But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.
Parallel translations
- WEB But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
- KJV But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
- BSB And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
- NASB But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
- NLT But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia. On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue for the services.
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Quick answer
Going on to Antioch of Pisidia, they enter the synagogue on the Sabbath and sit down. They again begin among those who gather around the Scriptures.
Overview
This inland Antioch, distinct from their sending church in Syria, becomes the setting for Paul's first recorded sermon. Entering the synagogue on the Sabbath continues their established pattern of bringing the gospel first to the Jews and God-fearers. Sitting down with the congregation, they wait for the customary invitation to speak.
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- Acts 16:13On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.
- Acts 13:5When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.
- Acts 17:2Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- Acts 14:19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
- Acts 18:4He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
- Acts 19:8He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
- Acts 9:20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
- Acts 13:44The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:42So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
- Acts 14:21–24When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
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