Philippians 1:12 Cross References - Wesley

¹² Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things concerning me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel:

²⁸ stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, Crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: yea, and hath even brought Greeks into the temple, and polluted this holy place. ²⁹ For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed Paul had brought into the temple. ³⁰ And the whole city was moved, and the people ran together; and laying hold on Paul, they dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the gates were shut. ³¹ And as they went about to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar:

⁴ Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went every where, preaching the word.

¹⁹ Now they who had been scattered abroad by the distress which arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching to none but Jews only. ²⁰ And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who coming into Antioch, spake to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus. ²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

³² Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they ceased from beating Paul. ³³ Then the tribune came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired, Who he was, and what he had done? ³⁴ But some among the multitude cried out one thing, some another; and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. ³⁵ But when he came upon the stairs, he was borne of the soldiers, through the violence of the people. ³⁶ For the multitude of people followed after, crying, Away with him.

¹ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye now my defence unto you. ² (And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence: ³ and he saith) I am verily a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and accurately instructed in the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. ⁴ And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women: As likewise the high priest is my witness, and all the estate of the elders: ⁵ from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there to Jerusalem to be punished. ⁶ But as I journeyed and drew near to Damascus, about noon suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. ⁷ And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁸ And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. ⁹ And they that were with me, saw the light, and were terrified; but they did not hear the voice of him that spake to me, And I said, What shall I do, Lord? ¹⁰ And the Lord said to me, Rise and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed thee to do. ¹¹ And as I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand by them that were with me, I came into Damascus. ¹² And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, ¹³ well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there, Coming to me, stood and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. ¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, to know his will, and see that Just one, and hear the voice of his mouth. ¹⁵ For thou shalt be his witness to all men, of what thou hast seen and heard. ¹⁶ And now, why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. ¹⁷ And when I was returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, ¹⁸ I was in a trance, And saw him saying to me, Make haste and depart quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. ¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee. ²⁰ And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting to his death, and kept the garments of them that slew him. ²¹ But he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far off to the Gentiles. ²² And they heard him to this word, and then lifted up their voice and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live. ²³ And as they cried out, and rent their garments, and cast dust into the air, ²⁴ The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be examined by scourging, that he might know, for what cause they cried so against him. ²⁵ And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a Roman, even uncondemned? ²⁶ The centurion hearing it, went and told the tribune, saying, Consider what thou art about to do; for this man is a Roman. ²⁷ Then the tribune came and said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? ²⁸ He said, Yea. And the tribune answered, I purchased this freedom with a great sum of money. ²⁹ And Paul said, But I was free-born. Then they who were going to examine him, immediately departed from him: and the tribune was afraid, after he knew he was a Roman, because he had bound him. ³⁰ And on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty, what he was accused of by the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come, and bringing Paul down, set him before them.

¹ And being escaped, we then knew, that the island was called Melita. ² And the barbarians shewed us uncommon kindness; for having kindled a fire, they brought us all to it, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. ³ Now as Paul was gathering a bundle of sticks, and laying them on the fire, a viper coming from the heat, fastened upon his hand. ⁴ And when the barbarians saw the venomous animal hanging on his hand, they said one to another, Doubtless this man is a murderer, whom though he hath escaped the sea, vengeance hath not suffered to live. ⁵ But having shaken off the venomous animal into the fire, he felt no harm. ⁶ However they expected, that he would have swollen, or suddenly fallen down dead: but after having waited a considerable time, seeing no mischief befall him, they changed their minds and said, that he was a god. ⁷ And near that place was the estate of the chief man of the island, named Publius, who receiving us into his house, entertained us courteously three days. ⁸ Now the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and bloody flux; to whom Paul went in, and having prayed, laid his hands on him and healed him. ⁹ And when this was done, the rest also in the island who had disorders, ¹⁰ came and were healed, Who likewise honoured us with many honours, and when we departed, put on board such things as were necessary. ¹¹ And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. ¹² And arriving at Syracuse, ¹³ we tarried there three days, Whence coasting round, we came to Rhegium, and the south wind rising after one day, we came the next to Puteoli: ¹⁴ Where finding brethren, we were intreated to tarry with them seven days, and so we went toward Rome. ¹⁵ And the brethren having heard of us, came out thence to meet us, some as far as Appii Forum, and others to the Three Taverns, whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage. ¹⁶ And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with the soldier that kept him. ¹⁷ And after three days, Paul called the chief of the Jews together. And when they were come together, he said to them, Brethren, though I have done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet have I been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans: ¹⁸ Who having examined me, were willing to have released me, because there was no cause of death in me. ¹⁹ But when the Jews opposed it, I was constrained to appeal to Cesar; not that I had any thing to accuse my nation of. ²⁰ For this cause therefore have I intreated, to see and speak with you; for it is on account of the hope of Israel, that I am bound with this chain. ²¹ And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, nor hath any of the brethren coming hither, related or spoke any evil of thee. ²² But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest; for concerning this sect, we know, that it is every where spoken against. ²³ And having appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he expounded the kingdom of God, testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till evening. ²⁴ And some believed the things that were spoken, and some believed not. ²⁵ And not agreeing with each other, they brake up the assembly, after Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, ²⁶ Saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them. ²⁸ Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear. ²⁹ And when he had said these things, the Jews departed, having great debating with each other. ³⁰ And Paul continued two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came to him, ³¹ Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things that relate to the Lord Jesus Christ, with all freedom of speech, no man forbidding him.

²⁸ And we know, that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.

³⁷ Nay, in all these things we more than conquer, through him who hath loved us.

⁹ as an evil-doer, but the word of God is not bound.