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and because he had the same trade as they, making tents, he stayed on with them; and they worked together.
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Sha'ul also began carrying on discussions every Shabbat in the synagogue, where he tried to convince both Jews and Greeks.
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But after Sila and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Sha'ul felt pressed by the urgency of the message and testified in depth to the Jews that Yeshua is the Messiah.
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However when they set themselves against him and began hurling insults, he shook out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! For my part, I am clean; from now on, I will go to the Goyim!"
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So he left them and went into the home of a "God-fearer" named Titius Justus, whose house was right next door to the synagogue.
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Crispus, the president of the synagogue, came to trust in the Lord, along with his whole household; also many of the Corinthians who heard trusted and were immersed.
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One night, in a vision, the Lord said to Sha'ul, "Don't be afraid, but speak right up, and don't stop,
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because I am with you. No one will succeed in harming you, for I have many people in this city."
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So Sha'ul stayed there for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
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But when Gallio became the Roman governor of Achaia, the unbelieving Jews made a concerted attack on Sha'ul and took him to court,
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saying, "This man is trying to persuade people to worship God in ways that violate the Torah."