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All the brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy.
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Sha'ul wanted Timothy to accompany him; so he took him and did a b'rit-milah, because of the Jews living in those areas; for they all knew that his father had been a Greek.
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As they went on through the towns, they delivered to the people the decisions reached by the emissaries and the elders in Yerushalayim for them to observe.
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Accordingly, the congregations were strengthened in the faith and increased in number day by day.
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They traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, because they had been prevented by the Ruach HaKodesh from speaking the message in the province of Asia.
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When they came to the frontier of Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Yeshua would not let them.
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So, after passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
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There a vision appeared to Sha'ul at night. A man from Macedonia was standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!"
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As soon as he had seen the vision, we lost no time getting ready to leave for Macedonia; for we concluded that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.
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Sailing from Troas, we made a straight run to Samothrace; the next day we went to Neapolis;
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and from there, we went on to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that part of Macedonia. We spent a few days in this city;