And they stayed there with the disciples for some time.

After they had been there for some time, they were sent off in peace by the brothers and sisters to those who had sent them.

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there would spend their time in nothing but telling or hearing something new.

From one ancestor he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,

While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Paul’s Return to Antioch

After staying there for a considerable time, Paul said farewell to the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut, for he was under a vow.

After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

So he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Asia.

About that time no little disturbance broke out concerning the Way.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; he was eager to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

When they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the entire time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul, and for that reason he used to send for him very often and converse with him.

So when they met here, I lost no time but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.

They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I have belonged to the strictest sect of our religion and lived as a Pharisee.

Since much time had been lost and sailing was now dangerous, because even the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and thereby avoided this damage and loss.

So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea. At the same time they loosened the ropes that tied the steering-oars; then hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

They were expecting him to swell up or drop dead, but after they had waited a long time and saw that nothing unusual had happened to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.