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{\MT The Acts of the Apostles

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
composed
the
first discourse,
O
Theophilus,
concerning
all
things
which
Jesus
began
both
to
do
and
to
teach,
\VS{2}until
that
day
in
which,
having
by
the
Holy
Spirit charged
the
apostles
whom
he
had
chosen,
he
was
taken
up;
\VS{3}to
whom
also
he
presented
himself
living,
after
he
had
suffered,
with
many
proofs;
being
seen
by
them
during
forty
days,
and
speaking
of
the
things
which concern
the
kingdom
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:3 }
Elohim}God;
\VS{4}and, being assembled
with [them],
commanded
them
not
to depart
from
Jerusalem,
but
to await
the
promise
of
the
Father,
which [said
he] ye
have
heard
of
me.
\VS{5}For
John
indeed baptised
with
water,
but
{\BD{ye}}
shall
be baptised
with
the
Holy
Spirit
after
now
not
many
days.
\VS{6}They
therefore, being
come
together,
asked
him
saying,
Lord,
is
it
at
this
time
that thou restorest
the
kingdom
to
Israel?
\VS{7}And
he
said
to
them,
It
is
not
yours
to
know
times
or
seasons,
which
the
Father
has
placed
in
his
own
authority;
\VS{8}but ye
will
receive
power,
the
Holy
Spirit
having
come
upon
you,
and ye
shall
be
my
witnesses
both
in
Jerusalem,
and
in
all Judaea
and
Samaria,
and
to
the
end
of
the
earth.
\VS{9}And having
said
these
things
he
was taken
up,
they beholding [him],
and
a
cloud
received
him
out
of
their
sight.
\VS{10}And
as
they
were
gazing
into
heaven,
as
he
was
going,
behold,
also
two
men
stood
by
them
in
white
clothing,
\VS{11}who
also
said,
Men
of
Galilee,
why
do ye
stand
looking
into
heaven?
This
Jesus
who
has
been
taken
up
from
you
into
heaven,
shall
thus
come
in
the
manner
in
which ye
have beheld
him
going
into
heaven.
\VS{12}Then
they
returned
to
Jerusalem
from
the
mount
called [the
mount]
of Olives,
which
is
near
Jerusalem,
a sabbath-day's
journey
off.
\VS{13}And
when
they
were
come
into [the city],
they
went
up
to
the
upper chamber,
where
were
staying
both
Peter,
and
John,
and
James,
and
Andrew,
Philip
and
Thomas,
Bartholomew
and
Matthew,
James [son]
of Alphaeus,
and
Simon
the zealot,
and
Jude [the brother]
of
James.
\VS{14}These gave
themselves
all
with
one
accord
to continual
prayer,
with [several]
women,
and
Mary
the
mother
of
Jesus,
and
with
his
brethren.
\VS{15}And
in
those
days
Peter, standing
up
in
the
midst
of
the
brethren,
said, (the
crowd
of
names [who
were]
together [was]
about
a
hundred
and
twenty,)
\VS{16}Brethren,
it
was
necessary
that
the
scripture
should
have
been
fulfilled,
which
the
Holy
Spirit spoke
before,
by
the
mouth
of
David,
concerning
Judas,
who
became
guide
to
those
who
took
Jesus;
\VS{17}for
he
was numbered amongst
us,
and
had
received
a
part
in
this
service.
\VS{18}(This [man]
then
indeed
got
a
field
with [the]
reward
of
iniquity,
and,
having fallen down
headlong,
burst
in
the
midst,
and
all
his bowels gushed
out.
\VS{19}And
it
was
known
to
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
so
that
that
field
was
called
in
their
own
dialect Aceldama;
that
is,
field
of
blood.)
\VS{20}For
it
is
written
in [the]
book
of
Psalms,
Let
his
homestead
become
desolate,
and
let
there
be
no dweller
in
it;
and,
Let
another
take
his overseership.
\VS{21}It
is
necessary
therefore,
that
of
the
men
who
have
assembled
with
us
all [the]
time
in
which
the
Lord
Jesus
came
in
and
went
out
among
us,
\VS{22}beginning
from
the
baptism
of
John
until
the
day
in
which
he
was
taken
up
from us,
one
of
these
should
be
a
witness
with us
of
his
resurrection.
\VS{23}And
they appointed
two,
Joseph,
who
was
called Barsabas,
who
had
been surnamed
Justus,
and
Matthias.
\VS{24}And
they
prayed,
and
said, Thou
Lord, knower
of
the
hearts
of
all, shew
which
one
of
these
two thou hast
chosen,
\VS{25}to
receive
the lot
of
this
service
and
apostleship,
from
which
Judas transgressing fell
to
go
to
his
own
place.
\VS{26}And
they
gave
lots
on
them,
and
the
lot
fell
on
Matthias,
and
he
was numbered
with
the
eleven
apostles.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
the
day
of
Pentecost
was
now accomplishing,
they
were
all
together
in
one
place.
\VS{2}And
there
came
suddenly
a sound
out
of
heaven
as
of
a
violent impetuous
blowing,
and
filled
all
the
house
where
they
were
sitting.
\VS{3}And there
appeared
to
them parted
tongues,
as
of
fire,
and
it
sat
upon
each
one
of
them.
\VS{4}And
they
were
all
filled
with [the]
Holy
Spirit,
and
began
to
speak
with
other
tongues
as
the
Spirit
gave
to
them
to
speak
forth.
\VS{5}Now
there
were
dwelling
at
Jerusalem
Jews, pious
men,
from
every
nation
of
those
under
heaven.
\VS{6}But
the rumour
of
this having spread,
the
multitude
came
together
and
were confounded,
because
each
one
heard
them
speaking
in
his
own
dialect.
\VS{7}And
all
were
amazed
and
wondered,
saying,
Behold,
are
not
all
these
who
are
speaking Galilaeans?
\VS{8}and
how
do
{\BD{
we}}
hear [them]
each
in
our
own
dialect
in
which
we
have
been
born,
\VS{9}Parthians,
and
Medes,
and
Elamites,
and
those
who inhabit
Mesopotamia,
and Judaea,
and
Cappadocia,
Pontus
and
Asia,
\VS{10}both
Phrygia
and
Pamphylia,
Egypt,
and
the
parts
of
Libya
which adjoin
Cyrene,
and
the
Romans sojourning [here],
both
Jews
and
proselytes,
\VS{11}Cretans
and Arabians,
we
hear
them
speaking
in
our
own
tongues
the great
things
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:11 }
Elohim}God?
\VS{12}And
they
were
all
amazed
and
in
perplexity,
saying
one
to
another,
What
would
this
mean?
\VS{13}But
others mocking
said,
They
are
full
of new
wine.
\VS{14}But
Peter,
standing
up
with
the
eleven,
lifted
up
his
voice
and spoke forth
to
them,
Men
of Judaea,
and
all ye
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
let
this
be
known
to
you,
and
give
heed
to
my
words:
\VS{15}for
these
are
not full
of wine,
as
{\BD{ye}}
suppose,
for
it
is
the
third
hour
of
the
day;
\VS{16}but
this
is
that
which
was
spoken
through
the
prophet
Joel,
\VS{17}And
it
shall
be
in
the
last
days, saith
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:17 }
Elohim}God, [that]
I
will pour
out
of
my
Spirit
upon
all
flesh;
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters
shall
prophesy,
and
your
young
men
shall
see
visions,
and
your
elders
shall
dream
with
dreams;
\VS{18}yea,
even
upon
my bondmen
and
upon
my bondwomen
in
those
days
will
I pour
out
of
my
Spirit,
and
they
shall
prophesy.
\VS{19}And
I
will
give
wonders
in
the
heaven
above
and
signs
on
the
earth
below,
blood,
and
fire,
and vapour
of
smoke:
\VS{20}the
sun
shall
be changed
to
darkness
and
the
moon
to
blood,
before
the
great
and gloriously appearing
day
of [the]
Lord
come.
\VS{21}And
it
shall
be
that whosoever
shall
call
upon
the
name
of [the]
Lord
shall
be
saved.
\VS{22}Men
of
Israel,
hear
these
words:
Jesus
the Nazaraean,
a
man borne witness
to
by
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:22 }
Elohim}God
to
you
by works
of
power
and
wonders
and
signs,
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:22 }
Elohim}God wrought
by
him
in
your
midst,
as
yourselves
know
\VS{23}—
him, given up
by
the determinate
counsel
and
foreknowledge
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:23 }
Elohim}God, ye,
by [the]
hand
of
lawless [men],
have crucified
and
slain.
\VS{24}Whom
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:24 }
Elohim}God
has
raised
up, having
loosed
the
pains
of
death, inasmuch
as
it
was
not
possible
that
he
should
be
held
by
its
power;
\VS{25}for
David
says
as
to
him,
I foresaw
the
Lord
continually
before
me,
because
he
is
at
my
right
hand
that
I
may
not
be moved.
\VS{26}Therefore
has
my
heart
rejoiced
and
my
tongue
exulted; yea
more,
my
flesh
also
shall dwell
in
hope,
\VS{27}for thou wilt
not
leave
my
soul
in
hades,
nor wilt thou
give thy gracious
one
to
see corruption.
\VS{28}Thou hast
made
known
to
me [the]
paths
of
life, thou wilt
fill
me
with joy
with thy countenance.
\VS{29}Brethren,
let
it
be allowed
to
speak
with freedom
to
you
concerning
the
patriarch
David,
that
he
has
both
died
and
been
buried,
and
his monument
is amongst
us unto
this
day.
\VS{30}Being
therefore
a
prophet,
and
knowing
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:30 }
Elohim}God
had
sworn
to
him
with
an
oath,
of
the
fruit
of
his
loins
to set
upon
his
throne;
\VS{31}he,
seeing [it]
before,
spoke
concerning
the
resurrection
of
the
Christ,
that
neither
has
he
been
left
in
hades
nor
his
flesh
seen corruption.
\VS{32}This
Jesus
has
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:32 }
Elohim}God
raised
up, whereof
all
{\BD{
we}}
are
witnesses.
\VS{33}Having
therefore
been
exalted
by
the
right
hand
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:33 }
Elohim}God,
and
having
received
of
the
Father
the
promise
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
he
has poured out
this
which
{\BD{ye}} behold
and
hear.
\VS{34}For
David
has
not
ascended
into
the
heavens,
but
he
says
himself,
The
Lord
said unto
my
Lord,
Sit
at
my
right
hand
\VS{35}until
I
have
put thine
enemies [to
be]
the
footstool
of thy
feet.
\VS{36}Let
the
whole
house
of
Israel
therefore
know assuredly
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:36 }
Elohim}God
has
made
him,
this
Jesus
whom
{\BD{ye}}
have
crucified,
both
Lord
and
Christ.
\VS{37}And
having
heard [it]
they
were pricked
in
heart,
and
said
to
Peter
and
the
other
apostles,
What
shall
we
do,
brethren?
\VS{38}And
Peter
said
to
them,
Repent,
and
be baptised,
each
one
of
you,
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
for remission
of
sins,
and ye
will
receive
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{39}For
to
you
is
the
promise
and
to
your
children,
and
to
all
who [are] afar off,
as
many
as [the]
Lord
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:39 }
Elohim}God
may
call.
\VS{40}And
with
many
other
words
he
testified
and
exhorted
them,
saying,
Be
saved
from
this
perverse
generation.
\VS{41}Those
then
who
had accepted
his
word
were baptised;
and
there
were
added
in
that
day
about
three
thousand
souls.
\VS{42}And
they persevered
in
the
teaching
and
fellowship
of
the
apostles,
in
breaking
of
bread
and
prayers.
\VS{43}And
fear
was
upon
every
soul,
and
many
wonders
and
signs
took
place
through
the apostles'
means.
\VS{44}And
all
that
believed
were
together,
and
had
all
things
common,
\VS{45}and
sold
their
possessions
and substance,
and distributed
them
to
all, according
as
any
one
might
have
need.
\VS{46}And
every
day,
being constantly
in
the
temple
with
one
accord,
and
breaking
bread
in [the]
house,
they received
their
food
with
gladness
and simplicity
of
heart,
\VS{47}praising
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:47 }
Elohim}God,
and
having favour
with
all
the
people;
and
the
Lord
added [to
the assembly]
daily
those
that
were
to
be
saved.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Peter
and
John
went
up
together
into
the
temple
at
the
hour
of
prayer, [which
is]
the ninth [hour];
\VS{2}and
a
certain
man
who
was
lame
from
his mother's
womb
was
being
carried,
whom
they
placed
every
day
at
the
gate
of
the
temple
called
Beautiful,
to
ask
alms
of
those
who
were going
into
the
temple;
\VS{3}who,
seeing
Peter
and
John
about
to enter
into
the
temple,
asked
to
receive
alms.
\VS{4}And
Peter,
looking stedfastly upon
him
with
John,
said,
Look
on
us.
\VS{5}And
he gave heed
to
them,
expecting
to
receive
something
from
them.
\VS{6}But
Peter
said,
Silver
and
gold
I
have
not;
but
what
I
have,
this
give
I
to thee:
In
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
the Nazaraean rise
up
and
walk.
\VS{7}And having taken hold
of
him [by]
the
right
hand
he
raised
him
up,
and
immediately
his
feet
and ankle bones
were made strong.
\VS{8}And
leaping
up
he
stood
and
walked,
and
entered
with
them
into
the
temple,
walking,
and
leaping,
and
praising
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:8 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{9}And
all
the
people
saw
him
walking
and
praising
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:9 }
Elohim}God;
\VS{10}and
they recognised
him,
that
it
was
{\BD{
he}}
who
sat
for
alms
at
the
Beautiful
gate
of
the
temple;
and
they
were
filled
with
wonder
and
amazement
at
what
had
happened
to
him.
\VS{11}And
as
he
held
Peter
and
John,
all
the
people
ran
together
to
them
in
the
portico
which
is
called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
\VS{12}And
Peter,
seeing
it,
answered
the
people,
Men
of
Israel,
why
are ye
astonished
at
this?
or
why
do ye
gaze
on
us
as
if
we
had
by
our
own
power
or
piety
made
him
to
walk?
\VS{13}The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:13 }
Elohim}God
of
Abraham
and
Isaac
and
Jacob,
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:13 }
Elohim}God
of
our
fathers,
has
glorified
his
servant
Jesus,
whom
{\BD{ye}}
delivered
up,
and
denied
him
in
the
presence
of
Pilate,
when
{\BD{
he}}
had
judged
that
he
should
be
let
go.
\VS{14}But
{\BD{ye}}
denied
the
holy
and
righteous
one,
and
asked
that
a
man [that
was]
a
murderer
should
be
granted
to
you;
\VS{15}but
the originator
of
life ye slew,
whom
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:15 }
Elohim}God
raised
from
among [the]
dead, whereof
{\BD{
we}}
are
witnesses.
\VS{16}And,
by
faith
in
his
name,
his
name
has made
this [man] strong
whom ye behold
and
know;
and
the
faith
which
is
by
him
has
given
him
this
complete soundness
in
the
presence
of
you
all.
\VS{17}And
now,
brethren,
I
know
that ye
did
it
in
ignorance,
as
also
your
rulers;
\VS{18}but
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:18 }
Elohim}God
has
thus
fulfilled
what
he
had
announced
beforehand
by
the
mouth
of
all
the
prophets,
that
his
Christ
should
suffer.
\VS{19}Repent
therefore
and
be converted,
for
the blotting
out
of
your
sins,
so
that
times
of
refreshing
may
come
from [the]
presence
of
the
Lord,
\VS{20}and
he
may
send
Jesus
Christ,
who
was foreordained
for
you,
\VS{21}whom
heaven
indeed
must
receive till [the]
times
of [the] restoring
of
all
things,
of
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:21 }
Elohim}God
has
spoken
by
the
mouth
of
his
holy
prophets
since
time began.
\VS{22}Moses
indeed
said,
A
prophet
shall [the]
Lord
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:22 }
Elohim}God
raise
up
to
you
out
of
your
brethren
like
me:
him
shall ye
hear
in
everything whatsoever
he
shall
say
to
you.
\VS{23}And
it
shall
be
that whatsoever
soul
shall
not
hear
that
prophet
shall
be
destroyed
from
among
the
people.
\VS{24}And
indeed
all
the
prophets
from
Samuel
and
those
in succession
after [him],
as
many
as
have
spoken,
have
announced
also
these
days.
\VS{25}{\BD{Ye}}
are
the
sons
of
the
prophets
and
of
the
covenant
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:25 }
Elohim}God appointed
to
our
fathers,
saying
to
Abraham,
And
in thy
seed
shall
all
the
families
of
the
earth
be
blessed.
\VS{26}To
you
first
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:26 }
Elohim}God, having
raised
up
his
servant,
has
sent
him,
blessing
you
in
turning
each
one [of
you]
from
your
wickedness.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
as
they
were
speaking
to
the
people,
the
priests
and
captain
of
the
temple
and
the
Sadducees
came upon
them,
\VS{2}being distressed
on
account
of
their
teaching
the
people
and preaching
by
Jesus
the
resurrection
from
among [the]
dead;
\VS{3}and
they
laid
hands
on
them,
and
put
them
in ward till
the morrow;
for
it
was
already
evening.
\VS{4}But
many
of
those
who
had
heard
the
word
believed;
and
the
number
of
the
men
had
become [about]
five
thousand.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the morrow
that
their
rulers
and
elders
and
scribes
were
gathered
together
at
Jerusalem,
\VS{6}and
Annas
the
high
priest,
and
Caiaphas,
and
John,
and
Alexander,
and
as
many
as
were
of [the]
high priestly
family;
\VS{7}and
having
placed
them
in
the
midst
they
inquired,
In
what
power
or
in
what
name
have
{\BD{ye}}
done
this?
\VS{8}Then
Peter,
filled
with [the]
Holy
Spirit,
said
to
them,
Rulers
of
the
people
and
elders [of
Israel],
\VS{9}if
{\BD{
we}}
this
day
are
called
upon
to answer
as
to
the good deed [done]
to
the infirm
man,
how
{\BD{
he}}
has been healed,
\VS{10}be
it
known
to
you
all,
and
to
all
the
people
of
Israel,
that
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
the Nazaraean,
whom
{\BD{ye}}
have
crucified,
whom
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:10 }
Elohim}God
has
raised
from
among [the]
dead,
by
{\BD{
him}}
this [man]
stands
here
before
you
sound [in body].
\VS{11}{\BD{
He}}
is
the
stone
which
has
been
set
at nought
by
you
the
builders,
which
is
become
the
corner
stone.
\VS{12}And
salvation
is
in
none
other,
for
neither
is
there
another
name
under
heaven
which
is
given
among
men
by
which
we
must
be
saved.
\VS{13}But
seeing
the
boldness
of
Peter
and
John,
and
perceiving
that
they
were unlettered
and uninstructed
men,
they
wondered;
and
they recognised
them
that
they
were
with
Jesus.
\VS{14}And beholding
the
man
who
had
been
healed
standing
with
them,
they
had
nothing
to reply;
\VS{15}but having
commanded
them
to
go
out
of
the
council
they conferred
with
one
another,
\VS{16}saying,
What
shall
we
do
to
these
men?
for
that
indeed
an
evident
sign
has
come
to
pass
through
their
means
is manifest
to
all
that inhabit
Jerusalem,
and
we
cannot
deny
it.
\VS{17}But
that
it
be
not
further
spread
among
the
people,
let
us threaten
them
severely
no
longer
to
speak
to
any
man
in
this
name.
\VS{18}And having
called
them,
they charged [them]
not
to
speak
at
all
nor
teach
in
the
name
of
Jesus.
\VS{19}But
Peter
and
John
answering
said
to
them,
If
it
be
righteous
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:19 }
Elohim}God
to
listen
to
you
rather
than
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:19 }
Elohim}God,
judge ye;
\VS{20}for
as
for
us
{\BD{
we}}
cannot
refrain
from
speaking
of
the
things
which
we
have
seen
and
heard.
\VS{21}But
they, having
further
threatened
them,
let
them
go,
finding
no
way
how
they
might
punish
them,
on
account
of
the
people,
because
all
glorified
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:21 }
Elohim}God
for
what
had
taken
place;
\VS{22}for
the
man
on
whom
this
sign
of
healing
had
taken
place
was
above
forty
years old.
\VS{23}And having
been
let
go,
they
came
to
their
own [company],
and
reported
all
that
the
chief
priests
and
elders
had
said
to
them.
\VS{24}And
they,
having
heard [it],
lifted
up [their]
voice
with
one
accord
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:24 }
Elohim}God,
and
said,
Lord,
{\BD{thou}} art
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:24 }
Elohim}God
who
made
the
heaven
and
the
earth
and
the
sea,
and
all
that
is
in
them;
\VS{25}who hast
said
by
the
mouth
of thy
servant
David,
Why
have [the]
nations raged haughtily
and [the]
peoples meditated
vain
things?
\VS{26}The
kings
of
the
earth
were
there,
and
the
rulers
were
gathered
together
against
the
Lord
and
against
his
Christ.
\VS{27}For
in
truth
against thy
holy
servant
Jesus,
whom thou hadst
anointed,
both
Herod
and
Pontius
Pilate,
with [the]
nations,
and
peoples
of
Israel,
have
been
gathered
together
in
this
city
\VS{28}to
do
whatever thy
hand
and thy
counsel
had
determined
before
should
come
to
pass.
