Saul Escapes Death

²³ Now after many days were past, ^(A)the Jews plotted to kill him.

¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Contacts at Jerusalem^(A)

¹⁸ Then after three years ^(B)I went up to Jerusalem to see ^[a]Peter, and remained with him fifteen days.

^15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and ^(B)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God ^(C)and are ^[a]contrary to all men, ^16 (D)forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always ^(E)to fill up the measure of their sins; ^(F)but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

Stoning, Escape to Derbe

^19 (A)Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, ^(B)they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be ^(C)dead.

⁵⁰ But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, ^(A)raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.

²⁶ in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, ^(A)in perils of my own countrymen, ^(B)in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

²¹ Then He said to me, ‘Depart, ^(A)for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”

Paul’s Roman Citizenship

²² And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, ^(B)“Away with such a fellow from the earth, for ^(C)he is not fit to live!” ²³ Then, as they cried out and ^[a]tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air,

² But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and ^[a]poisoned their ^[b]minds against the brethren.

¹⁶ For ^(A)I will show him how many things he must suffer for My ^(B)name’s sake.”