Acts 9:20

And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and recounted to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

And when they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their helper.

But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.

And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

And after he entered the synagogue, he continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city, having been instructed at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today,

but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, practicing deeds appropriate to repentance.

to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.