\VS{29}And
now,
Lord, look
upon
their threatenings,
and
give
to thy bondmen
with
all
boldness
to
speak thy
word,
\VS{30}in
that thou stretchest
out thy
hand
to
heal,
and
that
signs
and
wonders
take
place
through
the
name
of thy
holy
servant
Jesus.
\VS{31}And
when
they
had
prayed,
the
place
in
which
they
were
assembled
shook,
and
they
were
all
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
and
spoke
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:31 }
Elohim}God
with
boldness.
\VS{32}And
the
heart
and
soul
of
the
multitude
of
those
that
had
believed
were
one,
and
not
one
said
that
anything
of
what
he possessed
was
his
own,
but
all
things
were
common
to
them;
\VS{33}and
with
great
power
did
the
apostles
give
witness
of
the
resurrection
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
and
great
grace
was
upon
them
all.
\VS{34}For
neither
was
there
any
one
in want
among
them;
for
as
many
as
were
owners
of
lands
or
houses,
selling
them,
brought
the
price
of
what
was
sold
\VS{35}and
laid
it
at
the
feet
of
the
apostles;
and distribution
was
made
to
each according
as
any
one
might
have
need.
\VS{36}And
Joseph,
who
had
been surnamed
Barnabas
by
the
apostles (which
is,
being interpreted,
Son
of
consolation),
a
Levite,
Cyprian
by
birth,
\VS{37}being possessed
of
land, having
sold [it],
brought
the
money
and
laid
it
at
the
feet
of
the
apostles.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
a
certain
man,
Ananias
by
name,
with
Sapphira
his
wife,
sold
a possession,
\VS{2}and
put
aside
for himself
part
of
the
price, [his]
wife
also
being privy
to
it;
and having
brought
a
certain
part,
laid
it
at
the
feet
of
the
apostles.
\VS{3}But
Peter
said,
Ananias,
why
has
Satan
filled thy
heart
that thou shouldest
lie
to
the
Holy
Spirit,
and put aside
for thyself
a part
of
the
price
of
the estate?
\VS{4}While
it
remained
did
it
not
remain
to
{\BD{thee}}?
and
sold,
was [it
not]
in thine own
power?
Why
is
it
that thou hast
purposed
this
thing
in thine
heart? Thou hast
not
lied
to
men,
but
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:4 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{5}And
Ananias,
hearing
these
words,
fell
down
and expired.
And
great
fear
came
upon
all
who
heard [it].
\VS{6}And
the
young
men,
rising
up, swathed
him
up
for burial,
and having
carried
him
out,
buried
him.
\VS{7}And
it
came
to
pass
about
three
hours afterwards,
that
his
wife,
not
knowing
what
had
happened,
came
in.
\VS{8}And
Peter
answered
her,
Tell
me
if ye
gave
the estate
for
so
much?
And
she
said,
Yes,
for
so
much.
\VS{9}And
Peter
said
to
her,
Why [is
it]
that ye
have
agreed
together
to
tempt
the
Spirit
of [the]
Lord?
Lo,
the
feet
of
those
that
have
buried thy
husband [are]
at
the
door,
and
they
shall
carry thee
out.
\VS{10}And
she
fell
down
immediately
at
his
feet
and expired.
And
when
the
young
men
came
in
they
found
her
dead;
and, having
carried
her
out,
they
buried
her
by
her
husband.
\VS{11}And
great
fear
came
upon
all
the
assembly,
and
upon
all
who
heard
these
things.
\VS{12}And
by
the
hands
of
the
apostles
were
many
signs
and
wonders
done
among
the
people; (and
they
were
all
with
one
accord
in Solomon's porch,
\VS{13}but
of
the
rest durst
no
man
join
them,
but
the
people
magnified
them;
\VS{14}and
believers
were
more
than ever
added
to
the
Lord,
multitudes
both
of
men
and
women;)
\VS{15}so
that
they
brought
out
the
sick
into
the
streets
and
put [them]
on beds
and couches,
that
at
least
the
shadow
of
Peter,
when
he
came,
might
overshadow
some
one
of
them.
\VS{16}And
the
multitude
also
of
the
cities round
about
came
together
to
Jerusalem,
bringing
sick persons
and persons beset
by
unclean
spirits,
who
were
all
healed.
\VS{17}And
the
high
priest
rising
up,
and
all
they
that
were
with
him,
which
is
the
sect
of
the
Sadducees,
were
filled
with wrath,
\VS{18}and
laid
hands
on
the
apostles
and
put
them
in
the
public prison.
\VS{19}But
an
angel
of [the]
Lord
during
the
night
opened
the
doors
of
the
prison,
and leading
them
out,
said,
\VS{20}Go ye
and
stand
and
speak
in
the
temple
to
the
people
all
the
words
of
this
life.
\VS{21}And
when
they
heard
it,
they
entered
very
early
into
the
temple
and
taught.
And
when
the
high
priest
was
come,
and
they
that
were
with
him,
they
called
together
the
council
and
all
the elderhood
of
the
sons
of
Israel,
and
sent
to
the
prison
to
have
them
brought.
\VS{22}And
when
the
officers
were
come,
they
did
not
find
them
in
the
prison;
and
returned
and
reported
\VS{23}saying,
We
found
the
prison
shut
with
all
security,
and
the keepers
standing
at
the
doors;
but
when
we
had
opened [them],
within
we
found
no
one.
\VS{24}And
when
they
heard
these
words,
both
the
priest
and
the
captain
of
the
temple
and
the
chief
priests
were
in
perplexity
as
to
them,
what
this
would
come
to.
\VS{25}And
some
one
coming
reported
to
them,
Lo,
the
men
whom ye
put
in
the
prison
are
in
the
temple,
standing
and
teaching
the
people.
\VS{26}Then
the
captain, having
gone
with
the
officers,
brought
them,
not
with
violence,
for
they
feared
the
people,
lest
they
should
be
stoned.
\VS{27}And
they
bring
them
and
set
them
in
the
council.
And
the
high
priest
asked
them,
\VS{28}saying,
We strictly enjoined
you
not
to
teach
in
this
name:
and
lo, ye
have
filled
Jerusalem
with
your doctrine,
and purpose
to
bring
upon
us
the
blood
of
this
man.
\VS{29}But
Peter
answering,
and
the
apostles,
said,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:29 }
Elohim}God
must
be obeyed
rather
than
men.
\VS{30}The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:30 }
Elohim}God
of
our
fathers
has
raised
up
Jesus,
whom
{\BD{ye}}
have slain, having
hanged
on
a
cross.
\VS{31}Him
has
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:31 }
Elohim}God
exalted
by
his
right
hand
as leader
and saviour,
to
give
repentance
to
Israel
and remission
of
sins.
\VS{32}And
{\BD{
we}}
are [his]
witnesses
of
these
things,
and
the
Holy
Spirit
also,
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:32 }
Elohim}God
has
given
to
those
that
obey
him.
\VS{33}But
they,
when
they
heard [these
things],
were
cut
to
the heart,
and
took counsel
to
kill
them.
\VS{34}But
a
certain [man],
a
Pharisee,
named
Gamaliel,
a
teacher
of
the
law,
held
in honour
of
all
the
people,
rose
up
in
the
council,
and
commanded
to
put
the
men
out
for
a
short
while,
\VS{35}and
said
to
them,
Men
of
Israel,
take heed
to
yourselves
as regards
these
men
what ye
are
going
to
do;
\VS{36}for
before
these
days
Theudas
rose
up, alleging
himself
to
be
somebody,
to
whom
a
number
of
men,
about
four
hundred,
were
joined;
who
was
slain,
and
all,
as
many
as obeyed
him,
were
dispersed
and
came
to
nothing.
\VS{37}After
him
rose
Judas
the
Galilean
in
the
days
of
the
census,
and
drew
away [a
number
of]
people
after
him;
and
{\BD{
he}}
perished,
and
all,
as
many
as obeyed
him,
were
scattered
abroad.
\VS{38}And
now
I
say
to
you, Withdraw
from
these
men
and
let
them
alone,
for
if
this
counsel
or
this
work
have
its origin
from
men,
it
will
be
destroyed;
\VS{39}but
if
it
be
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:39 }
Elohim}God, ye
will
not
be
able
to
put
them
down, lest ye
be
found
also fighters
against
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:39 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{40}And
they listened
to
his
advice;
and
having
called
the
apostles,
they
beat
them,
and enjoined
them
not
to
speak
in
the
name
of
Jesus,
and
dismissed
them.
\VS{41}They
therefore
went
their
way
from [the]
presence
of
the
council,
rejoicing
that
they
were counted
worthy
to
be dishonoured
for
the
name.
\VS{42}And
every
day,
in
the
temple
and
in
the houses,
they
ceased
not
teaching
and announcing
the glad tidings
that
Jesus [was]
the
Christ.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
in
those
days,
the
disciples
multiplying
in
number,
there
arose
a murmuring
of
the Hellenists
against
the
Hebrews
because
their
widows
were
overlooked
in
the
daily ministration.
\VS{2}And
the
twelve, having
called
the
multitude
of
the
disciples
to [them],
said,
It
is
not
right
that
we,
leaving
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:2 }
Elohim}God,
should
serve
tables.
\VS{3}Look
out
therefore,
brethren,
from
among
yourselves
seven
men,
well reported
of,
full
of [the] [Holy]
Spirit
and
wisdom,
whom
we
will establish
over
this business:
\VS{4}but
{\BD{
we}}
will give
ourselves up
to
prayer
and
the
ministry
of
the
word.
\VS{5}And
the
saying
pleased
the
whole
multitude:
and
they
chose
Stephen,
a
man
full
of
faith
and [the]
Holy
Spirit,
and
Philip,
and
Prochorus,
and
Nicanor,
and
Timon,
and
Parmenas,
and
Nicolas,
a
proselyte
of
Antioch,
\VS{6}whom
they
set
before
the
apostles;
and, having
prayed,
they
laid
their
hands
on
them.
\VS{7}And
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:7 }
Elohim}God
increased;
and
the
number
of
the
disciples
in
Jerusalem
was
very
greatly
multiplied,
and
a
great
crowd
of
the
priests
obeyed
the
faith.
\VS{8}And
Stephen,
full
of
grace
and
power, wrought
wonders
and
great
signs
among
the
people.
\VS{9}And
there
arose
up
certain
of
those
of
the
synagogue
called
of
freedmen,
and
of
Cyrenians,
and
of
Alexandrians,
and
of
those
of
Cilicia
and
Asia, disputing
with
Stephen.
\VS{10}And
they
were
not
able
to
resist
the
wisdom
and
the
Spirit
with
which
he
spoke.
\VS{11}Then
they suborned
men,
saying,
We
have
heard
him
speaking
blasphemous
words
against
Moses
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:11 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{12}And
they roused
the
people,
and
the
elders,
and
the
scribes.
And coming upon [him]
they
seized
him
and
brought [him]
to
the
council.
\VS{13}And
they
set
false
witnesses,
saying,
This
man
does
not
cease
speaking
words
against
the
holy
place
and
the
law;
\VS{14}for
we
have
heard
him
saying,
This
Jesus
the Nazaraean
shall
destroy
this
place,
and
change
the
customs
which
Moses taught
us.
\VS{15}And
all
who
sat
in
the
council,
looking fixedly
on
him,
saw
his
face
as [the]
face
of
an
angel.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
high
priest
said,
Are
these
things
then
so?
\VS{2}And
he
said,
Brethren
and
fathers, hearken.
The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:2 }
Elohim}God
of
glory
appeared
to
our
father
Abraham
when
he
was
in
Mesopotamia,
before
he dwelt
in Charran,
\VS{3}and
said
to
him,
Go
out
of thy
land
and
out
of thy kindred,
and
come
into
the
land
which
I
will shew thee.
\VS{4}Then
going
out
of
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans
he dwelt
in Charran,
and thence,
after
his
father
died,
he removed
him
into
this
land
in
which
{\BD{ye}}
now
dwell.
\VS{5}And
he
did
not
give
him
an
inheritance
in
it,
not
even
what
his
foot could stand
on;
and
promised
to
give
it
to
him
for
a
possession,
and
to
his
seed
after
him,
when
he
had
no
child.
\VS{6}And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:6 }
Elohim}God
spoke
thus:
His
seed
shall
be
a sojourner
in
a strange
land,
and
they
shall enslave
them
and evil entreat [them]
four
hundred
years;
\VS{7}and
the
nation
to
which
they
shall
be
in
bondage
will
{\BD{
I}}
judge,
said
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:7 }
Elohim}God;
and
after
these
things
they
shall
come
forth
and
serve
me
in
this
place.
\VS{8}And
he
gave
to
him [the]
covenant
of
circumcision;
and
thus
he begat
Isaac
and
circumcised
him
the
eighth
day;
and
Isaac
Jacob,
and
Jacob
the
twelve
patriarchs.
\VS{9}And
the
patriarchs, envying
Joseph,
sold
him
away
into
Egypt.
And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:9 }
Elohim}God
was
with
him,
\VS{10}and delivered
him
out
of
all
his
tribulations,
and
gave
him favour
and
wisdom
in
the
sight
of
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
and
he
appointed
him
chief
over
Egypt
and
all
his
house.
\VS{11}But
a
famine
came
upon
all
the land
of
Egypt
and
Canaan,
and
great
distress,
and
our
fathers
found
no
food.
\VS{12}But
Jacob, having
heard
of
there
being corn
in
Egypt,
sent
out
our
fathers
first;
\VS{13}and
the
second
time
Joseph
was
made
known
to
his
brethren,
and
the
family
of
Joseph
became
known
to
Pharaoh.
\VS{14}And
Joseph
sent
and
called down
to
him
his
father
Jacob
and
all [his] kindred, seventy-five
souls.
\VS{15}And
Jacob
went
down
into
Egypt
and
died,
he
and
our
fathers,
\VS{16}and
were carried
over
to Sychem
and
placed
in
the sepulchre
which
Abraham bought
for
a
sum
of
money
of
the
sons
of Emmor
the [father]
of Sychem.
\VS{17}But
as
the
time
of
promise drew
near
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:17 }
Elohim}God
had
promised
to
Abraham,
the
people
increased
and
multiplied
in
Egypt,
\VS{18}until
another
king
over
Egypt
arose
who
did
not
know
Joseph.
\VS{19}{\BD{
He}}
dealt subtilly
with
our
race,
and evil entreated
the
fathers, casting
out
their
infants
that
they
might
not live.
\VS{20}In
which
time
Moses
was
born,
and
was exceedingly
lovely,
who
was nourished
three
months
in
the
house
of
his
father.
\VS{21}And
when
he
was cast
out,
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh
took
him
up,
and
brought
him
up
for
herself [to
be]
for
a
son.
\VS{22}And
Moses
was instructed
in
all [the]
wisdom
of
the
Egyptians,
and
he
was
mighty
in
his
words
and
deeds.
\VS{23}And
when
a
period
of
forty years
was
fulfilled
to
him,
it
came
into
his
heart
to look
upon
his
brethren,
the
sons
of
Israel;
\VS{24}and
seeing
a
certain
one
wronged,
he defended [him],
and
avenged
him
that
was being
oppressed, smiting
the
Egyptian.
\VS{25}For
he
thought
that
his
brethren
would
understand
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:25 }
Elohim}God
by
his
hand
was
giving
them
deliverance.
But
they
understood
not.
\VS{26}And
on
the morrow
he shewed
himself
to
them
as
they
were contending,
and compelled
them
to
peace,
saying,
{\BD{Ye}}
are
brethren,
why
do ye
wrong
one
another?
\VS{27}But
he
that
was wronging
his neighbour thrust
him
away,
saying,
Who established thee
ruler
and
judge
over
us?
\VS{28}Dost
{\BD{thou}}
wish
to
kill
me
as thou killedst
the
Egyptian
yesterday?
\VS{29}And
Moses
fled
at
this
saying,
and
became
a sojourner
in
the
land
of Madiam,
where
he begat
two
sons.
\VS{30}And
when
forty
years
were
fulfilled,
an
angel
appeared
to
him
in
the
wilderness
of
mount
Sinai,
in
a
flame
of
fire
of
a
bush.
\VS{31}And
Moses
seeing
it
wondered
at
the
vision;
and
as
he
went
up
to
consider
it,
there
was
a
voice
of [the]
Lord,
\VS{32}{\BD{
I}}
am
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:32 }
Elohim}God
of thy
fathers,
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:32 }
Elohim}God
of
Abraham,
and
of
Isaac,
and
of
Jacob.
And
Moses trembled,
and durst
not
consider [it].
\VS{33}And
the
Lord
said
to
him,
Loose
the
sandal
of thy
feet,
for
the
place
on
which thou standest
is
holy
ground.
\VS{34}I
have surely
seen
the ill treatment
of
my
people
which
is
in
Egypt,
and
I
have
heard
their groan,
and
have
come
down
to take
them
out
of
it;
and
now,
come,
I
will
send thee
to
Egypt.
\VS{35}This
Moses,
whom
they
refused,
saying,
Who
made thee
ruler
and
judge?
him
did
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:35 }
Elohim}God
send [to
be]
a
ruler
and
deliverer
with
the
hand
of
the
angel
who
appeared
to
him
in
the
bush.
\VS{36}{\BD{
He}}
led
them
out,
having wrought
wonders
and
signs
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
in
the
Red
sea,
and
in
the
wilderness
forty
years.
\VS{37}This
is
the
Moses
who
said
to
the
sons
of
Israel,
A
prophet
shall
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:37 }
Elohim}God
raise
up
to
you
out
of
your
brethren
like
me [him
shall ye hear].
\VS{38}This
is
he
who
was
in
the
assembly
in
the
wilderness,
with
the
angel
who
spoke
to
him
in
the
mount
Sinai,
and
with
our
fathers;
who
received
living
oracles
to
give
to
us;
\VS{39}to
whom
our
fathers
would
not
be subject,
but thrust [him]
from
them,
and
in
their
hearts
turned
back
to
Egypt,
\VS{40}saying
to
Aaron,
Make
us
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:40 }
Elohim}gods
who
shall
go
before
us;
for
this
Moses,
who
brought
us
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
we
know
not
what
has
happened
to
him.
\VS{41}And
they
made
a
calf
in
those
days,
and offered
sacrifice
to
the
idol,
and rejoiced
in
the
works
of
their
own
hands.
\VS{42}But
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:42 }
Elohim}God
turned
and
delivered
them
up
to
serve
the
host
of
heaven;
as
it
is
written
in [the]
book
of
the
prophets,
Have ye
offered
me
victims
and
sacrifices
forty
years
in
the
wilderness, O
house
of
Israel?
\VS{43}Yea, ye
took
up
the
tent
of
Moloch,
and
the
star
of [your]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:43 }
Elohim}god Remphan,
the
forms
which ye
made
to
do homage
to
them;
and
I
will transport
you
beyond
Babylon.
\VS{44}Our
fathers
had
the
tent
of
the
testimony
in
the
wilderness,
as
he
that
spoke
to
Moses
commanded
to
make
it
according
to
the model
which
he
had
seen;
\VS{45}which
also
our
fathers, receiving
from
their predecessors,
brought
in
with
Joshua
when
they entered
into
possession
of [the lands
of]
the
nations,
whom
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:45 }
Elohim}God
drove
out
from [the]
face
of
our
fathers,
until
the
days
of
David;
\VS{46}who
found favour
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:46 }
Elohim}God,
and
asked
to
find
a
tabernacle
for
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:46 }
Elohim}God
of
Jacob;
\VS{47}but
Solomon
built
him
a
house.
\VS{48}But
the
Most
High
dwells
not
in [places]
made
with
hands;
as
says
the
prophet,
\VS{49}The
heaven [is]
my
throne
and
the
earth
the
footstool
of
my
feet:
what
house
will ye
build
me? saith [the]
Lord,
or where [is
the]
place
of
my
rest?
\VS{50}has
not
my
hand
made
all
these
things?
\VS{51}O stiffnecked
and
uncircumcised
in
heart
and
ears,
{\BD{ye}}
do
always resist
the
Holy
Spirit;
as
your
fathers,
{\BD{ye}}
also.
\VS{52}Which
of
the
prophets
have
not
your
fathers
persecuted?
and
they
have slain
those
who
announced
beforehand
concerning
the
coming
of
the
Just
One,
of
whom
{\BD{ye}}
have
now
become deliverers up
and
murderers!
\VS{53}who
have
received
the
law
as
ordained
by [the] ministry
of
angels,
and
have
not
kept [it].
\VS{54}And
hearing
these
things
they
were
cut
to
the
heart,
and gnashed
their
teeth
against
him.
\VS{55}But
being
full
of [the]
Holy
Spirit,
having
fixed
his eyes
on
heaven,
he
saw [the]
glory
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:55 }
Elohim}God,
and
Jesus
standing
at
the
right
hand
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:55 }
Elohim}God,
\VS{56}and
said,
Lo,
I
behold
the
heavens
opened,
and
the
Son
of
man
standing
at
the
right
hand
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:56 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{57}And
they
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice,
and held
their
ears,
and
rushed
upon
him
with
one
accord;
\VS{58}and having
cast [him]
out
of
the
city,
they
stoned [him].
And
the
witnesses
laid
aside
their
clothes
at
the
feet
of
a
young
man
called
Saul.
\VS{59}And
they
stoned
Stephen, praying,
and
saying,
Lord
Jesus,
receive
my
spirit.
