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\BibleBook{The  Acts  of the Apostles}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The }
\BibleMainTitle{Acts }
\BibleTitleTwo{of the Apostles }

\BibleMainSectionHeading{The Church and the Jews }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Church and the Jews }

\BibleSectionHeading{The Acts of the Apostles Peter and John }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Acts of the Apostles Peter and John }
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\chapterNumber{1}The|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" account|strong="G3056" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" drew|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532", Theophilus|strong="G2321", dealt|strong="G4160" with|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2424" did|strong="G4160" and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413", 
\verseNumber{2}down|strong="H3381" to|strong="G4151" that|strong="G3739" day|strong="G2250" on|strong="G4151" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" taken|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="G4151" heaven|strong="H8064", after|strong="G1223" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739", by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" help|strong="H5826" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1223" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", given|strong="G1781" instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1223" apostles whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" chosen|strong="G1586". 
\verseNumber{3}With|strong="G3326" abundant|strong="G4183" proofs|strong="G5039", he|strong="G2532" showed|strong="H7200" himself|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", still|strong="H5750" living|strong="G2198", after|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1438" death|strong="H4194"; appearing|strong="G3700" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" to|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" during|strong="G1722" forty|strong="G5062" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G3004" of|strong="G4012" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" related|strong="H5608" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="G2532" once|strong="G3739", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="H6960" them|strong="G3588" together|strong="G4871", he|strong="G2532" charged|strong="G3853" them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G5563" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" wait|strong="G4037" there|strong="G2532" for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Father’s|strong="G3962" promise|strong="G1860" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w promise|strong="G1860"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w*;} 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w for|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w water|strong="G5204"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3756"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w passed|strong="G4183"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="G3767", when|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" apostles had|strong="G3588" met|strong="H6298" together|strong="G4905", they|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G2065" Jesus|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" question|strong="G2065" – “Master|strong="G2962", is|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G5550" when|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1487" intend|strong="H2803" to|strong="G3004" re-establish the|strong="G1722" kingdom|strong="H4467" for|strong="G1722" Israel|strong="G2474"?” 
\verseNumber{7}His|strong="G1438" answer|strong="H6030" was|strong="G1510", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w times|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w hours|strong="H1897"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w reserved|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w own|strong="G2398"\+w* \+w decision|strong="H4941"\+w*;} 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1411"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w witnesses|strong="G3144"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w throughout|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Judea|strong="G2449"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="G4540"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ends|strong="G2078"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{9}No|strong="G2532" sooner had|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" than|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" caught|strong="H3920" up|strong="G1869" before|strong="G3588" their|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cloud|strong="G3507" received|strong="G5274" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3788". 
\verseNumber{10}While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" gazing|strong="H7583" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772", as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198", suddenly|strong="G2400" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417", clothed|strong="H3847" in|strong="G1722" white|strong="G3022", stood|strong="G3936" beside|strong="G3936" them|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “People|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1057", why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" standing|strong="G2476" here|strong="G1519" looking|strong="G2424" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772"? This|strong="G3778" same|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G5101" been|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="G2064" you|strong="G5210" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772", will|strong="G5101" come|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3778" way|strong="G3779" in|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G2300" him|strong="G3588" go|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G1519" apostles returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" hill|strong="G3735" called|strong="G2564" Olivet|strong="G1638", which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1519" three|strong="H7969" quarters|strong="H1004" of|strong="G3598" a|strong="G2192" mile from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G1519", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" upstairs room|strong="G5253", where|strong="G3757" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" staying|strong="G2650". There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074", John|strong="G2491", James|strong="G2385", and|strong="G2532" Andrew, Philip|strong="G5376" and|strong="G2532" Thomas|strong="G2381", Bartholomew and|strong="G2532" Matthew|strong="G3156", James|strong="G2385" the|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" Alphaeus, Simon|strong="G4613" the|strong="G2532" Zealot, and|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455" the|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" James|strong="G2385". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" united|strong="H3161" in|strong="G2532" devoting|strong="G4342" themselves|strong="G4342" to|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4335", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" women|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137", the|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" brothers|strong="H0251". 
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\verseNumber{15}About|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3778" time|strong="G2250", at|strong="G1722" a|strong="G5613" meeting|strong="H4150" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588", when|strong="G5613" there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" hundred|strong="G1540" and|strong="G2532" twenty|strong="G1501" present|strong="G3778", Peter|strong="G4074" rose|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{16}“Friends|strong="H7453",” he|strong="G3739" said|strong="G4151", “it|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1096" necessary|strong="G1163" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1223" prediction of|strong="G4012" scripture|strong="G1124" should|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1096" fulfilled|strong="G4137", which|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1223" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" made|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" lips|strong="G4750" of|strong="G4012" David|strong="G1138" about|strong="G4012" Judas|strong="G2455", who|strong="G3739" acted|strong="H6213" as|strong="G3739" guide|strong="G3595" to|strong="G1163" the|strong="G1223" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" arrested|strong="G4815" Jesus|strong="G2424", 
\verseNumber{17}for|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" number|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" part|strong="G2819" allotted|strong="G2819" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="G2532" ours|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{18}(This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2532" bought|strong="H7069" a|strong="G1096" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="G1537" land|strong="G5564" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" price|strong="G3408" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3956" treachery|strong="H4820"; and|strong="G2532", falling|strong="G1096" heavily|strong="H3513", his|strong="G3956" body|strong="H1320" had|strong="G2532" burst|strong="G2997" open|strong="G2997", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" bowels|strong="G4698" protruded. 
\verseNumber{19}This|strong="G3778" became|strong="G1096" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" living|strong="G2730" in|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" field|strong="G5564" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" called|strong="G2564", in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" language|strong="G1258", ‘Akeldama,’ which|strong="G3739" means|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" ‘Field|strong="G5564" of|strong="G2532" Blood|strong="H1818".’) 
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\verseNumber{20}“For|strong="G1063" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" Psalms|strong="G5568",” Peter|strong="G2532" continued|strong="G1096", “it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" said|strong="G2532" – 
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‘Let|strong="G1096" his|strong="G1722" home|strong="H1004" become|strong="G1096" desolate|strong="G2048", 
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and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G1096" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588" live|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" it’; 
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and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" – 
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‘His|strong="G1722" office|strong="G1984" let|strong="G1096" another|strong="G2087" take|strong="G2983".’ 
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\verseNumber{21}Therefore|strong="G3767", from|strong="G2532" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G5550" that|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2424" Master|strong="G2962", went|strong="G1831" in|strong="G1722" and|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1831" among|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249" – 
\verseNumber{22}from|strong="G3588" his|strong="G3739" baptism by|strong="G2250" John|strong="G2491" down|strong="G2193" to|strong="G2193" that|strong="G3739" day|strong="G2250" on|strong="G1096" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1096" taken|strong="G1096" from|strong="G3588" us|strong="G2249" – someone|strong="G1520" must|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" found|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2193" join|strong="H2266" us|strong="G2249" as|strong="G3739" a|strong="G1096" witness|strong="G3144" of|strong="G2250" his|strong="G3739" resurrection.” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2476" forward|strong="G2476" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417", Joseph|strong="G2501" called|strong="G2564" Barsabbas, whose|strong="G3739" other|strong="G3739" name|strong="G2564" was|strong="G3588" Justus|strong="G2459", and|strong="G2532" Matthias|strong="G3159"; 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" offered|strong="H5927" this|strong="G3778" prayer|strong="G4336" – 
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“Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3739" reads|strong="H7121" all|strong="G3956" hearts|strong="G2589", show|strong="H7200" which|strong="G3739" of|strong="G1537" these|strong="G3778" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G3956" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" chosen|strong="G1586" 
\verseNumber{25}to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" in|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" apostolic work|strong="H4399", which|strong="G3739" Judas|strong="G2455" has|strong="G3739" abandoned|strong="H5800", to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" proper|strong="G2398" place|strong="G5117".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" drew|strong="G2532" lots|strong="G2819" between|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" lot|strong="G2819" having|strong="G2532" fallen|strong="G4098" to|strong="G2532" Matthias|strong="G3159", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" added|strong="G4785" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" eleven|strong="G1733" apostles. 
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\chapterNumber{2}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" course|strong="H4256" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Festival|strong="H2282" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" close|strong="H5980" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Harvest|strong="H7105" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" had|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" met|strong="H6298" together|strong="G3674", 
\verseNumber{2}when|strong="G2532" suddenly|strong="H6597" there|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1096" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772" a|strong="G1096" noise|strong="G2279" like|strong="G5618" a|strong="G1096" strong|strong="G2532" wind|strong="G4157" rushing|strong="G5342" by|strong="G1537"; it|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G4137" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" house|strong="G3624" in|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="G2521". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G3708" tongues|strong="G1100" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G2532" seemed|strong="H5869" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" flame|strong="H3852", separating|strong="H5144", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" settled|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1909" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3708"; 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2532" different|strong="G2087" languages|strong="G1100" as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" prompted|strong="H7971" their|strong="G2532" utterances|strong="H4405". 
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\verseNumber{5}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" then|strong="G1161" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" religious Jews|strong="G2453" from|strong="G5259" every|strong="G3956" country|strong="H2022" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="H8398"; 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" sound|strong="G5456" was|strong="G1096" heard|strong="H8085", numbers|strong="H7230" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4128" collected|strong="H6908", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" greatest|strong="H1419" excitement, because|strong="G3754" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" own|strong="G2398" language|strong="G1258". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" utterly|strong="H2763" amazed|strong="G2296", and|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" asking|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2532" astonishment|strong="H8047", “What|strong="G3588"! Are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" speaking|strong="G2980" Galileans|strong="G1057"? 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4459" is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2532" own|strong="G2398" language|strong="G1258"? 
\verseNumber{9}Some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" are|strong="G3588" Parthians|strong="G3934", some|strong="G3588" Medes|strong="G3370", some|strong="G3588" Elamites|strong="G1639"; and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" live|strong="G2730" in|strong="G2532" Mesopotamia|strong="G3318", in|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449" and|strong="G2532" Cappadocia|strong="G2587", in|strong="G2532" Pontus|strong="G4195" and|strong="G2532" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{10}in|strong="G2596" Phrygia|strong="G5435" and|strong="G2532" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", in|strong="G2596" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" districts|strong="G3313" of|strong="G2532" Libya|strong="G3033" adjoining Cyrene|strong="G2957"; some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" are|strong="G3588" visitors|strong="G1927" from|strong="G2532" Rome|strong="G4514", 
\verseNumber{11}either|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" by|strong="G2532" birth|strong="H3205" or|strong="G2532" converts|strong="H7725", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" Cretans|strong="G2912" and|strong="G2532" Arabians|strong="H6163" – yet|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" alike|strong="G5037" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" own|strong="H1961" languages|strong="G1100" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2980" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" done|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" utterly|strong="H2763" amazed|strong="G1839" and|strong="G2532" bewildered|strong="H2398". 
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“What|strong="G5101" does|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" mean|strong="G3004"?” they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" one|strong="G3956" another|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" some|strong="G3748" who|strong="G3748" said|strong="G3004" with|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1510" sneer|strong="G5512", “They|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3748" had|strong="G1510" too|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" new|strong="H2319" wine|strong="G1098".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074", surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" eleven|strong="G1733" other|strong="G1161" apostles, stood|strong="G2476" up|strong="G1869", and|strong="G2532", raising|strong="H6965" his|strong="G3956" voice|strong="G5456", addressed|strong="H0559" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995". “People|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2453",” he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161", “and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", let|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210" what|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" means|strong="G1510". Mark|strong="H0226" well|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3956" words|strong="G4487". 
\verseNumber{15}These|strong="G3778" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" drunk|strong="G3184", as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G5210" suppose|strong="G5274"; for|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G1510" only|strong="G3756" now|strong="G1510" nine|strong="G5154" in|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" morning|strong="G2250"! No|strong="G3756"! 
\verseNumber{16}This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G3004" of|strong="G1223" in|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" prophet|strong="G4396" Joel|strong="G2493" – 
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\verseNumber{17}‘It|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" come|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1909" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" last|strong="G2078" days|strong="G2250",’ God|strong="G2316" says|strong="G3004", 
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‘That|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" pour|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1632" my|strong="G3708" Spirit|strong="G4151" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" humanity|strong="G4561"; 
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your|strong="G2532" sons|strong="G5207" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" daughters|strong="G2364" will|strong="G2316" become|strong="G1510" prophets|strong="H5030", 
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your|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3495" men|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" visions|strong="G3706", 
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and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" old|strong="G4245" men|strong="G3956" dream|strong="G1797" dreams|strong="G1798"; 
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\verseNumber{18}yes|strong="H3588", even|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" slaves|strong="G1401" – for|strong="G1909" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" mine|strong="G1473" – both|strong="G2532" men|strong="G1401" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1401", 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250" pour|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1632" my|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151", 
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and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" prophets|strong="H5030"; 
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\verseNumber{19}and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1325" wonders|strong="G5059" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772" above|strong="G1909", 
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and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" below|strong="G2736" – 
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blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442" and|strong="G2532" mist|strong="H6051" of|strong="G2532" smoke|strong="G2586"; 
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\verseNumber{20}the|strong="G2532" sun|strong="G2246" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" darkness|strong="G4655", 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" moon|strong="G4582" blood-red, 
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before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" comes|strong="G2064" – that|strong="G3588" great|strong="G3173" and|strong="G2532" awful day|strong="G2250". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" invokes the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" be|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G4982".’ 
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\verseNumber{22}People|strong="G1492" of|strong="G3056" Israel|strong="G2475", listen|strong="G1492" to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3056". Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G3056" Nazareth|strong="G3480", a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" whose|strong="G3739" mission|strong="H1870" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" was|strong="G3588" proved|strong="H0974" by|strong="G1223" miracles|strong="G1411", wonders|strong="G5059", and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592", which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" showed|strong="G4160" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588", as|strong="G2531" you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1492" full|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532" – 
\verseNumber{23}he|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G1223", in|strong="G2532" accordance|strong="H5921" with|strong="G1223" God’s|strong="G2316" definite|strong="H4150" plan|strong="G1012" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" previous|strong="H7223" knowledge|strong="H1847", was|strong="G3588" betrayed|strong="H0898", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532", by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1223" lawless|strong="H7386" men|strong="G3778", nailed|strong="G4362" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="G4362" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" released|strong="G3089" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" pangs|strong="G5604" of|strong="G5259" death|strong="G2288" and|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G2316" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3756" life|strong="H5315", it|strong="G3739" being|strong="G1510" impossible|strong="G3756" for|strong="G2316" death|strong="G2288" to|strong="G3756" retain|strong="G2902" its|strong="G5259" hold|strong="G2902" on|strong="G2902" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{25}Indeed|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3956" David|strong="G1138" was|strong="G1510" referring to|strong="G1519" when|strong="G1510" he|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004" – 
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‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" had|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" ever|strong="G1519" before|strong="G1799" my|strong="G3956" eyes|strong="H5869", 
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for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3754" stands|strong="H5975" at|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3956" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" disquieted|strong="H1993". 
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\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="G1223" my|strong="G1473" heart|strong="G2588" was|strong="G3588" cheered, and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" tongue|strong="G1100" told|strong="H5046" its|strong="G1223" delight|strong="H2654"; 
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yes|strong="G2089", even|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" body|strong="G4561", too|strong="G2532", will|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G2681" in|strong="G1909" hope|strong="G1680"; 
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\verseNumber{27}For|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3756" abandon|strong="G1459" my|strong="G3708" soul|strong="G5590" to|strong="G1519" Hades, 
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nor|strong="G3761" surrender|strong="H5462" me|strong="G1325", your|strong="G3708" holy|strong="G3741" one|strong="G3588", to|strong="G1519" undergo|strong="G3708" corruption|strong="G1312". 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1473" shown|strong="H7200" me|strong="G1473" the|strong="G3588" path|strong="G3598" to|strong="G3326" life|strong="G2222", 
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you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1473" fill|strong="G4137" me|strong="G1473" with|strong="G3326" gladness|strong="G2167" in|strong="G3326" your|strong="G3588" presence|strong="G4383".’ 
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\verseNumber{29}Friends|strong="H7453", I|strong="G1473" can|strong="G3004" speak|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G1722" more|strong="G2532" confidently|strong="G3326" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" patriarch|strong="G3966" David|strong="G1138", because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" dead|strong="G5053" and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4012" tomb|strong="G3418" is|strong="G1510" here|strong="G1510" among|strong="G1722" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{30}David|strong="H1732", then|strong="G3767", prophet|strong="G4396" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588", knowing|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2532" solemnly|strong="H7650" sworn|strong="G3660" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2523" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1909" descendants|strong="G2590" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" throne|strong="G2362", looked|strong="G3708" into|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" future|strong="H0319", 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G4561" referred to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" resurrection of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547" when|strong="G2980" he|strong="G3754" said|strong="G2980" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" had|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3777" been|strong="G5547" abandoned|strong="G1459" to|strong="G1519" Hades, nor|strong="G3777" had|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1519" body|strong="G4561" undergone corruption|strong="G1312". 
\verseNumber{32}It|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2316" life|strong="H5315"; and|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" ourselves|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3956" witnesses|strong="G3144". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G2532" exalted|strong="G5312" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" received|strong="G2983" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962" the|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1860" gift|strong="H4976" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" pour|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1632" that|strong="G3739" gift|strong="H4976", as|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" now|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" and|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{34}It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" David|strong="G1138" who|strong="G3588" went|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772"; for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" himself|strong="G1519" says|strong="G3004" – 
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‘The|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" master|strong="G2962", “Sit|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188", 
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\verseNumber{35}Until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G2193" put|strong="G5087" your|strong="G5087" enemies|strong="G2190" as|strong="G2193" a|strong="G5087" footstool|strong="G5286" under|strong="H8478" your|strong="G5087" feet|strong="G4228".”’ 
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\verseNumber{36}So|strong="G3767" let|strong="G1097" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3956" nation|strong="H1471" of|strong="G2316" Israel|strong="G2474" know|strong="G1097" beyond|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3956" doubt|strong="H0518", that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" made|strong="G4160" him|strong="G3588" both|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" – this|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" crucified|strong="G4717".” 
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\verseNumber{37}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4160" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" conscience-smitten, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G3062" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles, “Friends|strong="H7453", what|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160"?” 
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\verseNumber{38}“Repent|strong="G3340",” answered|strong="G5346" Peter|strong="G4074", “and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" baptized every|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G4151" you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" forgiveness|strong="H5547" of|strong="G4151" your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403"; and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" gift|strong="G1431" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{39}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" is|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G2962" children|strong="G5043", and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" now|strong="G2532" far|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493", who|strong="G3588" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G4341" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".” 
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\verseNumber{40}Peter|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G1074" using|strong="G3004" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G2087" arguments|strong="H8433" and|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" – “Save|strong="G4982" yourselves|strong="G1438" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" perverse|strong="G4646" spirit|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3056" this|strong="G3778" age|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{41}So|strong="G3767" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" accepted|strong="H7521" his|strong="G1722" teaching|strong="G3056" were|strong="G3588" baptized, and|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5616" three|strong="G5153" thousand|strong="G5153" people|strong="G5590" joined|strong="H2266" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" alone|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{42}They|strong="G2532" devoted|strong="G4342" themselves|strong="G4342" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1322" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Common|strong="H1121" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" church, to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" breaking|strong="G2800" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Prayers|strong="G4335". 
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\verseNumber{43}A|strong="G1096" deep|strong="G4183" impression was|strong="G1510" made|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1909" everyone|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" wonders|strong="G5059" and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" were|strong="G1510" done|strong="G1096" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" apostles. 
\verseNumber{44}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" Christ held|strong="G2192" everything|strong="G3956" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" common|strong="G2839" use|strong="G2192"; 
\verseNumber{45}they|strong="G2532" sold|strong="G4097" their|strong="G2532" property|strong="G2933" and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" goods|strong="G5223", and|strong="G2532" shared|strong="H2267" the|strong="G2532" proceeds|strong="H3318" among|strong="G1266" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", according|strong="G5100" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" individual|strong="H1538" needs|strong="G5532". 
\verseNumber{46}Every|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" they|strong="G2532" devoted|strong="G4342" themselves|strong="G4342" to|strong="G2532" meeting|strong="H4150" together|strong="G3661" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" Courts|strong="H2691", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" breaking|strong="G2806" of|strong="G2250" bread|strong="H3899" at|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" homes|strong="G3624", while|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" partook of|strong="G2250" their|strong="G2532" food|strong="G5160" in|strong="G1722" simple-hearted gladness|strong="H8057", praising|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" winning the|strong="G1722" goodwill of|strong="G2250" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{47}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" daily|strong="G2250" added|strong="G4369" to|strong="G4314" their|strong="G2532" company|strong="H6951" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" path|strong="H0734" of|strong="G2250" salvation|strong="G4982". 
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\chapterNumber{3}One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G5610", as|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts|strong="H2691" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" three|strong="G1766" o’clock Prayers|strong="G4335", 
\verseNumber{2}a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100", who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1519" birth|strong="G2836", was|strong="G3588" being|strong="G5225" carried|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1537". This|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5100" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" set|strong="G5087" down|strong="G5087" every|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G2374" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413" called|strong="G3004" ‘the|strong="G2532" Beautiful|strong="G5611" Gate|strong="G2374",’ to|strong="G1519" beg|strong="H7592" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" went|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{3}Seeing|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" point|strong="G3195" of|strong="G2532" entering|strong="G1524", he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" something|strong="G3708". 
\verseNumber{4}Peter|strong="G4074" fixed|strong="H3559" his|strong="G1519" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" so|strong="G1161" did|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491", and|strong="G1161" then|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="H7200" at|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G3588" all|strong="G1161" attention|strong="G1907", expecting|strong="G4328" to|strong="G5100" get|strong="H3947" something|strong="G5100" from|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{6}but|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" added|strong="H3254", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" gold|strong="G5553" or|strong="G2532" silver|strong="H3701", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192". In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" of|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3480", get|strong="G2192" up|strong="G1325" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043".” 
\verseNumber{7}Grasping the|strong="G2532" lame|strong="H6455" man|strong="H0376" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G5495", Peter|strong="G4084" lifted|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453". Instantly|strong="H7281" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="H0376" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="G2532" ankles|strong="G4974" became|strong="G3588" strong|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="G2532", leaping|strong="G2476" up|strong="G1519", he|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G1519" walk|strong="G4043" about|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts|strong="H2691", walking|strong="G4043", and|strong="G2532" leaping|strong="G2476", and|strong="G2532" praising|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{9}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" about|strong="G4043" and|strong="G2532" praising|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316"; 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" recognized|strong="G1921" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G4314" sit|strong="G2521" begging|strong="H1245" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Beautiful|strong="G5611" Gate|strong="G4439" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" utterly|strong="H2763" astonished|strong="G2285" and|strong="G2532" amazed|strong="G2285" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G4819" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{11}While|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" still|strong="H5750" clung|strong="H1692" to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" all|strong="G3956" quickly|strong="H4116" gathered|strong="H6960" around|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Colonnade named|strong="G2564" after|strong="G1161" Solomon|strong="G4672", in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" greatest|strong="H1419" astonishment|strong="H8047". 
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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="G1909" seeing|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3778", Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2992", “People|strong="G2992" of|strong="G1411" Israel|strong="G2475", why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3708" surprised|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778"? And|strong="G1161" why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3708" stare|strong="H7200" at|strong="G1909" us|strong="G4160", as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249", by|strong="G1909" any|strong="G1909" power|strong="G1411" or|strong="G2228" piety|strong="G2150" of|strong="G1411" our|strong="G4314" own|strong="G2398", had|strong="G3588" enabled|strong="H5414" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" walk|strong="G4043"? 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384", the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962", has|strong="G2316" done|strong="H6213" honor|strong="G1392" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424" – him|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" gave|strong="G3860" up|strong="G3860" and|strong="G2532" disowned before|strong="G2596" Pilate|strong="G4091", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" decided|strong="G2919" to|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" free|strong="H2670". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="G5210", I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2532", disowned the|strong="G2532" holy|strong="H6944" and|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" one|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" release|strong="H7971" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" murderer|strong="G5406"! 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G1537" guide|strong="H5148" to|strong="G1161" life|strong="G2222" you|strong="G3739" put|strong="H5414" to|strong="G1161" death|strong="G3498"! But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" dead|strong="G3498" – and|strong="G1161" of|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" ourselves|strong="G2249" witnesses|strong="G3144". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2532", that|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" see|strong="G1492" and|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492", has|strong="G3739" – by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" – been|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3956" strong|strong="G2532". Yes|strong="H3588", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" inspired|strong="H7307" by|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" made|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3778" complete|strong="G3956" cure|strong="H0622" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778", before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532", my|strong="G3754" friends|strong="H7453", I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" acted|strong="G4238" as|strong="G5618" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" ignorance|strong="H7684", and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" rulers|strong="H8269" also|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2316" this|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" fulfilled|strong="G4137" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2316" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" foretold|strong="G4293", as|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" sufferings|strong="G3958" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" Christ|strong="G5547", by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" lips|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="G3767", repent|strong="G3340" and|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" so|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2962" sins|strong="H2403" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" wiped|strong="G1813" away|strong="G1813"; so|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3588" happier times|strong="G2540" may|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" himself|strong="H5315", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", your|strong="G2962" long-appointed Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G2316" heaven|strong="G3772" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1163" his|strong="G3956" home|strong="H1004", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="G3956" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" Universal Restoration, of|strong="G1223" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" spoken|strong="G2980" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" lips|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" holy|strong="H6944" prophets|strong="G4396" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" very|strong="G3588" first|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{22}Moses|strong="G3475" himself|strong="H5315" said|strong="G3004" – 
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‘The|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" your|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" raise|strong="G2316" up|strong="G1537" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" yourselves|strong="G4771" a|strong="G5613" prophet|strong="G4396", as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G3754" raised|strong="G2316" me|strong="G1473". To|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2316" listen|strong="H8085" whenever|strong="G5613" he|strong="G3754" speaks|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" anyone|strong="G3956" among|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" not|strong="G3361" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" utterly|strong="G1842" destroyed|strong="G1842".’ 
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\verseNumber{24}Yes|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" from|strong="G2532" Samuel|strong="G4545" onwards, and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" their|strong="G2532" successors|strong="G2517" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" deliver|strong="H5337", told|strong="G2980" of|strong="G2250" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{25}You|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" heirs|strong="H3423" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396", and|strong="G2532" heirs|strong="H3423", too|strong="G2532", of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G1303" with|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Abraham|strong="H0085" – 
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‘In|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G4690" will|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" be|strong="G1510" blessed|strong="G1757".’ 
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\verseNumber{26}For|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", first|strong="G4413", God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G2316" up|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G3816", and|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G2316" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" bless|strong="G2127" you|strong="G5210", by|strong="G1722" turning|strong="G1722" each|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1722" wicked|strong="G4189" ways|strong="G4189".” 
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\chapterNumber{4}While|strong="G2980" Peter|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G4755" priest|strong="G2409", with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631" in|strong="G2532" charge|strong="H4931" at|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523", came|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{2}much|strong="H7227" annoyed|strong="G1278" because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1223", through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" preaching|strong="H7150" the|strong="G1722" resurrection from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="G2532" arrested|strong="H8610" the|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" evening|strong="G2073", had|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" placed|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1519" custody|strong="H3027" until|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1519" day|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}Many|strong="G4183", however|strong="G1161", of|strong="G3056" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G2532" apostles’ message|strong="G3056" became|strong="G1096" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5613", the|strong="G2532" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" alone|strong="H0905" amounting to|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5613" five|strong="G4002" thousand|strong="G5505". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G1722" next|strong="G1519" day|strong="G3588", a|strong="G1096" meeting|strong="G4863" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1722" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="H8451" was|strong="G1096" held|strong="H2388" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" present|strong="H7126" Annas the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548", Caiaphas|strong="G2533", John|strong="G2491", Alexander, and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1537" High-Priestly rank|strong="H1277". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4160" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" questioned|strong="H7592" them|strong="G3588". 
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“By|strong="G1722" what|strong="G4169" power|strong="G1411",” they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G4441", “Or|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" whose|strong="G4169" name|strong="G3686" have|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3778" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="G5210" done|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" thing|strong="G3778"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532", Peter|strong="G4074", filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", said|strong="G3004", “Leaders|strong="G3004" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", 
\verseNumber{9}since|strong="H3588" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3778" on|strong="G1909" our|strong="G1722" trial|strong="H4941" today|strong="G4594" for|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1722" kind|strong="H4327" act|strong="H6213" done|strong="G2108" to|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1722" helpless|strong="H1800" man|strong="G3778", and|strong="G4594" are|strong="G3778" asked|strong="H7592" in|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" way|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" here|strong="G3778" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G1487" has|strong="G5101" been|strong="H1961" cured|strong="G4982", 
\verseNumber{10}let|strong="G1510" me|strong="G1453" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G1537" Israel|strong="G2474", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1537" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" of|strong="G1537" Nazareth|strong="G3480", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" crucified|strong="G4717" and|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" – it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510", I|strong="G3739" say|strong="G3956", by|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" stands|strong="G3936" here|strong="G3936" before|strong="G1799" you|strong="G5210" lame|strong="H6455" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{11}Jesus|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" ‘the|strong="G1519" stone|strong="G3037" which|strong="G3588", scorned|strong="H6712" by|strong="G5259" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G1519" builders|strong="G3618", has|strong="G1096" yet|strong="G5210" become|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1519" corner|strong="G1137" stone|strong="G3037".’ 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" alone|strong="H0905"; for|strong="G1063" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" other|strong="G2087" name|strong="G3686" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G4982" world|strong="H8398", given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510", to|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G1163" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="G1063" our|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991".” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Council|strong="H5475" saw|strong="G2334" how|strong="G3754" boldly|strong="G3954" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" spoke|strong="H1696", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2638" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" uneducated men|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" humble|strong="H6035" station|strong="H5324", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" surprised|strong="G2296", and|strong="G2532" realized|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" companions|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G3762", when|strong="G2192" they|strong="G3588" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" healed|strong="G2323", standing|strong="G2476" there|strong="G2476" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588", they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" nothing|strong="G3762" to|strong="G5037" say|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" ordered|strong="G2753" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G3588" court|strong="G4892", and|strong="G1161" then|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" consulting|strong="H7592" together|strong="G4314". 
