man was able to stand up against them—fear made cowards of them all. What’s more, all the government officials, satraps, governors—everyone who worked for the king—actually helped the Jews because of Mordecai; they were afraid of him. Mordecai by now was a power in the palace. As Mordecai became more and more powerful, his reputation had grown in all the provinces.
Acts 28:1 - Once everyone was accounted for and we realized we had all made it, we learned that we were on the island of Malta. The natives went out of their way to be friendly to us. The day was rainy and cold and we were already soaked to the bone, but they built a huge bonfire and gathered us around it.
Acts 28:3 - Paul pitched in and helped. He had gathered up a bundle of sticks, but when he put it on the fire, a venomous snake, roused from its sleepiness by the heat, struck his hand and held on. Seeing the snake hanging from Paul’s hand like that, the natives jumped to the conclusion that he was a murderer getting what he deserved. Paul shook the snake off into the fire like it was nothing. They kept expecting him to drop dead, but when it was obvious he wasn’t going to, they jumped to the conclusion that he was a god!
Acts 28:7 - The head man in that part of the island was Publius. He took us into his home as his guests, drying us out and putting us up in fine style for the next three days. Publius’s father was sick at the time, down with a high fever and dysentery. Paul went to the old man’s room, and when he laid hands on him and prayed, the man was healed. Word of the healing got around fast, and soon everyone on the island who was sick came and got healed.
Acts 28:10 - We spent a wonderful three months on Malta. They treated us royally, took care of all our needs and outfitted us for the rest of the journey. When an Egyptian ship that had wintered there in the harbor prepared to leave for Italy, we got on board. The ship had a carved Gemini for its figurehead: “the Heavenly Twins.”
Acts 28:12 - We put in at Syracuse for three days and then went up the coast to Rhegium. Two days later, with the wind out of the south, we sailed into the Bay of Naples. We found Christian friends there and stayed with them for a week.
Acts 28:14 - And then we came to Rome. Friends in Rome heard we were on the way and came out to meet us. One group got as far as Appian Court; another group met us at Three Taverns—emotion-packed meetings, as you can well imagine. Paul, brimming over with praise, led us in prayers of thanksgiving. When we actually entered Rome, they let Paul live in his own private quarters with a soldier who had been assigned to guard him.
Acts 28:17 - Three days later, Paul called the Jewish leaders together for a meeting at his house. He said, “The Jews in Jerusalem arrested me on trumped-up charges, and I was taken into custody by the Romans. I assure you that I did absolutely nothing against Jewish laws or Jewish customs. After the Romans investigated the charges and found there was nothing to them, they wanted to set me free, but the Jews objected so fiercely that I was forced to appeal to Caesar. I did this not to accuse them of any wrongdoing or to get our people in trouble with Rome. We’ve had enough trouble through the years that way. I did it for Israel. I asked you to come and listen to me today to make it clear that I’m on Israel’s side, not against her. I’m a hostage here for hope, not doom.”
Acts 28:21 - They said, “Nobody wrote warning us about you. And no one has shown up saying anything bad about you. But we would like very much to hear more. The only thing we know about this Christian sect is that nobody seems to have anything good to say about it.”
Acts 28:23 - They agreed on a time. When the day arrived, they came back to his home with a number of their friends. Paul talked to them all day, from morning to evening, explaining everything involved in the kingdom of God, and trying to persuade them all about Jesus by pointing out what Moses and the prophets had written about him.
Acts 28:24 - Some of them were persuaded by what he said, but others refused to believe a word of it. When the unbelievers got cantankerous and started bickering with each other, Paul interrupted: “I have just one more thing to say to you. The Holy Spirit sure knew what he was talking about when he addressed our ancestors through Isaiah the prophet: Go to this people and tell them this: “You’re going to listen with your ears, but you won’t hear a word; You’re going to stare with your eyes, but you won’t see a thing. These people are blockheads! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won’t have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won’t have to look, so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.”
Acts 28:28 - “You’ve had your chance. The non-Jewish outsiders are next on the list. And believe me, they’re going to receive it with open arms!”
Acts 28:30 - Paul lived for two years in his rented house. He welcomed everyone who came to visit. He urgently presented all matters of the kingdom of God. He explained everything about Jesus Christ. His door was always open.
Acts 22:1 - “My dear brothers and fathers, listen carefully to what I have to say before you jump to conclusions about me.” When they heard him speaking Hebrew, they grew even quieter. No one wanted to miss a word of this.