\VS{60}And kneeling
down,
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
Lord,
lay
not
this
sin
to
their charge.
And having
said
this,
he
fell
asleep.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Saul
was consenting
to
his
being killed.
And
on
that
day
there
arose
a
great
persecution
against
the
assembly
which
was
in
Jerusalem,
and
all
were
scattered
into
the countries
of Judaea
and
Samaria
except
the
apostles.
\VS{2}And pious
men
buried
Stephen
and
made
great
lamentation
over
him.
\VS{3}But
Saul ravaged
the
assembly,
entering
into
the houses
one
after
another,
and
dragging
off
both
men
and
women
delivered
them
up
to
prison.
\VS{4}Those
then
that
had been
scattered
went
through [the countries] announcing
the glad tidings
of
the
word.
\VS{5}And
Philip, going
down
to
a
city
of
Samaria,
preached
the
Christ
to
them;
\VS{6}and
the
crowds
with
one
accord
gave
heed
to
the
things
spoken
by
Philip,
when
they
heard [him]
and
saw
the
signs
which
he wrought.
\VS{7}For
from
many
who
had
unclean
spirits
they
went
out,
crying
with
a
loud
voice;
and
many
that
were paralysed
and
lame
were
healed.
\VS{8}And
there
was
great
joy
in
that
city.
\VS{9}But
a
certain
man,
by
name
Simon,
had
been
before
in
the
city,
using
magic arts,
and
astonishing
the
nation
of
Samaria,
saying
that
himself
was
some
great
one.
\VS{10}To
whom
they
had
all
given heed,
from
small
to
great,
saying,
This
is
the
power
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:10 }
Elohim}God
which
is
called
great.
\VS{11}And
they gave heed
to
him,
because
that
for
a
long
time
he
had
astonished
them
by
his
magic
arts.
\VS{12}But
when
they
believed
Philip announcing
the glad tidings
concerning
the
kingdom
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:12 }
Elohim}God
and
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
they
were baptised,
both
men
and
women.
\VS{13}And
Simon
also
himself
believed;
and, having
been baptised,
continued constantly
with
Philip;
and, beholding
the
signs
and
great works
of
power
which
took
place,
was
astonished.
\VS{14}And
the
apostles
who
were
in
Jerusalem, having
heard
that
Samaria
had
received
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:14 }
Elohim}God,
sent
to
them
Peter
and
John;
\VS{15}who,
having
come
down,
prayed
for
them
that
they might
receive [the]
Holy
Spirit;
\VS{16}for
he
was
not
yet
fallen
upon
any
of
them,
only
they
were baptised
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{17}Then
they
laid
their
hands
upon
them,
and
they
received [the]
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{18}But
Simon,
having
seen
that
by
the
laying
on
of
the
hands
of
the
apostles
the [Holy]
Spirit
was
given,
offered
them
money,
\VS{19}saying,
Give
to
me
also
this
power,
in
order
that
on whomsoever
I
may
lay
hands
he
may
receive [the]
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{20}And
Peter
said
to
him, Thy
money go
with thee
to
destruction,
because thou hast
thought
that
the
gift
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:20 }
Elohim}God
can
be obtained
by
money.
\VS{21}Thou hast
neither
part
nor
lot
in
this
matter,
for thy
heart
is
not upright
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:21 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{22}Repent
therefore
of
this thy
wickedness,
and supplicate
the
Lord,
if
indeed
the thought
of thy
heart
may
be
forgiven thee;
\VS{23}for
I
see thee
to
be
in
the
gall
of
bitterness,
and
bond
of
unrighteousness.
\VS{24}And
Simon
answering
said, Supplicate
{\BD{ye}}
for
me
to
the
Lord,
so
that
nothing
may
come
upon
me
of
the
things
of
which ye
have
spoken.
\VS{25}They
therefore,
having
testified
and
spoken
the
word
of
the
Lord,
returned
to
Jerusalem,
and announced
the glad tidings
to
many
villages
of
the
Samaritans.
\VS{26}But [the]
angel
of [the]
Lord
spoke
to
Philip,
saying,
Rise
up
and
go southward
on
the
way
which
goes
down
from
Jerusalem
to
Gaza:
the
same
is
desert.
\VS{27}And
he
rose
up
and
went.
And
lo,
an
Ethiopian,
a
eunuch,
a
man
in power
under
Candace
queen
of
the
Ethiopians,
who
was
over
all
her
treasure,
who
had
come
to
worship
at
Jerusalem,
\VS{28}was
returning
and
sitting
in
his
chariot:
and
he
was
reading
the
prophet Esaias.
\VS{29}And
the
Spirit
said
to
Philip,
Approach
and
join
this
chariot.
\VS{30}And
Philip,
running up,
heard
him
reading
the
prophet Esaias,
and
said, Dost thou
then
know
what thou art
reading
of?
\VS{31}And
he
said,
How
should
I
then
be
able
unless
some
one
guide
me?
And
he
begged
Philip
to
come
up
and
sit
with
him.
\VS{32}And
the
passage
of
the
scripture
which
he
read
was
this:
He
was
led
as
a
sheep
to
slaughter,
and
as
a
lamb
is dumb
in presence
of
him
that shears
him,
thus
he
opens
not
his
mouth.
\VS{33}In
his
humiliation
his
judgment
has been
taken
away,
and
who shall
declare
his
generation?
for
his
life
is
taken
from
the
earth.
\VS{34}And
the
eunuch
answering
Philip
said,
I
pray thee,
concerning
whom
does
the
prophet
say
this?
of
himself
or
of
some
other?
\VS{35}And
Philip,
opening
his
mouth
and
beginning
from
that
scripture, announced
the glad tidings
of
Jesus
to
him.
\VS{36}And
as
they
went
along
the
way,
they
came
upon
a
certain
water,
and
the
eunuch
says,
Behold
water;
what
hinders
my being baptised?
\VS{38}And
he
commanded
the
chariot
to
stop.
And
they
went
down
both
to
the
water,
both
Philip
and
the
eunuch,
and
he baptised
him.
\VS{39}But
when
they
came
up
out
of
the
water [the]
Spirit
of [the]
Lord
caught
away
Philip,
and
the
eunuch
saw
him
no
longer,
for
he
went
on
his
way
rejoicing.
\VS{40}And
Philip
was
found
at
Azotus,
and
passing
through
he announced
the glad tidings
to
all
the
cities till
he
came
to
Caesarea.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
Saul,
still
breathing out threatenings
and slaughter
against
the
disciples
of
the
Lord,
came
to
the
high
priest
\VS{2}and
asked
of
him
letters
to
Damascus,
to
the
synagogues,
so
that
if
he
found
any
who
were
of
the
way,
both
men
and
women,
he
might
bring [them]
bound
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}But
as
he
was
journeying,
it
came
to
pass
that
he drew
near
to
Damascus;
and
suddenly
there shone round
about
him
a
light
out
of
heaven,
\VS{4}and
falling
on
the
earth
he
heard
a
voice
saying
to
him,
Saul,
Saul,
why dost thou
persecute
me?
\VS{5}And
he
said,
Who art thou,
Lord?
And
he [said],
{\BD{
I}}
am
Jesus,
whom
{\BD{thou}} persecutest.
\VS{6}But
rise
up
and
enter
into
the
city,
and
it
shall
be
told thee
what thou
must
do.
\VS{7}But
the
men
who
were travelling
with
him
stood speechless,
hearing
the
voice
but beholding
no
one.
\VS{8}And
Saul
rose
up
from
the
earth,
and
his
eyes being
opened
he
saw
no
one.
But
leading [him]
by
the
hand
they
brought
him
into
Damascus.
\VS{9}And
he
was
three
days
without
seeing,
and
neither
ate
nor
drank.
\VS{10}And
there
was
a
certain
disciple
in
Damascus
by
name
Ananias.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him
in
a
vision,
Ananias.
And
he
said,
Behold, [here
am]
I,
Lord.
\VS{11}And
the
Lord [said]
to
him,
Rise
up
and
go
into
the
street
which
is
called
Straight,
and
seek
in
the
house
of
Judas
one
by
name
Saul, [he
is]
of
Tarsus:
for,
behold,
he
is
praying,
\VS{12}and
has
seen [in
a
vision]
a
man
by
name
Ananias
coming
in
and putting
his
hand
on
him,
so
that
he
should
see.
\VS{13}And
Ananias
answered,
Lord,
I
have
heard
from
many
concerning
this
man
how
much
evil
he
has
done
to thy
saints
at
Jerusalem;
\VS{14}and
here
he
has
authority
from
the
chief
priests
to
bind
all
who
call upon thy
name.
\VS{15}And
the
Lord
said
to
him,
Go,
for
this [man]
is
an elect
vessel
to
me,
to
bear
my
name
before
both
nations
and
kings
and [the]
sons
of
Israel:
\VS{16}for
{\BD{
I}}
will shew
to
him
how
much
he
must
suffer
for my
name.
\VS{17}And
Ananias
went
and
entered
into
the
house;
and
laying
his
hands
upon
him
he
said,
Saul,
brother,
the
Lord
has
sent
me,
Jesus
that
appeared
to thee
in
the
way
in
which thou camest,
that thou mightest
see,
and
be
filled
with [the]
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{18}And straightway
there
fell
from
his
eyes
as
it
were
scales,
and
he saw,
and
rising
up
was baptised;
\VS{19}and, having
received
food,
got strength.
And
he
was
with
the
disciples
who [were]
in
Damascus
certain
days.
\VS{20}And straightway
in
the
synagogues
he
preached
Jesus
that
{\BD{
he}}
is
the
Son
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:20 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{21}And
all
who
heard
were
astonished
and
said,
Is
not
this
{\BD{
he}}
who
destroyed
in
Jerusalem
those
who
called
on
this
name,
and
here
was
come
for
this
purpose,
that
he
might
bring
them
bound
to
the
chief
priests?
\VS{22}But
Saul increased
the
more
in power,
and confounded
the
Jews
who dwelt
in
Damascus,
proving
that
this
is
the
Christ.
\VS{23}Now
when
many
days
were
fulfilled,
the
Jews consulted
together
to
kill
him.
\VS{24}But
their
plot
became
known
to
Saul.
And
they
watched
also
the
gates
both
day
and
night,
that
they
might
kill
him;
\VS{25}but
the
disciples
took
him
by
night
and
let
him
down
through
the
wall, lowering
him
in
a
basket.
\VS{26}And having
arrived
at
Jerusalem
he essayed
to
join
himself
to
the
disciples,
and
all
were
afraid
of
him,
not
believing
that
he
was
a
disciple.
\VS{27}But
Barnabas
took
him
and
brought
him
to
the
apostles,
and
related
to
them
how
he
had
seen
the
Lord
in
the
way,
and
that
he
had
spoken
to
him,
and
how
in
Damascus
he
had
spoken
boldly
in
the
name
of
Jesus.
\VS{28}And
he
was
with
them
coming
in
and
going
out
at
Jerusalem,
\VS{29}and
speaking boldly
in
the name
of
the Lord.
And
he
spoke
and discussed
with
the Hellenists;
but
they sought
to
kill
him.
\VS{30}And
the
brethren knowing
it,
brought
him
down
to
Caesarea
and
sent
him
away
to
Tarsus.
\VS{31}The assemblies
then
throughout
the
whole
of Judaea
and
Galilee
and
Samaria
had
peace,
being
edified
and
walking
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
and
were
increased
through
the
comfort
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{32}Now
it
came
to
pass
that
Peter,
passing
through
all [quarters], descended
also
to
the
saints
who inhabited
Lydda.
\VS{33}And
he
found
there
a
certain
man,
Aeneas
by
name,
who
had
been
lying
for
eight
years
upon
a couch,
who
was paralysed.
\VS{34}And
Peter
said
to
him,
Aeneas,
Jesus,
the
Christ,
heals thee:
rise
up,
and
make thy couch
for thyself.
And straightway
he
rose
up.
\VS{35}And
all
who inhabited
Lydda
and
the Saron
saw
him,
who
turned
to
the
Lord.
\VS{36}And
in
Joppa
there
was
a
certain female
disciple,
by
name
Tabitha,
which
being interpreted
means
Dorcas.
She
was
full
of
good
works
and alms-deeds
which
she
did.
\VS{37}And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days
that
she grew
sick
and
died;
and, having
washed
her,
they
put
her
in [the]
upper
room.
\VS{38}But
Lydda
being
near
to
Joppa,
the
disciples having
heard
that
Peter
was
there,
sent
two
men
to
him,
beseeching
him, Thou
must
not
delay
coming
to
us.
\VS{39}And
Peter
rising
up
went
with
them,
whom,
when
arrived,
they
brought
up
into
the
upper chamber;
and
all
the
widows
stood
by
him
weeping
and shewing
him
the body-coats
and
garments
which
Dorcas
had
made
while
she
was
with
them.
\VS{40}But
Peter,
putting
them
all
out,
and kneeling
down,
prayed.
And,
turning
to
the
body,
he
said,
Tabitha,
arise.
And
she
opened
her
eyes,
and,
seeing
Peter,
sat
up.
\VS{41}And having
given
her [his]
hand,
he
raised
her
up,
and having
called
the
saints
and
the
widows,
presented
her
living.
\VS{42}And
it
became
known
throughout
the
whole
of
Joppa,
and
many
believed
on
the
Lord.
\VS{43}And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
remained
many
days
in
Joppa
with
a
certain
Simon,
a
tanner.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
a
certain
man
in
Caesarea, —
by
name
Cornelius,
a
centurion
of
the band
called Italic,
\VS{2}pious,
and
fearing
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:2 }
Elohim}God
with
all
his
house, [both]
giving
much
alms
to
the
people,
and supplicating
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:2 }
Elohim}God
continually,
\VS{3}—
saw plainly
in
a
vision,
about
the ninth
hour
of
the
day,
an
angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:3 }
Elohim}God
coming unto
him,
and
saying
to
him,
Cornelius.
\VS{4}But
he, having
fixed
his eyes
upon
him,
and
become full
of fear,
said,
What
is
it,
Lord?
And
he
said
to
him, Thy
prayers
and thine
alms
have
gone
up
for
a
memorial
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:4 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{5}And
now
send
men
to
Joppa
and fetch
Simon,
who
is surnamed
Peter.
\VS{6}He lodges
with
a
certain
Simon,
a
tanner,
whose
house
is
by
the
sea.
\VS{7}And
when
the
angel
who
was
speaking
to
him
had
departed, having
called
two
of
his
household
and
a pious
soldier
of
those
who
were constantly
with
him,
\VS{8}and
related
all
things
to
them,
he
sent
them
to
Joppa.
\VS{9}And
on
the morrow,
as
these
were journeying
and
drawing
near
to
the
city,
Peter
went
up
on
the house
to
pray,
about
the
sixth
hour.
\VS{10}And
he
became
hungry
and
desired
to
eat.
But
as
they
were
making ready
an ecstasy
came
upon
him:
\VS{11}and
he
beholds
the
heaven
opened,
and
a
certain
vessel
descending,
as
a
great
sheet, [bound]
by [the]
four
corners [and]
let
down
to
the
earth;
\VS{12}in
which
were
all
the quadrupeds
and creeping
things
of
the
earth,
and
the fowls
of
the
heaven.
\VS{13}And
there
was
a
voice
to
him,
Rise,
Peter, slay
and
eat.
\VS{14}And
Peter
said,
In
no wise,
Lord;
for
I
have
never
eaten
anything
common
or
unclean.
\VS{15}And [there
was]
a
voice
again
the
second
time
to
him,
What
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:15 }
Elohim}God
has
cleansed,
do
not
{\BD{thou}}
make common.
\VS{16}And
this
took
place thrice,
and
the
vessel
was straightway
taken
up
into
heaven.
\VS{17}And
as
Peter doubted
in
himself
what
the
vision
which
he
had
seen might
mean,
behold
also
the
men
who
were
sent
by
Cornelius, having sought
out
the
house
of
Simon,
stood
at
the
gate,
\VS{18}and having
called [some
one],
they
inquired
if
Simon
who
was surnamed
Peter
was lodged
there.
\VS{19}But
as
Peter continued pondering
over
the
vision,
the
Spirit
said
to
him,
Behold, three
men
seek thee;
\VS{20}but
rise
up,
go
down,
and
go
with
them,
nothing
doubting,
because
{\BD{
I}}
have
sent
them.
\VS{21}And
Peter
going
down
to
the
men
said,
Behold,
{\BD{
I}}
am
he
whom ye
seek:
what
is
the
cause
for
which ye
come?
\VS{22}And
they
said,
Cornelius,
a
centurion,
a
righteous
man,
and
fearing
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:22 }
Elohim}God,
and borne
witness
to
by
the
whole
nation
of
the
Jews,
has
been
divinely instructed
by
a
holy
angel
to
send
for thee
to
his
house,
and
hear
words
from thee.
\VS{23}Having
therefore
invited
them
in,
he lodged
them.
And
on
the morrow,
rising
up
he
went
away
with
them,
and
certain
of
the
brethren
from
Joppa
went
with
him.
\VS{24}And
on
the morrow
they
came
to
Caesarea.
But
Cornelius
was
looking
for
them, having
called
together
his kinsmen
and [his] intimate
friends.
\VS{25}And
when
Peter
was
now
coming
in,
Cornelius
met
him,
and
falling
down
did [him] homage.
\VS{26}But
Peter
made
him
rise,
saying,
Rise
up:
{\BD{
I}}
myself
also
am
a
man.
\VS{27}And
he
went
in, talking
with
him,
and
found
many
gathered
together.
\VS{28}And
he
said
to
them,
{\BD{Ye}}
know
how
it
is
unlawful
for
a
Jew
to
be
joined
or
come
to
one
of
a strange race,
and
to
{\BD{
me}}
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:28 }
Elohim}God
has shewn
to
call
no
man
common
or
unclean.
\VS{29}Wherefore
also,
having
been
sent
for,
I
came
without
saying
anything against
it.
I
inquire
therefore
for
what
reason ye
have
sent
for
me.
\VS{30}And
Cornelius
said,
Four
days
ago
I
had
been [fasting] unto
this
hour,
and
the ninth [I
was]
praying
in
my
house,
and
lo,
a
man
stood
before
me
in
bright
clothing,
\VS{31}and
said,
Cornelius, thy
prayer
has
been
heard,
and thy
alms
have come
in
remembrance
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:31 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{32}Send
therefore
to
Joppa
and fetch
Simon,
who
is surnamed
Peter;
he lodges
in
the
house
of
Simon,
a
tanner,
by
the
sea [who
when
he
is come
will speak
to thee].
\VS{33}Immediately
therefore
I
sent
to thee,
and
{\BD{thou}} hast
well
done
in
coming.
Now
therefore
{\BD{
we}}
are
all
present
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:33 }
Elohim}God
to
hear
all
things
that
are
commanded thee
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:33 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{34}And
Peter
opening
his
mouth
said,
Of
a
truth
I perceive
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:34 }
Elohim}God
is
no respecter
of persons,
\VS{35}but
in
every
nation
he
that
fears
him
and works
righteousness
is
acceptable
to
him.
\VS{36}The
word
which
he
sent
to
the
sons
of
Israel,
preaching
peace
by
Jesus
Christ, ({\BD{
he}}
is
Lord
of
all
things,)
\VS{37}{\BD{ye}}
know;
the testimony
which
has spread
through
the
whole
of Judaea,
beginning
from
Galilee
after
the
baptism
which
John
preached —
\VS{38}Jesus
who [was]
of
Nazareth:
how
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:38 }
Elohim}God
anointed
him
with [the]
Holy
Spirit
and
with
power;
who
went
through [all quarters]
doing
good,
and
healing
all
that
were
under
the
power
of
the
devil,
because
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:38 }
Elohim}God
was
with
him.
\VS{39}{\BD{
We}}
also [are]
witnesses
of
all
things
which
he
did
both
in
the
country
of
the
Jews
and
in
Jerusalem;
whom
they
also
slew,
having
hanged
him
on
a
cross.
\VS{40}This [man]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:40 }
Elohim}God
raised
up
the
third
day
and
gave
him
to
be openly
seen,
\VS{41}not
of
all
the
people,
but
of
witnesses
who
were
chosen
before
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:41 }
Elohim}God,
{\BD{
us}}
who
have eaten
and drunk
with
him
after
he
arose
from
among [the]
dead.
\VS{42}And
he
commanded us
to
preach
to
the
people,
and
to
testify
that
{\BD{
he}}
it
is
who
was determinately
appointed
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:42 }
Elohim}God [to
be]
judge
of
living
and
dead.
\VS{43}To
him
all
the
prophets
bear
witness
that
every
one
that
believes
on
him
will
receive
through
his
name remission
of
sins.
\VS{44}While
Peter
was
yet
speaking
these
words
the
Holy
Spirit
fell
upon
all
those
who
were
hearing
the
word.
\VS{45}And
the
faithful
of
the
circumcision
were
astonished,
as
many
as
came
with
Peter,
that
upon
the
nations
also
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Spirit
was poured
out:
\VS{46}for
they
heard
them
speaking
with
tongues
and magnifying
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:46 }
Elohim}God.
Then
Peter
answered,
\VS{47}Can
any
one
forbid
water
that
these
should
not
be baptised,
who
have
received
the
Holy
Spirit
as
we
also [did]?
\VS{48}And
he
commanded
them
to
be baptised
in
the
name
of
the Lord.
