²⁸ for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Messiah^[a] is Jesus.^(A)

⁹ During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”^(A)

³ explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah^[a] to suffer and to rise from the dead and saying, “This is the Messiah,^[b] Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.”^(A)

¹⁴ Then the brothers and sisters immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

¹⁵ Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left him.^(A)