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\verseNumber{16}“What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3754" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3956"?” they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" one|strong="G3956" another|strong="G3588". “That|strong="G3754" a|strong="G1096" remarkable sign|strong="G4592" has|strong="G5101" been|strong="G1096" given|strong="G1410" through|strong="G1223" them|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" obvious|strong="G5318" to|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" living|strong="G2730" in|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" cannot|strong="G1410" deny|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G3361", to|strong="G1519" prevent|strong="H6923" this|strong="G3778" thing|strong="G3778" from|strong="G3588" spreading|strong="H6566" further|strong="G4119" among|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G2992", let|strong="G2443" us|strong="G1519" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" name|strong="G3686" any|strong="G3367" more|strong="G4119" to|strong="G1519" anyone|strong="G3367" whatever|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" the|strong="G2532" apostles in|strong="G1909", and|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G3853" them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G5350" or|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" replied|strong="G3004", “Whether|strong="G1487" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" right|strong="G1342", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", to|strong="G4314" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" rather|strong="G3123" than|strong="G2228" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" – judge|strong="G2919" for|strong="G4314" yourselves|strong="G1438", 
\verseNumber{20}for|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2249" cannot|strong="G1410" help|strong="H5826" speaking|strong="G2980" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085".” 
\verseNumber{21}However|strong="G1161", after|strong="G1161" further|strong="G1909" warnings|strong="H5715", the|strong="G3956" Council|strong="H5475" set|strong="G1096" them|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1909" liberty|strong="H1865", not|strong="G3367" seeing|strong="G3754" any|strong="G3956" safe|strong="H7965" way|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992", for|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" occurred|strong="G1096"; 
\verseNumber{22}for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1909" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1909" subject|strong="H5647" of|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" miraculous|strong="H6381" cure|strong="H0622" was|strong="G1510" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094" old|strong="G2094". 
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\verseNumber{23}After|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" at|strong="G4314" liberty|strong="H1865", the|strong="G2532" apostles went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" their|strong="G1438" friends|strong="G2398" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{24}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" their|strong="G2532" story|strong="H4605", moved|strong="H4131" by|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" common|strong="H1121" impulse|strong="G3661", raised|strong="G2316" their|strong="G2532" voices|strong="G5456" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G1722" prayer|strong="H8605": 
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“Sovereign|strong="H0136" Lord|strong="G1203", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772", the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093", the|strong="G1722" sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588", by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" lips|strong="G4750" of|strong="G4151" our|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962", your|strong="G1223" servant|strong="G3816" David|strong="G1138", who|strong="G3588" spoke|strong="G3004" under|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" influence|strong="H4294" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", have|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" – 
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‘Why|strong="G1223" did|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" nations|strong="G1484" rage|strong="G5433", 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" peoples|strong="G2992" form|strong="H8389" vain|strong="G2756" designs|strong="H4284"? 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" kings|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" set|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" array|strong="H6635", 
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and|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863", 
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against|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" against|strong="G2596" his|strong="G1909" Christ|strong="G5547".’ 
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\verseNumber{27}There|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" indeed|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" city|strong="G4172" against|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2532" holy|strong="H6944" servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" has|strong="G3739" consecrated|strong="H6942" the|strong="G1722" Christ, not|strong="G3739" Herod|strong="G2264" and|strong="G2532" Pontius|strong="G4194" Pilate|strong="G4091" only|strong="G2532", but|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" nations|strong="G1484" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G2532" Israel|strong="G2474" besides|strong="G1909" – 
\verseNumber{28}yet|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771", by|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" power|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" will|strong="G2532", did|strong="G4160" long|strong="G3745" ago|strong="H7350" destine|strong="H4487" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" done|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{29}Now|strong="G3568", therefore|strong="G2532", Lord|strong="G2962", mark|strong="H0226" their|strong="G2532" threats|strong="H7451", and|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="G2962" servants|strong="G1401", with|strong="G3326" all|strong="G3956" fearlessness, to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" your|strong="G2962" message|strong="G3056", 
\verseNumber{30}while|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" stretch|strong="G1614" out|strong="G2532" your|strong="G1223" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G1519" heal|strong="G2392", and|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G1223" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G1096" place|strong="G1096" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" holy|strong="H6944" servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424".” 
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="H8605" was|strong="G1510" ended|strong="H1961", the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" assembled|strong="G4863" was|strong="G1510" shaken|strong="G4531"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056" fearlessly. 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3956" body|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G1520" were|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" heart|strong="G2588" and|strong="G2532" mind|strong="G2588". Not|strong="G3761" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" claimed|strong="G3004" any|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" goods|strong="H7399" as|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3956" own|strong="G2398", but|strong="G1161" everything|strong="G3956" was|strong="G1510" held|strong="H2388" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" common|strong="G2839" use|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G2532" apostles continued|strong="H5674" with|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" power|strong="G1411" to|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" testimony|strong="G3142" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" resurrection of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" blessing|strong="G5485" rested|strong="H5117" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" abundantly|strong="H8317". 
\verseNumber{34}Nor|strong="G3761" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1063" anyone|strong="G5100" in|strong="G1722" need|strong="H4270" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588", for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3745" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" owners|strong="G2935" of|strong="G5100" land|strong="G5564" or|strong="G2228" houses|strong="G3614" sold|strong="G4453" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G5092" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G1722" proceeds|strong="G5092" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1722" sales|strong="G4097" 
\verseNumber{35}and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" them|strong="G3588" at|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" apostles’ feet|strong="G4228"; and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G1538" received|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" share|strong="H2506" in|strong="G2532" proportion|strong="H6310" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" wants|strong="G5532". 
\verseNumber{36}A|strong="G1510" Levite|strong="G3019" of|strong="G5207" Cyprian|strong="G2953" birth|strong="G1085", named|strong="H7121" Joseph|strong="G2501", (who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" received|strong="H3947" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" apostles the|strong="G1161" additional name|strong="G3739" of|strong="G5207" ‘Barnabas’ – which|strong="G3739" means|strong="G1510" ‘The|strong="G1161" Consoler,’) 
\verseNumber{37}Sold|strong="G4453" a|strong="G2532" farm|strong="H2506" that|strong="G3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="G5536" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" it|strong="G2532" at|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" apostles’ feet|strong="G4228". 
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\chapterNumber{5}There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", a|strong="G1161" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Ananias, who|strong="G3588", with|strong="G4862" his|strong="G3588" wife|strong="G1135" Sapphira|strong="G4551", sold|strong="G4453" some|strong="G5100" property|strong="G2933", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532", with|strong="G3844" her|strong="G3588" connivance, kept|strong="G5087" back|strong="G3557" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" proceeds|strong="G5092". He|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" part|strong="G3313" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" it|strong="G2532" at|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" apostles’ feet|strong="G4228". 
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\verseNumber{3}“Ananias,” Peter|strong="G4074" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “how|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" Satan|strong="G4567" has|strong="G5101" so|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="G4151" your|strong="G1223" heart|strong="G2588" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" lied|strong="G5574" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" back|strong="G3557" a|strong="G2532" part|strong="G1161" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="G5092" paid|strong="H5414" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" land|strong="G5564"? 
\verseNumber{4}While|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" unsold, was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" it|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4674" own|strong="G4674"? And|strong="G2532" after|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sold|strong="G4097", was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1722" money|strong="H3701" at|strong="G1722" your|strong="G4674" own|strong="G4674" disposal|strong="G1849"? How|strong="G5101" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" think|strong="H2803" of|strong="G2316" such|strong="G3778" a|strong="G2532" thing|strong="G3778"? You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" lied|strong="G5574", not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}As|strong="G1161" Ananias heard|strong="H8085" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" and|strong="G2532" expired|strong="H4390"; and|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="G3056" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" appalled|strong="H8074". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3501" men|strong="G3501" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G4958", and|strong="G2532", winding|strong="H3883" the|strong="G2532" body|strong="H1320" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" sheet, carried|strong="G1627" it|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" it|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{7}After|strong="G1161" an|strong="G2532" interval|strong="G1292" of|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5613" three|strong="G5140" hours|strong="G5610" his|strong="G2532" wife|strong="G1135" came|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1525", not|strong="G3361" knowing|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{8}“Is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161" true|strong="G3588",” Peter|strong="G4074" asked|strong="G3004", addressing|strong="G3004" her|strong="G1438", “that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" sold|strong="H4376" your|strong="G1487" land|strong="G5564" for|strong="G4314" such|strong="G5118" a|strong="G1487" sum|strong="H7218"?” 
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“Yes|strong="G3483",” she|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G3004", “we|strong="G1161" did|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G1161", “How|strong="G5101" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" agree|strong="G4856" to|strong="G4314" provoke|strong="H3707" the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"? Listen|strong="G2400"! The|strong="G2532" footsteps|strong="H1870" of|strong="G4151" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" have|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" your|strong="G2962" husband|strong="H0376" are|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" door|strong="G2374"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" carry|strong="G1627" you|strong="G5210" out|strong="G2532" too|strong="G2532".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Instantly|strong="H7281" Sapphira fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" at|strong="G4314" Peter’s feet|strong="G4228" and|strong="G2532" expired|strong="H4390". On|strong="G1161" coming|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1525", the|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3495" men|strong="G3495" found|strong="G2147" her|strong="G1438" dead|strong="G3498"; so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G1627" her|strong="G1438" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" her|strong="G1438" by|strong="G4314" her|strong="G1438" husband’s|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" church|strong="G1577" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" events|strong="H1697" were|strong="G3588" appalled|strong="H8074". 
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\verseNumber{12}Many|strong="G4183" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" continued|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" occur|strong="G1096" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" instrumentality of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" apostles, whose|strong="G3588" custom|strong="H4941" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" meet|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" together|strong="G3661" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Colonnade of|strong="G1223" Solomon|strong="G4672"; 
\verseNumber{13}but|strong="G1161" of|strong="G2992" the|strong="G1161" rest|strong="G3062" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" ventured|strong="G5111" to|strong="G1161" join|strong="G2853" them|strong="G3588". On|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G3062" hand|strong="G1161", the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G3588" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="G2992" their|strong="G1438" praise|strong="H1984", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="G2532" still|strong="G3123" larger|strong="H7227" numbers|strong="H7230", both|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135", as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", were|strong="G3588" added|strong="G4369" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" number|strong="G4128". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" consequence was|strong="G3588" that|strong="G2443" people|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" sick|strong="H2470" even|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" streets|strong="G4113", and|strong="G2532" lay|strong="G5087" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" mattresses and|strong="G2532" mats|strong="G2895", in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2443", as|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074" came|strong="G2064" by|strong="G1909", at|strong="G1909" least|strong="G2579" his|strong="G1519" shadow|strong="G4639" might|strong="G2532" fall|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1909" someone|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}Besides|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" towns|strong="G4172" around|strong="G4038" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" flocked into|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", bringing|strong="G5342" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" their|strong="G2532" sick|strong="G5342" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" troubled|strong="H0926" by|strong="G5259" foul|strong="H0887" spirits|strong="G4151"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" cured|strong="G2323" everyone|strong="G3748". 
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\verseNumber{17}At|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="H3548" was|strong="G1510" roused|strong="H5782" to|strong="G2532" action|strong="H6213", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" supporters|strong="H0310" (who|strong="G3588" formed|strong="H3335" the|strong="G2532" party|strong="H1870" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523"), moved|strong="H4131" by|strong="G2532" jealousy|strong="G2205", 
\verseNumber{18}arrested|strong="H8610" the|strong="G1722" apostles, and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" placed|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" custody|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{19}An|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962", however|strong="G1161", opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="G1161" prison|strong="G5438" doors|strong="G2374" at|strong="G1161" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G1161" led|strong="G1806" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1806". 
\verseNumber{20}“Go|strong="G4198",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2980", “and|strong="G2532" stand|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" Courts|strong="H2691", and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" message|strong="G4487" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" new|strong="H2319" life|strong="G2222".” 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" at|strong="G1519" daybreak|strong="G3722" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts|strong="G4892", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" teach|strong="G1321". The|strong="G2532" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" party|strong="H1870", on|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" arrival|strong="H0935", summoned|strong="G4779" the|strong="G2532" High|strong="G3956" Council|strong="G4892", including|strong="G4862" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" among|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Israelites|strong="H3478", and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" jail|strong="H1004" to|strong="G1519" fetch|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" apostles. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" officers|strong="G5257" got|strong="H6965" there|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" did|strong="G2147" not|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438"; so|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="G1161" reported|strong="H5046" that|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{23}while|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G1722" goal|strong="H7093" barred securely|strong="H0983" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" guards|strong="G5441" posted|strong="H6965" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" doors|strong="G2374", yet|strong="G2532", on|strong="G1909" opening|strong="H6310" them|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" found|strong="G2147" anyone|strong="G3762" inside|strong="G2080". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631" in|strong="G2532" charge|strong="H4931" at|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G4755" priests|strong="H3548" heard|strong="H8085" their|strong="G2532" story|strong="G3056", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" perplexed|strong="G1280" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" all|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" would|strong="G1096" lead|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{25}Presently|strong="H3117", however|strong="G1161", someone|strong="G5100" came|strong="G3854" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588", that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G5100" whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438" were|strong="G1510" actually|strong="G2532" standing|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" Courts|strong="H2691", teaching|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G5119", the|strong="G3588" officer|strong="G5257" went|strong="G5119" with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1438" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2992" fetched|strong="H3947" the|strong="G3588" apostles – without|strong="G3361" using|strong="H5927" violence|strong="H2555", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2992" being|strong="G2443" stoned|strong="G3034" by|strong="G1438" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" – 
\verseNumber{27}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Council|strong="G4892". The|strong="G1722" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" demanded|strong="G1905" an|strong="G2532" explanation|strong="H2808" from|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{28}“We|strong="G2249" gave|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" strict|strong="G3852" orders|strong="G3853",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" in|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" name|strong="G3686". Yet|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" actually|strong="G2532" flooded|strong="H7857" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" with|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G1014" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4137" us|strong="G3004" responsible|strong="H6213" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778".” 
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\verseNumber{29}To|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles replied|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1163" obey|strong="G3980" God|strong="G2316" rather|strong="G3123" than|strong="G2228" people|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962" raised|strong="G1453" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" put|strong="G1315" to|strong="G1909" death|strong="G1315" by|strong="G1909" hanging|strong="G2910" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1909" cross|strong="G3586". 
\verseNumber{31}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" exalted|strong="G5312" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188", to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" guide|strong="H5148" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" Savior|strong="G4990", to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" Israel|strong="G2474" repentance|strong="G3341" and|strong="G2532" forgiveness|strong="H5547" of|strong="G2316" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" witness|strong="G3144" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" of|strong="G4151" this|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" – the|strong="G2532" gift|strong="H4976" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" obey|strong="G3980" him|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G2532" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Council|strong="H5475" became|strong="G3588" frantic with|strong="G2532" rage|strong="H2534" on|strong="G1161" hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1161" putting|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles to|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" Gamaliel|strong="G1059", a|strong="G1722" Pharisee|strong="G5330", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" Doctor|strong="H2280" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3547" and|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" held|strong="G4160" in|strong="G1722" universal respect|strong="G3956", rose|strong="H6965" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Council|strong="G4892", and|strong="G1161" directed|strong="H5090" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3956" should|strong="G5100" be|strong="G3956" taken|strong="H3947" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G3686" court|strong="G4892" for|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1722" little|strong="G1024" while|strong="G1722". 
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\verseNumber{35}He|strong="G3778" then|strong="G5037" said|strong="G3004", “People|strong="G3004" of|strong="G1909" Israel|strong="G2475", take|strong="G4337" care|strong="G4337" as|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" intend|strong="G3195" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4238" with|strong="G4314" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{36}For|strong="G1063" not|strong="G1510" long|strong="G2250" ago|strong="G4253" Theudas|strong="G2333" appeared|strong="G1096", professing to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1096" somebody|strong="G5100", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" joined|strong="G1096" by|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" body|strong="G1519" of|strong="G2250" some|strong="G5100" four|strong="G5071" hundred|strong="G5071" men|strong="G3956". But|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" killed|strong="H2026"; and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G1438" followers|strong="G3588" scattered|strong="G1262" and|strong="G2532" dwindled away|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{37}After|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588", Judas|strong="G2455" the|strong="G1722" Galilean|strong="G1057" appeared|strong="H7200" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" census|strong="H7218", and|strong="G2532" induced|strong="H5496" people|strong="G2992" to|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G3694" him|strong="G3588"; yet|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532", too|strong="G2532", perished|strong="H0006" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" followers|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" dispersed|strong="G1287". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="G2532", in|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" present|strong="G3568" case|strong="G3588", my|strong="G3754" advice|strong="H6098" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" interfere with|strong="G1537" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" them|strong="G3588" alone|strong="G1438", for|strong="G3754", if|strong="G1437" their|strong="G1438" designs|strong="H4284" and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" work|strong="G2041" are|strong="G1510" merely|strong="H6680" of|strong="G1537" human|strong="H0120" origin|strong="H4351", they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" end|strong="G3778"; 
\verseNumber{39}but|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1487" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1537" divine|strong="H7080" origin|strong="H4351", you|strong="G1487" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" powerless|strong="H0369" to|strong="G2532" put|strong="G3982" an|strong="G2532" end|strong="H7093" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G1438" – or|strong="G2532" else|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1487" may|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" yourselves|strong="G1438" fighting|strong="G2314" against|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316"!” 
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\verseNumber{40}The|strong="G2532" Council|strong="H5475" followed|strong="G3982" his|strong="G1909" advice|strong="G3982", and|strong="G2532", calling|strong="G4341" the|strong="G2532" apostles in|strong="G1909", had|strong="G2424" them|strong="G3588" flogged|strong="G1194", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" cautioning them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", set|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" free|strong="H2670". 
\verseNumber{41}But|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" apostles left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G3588" Council|strong="G4892", rejoicing|strong="G5463" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="H1961" thought|strong="H0559" worthy|strong="G2661" to|strong="G4198" suffer|strong="H5414" disgrace|strong="H3639" for|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" name|strong="G3686"; 
\verseNumber{42}and|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" for|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" single|strong="H0259" day|strong="G2250", either|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" Courts|strong="H2691" or|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" private|strong="G2596" houses|strong="G3624", did|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" cease|strong="G3973" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321", or|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" of|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\chapterNumber{6}About|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" time|strong="G2250", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" number|strong="G4129" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" was|strong="G1096" constantly|strong="H8548" increasing|strong="G4129", complaints|strong="H8519" were|strong="G3588" made|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Greek speaking|strong="H1696" Jews|strong="H3064" against|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" Aramaic|strong="H0762" speaking|strong="H1696" Jews|strong="H3064", that|strong="G3754" their|strong="G1722" widows|strong="G5503" were|strong="G3588" being|strong="G1096" overlooked|strong="G3865" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" daily|strong="G2250" distribution. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G1161" Twelve|strong="G1427", therefore|strong="G1161", called|strong="G3004" together|strong="H3162" the|strong="G1161" general|strong="H8269" body|strong="G4128" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" well|strong="G3756" for|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" distribution at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" tables|strong="G5132" and|strong="G1161" neglect|strong="G2641" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="G1161", friends|strong="H7453", look|strong="H7200" for|strong="G1909" seven|strong="G2033" men|strong="G3778" of|strong="G1537" reputation|strong="G3140" among|strong="G1537" yourselves|strong="G4771", wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="G2532" spiritually-minded men|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" appoint|strong="G2525" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" attend|strong="H7181" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" matter|strong="H1697"; 
\verseNumber{4}while|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249", for|strong="G1161" our|strong="G2532" part|strong="G1473", will|strong="G2532" devote|strong="G4342" ourselves|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4335", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" delivery|strong="H3205" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056".” 
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\verseNumber{5}This|strong="G3588" proposal|strong="G3056" was|strong="G3588" unanimously agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" chose|strong="G1586" Stephen|strong="G4736" – a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G3056" faith|strong="G4102" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" – and|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376", Prochorus|strong="G4402", Nicanor|strong="G3527", Timon|strong="G5096", Parmenas|strong="G3937", and|strong="G2532" Nicholas of|strong="G3056" Antioch, a|strong="G2532" former|strong="G3588" convert|strong="G4339" to|strong="G2532" Judaism; 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3739" men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles, who|strong="G3739", after|strong="G2532" praying|strong="G4336", placed|strong="G2007" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056" spread|strong="H6566", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" number|strong="G3793" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" increase|strong="G4129" rapidly|strong="H6873" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" body|strong="H1320" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" priests|strong="G2409" accepted|strong="H7521" the|strong="G1722" faith|strong="G4102". 
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\verseNumber{8}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" Stephen|strong="G4736", divinely helped|strong="H5826" and|strong="G2532" strengthened|strong="H2388", was|strong="G3588" showing|strong="H6213" great|strong="G3173" wonders|strong="G5059" and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Synagogue|strong="G4864" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Freed|strong="H8199" Slaves|strong="H5650" (as|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004"), Cyrenians|strong="G2956", Alexandrians, and|strong="G2532" Visitors|strong="H1992" from|strong="G1537" Cilicia|strong="G2791" and|strong="G2532" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", were|strong="G3588" roused|strong="H5782" to|strong="G2532" action|strong="H6213" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" disputing|strong="G4802" with|strong="G1537" Stephen|strong="G4736"; 
\verseNumber{10}yet|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" quite|strong="G3756" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" withstand|strong="H5975" the|strong="G2532" wisdom|strong="G4678" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" inspiration|strong="H3820" with|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" induced|strong="G5260" some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" assert|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" Stephen saying|strong="G3004" blasphemous things|strong="G3588" against|strong="G1519" Moses|strong="G3475", and|strong="G2532" against|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316"; 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" stirred|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", as|strong="G1519" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="H8451", and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" Stephen, and|strong="G2532" arrested|strong="H8610" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" High|strong="G2532" Council|strong="G4892". 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" produced|strong="H6213" witnesses|strong="G3144" who|strong="G3588" gave|strong="G2532" false|strong="G5571" evidence|strong="H5612". 
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“This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778",” they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “is|strong="G3588" incessantly|strong="G3756" saying|strong="G3004" things|strong="G3778" against|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3778" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="G5117" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551"; 
\verseNumber{14}indeed|strong="G2532", we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3480" will|strong="G2532" destroy|strong="G2647" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117", and|strong="G2532" change|strong="H5162" the|strong="G2532" customs|strong="G1485" handed|strong="G3860" down|strong="G2647" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" by|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475".” 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G1722" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Council|strong="G4892" were|strong="G3588" riveted on|strong="G1722" Stephen, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" his|strong="G3956" face|strong="G4383" looking|strong="G2532" like|strong="G5616" the|strong="G1722" face|strong="G4383" of|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397". 
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\chapterNumber{7}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548" asked|strong="G3004", “Is|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" true|strong="G3779"?” 
\verseNumber{2}Stephen replied|strong="G5346", “Brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962", hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G5346". God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" manifests himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" glory|strong="G1391", appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" ancestor|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Mesopotamia|strong="G3318", and|strong="G2532" before|strong="G4250" he|strong="G2532" settled|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Haran|strong="G5488", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" – 
\verseNumber{3}‘Leave|strong="G1831" your|strong="G2532" country|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" country|strong="G1093" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1166" you|strong="G4771".’ 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="G3962" so|strong="G1519" Abraham|strong="H0085" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G1722" country|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Chaldaeans and|strong="G3962" settled|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Haran|strong="G5488"; and|strong="G3962" from|strong="G1537" there|strong="G2547", after|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1519" father’s|strong="G3962" death|strong="H4194", God|strong="G2730" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" migrate into|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" country|strong="G1093", in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3568" living|strong="G2730". 
\verseNumber{5}God|strong="G1861" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" at|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G1722" give|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588" any|strong="G3756" part|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" foot|strong="G4228" of|strong="G2532" ground|strong="H0776". But|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1861" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588" possession|strong="G2697" of|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" descendants|strong="G4690" after|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588", though|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" child|strong="G5043". 
\verseNumber{6}God’s|strong="G2316" words|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" these|strong="G3588" – ‘Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="G4690" will|strong="G2316" live|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" foreign|strong="H5237" country|strong="G1093", where|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" enslaved|strong="G1402" and|strong="G2532" ill-treated for|strong="G3754" four|strong="G5071" hundred|strong="G5071" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" judge|strong="G2919" the|strong="G1722" nation|strong="G1484", to|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" enslaved|strong="G1398",’ God|strong="G2316" said|strong="G3004", ‘and|strong="G2532" after|strong="G3326" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" leave|strong="G1831" the|strong="G1722" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G3000" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117".’ 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1080" with|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085" the|strong="G2532" covenant|strong="G1242" of|strong="G2250" circumcision|strong="G4061"; and|strong="G2532" under|strong="H8478" it|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G2250" Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="G4059" him|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="G2250" old|strong="G2532"; and|strong="G2532" Isaac|strong="G2464" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G2250" Jacob|strong="G2384"; and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" Twelve|strong="G1427" Patriarchs|strong="G3966". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" Patriarchs|strong="G3966", out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2316" jealousy|strong="H7068", sold|strong="G2532" Joseph|strong="G2501" into|strong="G1519" slavery|strong="H5650" in|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="H4714"; but|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="G1807" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" troubles|strong="G2347", and|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" win|strong="H6743" favor|strong="G5485" and|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1325" wisdom|strong="G4678" before|strong="G1909" Pharaoh|strong="G5328", king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="H4714", who|strong="G3588" appointed|strong="G2525" him|strong="G3588" Governor|strong="G2233" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3650" household|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" famine|strong="G3042" spread|strong="H6566" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" of|strong="G2532" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="G2532" Canaan|strong="G5477", causing|strong="G3173" great|strong="G3173" distress|strong="G2347", and|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962" could|strong="G2147" find|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3756" food|strong="G5527". 
\verseNumber{12}Hearing|strong="H0241", however|strong="G1161", that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" corn|strong="G4621" in|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="H4714", Jacob|strong="G2384" sent|strong="G1821" our|strong="G1519" ancestors|strong="G3962" there|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" first|strong="G4413" visit|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{13}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" course|strong="H4256" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" visit|strong="H6485", Joseph|strong="G2501" revealed|strong="G5318" himself|strong="H5315" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" family|strong="G1085" became|strong="G1096" known|strong="G5318" to|strong="G2532" Pharaoh|strong="G5328". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G2532" Joseph|strong="G2501" sent|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" urgent|strong="H2685" invitation to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" father|strong="G3962" Jacob|strong="G2384" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" relatives|strong="G4772", seventy-five|strong="G1440" persons|strong="G5590" in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" into|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="H4714". There|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G5053", and|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962" also|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" bodies|strong="H6297" were|strong="G3588" removed|strong="G3346" to|strong="G1519" Shechem|strong="G4966", and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" tomb|strong="G3418" which|strong="G3739" Abraham|strong="H0085" had|strong="G2532" bought|strong="G5608" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" sum|strong="G5092" of|strong="G5207" money|strong="G5092" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1722" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Hamor|strong="G1697" in|strong="G1722" Shechem|strong="G4966". 
\verseNumber{17}As|strong="G2531" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G5550" drew|strong="G2532" near|strong="G1448" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" promise|strong="G1860" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085", the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" increased|strong="G4129" largely in|strong="G1722" numbers|strong="H7230" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{18}until|strong="H5704" a|strong="G1909" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3739" knew|strong="G1492" nothing|strong="G3756" of|strong="G1909" Joseph|strong="G2501", came|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" throne|strong="H3678". 
\verseNumber{19}This|strong="G3778" king|strong="G3588" acted|strong="G4160" deceitfully|strong="H4820" towards our|strong="G1519" people|strong="G4160" and|strong="G3962" ill-treated our|strong="G1519" ancestors|strong="G3962", making|strong="G4160" them|strong="G3588" abandon|strong="H5800" their|strong="G1519" own|strong="H1961" infants|strong="G1025", so|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G3361" reared|strong="H1431". 
\verseNumber{20}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" just|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" that|strong="G3739" Moses|strong="G3475" was|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" exceedingly|strong="G1510" beautiful|strong="H3303" child|strong="G1722", and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1722" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376" was|strong="G1510" brought|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" own|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="G3962" house|strong="G3624"; 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" abandoned|strong="H5800", the|strong="G2532" daughter|strong="G2364" of|strong="G5207" Pharaoh|strong="G5328" found|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" son|strong="G5207". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475" was|strong="G1510" educated|strong="G3811" in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" learning|strong="G4678" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" Egyptians|strong="H4714", and|strong="G2532" proved|strong="H0974" his|strong="G3956" ability|strong="H3581" both|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" words|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" actions|strong="G2041". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" fortieth|strong="H0705" year|strong="H8141", he|strong="G1161" resolved|strong="H0559" to|strong="G1909" visit|strong="G1980" his|strong="G1909" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelites|strong="H3478"; 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="G2532", seeing|strong="G3708" an|strong="G2532" Israelite|strong="H3478" ill-treated, he|strong="G2532" defended|strong="H5337" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" avenged|strong="G1557" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" being|strong="G2532" wronged|strong="H3238", by|strong="G2532" striking|strong="G3960" down|strong="G3960" the|strong="G2532" Egyptian|strong="H4713". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G1161" thought|strong="G3543" his|strong="G1223" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2316" understand|strong="G4920" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G3588" using|strong="H5927" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1325" save|strong="H3467" them|strong="G3588"; but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" failed|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1325" do|strong="G1223" so|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1966" day|strong="G2250" he|strong="G2532" again|strong="G1519" appeared|strong="G3708" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" scene, when|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" fighting|strong="G3164", and|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G4900" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G1519" peace|strong="G1515" between|strong="G5037" them|strong="G3588". ‘Men|strong="G3588",’ he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" brothers|strong="H0251"; how|strong="H4100" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" ill-treating one|strong="G1438" another|strong="G1438"?’ 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" was|strong="G3588" ill-treating his|strong="G1909" fellow|strong="H7453" workman|strong="H2803" pushed|strong="H1920" Moses|strong="H4872" aside|strong="H5493" saying|strong="G3004" – ‘Who|strong="G5101" made|strong="G2525" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G2532" ruler|strong="G2525" and|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G1348" over|strong="G1909" us|strong="G3004"? 
