³ and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.^{(A) 4} Every Sabbath^(B) he reasoned in the synagogue,^(C) trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

⁵ When Silas^(D) and Timothy^(E) came from Macedonia,^(F) Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.^(G)