Then
they
begged
him
to
stay
some
days.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
apostles
and
the
brethren
who
were
in Judaea
heard
that
the
nations
also
had
received
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:1 }
Elohim}God;
\VS{2}and
when
Peter
went
up
to
Jerusalem,
they
of
the
circumcision contended
with
him,
\VS{3}saying, Thou wentest
in
to
men
uncircumcised
and hast eaten
with
them.
\VS{4}But
Peter
began
and
set forth [the matter]
to
them
in
order,
saying,
\VS{5}I
was
in
the
city
of
Joppa
praying,
and
in
an ecstasy
I
saw
a
vision,
a
certain
vessel
descending
like
a
great
sheet,
let
down
by
four
corners
out
of
heaven,
and
it
came
even
to
me:
\VS{6}on
which having
fixed mine eyes,
I considered,
and
saw
the quadrupeds
of
the
earth,
and
the
wild
beasts,
and
the creeping
things,
and
the fowls
of
the
heaven.
\VS{7}And
I
heard
also
a
voice
saying
to
me,
Rise
up,
Peter, slay
and
eat.
\VS{8}And
I
said,
In
no wise,
Lord,
for
common
or
unclean
has
never
entered
into
my
mouth.
\VS{9}And
a
voice
answered
the
second
time
out
of
heaven,
What
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:9 }
Elohim}God
has
cleansed,
do
not
{\BD{thou}}
make common.
\VS{10}And
this
took
place thrice,
and
again
all
was
drawn
up
into
heaven;
\VS{11}and
lo,
immediately
three
men
were
at
the
house
in
which
I
was,
sent
to
me
from
Caesarea.
\VS{12}And
the
Spirit
said
to
me
to
go
with
them,
nothing
doubting.
And
there
went
with
me
these
six
brethren
also,
and
we
entered
into
the
house
of
the
man,
\VS{13}and
he related
to
us
how
he
had
seen
the
angel
in
his
house,
standing
and
saying [to
him],
Send [men]
to
Joppa
and fetch
Simon,
who
is surnamed
Peter,
\VS{14}who
shall
speak
words
to thee whereby
{\BD{thou}} shalt
be
saved, thou
and
all thy
house.
\VS{15}And
as
I
began
to
speak,
the
Holy
Spirit
fell
upon
them
even
as
upon
us
also
at
the
beginning.
\VS{16}And
I
remembered
the
word
of
the
Lord,
how
he
said,
John baptised
with
water,
but
{\BD{ye}}
shall
be baptised
with [the]
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{17}If
then
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:17 }
Elohim}God
has
given
them
the
same
gift
as
also
to
us
when
we
had
believed
on
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
indeed
was
{\BD{
I}}
to
be
able
to
forbid
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:17 }
Elohim}God?
\VS{18}And
when
they
heard
these
things
they held
their peace,
and
glorified
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:18 }
Elohim}God,
saying,
Then
indeed
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:18 }
Elohim}God
has
to
the
nations
also
granted
repentance
to
life.
\VS{19}They
then
who
had
been
scattered abroad
through
the
tribulation
that
took
place
on
the occasion
of
Stephen,
passed
through [the country]
to
Phoenicia
and
Cyprus
and
Antioch,
speaking
the
word
to
no
one
but
to
Jews
alone.
\VS{20}But
there
were
certain
of
them, Cyprians
and
Cyrenians,
who entering
into
Antioch
spoke
to
the
Greeks
also, announcing
the glad tidings
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{21}And [the] Lord's
hand
was
with
them,
and
a
great
number
believed
and
turned
to
the
Lord.
\VS{22}And
the
report
concerning
them
reached
the
ears
of
the
assembly
which
was
in
Jerusalem,
and
they
sent
out
Barnabas
to go
through
as
far
as
Antioch:
\VS{23}who, having
arrived
and
seeing
the
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:23 }
Elohim}God,
rejoiced,
and
exhorted
all
with
purpose
of
heart
to abide
with
the
Lord;
\VS{24}for
he
was
a
good
man
and
full
of [the]
Holy
Spirit
and
of
faith;
and
a
large
crowd [of
people]
were
added
to
the
Lord.
\VS{25}And
he
went
away
to
Tarsus
to seek
out
Saul.
\VS{26}And having
found [him],
he
brought
him
to
Antioch.
And
so
it
was
with
them
that
for
a
whole
year
they
were
gathered
together
in
the
assembly
and
taught
a
large
crowd:
and
the
disciples
were
first
called
Christians
in
Antioch.
\VS{27}Now
in
these
days
prophets
went
down
from
Jerusalem
to
Antioch;
\VS{28}and
one
from
among
them,
by
name
Agabus,
rose
up
and signified
by
the
Spirit
that
there
was
going
to
be
a
great
famine
over
all
the
inhabited
earth,
which
also
came
to
pass
under
Claudius.
\VS{29}And
they
determined, according
as
any
one
of
the
disciples
was
well off,
each
of
them
to
send
to
the
brethren
who dwelt
in Judaea,
to minister [to
them];
\VS{30}which
also
they
did,
sending
it
to
the
elders
by
the
hand
of
Barnabas
and
Saul.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
that
time
Herod
the
king
laid
his
hands
on
some
of
those
of
the
assembly
to do
them hurt,
\VS{2}and
slew
James,
the
brother
of
John,
with
the
sword.
\VS{3}And
seeing
that
it
was
pleasing
to
the
Jews,
he
went
on
to take
Peter
also: (and
they
were
the
days
of
unleavened bread:)
\VS{4}whom having
seized
he
put
in
prison, having
delivered
him
to
four quaternions
of
soldiers
to
keep, purposing
after
the
passover
to
bring
him
out
to
the
people.
\VS{5}Peter
therefore
was
kept
in
the
prison;
but unceasing
prayer
was
made
by
the
assembly
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:5 }
Elohim}God
concerning
him.
\VS{6}And
when
Herod
was
going
to
bring
him forth,
that
night
Peter
was
sleeping
between
two
soldiers,
bound
with
two
chains,
and
guards
before
the
door
kept
the
prison.
\VS{7}And
lo,
an
angel
of [the]
Lord
came
there,
and
a
light
shone
in
the prison:
and having smitten
the
side
of
Peter,
he roused
him
up,
saying,
Rise
up
quickly.
And
his
chains fell off
his
hands.
\VS{8}And
the
angel
said
to
him,
Gird thyself,
and bind
on thy
sandals.
And
he
did
so.
And
he
says
to
him, Cast thine upper
garment
about thee
and
follow
me.
\VS{9}And
going
forth
he
followed [him]
and
did
not
know
that
what
was
happening
by
means
of
the
angel
was
real,
but
supposed
he
saw
a
vision.
\VS{10}And having
passed
through
a
first
and
second
guard,
they
came
to
the
iron
gate
which
leads
into
the
city,
which
opened
to
them
of
itself;
and
going
forth
they
went down
one
street,
and
immediately
the
angel
left
him.
\VS{11}And
Peter,
being
come
to
himself,
said,
Now
I
know
certainly
that [the]
Lord
has
sent
forth
his
angel
and
has
taken
me
out
of
the
hand
of
Herod
and
all
the
expectation
of
the
people
of
the
Jews.
\VS{12}And having become clearly conscious [in himself],
he
came
to
the
house
of
Mary,
the
mother
of
John
who
was surnamed
Mark,
where
were
many
gathered
together
and
praying.
\VS{13}And
when
he
had
knocked
at
the
door
of
the entry,
a maid
came
to listen,
by
name
Rhoda;
\VS{14}and having recognised
the
voice
of
Peter,
through
joy did
not
open
the entry,
but running
in,
reported
that
Peter
was
standing
before
the entry.
\VS{15}And
they
said
to
her, Thou art
mad.
But
she
maintained
that
it
was
so.
And
they
said,
It
is
his
angel.
\VS{16}But
Peter
continued
knocking:
and having
opened,
they
saw
him
and
were
astonished.
\VS{17}And having
made
a sign
to
them
with
his
hand
to
be
silent,
he
related [to
them]
how
the
Lord
had
brought
him
out
of
prison;
and
he
said,
Report
these
things
to
James
and
to
the
brethren.
And
he
went
out
and
went
to
another
place.
\VS{18}And
when
it
was
day
there
was
no
small
disturbance
among
the
soldiers,
what
then
was
become
of
Peter.
\VS{19}And
Herod having
sought
him
and
not
found
him, having
examined
the
guards,
commanded [them]
to
be executed.
And
he
went
down
from Judaea
to
Caesarea
and
stayed [there].
\VS{20}And
he
was
in bitter hostility
with [the] Tyrians
and Sidonians;
but
they
came
to
him
with
one
accord,
and,
having gained
Blastus
the king's chamberlain, sought
peace,
because
their
country
was
nourished
by
the king's.
\VS{21}And
on
a set
day, clothed
in
royal
apparel
and
sitting
on
the elevated
seat [of honour],
Herod made
a public oration
to
them.
\VS{22}And
the
people cried out,
A
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:22 }
Elohim}god's
voice
and
not
a man's.
\VS{23}And
immediately
an
angel
of [the]
Lord smote
him,
because
he
did
not
give
the
glory
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:23 }
Elohim}God,
and
he expired,
eaten
of
worms.
\VS{24}But
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:24 }
Elohim}God
grew
and spread itself.
\VS{25}And
Barnabas
and
Saul
returned
from
Jerusalem, having
fulfilled
the
service [entrusted
to them],
taking
also
with them
John, surnamed
Mark.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
were
in
Antioch,
in
the
assembly
which
was [there],
prophets
and
teachers:
Barnabas,
and
Simeon
who
was
called
Niger,
and
Lucius
the Cyrenian,
and
Manaen, foster-brother
of
Herod
the tetrarch,
and
Saul.
\VS{2}And
as
they
were
ministering
to
the
Lord
and
fasting,
the
Holy
Spirit
said,
Separate
me
now
Barnabas
and
Saul
for
the
work
to
which
I
have
called
them.
\VS{3}Then, having
fasted
and
prayed,
and having
laid [their]
hands
on
them,
they
let [them]
go.
\VS{4}They
therefore,
having been
sent forth
by
the
Holy
Spirit,
went
down
to
Seleucia,
and thence
sailed
away
to
Cyprus.
\VS{5}And
being
in
Salamis,
they
announced
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:5 }
Elohim}God
in
the
synagogues
of
the
Jews.
And
they
had
John
also
as [their]
attendant.
\VS{6}And having
passed
through
the
whole
island
as
far
as
Paphos,
they
found
a
certain
man
a
magician,
a
false
prophet,
a
Jew,
whose
name
was
Bar-jesus,
\VS{7}who
was
with
the
proconsul
Sergius
Paulus,
an
intelligent
man.
{\BD{
He}}, having
called
Barnabas
and
Saul
to [him], desired
to
hear
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:7 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{8}But
Elymas
the
magician (for
so
his
name
is
by interpretation)
opposed
them,
seeking
to
turn
away
the
proconsul
from
the
faith.
\VS{9}But
Saul,
who
also [is]
Paul,
filled
with [the]
Holy
Spirit,
fixing
his eyes upon
him,
\VS{10}said,
O
full
of
all
deceit
and
all craft:
son
of [the]
devil,
enemy
of
all
righteousness; wilt thou
not
cease perverting
the
right
paths
of [the]
Lord?
\VS{11}And
now
behold, [the] Lord's
hand [is]
upon thee,
and thou shalt
be
blind,
not
seeing
the
sun
for
a
season.
And
immediately
there
fell
upon
him
a
mist
and
darkness;
and
going
about
he
sought persons
who
should
lead
him
by
the
hand.
\VS{12}Then
the
proconsul,
seeing
what
had
happened,
believed,
being
amazed
at
the
teaching
of
the
Lord.
\VS{13}And having sailed
from
Paphos,
Paul
and
his company
came
to
Perga
of
Pamphylia;
and
John separated
from
them
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{14}But
they,
passing
through
from
Perga,
came
to
Antioch
of
Pisidia;
and
entering
into
the
synagogue
on
the
sabbath
day
they
sat
down.
\VS{15}And
after
the
reading
of
the
law
and
the
prophets,
the rulers
of
the
synagogue
sent
to
them,
saying,
Brethren,
if ye
have
any
word
of
exhortation
to
the
people,
speak.
\VS{16}And
Paul,
rising
up
and making
a sign
with
the
hand,
said,
Israelites,
and ye
that
fear
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:16 }
Elohim}God, hearken.
\VS{17}The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:17 }
Elohim}God
of
this
people
Israel
chose
our
fathers,
and
exalted
the
people
in
their sojourn
in [the]
land
of
Egypt,
and
with
a
high
arm
brought
them
out
of
it,
\VS{18}and
for
a
time
of
about
forty years
he nursed
them
in
the
desert.
\VS{19}And having
destroyed
seven
nations
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
he gave
them
their
land
as
an
inheritance.
\VS{20}And
after
these
things
he
gave [them]
judges till
Samuel
the
prophet, [to
the
end
of]
about
four
hundred
and
fifty
years.
\VS{21}And
then
they
asked
for
a
king,
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:21 }
Elohim}God
gave
to
them
Saul,
son
of Kis,
a
man
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin, during
forty
years.
\VS{22}And
having
removed
him
he
raised
up
to
them
David
for
king,
of
whom
also
bearing
witness
he
said,
I
have
found
David,
the son
of
Jesse,
a
man
after
my
heart,
who
shall
do
all
my
will.
\VS{23}Of
this man's
seed
according
to
promise
has
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:23 }
Elohim}God
brought
to
Israel
a Saviour,
Jesus;
\VS{24}John having
proclaimed
before
the
face
of
his entry [among
the
people] [the]
baptism
of
repentance
to
all
the
people
of
Israel.
\VS{25}And
as
John
was fulfilling
his
course
he
said,
Whom
do ye
suppose
that
I
am?
{\BD{
I}}
am
not [he].
But
behold,
there
comes
one
after
me,
the
sandal
of
whose
feet
I
am
not
worthy
to
loose.
\VS{26}Brethren,
sons
of Abraham's
race,
and
those
who
among
you
fear
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:26 }
Elohim}God,
to
you
has
the
word
of
this
salvation
been
sent:
\VS{27}for
those
who
dwell
in
Jerusalem,
and
their
rulers,
not having known
him,
have
fulfilled
also
the
voices
of
the
prophets
which
are
read
on
every
sabbath, [by]
judging [him].
\VS{28}And having
found
no
cause
of
death [in
him],
they begged
of
Pilate
that
he
might
be
slain.
\VS{29}And
when
they
had
fulfilled
all
things
written
concerning
him,
they
took
him
down
from
the
cross
and
put
him
in
a sepulchre;
\VS{30}but
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:30 }
Elohim}God
raised
him
from
among [the]
dead,
\VS{31}who
appeared
for
many
days
to
those
who
had
come
up
with
him
from
Galilee
to
Jerusalem,
who
are
now
his
witnesses
to
the
people.
\VS{32}And
{\BD{
we}} declare unto
you
the glad tidings
of
the
promise
made
to
the
fathers,
\VS{33}that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:33 }
Elohim}God
has
fulfilled
this
to
us
their
children, having
raised
up
Jesus;
as
it
is
also
written
in
the
second
psalm,
{\BD{Thou}} art
my
Son:
this
day
have
{\BD{
I}}
begotten thee.
\VS{34}But
that
he
raised
him
from
among [the]
dead,
no
more
to
return
to corruption,
he
spoke
thus:
I
will
give
to
you
the
faithful mercies
of
David.
\VS{35}Wherefore
also
he
says
in
another, Thou wilt
not
suffer thy gracious
one
to
see corruption.
\VS{36}For
David
indeed, having
in
his
own
generation
ministered
to
the
will
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:36 }
Elohim}God,
fell
asleep,
and
was
added
to
his
fathers
and
saw corruption.
\VS{37}But
he
whom
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:37 }
Elohim}God
raised
up
did
not
see corruption.
\VS{38}Be
it
known unto
you,
therefore,
brethren,
that
through
this
man remission
of
sins
is preached
to
you,
\VS{39}and
from
all
things
from
which ye
could
not
be
justified
in
the
law
of
Moses,
in
him
every
one
that
believes
is
justified.
\VS{40}See
therefore
that
that
which
is
spoken
in
the
prophets
do
not
come
upon [you],
\VS{41}Behold, ye despisers,
and
wonder
and
perish;
for
{\BD{
I}}
work
a
work
in
your
days,
a
work
which ye
will
in
no wise
believe
if
one declare
it
to
you.
\VS{42}And
as
they went out
they
begged
that
these
words might
be
spoken
to
them
the ensuing
sabbath.
\VS{43}And
the congregation
of
the
synagogue
having
broken up,
many
of
the
Jews
and
of
the worshipping
proselytes
followed
Paul
and
Barnabas,
who
speaking
to
them,
persuaded
them
to
continue
in
the
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:43 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{44}And
on
the
coming
sabbath
almost
all
the
city
was
gathered
together
to
hear
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:44 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{45}But
the
Jews,
seeing
the
crowds,
were
filled
with envy,
and contradicted
the
things
said
by
Paul, [contradicting
and]
speaking injuriously.
\VS{46}And
Paul
and
Barnabas
spoke
boldly
and
said,
It
was
necessary
that
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:46 }
Elohim}God
should
be
first
spoken
to
you;
but,
since ye thrust
it
from
you,
and
judge
yourselves
unworthy
of
eternal
life,
lo,
we
turn
to
the
nations;
\VS{47}for
thus
has
the
Lord enjoined
us:
I
have
set thee
for
a
light
of
the
nations,
that thou shouldest
be
for
salvation
to
the
end
of
the
earth.
\VS{48}And [those
of]
the
nations,
hearing
it,
rejoiced,
and
glorified
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
believed,
as
many
as
were ordained
to
eternal
life.
\VS{49}And
the
word
of
the
Lord
was carried
through
the
whole
country.
\VS{50}But
the
Jews excited
the
women
of
the upper classes
who
were worshippers,
and
the
first
people
of
the
city,
and raised
a
persecution
against
Paul
and
Barnabas,
and
cast
them
out
of
their coasts.
\VS{51}But
they, having shaken
off
the
dust
of
their
feet
against
them,
came
to
Iconium.
\VS{52}And
the
disciples
were
filled
with
joy
and [the]
Holy
Spirit.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
Iconium
that
they
entered
together
into
the
synagogue
of
the
Jews,
and
so spake
that
a
great
multitude
of
both
Jews
and
Greeks
believed.
\VS{2}But
the
Jews
who did
not believe
stirred up
the
minds
of [those
of]
the
nations
and made [them] evil-affected
against
the
brethren.
\VS{3}They
stayed
therefore
a
good
while,
speaking
boldly, [confiding]
in
the
Lord,
who
gave
witness
to
the
word
of
his
grace,
giving
signs
and
wonders
to
be
done
by
their
hands.
\VS{4}And
the
multitude
of
the
city
was
divided,
and
some
were
with
the
Jews
and
some
with
the
apostles.
\VS{5}And
when
an assault
was making,
both
of [those
of]
the
nations
and [the]
Jews
with
their
rulers,
to use [them] ill
and
stone
them,
\VS{6}they, being
aware
of
it,
fled
to
the
cities
of
Lycaonia,
Lystra
and
Derbe,
and
the
surrounding
country,
\VS{7}and
there
they
were announcing
the glad tidings.
\VS{8}And
a
certain
man
in
Lystra, impotent
in
his
feet,
sat, [being]
lame
from
his mother's
womb,
who
had
never
walked.
\VS{9}This [man]
heard
Paul
speaking,
who,
fixing
his eyes
on
him,
and
seeing
that
he
had
faith
to
be healed,
\VS{10}said
with
a
loud
voice,
Rise
up
straight
upon thy
feet:
and
he sprang
up
and
walked.
\VS{11}But
the
crowds,
who
saw
what
Paul
had
done,
lifted
up
their
voices
in
Lycaonian,
saying,
The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:11 }
Elohim}gods,
having
made
themselves
like
men,
are
come
down
to
us.
\VS{12}And
they
called
Barnabas Jupiter,
and
Paul Mercury,
because
he took
the
lead
in
speaking.
\VS{13}And
the
priest
of Jupiter
who
was
before
the
city, having
brought
bulls
and
garlands
to
the
gates,
would
have done
sacrifice
along
with
the
crowds.
\VS{14}But
the
apostles
Barnabas
and
Paul, having
heard [it], rent
their
garments,
and
rushed
out
to
the
crowd,
crying
\VS{15}and
saying,
Men,
why
do ye
these
things?
{\BD{
We}}
also
are
men
of
like passions
with
you,
preaching
to
you
to
turn
from
these vanities
to
the
living
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:15 }
Elohim}God,
who
made
the
heaven,
and
the
earth,
and
the
sea,
and
all
things
in
them;
\VS{16}who
in
the
past
generations suffered
all
the
nations
to
go
in
their
own
ways,
\VS{17}though
indeed
he
did
not
leave
himself
without
witness, doing
good,
and
giving
to
you
from
heaven
rain
and
fruitful
seasons, filling
your
hearts
with
food
and
gladness.
\VS{18}And
saying
these
things,
they
with
difficulty
kept
the
crowds
from sacrificing
to
them.
\VS{19}But
there
came
Jews
from
Antioch
and
Iconium,
and
having
persuaded
the
crowds
and
stoned
Paul, drew
him
out
of
the
city,
supposing
him
to
have
died.