\verseNumber{28}Do|strong="G3361" you|strong="G4771" mean|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" make|strong="G2309" away|strong="H5493" with|strong="G3588" me|strong="G1473" as|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" did|strong="G3361" yesterday|strong="G5504" with|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" Egyptian|strong="H4713"?’ 
\verseNumber{29}At|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056" Moses|strong="G3475" took|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" flight|strong="H4498", and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" an|strong="G2532" exile|strong="H1540" in|strong="G1722" Midian|strong="G3099"; and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="G5207" born|strong="G1080" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{30}Forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094" had|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G4137" when|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048" of|strong="G2532" Mount|strong="G3735" Sinai|strong="G4614", an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" flame|strong="G5395" of|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" bush|strong="H5572". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G1161" Moses|strong="G3475" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G1161", he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" astonished|strong="G2296" at|strong="G2296" the|strong="G1161" vision|strong="G3705"; but|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3708" going|strong="H1980" nearer|strong="H7138" to|strong="G4334" look|strong="G3708" at|strong="G2296" it|strong="G1161" more|strong="G1161" closely|strong="G2657", the|strong="G1161" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" was|strong="G1096" heard|strong="H8085" to|strong="G4334" say|strong="H0559" – 
\verseNumber{32}‘I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962", the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384".’ Moses|strong="G3475" trembled|strong="G1790", and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" dare|strong="G5111" to|strong="G2532" look|strong="G2657". 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" – ‘Take|strong="G3089" your|strong="G2962" sandals|strong="G5266" off|strong="G3089" your|strong="G2962" feet|strong="G4228", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1161" spot|strong="H0934" where|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2476" is|strong="G1510" holy|strong="H6944" ground|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{34}I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1722" oppression|strong="G2561" of|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" people|strong="G2992" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" their|strong="G1438" groans|strong="G4726", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1204" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" deliver|strong="G1807" them|strong="G3588". Come|strong="G1204" now|strong="G3568" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="G4771" into|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="H4714".’ 
\verseNumber{35}This|strong="G3778" same|strong="G3778" Moses|strong="G3475", whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" disowned with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G2532" – ‘Who|strong="G3739" made|strong="G2525" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G2532" ruler|strong="G2525" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G1348"?’ was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" ruler|strong="G2525" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" deliverer|strong="G3086", under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" guidance|strong="H8458" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" that|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" bush|strong="H5572". 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" led|strong="G1806" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1806", after|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" shown|strong="G4160" wonders|strong="G5059" and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="H4714", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Red|strong="G2063" Sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048" during|strong="G1722" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{37}This|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1537" Moses|strong="G3475" who|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1537" people|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1537" Israel|strong="G2474" – ‘God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" raise|strong="G2316" up|strong="G1537" for|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210", from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" yourselves|strong="G4771", a|strong="G5613" prophet|strong="G4396", as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G3778" raised|strong="G2316" up|strong="G1537" me|strong="G1473".’ 
\verseNumber{38}He|strong="G2532", too|strong="G2532", it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" present|strong="G3778" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" assembly|strong="G1577" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048", with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="G3739" talked|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" Mount|strong="G3735" Sinai|strong="G4614", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" our|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" received|strong="G1209" living|strong="G2198" truths to|strong="G2532" impart|strong="H2505" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{39}Yet|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962" refused|strong="G3756" him|strong="G3588" obedience|strong="H3584"; more|strong="G2532" than|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739", they|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" turned|strong="G4762" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{40}while|strong="G1096" they|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Aaron|strong="H0175" – ‘Make|strong="G4160" us|strong="G3004" Gods|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" lead|strong="G1806" the|strong="G1537" way|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="G3004", since|strong="G1537", as|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" Moses|strong="G3475" who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2316" brought|strong="G1806" us|strong="G3004" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="H4714", we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" has|strong="G2316" become|strong="G1096" of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588".’ 
\verseNumber{41}That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1565" the|strong="G1722" calf|strong="G3447" and|strong="G2532" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifice|strong="G2378" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" idol|strong="G1497", and|strong="G2532" held|strong="H2388" festivities in|strong="G1722" honor|strong="H3519" of|strong="G2250" their|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" handiwork|strong="H3336"! 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" turned|strong="G4762" from|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" worship|strong="G3000" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" Starry Host|strong="G4756", as|strong="G2531" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396" – 
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‘Did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" offer|strong="G4374" victims|strong="G4968" and|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="G2378" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2316" Israel|strong="G2474", 
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all|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048"? 
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\verseNumber{43}You|strong="G5210" took|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G2532" tent|strong="G4633" where|strong="G3739" Moloch|strong="G3434" is|strong="G3588" worshiped|strong="G4352" 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" star|strong="H3556" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" god|strong="G2316" Rephan|strong="G4481" – 
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the|strong="G2532" images|strong="G5179" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4352". 
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Therefore|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" exile|strong="H1540" you|strong="G5210" beyond|strong="G1900" Babylon|strong="H0894".’ 
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\verseNumber{44}Our|strong="G1722" ancestors|strong="G3962" had|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" tent|strong="G4633" where|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3588" worshiped|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048", constructed|strong="H3559", just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" he|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2596" Moses|strong="G3475" had|strong="G1510" directed|strong="G1299" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2596" make|strong="G4160" it|strong="G4160", after|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" model|strong="G5179" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G3708". 
\verseNumber{45}This|strong="G3588" tent|strong="H0168", which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" handed|strong="H3027" down|strong="G2193" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G1521" into|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" country|strong="H2022" by|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962" who|strong="G3739" accompanied|strong="G3326" Joshua|strong="G2424" (at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" conquest of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" nations|strong="G1484" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" drove|strong="G1856" out|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" advance|strong="H0935"), and|strong="G2532" remained|strong="H3427" here|strong="G1722" until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" David|strong="G1138". 
\verseNumber{46}David|strong="H1732" found|strong="G2147" favor|strong="G5485" with|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" provide|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Jacob|strong="G2384" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" reside|strong="H1481". 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1161" Solomon|strong="G4672" who|strong="G4672" built|strong="G3618" a|strong="G1161" house|strong="G3624" for|strong="G1161" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{48}Yet|strong="H5750" it|strong="G2531" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" in|strong="G1722" buildings|strong="H1004" made|strong="G5499" by|strong="G1722" hands|strong="G5499" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310" dwells|strong="G2730". As|strong="G2531" the|strong="G1722" prophet|strong="G4396" says|strong="G3004" – 
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\verseNumber{49}‘The|strong="G1161" heavens|strong="G3772" are|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2228" throne|strong="G2362" for|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473", 
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and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" earth|strong="G1093" a|strong="G2228" stool|strong="G5286" for|strong="G1161" my|strong="G1473" feet|strong="G4228". 
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What|strong="G5101" manner|strong="H4941" of|strong="G3624" house|strong="G3624" will|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" build|strong="G3618" me|strong="G1473", asks|strong="H7592" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962", 
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or|strong="G2228" what|strong="G5101" place|strong="G5117" is|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" where|strong="G5117" I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G3004" rest|strong="G2663"? 
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\verseNumber{50}Was|strong="G3588" it|strong="G3778" not|strong="G3780" my|strong="G3956" hand|strong="G5495" that|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3956"?’ 
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\verseNumber{51}Stubborn|strong="H5637" people|strong="G3588", heathen|strong="H1471" in|strong="G2532" heart|strong="G2588" and|strong="G2532" ears|strong="G3775", you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" ever|strong="H5769" resisting the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151"; your|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962" did|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="G2532" still|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{52}Which|strong="G3739" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" escaped|strong="H4422" persecution|strong="G1377" at|strong="G4012" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="H3027"? They|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" foretold|strong="G4293" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G1096" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" one|strong="G3739"; of|strong="G4012" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" turn|strong="H7725", have|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" become|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" betrayers|strong="G4273" and|strong="G2532" murderers|strong="G5406" – 
\verseNumber{53}you|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" as|strong="G1519" transmitted by|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" and|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" failed|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1519" keep|strong="G5442" it|strong="G2532".” 
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\verseNumber{54}As|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778", the|strong="G2532" Council|strong="H5475" grew|strong="H1431" frantic with|strong="G2532" rage|strong="H2534", and|strong="G2532" gnashed|strong="G1031" their|strong="G2532" teeth|strong="G3599" at|strong="G1909" Stephen. 
\verseNumber{55}He|strong="G2532", filled|strong="G4134" as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", fixed|strong="G2476" his|strong="G1519" eyes|strong="H5869" intently on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772", and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="G2316" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188". 
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\verseNumber{56}“Look|strong="G2400",” he|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" heaven|strong="G3772" open|strong="H6605" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G1537" Man|strong="G5207" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1537" God’s|strong="G2316" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188"!” 
\verseNumber{57}At|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3588", with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" shout|strong="G2896", they|strong="G2532" stopped|strong="G4912" their|strong="G2532" ears|strong="G3775" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" rushed|strong="G3729" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588", forced|strong="H4522" him|strong="G3588" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{58}and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3036" him|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" witnesses|strong="G3144" laying|strong="H2934" their|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="G2440" at|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3494" man|strong="G3494" named|strong="G2564" Saul|strong="G4569". 
\verseNumber{59}And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" stoned|strong="G3036" Stephen|strong="G4736", while|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", “Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424"! Receive|strong="G1209" my|strong="G1473" spirit|strong="G4151"!” 
\verseNumber{60}Falling|strong="G5087" on|strong="G1161" his|strong="G2532" knees|strong="G1119", he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" out|strong="G2896" loudly|strong="G3173", “Lord|strong="G2962"! Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" charge|strong="G2476" them|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" sin|strong="H2403";” and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G2837" asleep|strong="G2837". 
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\chapterNumber{8}Saul|strong="G4569" approved|strong="H3477" of|strong="G2250" his|strong="G3956" being|strong="G1510" put|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194". 
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On|strong="G1909" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" persecution|strong="G1375" broke|strong="H7665" out|strong="G2532" against|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414"; and|strong="G2532" its|strong="G3956" members|strong="H3338", with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" exception of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" apostles, were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" scattered|strong="G1289" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" districts|strong="H1366" of|strong="G2250" Judea|strong="G2449" and|strong="G2532" Samaria|strong="G4540". 
\verseNumber{2}Some|strong="G3588" religious men|strong="G3588" buried|strong="G4792" Stephen|strong="G4736", with|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" lamentations|strong="H7015" for|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="G4569" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" devastate|strong="H7703" the|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577"; he|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1531" house|strong="G3624" after|strong="G2596" house|strong="G3624", dragged|strong="G4951" out|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" alike|strong="G5037", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438". 
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\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="G3767" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" scattered|strong="G1289" in|strong="G3056" different|strong="H8133" directions|strong="H7253" went|strong="G1330" from|strong="G3588" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="G2097" place|strong="H4725" proclaiming|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097". 
\verseNumber{5}Philip|strong="G5376" went|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G4172" Samaria|strong="G4540", and|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" preach|strong="G2784" the|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793", one|strong="G3739" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532", listened|strong="H8085" attentively|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" Philip|strong="G5376" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="G5259", and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200", the|strong="G1722" miracles|strong="G4592" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" working|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="G1063" there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" many|strong="G4183" instances of|strong="G4151" people|strong="G4183" with|strong="G2532" foul|strong="H0887" spirits|strong="G4151", where|strong="H0834" the|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151", with|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" screams, came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G4151" them|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" paralyzed|strong="G3886" or|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" were|strong="G3588" cured|strong="G2323", 
\verseNumber{8}so|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" great|strong="G4183" rejoicing|strong="G5479" throughout|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172". 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" practicing|strong="G3096" magic|strong="G3096" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" mystifying the|strong="G1722" Samaritan|strong="G4540" people|strong="G1484", giving|strong="H5414" himself|strong="G1438" out|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" some|strong="G5100" great|strong="G3173" being|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{10}Everyone|strong="G3956", high|strong="G3173" and|strong="G2316" low|strong="H8213", paid|strong="H5414" attention|strong="G4337" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588". ‘This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778",’ they|strong="G3588" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004", ‘must|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3739" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" which|strong="G3739" people|strong="G3956" call|strong="G2564" “The|strong="G3956" Great|strong="G3173" Power|strong="G1411".”’ 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" paid|strong="H5414" attention|strong="G4337" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1161" long|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550" been|strong="H1961" mystified by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1438" magic|strong="G3095" arts|strong="G3095". 
\verseNumber{12}However|strong="G1161", when|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" Philip|strong="G5376", as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" baptized, both|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{13}Even|strong="G2532" Simon|strong="G4613" believed|strong="G4100", and|strong="G2532" after|strong="G1161" his|strong="G2532" baptism attached|strong="H2266" himself|strong="G1839" to|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1510" mystified at|strong="G1161" seeing|strong="G2334" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" miracles|strong="G1411" constantly|strong="H8548" occurring. 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" apostles at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" Samaritans|strong="H8118" had|strong="G2532" welcomed|strong="G1209" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056", they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G4151" they|strong="G3748", on|strong="G4012" their|strong="G4012" arrival|strong="H0935", prayed|strong="G4336" that|strong="G3704" the|strong="G2983" Samaritans|strong="H8118" might|strong="H1369" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2983" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{16}(As|strong="G1519" yet|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" Spirit|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" not|strong="G1510" descended|strong="H3381" on|strong="G1909" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G3686" them|strong="G3588"; they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2424" only|strong="G3440" been|strong="G1510" baptized in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424"). 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2007" their|strong="G1438" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="G1161" Simon|strong="G4613" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" placing|strong="H5414" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1161" apostles’ hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1161" Spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G3588" given|strong="G1325", he|strong="G1161" brought|strong="G4374" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G3708" sum|strong="H7218" of|strong="G4151" money|strong="G5536" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G1161", 
\verseNumber{19}“Give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" also|strong="G2504" this|strong="G3778" power|strong="G1849" of|strong="G4151" yours|strong="H4191", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443", if|strong="G1437" I|strong="G3739" place|strong="G2007" my|strong="G1325" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" anyone|strong="G3739", he|strong="G3739" may|strong="G2443" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151".” 
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\verseNumber{20}“A|strong="G1519" curse|strong="H7045" on|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1519" your|strong="G1223" silver|strong="H3701",” Peter|strong="G4074" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “for|strong="G3754" thinking|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3754" God’s|strong="G2316" free|strong="H2670" gift|strong="G1431" can|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" bought|strong="H7069" with|strong="G4862" money|strong="G5536"! 
\verseNumber{21}You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" share|strong="G3310" or|strong="G3761" part|strong="G3310" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056", for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G1722" heart|strong="G2588" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" right|strong="G2117" with|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{22}Therefore|strong="G3767" repent|strong="G3340" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" wickedness|strong="G2549" of|strong="G2532" yours|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G1189" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", that|strong="G3588", if|strong="G1487" possible, you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3778" a|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G1963"; 
\verseNumber{23}for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" that|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" fallen|strong="H5307" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" bitterness|strong="G4088" of|strong="G2532" envy|strong="H7065" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fetters|strong="H5178" of|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{24}“Pray|strong="G1189" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" for|strong="G5228" me|strong="G1473", all|strong="G1161" of|strong="G2962" you|strong="G5210",” Simon|strong="G4613" answered|strong="G3004", “so|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3739" none|strong="G3367" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1161" things|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G1473" spoken|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2962" may|strong="G3004" happen|strong="G1904" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Peter|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2097", having|strong="G2532" borne|strong="H3205" their|strong="G2532" testimony|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" message|strong="G3056", returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", telling|strong="G2980" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097", as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183" Samaritan|strong="G4541" villages|strong="G2968". 
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\verseNumber{26}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="G2597" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Philip|strong="G5376", “Set|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" journey|strong="G3598" southwards, along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" that|strong="G3588" runs|strong="H7323" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G2597" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" Gaza|strong="G1048".” (It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" deserted|strong="G2048"). 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="G2532" Philip set|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" journey|strong="G4198"; and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G3956" way|strong="G4198" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1909" an|strong="G2532" official|strong="G1413" of|strong="G2532" high|strong="G3956" rank|strong="H1277", in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="G2532" Candace|strong="G2582", Queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Abyssinians. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" her|strong="G1519" treasurer|strong="H1489", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="G4352", 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" now|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" way|strong="H1870" home|strong="G5290", sitting|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" carriage|strong="H3627" and|strong="G2532" reading|strong="H7121" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268". 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376", “Go|strong="G4151" up|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" carriage|strong="H3627" over|strong="H5921" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" keep|strong="H8104" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" ran|strong="G4370" up|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G1097" the|strong="G2532" Abyssinian reading|strong="H7121" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268". 
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“Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" understand|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" reading|strong="H7121"?” he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{31}“How|strong="G4459" can|strong="G1410" I|strong="G1473",” the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G3004", “unless|strong="G1437" someone|strong="G5100" will|strong="G1473" explain|strong="H5046" it|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473"?” and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" invited|strong="G3870" Philip|strong="G5376" to|strong="G3004" get|strong="H3947" up|strong="G3361" and|strong="G1161" sit|strong="G2523" by|strong="G3004" his|strong="G2523" side|strong="H6285". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G2532" passage|strong="G4042" of|strong="G2532" scripture|strong="G1124" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" reading|strong="H7121" was|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" – 
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‘Like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" sheep|strong="G4263", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" led|strong="H1980" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G2532" slaughter|strong="G4967", 
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and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" lamb|strong="H3532" is|strong="G1510" dumb|strong="H0481" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" shearer|strong="G2751", 
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so|strong="G3779" he|strong="G2532" refrains|strong="H3027" from|strong="G2532" opening|strong="H6310" his|strong="G1909" lips|strong="G4750". 
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\verseNumber{33}He|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" humiliated|strong="H3637" and|strong="G1093" justice|strong="G2920" was|strong="G3588" denied|strong="H3584" him|strong="G3588". 
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Who|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" tell|strong="G1334" the|strong="G1722" story|strong="H4605" of|strong="G1093" his|strong="G1722" generation|strong="G1074"? 
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For|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1722" life|strong="G2222" is|strong="G3588" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" from|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093".’ 
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\verseNumber{34}“Now|strong="G1161",” said|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" Treasurer|strong="H1489", addressing|strong="G3004" Philip|strong="G5376", “tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004", of|strong="G4012" whom|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" prophet|strong="G4396" speaking|strong="G3004"? Of|strong="G4012" himself|strong="G1438", or|strong="G2228" of|strong="G4012" someone|strong="G5100" else|strong="G2228"?” 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" began|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532", taking|strong="H3947" this|strong="G3778" passage|strong="H4569" as|strong="G1161" his|strong="G2532" text|strong="H3791", told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" about|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{36}Presently|strong="H3117", as|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4198" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" water|strong="G5204", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Treasurer|strong="H1489" exclaimed|strong="G5346", “Look|strong="G2400"! Here|strong="G2400" is|strong="G3588" water|strong="G5204"; what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" prevent|strong="G2967" my|strong="G3708" being|strong="G2532" baptized?” 
\verseNumber{37}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.37  }Some later manuscripts add: Philip said, “If you believe with your whole heart, you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”} 
\verseNumber{38}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" the|strong="G2532" carriage|strong="H3627" to|strong="G1519" stop|strong="G2476", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" – both|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Treasurer|strong="H1489" – and|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" baptized him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204", the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" caught|strong="G2962" Philip|strong="G5376" away|strong="G4198", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Treasurer|strong="H1489" saw|strong="G3708" no|strong="G3756" more|strong="G3765" of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588"; for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" his|strong="G3708" journey|strong="G3598" with|strong="G1537" a|strong="G2532" joyful|strong="H7440" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161" Philip|strong="G5376" was|strong="G3588" found|strong="G2147" at|strong="G1519" Ashdod|strong="H0795", and|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G3956" way|strong="G3956", he|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" in|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" towns|strong="G4172" through|strong="G1330" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G1330", until|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="G4569", still|strong="G2089" breathing|strong="G1709" murderous|strong="H2600" threats|strong="H7451" against|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588" letters|strong="G1992" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" congregations|strong="H4721" at|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154", authorizing him|strong="G3588", if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" there|strong="G2532" any|strong="G5100" supporters|strong="H0310" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Way|strong="G3598", whether|strong="G1437" men|strong="G5100" or|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135", to|strong="G1519" have|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" chains|strong="G1210" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
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\verseNumber{3}While|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" journey|strong="G4198", as|strong="G1722" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" nearing Damascus|strong="G1154", suddenly|strong="G1810" a|strong="G1096" light|strong="G5457" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772" flashed|strong="G4015" around|strong="G4015" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{5}“Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"?” he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*,”} the|strong="G1161" voice|strong="H6963" answered|strong="G3004"; 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1210"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" traveling|strong="H1980" with|strong="G3588" Saul|strong="H7586" were|strong="G3588" meanwhile|strong="G1161" standing|strong="G2476" speechless|strong="G1769"; they|strong="G1161" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1161" sound|strong="G5456" of|strong="G5456" the|strong="G1161" voice|strong="G5456", but|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G2334" no|strong="G3367" one|strong="G3367". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="G4569" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" ground|strong="G1093", though|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1519" eyes|strong="G3788" were|strong="G3588" open|strong="H6605", he|strong="G1161" could|strong="G3588" see|strong="H7200" nothing|strong="G3762". So|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588" led|strong="G5496" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G1161", and|strong="G1161" brought|strong="G1521" him|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154"; 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G2532" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" nothing|strong="G3756" either|strong="G3761" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068" or|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4095". 
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\verseNumber{10}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" a|strong="G2532" disciple|strong="G3101" named|strong="G3686" Ananias, to|strong="G4314" whom|strong="G3588", in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3705", the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Ananias.”} 
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“Yes|strong="G1161", Lord|strong="G2962",” he|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w once|strong="G4336"\+w*,”} said|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Straight|strong="G2117"\+w* \+w Street|strong="G4505"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* Judas’s \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w named|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="G4569"\+w*, \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w moment|strong="H7281"\+w* \+w praying|strong="G4336"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G3708"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vision|strong="G3705"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w named|strong="G3686"\+w* Ananias \+w coming|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w placing|strong="G2007"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2007"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3708"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3704"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2007"\+w* \+w sight|strong="G3705"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{13}“Lord|strong="G2962",” exclaimed|strong="H0559" Ananias, “I|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3745" heard|strong="H8085" from|strong="G3588" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4160" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" – how|strong="G3745" much|strong="G4183" harm|strong="G2556" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G2962" done|strong="G4160" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2962" people|strong="G4160" there|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="G2532", here|strong="G5602", too|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" holds|strong="G2192" authority|strong="G1849" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" chains|strong="G1210" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" invoke|strong="H2142" your|strong="G2192" name|strong="G3686".” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="G1589"\+w* \+w instrument|strong="G4632"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w uphold|strong="H8551"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1799"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kings|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w myself|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w show|strong="G5263"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="G2532" Ananias went|strong="G2064", entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614", and|strong="G2532", placing|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" Saul|strong="G4549", said|strong="G3004", “Saul|strong="G4549", my|strong="G3708" brother|strong="H0251", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" – by|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3739" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" on|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2962" way|strong="G3598" here|strong="G1519" – so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" recover|strong="H2421" your|strong="G2962" sight|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151".” 
\verseNumber{18}Instantly|strong="H7281" it|strong="G2532" seemed|strong="H5869" as|strong="G5613" if|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" film fell|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" Saul’s|strong="H7586" eyes|strong="G3788", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3788" was|strong="G3588" restored|strong="H7725". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" baptized, 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" taken|strong="G2983" food|strong="G5160", he|strong="G2532" felt|strong="H4959" his|strong="G1722" strength|strong="H5797" return|strong="H7725". 
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Saul|strong="H7586" stayed|strong="H3427" for|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" once|strong="H6471" began|strong="H2490" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogues|strong="G4864" to|strong="G2532" proclaim|strong="G2784" Jesus|strong="G2424" as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{21}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="G1839". 
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“Is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" this|strong="G3778",” they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004", “the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" worked|strong="H2388" havoc in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" among|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" that|strong="G2443" invoke|strong="H2142" this|strong="G3778" name|strong="G3686", and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" here|strong="G5602" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" express|strong="H6605" purpose|strong="H6098" of|strong="G2532" having|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3778" persons|strong="G3686" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" chains|strong="G1210" and|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548"?” 
\verseNumber{22}Saul’s|strong="H7586" influence|strong="H4294", however|strong="G1161", kept|strong="G2532" steadily|strong="H1980" increasing|strong="G1743", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" confounded|strong="G4797" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" proofs that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\verseNumber{23}After|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588" laid|strong="G2453" a|strong="G5613" plot|strong="H2513" to|strong="G1161" kill|strong="H2026" Saul|strong="H7586", 
\verseNumber{24}but|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1917" known|strong="G1097" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" watched|strong="G3906" the|strong="G2532" gates|strong="G4439" day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571", to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{25}but|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1223" disciples|strong="G3101" let|strong="G5465" him|strong="G3588" down|strong="G5465" by|strong="G1223" night|strong="G3571" through|strong="G1223" an|strong="G1722" opening|strong="H6310" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wall|strong="G5038", lowering|strong="G2524" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" basket|strong="G4711". 
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\verseNumber{26}On|strong="G1519" his|strong="G3956" arrival|strong="H0935" in|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", Saul|strong="H7586" attempted|strong="H3909" to|strong="G1519" join|strong="G2853" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" really|strong="H2088" a|strong="G2532" disciple|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{27}Barnabas, however|strong="G1161", taking|strong="G1949" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hand|strong="G1161", brought|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" apostles, and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2980" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G1722" story|strong="H4605" of|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4459" Saul|strong="H7586" on|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" journey|strong="G3598" had|strong="G2424" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4459" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2424" talked|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4459" in|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" spoken|strong="G2980" out|strong="G2532" fearlessly in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{28}After|strong="G3326" that|strong="G3588", Saul|strong="H7586" remained|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", in|strong="G1722" close|strong="H5980" contact|strong="H0935" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" apostles; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3955" fearlessly in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", 
\verseNumber{29}talking|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" arguing|strong="G4802" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="H3064" of|strong="G2532" foreign|strong="H5237" birth|strong="H3205", who|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", made|strong="G1161" attempts|strong="H7972" to|strong="G4314" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" found|strong="G1921" this|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" down|strong="G2609" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G1821" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="G1519" Tarsus|strong="G5019". 
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\verseNumber{31}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3767" it|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" about|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577", throughout|strong="G2596" Judea|strong="G2449", Galilee|strong="G1056", and|strong="G2532" Samaria|strong="G4540", enjoyed|strong="G2192" peace|strong="G1515" and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" firmly|strong="H2388" established|strong="H3559"; and|strong="G2532", ordering|strong="H0559" its|strong="H3605" life|strong="G4151" by|strong="G2596" respect|strong="G5401" for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", it|strong="G2532" increased|strong="G4129" in|strong="G2596" numbers|strong="H7230". 
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\verseNumber{32}Peter|strong="G4074", while|strong="G1161" traveling|strong="G1330" from|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1096" to|strong="G4314" place|strong="G1096" throughout|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" country|strong="H2022", went|strong="G1330" down|strong="G2718" to|strong="G4314" visit|strong="H6485" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1223" Christ living|strong="G2730" at|strong="G4314" Lydda|strong="G3069". 
\verseNumber{33}There|strong="G1563" he|strong="G1161" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Aeneas, who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" bedridden|strong="G2621" for|strong="G1909" eight|strong="G3638" years|strong="G2094" with|strong="G1537" paralysis. 
\verseNumber{34}“Aeneas,” Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" cures you|strong="G4771". Get|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4766" your|strong="G2532" bed|strong="G4766".” Aeneas got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" at|strong="G3588" once|strong="H6471"; 
\verseNumber{35}and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" inhabitants|strong="G2730" of|strong="G2532" Lydda|strong="G3069" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Plain|strong="H4334" of|strong="G2532" Sharon|strong="G4565" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" side|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{36}At|strong="G1722" Joppa|strong="G2445" there|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" disciple|strong="G3102" whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1510" Tabitha|strong="G5000", which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Greek ‘Dorcas’ – a|strong="G2532" Gazelle|strong="H6643". Her|strong="G4160" life|strong="H5315" was|strong="G1510" spent|strong="G4160" in|strong="G1722" doing|strong="G4160" kind|strong="G5100" and|strong="G2532" charitable actions|strong="G2041". 
\verseNumber{37}Just|strong="G1565" at|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" she|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" taken|strong="G1096" ill|strong="H2470", and|strong="G1161" died|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" washed|strong="G3068" her|strong="G1438" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="G1161" laid|strong="G5087" it|strong="G1161" out|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" an|strong="G1722" upstairs room|strong="G5253". 
\verseNumber{38}Joppa|strong="G2445" was|strong="G1510" near|strong="G1451" Lydda|strong="G3069", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101", having|strong="G3361" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Lydda|strong="G3069", sent|strong="H7971" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" request|strong="H1246" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G1161" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" without|strong="G3361" delay|strong="G3635". 
\verseNumber{39}Peter|strong="G4074" returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1519" once|strong="G3739". On|strong="G1519" his|strong="G3956" arrival|strong="H0935", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" taken|strong="H3947" upstairs, and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" widows|strong="G5503" came|strong="G3854" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" tears|strong="H1832", showing|strong="G1925" the|strong="G2532" coats|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" clothing|strong="G2440" which|strong="G3739" Dorcas|strong="G1393" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" while|strong="G1161" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" among|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" sent|strong="G1544" everybody|strong="H0120" out|strong="G1544" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" room|strong="H2315", and|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1119" down|strong="G5087" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336". Then|strong="G2532", turning|strong="G1994" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4983", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Tabitha|strong="G5000"! Stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="G2532".” 
