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And he had them ejected from the court.
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They all grabbed Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and gave him a beating in full view of the bench; but Gallio showed no concern whatever.
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Sha'ul remained for some time, then said good-bye to the brothers and sailed off to Syria, after having his hair cut short in Cenchrea, because he had taken a vow; with him were Priscilla and Aquila.
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They came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself went into the synagogue and held dialogue with the Jews.
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When they asked him to stay with them longer, he declined;
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however, in his farewell he said, "God willing, I will come back to you." Then he set sail from Ephesus.
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After landing at Caesarea, he went up to Yerushalayim and greeted the Messianic community. Then he came down to Antioch,
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spent some time there, and afterwards set out and passed systematically through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the talmidim.
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Meanwhile, a Jewish man named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker with a thorough knowledge of the Tanakh.
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This man had been informed about the Way of the Lord, and with great spiritual fervor he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Yeshua, but he knew only the immersion of Yochanan.
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He began to speak out boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the Way of God in fuller detail.