Philippians 1:12 Cross References - WPNT

¹² Now I want you to know, brothers, that the events against me have actually turned out for the advancement of the Gospel:

⁴ So on their part those who were scattered abroad went about preaching the Word.

¹⁹ Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that came about in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only. ²⁰ But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who upon entering Antioch started speaking to the Greek-speakers, preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus. ²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

²⁸ shouting: “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Not only that, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place!” ²⁹ (They had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.) ³⁰ The whole city was aroused and a mob of people formed. So having seized Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ As they were trying to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. ³² He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down among them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul. ³³ Then the commander came up and took hold of him, commanded that he be bound with two chains, and started inquiring who he was and what he had done. ³⁴ Well some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another; so when he could not ascertain the truth, because of the uproar, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks. ³⁵ When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob. ³⁶ Because the crowd kept following and shouting, “Away with him!”

¹ “Men, brothers and fathers, listen to my defense before you now.” ² When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet, and he said: ³ “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as you all are today. ⁴ I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, ⁵ as also the high priest and all the council of elders can bear me witness. I even obtained letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, to bring those also who were there bound to Jerusalem to be punished. ⁶ Now it happened, as I was going and approaching Damascus, about noon, suddenly a strong light from heaven shone around me. ⁷ I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ ⁸ So I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Natsorean, whom you are persecuting.’ ⁹ Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not understand the voice of the One speaking to me. ¹⁰ So I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all that has been appointed to you to do.’ ¹¹ And since I could not see, because of the brightness of that light, I entered Damascus being led by the hand of those who were with me. ¹² Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus, ¹³ came to me, and standing by me said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up at him. ¹⁴ Then he said: ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth. ¹⁵ For you shall be a witness for Him to all men of the things that you have seen and heard. ¹⁶ And now why hesitate? Get up, be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking the name of the Lord.’ ¹⁷ “Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance ¹⁸ and saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry up and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive your testimony concerning me’. ¹⁹ So I said: ‘Lord, they know that I used to imprison and beat those believing into you, from one synagogue to another; ²⁰ and when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing there and agreeing to his murder, even guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’ ²¹ And He said to me, ‘Get going, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles’.” ²² Well they kept listening to him until this statement, and then they raised their voice and shouted, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for it isn’t fitting for him to live!” ²³ As they were shouting, tearing off clothes and throwing dust into the air, ²⁴ the commander ordered him to be taken into the barracks, directing that he be interrogated with lashes, in order to learn for what crime they kept shouting against him like that. ²⁵ But as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?” ²⁶ Well when the centurion heard that, he went and reported to the commander saying, “Consider what you are about to do, because this man is a Roman!” ²⁷ So the commander went and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” So he said, “Yes”. ²⁸ The commander replied, “I acquired this citizenship at considerable cost”. And Paul said, “But I was so born”. ²⁹ So those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately; and even the commander was apprehensive when he realized that he had put chains on a Roman. ³⁰ But the next day, desiring to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and ordered the chief priests and all their council to come, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

¹ Following the rescue, they learned that the island was called Malta. ² Now the natives showed us unusual kindness, in that they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold. ³ But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and placed them on the fire, because of the heat a viper came out and fastened itself on his hand. ⁴ So when the natives saw the beast hanging from his hand, they started saying to each other, “This man must be a murderer, whom Justice has not allowed to live, even though rescued from the sea”. ⁵ But he just shook the beast off into the fire and suffered no harm. ⁶ Well they were expecting him to swell up, or suddenly fall down dead; but after waiting for quite a while and seeing nothing unusual happening to him, they changed their mind and started saying he was a god. ⁷ Now in that region there were properties belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and in a friendly manner took care of us for three days. ⁸ Well it happened that the father of Publius was sick in bed with fever and dysentery; Paul went in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him. ⁹ So, when this had happened, the rest of those on the island who had diseases started coming and being healed; ¹⁰ who also honored us in many ways, and when we put to sea they provided the necessary things. ¹¹ Now after three months we put to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was ‘the Twin Brothers’. ¹² We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days; ¹³ from there we tacked back and forth and arrived at Rhegium. After one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli, ¹⁴ where we found brothers who urged us to stay there seven days —that was how we went toward Rome. ¹⁵ And the brothers there, when they heard about our circumstances, came out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Three Inns. When Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage. ¹⁶ Now when we entered Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commander; but Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who guarded him. ¹⁷ It happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews; and when they had assembled he said to them: “Men, brothers, though I had done nothing against ‘the people’ or the ancestral customs, still I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, ¹⁸ who, when they had examined me, were intending to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death. ¹⁹ But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation. ²⁰ For this reason therefore I asked to see you and speak with you; it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.” ²¹ So they said to him: “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brothers who came reported or spoken any evil about you. ²² But we desire to hear from you what you think; because as for this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.” ²³ So arranging a day with him, even more people came to him at his lodging, to whom he kept expounding from morning until evening: solemnly testifying about the Kingdom of God and trying to convince them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets. ²⁴ Well some were persuaded by what had been said, and some kept refusing to believe. ²⁵ So being in disagreement among themselves they started to leave, after Paul had said this one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke correctly to our fathers through Isaiah the prophet, ²⁶ saying: ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but never understand; you will keep on seeing, but never perceive”; ²⁷ because the heart of this people has become sluggish, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; in order that they not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart, nor turn back, so I could heal them.’ ²⁸ Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!” ²⁹ And when he had said these things the Jews went their way, having a great dispute among themselves. ³⁰ Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to see him, ³¹ proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all boldness, without hindrance.

²⁸ Further, we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to purpose.

³⁷ No, in all these things we prevail completely through Him who loved us.

⁹ for which I am suffering to the point of being in chains like a criminal, but the Word of God is not chained.