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She|strong="G2532" opened|strong="H6605" her|strong="G3708" eyes|strong="G3788", and|strong="G2532", seeing|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074", sat|strong="G4074" up|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{41}Giving|strong="G1325" her|strong="G1325" his|strong="G1438" hand|strong="G5495", Peter|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1325" up|strong="G1325", and|strong="G2532", calling|strong="G5455" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" widows|strong="G5503" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" Christ’s people|strong="G3588", presented|strong="G3936" her|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{42}This|strong="G3588" became|strong="G1096" known|strong="G1110" all|strong="G3650" through|strong="G2596" Joppa|strong="G2445", and|strong="G2532" numbers|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4183" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G3306" stayed|strong="G3306" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" at|strong="G1722" Joppa|strong="G2445" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" tanner|strong="G1038" named|strong="G4613" Simon|strong="G4613". 
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\chapterNumber{10}At|strong="G1722" Caesarea|strong="G2542" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Cornelius|strong="G2883", a|strong="G1722" centurion|strong="G1543" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" regiment known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ‘Italian|strong="G2483" Regiment,’ 
\verseNumber{2}A|strong="G2532" religious man|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" reverenced|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2316", with|strong="G4862" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" household|strong="G3624". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" liberal|strong="H5081" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" charities to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G1189" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" constantly|strong="G1223". 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="G3588" afternoon|strong="H5186", about|strong="G4012" three|strong="G1766" o’clock, he|strong="G2532" distinctly|strong="H0874" saw|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3705" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" come|strong="G1525" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" call|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{4}Cornelius fixed|strong="H3559" his|strong="G1519" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1519" great|strong="G2532" alarm|strong="H8643", said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532", Lord|strong="G2962"?” 
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“Your|strong="G2962" prayers|strong="G4335" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" charities,” the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" answered|strong="G3004", “have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" acceptable|strong="H7522" offering|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568", send|strong="G3992" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445" and|strong="G2532" fetch|strong="H3947" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" called|strong="G1941" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" lodging|strong="G3579" with|strong="G3844" a|strong="G1510" tanner|strong="G1038" named|strong="G4613" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" a|strong="G1510" house|strong="G3614" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="G3739" sea|strong="G2281".” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", had|strong="G2532" gone|strong="H1980", Cornelius|strong="G5455" called|strong="G5455" two|strong="G1417" servants|strong="G3610" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" religious soldier|strong="G4757", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" constant|strong="H2956" attendants|strong="G4342", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" story|strong="H4605", sent|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445". 
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\verseNumber{9}On|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", while|strong="G1161" these|strong="G4012" men|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3596", just|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" nearing the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172", Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" housetop|strong="G1430" about|strong="G4012" midday|strong="H6672" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" hungry|strong="G4361" and|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="G2309" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G1089"; but|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" being|strong="G1096" prepared|strong="G3903", he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G1096" into|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1096" trance|strong="G1611", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772" were|strong="G3588" open|strong="H6605", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" something|strong="G5100" like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" great|strong="G3173" sail|strong="G4632" was|strong="G3588" descending|strong="G2597", let|strong="G2524" down|strong="G2597" by|strong="G1909" its|strong="H3605" four|strong="G5064" corners|strong="H6285" towards the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{12}In|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" kinds|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" quadrupeds, reptiles|strong="G2062", and|strong="G2532" birds|strong="G4071". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" aware|strong="H3045" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" voice|strong="G5456" which|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Stand|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w up|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*, \+w kill|strong="G2380"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{14}“No|strong="G2532", Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="H3808",” answered|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074", “for|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3763" eaten|strong="G5315" anything|strong="G3956" defiled|strong="G2839" and|strong="G2532" unclean|strong="G2839".” 
\verseNumber{15}Again|strong="G3825" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" aware|strong="H3045" of|strong="G1537" a|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" which|strong="G3739" said|strong="G2532" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w pronounced|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2511"\+w*, \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w regard|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w defiled|strong="G2840"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{16}This|strong="G3778" happened|strong="G1096" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" suddenly|strong="H6597" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" all|strong="G2532" taken|strong="G1096" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772". 
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\verseNumber{17}While|strong="G1722" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" perplexed|strong="G1280" as|strong="G5613" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1722" vision|strong="G3705" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G3708", the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="G1722" Cornelius|strong="G2883", having|strong="H0369" enquired|strong="H7592" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1909" Simon’s|strong="G4613" house|strong="G3614", came|strong="G2186" up|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" gate|strong="G4440", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G2532" called|strong="G5455" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G4441" if|strong="G1487" the|strong="G2532" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074", was|strong="G3588" lodging|strong="G3579" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{19}Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" pondering over|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1161" vision|strong="G3705", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Spirit|strong="G4151" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “There|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="G3588" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771" at|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3588" moment|strong="H7281". 
\verseNumber{20}Go|strong="G4198" down|strong="G2597" at|strong="G2532" once|strong="H6471" and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" hesitate|strong="H2820" to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G1438", for|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" them|strong="G1438".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" person|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G1223". What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" your|strong="G1223" reason|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1223" coming|strong="G2597"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G1342" replied|strong="G3004", “Our|strong="G2316" centurion|strong="G1543", Cornelius|strong="G2883", a|strong="G2532" pious man|strong="G1342" who|strong="G3588" reverences God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G3004" of|strong="G5259" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" Jewish|strong="G2453" nation|strong="G1484", has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G2532" instructed|strong="H6680" by|strong="G5259" a|strong="G2532" holy|strong="H6944" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="G1519" send|strong="G3343" for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" house|strong="G3624", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="G3767" Peter|strong="G1831" invited|strong="G1528" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" entertained|strong="G3579" them|strong="G3588". 
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The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" he|strong="G2532" lost|strong="H0006" no|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256" in|strong="G2532" setting|strong="H5414" out|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588", accompanied|strong="G4905" by|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" Joppa|strong="G2445"; 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G1887" following|strong="G1887" he|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" Caesarea|strong="G2542". Cornelius|strong="G2883" was|strong="G1510" expecting|strong="G4328" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" invited|strong="H7121" his|strong="G1438" relatives|strong="G4773" and|strong="G2532" intimate|strong="H0441" friends|strong="G5384" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G3588" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1161" city|strong="H5892", Cornelius|strong="G2883" met|strong="G4876" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161", throwing|strong="H3027" himself|strong="G4352" at|strong="G1909" Peter’s|strong="G4074" feet|strong="G4228", bowed|strong="G4352" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{26}Peter|strong="G4074", however|strong="G1161", lifted|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453", saying|strong="G3004" as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", “Stand|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" only|strong="G2532" human|strong="H0120" like|strong="H3644" yourself|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525", Peter|strong="G4926" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004", where|strong="H0834" he|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" gathering|strong="G4905" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1525", to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{28}“You|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" doubtless|strong="H3588" aware|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" forbidden|strong="H6189" for|strong="G4314" a|strong="G5613" Jew|strong="G2453" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G1510" intimate|strong="H0441" with|strong="G4314" a|strong="G5613" foreigner|strong="H5237", or|strong="G2228" even|strong="G5037" to|strong="G4314" enter|strong="H0935" his|strong="G1438" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="G5037" yet|strong="G5210" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" shown|strong="G1166" me|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2504" ought|strong="H3972" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G4314" call|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367" defiled|strong="G2839" or|strong="G2228" unclean|strong="G2839". 
\verseNumber{29}That|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" why|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G2064", when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3343" for|strong="G2532", without|strong="G2532" raising|strong="H6965" any|strong="G5101" objection. And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" ask|strong="G4441" your|strong="G2532" reason|strong="G1352" for|strong="G2532" sending|strong="H7971" for|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473".” 
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\verseNumber{30}“Just|strong="G2532" three|strong="G1766" days|strong="G2250" ago|strong="H7350" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G2532" hour|strong="G5610",” Cornelius|strong="G2883" said|strong="G5346", “I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G3708" house|strong="G3624", saying|strong="G5346" the|strong="G1722" Afternoon|strong="H5186" Prayers|strong="G4336", when|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" in|strong="G1722" dazzling|strong="H6703" clothing|strong="G2066" suddenly|strong="G2400" stood|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1799" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{31}‘Cornelius|strong="G2883",’ he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", ‘your|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4335" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G1522", and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" charities have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" accepted|strong="H7521", by|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{32}Therefore|strong="G3767" send|strong="G3992" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445", and|strong="G2532" invite|strong="G3333" the|strong="G1722" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3778" also|strong="G2532" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074", to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G2532" here|strong="G1519". He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3778" lodging|strong="G3579" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2532" Simon|strong="G4613" the|strong="G1722" tanner|strong="G1038", near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" sea|strong="G2281".’ 
\verseNumber{33}Accordingly|strong="H3651" I|strong="G1473" sent|strong="G3992" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" at|strong="G4314" once|strong="G1824", and|strong="G5037" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G3568" so|strong="G3767" good|strong="G2573" as|strong="G2316" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G3854". And|strong="G5037" now|strong="G3568" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" here|strong="G3918" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3956" presence|strong="G1799" of|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316", to|strong="G4314" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G4314" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G3568" instructed|strong="H6680" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" to|strong="G4314" say|strong="G3956".” 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" began|strong="G1909". 
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“I|strong="G1161" see|strong="H7200", beyond|strong="G3754" all|strong="G1161" doubt|strong="H0518",” he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" show|strong="G4381" partiality|strong="G4381", 
\verseNumber{35}but|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" nation|strong="G1484" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" reverences him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" does|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" right|strong="G1343" is|strong="G1510" acceptable|strong="G1184" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{36}God|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" sent|strong="G2424" his|strong="G3956" message|strong="G3056" to|strong="G2424" the|strong="G3956" Israelites|strong="H3478" and|strong="G2962" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588", through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", the|strong="G3956" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" of|strong="G5207" peace|strong="G1515" – and|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" is|strong="G1510" Lord|strong="G2962" of|strong="G5207" all|strong="G3956"! 
\verseNumber{37}You|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2596" story|strong="H4605" which|strong="G3739" spread|strong="G1096" through|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3650" Judea|strong="G2449", how|strong="G1492", beginning|strong="H7225" form|strong="H8389" Galilee|strong="G1056", after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2596" baptism which|strong="G3739" John|strong="G2491" proclaimed|strong="G2784" – 
\verseNumber{38}the|strong="G2532" story|strong="H4605", I|strong="G3739" mean|strong="G1510", of|strong="G5259" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G5259" Nazareth|strong="G3478", and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G5613" God|strong="G2316" consecrated|strong="H6942" him|strong="G3588" his|strong="G3956" Christ|strong="G5613" by|strong="G5259" enduing him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" power|strong="G1411"; and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" about|strong="G5613" doing|strong="G1330" good|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" curing|strong="G2390" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" devil|strong="G1228", because|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{39}We|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" ourselves|strong="G2249", too|strong="G2532", witnesses|strong="G3144" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419"; yet|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194" by|strong="G1722" hanging|strong="G2910" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="G3586"! 
\verseNumber{40}This|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" appear|strong="H7200", 
\verseNumber{41}not|strong="G3756" indeed|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" witnesses|strong="G3144" chosen|strong="G3144" beforehand|strong="G4401" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" – to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249", who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G4906" and|strong="G2532" drank|strong="G4844" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588" after|strong="G3326" his|strong="G3956" resurrection from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{42}Further|strong="H5750", God|strong="G2316" charged|strong="G3853" us|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2532" proclaim|strong="G2784" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" solemnly|strong="G1263" affirm|strong="H5002", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G1510" appointed|strong="G3724" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" judge|strong="G2923" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" living|strong="G2198" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{43}To|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1519" prophets|strong="G4396" bear|strong="G3140" witness|strong="G3140", when|strong="G4100" they|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" receives|strong="G2983" through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" forgiveness|strong="H5547" of|strong="G1223" sins|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{44}Before|strong="G1909" Peter|strong="G4074" had|strong="G3588" finished|strong="H3615" saying|strong="G3056" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", the|strong="G3956" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" fell|strong="G1968" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{45}Those|strong="G3588" converts|strong="H7725" from|strong="G1537" Judaism, who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G4905" with|strong="G1537" Peter|strong="G4074", were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" gift|strong="G1431" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" bestowed|strong="H5414" even|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484"; 
\verseNumber{46}for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2532" different|strong="H8133" languages|strong="G1100" and|strong="G2532" extolling God|strong="G2316". At|strong="G2316" this|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G4074" asked|strong="H7592", 
\verseNumber{47}“Can|strong="G1410" anyone|strong="G5100" refuse|strong="G2967" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" baptism of|strong="G4151" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2983", now|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" as|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" did|strong="G2532" ourselves|strong="G2249"?” 
\verseNumber{48}And|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" directed|strong="H5090" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" should|strong="G5100" be|strong="G3588" baptized in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547"; after|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" stay|strong="G1961" there|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1722" few|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" longer|strong="H5750". 
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\chapterNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" throughout|strong="G2596" Judea|strong="G2449" heard|strong="G1484" that|strong="G3754" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" had|strong="G2532" welcomed|strong="G1209" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G3753" Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G4074" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" converts|strong="H7725" from|strong="G1537" Judaism began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{3}on|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="H0776" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" visited|strong="H6485" people|strong="G1525" who|strong="G3748" were|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="H4135", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" taken|strong="H3947" meals|strong="H3899" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" relate|strong="H5608" the|strong="G1161" facts to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004" as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3004" occurred|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{5}“I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" town|strong="G4172" of|strong="G1537" Joppa|strong="G2445",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" praying|strong="G4336"; and|strong="G2532", while|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G5613" trance|strong="G1611", I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G5613" vision|strong="G3705". There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" something|strong="G5100" like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" great|strong="G3173" sail|strong="G4632" descending|strong="G2597", let|strong="G2524" down|strong="G2597" by|strong="G1722" its|strong="G1537" four|strong="G5064" corners|strong="H6285" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772"; and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" right|strong="H3225" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{6}Looking|strong="G2532" intently at|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532", I|strong="G3739" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G1519" distinguish|strong="H0914" quadrupeds, wild|strong="G2342" beasts|strong="G2342", reptiles|strong="G2062", and|strong="G2532" birds|strong="G4071"; 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Stand|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w up|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*, \+w kill|strong="G2380"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{8}‘No|strong="G3754", Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G1473" cannot|strong="H3808",’ I|strong="G1473" answered|strong="G3004", ‘for|strong="G3754" nothing|strong="G3763" defiled|strong="G2839" or|strong="G2228" unclean|strong="G2839" has|strong="G2962" ever|strong="G1519" passed|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1525" lips|strong="G4750".’ 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208" there|strong="G1161" came|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1161" voice|strong="G5456" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" heavens|strong="G3772". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w pronounced|strong="H1696"\+w* clean’,} it|strong="G1161" said|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w call|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w defiled|strong="G2840"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{10}This|strong="G3778" happened|strong="G1096" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" drawn|strong="H8025" up|strong="G1519" again|strong="G3825" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{11}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" moment|strong="G1824" three|strong="G5140" men|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" Caesarea|strong="G2542" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473", came|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" told|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588" without|strong="G3367" hesitation|strong="G1252". These|strong="G3778" six|strong="G1803" companions|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" with|strong="G4862" me|strong="G1473". And|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="G3778" house|strong="G3624", 
\verseNumber{13}he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" how|strong="G4459" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" standing|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" house|strong="G3624", and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4459" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" – ‘Send|strong="G3343" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445" and|strong="G2532" fetch|strong="H3947" the|strong="G1722" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074"; 
\verseNumber{14}for|strong="G4314" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" you|strong="G4771" truths, which|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" prove|strong="H5254" the|strong="G1722" means|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4982" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" your|strong="G2532" household|strong="G3624".’ 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2532" but|strong="G1161" just|strong="G5618" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980",” continued|strong="H5674" Peter|strong="G2980", “when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" fell|strong="G1968" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", exactly|strong="H0834" as|strong="G5618" on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G2249" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" recalled the|strong="G1722" saying|strong="G3004" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Master|strong="G2962" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w water|strong="G5204"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{17}Since|strong="G5613" then|strong="G3767", God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2424" given|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2470" gift|strong="G1431" as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325" when|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" – who|strong="G5101" was|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" could|strong="G1415" thwart|strong="H6565" God|strong="G2316"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}On|strong="G1519" hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3778" statement|strong="H4008", they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" no|strong="G2532" more|strong="G2532", but|strong="G1161" broke|strong="H7665" out|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" praise|strong="G1392" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". “So|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484",” they|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" granted|strong="G1325" the|strong="G2532" repentance|strong="G3341" which|strong="G3588" leads|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" life|strong="G2222"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" scattered|strong="G1289" in|strong="G1909" different|strong="H8133" directions|strong="H7253", in|strong="G1909" consequence of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" persecution|strong="G2347" that|strong="G3588" followed|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="G3056" Stephen|strong="G4736", went|strong="G1330" as|strong="G2532" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G2532" Phoenicia|strong="G5403", Cyprus|strong="G2954", and|strong="G2532" Antioch, telling|strong="G2980" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" – but|strong="G2532" only|strong="G3440" to|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453". 
\verseNumber{20}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" men|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" Cyprus|strong="G2953" and|strong="G2532" Cyrene|strong="G2956", on|strong="G1519" coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Antioch, addressed|strong="H0559" themselves|strong="G1519" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="H3064" of|strong="G1537" foreign|strong="H5237" birth|strong="H3205", telling|strong="G2980" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" about|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="G2532" power|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" number|strong="H4557" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" came|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" side|strong="H6285". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G1722" news|strong="G3056" about|strong="G4012" them|strong="G3588" reached|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" ears|strong="G3775" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G1821" Barnabas to|strong="G1519" Antioch. 
\verseNumber{23}On|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G3854" there|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" great|strong="G3956" joy|strong="G5463" these|strong="G3956" tokens|strong="H0226" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" encouraged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G2588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" – 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="G3754" Barnabas was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2425" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="G2532" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4151" faith|strong="G4102" – and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G2425" number|strong="G3793" of|strong="G4151" people|strong="G3793" took|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" stand|strong="H5975" on|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" side|strong="H6285". 
\verseNumber{25}Afterward|strong="H0310" Barnabas left|strong="G1831" for|strong="G1519" Tarsus|strong="G5019" to|strong="G1519" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="G1519" Saul|strong="G4569"; 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1096" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" Antioch. And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1096" about|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588", for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" whole|strong="G3650" year|strong="G1763", they|strong="G2532" attended|strong="H8334" the|strong="G1722" meetings of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" there|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" a|strong="G1096" large|strong="G2425" number|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793"; and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" Antioch that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" called|strong="G5537" ‘Christians|strong="G5546".’ 
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\verseNumber{27}During|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" time|strong="G2250", some|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" came|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" Antioch from|strong="G2718" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588", named|strong="G3686" Agabus, came|strong="G1096" forward|strong="H5265" and|strong="G1161", under|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1537" influence|strong="H4294" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Spirit|strong="G4151", foretold a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" famine|strong="G3042" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1909" spread|strong="G1096" over|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G1537" world|strong="G3625" – a|strong="G1096" famine|strong="G3042" which|strong="G3588" occurred|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1537" reign|strong="H4427" of|strong="G1537" Claudius|strong="G2804". 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101", without|strong="G3588" exception, determined|strong="G3724", in|strong="G1722" proportion|strong="G2531" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1722" means|strong="G2141", to|strong="G1519" send|strong="G3992" something|strong="G5100" to|strong="G1519" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="G1722" followers|strong="G3588" living|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2449". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160", sending|strong="H7971" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" church elders|strong="G4245" by|strong="G1223" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569". 
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\chapterNumber{12}It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" that|strong="G3588" King|strong="G3588" Herod|strong="G2264" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2596" ill-treat some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G1161" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G1161" church|strong="G1577". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" James|strong="G2385", the|strong="G1161" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491", beheaded|strong="H5493"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" were|strong="G1510" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" proceeded|strong="G4369" to|strong="G2532" arrest|strong="G4815" Peter|strong="G4074" also|strong="G2532". (This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="G2532" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H3899".) 
\verseNumber{4}After|strong="G3326" seizing|strong="G4084" Peter|strong="G4084", Herod|strong="G1014" put|strong="G5087" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438", and|strong="G2532" entrusted|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" keeping|strong="G5442" of|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5064" Guards|strong="G5442" of|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5064" soldiers|strong="G4757" each|strong="G3326", intending|strong="G1014", after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957", to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G3860" before|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="G3767" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" kept|strong="G5083" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438", but|strong="G1161" meanwhile|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" prayers|strong="G4335" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" were|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" earnestly|strong="G4335" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" on|strong="G1722" his|strong="G4012" behalf|strong="G4012". 
\verseNumber{6}Just|strong="G1565" when|strong="G3753" Herod|strong="G2264" was|strong="G1510" intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" bring|strong="G4254" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G4253" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G1510", on|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G1565" night|strong="G3571" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" asleep|strong="G2837" between|strong="G3342" two|strong="G1417" soldiers|strong="G4757", chained to|strong="G3195" them|strong="G3588" both|strong="G5037", while|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" sentries|strong="H8104" in|strong="G1161" front|strong="G4253" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" door|strong="G2374", guarding|strong="H8104" the|strong="G1161" prison|strong="G5438". 
\verseNumber{7}Suddenly|strong="G2400" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" stood|strong="G2186" by|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" shone|strong="G2989" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" cell|strong="G3612". The|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" struck|strong="G3960" Peter|strong="G4074" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" side|strong="G4125", and|strong="G2532" roused|strong="H5782" him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G2532", “Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" quickly|strong="G5034".” 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G2532" chains|strong="H8333" dropped|strong="H5197" from|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4160" wrists|strong="H3027", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004", “Put|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1161" your|strong="G2532" belt|strong="H0232" and|strong="G2532" sandals|strong="G4547".” When|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G3779" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" so|strong="G3779", the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" added|strong="H3254", “Throw|strong="H7993" your|strong="G2532" cloak|strong="G2440" around|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Peter|strong="G1831" followed|strong="G1096" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1831", not|strong="G3756" knowing|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" happening|strong="G1096" under|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" angel’s guidance|strong="H8458" was|strong="G1510" real, but|strong="G1161" thinking|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" seeing|strong="G1492" a|strong="G1096" vision|strong="G3705". 
\verseNumber{10}Passing|strong="G1330" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" Guard|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" iron|strong="G4603" gate|strong="G4439" leading|strong="G4413" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", which|strong="G3588" opened|strong="H6605" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" itself|strong="H0905"; and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" that|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" walked|strong="H1980" along|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" street|strong="G4505", all|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1909" once|strong="H6471" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" left|strong="G1831" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" beyond|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" doubt|strong="H0518" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" sent|strong="G1821" his|strong="G1438" angel|strong="H4397", and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" rescued|strong="G1807" me|strong="G1473" from|strong="G1537" Herod’s|strong="G2264" hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G2992" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" expecting|strong="G4329".” 
\verseNumber{12}As|strong="G2532" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" realized|strong="G4894" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137", the|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G2532" Mark|strong="G3138", where|strong="G3757" a|strong="G2532" number|strong="G2425" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4867" together|strong="G1909", praying|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{13}On|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3588" knocking|strong="G2925" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" door|strong="G2374" in|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" gate|strong="G4440", a|strong="G1161" maidservant|strong="H0519", named|strong="G3686" Rhoda|strong="G4498", came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G4334" answer|strong="G5219" it|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{14}She|strong="G2532" recognized|strong="G1921" Peter’s|strong="G4074" voice|strong="G5456", but|strong="G1161" in|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" joy|strong="G5479" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G4440" unopened, and|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G1532" in|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" outside|strong="G4253". 
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\verseNumber{15}“You|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" mad|strong="G3105"!” they|strong="G1161" exclaimed|strong="G3004". But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" she|strong="G1161" persisted|strong="H2974" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3779", they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G1161" must|strong="G2192" be|strong="G1510" his|strong="G1438" spirit|strong="G3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161" knocking|strong="G2925", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839". 
\verseNumber{17}Peter|strong="G1831" signed|strong="H7560" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" silent|strong="G4601", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" how|strong="G4459" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1806" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" prison|strong="G5438", adding|strong="H3254", “Tell|strong="G3004" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G2087" all|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778".” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" another|strong="G2087" place|strong="G5117". 
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\verseNumber{18}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" morning|strong="G2250" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3756" stir|strong="G5017" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" soldiers|strong="G4757" – what|strong="G5101" could|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1096" of|strong="G2250" Peter|strong="G4074"! 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1161" further|strong="H5750" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" failed|strong="H5307" to|strong="G1519" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" closely|strong="H1692" questioned|strong="H7592" the|strong="G2532" Guard|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" them|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G1519" execution|strong="H6213". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542". 
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\verseNumber{20}It|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" Herod|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" deeply|strong="H6009" offended|strong="H2398" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1223" Tyre|strong="G5183" and|strong="G2532" Sidon|strong="G4606", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" body|strong="H1320" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532", having|strong="G2532" succeeded|strong="H8478" in|strong="G1909" winning over|strong="G1909" Blastus, the|strong="G2532" Chamberlain|strong="G1909", they|strong="G2532" begged|strong="H2603" Herod|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1223" a|strong="G2532" reconciliation|strong="H3722", because|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2532" country|strong="G5561" was|strong="G1510" dependent|strong="H8145" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" king’s|strong="H4428" for|strong="G1223" its|strong="G1223" food|strong="H3899" supply|strong="H4294". 
\verseNumber{21}On|strong="G1909" an|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G5002" day|strong="G2250" Herod|strong="G2264", wearing|strong="G1746" his|strong="G1438" state|strong="H1696" robes|strong="G2066", seated|strong="G2523" himself|strong="G1438" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1438" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="H5414" an|strong="G2532" oration|strong="G1215". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1218" kept|strong="G2532" shouting|strong="G2019", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}Instantly|strong="H7281" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" struck|strong="G3960" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" give|strong="G1325" God|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" attacked|strong="H5221" with|strong="G2532" worms|strong="G4662", and|strong="G2532" died|strong="G1634". 
\verseNumber{24}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" message|strong="G3056" kept|strong="G2532" extending|strong="H3318", and|strong="G2532" spreading|strong="H6566" far|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" wide|strong="H7341". 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G1161" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569" had|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" mission|strong="G1248", they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G1519" Mark|strong="G3138". 

\BibleMainSectionHeading{The Church and the Gentiles }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Church and the Gentiles }

\BibleSectionHeading{Acts of the Apostle Paul }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Acts of the Apostle Paul }
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\chapterNumber{13}Among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" at|strong="G1722" Antioch there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" several|strong="H2669" prophets|strong="G4396" and|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="G1320" – Barnabas, Simeon|strong="G4826" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" known|strong="H3045" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G2564" of|strong="G2532" ‘Black’, Lucius|strong="G3066" of|strong="G2532" Cyrene|strong="G2956", Manaen|strong="G3127", foster-brother of|strong="G2532" Prince|strong="H5387" Herod|strong="G2264", and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569". 
\verseNumber{2}While|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" engaged|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" worship|strong="H7812" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" fasting|strong="G3522", the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" said|strong="G3004", “Set|strong="G2532" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569", for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" work|strong="G2041" to|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{3}Accordingly|strong="H3651", after|strong="G2532" fasting|strong="G3522" and|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4336", they|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2007" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" dismissed|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{4}Barnabas and|strong="G5037" Saul|strong="H7586", sent|strong="G1599" on|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" mission|strong="H1870", as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588", by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1519" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", went|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" Seleucia|strong="G4581", and|strong="G5037" from|strong="G5259" there|strong="G1564" sailed|strong="H1980" to|strong="G1519" Cyprus|strong="G2954". 
\verseNumber{5}On|strong="G1722" reaching|strong="G1161" Salamis|strong="G4529", they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" synagogues|strong="G4864"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" John|strong="G2491" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" an|strong="G2192" assistant|strong="H8334". 
\verseNumber{6}After|strong="G1161" passing|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" the|strong="G1161" whole|strong="G3650" island|strong="G3520", they|strong="G1161" reached|strong="H0935" Paphos|strong="G3974", where|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" found|strong="G2147" an|strong="G2147" astrologer|strong="H0826" who|strong="G3739" pretended|strong="H5060" to|strong="G5100" be|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2147" prophet|strong="G5578" – a|strong="G2147" Jew|strong="G2453" by|strong="G3739" birth|strong="H3205", whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Barjoshua. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="H6346", Sergius|strong="G4588" Paulus|strong="G3972", a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" of|strong="G3056" intelligence|strong="G4908", who|strong="G3739" sent|strong="G2316" for|strong="G2532" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" told|strong="H5046" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" Elymas|strong="G1681", the|strong="G1161" astrologer|strong="H0826" (for|strong="G1063" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G1161" word|strong="G3588"), opposed|strong="H5975" them|strong="G3588", eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="G2212" divert the|strong="G1161" Governor’s|strong="H6346" attention|strong="H7181" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" faith|strong="G4102". 
\verseNumber{9}However|strong="G1161", Saul|strong="G4569" (who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972"), full|strong="G4130" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", fixed|strong="H3559" his|strong="G1519" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161", 
\verseNumber{10}“You|strong="G3004" incarnation of|strong="G5207" deceit|strong="G1388" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" fraud|strong="G4468"! You|strong="G3004" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" devil|strong="G1228"! You|strong="G3004" opponent|strong="H7453" of|strong="G5207" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G3956"! Will|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" never|strong="G3756" cease|strong="G3973" to|strong="G2532" divert the|strong="G2532" straight|strong="G2117" paths|strong="G3598" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"? Listen|strong="H8085"! 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" is|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771" even|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185" for|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2540" and|strong="G2532" unable|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" sun|strong="G2246".” Immediately|strong="G3916" a|strong="G2532" mist|strong="H6051" and|strong="G2532" darkness|strong="G4655" fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" feeling about|strong="G1909" for|strong="G1909" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="G2532" guide|strong="H5148" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1909" Governor|strong="H6346" saw|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G1096", he|strong="G3588" became|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" believer in|strong="G1909" Christ|strong="G2962", being|strong="G1096" greatly|strong="G4100" impressed|strong="H1419" by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" teaching|strong="G1322" about|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588", Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1519" companions|strong="G3588" set|strong="G2064" sail|strong="H5251" from|strong="G2064" Paphos|strong="G3974" and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Perga|strong="G4011" in|strong="G1519" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", where|strong="G1519" John|strong="G2491" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1519" from|strong="G2064" Perga|strong="G4011" and|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G3854" at|strong="G1519" Antioch in|strong="G1519" Pisidia|strong="G4099". There|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" seats. 
