Pisidia

And when they had ordained them elders in every church and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they believed.

And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia, and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Italia, and then sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

And when they were come and gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

And there they abode a long time with the disciples.

Then, when the whole body of Epirotis rushed thither to prevent this, he left a few of his men to produce the impression that his army was still there, while he himself, with the rest of his troops, entered at another place where he was not expected.

Autophradates, the Persian, upon leading his army into Pisidia, and finding certain passes occupied by the Pisidians, pretended to be thwarted in his plan for crossing and began to retreat.

When the Pisidians were convinced of this, under cover of night he sent a very strong force ahead to seize the same place, and on the following day sent his whole army across.

When Philip of Macedon was aiming at the conquest of Greece, he heard that the pass of Thermopylae was occupied by Greek troops.

Accordingly, when envoys of the Aetolians came to sue for peace, he detained them, while he himself hastened by forced marches to the pass, and since the guards had relaxed their vigilance while awaiting the return of the envoys, by his unexpected coming he succeeded in marching through the pass.

Well, not him, but he declared blindness over him and God made him blind for a season.

And then Paul moves on to Pisidia.

And then in verse 14, but they went on to Perga and came to Antioch and Pisidia.

And on the Sabbath day, they went to the synagogue and sat down.

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them saying, brothers, if you have words of encouragement to say, then say it.

Now look at chapter 14, verse 1.

By the way, that chapter 13, that's in Pisidia.

Chapter 14, verse 1.

Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews and spoke with a great multitude, both Jews and of the Greeks believed.

Well, we can fast-forward to chapter 13, which will be an encouragement I'm sure.

In Antioch, uh, in Pisidia, the Jews there, we're told, were filled with jealousy.

The whole Sabbath, the whole... "On the Sabbath, the whole city had gathered," verse 44, "to hear the word of the Lord.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy." And as you read on through that, they then, in verse 50, incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and they stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

Then, when the whole body of Epirotes rushed thither to prevent this, he left a few of his men to produce the impression that his army was still there, while he himself, with the rest of his troops, entered at another place where he was not expected.

Autophredates, the Persian, upon leading his army into Pisidia, and finding certain passes occupied by the Pisidians, pretended to be thwarted in his plan for crossing and began to retreat.

When the Pisidians were convinced of this, under cover of night he sent a very strong force ahead to seize the same place, and on the following day sent his whole army across.

When Philip of Macedon was aiming at the conquest of Greece, he heard that the pass of Thermopylae was occupied by Greek troops.

Accordingly, when envoys of the Aetolians came to sue for peace, he detained them, while he himself hastened by forced marches to the pass, and since the guards had relaxed their vigilance while awaiting the return of the envoys, by his unexpected coming he succeeded in marching through the pass.

They commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

And after they had passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

Verse 25.

Now, when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

So when they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

And after they had passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

Now, when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Atalia.

From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed.