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 \v 36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return now and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."
-\v 37 Barnabas wanted to also take with them John who was called Mark.
+\v 37 Barnabas wanted to also take with them John, who was called Mark.
 \v 38 But Paul thought it was not good to take Mark, who had left them in Pamphylia and did not go further with them in the work.
 
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 \v 3 Paul wanted him to travel with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
 
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-\v 4 As they were going along through the cities, they were passing along the ordinances decided on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem for them to obey.
+\v 4 As they were going along through the cities, they were passing along the decrees decided on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem for them to obey.
 \v 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in number daily.
 
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 \v 6 But when the Jews opposed and insulted him, Paul shook out his garment at them and said to them, "May your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
 
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-\v 7 Then he left from there and went to the house of Titius Justus, a man who worshiped God. His house was next to the synagogue.
+\v 7 Then he left from there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a man who worshiped God. His house was next to the synagogue.
 \v 8 Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.
 
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 \v 13 they said, "This man persuades people to worship God contrary to the law."
 
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-\v 14 Yet when Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "You Jews, if indeed it were a matter of wrong or a wicked crime, it would be reasonable to deal with you.
+\v 14 Yet when Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "You Jews, if indeed it were a matter of wrong or a wicked crime, it would be reasonable to put up with you.
 \v 15 But since these are questions about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of these matters."
 
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 \v 15 An evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
-\v 16 The evil spirit in the man leaped on the exorcists and overpowered them and beat them up. Then they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
+\v 16 The evil spirit in the man leaped on the exorcists and subdued them and beat them up. Then they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
 \v 17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. They became very afraid, and the name of the Lord Jesus was honored.
 
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-\v 21 Now after Paul completed his ministry in Ephesus, he decided in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem; he said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."
+\v 21 Now after these things were completed, Paul decided in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem; he said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."
 \v 22 Paul sent to Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus. But he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
 
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 \v 33 Some of the crowd advised Alexander, whom the Jews were pushing forward. So Alexander motioned with his hand, wanting to give a defense to the assembly.
-\v 34 But when they became aware that he was a Jew, they all cried out for about two hours with one voice, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians."
+\v 34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all cried out for about two hours with one voice, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians."
 
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 \v 35 When the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?
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 \v 38 Therefore, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have an accusation against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse one another.
-\v 39 But if you want to ask about anything more, it should be resolved in the regular assembly.
-\v 40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, and there is no cause we can give to justify this uproar."
+\v 39 But if you are seeking anything more, it should be resolved in the regular assembly.
+\v 40 For we are in danger of being accused of rioting today, and there is no cause we can give to justify this uproar."
 \v 41 When he had said this, he dismissed the assembly. \f + \ft Some Greek versions include verse 41 with verse 40. \f*
 
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 \v 36 After he had spoken in this way, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
 \v 37 There was a lot of crying and they embraced Paul and kissed him.
-\v 38 They were sad most of all because of what he had said, that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.
+\v 38 They were in anguish most of all because of what he had said, that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.
 
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 \v 19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
 
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-\v 20 When they heard it, they glorified God, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands have believed among the Jews. They are all determined to keep the law.
+\v 20 When they heard it, they glorified God, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands have believed among the Jews. They are all zealous to keep the law.
 \v 21 They have been told about you, that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children, and not to walk according the traditional ways.
 
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 \v 22 What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
 \v 23 So do what we say to you. We have four men who made a vow.
-\v 24 Take these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, so that they may shave their heads. So everyone will know that the things they have been told about you are false. They will learn that you also live correctly, keeping the law.
+\v 24 Take these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, so that they may shave their heads. So everyone will know that the things they have been told about you are false. They will learn that you also live correctly, obeying the law.
 
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 \v 25 But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote about our decision that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality."
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 \v 30 All the city was excited, and the people ran together and laid hold of Paul. They dragged him out of the temple, and the doors were immediately shut.
-\v 31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the chief captain of the guard that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
+\v 31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the chief captain of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
 
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 \v 32 Right away he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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 \v 37 As Paul was about to be brought into the fortress, he said to the chief captain, "Is it permitted for me to say something to you?"
-\p The captain said, "Do you speak Greek?
+\p The captain said, "Do you know Greek?
 \v 38 Are you not then the Egyptian who some time ago started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' out into the wilderness?"
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