\verseNumber{15}After|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" reading|strong="H7121" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396", the|strong="G1722" synagogue leader|strong="H5387" sent|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" message|strong="G3056" – “Friends|strong="H7453", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" any|strong="G5100" helpful|strong="H8454" words|strong="G3056" to|strong="G4314" address|strong="H0559" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", now|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G1722" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" rose|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532", motioning|strong="G2678" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495", said|strong="G3004": 
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“People|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2316" Israel|strong="G2475" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" here|strong="H6311" who|strong="G3588" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2316", hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992" Israel|strong="G2474" chose|strong="G1586" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" during|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" stay|strong="G3940" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="H4714" increased|strong="H7235" the|strong="G1722" prosperity|strong="H7965" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" uplifted|strong="G5308" arm|strong="G1023" brought|strong="G1806" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1537" from|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="G1722" about|strong="G5613" forty|strong="G5063" years|strong="G5063" he|strong="G2532" bore|strong="H3205" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048"; 
\verseNumber{19}then|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" destroying|strong="G2507" seven|strong="G2033" heathen|strong="G1484" nations|strong="G1484" in|strong="G1722" Canaan|strong="G5477", he|strong="G2532" allotted|strong="H1486" their|strong="G2532" land|strong="G1093" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1484" – 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5613" four|strong="G5071" hundred|strong="G5071" and|strong="G2532" fifty|strong="G4004" years|strong="G2094". In|strong="G2532" later|strong="G3326" times|strong="H6471" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G1325" Judges|strong="G2923", of|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3778" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Samuel|strong="G4545" was|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" last|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" demanded|strong="H7592" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588", God|strong="G2316" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" Saul|strong="G4549" the|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G1537" Kish|strong="G2797", a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" tribe|strong="G5443" of|strong="G1537" Benjamin|strong="H1144", who|strong="G3588" reigned|strong="H4427" for|strong="G2532" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="G2596" removing|strong="H5493" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G1453" David|strong="G1138" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="G2532" bore|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3588" testimony|strong="G3140" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" – ‘In|strong="G1519" David|strong="G1138", the|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" Jesse|strong="G2421", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" after|strong="G2596" my|strong="G3956" own|strong="H1961" heart|strong="G2588", who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2307" carry|strong="G4160" out|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" my|strong="G3956" purposes|strong="H4284".’ 
\verseNumber{23}It|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3778" man’s|strong="G3778" descendants|strong="G4690" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316", in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2316" his|strong="G2596" promise|strong="G1860", gave|strong="G3588" Israel|strong="G2474" a|strong="G2596" Savior|strong="G4990" – Jesus|strong="G2424"; 
\verseNumber{24}John|strong="G2491" having|strong="H0369" first|strong="G3588" proclaimed|strong="G4296", before|strong="G4253" the|strong="G3956" appearance|strong="G4383" of|strong="G3956" Jesus, a|strong="G4383" baptism on|strong="G3588" repentance|strong="G3341" for|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G3956" Israel|strong="G2474". 
\verseNumber{25}As|strong="G5613" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510" drawing|strong="H5472" towards the|strong="G1161" end|strong="G3089" of|strong="G3588" his|strong="G3708" career, he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" ‘What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3739" suppose|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510"? I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" Christ|strong="G5613". But|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" “one|strong="G3739" coming|strong="G2064"” after|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473", whose|strong="G3739" sandal|strong="G5266" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G3004" untie|strong="G3089".’ 
\verseNumber{26}Brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" sisters|strong="H0269", descendants|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2316", it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" of|strong="G5207" this|strong="G3778" salvation|strong="G4991" was|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G1821". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="H7218", failing|strong="H3631" to|strong="G2532" recognize|strong="H5234" Jesus|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" understanding|strong="H8394" the|strong="G1722" utterances|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" read|strong="H7121" every|strong="G3956" Sabbath|strong="G4521", fulfilled|strong="G4137" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" condemning|strong="G2919" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3367" ground|strong="H0776" at|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" for|strong="G2532" putting|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" death|strong="G2288", and|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" demanded|strong="H7592" his|strong="G2532" execution|strong="H6213" from|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091"; 
\verseNumber{29}and|strong="G1161", after|strong="G1161" carrying|strong="H5375" out|strong="G5055" everything|strong="G3956" written|strong="G1125" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G1161" took|strong="G2507" Jesus|strong="G5087" down|strong="G5087" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" cross|strong="G3586", and|strong="G1161" laid|strong="G5087" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5613" tomb|strong="G3419". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" dead|strong="G3498"; 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G2250" he|strong="G3739" appeared|strong="G3708" for|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" gone|strong="H1980" up|strong="G1519" with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" Galilee|strong="G1056" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2250" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" now|strong="G3568" witnesses|strong="G3144" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{32}We|strong="G2249" also|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210", about|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" made|strong="G1096" to|strong="G4314" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962" – 
\verseNumber{33}That|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" children|strong="G5043" have|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" this|strong="G3588" promise|strong="H1697" completely|strong="H3617" fulfilled|strong="G1603" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316", by|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" raising|strong="H6965" Jesus|strong="G2424". That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" just|strong="G5613" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" said|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" second|strong="G1208" Psalm|strong="G5568" – 
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‘You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207"; this|strong="G3588" day|strong="G4594" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G1080".’ 
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\verseNumber{34}As|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" raising|strong="H6965" Jesus|strong="G3004" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1519" dead|strong="G3498", never|strong="G3371" again|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" return|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" corruption|strong="G1312", this|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" – 
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‘I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G3195" give|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G1519" sacred|strong="H6944" promises|strong="G1138" made|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" David|strong="G1138";’ 
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\verseNumber{35}And|strong="G2532", therefore|strong="G1360", in|strong="G1722" another|strong="G2087" Psalm|strong="H4210" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" – 
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‘You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" give|strong="G1325" up|strong="G1325" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G3741" One|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" undergo|strong="G3708" corruption|strong="G1312".’ 
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\verseNumber{36}David|strong="G1138", after|strong="G2532" obediently|strong="H8085" doing|strong="H6213" God’s|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" own|strong="G2398" time|strong="G1074", fell|strong="G2837" asleep|strong="G2837" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" laid|strong="G4369" by|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G2398" ancestors|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" undergo|strong="G3708" corruption|strong="G1312"; 
\verseNumber{37}but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3756", whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" from|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" dead|strong="H4191", did|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" undergo|strong="G3708" corruption|strong="G1312". 
\verseNumber{38}I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532", therefore|strong="G3767", like|strong="H3644" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1110", friends|strong="H7453", that|strong="G3754" through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G1510" forgiveness|strong="H5547" of|strong="G1223" sins|strong="H2403" is|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" proclaimed|strong="G2605" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", 
\verseNumber{39}and|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739", in|strong="G1722" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" absolved from|strong="G3756" every|strong="G3956" sin|strong="H2403" from|strong="G3756" which|strong="G3739" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G3551" Moses|strong="G3475" you|strong="G3739" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" absolved. 
\verseNumber{40}Beware|strong="H8104", therefore|strong="G3767", that|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396" does|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3361" come|strong="G1904" true|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" – 
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\verseNumber{41}‘Look|strong="G3708", you|strong="G5210" despisers|strong="G2707", and|strong="G2532" wonder|strong="G2296", and|strong="G2532" perish|strong="H0006"; 
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for|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" doing|strong="G2038" a|strong="G2532" deed|strong="G2041" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G1437" days|strong="G2250" – 
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a|strong="G2532" deed|strong="G2041" which|strong="G3739", though|strong="G1437" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" full|strong="G1722", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" believe’.” 
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\verseNumber{42}As|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" Barnabas were|strong="G3588" leaving|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" synagogue, the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G3870" begged|strong="G3870" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" repetition of|strong="G4487" this|strong="G3778" teaching|strong="G4487" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" next|strong="G3342" Sabbath|strong="G4521". 
\verseNumber{43}After|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" congregation|strong="G4864" had|strong="G2532" dispersed|strong="H6327", many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" converts|strong="H7725" who|strong="G3588" joined|strong="H2266" in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" worship|strong="G4576", followed|strong="G3982" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas, who|strong="G3588" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" urged|strong="H6484" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" continue|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" rely|strong="G3982" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{44}On|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" following|strong="H0310" Sabbath|strong="G4521", almost|strong="G4975" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" gathered|strong="G4863" to|strong="G2064" hear|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793" of|strong="G5259" people|strong="G3793" filled|strong="G4130" the|strong="G2532" minds|strong="H5315" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" with|strong="G2532" jealousy|strong="G2205", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" contradicting Paul’s|strong="G3972" statements|strong="H1696" in|strong="G2532" violent|strong="H2555" language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas spoke|strong="G2980" out|strong="G2532" fearlessly, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004": 
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“It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" necessary|strong="H2706" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" should|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" told|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" first|strong="G4413"; but|strong="G2532", since|strong="G1894" you|strong="G5210" reject|strong="H3988" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" reckon|strong="H2803" yourselves|strong="G1438" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="H4941" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222" – we|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G4762" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484"! 
\verseNumber{47}For|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" Lord’s|strong="G2962" command|strong="G1781" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519" – 
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‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" destined|strong="G5087" you|strong="G4771" for|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1519" light|strong="G5457" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Gentiles|strong="G1484", 
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a|strong="G1519" means|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2962" salvation|strong="G4991" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ends|strong="G2078" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1519" earth’.” 
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\verseNumber{48}On|strong="G1519" hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" were|strong="G1510" glad|strong="G5463" and|strong="G2532" extolled|strong="H7311" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="G3056"; and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" enrolled|strong="H3187" for|strong="G1519" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222" became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G2962"; 
\verseNumber{49}and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Lord’s|strong="G2962" message|strong="G3056" was|strong="G3588" carried|strong="H5375" throughout|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" district|strong="H6418". 
\verseNumber{50}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" incited|strong="G3951" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" of|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" social standing|strong="H5975" who|strong="G3588" worshiped|strong="H7812" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" leading|strong="G4413" men|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172", and|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" a|strong="G2532" persecution|strong="G1375" against|strong="G1909" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas, and|strong="G2532" drove|strong="G1544" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1544" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" region|strong="G3725". 
\verseNumber{51}They|strong="G1161", however|strong="G1161", shook|strong="G1621" the|strong="G1519" dust|strong="G2868" off|strong="G1621" their|strong="G1438" feet|strong="G4228" in|strong="G1519" protest|strong="H5749", 
\verseNumber{52}and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" Iconium, leaving|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" full|strong="G4137" of|strong="G4151" joy|strong="G5479" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
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\chapterNumber{14}The|strong="G1722" same|strong="G3779" thing|strong="H1697" occurred|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" Iconium|strong="G2430", where|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" synagogue|strong="G4864", and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1722" such|strong="G3779" a|strong="G1096" way|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G4183" number|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" Christ. 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="H0539" stirred|strong="G2453" up|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" poisoned|strong="G2559" their|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G5590" against|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="G3767" Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas spent|strong="G1304" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550" there|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3056" out|strong="G2532" fearlessly, relying on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3588" confirmed|strong="H0539" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" his|strong="G1223" love|strong="H0157" by|strong="G1223" permitting signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1096" place|strong="G1096" at|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" townspeople were|strong="G1510" divided|strong="G4977", some|strong="G3588" siding with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453", some|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G2532" apostles; 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" an|strong="G2532" attempt|strong="G3730" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" part|strong="G1161" of|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" and|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453", with|strong="G4862" their|strong="G1438" leaders|strong="H7218", to|strong="G2532" resort|strong="H1875" to|strong="G2532" violence|strong="H2555" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3036" them|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{6}the|strong="G2532" apostles heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" refuge|strong="G2703" in|strong="G1519" Lystra|strong="G3082" and|strong="G2532" Derbe|strong="G1191", towns|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1519" Lycaonia|strong="G3071", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" district|strong="G4066" around|strong="G4066", 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2546" they|strong="G1510" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2097" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2097" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097". 
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\verseNumber{8}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="G1537" Lystra|strong="G3082" there|strong="G2532" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" sit|strong="G2521" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" power|strong="H3027" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" feet|strong="G4228"; he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1722" birth|strong="G2836", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3763" walked|strong="G4043". 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" speaking|strong="G2980", when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", looking|strong="G2532" intently at|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G4982", 
\verseNumber{10}said|strong="G3004" loudly|strong="G3173", “Stand|strong="H5975" upright|strong="G3717" on|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228".” 
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The|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" leaped|strong="H6452" up|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1909" walking|strong="G4043" about|strong="G1909", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="G5037" the|strong="G4314" crowd|strong="G3793", seeing|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3739" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G2316" done|strong="G4160", called|strong="G3004" out|strong="G5456" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G4314" Lycaonian|strong="G3072" language|strong="G5456", “The|strong="G4314" Gods|strong="G2316" have|strong="G1473" come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2316" human|strong="H0120" form|strong="G3666".” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" called|strong="G2564" Barnabas ‘Zeus|strong="G2203",’ and|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" ‘Hermes|strong="G2060",’ because|strong="G1894" he|strong="G1161" took|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" lead|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1161" speaking|strong="G3056"; 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G2409" of|strong="G2532" Zeus-beyond-the-Walls, accompanied|strong="G4862" by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793", brought|strong="G5342" bullocks|strong="H6499" and|strong="G2532" garlands|strong="G4725" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" gates|strong="G4440", with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G2532" intention|strong="H3820" of|strong="G2532" offering|strong="G2380" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" apostles Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" tore|strong="G1284" their|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" rushed|strong="G1530" out|strong="G2896" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793". 
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“Friends|strong="H7453", why|strong="G1519" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G2532" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="G3588"?” they|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896". 
\verseNumber{15}“We|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" only|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" like|strong="G3663" yourselves|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G2316" turn|strong="G1994" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" follies to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3739" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772", the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093", the|strong="G1722" sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}In|strong="G1722" bygone times|strong="G1074" he|strong="G3739" permitted|strong="G1439" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" nations|strong="G1484" to|strong="G1722" go|strong="G4198" their|strong="G1722" own|strong="H1961" ways|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{17}Yet|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" failed|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3756" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G1325", some|strong="G3588" revelation|strong="H1540" of|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438" – sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3771" rain|strong="G5205" and|strong="G2532" fruitful|strong="G2593" seasons|strong="G2540", and|strong="G2532" gladdening your|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" with|strong="G2532" plenty|strong="H7647" and|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3756" cheer|strong="H2895".” 
\verseNumber{18}Even|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" appeal|strong="H6817" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3361" hardly|strong="G3433" restrain|strong="H3607" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" from|strong="G2532" offering|strong="G2380" sacrifice|strong="G2380" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{19}Presently|strong="H3117", however|strong="G1161", there|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" from|strong="G2532" Antioch, and|strong="G2532" Iconium|strong="G2430" who|strong="G3588", after|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" won|strong="G3982" over|strong="G3982" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793", stoned|strong="G3034" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G4951" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172", thinking|strong="H0559" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G2348". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" had|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G2944" around|strong="G2944" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1831" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" back|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172"; the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" Barnabas to|strong="G1519" Derbe|strong="G1191". 
\verseNumber{21}After|strong="G2532" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" throughout|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" town|strong="G4172", and|strong="G2532" making|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" number|strong="G2425" of|strong="G2532" converts|strong="H7725", they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Lystra|strong="G3082", Iconium|strong="G2430", and|strong="G2532" Antioch, 
\verseNumber{22}reassuring the|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G5590" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101", urging|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" remain|strong="H3427" true|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102", and|strong="G2532" showing|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" only|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" many|strong="G4183" troubles|strong="G2347" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2249" can|strong="H4310" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="G1161" also|strong="G1161" appointed|strong="G5500" elders|strong="G4245" for|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" every|strong="G2596" church|strong="G1577", and|strong="G1161", after|strong="G3326" prayer|strong="G4336" and|strong="G1161" fasting|strong="G3521", commended|strong="G3908" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" in|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3739" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100". 
\verseNumber{24}Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" through|strong="G1330" Pisidia|strong="G4099", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" telling|strong="G2980" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" at|strong="G1722" Perga|strong="G4011", went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Attaleia. 
\verseNumber{26}From|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2547" they|strong="G3588" sailed|strong="H1980" to|strong="G1519" Antioch – the|strong="G1519" place|strong="G3739" where|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" been|strong="G1510" committed|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" gracious|strong="G5485" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" work|strong="G2041" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" now|strong="G1510" finished|strong="G4137". 
\verseNumber{27}After|strong="G3326" their|strong="G2532" arrival|strong="H0935", they|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4863" the|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577" together|strong="G4863", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G4160" an|strong="G2532" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3745" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2532" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160", and|strong="G2532" especially|strong="H3966" how|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" opened|strong="H6605" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" the|strong="G2532" door|strong="G2374" of|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102"; 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="G1161" at|strong="G1161" Antioch they|strong="G1161" stayed|strong="G1304" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G3101" for|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" considerable|strong="G3756" time|strong="G5550". 
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\chapterNumber{15}But|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G5100" persons|strong="H5315" came|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754", unless|strong="G1437" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" circumcised|strong="G4059", in|strong="G2532" accordance|strong="H5921" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" custom|strong="G1485" required|strong="H7592" by|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475", they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982". 
\verseNumber{2}This|strong="G3778" gave|strong="G2532" rise|strong="H6965" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" serious|strong="H2470" dispute|strong="H7379", and|strong="G2532" much|strong="H7227" discussion|strong="G2214", between|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" therefore|strong="G1161" settled|strong="H3427" that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G1438" number|strong="G3756" should|strong="G5100" go|strong="G1519" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", to|strong="G1519" consult|strong="H3289" the|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" church elders|strong="G4245" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" matter|strong="G5100" under|strong="G1537" discussion|strong="G2214". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577", therefore|strong="G3767", sent|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G4311" their|strong="G2532" journey|strong="G4311", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G4311" through|strong="G1330" Phoenicia|strong="G5403" and|strong="G2532" Samaria|strong="G4540", telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="G2532" story|strong="H4605" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" conversion|strong="G1995" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484", to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" joy|strong="G5479" of|strong="G5259" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}On|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" arrival|strong="H0935" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" welcomed|strong="H8085" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577", as|strong="G3745" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G3745" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G4160" an|strong="G2532" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="G5259" all|strong="G3745" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2532" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{5}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G3551" the|strong="G1161" Pharisees’|strong="G5330" party|strong="H1870", however|strong="G1161", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" become|strong="G1161" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G4100" Christ, came|strong="G3588" forward|strong="H5265" and|strong="G1161" declared|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" bound|strong="G1210" to|strong="G3004" circumcise|strong="G4059" converts|strong="H7725" and|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" direct|strong="G3853" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" observe|strong="G5083" the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G3551" Moses|strong="G3475". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" church elders|strong="G4245" held|strong="H2388" a|strong="G2532" meeting|strong="G4863" to|strong="G2532" consider|strong="G3056" this|strong="G3778" question|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{7}After|strong="G1161" much|strong="G4183" discussion|strong="G2214", Peter|strong="G4074" rose|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004": 
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“You|strong="G5210", my|strong="G1722" friends|strong="H7453", know|strong="G1987" well|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" long|strong="G4183" ago|strong="H7350" God|strong="G2316" singled me|strong="G1473" out|strong="G2532" – that|strong="G3754" through|strong="G1223" my|strong="G1722" lips|strong="G4750" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" should|strong="G2316" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G1223" news|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" Christ. 
\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" reads|strong="H7121" all|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2589", declared|strong="H5046" his|strong="G2532" acceptance|strong="H7522" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="H1471", by|strong="G2532" giving|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1325". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1252" no|strong="G3762" distinction|strong="G1252" between|strong="G3342" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" purified|strong="G2511" their|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" by|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102". 
\verseNumber{10}Why|strong="G5101", then|strong="G3767", do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3739" now|strong="G3568" provoke|strong="H3707" God|strong="G2316", by|strong="G1909" putting|strong="G2007" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" necks|strong="G5137" of|strong="G2316" these|strong="G3739" disciples|strong="G3101" a|strong="G1909" yoke|strong="G2218" which|strong="G3739" neither|strong="G3777" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962" nor|strong="G3777" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" able|strong="G2480" to|strong="G1909" bear|strong="H5375"? 
\verseNumber{11}No|strong="G3739", it|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739", just|strong="G2596" as|strong="G2596" they|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4100", believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3588" been|strong="G2962" saved|strong="G4982".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Every|strong="G3956" voice|strong="H6963" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" assembly|strong="G4128" was|strong="G3588" hushed|strong="H2244", as|strong="G3745" they|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", while|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G4160" an|strong="G2532" account|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" which|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2532" shown|strong="G4160" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" through|strong="G1223" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="G3326" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="G3004", James|strong="G2385" addressed|strong="H0559" the|strong="G1161" Council|strong="H5475". 
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“Friends|strong="H7453",” he|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161", “hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{14}Simon|strong="G4826" has|strong="G2316" described|strong="H3789" the|strong="G1537" manner|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2316" which|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" first|strong="G4413" visited|strong="G1980" the|strong="G1537" Gentiles|strong="G1484", in|strong="G2316" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2316" take|strong="G2983" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2983" people|strong="G2992" to|strong="G2316" bear|strong="H5375" his|strong="G2983" name|strong="G3686". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" harmony with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396", where|strong="H0834" they|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3056" – 
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\verseNumber{16}‘After|strong="G3326" this|strong="G3778" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" return|strong="H7725"; 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="G2532" David|strong="G1138" which|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3778" fallen|strong="G4098" – 
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its|strong="H3605" ruins|strong="G2690" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" rebuild|strong="H1129", 
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and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" once|strong="H6471" more|strong="G2532"; 
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\verseNumber{17}that|strong="G3739" so|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G2645" of|strong="G2532" mankind|strong="H0120" may|strong="G2532" earnestly|strong="G2532" seek|strong="G1567" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" – 
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even|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" on|strong="G1909" whom|strong="G3739" my|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" has|strong="G2962" been|strong="G2532" bestowed|strong="H5414", 
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\verseNumber{18}says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", known|strong="G1110" from|strong="G1110" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350".’ 
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\verseNumber{19}In|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1473" judgment|strong="G2919", therefore|strong="G1352", we|strong="G1352" should|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3361" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" difficulties of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" turning|strong="G1994" to|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316", 
\verseNumber{20}but|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" write|strong="G1989" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G2532" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" polluted|strong="H2490" by|strong="G2532" being|strong="G2532" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="G2532" idols|strong="G1497", from|strong="G2532" impurity|strong="H5079", from|strong="G2532" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="G2532" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="G2532" strangled|strong="G4156" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="G1063" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" town|strong="G4172", for|strong="G1063" generations|strong="G1074" past|strong="H5674", there|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" preach|strong="G2784" Moses|strong="G3475", read|strong="H7121" as|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogues|strong="G4864" every|strong="G3956" Sabbath|strong="G4521".” 
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\verseNumber{22}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" then|strong="G2532" decided|strong="G1380" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" apostles and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" elders|strong="G4245", with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" assent|strong="H6310" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3650" church|strong="G1577", to|strong="G1519" choose|strong="G1586" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" number|strong="H4557", and|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3992" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" Antioch with|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas. Those|strong="G3588" chosen|strong="G1586" were|strong="G3588" Judas|strong="G2455" (called|strong="G2564" Barsabas) and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" leaders|strong="G2233" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" community|strong="H5712". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" bearers|strong="H5449" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" following|strong="G2596" letter|strong="G1125" – 
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‘The|strong="G2532" apostles, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" church elders|strong="G4245", send|strong="H7971" their|strong="G2532" greetings|strong="G5463" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" Gentile|strong="G1484" birth|strong="H3205" in|strong="G2596" Antioch, Syria|strong="G4947", and|strong="G2532" Cilicia|strong="G2791". 
\verseNumber{24}As|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3739" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G1537" number|strong="G3756" had|strong="G3739" upset|strong="H8058" you|strong="G5210" by|strong="G1537" their|strong="G3588" assertions, and|strong="G3056" unsettled your|strong="G3588" minds|strong="G5590" – without|strong="G3756" instructions|strong="G3056" from|strong="G1537" us|strong="G2249" – 
\verseNumber{25}We|strong="G2249" met|strong="H6298" and|strong="G2532" decided|strong="G1096" to|strong="G4314" choose|strong="G1586" certain|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3992" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G4862" our|strong="G2532" dear|strong="H3357" friends|strong="H7453" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", 
\verseNumber{26}who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1473" risked|strong="G3860" their|strong="G3588" lives|strong="G5590" for|strong="G5228" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" our|strong="G2424" Lord|strong="G2962", Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{27}We|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" accordingly|strong="H3651" sending|strong="H7971" Judas|strong="G2455" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G1438" by|strong="G1223" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" mouth|strong="G3056" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" now|strong="G2532" writing|strong="H3791". 
\verseNumber{28}We|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532", therefore|strong="G2532", decided|strong="G1380", under|strong="H8478" the|strong="G2532" guidance|strong="H8458" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", to|strong="G2532" lay|strong="G2007" no|strong="G3367" further|strong="G4119" burden|strong="H4853" on|strong="G2007" you|strong="G5210" beyond|strong="G4119" these|strong="G3778" necessary|strong="G1876" conditions|strong="H1697" – 
\verseNumber{29}That|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G1537" food|strong="H3899" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="G2532" idols|strong="G1494", from|strong="G1537" blood|strong="H1818", from|strong="G1537" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="G2532" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="G1537" strangled|strong="G4156" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" impurity|strong="H5079". If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" guard|strong="G2532" yourselves|strong="G1438" against|strong="G1537" such|strong="G4238" things|strong="G3739", it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1537" you|strong="G3739". Farewell|strong="G4517".’ 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" bearers|strong="H5449" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" letter|strong="G1992" were|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G1929", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" down|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" Antioch. There|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3767" a|strong="G2532" meeting|strong="G4863" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G1161" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1161" letter|strong="H5612", the|strong="G1161" reading|strong="H7121" of|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3588" caused|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" rejoicing|strong="G5463" by|strong="G1909" its|strong="H3605" encouraging contents. 
\verseNumber{32}Judas|strong="G2455" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" themselves|strong="G1510" prophets|strong="G4396", further|strong="G4183" encouraged|strong="G3870" the|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" many|strong="G4183" an|strong="G2532" address|strong="H0559", and|strong="G2532" strengthened|strong="G1991" their|strong="G2532" faith|strong="H0539". 
\verseNumber{33}After|strong="G3326" some|strong="G3588" stay|strong="H3427", they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" dismissed|strong="H7971" with|strong="G3326" kind|strong="H4327" farewells from|strong="G1515" the|strong="G1161" followers|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="G4314" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{34}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15.34  }Some later manuscripts add: But Silas decided to stay.} 
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\verseNumber{35}Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas, however|strong="G1161", remained|strong="G1304" in|strong="G1722" Antioch, where|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" and|strong="G2532", with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" help|strong="H5826" of|strong="G3056" many|strong="G4183" others|strong="G2087", told|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" Lord’s|strong="G2962" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{36}Some|strong="G5100" time|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" this|strong="G3588", Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Barnabas, “Let|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3004" go|strong="G3739" back|strong="G1994" and|strong="G1161" visit|strong="G1980" the|strong="G1722" Lord’s|strong="G2962" followers|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" town|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" Lord’s|strong="G2962" message|strong="G3056", and|strong="G1161" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="G4459" they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" prospering|strong="H7919".” 
\verseNumber{37}Barnabas wished|strong="G1014" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G4838" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491", whose|strong="G3588" other|strong="G1161" name|strong="G2564" was|strong="G3588" Mark|strong="G3138"; 
\verseNumber{38}but|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" felt|strong="H4959" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" ought|strong="H3972" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G4838" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" deserted|strong="H5307" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" gone|strong="G4905" on|strong="G1519" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" work|strong="G2041". 
\verseNumber{39}This|strong="G3588" caused|strong="H5414" such|strong="G5620" unpleasant|strong="H7451" feeling|strong="G1096" between|strong="G5037" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" parted|strong="H6504" ways|strong="H1870", Barnabas taking|strong="G1096" Mark|strong="G3138" and|strong="G1161" sailing for|strong="G1519" Cyprus|strong="G2954", 
\verseNumber{40}while|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" chose|strong="G1951" Silas|strong="G4609" for|strong="G1161" his|strong="G5259" companion|strong="H7453" and|strong="G1161", after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3972" been|strong="G2962" committed|strong="G3860" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" followers|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" gracious|strong="G5485" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962", 
\verseNumber{41}started|strong="H2490" on|strong="G1161" his|strong="G2532" journey|strong="H1870" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" Syria|strong="G4947" and|strong="G2532" Cilicia|strong="G2791", strengthening|strong="G1991" the|strong="G2532" churches|strong="G1577" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="H0539". 
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\chapterNumber{16}Among|strong="G1519" other|strong="G1161" places|strong="H1116" Paul|strong="G1510" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" Derbe|strong="G1191" and|strong="G2532" Lystra|strong="G3082". At|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" latter|strong="H0319" place|strong="G1563" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" disciple|strong="G3101", named|strong="G3686" Timothy|strong="G5095", whose|strong="G2532" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" woman|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3962" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" believer|strong="G4103", while|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1519" father|strong="G3962" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1672", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G3140" of|strong="G5259" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" followers|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Lystra|strong="G3082" and|strong="G2532" Iconium|strong="G2430". 
