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Acts 19:8

Witness and missionCourage and strength

6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

7 There were about twelve men in all.

Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

9 But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

10 This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

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BSB
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
KJV
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
WEB
He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
ASV
And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading [as to] the things concerning the kingdom of God.
DARBY
And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.
BLB
And having entered into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the kingdom of God.
ÅB
Han gikk da inn i synagogen og talte frimodig i tre måneder, idet han holdt samtaler med dem og overtydet dem om det som hører Guds rike til.
OTB
Paulus gikk inn i synagogen og talte frimodig i tre måneder, og han diskuterte og overbeviste dem om Guds rike.
B1930
Han gikk da inn i synagogen og talte frimodig i tre måneder, idet han holdt samtaler med dem og overtydet dem om det som hører Guds rike til.

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  • Acts 28:23

    So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

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  • Acts 1:3

    After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

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  • Jude 1:3

    Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

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  • Acts 9:20–22

    Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

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  • Acts 14:1

    At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

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  • Acts 13:46

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

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  • Acts 19:9

    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

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  • Acts 17:17

    So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

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