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Acts 18:5

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3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

6 But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

7 So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

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BSB
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
KJV
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
WEB
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
ASV
But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
DARBY
And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
BLB
Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, earnestly testifying to the Jews Jesus to be the Christ.
ÅB
Da nå Silas og Timoteus kom ned fra Makedonia, var Paulus helt opptatt av å lære, idet han vitnet for jødene at Jesus er Messias.
OTB
Da Silas og Timoteus kom fra Makedonia, viet Paulus seg fullt ut til ordet, og vitnet for jødene at Jesus var Kristus.
B1930
Da nu Silas og Timoteus kom ned fra Makedonia, var Paulus helt optatt av å lære, idet han vidnet for jødene at Jesus er Messias.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:14

    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

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  • Acts 18:28

    For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

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  • Acts 20:21

    testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Acts 9:22

    But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

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  • Acts 17:3

    explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

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  • Ezekiel 3:14

    So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

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  • Job 32:18–20

    For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.

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  • Jeremiah 20:9

    If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

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