\verseNumber{3}Wishing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2983" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1223" journey|strong="H1870", Paul|strong="G3972" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" circumcised|strong="G4059" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1223" consideration|strong="H0998" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3754" region|strong="H2256", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1223" father|strong="G3962" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1672". 
\verseNumber{4}As|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="G1279" from|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" to|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172", they|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G3860" the|strong="G1722" followers|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" decisions|strong="H4941" which|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" reached|strong="H0935" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" apostles and|strong="G2532" church elders|strong="G4245" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", for|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" observe|strong="G5442". 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" churches|strong="G1577" grew|strong="H1431" stronger|strong="H2388" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102", and|strong="G2532" increased|strong="G4052" in|strong="G2596" numbers|strong="H7230" from|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" to|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250". 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="G2532" next|strong="H4283" went|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Phrygian|strong="G5435" district|strong="H6418" of|strong="G3056" Galatia|strong="G1054", but|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" restrained|strong="G2967" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" from|strong="G2532" delivering|strong="H6680" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" in|strong="G1722" Roman Asia|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="G4151" Mysia|strong="G3465", they|strong="G2532" attempted|strong="H3909" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" Bithynia, but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" permit|strong="G1439" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{8}Passing|strong="G3928" through|strong="H3027" Mysia|strong="G3465", they|strong="G1161" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Troas|strong="G5174"; 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" one|strong="G5100" night|strong="G3571" Paul|strong="G3972" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3705". A|strong="G2532" Macedonian|strong="G3110" was|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" appealing|strong="G3870" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" – ‘Come|strong="G1510" over|strong="G1224" to|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="G3004".’ 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="G1161", immediately|strong="G2112" after|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1519" vision|strong="G3705", we|strong="G2249" looked|strong="G3708" for|strong="G3754" an|strong="G1519" opportunity to|strong="G1519" cross|strong="H5674" over|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109", concluding|strong="G4822" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" summoned|strong="G4341" us|strong="G2097" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1519" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161". 
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\verseNumber{11}Accordingly|strong="H3651" we|strong="G1161" set|strong="H7760" sail|strong="H5251" from|strong="G3588" Troas|strong="G5174", and|strong="G1161" ran|strong="G2113" before|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="G1519" Samothrace|strong="G4543", reaching|strong="G1161" Neapolis|strong="G3501" the|strong="G1519" next|strong="G1966" day|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{12}From|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" made|strong="G1161" our|strong="G1722" way|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1519" Philippi|strong="G5375", which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" principal|strong="H7218" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3588" part|strong="G3310" of|strong="G2250" Macedonia|strong="G3109", and|strong="G1161" also|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1519" Roman Settlement|strong="H4186". 
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In|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" we|strong="G1161" spent|strong="G1304" several|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{13}On|strong="G2523" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G4439" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" riverside|strong="G3844", where|strong="G3757" we|strong="G2532" supposed|strong="G3543" there|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G4335" of|strong="G2250" prayer|strong="G4335"; and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" and|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4905" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{14}Among|strong="G5259" them|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", named|strong="G3686" Lydia|strong="G3070", belonging to|strong="G2532" Thyatira|strong="G2363", a|strong="G2532" dealer|strong="H0898" in|strong="G2532" purple|strong="G4211" cloth|strong="H0899", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" accustomed|strong="H3928" to|strong="G2532" join|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4576" of|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316". The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" touched|strong="H5060" this|strong="G3588" woman’s|strong="G1135" heart|strong="G2588", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" she|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" attention|strong="G4337" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="H1697" delivered|strong="H5414" by|strong="G5259" Paul|strong="G3972", 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" she|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1519" household|strong="G3624" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" baptized, she|strong="G2532" urged|strong="G3870" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" become|strong="G1510" her|strong="G1519" guests|strong="H7121". 
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“Since|strong="G5613" you|strong="G1487" have|strong="G2532" shown|strong="H7200" your|strong="G2962" conviction,” she|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" really|strong="H2088" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" believer|strong="G4103" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", come|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" stay|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1525" house|strong="G3624".” And|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" insisted|strong="H6484" on|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2532" doing|strong="H6213" so|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{16}One|strong="G5100" day|strong="G3588", as|strong="G1519" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2962" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" place|strong="G1096" of|strong="G4151" prayer|strong="G4335", we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" met|strong="G5221" by|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" girl|strong="H5291" possessed|strong="G2192" by|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" divining|strong="H7080" spirit|strong="G4151", who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G1096" large|strong="G4183" profits|strong="H8636" for|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519" masters|strong="G2962" by|strong="G1519" fortune-telling|strong="G3132". 
\verseNumber{17}This|strong="G3778" girl|strong="H5291" followed|strong="G2628" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2316" us|strong="G3004", calling|strong="G3004", “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" are|strong="G1510" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" most|strong="G5310" high|strong="G5310" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" bringing|strong="H0935" you|strong="G5210" news|strong="H1319" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598" to|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991".” 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" doing|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" for|strong="G1909" several|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250", when|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972", much|strong="G4183" vexed|strong="H0926", turned|strong="G1994" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" within|strong="G1722" her|strong="G4160", “In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" I|strong="G2532" command|strong="G3853" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G1831" her|strong="G4160".” That|strong="G3588" very|strong="G4183" moment|strong="G5610" the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" left|strong="G1831" her|strong="G4160". 
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\verseNumber{19}When|strong="G1161" her|strong="G1519" masters|strong="G2962" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G2532" further|strong="G1909" profit|strong="G2039" from|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1519", they|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G1949" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", dragged|strong="G1670" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" public|strong="H1121" square|strong="H7339" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" authorities|strong="H7984", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" before|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Magistrates|strong="G4755". 
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“These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" are|strong="G3588" causing|strong="H7462" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" disturbance|strong="H8442" in|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172",” they|strong="G2532" complained|strong="H7878"; 
\verseNumber{21}“They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" Jews|strong="G1485", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="H8451" customs|strong="G1485" which|strong="G3739" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" right|strong="G3756" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G4160", as|strong="G2532" Romans|strong="G4514", to|strong="G2532" sanction or|strong="G2532" adopt.” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G2532" mob|strong="G3793" rose|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2596" one|strong="G3588" person|strong="H5315" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Magistrates|strong="G4755" stripped|strong="H6584" them|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" clothing|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" beaten|strong="G4463" with|strong="G2532" rods|strong="G4463". 
\verseNumber{23}After|strong="G5037" beating|strong="H8608" them|strong="G3588" severely|strong="G4183", the|strong="G1519" Magistrates|strong="H8614" put|strong="G2007" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438", with|strong="G1519" orders|strong="G3853" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" jailer|strong="G1200" to|strong="G1519" keep|strong="G5083" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" safe|strong="G5083" custody|strong="G5083". 
\verseNumber{24}On|strong="G1519" receiving|strong="G2983" so|strong="G2532" strict|strong="G3852" an|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616", the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="H6346" put|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" inner|strong="G2082" cell|strong="H2588", and|strong="G2532" secured|strong="H2388" their|strong="G1438" feet|strong="G4228" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" stocks|strong="G3586". 
\verseNumber{25}About|strong="G2596" midnight|strong="G3317", while|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" were|strong="G3588" praying|strong="G4336" and|strong="G2532" singing|strong="G5214" hymns|strong="G5214" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" while|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" prisoners|strong="G1198" were|strong="G3588" listening|strong="G1874" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{26}suddenly|strong="H6597" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" an|strong="G2532" earthquake|strong="G4578" of|strong="G2532" such|strong="G5620" violence|strong="H2555" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" jail|strong="H1004" was|strong="G1096" shaken|strong="G4531" to|strong="G2532" its|strong="G3956" foundations|strong="G2310"; all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" doors|strong="G2374" flew|strong="H5774" open|strong="H6605", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" prisoners’ chains|strong="G1199" were|strong="G3588" loosened. 
\verseNumber{27}Roused|strong="H5782" from|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" sleep|strong="G1853", and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" prison|strong="G5438" doors|strong="G2374" open|strong="H6605", the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="H6346" drew|strong="G4685" his|strong="G1438" sword|strong="G3162" intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" himself|strong="G1438", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" belief|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" prisoners|strong="G1198" had|strong="G2532" escaped|strong="G1628". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" called|strong="G3004" our|strong="G1510" loudly|strong="G3173", “Do|strong="G4238" not|strong="G3367" harm|strong="G2556" yourself|strong="G4572"; we|strong="G1063" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G1161" here|strong="G1759".” 
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\verseNumber{29}Calling|strong="H7121" for|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1096" light|strong="G5457", the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="H6346" rushed|strong="G1530" in|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" flung himself|strong="H5315" trembling|strong="G1790" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609". 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" led|strong="G4254" them|strong="G1438" out|strong="G1854", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “What|strong="G5101" must|strong="G1163" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982"?” 
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\verseNumber{31}“Believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2424" Lord|strong="G2962",” they|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982", you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" household|strong="G3624" too|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3056" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" household|strong="G3614" as|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" hour|strong="G5610" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" night|strong="G3571" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" washed|strong="G3068" their|strong="G1438" wounds|strong="G4127", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" belonging to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" baptized without|strong="G2532" delay|strong="H0309". 
\verseNumber{34}Afterward|strong="H0310" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G3908" before|strong="G3908" them|strong="G3588" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G1519" eat|strong="H0398", rejoicing|strong="H8057" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532", with|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" household|strong="G3624", had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{35}In|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1161" morning|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1161" Magistrates|strong="G4755" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="G1161" guards|strong="H7323" with|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1096" order|strong="H4616" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1096" discharged|strong="H5310". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="G1722" jailer|strong="G1200" told|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972" of|strong="G3056" his|strong="G1722" instructions|strong="G3056". “The|strong="G1722" Magistrates|strong="G4755" have|strong="G3748" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" for|strong="G3754" your|strong="G1722" discharge|strong="H2100",” he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3767", “so|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3754" had|strong="G3972" better|strong="H2896" leave|strong="G1831" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" at|strong="G1722" once|strong="H6471" and|strong="G1161" go|strong="G4198" quietly|strong="H8252" away|strong="G1831".” 
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\verseNumber{37}But|strong="G1161" Paul’s|strong="G3972" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588", “They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" flogged|strong="G1194" us|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" public|strong="G1219" without|strong="G2532" trial|strong="H4941", though|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" Roman|strong="G4514" citizens|strong="H5971", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" put|strong="G1544" us|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438", and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" sending|strong="G1544" us|strong="G1519" out|strong="G1544" secretly|strong="G2977"! No|strong="G3756", indeed|strong="G2532"! Let|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1544" us|strong="G1519" out|strong="G1544" themselves|strong="G1438".” 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="G1161" guards|strong="H7323" reported|strong="H5046" his|strong="G3754" words|strong="G4487" to|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Magistrates|strong="G4755", who|strong="G3588", on|strong="G1161" hearing|strong="H0241" that|strong="G3754" Paul|strong="G1510" and|strong="G1161" Silas were|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514" citizens|strong="H5971", were|strong="G1510" alarmed|strong="H0927", 
\verseNumber{39}and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" best|strong="H2459" to|strong="G2532" conciliate|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1806", and|strong="G2532" begged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172". 
\verseNumber{40}When|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" Silas left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" prison|strong="G5438", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G4314" Lydia’s|strong="G3070" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" encouraged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725". 
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\chapterNumber{17}After|strong="G1161" passing|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1353" Amphipolis and|strong="G2532" Apollonia, Paul|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" Silas came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Thessalonica|strong="G2332". Here|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" had|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864"; 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532", following|strong="G2596" his|strong="G1438" usual|strong="H3117" custom|strong="G1486", Paul|strong="G3972" joined|strong="H2266" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1909" three|strong="G5140" Sabbaths|strong="G4521" addressed|strong="G1256" them|strong="G3588", drawing|strong="H5472" his|strong="G1438" arguments|strong="H8433" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" scriptures|strong="G1124". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2532" before|strong="G3908" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" explained|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" must|strong="G1163" undergo|strong="H7845" suffering|strong="G3958" and|strong="G2532" rise|strong="G1163" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498"; and|strong="G2532" “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778",” he|strong="G2532" declared|strong="G3754", “who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" – this|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424" about|strong="G2424" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="G5210".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4128" were|strong="G3588" convinced|strong="G3982", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" lot|strong="H1486" with|strong="G1537" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", as|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" body|strong="G4128" of|strong="G1537" Greeks|strong="G1672" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" accustomed|strong="H3928" to|strong="G2532" join|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" services|strong="H4929", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" number|strong="G4128" of|strong="G1537" leading|strong="G4413" women|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218", becoming|strong="G2206" jealous|strong="G2206", engaged|strong="H0781" some|strong="G5100" worthless|strong="G4190" fellows|strong="H2270" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" streets|strong="H2351", and|strong="G2532", getting|strong="H7075" a|strong="G2532" mob|strong="G3792" together|strong="G2532", kept|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1519" an|strong="G2532" uproar|strong="G2350". They|strong="G2532" attacked|strong="H5221" Jason’s|strong="G2394" house|strong="G3614", with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" intention|strong="H3820" of|strong="G2532" bringing|strong="H0935" Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" Silas before|strong="G4254" the|strong="G2532" Popular Assembly|strong="G1218"; 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532", not|strong="G3361" finding|strong="G2147" them|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" proceeded|strong="H3318" to|strong="G2532" drag|strong="H5498" Jason|strong="G2394" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4173" magistrates|strong="H8614", shouting|strong="H8643" out|strong="G2532", 
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“These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778", who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" turned|strong="H2015" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G3625" upside|strong="G3625" down|strong="H3381", have|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" come|strong="G3918" here|strong="G1759", 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" harbored by|strong="G2532" Jason|strong="G2394"! They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" defying the|strong="G2532" decrees|strong="G1378" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Emperor. They|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" someone|strong="G3739" else|strong="G2087" is|strong="G1510" king|strong="G3588" – a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" called|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}On|strong="G1161" hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3778", the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4173" magistrates|strong="H8614" were|strong="G3588" much|strong="H7227" concerned|strong="H6485"; 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2532", before|strong="G3844" letting|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588" go|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" bail|strong="G2425" from|strong="G3844" Jason|strong="G2394" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3062". 
\verseNumber{10}That|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G1599" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" off|strong="G1599" to|strong="G1519" Beroea; and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" reaching|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="H4725", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" synagogue|strong="G4864". 
\verseNumber{11}These|strong="G3778" Jews|strong="H3064" of|strong="G3056" Beroea were|strong="G1510" better|strong="H2896" disposed|strong="H7760" than|strong="G2104" those|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Thessalonica|strong="G2332", for|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" welcomed|strong="G1209" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" with|strong="G3326" great|strong="G3956" readiness|strong="G4288", and|strong="G1161" daily|strong="G2250" examined|strong="H3947" the|strong="G1722" scriptures|strong="G1124" to|strong="G2596" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="G1487" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" said|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3779". 
\verseNumber{12}As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" consequence, many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Christ, besides|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" considerable|strong="G3756" number|strong="G3756" of|strong="G1537" Greek|strong="G1674" women|strong="G1135" of|strong="G1537" position|strong="H3678", and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" men|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="G3754" in|strong="G1722" Thessalonica|strong="G2332" found|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="H5414" by|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G3972" at|strong="G1722" Beroea, they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2532" too|strong="G2532", exciting and|strong="G2532" disturbing|strong="G5015" the|strong="G1722" minds|strong="H5315" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" immediately|strong="G2112" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="G1909" Paul|strong="G3972" to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" away|strong="G1821" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coast|strong="H1366", but|strong="G1161" both|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" stayed|strong="G5278" behind|strong="G5278" in|strong="G1909" Beroea. 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" friends|strong="H7453" who|strong="G3588" escorted|strong="G2525" Paul|strong="G3972" took|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G5613" Athens, and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" receiving|strong="G2983" a|strong="G5613" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="G4314" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" to|strong="G4314" join|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" quickly|strong="G5036" as|strong="G5613" possible, they|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" on|strong="G1161" their|strong="G2532" return|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G1551" for|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" Athens, his|strong="G1438" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="G1510" stirred|strong="G3947" at|strong="G1722" seeing|strong="G2334" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172" full|strong="G1722" of|strong="G4151" idols|strong="G2712". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" argued|strong="G1256" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" joined|strong="H2266" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4576", as|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1722" daily|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" public|strong="H1121" Square|strong="H7339" with|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3909" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{18}Among|strong="G3588" others|strong="G3588", some|strong="G5100" Epicurean|strong="G1946" and|strong="G2532" Stoic|strong="G4770" Philosophers|strong="G5386" joined|strong="H2266" issue|strong="H2100" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". Some|strong="G5100" asked|strong="G3004" “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" prater wanting|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532"?”, while|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" “He|strong="G2532" seems|strong="G1380" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" preacher|strong="H6953" of|strong="G2532" foreign|strong="H5237" Deities|strong="G1140".” (This|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" about|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" resurrection). 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G5037" they|strong="G3588" laid|strong="H7760" hold|strong="G1949" of|strong="G5259" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G5037" took|strong="G1949" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" Court|strong="H2691" of|strong="G5259" Areopagus. 
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“May|strong="G1410" we|strong="G3778" hear|strong="G5101",” they|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G3004", “what|strong="G5101" new|strong="G2537" teaching|strong="G1322" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" giving|strong="H5414"? 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" bringing|strong="G1533" some|strong="G5100" strange|strong="G3579" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G1519" notice|strong="G1097", and|strong="G3767" we|strong="G2249" should|strong="G5100" like|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" they|strong="G3588" mean|strong="G2309".” 
\verseNumber{21}(All|strong="G3956" Athenians and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" foreigners|strong="G3581" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892" found|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3762" time|strong="G2119" for|strong="G1519" anything|strong="G5100" else|strong="G2228" but|strong="G1161" telling|strong="G3004", or|strong="G2228" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1519", the|strong="G2532" last|strong="H0314" new|strong="G2537" thing|strong="G5100".) 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" took|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3956" stand|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Court|strong="H2691", and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G5346" – “People|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1722" Athens, on|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" hand|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" see|strong="G2334" signs|strong="H0226" of|strong="G1722" your|strong="G3956" being|strong="G1722" very|strong="G3588" devout|strong="H2617". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="G1063" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" going|strong="G1330" about|strong="G1722", looking|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" sacred|strong="H6944" shrines|strong="H1354", I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G2532" upon|strong="G1722" an|strong="G2532" altar|strong="G1041" with|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" inscription|strong="G1924" – ‘To|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" Unknown|strong="H3045" God|strong="G2316".’ What|strong="G3739", therefore|strong="G3767", you|strong="G5210" worship|strong="G2151" in|strong="G1722" ignorance|strong="H7684", that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" now|strong="G2532" proclaiming|strong="G2605" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532" – he|strong="G2532", Lord|strong="G2962" as|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" live|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" temples|strong="G3485" made|strong="G4160" by|strong="G1722" hands|strong="G5499", 
\verseNumber{25}neither|strong="G3761" do|strong="G2532" human|strong="H0120" hands|strong="G5495" minister|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" wants|strong="H2656", as|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" needed|strong="G4326" anything|strong="G5100", since|strong="H3588" he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="H5315" gives|strong="G1325", to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956", life|strong="G2222", and|strong="G2532" breath|strong="G4157", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" races|strong="H1572" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" earth’s|strong="H0776" surface|strong="H6440" – fixing a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2540" for|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" rise|strong="H6965" and|strong="G2532" fall|strong="H5307", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" limits|strong="H7097" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" settlements|strong="H4186" – 
\verseNumber{27}That|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" search|strong="G2212" for|strong="G1520" God|strong="G2316", if|strong="G1487" by|strong="G2532" any|strong="G1487" means|strong="G5225" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" feel|strong="H4184" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3112" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588". And|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" really|strong="H2088" far|strong="G3112" from|strong="G2532" any|strong="G1487" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2316" us|strong="G2249"; 
\verseNumber{28}for|strong="G1063" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" live|strong="G2198" and|strong="G2532" move|strong="G2795" and|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510". To|strong="G2532" use|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" poets|strong="G4163" – 
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‘His|strong="G1722" offspring|strong="G1085", too|strong="G2532", are|strong="G1510" we|strong="G1063".’ 
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\verseNumber{29}Therefore|strong="G3767", as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" offspring|strong="G1085" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", we|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" think|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Deity|strong="H0410" has|strong="G2316" any|strong="G3756" resemblance|strong="H5869" to|strong="G2532" anything|strong="H3605" made|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" gold|strong="G5557", or|strong="G2228" silver|strong="H3701", or|strong="G2228" stone|strong="G3037" – a|strong="G2532" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="G2316" human|strong="H0120" art|strong="G5078" and|strong="G2532" imagination|strong="G1761". 
\verseNumber{30}True|strong="G3588", God|strong="G2316" looked|strong="H7200" with|strong="G2316" indulgence on|strong="G3568" the|strong="G3956" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="G2316" people’s|strong="H5971" ignorance|strong="H7684", but|strong="G3767" now|strong="G3568" he|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" announcing to|strong="G2316" everyone|strong="G3956" everywhere|strong="G3837" the|strong="G3956" need|strong="H4270" for|strong="G2316" repentance|strong="H5164", 
\verseNumber{31}because|strong="G1537" he|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" fixed|strong="G2476" a|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" on|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" intends|strong="H3190" to|strong="G3195" judge|strong="G2919" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G3625" with|strong="G1722" justice|strong="G1343", by|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3956" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" appointed|strong="G3724" – and|strong="G2250" of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" given|strong="G3930" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" a|strong="G1722" pledge|strong="G4102" by|strong="G1722" raising|strong="H6965" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3956" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498".” 
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\verseNumber{32}On|strong="G4012" hearing|strong="H0241" of|strong="G4012" a|strong="G2532" resurrection of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", some|strong="G3588" began|strong="G1161" jeering, but|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3825" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="G3972" so|strong="G3779" Paul|strong="G3972" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G1537" Court|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{34}There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" joined|strong="G2853" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" Christ. Among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" Dionysius|strong="G1354", a|strong="G2532" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Court|strong="H2691" of|strong="G2532" Areopagus, a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" named|strong="G3686" Damaris|strong="G1152", and|strong="G2532" several|strong="G5100" others|strong="G2087". 
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\chapterNumber{18}On|strong="G1519" leaving|strong="G3588" Athens, Paul|strong="G5563" next|strong="G2064" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Corinth|strong="G2882". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" met|strong="H6298" a|strong="G2532" Jew|strong="G2453" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1223" Aquila, from|strong="G2064" Pontus|strong="G4193", who|strong="G3588", with|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" wife|strong="G1135" Priscilla|strong="G4252", had|strong="G2532" lately|strong="G4373" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" Italy|strong="G2482", in|strong="G2532" consequence of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" order|strong="G1299" which|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" issued|strong="H7761" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Emperor Claudius|strong="G2804" for|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G5563" Rome|strong="G4516". Paul|strong="G5563" paid|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" visit|strong="G2064", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2532", since|strong="G1063" their|strong="G2532" trade|strong="G3673" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223", he|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" and|strong="G2532" worked|strong="G2038" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588" – their|strong="G2532" trade|strong="G3673" was|strong="G1510" tent-making. 
\verseNumber{4}Every|strong="G3956" Sabbath|strong="G4521" Paul|strong="G1256" gave|strong="G2532" addresses in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864", trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G2532" convince both|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G1510" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2532" Macedonia|strong="G3109", Paul|strong="G3972" devoted|strong="H8003" himself|strong="G4912" entirely|strong="H3632" to|strong="G2532" delivering|strong="H6680" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056", earnestly|strong="G2532" maintaining before|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{6}However|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" themselves|strong="G1438" against|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" abusive, Paul|strong="G3588" shook|strong="G1621" his|strong="G1438" clothes|strong="G2440" in|strong="G1519" protest|strong="H5749" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Your|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G1438" heads|strong="G2776". My|strong="G1473" conscience|strong="H3820" is|strong="G3588" clear|strong="G2513". From|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G1909" forward|strong="G1519" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484".” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G3327", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G5100" Titius|strong="G5103" Justus|strong="G2459", who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" accustomed|strong="H3928" to|strong="G1519" join|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4576" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" whose|strong="G3739" house|strong="G3614" was|strong="G1510" next|strong="G4927" door|strong="H6607" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864". 
\verseNumber{8}Crispus|strong="G2921", the|strong="G2532" synagogue leader|strong="H5387", came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3650" his|strong="G2532" household|strong="G3624"; and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Corinthians|strong="G2881", as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588", became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" baptized. 
\verseNumber{9}One|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3705", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w fear|strong="G5399"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w continue|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G2980"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w refuse|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w silenced|strong="H1826"\+w*;} 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w harm|strong="G2559"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" settled|strong="G2523" there|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" year|strong="G1763" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" half|strong="H2677", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{12}While|strong="G1161" Gallio|strong="G1058" was|strong="G1510" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="G2532" Greece|strong="H3120", some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218" made|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" combined attack|strong="H5221" on|strong="G1909" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Governor’s|strong="H6346" Bench, 
\verseNumber{13}charging|strong="H5927" him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3844" persuading people|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" worship|strong="G4576" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2316" a|strong="G3004" way|strong="G3778" forbidden|strong="H6189" by|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{14}Just|strong="G2596" as|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" point|strong="G3195" of|strong="G3056" speaking|strong="G3004", Gallio|strong="G1058" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" this|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" case|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3056" misdemeanor or|strong="G2228" some|strong="G5100" serious|strong="H2470" crime|strong="G4467", there|strong="G1161" would|strong="G3195" be|strong="G1510" some|strong="G5100" reason|strong="G3056" for|strong="G4314" my|strong="G2596" listening|strong="H8085" patiently|strong="H6960" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210"; 
\verseNumber{15}but|strong="G1161", since|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" dispute|strong="H7379" about|strong="G4012" words|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" names|strong="G3686", and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" Law|strong="G3551", you|strong="G5210" must|strong="G1510" see|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" yourselves|strong="G4771". I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" choose|strong="H0977" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G2923" in|strong="G2596" such|strong="G3778" matters|strong="G3056".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Saying|strong="H0559" this|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" drove|strong="H3423" them|strong="G3588" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Bench. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" set|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161" Sosthenes|strong="G4988", the|strong="G2532" synagogue leader|strong="H5387", and|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G5180" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="G1715" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Bench, but|strong="G1161" Gallio|strong="G1058" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" trouble|strong="H6869" himself|strong="H5315" about|strong="G3199" any|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{18}Paul|strong="G3972" remained|strong="G4357" there|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" after|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" followers|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" sailed|strong="G1602" to|strong="G1519" Syria|strong="G4947" with|strong="G1722" Priscilla|strong="G4252" and|strong="G2532" Aquila, but|strong="G1161" not|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" head|strong="G2776" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" shaved|strong="H1548" at|strong="G1722" Cenchreae, because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" under|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2192" vow|strong="G2171". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="G1161" put|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181", and|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G1256", leaving|strong="G2641" his|strong="G1519" companions|strong="G3588", went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" synagogue|strong="G4864" and|strong="G1161" addressed|strong="G1256" the|strong="G1519" Jews|strong="G2453". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G2065" to|strong="G1909" prolong|strong="H0748" his|strong="G1909" stay|strong="G3306", he|strong="G1161" declined|strong="H5186", saying|strong="H0559" however|strong="G1161", 
\verseNumber{21}as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800", “I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2309" come|strong="G2532" back|strong="G3825" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210", please|strong="G2309" God|strong="G2316",” and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" sail|strong="H5251" from|strong="G2532" Ephesus|strong="G2181". 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="G1519" reaching|strong="H5060" Caesarea|strong="G2542", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2597" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" exchanged|strong="H4171" greetings with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Antioch. 
\verseNumber{23}After|strong="G2532" making|strong="G4160" some|strong="G5100" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="G2532" Antioch, he|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1831" on|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" tour through|strong="G1330" the|strong="G2532" Phrygian|strong="G5435" district|strong="H6418" of|strong="G2532" Galatia|strong="G1054", strengthening|strong="G4741" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="H0539" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831". 
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\verseNumber{24}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181" an|strong="G1519" Alexandrian Jew|strong="G2453", named|strong="G3686" Apollos, an|strong="G1519" eloquent|strong="G3052" man|strong="G5100", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" well-versed|strong="G1415" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" scriptures|strong="G1124". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" well-instructed in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" burning|strong="H2740" zeal|strong="H7068" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" of|strong="G4012", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" carefully|strong="H6213", the|strong="G2532" facts about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424", though|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" of|strong="G4012" no|strong="G2532" baptism but|strong="G2532" John’s|strong="G2491". 
\verseNumber{26}This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G3955" out|strong="G2532" fearlessly in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864"; and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" Priscilla|strong="G4252" and|strong="G2532" Aquila heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G4355" him|strong="G3588" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="G2532" explained|strong="G1620" the|strong="G1722" Way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" more|strong="G2532" carefully|strong="H6213" still|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{27}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" wanted|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" cross|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1519" Greece|strong="H3120", the|strong="G1519" followers|strong="G3588" furthered|strong="H5826" his|strong="G1223" plans|strong="H4284", and|strong="G1161" wrote|strong="G1125" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" there|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" welcome|strong="H6923" him|strong="G3588". On|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1223" arrival|strong="H0935" he|strong="G1161" proved|strong="H0974" of|strong="G1223" great|strong="G4183" assistance|strong="H5833" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739", through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G1519", become|strong="G1161" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" Christ, 
\verseNumber{28}for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3588" vigorously|strong="G1246" confuted the|strong="G1223" Jews|strong="G2453", publicly|strong="G1219" proving by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" scriptures|strong="G1124" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1223" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\chapterNumber{19}While|strong="G1722" Apollos was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Corinth|strong="G2882", Paul|strong="G3972" passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" inland districts|strong="G3313" of|strong="G2532" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181". There|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" some|strong="G5100" disciples|strong="G3101", of|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592", 
\verseNumber{2}“Did|strong="G4100" you|strong="G1487", when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1487" became|strong="G3588" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G4100" Christ, receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1161" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151"?” 
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“No|strong="G3761",” they|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G3004", “we|strong="G1161" did|strong="G4100" not|strong="G3761" even|strong="G3761" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2983" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151".” 
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\verseNumber{3}“What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767" was|strong="G3588" your|strong="G3588" baptism?” Paul|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{4}“John’s|strong="G2491" baptism was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1519" baptism on|strong="G1519" repentance|strong="G3341",” rejoined|strong="H0413" Paul|strong="G3972", “and|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2491" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G2992" (speaking|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2424" the|strong="G1519" ‘one|strong="G3588" coming’ after|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588") that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" – that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424".” 
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\verseNumber{5}On|strong="G1519" hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" baptized in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1909" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2007" his|strong="G1438" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" descended|strong="H3381" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1909" other|strong="G1438" languages|strong="G1100" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" preach|strong="G2980". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" twelve|strong="G1427" of|strong="G3956" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{8}Paul|strong="G1256" went|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864" there|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376" spoke|strong="G3955" out|strong="G2532" fearlessly, giving|strong="H5414" addresses and|strong="G2532" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G1519" convince his|strong="G1519" hearers, about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{9}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", hardened|strong="G4645" their|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="H3820" and|strong="G2532" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="H0539", denouncing the|strong="G1722" Way|strong="G3598" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G4128". So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G1256" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" withdrew|strong="H7725" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" daily|strong="G2250" addresses in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lecture-hall of|strong="G2250" Tyrannus|strong="G5181". 
\verseNumber{10}This|strong="G3778" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" for|strong="G1909" two|strong="G1417" years|strong="G2094", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1909" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672" alike|strong="G5037", heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" message|strong="G3056". 
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\verseNumber{11}God|strong="G2316" did|strong="G4160" miracles|strong="G1411" of|strong="G1223" no|strong="G3756" ordinary|strong="H2455" kind|strong="H4327" by|strong="G1223" Paul’s|strong="G3972" hands|strong="G5495"; 
\verseNumber{12}so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" carry|strong="H5375" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sick|strong="H2470" handkerchiefs|strong="G4676" or|strong="G2228" aprons|strong="G4612" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" his|strong="G1909" body|strong="G5559", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" diseases|strong="G3554" would|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G1607" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wicked|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151" go|strong="G1607" out|strong="G1607" of|strong="G4151" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{13}An|strong="G2192" attempt|strong="H6113" was|strong="G3588" made|strong="G1161" by|strong="G1909" some|strong="G5100" itinerant|strong="G4022" Jews|strong="G2453", who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" exorcists|strong="G1845", to|strong="G2532" use|strong="G2192" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" over|strong="G1909" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2192" wicked|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151" in|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588". 
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“I|strong="G3739" order|strong="H4616" you|strong="G5210",” they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", “by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" Paul|strong="G3972" preaches|strong="G2784".” 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G1161" seven|strong="G2033" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Sceva|strong="G4630", a|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="G2453" chief|strong="H7218" priest|strong="H3548", were|strong="G1510" doing|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778"; 
\verseNumber{15}but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" wicked|strong="G4190" spirit|strong="G4151" answered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Jesus|strong="G2424" I|strong="G2532" acknowledge|strong="G1097", and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" – who|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3739", in|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3588" wicked|strong="G4190" spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G1510", sprang|strong="H5927" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", mastered both|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" completely|strong="H3617" overpowered|strong="G2480" them|strong="G3588", that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" fled|strong="G1628" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3624", stripped|strong="G1131" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G1438" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="G2532" wounded|strong="G5135". 
\verseNumber{17}This|strong="G3778" incident came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" knowledge|strong="H1847" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672" living|strong="G2730" at|strong="G1909" Ephesus|strong="G2181"; they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" awe-struck, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1096" held|strong="G3170" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" highest|strong="H8064" honor|strong="H3519". 
\verseNumber{18}Many|strong="G4183", too|strong="G2532", of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Christ came|strong="G2064" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" full|strong="G4183" confession|strong="H3034" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" practices|strong="G4234"; 
\verseNumber{19}while|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" number|strong="G2425" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" practiced|strong="G4238" magic|strong="G4021", collected|strong="G4238" their|strong="G2532" books|strong="H5609" and|strong="G2532" burnt|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" publicly|strong="H3318"; and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161" reckoning|strong="H1875" up|strong="G2618" the|strong="G2532" price|strong="G5092" of|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3956", they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" it|strong="G2532" amounted to|strong="G2532" fifty|strong="G3461" thousand|strong="G3461" silver|strong="H3701" coins. 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G3779" irresistibly did|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" message|strong="G3056" spread|strong="H6566" and|strong="G2532" prevail|strong="H3201". 
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\verseNumber{21}Sometime after|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" events|strong="H1697" Paul|strong="G3972" resolved|strong="G4151" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" through|strong="G1722" Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" Greece|strong="H3120", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" make|strong="G5087" his|strong="G1519" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". “And|strong="G2532" after|strong="G3326" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" there|strong="G1563",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G1163" visit|strong="H6485" Rome|strong="G4516" also|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" helpers|strong="H5826", Timothy|strong="G5095" and|strong="G2532" Erastus|strong="G2037", while|strong="G5550" he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1519" stayed|strong="G1907" for|strong="G1519" some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5550" longer|strong="H5750" in|strong="G1519" Roman Asia|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{23}Just|strong="G2596" about|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3756" disturbance|strong="G5017" arose|strong="G1096" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1161" Way|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{24}A|strong="G4160" silversmith|strong="H6884" named|strong="G3686" Demetrius|strong="G1216", who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" silver|strong="H3701" models of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G3588" shrine|strong="H1354" of|strong="G3686" Artemis, and|strong="G4160" so|strong="G1063" gave|strong="G4160" a|strong="G4160" great|strong="G3756" deal|strong="H6213" of|strong="G3686" work|strong="G2039" to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" artisans|strong="H0525", 
\verseNumber{25}got|strong="H6965" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" together|strong="G4867", as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" workmen|strong="G2040" engaged|strong="G3739" in|strong="G2532" similar|strong="G5108" occupations, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004": 
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“Men|strong="G3778", you|strong="G3739" know|strong="G1987" that|strong="G3754" our|strong="G2532" prosperity|strong="G2142" depends|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" work|strong="G2039", 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3754" see|strong="G2334" and|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" at|strong="G3756" Ephesus|strong="G2181", but|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" almost|strong="G4975" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1223" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", this|strong="G3778" Paul|strong="G3972" has|strong="G2316" convinced|strong="G3982" and|strong="G2532" won|strong="G3982" over|strong="G3982" great|strong="G3956" numbers|strong="G3793" of|strong="G1223" people|strong="G3793", by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" assertion that|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3588" Gods|strong="G2316" which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" made|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1223" hands|strong="G5495" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" Gods|strong="G2316" at|strong="G3756" all|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" is|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" business|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" ours|strong="G1473" likely to|strong="G1519" fall|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" discredit, but|strong="G1161" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" further|strong="H5750" danger|strong="G2793" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" Goddess|strong="G2299" Artemis will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3049" nothing|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" she|strong="G2532" herself|strong="H5315" will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G2532" deprived|strong="H5382" of|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1519" splendor|strong="H1926" – though|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3650" Roman Asia|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" world|strong="G3625" worship|strong="G4576" her|strong="G1519".” 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" greatly|strong="G3173" enraged|strong="G4134", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1096" shouting|strong="G2896" – “Great|strong="G3173" is|strong="G3588" Artemis of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Ephesians|strong="G2180"!” 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="G2532" commotion|strong="H1995" spread|strong="G1519" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" city|strong="G4172", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" rushed|strong="G3729" together|strong="G3661" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" amphitheater, dragging|strong="G4884" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" Gaius|strong="G1050" and|strong="G2532" Aristarchus, two|strong="H8147" Macedonians|strong="G3110" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" Paul’s|strong="G3972" traveling|strong="G4898" companions|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{30}Paul|strong="G3972" wished|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" amphitheater and|strong="G1161" face|strong="H6440" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G1218", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" would|strong="G1014" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1439" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{31}while|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" religious officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" province|strong="H4082", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" friendly|strong="H7965" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", sent|strong="G3992" repeated|strong="H1696" entreaties to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" trust|strong="H0982" himself|strong="G1438" inside|strong="H8432". 
\verseNumber{32}Meanwhile|strong="G1510" some|strong="G5100" were|strong="G1510" shouting|strong="G2896" one|strong="G5100" thing|strong="G5100" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" another|strong="G5100", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" Assembly|strong="G1577" was|strong="G1510" all|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" confusion|strong="G4797", most|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" present|strong="H7126" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2532" knowing|strong="G1492" why|strong="G5101" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" met|strong="H6298". 
\verseNumber{33}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" crowd|strong="G3793" prompted|strong="H7971" Alexander, whom|strong="G3588" several|strong="H2669" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218" had|strong="G3588" pushed|strong="H1920" to|strong="G2309" the|strong="G1537" front|strong="H6440", and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" waved|strong="H5130" his|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G2309" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" speak|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1537" their|strong="G3588" defense|strong="H4581" to|strong="G2309" the|strong="G1537" people|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{34}However|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" recognized|strong="G1921" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G1096" Jew|strong="G2453", one|strong="G1520" cry|strong="G2896" broke|strong="H7665" from|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" continued|strong="G1096" shouting|strong="G2896" for|strong="G3754" two|strong="G1417" hours|strong="G5610" – “Great|strong="G3173" is|strong="G1510" Artemis of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" Ephesians|strong="G2180"!” 
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\verseNumber{35}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Recorder|strong="H2142" had|strong="G2532" succeeded|strong="H8478" in|strong="G2532" quieting|strong="G2687" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “People|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" Ephesus|strong="G2180", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2532", I|strong="G3739" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="G3739", who|strong="G3739" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2532" Ephesus|strong="G2180" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Warden|strong="H8269" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G3511" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" Artemis, and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" statue|strong="H6755" which|strong="G3739" fell|strong="G2532" down|strong="G1356" from|strong="G2532" Zeus? 
\verseNumber{36}As|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" are|strong="G1510" undeniable facts, you|strong="G5210" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G2532" keep|strong="G4238" calm|strong="G2687" and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4238" nothing|strong="G3367" rash|strong="G4312"; 
\verseNumber{37}for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3778" have|strong="G1473" brought|strong="H0935" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" here|strong="G3778", though|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" neither|strong="G3777" robbers|strong="G2417" of|strong="G2316" Temples|strong="G2417" nor|strong="G3777" blasphemers of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" Goddess|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{38}If|strong="G1487", however|strong="G3767", Demetrius|strong="G1216" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" artisans|strong="H0525" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" acting|strong="H4603" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" charge|strong="G1458" to|strong="G4314" make|strong="G2532" against|strong="G4314" anyone|strong="G5100", there|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" court|strong="H2691" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" Magistrates|strong="H8614"; let|strong="G1510" both|strong="G2532" parties|strong="H0376" take|strong="G2532" legal|strong="H1779" proceedings. 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" want|strong="G1934" anything|strong="G5100" more|strong="G1161", it|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5100" have|strong="G5100" to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3588" settled|strong="G1956" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" regular|strong="H8548" Assembly|strong="G1577". 
\verseNumber{40}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G3739" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" danger|strong="G2793" of|strong="G4012" being|strong="G5225" proceeded|strong="H3318" against|strong="G4012" for|strong="G1063" today’s|strong="G4594" riot|strong="G4714", there|strong="G2532" being|strong="G5225" nothing|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2532" account|strong="G3056" for|strong="G1063" it|strong="G2532"; and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" case|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" at|strong="G4012" a|strong="G2532" loss|strong="H2398" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G3004" any|strong="G3367" reason|strong="G3056" for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" disorderly|strong="G4963" gathering|strong="G4963".” 
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\verseNumber{41}With|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" dismissed|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" Assembly|strong="G1577". 
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\chapterNumber{20}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" uproar|strong="G2351" had|strong="G2532" ceased|strong="G3973", Paul|strong="G3972" sent|strong="G3343" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532", with|strong="G3326" encouraging|strong="G3870" words|strong="G2532", bade|strong="G3588" them|strong="G3588" goodbye, and|strong="G2532" started|strong="G4198" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" journey|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109". 
\verseNumber{2}After|strong="G1161" going|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" those|strong="G3588" districts|strong="G3313" and|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G3056" many|strong="G4183" encouraging|strong="G3870" words|strong="G3056" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" Greece|strong="G1671", where|strong="G1330" he|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="H3427" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" sail|strong="H5251" to|strong="G1519" Syria|strong="G4947", when|strong="G1096" he|strong="G3588" learned|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" plot|strong="G1917" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="G1096" laid|strong="G2453" against|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" several|strong="H2669" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1519" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218"; so|strong="G1519" he|strong="G3588" decided|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" return|strong="G5290" by|strong="G1223" way|strong="G1223" of|strong="G5259" Macedonia|strong="G3109". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" accompanied|strong="G4902" by|strong="G2532" Sopater|strong="G4986" the|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" Pyrrhus|strong="G4450", of|strong="G2532" Beroea, Aristarchus and|strong="G2532" Secundus|strong="G4580" from|strong="G2532" Thessalonica|strong="G2331", Gaius|strong="G1050" of|strong="G2532" Derbe|strong="G1190", and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095", as|strong="G1161" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" by|strong="G2532" Tychicus|strong="G5190" and|strong="G2532" Trophimus|strong="G5161" of|strong="G2532" Roman Asia. 
\verseNumber{5}These|strong="G3778" people|strong="G3778" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1722" Troas|strong="G5174" and|strong="G1161" waited|strong="H3176" for|strong="G1161" us|strong="G2249" there|strong="G1161"; 
\verseNumber{6}while|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" ourselves|strong="G1438" sailed|strong="G1602" from|strong="G2064" Philippi|strong="G5375" after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="H6453", and|strong="G2532" joined|strong="H2266" them|strong="G3588" five|strong="G4002" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" at|strong="G1519" Troas|strong="G5174", where|strong="G3699" we|strong="G2249" stayed|strong="G1304" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" week|strong="H7620". 
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\verseNumber{7}On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G1520" day|strong="G1887" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" week|strong="G4521", when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3972" met|strong="G4863" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" breaking|strong="G2806" of|strong="G3056" bread|strong="H3899", Paul|strong="G3972", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" leave|strong="G1826" the|strong="G1722" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3195" address|strong="H0559" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" present|strong="H7126", and|strong="G1161" prolonged|strong="G3905" his|strong="G1722" address|strong="H0559" until|strong="G3360" midnight|strong="G3317". 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2425" many|strong="G2425" lamps|strong="G2985" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" upstairs room|strong="G5253", where|strong="G3757" we|strong="G1161" had|strong="G1510" met|strong="G4863"; 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3494" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Eutychus|strong="G2161", sitting|strong="G2516" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" window|strong="G2376", was|strong="G3588" gradually overcome|strong="G2702" with|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" drowsiness|strong="H5124", as|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" continued|strong="H5674" his|strong="G1909" address|strong="H0559". At|strong="G1909" last|strong="H0314", quite|strong="G4183" overpowered|strong="H7981" by|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" drowsiness|strong="H5124", he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5152" story|strong="H4605" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1909" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597", threw|strong="G1968" himself|strong="H5315" on|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="G1968" him|strong="G3588". 
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“Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" alarmed|strong="H0927",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416".” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" upstairs; and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" breaking|strong="G2806" and|strong="G2532" partaking of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899", he|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G3656" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1909" great|strong="G2532" length|strong="H0753" until|strong="G2532" daybreak|strong="H7837", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831". 
\verseNumber{12}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" lad|strong="H5288" away|strong="H5493" alive|strong="G2198", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" greatly|strong="G3756" comforted|strong="G3870". 
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\verseNumber{13}We|strong="G2249" started|strong="H2490" first|strong="G3588", went|strong="G4281" on|strong="G1909" board|strong="H7175" ship|strong="G4143", and|strong="G1161" sailed|strong="G2249" for|strong="G1063" Assos, intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1909" take|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" on|strong="G1909" board|strong="H7175" there|strong="G1161". This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" by|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" own|strong="H1961" arrangement|strong="H4339", as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="G1909" go|strong="G4281" by|strong="G1909" land|strong="G3978" himself|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" met|strong="G4820" us|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Assos, we|strong="G2249" took|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="H7175" and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Mitylene|strong="G3412". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G1519" day|strong="G3588" after|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2192" sailed|strong="H1980" from|strong="G2064" there|strong="G1161", we|strong="G1161" arrived|strong="G2064" off|strong="H3772" Chios|strong="G5508", touched|strong="H5060" at|strong="G1519" Samos|strong="G4544" the|strong="G1519" following|strong="G1966" day|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" next|strong="G2087" day|strong="G3588" reached|strong="G1519" Miletus|strong="G3399"; 
\verseNumber{16}for|strong="G1063" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G3972" decided|strong="G2919" to|strong="G1519" sail|strong="G3896" past|strong="G1096" Ephesus|strong="G2181", so|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" avoid|strong="H6544" spending|strong="H2896" much|strong="H7227" time|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" Roman Asia|strong="G3588". He|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" making|strong="H6213" haste|strong="G4692" to|strong="G1519" reach|strong="H5060" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", if|strong="G1487" possible|strong="G1415", by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Festival|strong="H2282" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" close|strong="H5980" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Harvest|strong="H7105". 
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\verseNumber{17}From|strong="G3588" Miletus|strong="G3399", however|strong="G1161", he|strong="G1161" sent|strong="G3992" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181" and|strong="G1161" invited|strong="G3333" the|strong="G1519" church|strong="G1577" elders|strong="G4245" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" came|strong="G1096", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1987" well|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1519" life|strong="H5315" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" always|strong="G3956" led|strong="H1980" among|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" very|strong="G1096" first|strong="G4413" day|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" set|strong="G1910" foot|strong="G1910" in|strong="G1519" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{19}serving|strong="G1398" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" humility|strong="G5012", amid|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" tears|strong="G1144" and|strong="G2532" trials|strong="G3986" which|strong="G3588" fell|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" lot|strong="H1486" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" plots|strong="G1917" of|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3361" shrank|strong="H5384" from|strong="G2532" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="G5210" anything|strong="G3762" that|strong="G3588" could|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" helpful|strong="H8454" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", or|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321" you|strong="G5210" both|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2596" public|strong="G1219" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2596" private|strong="G2596". 
\verseNumber{21}I|strong="G1473" earnestly|strong="G2532" pointed both|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" repentance|strong="G3341" that|strong="G3588" leads|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568", under|strong="G1722" spiritual|strong="G4151" constraint|strong="H4164", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" here|strong="G2400" on|strong="G1722" my|strong="G3708" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", not|strong="G3361" knowing|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" there|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{23}except|strong="G4133" that|strong="G3754" in|strong="G2596" town|strong="G4172" after|strong="G2596" town|strong="G4172" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" plainly|strong="H5046" declares|strong="H5002" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" that|strong="G3754" imprisonment|strong="G1199" and|strong="G2532" troubles|strong="G2347" await|strong="G3306" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" count|strong="H5608" my|strong="G1473" life|strong="G5590" of|strong="G3056" no|strong="G3762" value|strong="H6186" to|strong="G2532" myself|strong="G1683", if|strong="G5613" only|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G2532" complete|strong="G5048" the|strong="G2532" course|strong="G1408" marked|strong="H8104" out|strong="G2532" for|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" task|strong="G1408" that|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" allotted|strong="H1486" me|strong="G1473" by|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" – which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" declare|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" news|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568", I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G1492" you|strong="G5210", I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" none|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" ever|strong="H5769" see|strong="G3708" my|strong="G3708" face|strong="G4383" again|strong="G3765" – you|strong="G5210" among|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" gone|strong="G1330" about|strong="G1722" proclaiming|strong="G2784" the|strong="G1722" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="G1360" I|strong="G3754" declare|strong="H5046" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" this|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250", that|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1722" conscience|strong="H3820" is|strong="G1510" clear|strong="G2513" in|strong="G1722" regard|strong="H6437" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" fate|strong="H4745" of|strong="G2250" any|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2250" you|strong="G5210", 
\verseNumber{27}for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1063" have|strong="G5210" not|strong="G3756" shrunk from|strong="G3756" announcing the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" purpose|strong="G1012" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" regarding|strong="H7760" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{28}Be|strong="G2532" watchful over|strong="G1722" yourselves|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" flock|strong="G4168", of|strong="G4151" which|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" has|strong="G2316" placed|strong="G5087" you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" charge|strong="G1223", to|strong="G2532" shepherd|strong="G4165" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316", which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" won|strong="H1589" for|strong="G1223" himself|strong="G1438" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" cost|strong="H4242" of|strong="G4151" his|strong="G1438" life|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754", after|strong="G3326" my|strong="G1525" departure|strong="H3318", merciless|strong="H5359" wolves|strong="G3074" will|strong="G1473" get|strong="H3947" in|strong="G1519" among|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210", who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3361" spare|strong="G5339" the|strong="G1519" flock|strong="G4168"; 
\verseNumber{30}and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" yourselves|strong="G1438", too|strong="G2532", people|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" arise|strong="H6965", who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" teach|strong="H3925" perversions of|strong="G1537" truth|strong="H0571", so|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" draw|strong="H7579" away|strong="G1294" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" after|strong="G3694" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{31}Therefore|strong="G1352", be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3326" your|strong="G2532" guard|strong="G2532", remembering|strong="G3421" how|strong="G3754" for|strong="G3754" three|strong="G5148" years|strong="G2250", night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", I|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" ceased|strong="G3973", even|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" tears|strong="G1144", to|strong="G2532" warn|strong="G3560" each|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2250" you|strong="G3754". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G2532" commend|strong="G3908" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" his|strong="G3956" love|strong="H0157" – a|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" which|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" build|strong="G3618" up|strong="G3618" your|strong="G2532" characters, and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" your|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1722" among|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" Christ’s people|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{33}I|strong="G2228" have|strong="G2228" never|strong="G3762" coveted|strong="G1937" anyone’s|strong="G3762" gold|strong="G5553" or|strong="G2228" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="G2228" clothing|strong="G2441". 
\verseNumber{34}You|strong="G3754", yourselves|strong="H5315", know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" these|strong="G3778" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2532" mine|strong="G1473" provided|strong="H3557" not|strong="G1510" only|strong="G2532" for|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1473" own|strong="H1961" wants|strong="G5532", but|strong="G2532" for|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1473" companions|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{35}I|strong="G3754" left|strong="G1210" nothing|strong="G3956" undone|strong="H1820" to|strong="G3004" show|strong="G5263" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754", laboring|strong="H6001" as|strong="G3779" I|strong="G3754" labored|strong="G2872", you|strong="G5210" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G3004" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="G3956" weak|strong="H2470", and|strong="G5037" to|strong="G3004" remember|strong="G3421" the|strong="G3956" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", how|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004" himself|strong="H5315" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w It|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w more|strong="G3123"\+w* \+w blessed|strong="G3107"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w*.’”} 
\verseNumber{36}When|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="G3004", he|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1119" down|strong="G5087" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{37}All|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1909" tears|strong="H1832"; and|strong="G2532" throwing|strong="H3027" their|strong="G2532" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="G1909" Paul’s|strong="G3972" neck|strong="G5137", they|strong="G2532" kissed|strong="G2705" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" again|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{38}grieving|strong="G3600" most|strong="H6944" of|strong="G3056" all|strong="G1161" over|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3739" said|strong="G3004" – that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" would|strong="G3195" never|strong="G3765" see|strong="G2334" his|strong="G1519" face|strong="G4383" again|strong="G3765". Then|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" escorted|strong="G4311" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143". 
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\chapterNumber{21}When|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" torn|strong="H7167" ourselves|strong="G2249" away|strong="H5493" and|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" set|strong="G2064" sail|strong="H5251", we|strong="G2249" ran|strong="G2113" before|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="G1519" Cos|strong="G2972"; the|strong="G1519" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G1836" we|strong="G2249" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Rhodes|strong="G4499", and|strong="G1161" from|strong="G2064" there|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" Patara|strong="G3959", 
\verseNumber{2}where|strong="G1519" we|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143" crossing|strong="G1276" to|strong="G1519" Phoenicia|strong="G5403", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="H7175" and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G1910" sail|strong="H5251". 
\verseNumber{3}After|strong="G1161" sighting Cyprus|strong="G2954" and|strong="G2532" leaving|strong="G2641" it|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" left|strong="G2641", we|strong="G1063" sailed|strong="G4126" to|strong="G1519" Syria|strong="G4947", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" Tyre|strong="G5184", where|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" discharge|strong="H2100" her|strong="G1438" cargo|strong="G1117". 
\verseNumber{4}There|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G1161" stayed|strong="G1961" a|strong="G1519" week|strong="H7620" with|strong="G1223" them|strong="G3588". Speaking|strong="G3004" under|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" influence|strong="H4294" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1519" Spirit|strong="G4151", they|strong="G1161" warned|strong="H2094" Paul|strong="G3972" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" set|strong="G1910" foot|strong="G1910" in|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{5}However|strong="G1161", when|strong="G3753" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="G2250" our|strong="G2532" visit|strong="H6485", we|strong="G2249" went|strong="G1831" on|strong="G1909" our|strong="G2532" way|strong="G4198", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" their|strong="G2532" wives|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043" escorting us|strong="G2249" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172". We|strong="G2249" knelt|strong="G1119" down|strong="G5087" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" beach, and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336", 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161" goodbye to|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588"; after|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="G1684", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" home|strong="G1519". 
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\verseNumber{7}After|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" run|strong="H7323" from|strong="G3844" Tyre|strong="G5184", we|strong="G2249" landed|strong="H7704" at|strong="G1519" Ptolemais|strong="G4424", and|strong="G2532" exchanged|strong="H4171" greetings with|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" spent|strong="H3885" a|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" we|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831", and|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", where|strong="G1519" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G1537" Philip|strong="G5376", the|strong="G2532" missionary, who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Seven|strong="G2033", and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="G1161" had|strong="G1510" four|strong="G5064" unmarried|strong="G3933" daughters|strong="G2364", who|strong="G3778" had|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" gift|strong="H4976" of|strong="G2364" prophecy|strong="H5016". 
\verseNumber{10}During|strong="H3117" our|strong="G1161" visit|strong="H6485", which|strong="G3588" lasted|strong="H1961" several|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250", a|strong="G1161" prophet|strong="G4396", named|strong="G3686" Agabus, came|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2718" Judea|strong="G2449". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="H7200" us|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532", taking|strong="H3947" Paul’s|strong="G3972" belt|strong="G2223", and|strong="G2532" binding|strong="G1210" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" feet|strong="G4228" and|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" with|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532", said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" says|strong="G3004" – ‘The|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3778" belt|strong="G2223" belongs|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" bound|strong="G1210" like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3778" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" religious authorities|strong="H7984" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" give|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles’.” 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", we|strong="G2249" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3361" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1473" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" entreat|strong="G3870" Paul|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1519" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
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\verseNumber{13}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" then|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" reply|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" weeping|strong="G2799" and|strong="G2532" breaking|strong="G4919" my|strong="G1473" heart|strong="G2588" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="G3588"? For|strong="G1063" my|strong="G1473" part|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" ready|strong="G2093" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" bound|strong="G1210", but|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" suffer|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" would|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1096" persuaded|strong="G3982", we|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" no|strong="G3361" more|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", only|strong="H0389" adding|strong="H3254" – “The|strong="G1161" Lord’s|strong="G2962" will|strong="G2307" be|strong="G1096" done|strong="G1096".” 
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\verseNumber{15}At|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" end|strong="G1519" of|strong="G2250" our|strong="G3326" visit|strong="H6485", we|strong="G1161" made|strong="G1161" our|strong="G3326" preparations|strong="H3559", and|strong="G1161" started|strong="H2490" on|strong="G1519" our|strong="G3326" way|strong="G3778" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{16}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" from|strong="G3844" Caesarea|strong="G2542" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4862" us|strong="G3579", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1161" Mnason|strong="G3416" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588", a|strong="G2532" Cypriot disciple|strong="G3101" of|strong="G2532" long|strong="H0753" standing|strong="G3101", with|strong="G4862" whom|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" stay|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{17}On|strong="G1519" our|strong="G1519" arrival|strong="H0935" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", the|strong="G1519" followers|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" gave|strong="G3588" us|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" hearty|strong="H5315" welcome|strong="H6923"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" next|strong="G1966" day|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1524" with|strong="G4862" us|strong="G2249" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="H7200" James|strong="G2385", and|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" church elders|strong="G4245" were|strong="G3588" present|strong="G3854". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G2596" greeting them|strong="G3588", Paul|strong="G3588" related|strong="G1834" in|strong="G1722" detail|strong="G1520" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1438" efforts|strong="H3021"; 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G1510": 
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“You|strong="G1722" see|strong="G2334", brother|strong="H0251", that|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" Christ may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" numbered|strong="H6485" by|strong="G1722" tens|strong="H6235" of|strong="G2316" thousands|strong="G3461", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" naturally earnest|strong="H8085" in|strong="G1722" upholding the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3748" heard|strong="G1484" it|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771", that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" teach|strong="G1321" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G4012" our|strong="G3956" people|strong="G1484" in|strong="G2596" foreign|strong="H5237" countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="G2596" forsake|strong="H5800" Moses|strong="G3475", for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2596" circumcise|strong="G4059" their|strong="G1438" children|strong="G5043" or|strong="G3366" even|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2596" observe|strong="H8104" Jewish|strong="G2453" customs|strong="G1485". 
\verseNumber{22}Well|strong="G1063" now|strong="G3767", as|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" certain|strong="H0259" to|strong="G2064" hear|strong="G5101" of|strong="G4128" your|strong="G3767" arrival|strong="G2064", do|strong="G5101" what|strong="G5101" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" going|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2064" suggest. 
\verseNumber{23}We|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2192" four|strong="G5064" men|strong="G3778" here|strong="G1510", who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" of|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" accord|strong="H6310" put|strong="G4160" themselves|strong="G1438" under|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2192" vow|strong="G2171". 
