42As they were leaving, the people pleaded with them to tell them more the next Sabbath.
43After the meeting in the synagogue, many of the Jews and the converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas who spoke with them, encouraging them to continue to hold on to the grace of God.
44The following Sabbath almost the whole town turned out to hear the word of God.
45However, when the Jews saw the crowds, they became extremely jealous, contradicting what Paul was saying and cursing him.