³ Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.^(A)

¹⁰ After Paul had seen the vision, we^(A) got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel^(B) to them.

Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi

¹¹ From Troas^(C) we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. ¹² From there we traveled to Philippi,^(D) a Roman colony and the leading city of that district^[a] of Macedonia.^(E) And we stayed there several days.