Acts 16:10 Cross References

Acts 16:10

10: So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, for we could only conclude that God was calling us to preach the Good News there.

About noon, Your Majesty, a light from heaven brighter than the sun shone down on me and my companions.

Well, when I came to the city of Troas to preach the Good News of Christ, the Lord gave me tremendous opportunities.
But I couldn't rest because my dear brother Titus hadn't yet arrived with a report from you. So I said good-bye and went on to Macedonia to find him.

After saying farewell to the Ephesian elders, we sailed straight to the island of Cos. The next day we reached Rhodes and then went to Patara.
There we boarded a ship sailing for the Syrian province of Phoenicia.
We sighted the island of Cyprus, passed it on our left, and landed at the harbor of Tyre, in Syria, where the ship was to unload.
We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These disciples prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including wives and children, came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed,

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them.
If you can help your neighbor now, don't say, "Come back tomorrow, and then I'll help you."

Paul went by land to Assos, where he had arranged for us to join him, and we went on ahead by ship.
He joined us there and we sailed together to Mitylene.
The next day we passed the island of Kios. The following day, we crossed to the island of Samos. And a day later we arrived at Miletus.

When the time came, we set sail for Italy. Paul and several other prisoners were placed in the custody of an army officer named Julius, a captain of the Imperial Regiment.
And Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was also with us. We left on a boat whose home port was Adramyttium; it was scheduled to make several stops at ports along the coast of the province of Asia.
The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs.
Putting out to sea from there, we encountered headwinds that made it difficult to keep the ship on course, so we sailed north of Cyprus between the island and the mainland.
We passed along the coast of the provinces of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia.

So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, for we could only conclude that God was calling us to preach the Good News there.
We boarded a boat at Troas and sailed straight across to the island of Samothrace, and the next day we landed at Neapolis.
From there we reached Philippi, a major city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony; we stayed there several days.
On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we supposed that some people met for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had come together.
One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.

They went ahead and waited for us at Troas.
As soon as the Passover season ended, we boarded a ship at Philippi in Macedonia and five days later arrived in Troas, where we stayed a week.
On the first day of the week, we gathered to observe the Lord's Supper. Paul was preaching; and since he was leaving the next day, he talked until midnight.
The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps.

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