⁴⁵ But when ^(A)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ^[a]blaspheming.

⁵⁰ But ^(A)the Jews incited the ^[a](B)devout women ^(C)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[b]district.

² But ^(A)the Jews who ^[a](B)disbelieved stirred up the ^[b]minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against ^(C)the brethren.

^4 (A)But the ^[a]people of the city were divided; and some ^[b]sided with ^(B)the Jews, and some with ^(C)the apostles. ⁵ And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and ^(D)the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to ^(E)stone them,

¹⁴ For you, brethren, became ^(A)imitators of ^(B)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are ^(C)in Judea, for ^(D)you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, ^(E)even as they did from the Jews, ^15 (F)who both killed the Lord Jesus and ^(G)the prophets, and ^[a]drove us out. ^[b]They are not pleasing to God, ^[c]but hostile to all men, ^16 (H)hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles ^(I)so that they may be saved; with the result that they always ^(J)fill up the measure of their sins. But ^(K)wrath has come upon them ^[d]to the utmost.

¹⁷ But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a ^[e]short while—^(L)in ^[f]person, not in ^[g]spirit—were all the more eager with great desire ^(M)to see your face. ^18 [h]For ^(N)we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, ^[i](O)more than once—and yet ^(P)Satan ^(Q)hindered us. ¹⁹ For who is our hope or ^(R)joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His ^[j](S)coming? ²⁰ For you are ^(T)our glory and joy.