\VS{20}But
while
the
disciples
encircled
him,
he
rose
up
and
entered
into
the
city.
And
on
the morrow
he
went
away
with
Barnabas
to
Derbe.
\VS{21}And having announced
the glad tidings
to
that
city,
and having
made
many
disciples,
they
returned
to
Lystra,
and
Iconium,
and
Antioch,
\VS{22}establishing
the
souls
of
the
disciples,
exhorting
them
to
abide
in
the
faith,
and
that
through
many
tribulations
we
must
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:22 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{23}And having chosen
them
elders
in
each
assembly, having
prayed
with
fastings,
they committed
them
to
the
Lord,
on
whom
they
had
believed.
\VS{24}And having
passed
through
Pisidia
they
came
to
Pamphylia,
\VS{25}and having
spoken
the
word
in
Perga,
they
came
down
to
Attalia;
\VS{26}and thence
they
sailed away
to
Antioch, whence
they
had
been
committed
to
the
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:26 }
Elohim}God
for
the
work
which
they
had
fulfilled.
\VS{27}And
having
arrived,
and
having brought
together
the
assembly,
they related
to
them
all
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:27 }
Elohim}God
had
done
with
them,
and
that
he
had
opened
a
door
of
faith
to
the
nations.
\VS{28}And
they
stayed
no
little
time
with
the
disciples.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
certain persons, having
come
down
from Judaea,
taught
the
brethren,
If ye
shall
not
have
been
circumcised according
to
the
custom
of
Moses, ye
cannot
be
saved.
\VS{2}A commotion
therefore having
taken
place,
and
no
small
discussion
on
the
part
of
Paul
and
Barnabas
against
them,
they arranged
that
Paul
and
Barnabas,
and
certain
others
from amongst
them,
should
go
up
to
Jerusalem
to
the
apostles
and
elders
about
this question.
\VS{3}They
therefore,
having
been set
on
their
way
by
the
assembly,
passed
through
Phoenicia
and
Samaria, relating
the
conversion
of [those
of]
the
nations.
And
they
caused
great
joy
to
all
the
brethren.
\VS{4}And being
arrived
at
Jerusalem,
they
were
received
by
the
assembly,
and
the
apostles,
and
the
elders,
and related
all
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:4 }
Elohim}God
had wrought
with
them.
\VS{5}And
some
of
those
who
were
of
the
sect
of
the
Pharisees,
who
believed, rose
up
from
among [them],
saying
that
they
ought
to
circumcise
them
and enjoin
them
to
keep
the
law
of
Moses.
\VS{6}And
the
apostles
and
the
elders
were
gathered
together
to
see
about
this
matter.
\VS{7}And
much
discussion having
taken
place,
Peter,
standing
up,
said
to
them,
Brethren,
{\BD{ye}}
know
that
from
the earliest
days
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:7 }
Elohim}God amongst
you
chose
that
the
nations
by
my
mouth
should
hear
the
word
of
the glad tidings
and
believe.
\VS{8}And
the heart-knowing
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:8 }
Elohim}God bore
them
witness,
giving [them]
the
Holy
Spirit
as
to
us
also,
\VS{9}and put
no difference
between us
and
them, having purified
their
hearts
by
faith.
\VS{10}Now
therefore
why
tempt ye
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:10 }
Elohim}God,
by putting
a
yoke
upon
the
neck
of
the
disciples,
which
neither
our
fathers
nor
we
have
been
able
to
bear?
\VS{11}But
we
believe
that
we
shall
be
saved
by
the
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
in
the
same manner
as
they
also.
\VS{12}And
all
the
multitude
kept silence
and
listened
to
Barnabas
and
Paul
relating
all
the
signs
and
wonders
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:12 }
Elohim}God
had wrought
among
the
nations
by
them.
\VS{13}And
after
they
had held
their peace,
James
answered,
saying,
Brethren,
listen
to
me:
\VS{14}Simon
has
related
how
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:14 }
Elohim}God
first visited
to
take
out
of [the]
nations
a
people
for
his
name.
\VS{15}And
with
this
agree
the
words
of
the
prophets;
as
it
is
written:
\VS{16}After
these
things
I
will
return,
and
will
rebuild
the
tabernacle
of
David
which
is
fallen,
and
will
rebuild
its
ruins,
and
will set
it up,
\VS{17}so
that
the residue
of
men
may seek
out
the
Lord,
and
all
the
nations
on
whom
my
name
is invoked, saith [the]
Lord,
who
does
these
things
\VS{18}known
from
eternity.
\VS{19}Wherefore
{\BD{
I}}
judge,
not
to
trouble
those
who
from
the
nations
turn
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:19 }
Elohim}God;
\VS{20}but
to
write
to
them
to
abstain
from pollutions
of
idols,
and
from
fornication,
and
from
what
is
strangled,
and
from
blood.
\VS{21}For
Moses,
from
generations
of
old,
has
in
every
city
those
who
preach
him,
being
read
in
the
synagogues
every
sabbath.
\VS{22}Then
it
seemed
good
to
the
apostles
and
to
the
elders,
with
the
whole
assembly,
to
send
chosen
men
from
among
them
with
Paul
and
Barnabas
to
Antioch,
Judas
called Barsabas
and
Silas,
leading
men
among
the
brethren,
\VS{23}having
by
their
hand
written [thus]:
The
apostles,
and
the
elders,
and
the
brethren,
to
the
brethren
who
are
from
among [the]
nations
at
Antioch,
and [in]
Syria
and
Cilicia,
greeting:
\VS{24}Inasmuch
as
we
have
heard
that
some
who
went
out
from amongst
us
have
troubled
you
by
words,
upsetting
your
souls, [saying
that ye
must
be circumcised
and keep
the law];
to
whom
we
gave
no
commandment;
\VS{25}it
seemed
good
to us, having
arrived
at
a common judgment,
to
send
chosen
men
to
you
with
our
beloved
Barnabas
and
Paul,
\VS{26}men
who
have
given
up
their
lives
for
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{27}We
have
therefore
sent
Judas
and
Silas,
who
themselves
also
will
tell
you
by
word [of mouth]
the
same
things.
\VS{28}For
it
has
seemed
good
to
the
Holy
Spirit
and
to us
to
lay upon
you
no
greater
burden
than
these necessary
things:
\VS{29}to
abstain
from
things
sacrificed
to
idols,
and
from
blood,
and
from
what
is
strangled,
and
from
fornication; keeping
yourselves
from
which ye
will
do
well.
Farewell.
\VS{30}They
therefore, being
let
go,
came
to
Antioch,
and
having
gathered
the
multitude
delivered
to [them]
the epistle.
\VS{31}And having
read
it,
they
rejoiced
at
the
consolation.
\VS{32}And
Judas
and
Silas,
being
themselves
also
prophets,
exhorted
the
brethren
with
much discourse,
and
strengthened
them.
\VS{33}And
having passed
some
time [there],
they
were
let
go
in
peace
from
the
brethren
to
those
who
sent
them.
\VS{35}And
Paul
and
Barnabas
stayed
in
Antioch,
teaching
and announcing
the glad tidings,
with
many
others
also,
of
the
word
of
the
Lord.
\VS{36}But
after
certain
days
Paul
said
to
Barnabas,
Let
us
return
now
and
visit
the
brethren
in
every
city
where
we
have
announced
the
word
of
the
Lord, [and see]
how
they
are getting
on.
\VS{37}And
Barnabas proposed
to
take
with [them]
John
also,
called
Mark;
\VS{38}but
Paul thought
it
not
well
to
take
with
them
him
who
had abandoned
them, [going
back]
from
Pamphylia,
and
had
not
gone
with
them
to
the
work.
\VS{39}There
arose
therefore
very warm
feeling,
so
that
they
separated
from
one
another;
and
Barnabas
taking
Mark
sailed
away
to
Cyprus;
\VS{40}but
Paul having chosen
Silas
went
forth,
committed
by
the
brethren
to
the
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:40 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{41}And
he
passed
through
Syria
and
Cilicia, confirming
the assemblies.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
he
came
to
Derbe
and
Lystra:
and
behold,
a
certain
disciple
was
there,
by
name Timotheus,
son
of
a
Jewish
believing
woman,
but [the]
father
a
Greek,
\VS{2}who
had
a [good]
testimony
of
the
brethren
in
Lystra
and
Iconium.
\VS{3}Him
would
Paul
have
go
forth
with
him,
and
took [him
and]
circumcised
him
on
account
of
the
Jews
who
were
in
those
places,
for
they
all
knew
his
father
that
he
was
a
Greek.
\VS{4}And
as
they passed
through
the
cities
they instructed
them
to
observe
the
decrees
determined
on
by
the
apostles
and
elders
who
were
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{5}The assemblies
therefore
were confirmed
in
the
faith,
and increased
in
number
every
day.
\VS{6}And
having
passed
through
Phrygia
and
the
Galatian
country,
having
been
forbidden
by
the
Holy
Spirit
to
speak
the
word
in
Asia,
\VS{7}having
come
down
to
Mysia,
they attempted
to
go
to
Bithynia,
and
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
did
not
allow
them;
\VS{8}and having
passed
by
Mysia
they
descended
to
Troas.
\VS{9}And
a
vision
appeared
to
Paul
in
the
night:
There
was
a
certain
Macedonian
man,
standing
and
beseeching
him,
and
saying, Pass
over
into
Macedonia
and
help
us.
\VS{10}And
when
he
had
seen
the
vision,
immediately
we
sought
to
go
forth
to
Macedonia,
concluding
that
the
Lord
had
called
us
to announce
to
them
the glad tidings.
\VS{11}Having sailed
therefore
away
from
Troas,
we went
in
a
straight
course
to Samothracia,
and
on
the morrow
to
Neapolis,
\VS{12}and thence
to
Philippi,
which
is [the]
first
city
of
that
part
of
Macedonia,
a
colony.
And
we
were
staying
in
that
city
certain
days.
\VS{13}And
on
the
sabbath
day
we
went
outside
the
gate
by
the
river,
where
it
was
the custom
for
prayer
to
be,
and
we
sat
down
and
spoke
to
the
women
who
had
assembled.
\VS{14}And
a
certain
woman,
by
name
Lydia,
a
seller
of
purple,
of
the
city
of
Thyatira,
who worshipped
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:14 }
Elohim}God,
heard;
whose
heart
the
Lord
opened
to attend
to
the
things
spoken
by
Paul.
\VS{15}And
when
she
had
been baptised
and
her
house,
she besought [us],
saying,
If ye
have
judged
me
to
be
faithful
to
the
Lord,
come
into
my
house
and
abide [there].
And
she constrained
us.
\VS{16}And
it
came
to
pass
as
we
were
going
to
prayer
that
a
certain female slave,
having
a
spirit
of Python,
met
us,
who
brought
much
profit
to
her
masters
by prophesying.
\VS{17}She, having
followed
Paul
and
us,
cried
saying,
These
men
are bondmen
of
the
Most
High
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:17 }
Elohim}God,
who announce
to
you [the]
way
of
salvation.
\VS{18}And
this
she
did
many
days.
And
Paul,
being distressed,
turned,
and
said
to
the
spirit,
I enjoin thee
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
to
come
out
of
her.
And
it
came
out
the
same
hour.
\VS{19}And
her
masters,
seeing
that
the
hope
of
their gains
was
gone, having
seized
Paul
and
Silas,
dragged [them]
into
the
market
before
the magistrates;
\VS{20}and having
brought
them up
to
the praetors,
said,
These
men utterly trouble
our
city,
being
Jews,
\VS{21}and announce
customs
which
it
is
not
lawful
for
us
to
receive
nor practise,
being
Romans.
\VS{22}And
the
crowd
rose
up
too
against
them;
and
the praetors, having torn
off
their
clothes,
commanded
to scourge [them].
\VS{23}And having
laid
many stripes upon
them
they
cast [them]
into
prison, charging
the jailor
to
keep
them safely;
\VS{24}who, having
received
such
a
charge,
cast
them
into
the
inner
prison,
and secured
their
feet
to
the
stocks.
\VS{25}And
at
midnight
Paul
and
Silas,
in
praying,
were praising
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:25 }
Elohim}God
with
singing,
and
the
prisoners listened
to
them.
\VS{26}And
suddenly
there
was
a
great
earthquake,
so
that
the
foundations
of
the
prison
shook,
and
all
the
doors
were
immediately
opened,
and
the
bonds
of
all loosed.
\VS{27}And
the jailor
being awakened
out
of
his sleep,
and
seeing
the
doors
of
the
prison
opened, having drawn
a
sword
was
going
to
kill
himself, thinking
the
prisoners
had
fled.
\VS{28}But
Paul
called
out
with
a
loud
voice,
saying,
Do thyself
no
harm,
for
we
are
all
here.
\VS{29}And having
asked
for
lights,
he
rushed
in,
and,
trembling,
fell
down
before
Paul
and
Silas.
\VS{30}And leading
them
out
said,
Sirs,
what
must
I
do
that
I
may
be
saved?
\VS{31}And
they
said,
Believe
on
the
Lord
Jesus
and thou shalt
be
saved, thou
and thy
house.
\VS{32}And
they
spoke
to
him
the
word
of
the
Lord,
with
all
that
were
in
his
house.
\VS{33}And
he
took
them
the
same
hour
of
the
night
and
washed [them]
from
their stripes;
and
was baptised,
he
and
all
his straightway.
\VS{34}And having
brought
them
into
his
house
he laid
the
table [for
them],
and
rejoiced
with
all
his
house, having
believed
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:34 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{35}And
when
it
was
day,
the praetors
sent
the lictors,
saying,
Let
those
men
go.
\VS{36}And
the jailor
reported
these
words
to
Paul:
The praetors
have
sent
that ye
may
be
let
go.
Now
therefore
go
out
and
depart
in
peace.
\VS{37}But
Paul
said
to
them, Having
beaten
us
publicly
uncondemned,
us
who
are
Romans,
they
have
cast
us
into
prison,
and
now
they thrust
us
out
secretly?
no,
indeed,
but let
them
come
themselves
and
bring
us
out.
\VS{38}And
the lictors
reported
these
words
to
the praetors.
And
they
were
afraid
when
they
heard
they
were
Romans.
\VS{39}And
they
came
and besought
them,
and having
brought
them
out,
asked
them
to
go
out
of
the
city.
\VS{40}And having
gone
out
of
the
prison,
they
came
to
Lydia;
and having
seen
the
brethren,
they
exhorted
them
and
went
away.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And having journeyed
through
Amphipolis
and
Apollonia,
they
came
to
Thessalonica,
where
was
the
synagogue
of
the
Jews.
\VS{2}And
according
to Paul's
custom
he
went
in
among
them,
and
on
three
sabbaths
reasoned
with
them
from
the
scriptures,
\VS{3}opening
and laying down
that
the
Christ
must
have
suffered
and
risen
up
from
among
the
dead,
and
that
this
is
the
Christ,
Jesus
whom
{\BD{
I}} announce
to
you.
\VS{4}And
some
of
them believed,
and
joined
themselves
to
Paul
and
Silas,
and
of
the
Greeks
who worshipped,
a
great
multitude,
and
of
the chief
women
not
a
few.
\VS{5}But
the
Jews having
been stirred
up
to jealousy,
and
taken
to [themselves]
certain
wicked
men
of
the lowest rabble,
and having got
a crowd
together,
set
the
city
in confusion;
and having beset
the
house
of
Jason
sought
to
bring
them
out
to
the
people;
\VS{6}and
not having
found
them,
dragged
Jason
and
certain
brethren
before
the politarchs,
crying
out,
These [men]
that
have set
the
world
in tumult,
are come
here
also,
\VS{7}whom
Jason
has
received;
and
these
all
do
contrary
to
the
decrees
of
Caesar,
saying,
that
there
is
another
king,
Jesus.
\VS{8}And
they
troubled
the
crowd
and
the politarchs
when
they
heard
these
things.
\VS{9}And having
taken security
of
Jason
and
the
rest,
they
let
them
go.
\VS{10}But
the
brethren
immediately
sent
away,
in
the
night,
Paul
and
Silas
to
Berea;
who, being
arrived,
went
away
into
the
synagogue
of
the
Jews.
\VS{11}And
these
were
more noble
than
those
in
Thessalonica, receiving
the
word
with
all
readiness
of mind,
daily searching
the
scriptures
if
these
things
were
so.
\VS{12}Therefore
many
from
among
them
believed,
and
of Grecian
women
of
the upper classes
and
men
not
a
few.
\VS{13}But
when
the
Jews
from
Thessalonica
knew
that
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:13 }
Elohim}God
was
announced
in
Berea
also
by
Paul,
they
came
there
also,
stirring
up
the
crowds.
\VS{14}And
then
immediately
the
brethren
sent
away
Paul
to
go
as
to
the
sea;
but
Silas
and Timotheus abode
there.
\VS{15}But
they
that conducted
Paul
brought
him
as
far
as
Athens;
and, having
received
a
commandment
to
Silas
and Timotheus,
that
they
should
come
to
him
as
quickly
as possible,
they departed.
\VS{16}But
in
Athens,
while
Paul
was
waiting
for
them,
his
spirit
was painfully excited
in
him
seeing
the
city given up
to idolatry.
\VS{17}He
reasoned
therefore
in
the
synagogue
with
the
Jews,
and
those
who worshipped,
and
in
the market-place
every
day
with
those
he met
with.
\VS{18}But
some
also
of
the Epicurean
and
Stoic
philosophers attacked
him.
And
some
said,
What
would
this chatterer
say?
and
some,
He
seems
to
be
an announcer
of foreign
demons,
because
he announced
the glad tidings
of
Jesus
and
the
resurrection [to
them].
\VS{19}And having taken
hold
on
him
they
brought [him]
to
Areopagus,
saying,
Might
we
know
what
this
new doctrine
which
is
spoken
by thee [is]?
\VS{20}For thou bringest
certain
strange
things
to our
ears.
We
wish
therefore
to
know
what
these
things
may
mean.
\VS{21}Now
all [the]
Athenians
and
the
strangers sojourning
there spent
their
time
in
nothing
else
than
to
tell
and
to
hear
the news.
\VS{22}And
Paul
standing
in
the
midst
of
Areopagus
said,
Athenians,
in
every
way
I
see
you given up
to demon worship;
\VS{23}for,
passing
through
and beholding
your shrines,
I
found
also
an
altar
on
which
was inscribed,
To
the
unknown
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:23 }
Elohim}God.
Whom
therefore ye reverence,
not
knowing [him],
him
I announce
to
you.
\VS{24}The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:24 }
Elohim}God
who
has
made
the
world
and
all
things
which
are
in
it,
{\BD{
he}},
being
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
does
not
dwell
in
temples
made
with
hands,
\VS{25}nor
is
served
by men's
hands
as needing
something,
himself
giving
to
all
life
and
breath
and
all
things;
\VS{26}and
has
made
of
one blood
every
nation
of
men
to
dwell
upon
the
whole
face
of
the
earth,
having
determined ordained
times
and
the
boundaries
of
their
dwelling,
\VS{27}that
they
may
seek
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:27 }
Elohim}God;
if
indeed
they
might feel
after
him
and
find
him,
although
he
is
not
far
from
each
one
of us:
\VS{28}for
in
him
we
live
and
move
and
exist;
as
also
some
of
the
poets amongst
you
have
said,
For
we
are
also
his
offspring.
\VS{29}Being
therefore [the]
offspring
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:29 }
Elohim}God,
we
ought
not
to
think
that
which
is
divine
to
be
like
gold
or
silver
or
stone, [the] graven form
of man's
art
and
imagination.
\VS{30}\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:30 }
Elohim}God
therefore,
having
overlooked
the
times
of
ignorance,
now enjoins
men
that
they
shall
all
everywhere
repent,
\VS{31}because
he
has
set
a
day
in
which
he
is
going
to
judge
the habitable
earth
in
righteousness
by [the]
man
whom
he
has
appointed, giving
the
proof [of
it]
to
all [in] having
raised
him
from
among [the]
dead.
\VS{32}And
when
they
heard [of
the]
resurrection
of
the
dead,
some mocked,
and
some
said,
We
will
hear thee
again
also
concerning
this.
\VS{33}Thus
Paul
went
out
of
their
midst.
\VS{34}But
some
men joining
themselves
to
him
believed;
among
whom
also
was
Dionysius
the
Areopagite,
and
a
woman
by
name
Damaris,
and
others
with
them.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
after
these
things, having
left
Athens,
he
came
to
Corinth;
\VS{2}and
finding
a
certain
Jew
by
name
Aquila,
of
Pontus
by
race,
just
come
from
Italy,
and
Priscilla
his
wife, (because
Claudius
had
ordered
all
the
Jews
to
leave
Rome,)
came
to
them,
\VS{3}and
because
they
were
of
the
same
trade abode
with
them,
and wrought.
For
they
were
tent-makers
by
trade.
\VS{4}And
he
reasoned
in
the
synagogue
every
sabbath,
and
persuaded
Jews
and
Greeks.
\VS{5}And
when
both
Silas
and Timotheus
came
down
from
Macedonia,
Paul
was pressed
in respect
of
the
word,
testifying
to
the
Jews
that
Jesus
was
the
Christ.
