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Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen.
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and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.
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When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.
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From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down.
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After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.”
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As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath.
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In Iconium
At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
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For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
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In Thessalonica
When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
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As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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In Berea
As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
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So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.
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Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.
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Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
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Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.
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They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
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He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
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Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
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“‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
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My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.
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Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
