¹⁴ From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch.^(A) On the Sabbath^(B) they entered the synagogue^(C) and sat down.

⁴² As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue,^(A) the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath. ⁴³ When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.^(B)

⁴⁴ On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi

¹¹ From Troas^(A) we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. ¹² From there we traveled to Philippi,^(B) a Roman colony and the leading city of that district^[a] of Macedonia.^(C) And we stayed there several days.

¹³ On the Sabbath^(D) we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

² As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue,^(A) and on three Sabbath^(B) days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,^{(C) 3} explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer^(D) and rise from the dead.^(E) “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,”^(F) he said.

⁴ Every Sabbath^(A) he reasoned in the synagogue,^(B) trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

⁵ When Silas^(C) and Timothy^(D) came from Macedonia,^(E) Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.^{(F) 6} But when they opposed Paul and became abusive,^(G) he shook out his clothes in protest^(H) and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads!^(I) I am innocent of it.^(J) From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”^(K)

⁷ Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.^{(L) 8} Crispus,^(M) the synagogue leader,^(N) and his entire household^(O) believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.

⁹ One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision:^(P) “Do not be afraid;^(Q) keep on speaking, do not be silent. ¹⁰ For I am with you,^(R) and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” ¹¹ So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.^(S)