\VS{6}But
as
they
opposed
and
spoke injuriously,
he
shook
his
clothes,
and
said
to
them,
Your
blood
be
upon
your
own
head:
{\BD{
I}} [am]
pure;
from henceforth
I
will
go
to
the
nations.
\VS{7}And
departing thence
he
came
to
the
house
of
a
certain [man],
by
name
Justus,
who worshipped
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:7 }
Elohim}God,
whose
house adjoined
the
synagogue.
\VS{8}But
Crispus
the ruler
of
the
synagogue
believed
in
the
Lord
with
all
his
house;
and
many
of
the
Corinthians
hearing,
believed,
and
were baptised.
\VS{9}And
the
Lord
said
by
vision
in [the]
night
to
Paul,
Fear
not,
but
speak
and
be
not
silent;
\VS{10}because
{\BD{
I}}
am
with thee,
and
no
one
shall set
upon thee
to injure thee;
because
I
have
much
people
in
this
city.
\VS{11}And
he remained [there]
a
year
and
six
months,
teaching
among
them
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:11 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{12}But
when
Gallio
was
proconsul
of
Achaia,
the
Jews
with
one consent rose
against
Paul
and
led
him
to
the judgment-seat,
\VS{13}saying,
This [man] persuades
men
to
worship
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:13 }
Elohim}God
contrary
to
the
law.
\VS{14}But
as
Paul
was
going
to
open
his
mouth,
Gallio
said
to
the
Jews,
If
indeed
it
was
some
wrong
or
wicked criminality,
O
Jews,
of
reason
I
should
have borne
with
you;
\VS{15}but
if
it
be
questions
about
words,
and
names,
and
the
law
that ye
have,
see
to
it
yourselves; [for]
{\BD{
I}}
do
not
intend
to
be
judge
of
these
things.
\VS{16}And
he
drove
them
from
the judgment-seat.
\VS{17}And having
all laid
hold
on
Sosthenes
the ruler
of
the
synagogue,
they
beat
him
before
the judgment-seat.
And
Gallio troubled himself
about
none
of
these
things.
\VS{18}And
Paul,
having
yet stayed [there]
many
days,
took
leave
of
the
brethren
and
sailed thence
to
Syria,
and
with
him
Priscilla
and
Aquila,
having shorn
his
head
in
Cenchrea,
for
he
had
a
vow;
\VS{19}and
he
arrived
at
Ephesus,
and
left
them
there.
But
entering
himself
into
the
synagogue
he
reasoned
with
the
Jews.
\VS{20}And
when
they
asked
him
that
he
would
remain
for
a
longer
time [with
them]
he did
not accede,
\VS{21}but bade
them
farewell,
saying, [I
must
by
all
means keep
the coming feast
at Jerusalem];
I
will
return
to
you
again,
if
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:21 }
Elohim}God
will:
and
he sailed
away
from
Ephesus.
\VS{22}And landing
at
Caesarea,
and having
gone
up
and saluted
the
assembly,
he
went
down
to
Antioch.
\VS{23}And
having stayed [there]
some
time,
he
went
forth,
passing
in
order
through
the
country
of
Galatia
and
Phrygia,
establishing
all
the
disciples.
\VS{24}But
a
certain
Jew,
Apollos
by
name,
an
Alexandrian
by
race,
an
eloquent
man,
who
was
mighty
in
the
scriptures,
arrived
at
Ephesus.
\VS{25}He
was
instructed
in
the
way
of
the
Lord,
and
being
fervent
in
his
spirit,
he
spoke
and
taught exactly
the
things
concerning
Jesus,
knowing
only
the
baptism
of
John.
\VS{26}And
{\BD{
he}}
began
to
speak
boldly
in
the
synagogue.
And
Aquila
and
Priscilla, having
heard
him,
took
him
to [them]
and unfolded
to
him
the
way
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:26 }
Elohim}God more exactly.
\VS{27}And
when
he purposed
to
go
into
Achaia,
the
brethren
wrote
to
the
disciples engaging
them
to receive
him,
who, being
come, contributed
much
to
those
who
believed
through
grace.
\VS{28}For
he
with great force convinced
the
Jews
publicly, shewing
by
the
scriptures
that
Jesus
was
the
Christ.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
while
Apollos
was
at
Corinth,
Paul, having
passed
through
the
upper
districts,
came
to
Ephesus,
and
finding
certain
disciples,
\VS{2}he
said
to
them,
Did ye
receive [the]
Holy
Spirit
when ye
had
believed?
And
they [said]
to
him,
We
did
not
even
hear
if [the]
Holy
Spirit
was [come].
\VS{3}And
he
said,
To
what
then
were ye baptised?
And
they
said,
To
the
baptism
of
John.
\VS{4}And
Paul
said,
John
indeed baptised [with]
the
baptism
of
repentance,
saying
to
the
people
that
they
should
believe
on
him
that
was
coming
after
him,
that
is,
on
Jesus.
\VS{5}And
when
they
heard
that,
they
were baptised
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{6}And
Paul
having
laid [his]
hands
on
them,
the
Holy
Spirit
came
upon
them,
and
they
spoke
with
tongues
and
prophesied.
\VS{7}And
all
the
men
were
about
twelve.
\VS{8}And
entering
into
the
synagogue,
he
spoke
boldly
during
three
months,
reasoning
and
persuading [the
things]
concerning
the
kingdom
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:8 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{9}But
when
some
were
hardened
and
disbelieved,
speaking
evil
of
the
way
before
the
multitude,
he
left
them
and
separated
the
disciples,
reasoning
daily
in
the
school
of
Tyrannus.
\VS{10}And
this
took
place
for
two
years,
so
that
all
that inhabited
Asia
heard
the
word
of
the
Lord,
both
Jews
and
Greeks.
\VS{11}And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:11 }
Elohim}God wrought
no ordinary
miracles
by
the
hands
of
Paul,
\VS{12}so
that
even napkins
or
aprons
were brought
from
his
body [and put]
upon
the
sick,
and
the
diseases
left
them,
and
the
wicked
spirits
went
out.
\VS{13}And
certain
of
the
Jewish
exorcists
also,
who
went
about, took
in
hand
to
call
upon
those
who
had
wicked
spirits
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
saying,
I
adjure
you
by
Jesus,
whom
Paul
preaches.
\VS{14}And
there
were
certain [men],
seven
sons
of
Sceva,
Jewish
high
priest,
who
were
doing
this.
\VS{15}But
the
wicked
spirit
answering
said
to
them,
Jesus
I
know,
and
Paul
I
am
acquainted
with;
but
{\BD{ye}},
who
are ye?
\VS{16}And
the
man
in
whom
the
wicked
spirit
was
leaped
upon
them,
and
having mastered
both, prevailed
against
them,
so
that
they
fled
out
of
that
house
naked
and
wounded.
\VS{17}And
this
became
known
to
all,
both
Jews
and
Greeks,
who inhabited
Ephesus,
and
fear
fell
upon
all
of
them,
and
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
was
magnified.
\VS{18}And
many
of
those
that
believed
came
confessing
and
declaring
their
deeds.
\VS{19}And
many
of
those
that practised curious arts brought
their
books [of charms]
and burnt
them
before
all.
And
they reckoned
up
the prices
of
them,
and
found
it fifty
thousand
pieces
of
silver.
\VS{20}Thus
with
might
the
word
of
the
Lord
increased
and prevailed.
\VS{21}And
when
these
things
were
fulfilled,
Paul
purposed
in
his
spirit
to
go
to
Jerusalem,
passing
through
Macedonia
and
Achaia,
saying,
After
I
have
been
there
I
must
see
Rome
also.
\VS{22}And having
sent
into
Macedonia
two
of
those
ministering
to
him, Timotheus
and
Erastus,
he remained
himself awhile
in
Asia.
\VS{23}And
there
took
place
at
that
time
no
small
disturbance
about
the
way.
\VS{24}For
a
certain [man]
by
name
Demetrius,
a silver-beater,
making
silver
temples
of
Artemis,
brought
no
small gain
to
the artisans;
\VS{25}whom having brought
together,
and
those
who wrought
in
such
things,
he
said,
Men, ye
know
that
our well-living arises
from
this work,
\VS{26}and ye
see
and
hear
that
this
Paul
has
persuaded
and
turned
away
a
great
crowd,
not
only
of
Ephesus,
but
almost
of
all
Asia,
saying
that
they
are
no
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:26 }
Elohim}gods
which
are
made
with
hands.
\VS{27}Now
not
only
there
is
danger
for
us
that
our
business
come
into discredit,
but
also
that
the
temple
of
the
great
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:27 }
Elohim}goddess
Artemis
be
counted
for
nothing,
and
that
her
greatness
should
be
destroyed
whom
the
whole
of
Asia
and
the
world reveres.
\VS{28}And having
heard [this],
and
being
filled
with
rage,
they
cried
out,
saying,
Great [is]
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians.
\VS{29}And
the [whole]
city
was
filled
with
confusion,
and
they
rushed
with
one
accord
to
the theatre, having
seized
and carried off
with [them]
Gaius
and
Aristarchus,
Macedonians, fellow-travellers
of
Paul.
\VS{30}But
Paul
intending
to
go
in
to
the
people,
the
disciples suffered
him
not;
\VS{31}and
some
of
the
Asiarchs
also,
who
were
his
friends,
sent
to
him
and
urged
him
not
to throw
himself
into
the theatre.
\VS{32}Different persons
therefore
cried
out
some different thing;
for
the
assembly
was tumultuous,
and
the
most
did
not
know
for
what cause
they
had
come
together.
\VS{33}But
from
among
the
crowd
they
put
forward
Alexander,
the
Jews pushing
him
forward.
And
Alexander, beckoning
with
his
hand,
would
have made
a defence
to
the
people.
\VS{34}But, recognising
that
he
was
a
Jew,
there
was
one
cry
from
all,
shouting
for
about
two
hours,
Great [is]
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians.
\VS{35}And
the townclerk, having
quieted
the
crowd,
said,
Ephesians,
what
man
is
there
then
who
does
not
know
that
the
city
of
the
Ephesians
is temple-keeper
of
Artemis
the
great,
and
of
the [image]
which
fell
down
from
heaven?
\VS{36}These
things
therefore
being
undeniable,
it
is
necessary
that ye
should
be
calm
and
do
nothing headlong.
\VS{37}For ye
have
brought
these
men, [who
are]
neither temple-plunderers,
nor speak injuriously
of
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:37 }
Elohim}goddess.
\VS{38}If
therefore
Demetrius
and
the artisans
who [are]
with
him
have
a
matter
against
any
one,
the
courts
are
being
held,
and
there
are
proconsuls:
let
them accuse
one
another.
\VS{39}But
if ye inquire
anything
concerning
other matters,
it
will
be
settled
in
the regular
assembly.
\VS{40}For
also
we
are
in
danger
to
be put
in accusation
for sedition
for
this [affair]
of to-day,
no
cause existing
in reference
to
which
we
shall
be
able
to
give
a
reason
for
this concourse.
\VS{41}And having
said
these
things,
he
dismissed
the
assembly.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
after
the tumult
had
ceased,
Paul having called
the
disciples
to [him]
and embraced [them],
went
away
to
go
to
Macedonia.
\VS{2}And having
passed
through
those
parts,
and having
exhorted
them
with
much discourse,
he
came
to
Greece.
\VS{3}And
having
spent
three
months [there],
a treacherous
plot
against
him
having
been
set
on foot
by
the
Jews,
as
he
was
going
to
sail
to
Syria, [the] resolution
was adopted
of
returning
through
Macedonia.
\VS{4}And
there
accompanied
him
as far
as
Asia,
Sopater [son]
of Pyrrhus,
a Berean;
and
of
Thessalonians,
Aristarchus
and
Secundus,
and
Gaius
and Timotheus
of Derbe,
and
of
Asia,
Tychicus
and
Trophimus.
\VS{5}These
going
before waited
for
us
in
Troas;
\VS{6}but
we
sailed
away
from
Philippi
after
the
days
of
unleavened bread,
and
we
came
to
them
to
Troas
in
five
days,
where
we
spent
seven
days.
\VS{7}And
the
first
day
of
the
week,
we being
assembled
to
break
bread,
Paul discoursed
to
them,
about
to depart
on
the morrow.
And
he
prolonged
the discourse till
midnight.
\VS{8}And
there
were
many lights
in
the
upper
room
where
we
were
assembled.
\VS{9}And
a
certain youth,
by
name
Eutychus,
sitting
at
the window-opening, overpowered
by
deep
sleep,
while
Paul discoursed
very
much
at length, having
been overpowered
by
the
sleep,
fell
from
the
third story
down
to
the
bottom,
and
was
taken
up
dead.
\VS{10}But
Paul
descending
fell
upon
him,
and enfolding [him] [in
his arms],
said,
Be
not troubled,
for
his
life
is
in
him.
\VS{11}And having
gone
up,
and having
broken
the
bread,
and
eaten,
and having
long spoken
until
daybreak,
so
he
went
away.
\VS{12}And
they
brought [away]
the
boy
alive,
and
were
no little
comforted.
\VS{13}And
we, having
gone
before
on
board
ship, sailed off
to
Assos,
going
to
take
in
Paul
there;
for
so
he
had
directed,
he
himself
being
about
to
go
on foot.
\VS{14}And
when
he
met
with
us
at
Assos, having
taken
him
on
board,
we
came
to
Mitylene;
\VS{15}and
having
sailed thence,
on
the morrow
arrived
opposite
Chios,
and
the
next day put
in
at
Samos;
and
having stayed
at Trogyllium,
the
next day
we
came
to
Miletus:
\VS{16}for
Paul thought
it desirable
to
sail
by
Ephesus,
so
that
he might
not
be
made
to
spend
time
in
Asia;
for
he hastened,
if
it
was
possible
for
him,
to
be
the
day
of
Pentecost
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{17}But
from
Miletus having
sent
to
Ephesus,
he
called
over [to
him]
the
elders
of
the
assembly.
\VS{18}And
when
they
were
come
to
him,
he
said
to
them,
{\BD{Ye}}
know
how
I
was
with
you
all
the
time
from
the
first
day
that
I
arrived
in
Asia,
\VS{19}serving
the
Lord
with
all lowliness,
and
tears,
and temptations,
which
happened
to
me
through
the
plots
of
the
Jews;
\VS{20}how
I held
back
nothing
of
what
is
profitable,
so
as
not
to
announce [it]
to
you,
and
to
teach
you
publicly
and
in
every
house,
\VS{21}testifying
to
both
Jews
and
Greeks
repentance towards
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:21 }
Elohim}God,
and
faith towards
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{22}And
now,
behold,
bound
in
my
spirit
{\BD{
I}}
go
to
Jerusalem,
not
knowing
what
things
shall
happen
to
me
in
it;
\VS{23}only
that
the
Holy
Spirit
testifies
to
me
in
every
city,
saying
that
bonds
and
tribulations
await
me.
\VS{24}But
I
make
no
account
of [my]
life [as]
dear
to
myself,
so
that
I
finish
my
course,
and
the
ministry
which
I
have
received
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
to
testify
the glad tidings
of
the
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:24 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{25}And
now,
behold,
I
know
that ye
all,
among
whom
I
have
gone
about
preaching
the
kingdom [of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:25 }
Elohim}God],
shall
see
my
face
no
more.
\VS{26}Wherefore
I witness
to
you
this
day,
that
I
am
clean
from
the
blood
of
all,
\VS{27}for
I
have
not shrunk
from
announcing
to
you
all
the
counsel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:27 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{28}Take heed
therefore
to
yourselves,
and
to
all
the
flock, wherein
the
Holy
Spirit
has
set
you
as
overseers,
to
shepherd
the
assembly
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:28 }
Elohim}God,
which
he
has
purchased
with
the
blood
of
his
own.
\VS{29}[For]
{\BD{
I}}
know [this,]
that
there
will
come
in amongst
you
after
my
departure grievous
wolves,
not
sparing
the
flock;
\VS{30}and
from
among
your
own
selves
shall
rise
up
men
speaking
perverted
things
to
draw
away
the
disciples
after
them.
\VS{31}Wherefore
watch,
remembering
that
for
three
years,
night
and
day,
I
ceased
not
admonishing
each
one [of
you]
with
tears.
\VS{32}And
now
I
commit
you
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:32 }
Elohim}God,
and
to
the
word
of
his
grace,
which
is
able
to
build [you]
up
and
give [to
you]
an
inheritance
among
all
the
sanctified.
\VS{33}I
have
coveted [the]
silver
or
gold
or
clothing
of
no
one.
\VS{34}Yourselves
know
that
these
hands
have
ministered
to
my wants,
and
to
those
who
were
with
me.
\VS{35}I
have shewed
you
all
things,
that
thus labouring [we]
ought
to
come
in aid
of
the
weak,
and
to
remember
the
words
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
that
he
himself
said,
It
is
more
blessed
to
give
than
to
receive.
\VS{36}And having
said
these
things,
he knelt
down
and
prayed
with
them
all.
\VS{37}And
they
all wept sore;
and
falling
upon
the
neck
of
Paul
they ardently
kissed
him,
\VS{38}specially pained
by
the
word
which
he
had
said,
that
they
would
no
more
see
his
face.
And
they went down
with
him
to
the
ship.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when, having
got
away
from
them,
we
at last sailed
away,
we
came
by
a direct
course
to
Cos,
and
on
the morrow
to
Rhodes,
and thence
to
Patara.
\VS{2}And having
found
a
ship passing
over
into
Phoenicia,
we
went
on board
and sailed;
\VS{3}and having sighted
Cyprus,
and
left
it
on
the
left
hand,
we
sailed
to
Syria,
and made
the land
at
Tyre,
for
there
the
ship
was
to discharge
her
cargo.
\VS{4}And
having
found out
the
disciples,
we remained
there
seven
days;
who
said
to
Paul
by
the
Spirit
not
to go
up
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{5}But
when
we
had completed
the
days,
we
set
out
and
took
our
journey,
all
of
them
accompanying
us,
with
wives
and
children, till [we
were]
out
of
the
city.
And kneeling
down
upon
the shore
we
prayed.
\VS{6}And having embraced
one
another,
we
went
on
board
ship,
and
they
returned
home.
\VS{7}And
we, having completed
the
voyage,
arrived
from
Tyre
at
Ptolemais,
and having saluted
the
brethren,
we
remained
one
day
with
them.
\VS{8}And leaving
on
the morrow,
we
came
to
Caesarea;
and
entering
into
the
house
of
Philip
the
evangelist,
who
was
of
the
seven,
we abode
with
him.
\VS{9}Now
this
man
had
four
virgin
daughters
who
prophesied.
\VS{10}And
as
we
stayed
there
many
days,
a
certain
man,
by
name
Agabus,
a
prophet,
came
down
from Judaea,
\VS{11}and
coming
to
us
and
taking
the girdle
of
Paul,
and
having
bound
his
own
hands
and
feet,
said,
Thus saith
the
Holy
Spirit,
The
man
whose
this girdle
is
shall
the
Jews
thus
bind
in
Jerusalem,
and
deliver
him
up
into
the
hands
of [the]
Gentiles.
\VS{12}And
when
we
heard
these
things,
both
we
and
those
of
the
place besought [him]
not
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}But
Paul
answered,
What
do ye,
weeping
and
breaking
my
heart?
for
{\BD{
I}}
am
ready
not
only
to
be
bound,
but
also
to
die
at
Jerusalem
for
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{14}And
when
he
would
not
be
persuaded,
we
were
silent,
saying,
The
will
of
the
Lord
be
done.
\VS{15}And
after
these
days, having
got
our effects ready,
we
went
up
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{16}And [some]
of
the
disciples
from
Caesarea
went
with
us,
bringing [with
them]
a
certain
Mnason,
a
Cyprian,
an
old
disciple,
with
whom
we
were
to
lodge.
\VS{17}And
when
we
arrived
at
Jerusalem
the
brethren
gladly
received
us.
\VS{18}And
on
the morrow
Paul
went
in
with us
to
James,
and
all
the
elders
came
there.
\VS{19}And
having saluted
them,
he
related
one
by
one
the
things
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 21:19 }
Elohim}God
had wrought
among
the
nations
by
his
ministry.
\VS{20}And
they having
heard [it]
glorified
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 21:20 }
Elohim}God,
and
said
to
him, Thou seest,
brother,
how
many
myriads
there
are
of
the
Jews
who
have
believed,
and
all
are
zealous
of
the
law.
\VS{21}And
they
have
been
informed
concerning thee,
that thou teachest
all
the
Jews
among
the
nations
apostasy
from
Moses,
saying
that
they should
not
circumcise
their
children,
nor
walk
in
the
customs.
\VS{22}What
is
it
then?
a
multitude
must necessarily
come
together,
for
they
will
hear
that thou art
come.
\VS{23}This
do
therefore
that
we
say
to thee:
We
have
four
men
who
have
a
vow
on
them;
\VS{24}take
these
and
be
purified
with
them,
and
pay
their
expenses,
that
they
may
have
their
heads
shaved;
and
all
will
know
that [of
those
things]
of
which
they
have
been informed
about thee
nothing
is [true];
but
that thou thyself
also walkest
orderly,
keeping
the
law.
\VS{25}But
concerning [those
of]
the
nations
who
have
believed,
we
have
written, deciding
that
they
should [observe no such
thing,
only
to]
keep
themselves
both
from
things offered
to
idols,
and
from
blood,
and
from
things
strangled,
and
from
fornication.