Acts 22:2 - He continued, “I am a good Jew, born in Tarsus in the province of Cilicia, but educated here in Jerusalem under the exacting eye of Rabbi Gamaliel, thoroughly instructed in our religious traditions. And I’ve always been passionately on God’s side, just as you are right now.
Acts 22:4 - “I went after anyone connected with this ‘Way,’ went at them with all my might, ready to kill for God. I rounded up men and women right and left and had them thrown in prison. You can ask the Chief Priest or anyone in the High Council to verify this; they all knew me well. Then I went off to our brothers in Damascus, armed with official documents authorizing me to hunt down the followers of Jesus there, arrest them, and bring them back to Jerusalem for sentencing.
Acts 22:6 - “As I arrived on the outskirts of Damascus about noon, a blinding light blazed out of the skies and I fell to the ground, dazed. I heard a voice: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?’
Acts 22:8 - “‘Who are you, Master?’ I asked. “He said, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, the One you’re hunting down.’ My companions saw the light, but they didn’t hear the conversation.
Acts 22:10 - “Then I said, ‘What do I do now, Master?’ “He said, ‘Get to your feet and enter Damascus. There you’ll be told everything that’s been set out for you to do.’ And so we entered Damascus, but nothing like the entrance I had planned—I was blind as a bat and my companions had to lead me in by the hand.
Acts 22:12 - “And that’s when I met Ananias, a man with a sterling reputation in observing our laws—the Jewish community in Damascus is unanimous on that score. He came and put his arm on my shoulder. ‘Look up,’ he said. I looked, and found myself looking right into his eyes—I could see again!
Acts 22:14 - “Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has handpicked you to be briefed on his plan of action. You’ve actually seen the Righteous Innocent and heard him speak. You are to be a key witness to everyone you meet of what you’ve seen and heard. So what are you waiting for? Get up and get yourself baptized, scrubbed clean of those sins and personally acquainted with God.’
Acts 22:17 - “Well, it happened just as Ananias said. After I was back in Jerusalem and praying one day in the Temple, lost in the presence of God, I saw him, saw God’s Righteous Innocent, and heard him say to me, ‘Hurry up! Get out of here as quickly as you can. None of the Jews here in Jerusalem are going to accept what you say about me.’
Acts 22:19 - “At first I objected: ‘Who has better credentials? They all know how obsessed I was with hunting out those who believed in you, beating them up in the meeting places and throwing them in jail. And when your witness Stephen was murdered, I was right there, holding the coats of the murderers and cheering them on. And now they see me totally converted. What better qualification could I have?’
Acts 22:21 - “But he said, ‘Don’t argue. Go. I’m sending you on a long journey to outsider non-Jews.’”
Acts 22:22 - The people in the crowd had listened attentively up to this point, but now they broke loose, shouting out, “Kill him! He’s an insect! Stomp on him!” They shook their fists. They filled the air with curses. That’s when the captain intervened and ordered Paul taken into the barracks. By now the captain was thoroughly exasperated. He decided to interrogate Paul under torture in order to get to the bottom of this, to find out what he had done that provoked this outraged violence. As they spread-eagled him with strips of leather, getting him ready for the whip, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is this legal: torturing a Roman citizen without a fair trial?”
Acts 22:26 - When the centurion heard that, he went directly to the captain. “Do you realize what you’ve done? This man is a Roman citizen!”
Acts 22:27 - The captain came back and took charge. “Is what I hear right? You’re a Roman citizen?” Paul said, “I certainly am.”
Acts 22:28 - The captain was impressed. “I paid a huge sum for my citizenship. How much did it cost you?” “Nothing,” said Paul. “It cost me nothing. I was free from the day of my birth.”
Acts 22:29 - That put a stop to the interrogation. And it put the fear of God into the captain. He had put a Roman citizen in chains and come within a whisker of putting him under torture!
Acts 22:30 - The next day, determined to get to the root of the trouble and know for sure what was behind the Jewish accusation, the captain released Paul and ordered a meeting of the high priests and the High Council to see what they could make of it. Paul was led in and took his place before them.
Acts 11:19 - Those who had been scattered by the persecution triggered by Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they were still only speaking and dealing with their fellow Jews. Then some of the men from Cyprus and Cyrene who had come to Antioch started talking to Greeks, giving them the Message of the Master Jesus. God was pleased with what they were doing and put his stamp of approval on it—quite a number of the Greeks believed and turned to the Master.