\VS{26}Then
Paul,
taking
the
men,
on
the
next
day,
having
been
purified, entered
with
them
into
the
temple, signifying
the
time
the
days
of
the
purification
would
be fulfilled,
until
the
offering
was
offered
for
every
one
of
them.
\VS{27}And
when
the
seven
days
were nearly completed,
the
Jews
from
Asia, having
seen
him
in
the
temple, set
all
the
crowd
in
a tumult,
and
laid
hands
upon
him,
\VS{28}crying,
Israelites,
help!
this
is
the
man
who
teaches
all
everywhere
against
the
people,
and
the
law,
and
this
place,
and
has
brought
Greeks
too
into
the
temple,
and profaned
this
holy
place.
\VS{29}For
they
had
before
seen
Trophimus
the
Ephesian
with
him
in
the
city,
whom
they
supposed
that
Paul
had
brought
into
the
temple.
\VS{30}And
the
whole
city
was
moved,
and
there
was
a concourse
of
the
people;
and having laid
hold
on
Paul
they
drew
him
out
of
the
temple,
and
immediately
the
doors
were
shut.
\VS{31}And
as
they
were
seeking
to
kill
him,
a representation
came
to
the chiliarch
of
the band
that
the
whole
of
Jerusalem
was
in
a tumult;
\VS{32}who,
taking
with
him
immediately
soldiers
and
centurions,
ran
down
upon
them.
But
they,
seeing
the chiliarch
and
the
soldiers,
ceased
beating
Paul.
\VS{33}Then
the chiliarch
came
up
and laid
hold
upon
him,
and
commanded [him]
to
be
bound
with
two
chains,
and
inquired
who
he
might
be,
and
what
he
had
done.
\VS{34}And different persons cried
some different
thing
in
the
crowd.
But
he,
not being
able
to
know
the
certainty
on
account
of
the
uproar,
commanded
him
to
be
brought
into
the fortress.
\VS{35}But
when
he
got
upon
the
stairs
it
was
so
that
he
was
borne
by
the
soldiers
on
account
of
the
violence
of
the
crowd.
\VS{36}For
the
multitude
of
the
people
followed,
crying,
Away
with
him.
\VS{37}But
as
he
was
about
to
be led
into
the fortress,
Paul
says
to
the chiliarch,
Is
it allowed
me
to
say
something
to thee?
And
he
said, Dost thou
know
Greek?
\VS{38}Thou art
not
then
that
Egyptian
who
before
these
days raised
a sedition
and
led
out
into
the
wilderness
the
four
thousand
men
of
the
assassins?
\VS{39}But
Paul
said,
{\BD{
I}}
am
a
Jew
of
Tarsus,
citizen
of
no
insignificant
city
of
Cilicia,
and
I beseech
of thee,
allow
me
to
speak
to
the
people.
\VS{40}And
when
he
had
allowed
him,
Paul,
standing
on
the
stairs, beckoned
with
his
hand
to
the
people;
and
a
great
silence having
been
made,
he
addressed
them
in
the
Hebrew tongue,
saying,

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Brethren
and
fathers,
hear
my defence
which
I
now make
to
you.
\VS{2}And
hearing
that
he
addressed
them
in
the
Hebrew tongue,
they kept
the
more
quiet;
and
he
says,
\VS{3}{\BD{
I}}
am
a
Jew,
born
in
Tarsus
of
Cilicia,
but
brought
up
in
this
city,
at
the
feet
of
Gamaliel,
educated
according
to [the] exactness
of
the
law
of [our]
fathers,
being
zealous
for
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:3 }
Elohim}God,
as
{\BD{ye}}
are
all
this
day;
\VS{4}who
have
persecuted
this
way unto
death,
binding
and
delivering
up
to
prisons
both
men
and
women;
\VS{5}as
also
the
high
priest bears
me
witness,
and
all
the elderhood:
from
whom
also,
having
received
letters
to
the
brethren,
I
went
to
Damascus
to
bring
those
also
who
were
there,
bound,
to
Jerusalem,
to
be
punished.
\VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
I
was
journeying
and
drawing
near
to
Damascus,
that,
about mid-day,
there
suddenly shone
out
of
heaven
a great
light round
about
me.
\VS{7}And
I
fell
to
the
ground,
and
heard
a
voice
saying
to
me,
Saul,
Saul,
why persecutest thou
me?
\VS{8}And
{\BD{
I}}
answered,
Who art thou,
Lord?
And
he
said
to
me,
{\BD{
I}}
am
Jesus
the Nazaraean,
whom
{\BD{thou}} persecutest.
\VS{9}But
they
that
were
with
me beheld
the
light, [and
were filled
with fear],
but
heard
not
the
voice
of
him
that
was
speaking
to
me.
\VS{10}And
I
said,
What
shall
I
do,
Lord?
And
the
Lord
said
to
me,
Rise
up,
and
go
to
Damascus,
and
there
it
shall
be
told thee
of
all
things
which
it
is
appointed thee
to
do.
\VS{11}And
as
I could
not
see,
through
the
glory
of
that
light, being
led
by
the
hand
of
those
who
were
with
me,
I
came
to
Damascus.
\VS{12}And
a
certain
Ananias,
a pious
man
according
to
the
law, borne
witness
to
by
all
the
Jews
who dwelt [there],
\VS{13}coming
to
me
and
standing
by
me,
said
to
me,
Brother
Saul,
receive thy
sight.
And
{\BD{
I}},
in
the
same
hour,
received
my
sight
and saw
him.
\VS{14}And
he
said,
The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:14 }
Elohim}God
of
our
fathers
has chosen thee beforehand
to
know
his
will,
and
to
see
the
just
one,
and
to
hear
a
voice
out
of
his
mouth;
\VS{15}for thou shalt
be
a
witness
for
him
to
all
men
of
what thou hast
seen
and
heard.
\VS{16}And
now
why lingerest thou?
Arise
and
get baptised,
and
have thy
sins
washed
away,
calling
on
his
name.
\VS{17}And
it
came
to
pass
when
I
had
returned
to
Jerusalem,
and
as
I
was
praying
in
the
temple,
that
I
became
in ecstasy,
\VS{18}and
saw
him
saying
to
me,
Make
haste
and
go
quickly
out
of
Jerusalem,
for
they
will
not
receive thy
testimony
concerning
me.
\VS{19}And
{\BD{
I}}
said,
Lord,
they
themselves
know
that
{\BD{
I}}
was imprisoning
and
beating
in
every
synagogue
those
that
believe
on thee;
\VS{20}and
when
the
blood
of thy
witness
Stephen
was
shed,
I
also
myself
was
standing
by
and consenting,
and
kept
the
clothes
of
them
who
killed
him.
\VS{21}And
he
said
to
me,
Go,
for
{\BD{
I}}
will
send thee
to
the
nations afar
off.
\VS{22}And
they
heard
him
until
this
word,
and
lifted
up
their
voice,
saying,
Away
with
such
a
one
as
that
from
the
earth,
for
it
was
not fit
he
should
live.
\VS{23}And
as
they
were
crying,
and
throwing
away
their
clothes,
and
casting
dust
into
the
air,
\VS{24}the chiliarch
commanded
him
to
be
brought
into
the fortress,
saying
that
he
should
be
examined
by
scourging,
that
he might
ascertain
for
what
cause
they cried
thus
against
him.
\VS{25}But
as
they
stretched
him
forward
with
the
thongs,
Paul
said
to
the
centurion
who
stood [by],
Is
it
lawful
for
you
to
scourge
a
man [who
is]
a
Roman
and
uncondemned?
\VS{26}And
the
centurion,
having
heard
it,
went
and
reported
it
to
the chiliarch,
saying,
What art thou
going
to
do?
for
this
man
is
a
Roman.
\VS{27}And
the chiliarch
coming
up
said
to
him,
Tell
me, Art
{\BD{thou}}
a
Roman?
And
he
said,
Yes.
\VS{28}And
the chiliarch
answered,
{\BD{
I}},
for
a
great
sum, bought
this
citizenship.
And
Paul
said,
But
{\BD{
I}}
was
also [free]
born.
\VS{29}Immediately
therefore
those
who
were
going
to
examine
him
left
him,
and
the chiliarch
also
was
afraid
when
he ascertained
that
he
was
a
Roman,
and
because
he
had
bound
him.
\VS{30}And
on
the morrow, desirous
to
know
the
certainty [of
the matter]
why
he
was
accused
of
the
Jews,
he
loosed
him,
and
commanded
the
chief
priests
and
all
the
council
to
meet,
and having
brought
Paul
down
set
him
before
them.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Paul,
fixing
his eyes
on
the
council,
said,
Brethren,
I
have walked
in
all
good
conscience
with
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:1 }
Elohim}God unto
this
day.
\VS{2}But
the
high
priest
Ananias
ordered
those
standing
by
him
to smite
his
mouth.
\VS{3}Then
Paul
said
to
him,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:3 }
Elohim}God
will smite thee, whited
wall.
And
{\BD{thou}}, dost thou
sit
judging
me
according
to
the
law,
and breaking
the
law commandest
me
to
be smitten?
\VS{4}And
those
that
stood
by
said, Dost thou rail against
the
high
priest
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:4 }
Elohim}God?
\VS{5}And
Paul
said,
I
was
not conscious,
brethren,
that
he
was
high
priest;
for
it
is
written, Thou shalt
not
speak evilly
of
the
ruler
of thy
people.
\VS{6}But
Paul,
knowing
that
the
one
part [of
them]
were
of
the
Sadducees
and
the
other
of
the
Pharisees,
cried
out
in
the
council,
Brethren,
{\BD{
I}}
am
a
Pharisee,
son
of
Pharisees:
{\BD{
I}}
am
judged
concerning
the
hope
and
resurrection
of [the]
dead.
\VS{7}And
when
he
had
spoken
this,
there
was
a tumult
of
the
Pharisees
and
the
Sadducees,
and
the
multitude
was
divided.
\VS{8}For
Sadducees
say
there
is
no
resurrection,
nor
angel,
nor
spirit;
but
Pharisees
confess
both
of
them.
\VS{9}And
there
was
a
great clamour,
and
the
scribes
of
the Pharisees'
part
rising
up contended,
saying,
We
find
nothing
evil
in
this
man;
and
if
a
spirit
has
spoken
to
him,
or
an
angel...
\VS{10}And
a
great tumult having arisen,
the chiliarch,
fearing
lest
Paul should
have
been
torn
in
pieces
by
them,
commanded
the troop
to
come
down
and
take
him
by
force
from
the
midst
of
them,
and
to
bring [him]
into
the fortress.
\VS{11}But
the following
night
the
Lord
stood
by
him,
and
said,
Be
of
good
courage;
for
as thou hast
testified
the
things
concerning
me
at
Jerusalem,
so thou
must
bear
witness
at
Rome
also.
\VS{12}And
when
it
was
day,
the
Jews,
having banded together,
put
themselves
under
a
curse,
saying
that
they
would
neither
eat
nor
drink till
they should
kill
Paul.
\VS{13}And
they
were
more
than
forty
who
had joined together
in
this oath;
\VS{14}and
they
went
to
the
chief
priests
and
elders,
and
said,
We
have cursed
ourselves
with
a
curse
to
taste
nothing
until
we
kill
Paul.
\VS{15}Now
therefore
do ye
with
the
council
make
a representation
to
the chiliarch
so
that
he
may
bring
him
down
to
you,
as
about
to
determine more precisely
what concerns
him,
and
we,
before
he draws
near,
are
ready
to
kill
him.
\VS{16}But Paul's sister's
son, having
heard
of
the lying
in wait,
came
and
entered
into
the fortress
and
reported [it]
to
Paul.
\VS{17}And
Paul,
having
called
one
of
the
centurions,
said,
Take
this youth
to
the chiliarch,
for
he
has
something
to
report
to
him.
\VS{18}He
therefore,
having
taken
him
with [him],
led
him
to
the chiliarch,
and
says,
The
prisoner
Paul
called
me
to [him]
and
asked
me
to
lead
this youth
to thee,
who
has
something
to
say
to thee.
\VS{19}And
the chiliarch
having taken
him
by
the
hand,
and
having
gone apart
in private,
inquired,
What
is
it
that thou hast
to
report
to
me?
\VS{20}And
he
said,
The
Jews
have
agreed together
to
make
a
request
to thee,
that thou mayest
bring
Paul
down to-morrow
into
the
council,
as
about
to
inquire
something more precise
concerning
him.
\VS{21}Do
not thou
then
be
persuaded
by
them,
for
there lie
in
wait
for
him
of
them
more
than
forty
men,
who
have
put
themselves
under
a
curse
neither
to
eat
nor
drink till
they
kill
him;
and
now
they
are
ready
waiting
the
promise
from thee.
\VS{22}The chiliarch
then
dismissed
the youth,
commanding [him], Utter
to
no
one
that thou hast represented
these
things
to
me.
\VS{23}And having
called
to [him]
certain
two
of
the
centurions,
he
said,
Prepare
two
hundred
soldiers
that
they
may
go
as
far
as
Caesarea,
and
seventy
horsemen,
and
two
hundred light-armed footmen,
for
the
third
hour
of
the
night.
\VS{24}And [he ordered
them]
to
provide
beasts,
that
they might set
Paul
on
them
and carry [him] safe
through
to
Felix
the
governor,
\VS{25}having
written
a
letter, couched
in
this form:
\VS{26}Claudius
Lysias
to
the
most
excellent
governor
Felix,
greeting.
\VS{27}This
man, having
been
taken
by
the
Jews,
and
being
about
to
be
killed
by
them,
I
came
up
with
the military
and
took
out [of
their
hands], having
learned
that
he
was
a
Roman.
\VS{28}And
desiring
to
know
the
charge
on
which
they
accused
him,
I
brought
him
down
to
their
council;
\VS{29}whom
I
found
to
be
accused
of
questions
of
their
law,
but
to
have
no
charge laid
against
him [making
him]
worthy
of
death
or
of
bonds.
\VS{30}But having received information
of
a
plot
about
to
be
put
in execution
against
the
man [by
the Jews],
I
have
immediately
sent
him
to thee,
commanding
also
his
accusers
to
say
before thee
the
things
that
are
against
him. [Farewell.]
\VS{31}The
soldiers
therefore,
according
to
what
was
ordered
them,
took
Paul
and
brought
him
by
night
to
Antipatris,
\VS{32}and
on
the morrow, having
left
the
horsemen
to
go
with
him,
returned
to
the fortress.
\VS{33}And
these, having
entered
into
Caesarea,
and given
up
the
letter
to
the
governor,
presented
Paul
also
to
him.
\VS{34}And having
read [it],
and
asked
of
what eparchy
he
was,
and
learned
that [he
was]
of
Cilicia,
\VS{35}he
said,
I
will hear thee fully
when thine
accusers
also
are
arrived.
And
he
commanded
him
to
be
kept
in Herod's
praetorium.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
after
five
days
came
down
the
high
priest
Ananias,
with
the
elders,
and
a
certain orator called
Tertullus,
and laid
their informations
against
Paul
before
the
governor.
\VS{2}And
he having
been
called,
Tertullus
began
to
accuse,
saying, Seeing
we enjoy
great
peace
through thee,
and
that excellent measures
are executed
for
this
nation
by thy forethought,
\VS{3}we
receive [it]
always
and
everywhere,
most
excellent
Felix,
with
all
thankfulness.
\VS{4}But
that
I
may
not too
much intrude
on thy
time,
I beseech thee
to
hear
us
briefly
in thy
kindness.
\VS{5}For
finding
this
man
a
pest,
and moving sedition
among
all
the
Jews
throughout
the
world,
and
a leader
of
the
sect
of
the Nazaraeans;
\VS{6}who
also attempted
to profane
the
temple;
whom
we
also
had
seized, [and
would
have judged according
to
our law;
\VS{7}but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,
\VS{8}having commanded
his accusers
to come
to thee;]
of
whom thou canst thyself,
in
examining [him],
know
the certainty
of
all
these
things
of
which
we
accuse
him.
\VS{9}And
the
Jews
also
joined
in pressing
the matter against [Paul], saying
that
these
things
were
so.
\VS{10}But
Paul,
the
governor having beckoned
to
him
to
speak,
answered,
Knowing
that
for
many
years thou hast
been
judge
to
this
nation,
I
answer readily
as
to
the
things
which concern
myself.
\VS{11}As thou mayest
know
that
there
are
not
more
than
twelve
days
since
I
went
up
to
worship
at
Jerusalem,
\VS{12}and
neither
in
the
temple
did
they
find
me discoursing
to
any
one,
or
making
any tumultuous
gathering
together
of
the
crowd,
nor
in
the
synagogues,
nor
in
the
city;
\VS{13}neither
can
they
make good
the
things
of
which
they
now
accuse
me.
\VS{14}But
this
I avow
to thee,
that
in
the
way
which
they
call
sect,
so
I
serve
my fathers'
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 24:14 }
Elohim}God,
believing
all
things
which
are
written
throughout
the
law,
and
in
the
prophets;
\VS{15}having
hope towards
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 24:15 }
Elohim}God,
which
they
themselves
also
receive,
that
there
is
to
be
a
resurrection
both
of
just
and
unjust.
\VS{16}For
this cause
I
also exercise [myself]
to
have
in
everything
a
conscience
without offence towards
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 24:16 }
Elohim}God
and
men.
\VS{17}And
after
a lapse
of
many
years
I
arrived,
bringing
alms
to
my
nation,
and
offerings.
\VS{18}Whereupon
they
found
me
purified
in
the
temple,
with
neither
crowd
nor tumult.
But
it
was
certain
Jews
from
Asia,
\VS{19}who
ought
to appear
before thee
and
accuse,
if
they
have
anything
against
me;
\VS{20}or
let
these
themselves
say
what
wrong
they
found
in
me
when
I
stood
before
the
council,
\VS{21}[other]
than
concerning
this
one
voice
which
I
cried
standing amongst
them:
I
am
judged
this
day
by
you touching [the]
resurrection
of [the]
dead.
\VS{22}And
Felix,
knowing accurately
the
things
concerning
the
way,
adjourned
them,
saying,
When
Lysias
the chiliarch
is
come
down
I
will
determine
your affair;
\VS{23}ordering
the
centurion
to
keep
him,
and
that
he
should
have
freedom,
and
to
hinder none
of
his
friends
to minister
to
him.
\VS{24}And
after
certain
days,
Felix having
arrived
with
Drusilla
his
wife,
who
was
a
Jewess,
he
sent
for
Paul
and
heard
him
concerning
the
faith
in
Christ.
\VS{25}And
as
he
reasoned
concerning
righteousness,
and temperance,
and
the
judgment
about
to
come,
Felix,
being filled
with fear,
answered,
Go
for
the
present,
and
when
I
get
an
opportunity
I
will send
for thee;
\VS{26}hoping
at
the
same
time
that
money
would
be
given
him
by
Paul:
wherefore
also
he
sent
for
him
the oftener
and communed
with
him.
\VS{27}But
when
two
years
were
completed,
Felix
was relieved
by
Porcius
Festus
as
his successor;
and
Felix, desirous
to oblige
the
Jews,
to acquire
their favour,
left
Paul
bound.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Festus
therefore,
being
come
into
the eparchy,
after
three
days
went
up
to
Jerusalem
from
Caesarea.
\VS{2}And
the
chief
priests
and
the
chief
of
the
Jews laid informations
before
him
against
Paul,
and besought
him,
\VS{3}asking
as
a
grace
against
him
that
he
would
send
for
him
to
Jerusalem, laying
people
in wait
to
kill
him
on
the
way.
\VS{4}Festus
therefore
answered
that
Paul should
be
kept
at
Caesarea,
and
that
he
himself
was
about
to set
out
shortly.
\VS{5}Let
therefore
the persons
of authority
among
you,
says
he, going down too,
if
there
be
anything
in
this
man,
accuse
him.
\VS{6}And
having
remained
among
them
not
more
than
eight
or
ten
days,
he
went
down
to
Caesarea;
and
on
the
next
day,
having
sat
down
on
the judgment-seat,
commanded
Paul
to
be
brought.
\VS{7}And
when
he
was
come,
the
Jews
who
were
come
down
from
Jerusalem
stood round,
bringing
many
and grievous charges
which
they
were
not
able
to
prove:
\VS{8}Paul answering
for
himself,
Neither
against
the
law
of
the
Jews,
nor
against
the
temple,
nor
against
Caesar,
have
I offended [in]
anything.
\VS{9}But
Festus, desirous
of obliging
the
Jews,
to acquire
their favour,
answering
Paul,
said, Art thou
willing
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
there
to
be
judged
before
me
concerning
these
things?
\VS{10}But
Paul
said,
I
am
standing
before
the judgment-seat
of
Caesar,
where
I
ought
to
be
judged.
To
the
Jews
have
I
done
no
wrong,
as
{\BD{thou}}
also
very
well knowest.
\VS{11}If
then
I
have
done
any
wrong
and
committed
anything
worthy
of
death,
I
do
not deprecate
dying;
but
if
there
is
nothing
of
those
things
of
which
they
accuse
me,
no
man
can
give
me up
to
them.
I
appeal
to
Caesar.
\VS{12}Then
Festus, having
conferred
with
the
council,
answered, Thou hast
appealed
to
Caesar.
To
Caesar shalt thou
go.
\VS{13}And
when
certain
days
had
elapsed,
Agrippa
the
king
and
Bernice
arrived
at
Caesarea
to salute
Festus.
\VS{14}And
when
they
had
spent
many
days
there,
Festus
laid
before
the
king
the matters relating
to
Paul,
saying,
There
is
a
certain
man
left
prisoner
by
Felix,
\VS{15}concerning
whom,
when
I
was
at
Jerusalem,
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
of
the
Jews laid informations, requiring judgment
against
him:
\VS{16}to
whom
I
answered,
It
is
not [the]
custom
of
the
Romans
to
give up
any
man
before
that
the
accused
have
the
accusers
face
to
face,
and
he
have got
opportunity
of defence touching
the
charge.
\VS{17}When
therefore
they
had
come
together
here,
without putting
it off,
I
sat
the
next
day
on
the judgment-seat
and
commanded
the
man
to
be
brought:
\VS{18}concerning
whom
the
accusers,
standing up,
brought
no
such accusation
of
guilt
as
{\BD{
I}} supposed;
\VS{19}but
had
against
him
certain
questions
of
their
own system
of worship,
and
concerning
a
certain
Jesus
who
is
dead,
whom
Paul affirmed
to
be
living.
\VS{20}And
as
I
myself
was
at
a
loss
as
to
an inquiry
into
these
things,
I
said,
Was
he
willing
to
go
to
Jerusalem
and
there
to
be
judged
concerning
these
things?
\VS{21}But
Paul having
appealed
to be
kept
for
the cognisance
of Augustus,
I
commanded
him
to be
kept till
I shall
send
him
to
Caesar.
\VS{22}And
Agrippa [said]
to
Festus,
I
myself
also
would
desire
to
hear
the
man. To-morrow,
said
he, thou shalt
hear
him.
\VS{23}On
the morrow
therefore,
Agrippa being
come,
and
Bernice,
with
great
pomp,
and
having
entered
into
the hall
of audience,
with
the chiliarchs
and
the
men
of distinction
of
the
city,
and
Festus
having given
command,
Paul
was
brought.
\VS{24}And
Festus
said,
King
Agrippa,
and
all
men
who
are
here
present
with
us, ye
see
this
person,
concerning
whom
all
the
multitude
of
the
Jews applied
to
me
both
in
Jerusalem
and
here,
crying out
against [him]
that
he
ought
not
to
live
any
longer.
\VS{25}But
I, having
found
that
he
had
done
nothing
worthy
of
death,
and
this [man]
himself having
appealed
to Augustus,
I
have
decided
to
send
him;
\VS{26}concerning
whom
I
have
nothing
certain
to
write
to
my
lord.
Wherefore
I
have
brought
him
before
you,
and specially
before thee,
king
Agrippa,
so
that
an examination
having
been gone
into
I
may
have
something
to
write:
\VS{27}for
it
seems
to
me senseless,
sending
a
prisoner,
not
also
to signify
the
charges
against
him.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Agrippa
said
to
Paul,
It
is
permitted thee
to
speak
for thyself.
Then
Paul
stretching
out
his
hand
answered
in
his defence:
\VS{2}I
count
myself
happy,
king
Agrippa,
in having
to answer to-day
before thee
concerning
all
of
which
I
am
accused
by
the
Jews,
\VS{3}especially
because thou art acquainted
with
all
the
customs
and
questions
which
are
among
the
Jews;
wherefore
I beseech thee
to
hear
me
patiently.
\VS{4}My
manner
of
life
then
from
my
youth,
which
from
its commencement
was passed
among
my
nation
in
Jerusalem,
know
all
the
Jews,
\VS{5}who knew
me
before
from
the outset [of
my
life],
if
they
would
bear
witness,
that
according
to
the strictest
sect
of
our
religion
I
lived
a
Pharisee.
\VS{6}And
now
I
stand
to
be
judged
because
of
the
hope
of
the
promise
made
by
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:6 }
Elohim}God
to
our
fathers,
\VS{7}to
which
our
whole
twelve
tribes
serving incessantly
day
and
night
hope
to arrive;
about
which
hope, O
king,
I
am
accused
of [the]
Jews.
\VS{8}Why
should it
be
judged
a thing
incredible
in
your
sight
if
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:8 }
Elohim}God
raises
the
dead?
\VS{9}{\BD{
I}}
indeed
myself
thought
that
I
ought
to
do
much
against
the
name
of
Jesus
the Nazaraean.
\VS{10}Which
also
I
did
in
Jerusalem,
and
myself shut
up
in
prisons
many
of
the
saints,
having
received
the
authority
from
the
chief
priests;
and
when
they
were
put
to
death
I
gave
my
vote.
\VS{11}And
often punishing
them
in
all
the
synagogues,
I
compelled
them
to
blaspheme.
And, being exceedingly furious
against
them,
I
persecuted
them
even
to
cities
out [of
our
own land].
\VS{12}And
when, [engaged]
in
this,
I
was
journeying
to
Damascus,
with
authority
and
power
from
the
chief
priests,
\VS{13}at mid-day,
on
the
way,
I
saw, O
king,
a
light
above
the brightness
of
the
sun,
shining
from
heaven round
about
me
and
those
who
were
journeying
with
me.
\VS{14}And,
when
we
were
all
fallen
to
the
ground,
I
heard
a
voice
saying
to
me
in
the
Hebrew tongue,
Saul,
Saul,
why persecutest thou
me? [it
is]
hard
for thee
to kick
against
goads.
\VS{15}And
I
said,
Who art thou,
Lord?
And
the
Lord
said,
{\BD{
I}}
am
Jesus
whom
{\BD{thou}} persecutest:
\VS{16}but
rise
up
and
stand
on thy
feet;
for,
for
this
purpose
have
I
appeared
to thee,
to
appoint thee
to
be
a servant
and
a
witness
both
of
what thou hast
seen,
and
of
what
I
shall
appear
to thee
in,
\VS{17}taking thee
out
from
among
the
people,
and
the
nations,
to
whom
{\BD{
I}}
send thee,
\VS{18}to
open
their
eyes,
that
they
may
turn
from
darkness
to
light,
and
from
the
power
of
Satan
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:18 }
Elohim}God,
that
they
may
receive remission
of
sins
and
inheritance
among
them
that
are
sanctified
by
faith
in
me.
\VS{19}Whereupon,
king
Agrippa,
I
was
not
disobedient
to
the
heavenly
vision;
\VS{20}but
have,
first
to
those
both
in
Damascus
and
Jerusalem,
and
to
all
the
region
of Judaea,
and
to
the
nations,
announced
that
they
should
repent
and
turn
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:20 }
Elohim}God,
doing
works
worthy
of
repentance.
\VS{21}On account
of
these
things
the
Jews, having
seized
me
in
the
temple, attempted
to lay hands
on
and destroy
me.
\VS{22}Having
therefore met
with [the]
help
which
is
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:22 }
Elohim}God,
I
have
stood
firm unto
this
day, witnessing
both
to
small
and
great,
saying
nothing
else
than
those
things
which
both
the
prophets
and
Moses
have
said
should
happen,
\VS{23}[namely,]
whether
Christ
should
suffer;
whether
he
first,
through
resurrection
of [the]
dead,
should announce
light
both
to
the
people
and
to
the
nations.
\VS{24}And
as
he
answered
for
his defence
with
these
things,
Festus
says
with
a
loud
voice, Thou art
mad,
Paul;
much
learning turns thee
to madness.
\VS{25}But
Paul
said,
I
am
not
mad,
most
excellent
Festus,
but
utter
words
of
truth
and soberness;
\VS{26}for
the
king
is informed
about
these
things,
to
whom
also
I
speak
with
all freedom.
For
I
am
persuaded
that
of
these
things
nothing
is hidden
from
him;
for
this
was
not
done
in
a
corner.
\VS{27}King
Agrippa, believest thou
the
prophets?
I
know
that thou believest.
\VS{28}And
Agrippa [said]
to
Paul,
In
a
little thou persuadest
me
to
become
a
Christian.
\VS{29}And
Paul [said],
I
would
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:29 }
Elohim}God,
both
in
little
and
in
much,
that
not
only thou,
but
all
who
have
heard
me
this
day,
should
become
such
as
{\BD{
I}}
also
am,
except
these
bonds.
\VS{30}And
the
king
stood
up,
and
the
governor
and
Bernice,
and
those
who sat
with
them,
\VS{31}and
having
gone apart,
they
spoke
to
one
another
saying,
This
man
does
nothing
worthy
of
death
or
of
bonds.
\VS{32}And
Agrippa
said
to
Festus,
This
man
might
have
been
let
go
if
he
had
not
appealed
to
Caesar.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
when
it
had
been
determined
that
we
should
sail
to
Italy,
they
delivered
up
Paul
and
certain
other
prisoners
to
a
centurion,
by
name
Julius,
of Augustus' company.
\VS{2}And
going
on board
a
ship
of Adramyttium
about
to navigate
by
the
places
along
Asia,
we
set
sail,
Aristarchus,
a
Macedonian
of
Thessalonica,
being
with
us.
\VS{3}And
the
next day
we arrived
at
Sidon.
And
Julius
treated
Paul
kindly
and suffered
him
to
go
to
his
friends
and refresh
himself.
\VS{4}And
setting
sail thence
we
sailed
under
the lee
of
Cyprus,
because
the
winds
were
contrary.
\VS{5}And having
sailed
over
the waters
of
Cilicia
and
Pamphylia
we
came
to
Myra
in
Lycia:
\VS{6}and
there
the
centurion having
found
a
ship
of Alexandria
sailing
to
Italy,
he made
us go
on board
her.
\VS{7}And sailing
slowly
for
many
days,
and having
with
difficulty
got abreast
of
Cnidus,
the
wind
not
suffering
us,
we
sailed
under
the lee
of
Crete abreast
of
Salmone;
\VS{8}and coasting
it
with
difficulty
we
came
to
a
certain
place
called
Fair Havens,
near
to
which
was [the]
city
of Lasaea.
\VS{9}And much
time having
now
been spent,
and navigation
being
already
dangerous,
because
the
fast
also
was
already
past,
Paul counselled
them,
\VS{10}saying,
Men,
I
perceive
that
the navigation
will
be
with
disaster
and
much
loss,
not
only
of
the
cargo
and
the
ship,
but
also
of
our
lives.
\VS{11}But
the
centurion believed
rather
the helmsman
and
the shipowner
than
what
was
said
by
Paul.
\VS{12}And
the harbour
being ill adapted
to
winter
in,
the
most counselled
to
set
sail thence,
if perhaps
they
might
reach Phoenice
to
winter
in,
a port
of
Crete
looking north-east
and south-east.
\VS{13}And [the]
south
wind blowing gently,
supposing
that
they
had gained
their object, having
weighed
anchor
they sailed
close
in shore
along
Crete.
\VS{14}But
not
long
after
there came
down
it
a hurricane
called Euroclydon.
\VS{15}And
the
ship being
caught
and
driven,
and
not
able
to
bring her
head
to
the
wind,
letting her go
we
were
driven [before
it].
\VS{16}But
running
under
the lee
of
a
certain
island
called
Clauda,
we
were
with
difficulty
able
to make ourselves masters
of
the
boat;
\VS{17}which having
hoisted
up,
they
used helps, frapping
the
ship;
and
fearing
lest
they should run
into
Syrtis
and run aground,
and having lowered
the gear
they
were
so
driven.
\VS{18}But
the storm being extremely violent
on
us,
on
the
next
day
they threw
cargo overboard,
\VS{19}and
on
the
third day
with
their own hands
they
cast away
the
ship furniture.
\VS{20}And
neither
sun
nor
stars appearing
for
many
days,
and
no
small
storm
lying
on
us,
in
the end
all
hope
of
our
being
saved
was
taken
away.
\VS{21}And
when
they
had
been
a
long
while
without
taking
food,
Paul
then
standing
up
in
the
midst
of
them
said, Ye
ought,
O
men,
to
have hearkened
to
me,
and
not
have
made
sail
from
Crete
and
have
gained
this
disaster
and
loss.
\VS{22}And
now
I exhort
you
to
be
of
good
courage,
for
there
shall
be
no
loss
at
all
of
life
of [any]
of
you,
only
of
the
ship.
\VS{23}For
an
angel
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 27:23 }
Elohim}God,
whose
I
am
and
whom
I
serve,
stood
by
me
this
night,
\VS{24}saying,
Fear
not,
Paul; thou
must
stand
before
Caesar;
and
behold,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 27:24 }
Elohim}God
has
granted
to thee
all
those
that
sail
with thee.
\VS{25}Wherefore
be
of
good
courage,
men,
for
I
believe
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 27:25 }
Elohim}God
that
thus
it
shall
be,
as
it
has
been
said
to
me.
\VS{26}But
we
must
be cast ashore
on
a
certain
island.
\VS{27}And
when
the fourteenth
night
was
come,
we
being
driven
about
in Adria, towards
the
middle
of
the
night
the
sailors supposed
that
some
land neared
them,
\VS{28}and having sounded
found
twenty
fathoms,
and having gone
a
little
farther
and having
again sounded
they
found
fifteen
fathoms;
\VS{29}and
fearing
lest
we should
be
cast
on rocky
places, casting
four
anchors
out
of
the
stern,
they
wished
that
day
were
come.
\VS{30}But
the
sailors wishing
to
flee
out
of
the
ship,
and having
let
down
the
boat
into
the
sea
under
pretext
of being
about
to carry
out
anchors
from
the
prow,
\VS{31}Paul
said
to
the
centurion
and
the
soldiers,
Unless
these
abide
in
the
ship
{\BD{ye}}
cannot
be
saved.
\VS{32}Then
the
soldiers
cut
away
the
ropes
of
the
boat
and
let
her fall.
\VS{33}And
while
it
was
drawing
on
to
daylight,
Paul
exhorted
them
all
to partake
of
food,
saying, Ye
have passed
the fourteenth
day
watching
in
expectation
without
taking
food.
\VS{34}Wherefore
I
exhort
you
to partake
of
food,
for
this
has
to
do
with
your safety;
for
not
a
hair
from
the
head
of
any
one
of
you
shall
perish.
\VS{35}And, having
said
these
things
and
taken
a
loaf,
he
gave
thanks
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 27:35 }
Elohim}God
before
all,
and having
broken
it
began
to
eat.
\VS{36}And
all
taking courage,
themselves
also
took
food.
\VS{37}And
we
were
in
the
ship,
all
the
souls,
two
hundred
and seventy-six.
\VS{38}And having
satisfied
themselves
with
food,
they lightened
the
ship, casting
out
the
wheat
into
the
sea.
\VS{39}And
when
it
was
day
they
did
not recognise
the
land;
but
they
perceived
a
certain
bay
having
a strand,
on
which
they
were minded,
if
they
should
be
able,
to run
the
ship
ashore;
\VS{40}and, having cast
off
the
anchors,
they
left [them]
in
the
sea,
at
the
same
time
loosening
the lashings
of
the
rudders,
and
hoisting
the
foresail
to
the
wind,
they made
for
the strand.
\VS{41}And falling
into
a
place
where
two
seas
met
they
ran
the ship
aground,
and
the
prow having
stuck itself
fast
remained unmoved,
but
the
stern
was
broken
by
the
force
of
the waves.
\VS{42}And [the]
counsel
of
the
soldiers
was
that
they
should
kill
the
prisoners,
lest
any
one
should
swim off
and
escape.
\VS{43}But
the
centurion, desirous
of saving
Paul,
hindered
them
of
their
purpose,
and
commanded
those
who
were
able
to
swim, casting
themselves
first [into
the sea],
to
get
out
on
land;
\VS{44}and
the
rest,
some
on boards,
some
on
some
of
the
things [that
came]
from
the
ship;
and
thus
it
came
to
pass
that
all
got safe
to
land.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
we got safe [to land]
we
then
knew
that
the
island
was
called Melita.
\VS{2}But
the
barbarians shewed
us
no common
kindness;
for, having
kindled
a
fire,
they
took
us
all
in
because
of
the
rain
that
was falling
and
because
of
the
cold.
\VS{3}And
Paul having
gathered
a [certain]
quantity
of
sticks
together
in
a
bundle
and
laid [it]
on
the
fire,
a
viper
coming
out
from
the
heat seized
his
hand.
\VS{4}And
when
the
barbarians
saw
the
beast
hanging
from
his
hand,
they
said
to
one
another,
This
man
is
certainly
a
murderer,
whom, [though]
saved
out
of
the
sea, Nemesis
has
not
allowed
to
live.
\VS{5}{\BD{
He}}
however,
having shaken
off
the
beast
into
the
fire, felt
no
harm.
\VS{6}But
{\BD{
they}} expected
that
he
would
have swollen
or
fallen
down
suddenly
dead.
But
when
they
had expected
a
long
time
and
saw
nothing
unusual
happen
to
him, changing
their opinion,
they
said
he
was
a
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:6 }
Elohim}god.
\VS{7}Now
in
the country surrounding
that
place
were
the
lands
belonging
to
the chief
man
of
the
island,
by
name
Publius,
who
received
us
and
gave [us] hospitality
three
days
in
a
very friendly
way.
\VS{8}And
it
happened
that
the
father
of
Publius
lay ill
of
fever
and
dysentery;
to
whom
Paul
entered
in,
and having
prayed
and
laid
his
hands
on
him
cured
him.
\VS{9}But
this
having
taken
place,
the
rest
also
who
had
sicknesses
in
the
island
came
and
were
healed:
\VS{10}who
also honoured us
with
many honours,
and
on
our leaving
they made presents
to us
of
what
should minister
to
our wants.
\VS{11}And
after
three
months
we sailed
in
a
ship
which
had
wintered
in
the
island,
an
Alexandrian,
with [the] Dioscuri
for its ensign.
\VS{12}And having come
to
Syracuse
we remained
three
days.
\VS{13}Whence,
going
in
a circuitous course,
we
arrived
at
Rhegium;
and
after
one
day,
the
wind having changed
to
south,
on
the
second
day
we
came
to
Puteoli,
\VS{14}where, having
found
brethren,
we
were
begged
to
stay
with
them
seven
days.
And
thus
we
went
to
Rome.
\VS{15}And thence
the
brethren, having
heard
about
us,
came
to
meet
us
as
far
as Appii Forum
and Tres Tabernae,
whom
when
Paul
saw,
he
thanked
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:15 }
Elohim}God
and
took
courage.
\VS{16}And
when
we
came
to
Rome, [the centurion delivered
up
the prisoners
to
the praetorian prefect,
but]
Paul
was
allowed
to
remain
by
himself
with
the
soldier
who
kept
him.
\VS{17}And
it
came
to
pass
after
three
days,
that
he
called
together
those
who
were
the chief
of
the
Jews;
and
when
they
had
come
together
he
said
to
them,
Brethren,
{\BD{
I}}
having
done
nothing
against
the
people
or
the
customs
of
our forefathers,
have
been
delivered
a
prisoner
from
Jerusalem
into
the
hands
of
the
Romans,
\VS{18}who having
examined
me
were minded
to
let
me
go,
because
there
was
nothing worthy
of
death
in
me.
\VS{19}But
the
Jews speaking
against
it,
I
was
compelled
to
appeal
to
Caesar,
not
as
having
anything
to
accuse
my
nation
of.
\VS{20}For
this
cause
therefore
I
have called
you
to [me]
to
see
and
to
speak
to
you;
for
on
account
of
the
hope
of
Israel
I
have
this
chain
about
me.
\VS{21}And
they
said
to
him,
For
our
part,
we
have
neither
received
letters
from Judaea
concerning thee,
nor
has
any
one
of
the
brethren
who
has
arrived
reported
or
said
anything
evil
concerning thee.
\VS{22}But
we beg
to
hear
of thee
what thou thinkest,
for
as
concerning
this
sect
it
is
known
to
us
that
it
is
everywhere
spoken
against.
\VS{23}And
having
appointed
him
a
day
many
came
to
him
to
the
lodging,
to
whom
he expounded,
testifying
of
the
kingdom
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:23 }
Elohim}God,
and
persuading
them
concerning
Jesus,
both
from
the
law
of
Moses
and
the
prophets,
from
early
morning
to
evening.
\VS{24}And
some
were
persuaded
of
the
things
which
were
said,
but
some
disbelieved.
\VS{25}And
being disagreed
among
themselves
they left;
Paul
having
spoken
one
word,
Well
spoke
the
Holy
Spirit
through Esaias
the
prophet
to
our
fathers,
\VS{26}saying,
Go
to
this
people,
and
say,
Hearing ye
shall
hear
and
not
understand,
and
seeing ye
shall
see
and
not
perceive.
\VS{27}For
the
heart
of
this
people
has
become fat,
and
they
hear heavily
with
their
ears,
and
they
have
closed
their
eyes; lest
they
should
see
with
their
eyes,
and
hear
with
their
ears,
and
understand
with
their
heart,
and
be converted,
and
I
should
heal
them.
\VS{28}Be
it
known
to
you
therefore,
that
this
salvation
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:28 }
Elohim}God
has
been
sent
to
the
nations;
{\BD{
they}}
also
will
hear [it].
\VS{29}[And he having said this, the Jews went away, having great reasoning among themselves.]
\VS{30}And
he remained
two
whole
years
in
his
own hired lodging,
and
received
all
who
came
to
him,
\VS{31}preaching
the
kingdom
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:31 }
Elohim}God,
and
teaching
the
things
concerning
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
with
all freedom unhinderedly.
\par }