\verseNumber{24}Join|strong="G3762" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3956", share|strong="H2506" their|strong="G2532" purification|strong="H2893", and|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2443" their|strong="G2532" expenses|strong="G1159", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" shave|strong="G3587" their|strong="G2532" heads|strong="G2776"; and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" will|strong="G1510" see|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3762" truth|strong="H0571" in|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" told|strong="G2727" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771", but|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754", on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", you|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4771" rule|strong="H4910" your|strong="G2532" life|strong="G3762" in|strong="G1909" obedience|strong="H3584" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{25}As|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1161" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Christ, we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" decision|strong="H4941" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" avoid|strong="H6544" food|strong="H3899" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="G2532" idols|strong="G1494", and|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="G4012" strangled|strong="G4156" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="G2532" impurity|strong="H5079".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Paul|strong="G3972" joined|strong="G4862" the|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588", and|strong="G3972" the|strong="G1519" next|strong="G2192" day|strong="G2250" shared|strong="H2267" their|strong="G1519" purification|strong="H2893", and|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1524" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Temple|strong="G2411", and|strong="G3972" gave|strong="G3588" notice|strong="G1229" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1519" expiration of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1519" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="G2250" purification|strong="H2893" when|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1519" usual|strong="H3117" offering|strong="G4376" should|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" made|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" behalf|strong="G5228" of|strong="G2250" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161", just|strong="G5613" as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1722" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250" were|strong="G3588" drawing|strong="H5472" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" close|strong="H5980", some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G3793" from|strong="G2532" Roman Asia|strong="G3588" caught|strong="H3920" sight|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" Paul|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2532" caused|strong="H5414" great|strong="G3956" excitement among|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" present|strong="H7126", by|strong="G1722" seizing|strong="H3423" Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" shouting|strong="H8643", 
\verseNumber{28}“People|strong="G2992" of|strong="G2532" Israel|strong="G2475"! Help|strong="H5826"! This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" teaches|strong="G1321" everyone|strong="G3956" everywhere|strong="G3837" against|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", our|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551", and|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117"; and|strong="G2532", what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" more|strong="G2089", he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3778" actually|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1521" Greeks|strong="G1672" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" and|strong="G2532" defiled|strong="G2840" this|strong="G3778" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="G5117".” 
\verseNumber{29}(For|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3972" previously|strong="G4308" seen|strong="G4308" Trophimus|strong="G5161" the|strong="G1722" Ephesian|strong="G2180" in|strong="G1722" Paul’s|strong="G3972" company|strong="H6951" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172", and|strong="G3972" were|strong="G1510" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" belief|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3754" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G3972" taken|strong="H3947" him|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2411".) 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G1096" stirred|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" quickly|strong="G2112" collected|strong="H6908", seized|strong="G1949" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G1670" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413", when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" doors|strong="G2374" were|strong="G3588" immediately|strong="G2112" shut|strong="G2808". 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" bent|strong="H1869" on|strong="G3588" killing|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588", when|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="G2212" the|strong="G3588" officer|strong="H5631" commanding|strong="H6680" the|strong="G3588" garrison|strong="H4673", that|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3650" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G3588" commotion|strong="H1995". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="G2532" instantly|strong="H7281" got|strong="H6965" together|strong="G1909" some|strong="G3739" officers|strong="H7860" and|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757", and|strong="G2532" charged|strong="H6680" down|strong="G2701" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995", who|strong="G3739", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" soldiers|strong="G4757", stopped|strong="G3973" beating|strong="G5180" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1210" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G1510", arrested|strong="H8610" him|strong="G3588", ordered|strong="G2753" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" doubly|strong="H4932" chained, and|strong="G2532" proceeded|strong="H3318" to|strong="G2532" inquire|strong="G4441" who|strong="G5101" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510", and|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" doing|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{34}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" said|strong="G1161" one|strong="G5100" thing|strong="G5100", and|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" another|strong="G5100"; and|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G1161" could|strong="G1410" get|strong="H3947" no|strong="G3361" definite|strong="H4150" reply|strong="H7725" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" uproar|strong="G2351", he|strong="G1161" ordered|strong="G2753" Paul|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3361" taken|strong="H3947" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" barracks|strong="G3925". 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="G3753" Paul|strong="G3588" reached|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1161" steps|strong="H4609", he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" actually|strong="H7901" being|strong="G1096" carried|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" soldiers|strong="G4757", owing to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" violence|strong="H2555" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" mob|strong="G3793"; 
\verseNumber{36}for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G3588" following|strong="H0310" in|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1063" mass|strong="H3514", shouting|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “Kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{37}Just|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3195" taken|strong="H3947" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Fort|strong="H1785", Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631", “May|strong="G1832" I|strong="G1473" speak|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771"?” 
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“Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1097" Greek|strong="G1676"?” asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1519" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631". 
\verseNumber{38}“Aren’t|strong="G3756" you|strong="G4771", then|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" Egyptian|strong="H4713" who|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" ago|strong="G4253" raised|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" insurrection|strong="H5376" and|strong="G2532" led|strong="G1806" the|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5070" thousand|strong="G5070" Bandits|strong="H1416" out|strong="G1806" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" wilderness|strong="G2048"?” 
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\verseNumber{39}“No|strong="G3756",” said|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G3972", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Jew|strong="G2453" of|strong="G4172" Tarsus|strong="G5018" in|strong="G2980" Cilicia|strong="G2791", a|strong="G1510" citizen|strong="G4177" of|strong="G4172" a|strong="G1510" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G4172" some|strong="G3588" note|strong="H3045". I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G1189" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G4314" give|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" permission|strong="G2010" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2992".” 
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\verseNumber{40}The|strong="G1161" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631" gave|strong="G2010" his|strong="G1909" permission|strong="G2010", and|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972", standing|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" steps|strong="H4609", made|strong="G1096" signs|strong="H0226" with|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" comparative silence|strong="G4602" had|strong="G3972" been|strong="G1096" obtained|strong="H5375", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1909" Hebrew|strong="G1446": 
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\chapterNumber{22}“Brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" defense|strong="H4581" which|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" about|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" make|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" Hebrew|strong="G1446", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" still|strong="G3123" more|strong="G3123" quiet|strong="G2271"; and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161": 
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\verseNumber{3}“I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1722" Jew|strong="G2453", from|strong="G3844" Tarsus|strong="G5019" in|strong="G1722" Cilicia|strong="G2791", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" brought|strong="G1161" up|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" city|strong="G4172" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" teaching|strong="G3811" of|strong="G2316" Gamaliel|strong="G1059", and|strong="G1161" educated|strong="G3811" in|strong="G1722" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" strict system of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" ancestral|strong="H3187" Law|strong="G3551". I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" as|strong="G2531" zealous|strong="G2207" in|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="G2316" service|strong="H5656" as|strong="G2531" any|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" here|strong="G1510" today|strong="G4594". 
\verseNumber{4}In|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3739" persecution|strong="G1377" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" Way|strong="G3598" I|strong="G3739" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3739" stop|strong="H2308" even|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" taking|strong="H3947" of|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315". I|strong="G3739" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" chains|strong="H8333", and|strong="G2532" imprisoned|strong="H0631", men|strong="G3778" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" alike|strong="G5037" – 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="H3548" himself|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" council|strong="G4244" of|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4244" can|strong="H4310" testify|strong="G3140". For|strong="G1519" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2532" letters|strong="G1992" of|strong="G2532" introduction from|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064" at|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3956" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" that|strong="G2443" place|strong="G1473", to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" might|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" there|strong="G2532" prisoners|strong="G1210" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" for|strong="G1519" punishment|strong="H5771". 
\verseNumber{6}While|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" still|strong="H5750" on|strong="G1537" my|strong="G1473" way|strong="G4198", just|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" getting|strong="H7075" close|strong="G1448" to|strong="G2532" Damascus|strong="G1154", about|strong="G4012" midday|strong="H6672", suddenly|strong="G1810" there|strong="G2532" flashed|strong="G4015" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" all|strong="G2532" around|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="G1473" fell|strong="G4098" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1475", and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*?’} 
\verseNumber{8}‘Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"?’ I|strong="G1473" replied|strong="G3004". Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" voice|strong="H6963" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" me|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G2300" the|strong="G1161" light|strong="G5457", but|strong="G1161" did|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" hear|strong="G5456" the|strong="G1161" speaker’s voice|strong="G5456". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004" ‘What|strong="G5101" am|strong="G1473" I|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160", Lord|strong="G2962"?’ \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="G1154"\+w*,’} The|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{11}In|strong="G1519" consequence of|strong="G5259" that|strong="G3588" dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="G5457" I|strong="G1473" could|strong="G1689" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="G1689", but|strong="G1161" my|strong="G1473" companions|strong="G3588" held|strong="H2388" me|strong="G1473" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G1161", until|strong="G1519" I|strong="G1473" reached|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154". 
\verseNumber{12}There|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="H7121" Ananias, a|strong="G1161" strict observer of|strong="G5259" our|strong="G3956" Law|strong="G3551", well|strong="G3140" spoken|strong="G3140" of|strong="G5259" by|strong="G5259" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Jewish|strong="G2453" inhabitants|strong="G2730", came|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2596" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{13}Standing|strong="G2186" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" ‘Saul|strong="G4549", my|strong="G1473" brother|strong="H0251", recover|strong="H2421" your|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3588".’ And|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" recovered|strong="H7725" my|strong="G1473" sight|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" ‘The|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962" has|strong="G2316" appointed|strong="G4400" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" learn|strong="G1097" his|strong="G3708" will|strong="G2307", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" one|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G5456" words|strong="G4750" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3708" lips|strong="G4750"; 
\verseNumber{15}for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" witness|strong="G3144" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3739" to|strong="G4314" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="H8398" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" why|strong="G5101" wait|strong="H0693" any|strong="G5101" longer|strong="H5750", Be|strong="G2532" baptized at|strong="G3588" once|strong="H6471", wash|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="G2532" invoke|strong="H2142" his|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686".’ 
\verseNumber{17}After|strong="G1161" my|strong="G1722" return|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" praying|strong="G4336" one|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", I|strong="G1473" fell|strong="G1096" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" trance|strong="G1611", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G3004" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w haste|strong="G4692"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w once|strong="H6471"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1360"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w accept|strong="G3858"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w testimony|strong="G3141"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{19}‘Lord|strong="G2962",’ I|strong="G1473" answered|strong="G3004", ‘these|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" know|strong="G1987" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" imprison|strong="G5439" and|strong="G2532" scourge|strong="H7752", in|strong="G1909" synagogue|strong="G4864" after|strong="G2596" synagogue|strong="G4864", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771"; 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G3753" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" martyr|strong="G3144", Stephen|strong="G4736", was|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" shed|strong="G1632", I|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" myself|strong="H0589" standing|strong="G2186" by|strong="G2532", approving|strong="G4909" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="G2440" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" murdering him|strong="G3588".’ 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w*; \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w send|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w far|strong="G3112"\+w* away’.”} 
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\verseNumber{22}Up|strong="G1869" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" point|strong="H6856" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588", but|strong="G1161" at|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056" they|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" out|strong="G2532", “Kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588"! A|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="G5108" like|strong="G5108" this|strong="G3778" ought|strong="H3972" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" allowed|strong="G2520" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198"!” 
\verseNumber{23}As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" shouting|strong="G2905", tearing|strong="H2963" off|strong="G4495" their|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="G2440", and|strong="G2532" throwing|strong="G4496" dust|strong="G2868" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" air|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{24}the|strong="G1519" commanding|strong="G2753" officer|strong="H5631" ordered|strong="G2753" Paul|strong="G3148" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1519" taken|strong="H3947" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Fort|strong="H1785", and|strong="G3588" directed|strong="H5090" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G3739" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1519" examined|strong="H3947" under|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" lash so|strong="G3779" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G3739" might|strong="H1369" find|strong="G1921" out|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" reason|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" outcry|strong="H6818" against|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" just|strong="G5613" as|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" tied|strong="H0631" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2476" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" scourged|strong="H5217", Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" centurion|strong="G1543" standing|strong="G2476" near|strong="G4314", “Is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" legal|strong="H1779" for|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" scourge|strong="G3147" a|strong="G5613" Roman|strong="G4514" citizen|strong="H5997", unconvicted?” 
\verseNumber{26}On|strong="G1161" hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3778", the|strong="G1161" centurion|strong="G1543" went|strong="G4334" and|strong="G1161" reported|strong="G3004" it|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631". “Do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3004" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" doing|strong="G4160"?” he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004". “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514" citizen|strong="H5997".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631" went|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G1510" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473", are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514" citizen|strong="H5997"?” 
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“Yes|strong="G3483",” replied|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{28}“I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" pay|strong="H7999" a|strong="G2532" heavy|strong="H3513" price|strong="G4183" for|strong="G1161" my|strong="G1473" position|strong="H3678" as|strong="G1161" citizen|strong="H5997",” said|strong="G5346" the|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631". “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" one|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" birth|strong="G1080",” rejoined|strong="H0413" Paul|strong="G3972". 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" examined|strong="H3947" Paul|strong="G1510" immediately|strong="G2112" drew|strong="G2532" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631", finding|strong="H4672" that|strong="G3754" Paul|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Roman|strong="G4514" citizen|strong="H5997", was|strong="G1510" alarmed|strong="H0927" at|strong="G1161" having|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" chains|strong="G1210". 
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\verseNumber{30}On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" the|strong="G2532" commanding|strong="G2753" officer|strong="H5631", wishing|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" find|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" real reason|strong="H6440" why|strong="G5101" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" denounced|strong="H2194" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218", had|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" chains|strong="H8333" taken|strong="H3947" off|strong="G3089", and|strong="G2532" directed|strong="H5090" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3956" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" High|strong="G3956" Council|strong="G4892" to|strong="G1519" assemble|strong="G4905", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" down|strong="G2609" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2609" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". 
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\chapterNumber{23}Paul|strong="G3972" fixed|strong="H3559" his|strong="G3956" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" Council|strong="G4892", and|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161": 
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“Brothers|strong="H0251", for|strong="G1161" my|strong="G3956" part|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" always|strong="G3956" ordered|strong="G3004" my|strong="G3956" life|strong="G4176" before|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316", with|strong="G2316" a|strong="G1161" clear|strong="H5352" conscience|strong="G4893", up|strong="H5927" to|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G3778" day|strong="G2250".” 
\verseNumber{2}At|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1161" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548" Ananias ordered|strong="G2004" the|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G3936" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="G1161" strike|strong="G5180" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" mouth|strong="G4750"; 
\verseNumber{3}Paul|strong="G3972" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004": 
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“God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" strike|strong="G5180" you|strong="G4771", you|strong="G4771" whitewashed|strong="G2867" wall|strong="G5109"! Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" sitting|strong="G2521" there|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" try|strong="G2919" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G4314" law|strong="G3551", and|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532", in|strong="G2596" defiance|strong="H5921" of|strong="G2316" law|strong="G3551", order|strong="G2753" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G5180"?” 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3004" standing|strong="G3936" near|strong="H7126" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" insulting God’s|strong="G2316" high|strong="G2316" priest|strong="H3548"?” 
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\verseNumber{5}“I|strong="G1063" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492", brothers|strong="H0251", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548",” said|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G3972", “for|strong="G1063" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="G3004" – 
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‘Of|strong="G2992" the|strong="G3588" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="G2992" your|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" you|strong="G4771" should|strong="G1492" speak|strong="G3004" no|strong="G3756" ill’.” 
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\verseNumber{6}Noticing that|strong="G3754" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5207" those|strong="G3588" present|strong="H7126" were|strong="G1510" Sadducees|strong="G4523" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G2087" Pharisees|strong="G5330", Paul|strong="G3972" called|strong="G3972" out|strong="G2896" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Council|strong="G4892", “Brothers|strong="H0251", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Pharisee|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Pharisees|strong="G5330". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" question|strong="G2919" of|strong="G5207" hope|strong="G1680" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G5207" their|strong="G2532" resurrection that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" trial|strong="G2919".” 
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\verseNumber{7}As|strong="G1161" soon|strong="G1096" as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2980" this|strong="G3778", a|strong="G1096" dispute|strong="H7379" arose|strong="G1096" between|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523"; and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" sharp|strong="H2299" division|strong="H4256" of|strong="G2532" opinion|strong="H1843" among|strong="G1096" those|strong="G3588" present|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{8}(For|strong="G1063" Sadducees|strong="G4523" say|strong="G3004" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" such|strong="G1161" thing|strong="G3004" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1510" resurrection, and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" neither|strong="G3383" angel|strong="H4397" nor|strong="G3383" spirit|strong="G4151", while|strong="G1161" Pharisees|strong="G5330" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="G3004" both|strong="G1161".) 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" uproar|strong="G2906" ensued, and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="H8451" belonging to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Pharisees’|strong="G5330" party|strong="G3313" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" hotly|strong="H1814" protested|strong="H5749", “We|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" nothing|strong="G3762" whatever|strong="G5100" wrong|strong="G2556" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100". Suppose|strong="G1487" a|strong="G1096" spirit|strong="G4151" did|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", or|strong="G2228" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397"…” 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="G1519" dispute|strong="H7379" was|strong="G1096" becoming|strong="G1096" so|strong="G1161" violent|strong="H2555", that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" commanding|strong="G2753" officer|strong="H5631", fearing|strong="G5399" that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" would|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" torn|strong="G1288" in|strong="G1519" pieces|strong="G1288" between|strong="G3319" them|strong="G3588", ordered|strong="G2753" the|strong="G1519" Guard|strong="H2876" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" and|strong="G1161" rescue|strong="H5337" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" take|strong="G1096" him|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Fort|strong="H1785". 
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\verseNumber{11}That|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" came|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2186" by|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Courage|strong="G2293"\+w*! \+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w borne|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w witness|strong="G3140"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G3140"\+w* \+w witness|strong="G3140"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Rome|strong="G4516"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{12}In|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1161" morning|strong="G2250" some|strong="G3739" Jewish|strong="G2453" men|strong="G3588" combined together|strong="G4963", and|strong="G1161" took|strong="G1096" an|strong="G1096" oath|strong="H7621" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" would|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3383" eat|strong="G2068" or|strong="G3383" drink|strong="G4095" until|strong="G2193" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3972" killed|strong="H2026" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" forty|strong="G5062" in|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" plot|strong="G4945"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" a|strong="G2532" solemn|strong="H6116" oath|strong="H7621" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2532" touch|strong="H5060" food|strong="H3899" until|strong="G2193" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G3767" we|strong="G2249" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G5210" now|strong="G1161", with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G1519" consent|strong="H0014" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1519" Council|strong="G4892", to|strong="G1519" suggest to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3195" bring|strong="G2609" Paul|strong="G1510" down|strong="G2609" before|strong="G4253" you|strong="G5210", as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" you|strong="G5210" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1519" more|strong="G1161" fully|strong="H4390" into|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" case|strong="G3588"; but|strong="G1161", before|strong="G4253" he|strong="G1161" comes|strong="G1510" here|strong="G1510", we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G1510" ready|strong="G2092" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G1519" away|strong="H5493" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{16}However|strong="G1161", the|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Paul’s|strong="G3972" sister|strong="H0269", hearing|strong="H0241" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" plot|strong="H2513", went|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Fort|strong="H1785", and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" being|strong="G2532" admitted, told|strong="H5046" Paul|strong="G3972" about|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{17}Paul|strong="G3972" called|strong="G4341" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G1161" garrison|strong="H4673" centurion|strong="G1543" and|strong="G1161" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" take|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" lad|strong="H5288" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631", as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2192" something|strong="G5100" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" centurion went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" lad|strong="H5288" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “The|strong="G2532" prisoner|strong="G1198" Paul|strong="G3972" called|strong="G4341" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" bring|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" lad|strong="H5288" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771", as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2192" something|strong="G5100" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G2980" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G2532" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631" took|strong="G1949" the|strong="G2532" lad|strong="H5288" by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532", stepping aside|strong="G2596", asked|strong="G4441" what|strong="G5101" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{20}“Some|strong="G5100" men|strong="G5100" have|strong="G3748" agreed|strong="G4934",” answered|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1519" lad|strong="H5288", “to|strong="G1519" ask|strong="G2065" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2609" Paul|strong="G3972" down|strong="G2609" before|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Council|strong="G4892" tomorrow|strong="H4279", on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" plea|strong="H1779" of|strong="G4012" your|strong="G3588" making|strong="H6213" further|strong="H5750" inquiry|strong="H2714" into|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" case|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" let|strong="G1510" them|strong="G3588" persuade|strong="G3982" you|strong="G4771", for|strong="G1063" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" forty|strong="G5062" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" lying|strong="G1748" in|strong="G2532" wait|strong="G1748" for|strong="G1063" him|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" an|strong="G2532" oath|strong="H7621" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" eat|strong="G2068" or|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4095", until|strong="G2193" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3568" away|strong="H5493" with|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3588" very|strong="G4183" moment|strong="H7281" in|strong="G2532" readiness|strong="G2092", counting|strong="H4557" on|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860".” 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G4314" commanding|strong="G3853" officer|strong="H5631" then|strong="G3767" dismissed|strong="H7971" the|strong="G4314" lad|strong="H5288", cautioning him|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G4314" mention|strong="H2142" to|strong="G4314" anybody that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" had|strong="G3588" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" information|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" two|strong="G1417" Captains|strong="H8269", and|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" hundred|strong="G1250" soldiers|strong="G4757" ready|strong="G2090" to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G2532" Caesarea|strong="G2542", as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" seventy|strong="G1440" troopers and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" hundred|strong="G1250" lancers, by|strong="G2532" nine|strong="G5154" o’clock that|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571", 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="G5037" to|strong="G4314" have|strong="G3588" horses|strong="H5483" ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972" to|strong="G4314" ride|strong="H7392", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G3588" might|strong="H1369" take|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588" safely|strong="G1295" to|strong="G4314" Felix|strong="G5344", the|strong="G4314" Governor|strong="G2232". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G3778" also|strong="H1571" wrote|strong="G1125" a|strong="G2192" letter|strong="G1992" along|strong="H5921" these|strong="G3778" lines|strong="H2256": 
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\verseNumber{26}‘Claudius|strong="G2804" Lysias|strong="G3079" sends|strong="H7971" his|strong="G3588" compliments|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3588" His|strong="G3588" Excellency|strong="H1347" Felix|strong="G5344" the|strong="G3588" Governor|strong="G2232". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" send|strong="H7971" with|strong="G4862" this|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" seized|strong="G4815" by|strong="G5259" some|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" point|strong="G3195" of|strong="G5259" being|strong="G1510" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="G5259" them|strong="G3588", when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" upon|strong="G2186" them|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G2532" force|strong="H2394" under|strong="G5259" my|strong="G5259" command|strong="H6680", and|strong="G2532" rescued|strong="G1807" him|strong="G3588", as|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" learned|strong="G3129" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Roman|strong="G4514" citizen|strong="H5997". 
\verseNumber{28}Wanting|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" know|strong="G1921" exactly|strong="H0834" the|strong="G1519" ground|strong="H0776" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" charges|strong="G1458" they|strong="G3588" made|strong="G1519" against|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", I|strong="G3739" brought|strong="G2609" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" Council|strong="G4892", 
\verseNumber{29}when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G3739" found|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3739" their|strong="G4012" charges|strong="G1458" were|strong="G3588" connected|strong="H5439" with|strong="G2192" questions|strong="G2213" of|strong="G4012" their|strong="G4012" own|strong="H1961" Law|strong="G3551", and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" nothing|strong="G3367" alleged involving|strong="H5921" either|strong="G2228" death|strong="G2288" or|strong="G2228" imprisonment|strong="G1199". 
\verseNumber{30}Having|strong="G2532", however|strong="G1161", information|strong="H1697" of|strong="G1537" a|strong="G2532" plot|strong="G1917" against|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519", which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" put|strong="G3992" into|strong="G1519" execution|strong="H6213", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" sending|strong="G3992" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" at|strong="G1909" once|strong="G1824", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" directed|strong="G3853" his|strong="G1519" accusers|strong="G2725" to|strong="G1519" prosecute him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771".’ 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="G1519" soldiers|strong="G4757", in|strong="G1519" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2596" orders|strong="G1299", took|strong="G3767" charge|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G3972" conducted|strong="H1240" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" night|strong="G3571" to|strong="G1519" Antipatris; 
\verseNumber{32}and|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", leaving|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" troopers to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G1161" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Fort|strong="H1785". 
\verseNumber{33}On|strong="G1519" arriving|strong="H0935" at|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", the|strong="G2532" troopers delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" letter|strong="G1992" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="G2232", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G3748" Paul|strong="G3972" before|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{34}As|strong="G1161" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="G1161" Felix had|strong="G2532" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="G2532" letter|strong="H5612", he|strong="G2532" enquired|strong="H7592" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G4169" province|strong="G1885" Paul|strong="G1510" belonged|strong="G1510", and|strong="G2532", learning|strong="H3948" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" Cilicia|strong="G2791", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161", 
\verseNumber{35}“I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G1251" all|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G5346" as|strong="G1722" soon|strong="G1722" as|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" accusers|strong="G2725" have|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G3854".” And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" Paul|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G5442" under|strong="G1722" guard|strong="G5442" in|strong="G1722" Herod’s|strong="G2264" Government|strong="H4951" house|strong="H1004". 
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\chapterNumber{24}Five|strong="G4002" days|strong="G2250" afterward|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" Ananias came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" with|strong="G3326" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" barrister named|strong="G5061" Tertullus|strong="G5061". They|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" information|strong="H1697" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="G2232" against|strong="G2596" Paul|strong="G3972"; 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" hearing|strong="H0241" came|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1161", Tertullus|strong="G5061" began|strong="G1096" his|strong="G1223" speech|strong="H8193" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" prosecution. 
\verseNumber{3}“We|strong="G2532" owe it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4674" Excellency|strong="H1347",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" enjoying profound|strong="H5994" peace|strong="G1515", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" owe it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4674" foresight|strong="G4307" that|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" nation|strong="G1484" is|strong="G3588" constantly|strong="G1223" securing reforms|strong="G1357" – advantages which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" very|strong="G4183" gratefully|strong="G3326" accept|strong="H7521" at|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" times|strong="H6471" and|strong="G2532" places|strong="G3837". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" – not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G3361" tedious|strong="G1465" – I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G4771", with|strong="G1909" your|strong="G4674" accustomed|strong="H3928" fairness|strong="H6664", to|strong="G2443" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2443" a|strong="G1909" brief|strong="G4935" statement|strong="H4008" of|strong="G1909" our|strong="G1909" case|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{5}We|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" a|strong="G2532" public|strong="H1121" pest|strong="G3061"; he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" stirs|strong="G2795" up|strong="G2532" disputes|strong="H6099" among|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G3625" over|strong="G2596", and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" ringleader|strong="G4414" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Nazarene|strong="G3480" heretics. 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" attempted|strong="H3909" to|strong="G2532" desecrate|strong="H2490" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" itself|strong="H0905", but|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3739" caught|strong="H3920" him|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.7  }Some later manuscripts add: We wanted to judge him according to our law. But Lysias the commanding officer came and took him out of our hands by force, ordering his accusers to come before you.} 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G1410" able|strong="G1410", by|strong="G3844" examining him|strong="G3739" on|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" points|strong="G3956", to|strong="G1410" satisfy|strong="H7646" yourself|strong="H0859" as|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1410" the|strong="G3956" charges|strong="G2723" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3956" bringing|strong="H0935" against|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3739".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" crowd|strong="H1995" also|strong="G2532" joined|strong="G4934" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" attack|strong="H5221" and|strong="G2532" bore|strong="H3205" out|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" statements|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="G1537" a|strong="G1510" sign|strong="H0226" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Governor|strong="G2232", Paul|strong="G3972" made|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" reply|strong="G3004": 
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“Knowing|strong="G1987", as|strong="G3004" I|strong="G3778" do|strong="G3004", for|strong="G4012" how|strong="G1987" many|strong="G4183" years|strong="G2094" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1510" acted|strong="H6213" as|strong="G3004" judge|strong="G2923" to|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" nation|strong="G1484", it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1537" confidence|strong="H4009" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G3778" undertake|strong="H3027" my|strong="G1683" own|strong="G1683" defense|strong="H4581". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" can|strong="G1410" easily|strong="G3756" verify|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" twelve|strong="G1427" days|strong="G2250" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" went|strong="G3739" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="G4352" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", 
\verseNumber{12}where|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" prosecutors never|strong="G3777" found|strong="G2147" me|strong="G1473" holding|strong="H2388" discussions with|strong="G1722" anyone|strong="G5100", or|strong="G2228" causing|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" to|strong="G4314" collect|strong="H3063" – either|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", or|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogues|strong="G4864", or|strong="G2228" about|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172"; 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" cannot|strong="G1410" establish|strong="H6965" the|strong="G3739" charges|strong="G2723" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3739" now|strong="G3570" making|strong="H6213" against|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{14}This|strong="G3778", however|strong="G1161", I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G2532" acknowledge|strong="G3670" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" believer in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Way|strong="G3598" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" call|strong="G3004" heretical, that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3739" worship|strong="G3000" the|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" my|strong="G1722" ancestors|strong="H0001". At|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G3778" time|strong="G1722", I|strong="G3739" believe|strong="G4100" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" hope|strong="G1680" that|strong="G3739" rests|strong="H5117" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" – a|strong="G2192" hope|strong="G1680" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" cherish|strong="G4327" – that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" one|strong="G3739" day|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" resurrection of|strong="G2316" good|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" bad|strong="H7451" alike|strong="G5037". 
\verseNumber{16}This|strong="G3778" being|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" strive|strong="H7378" at|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" times|strong="H6471" to|strong="G4314" keep|strong="G2192" my|strong="G1722" conscience|strong="G4893" clear|strong="H5352" before|strong="G4314" both|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{17}After|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" years’|strong="H8141" absence I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G3854" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G4160" charitable gifts|strong="G1654" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" nation|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" offerings|strong="G4376"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" while|strong="G1722" engaged|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" found|strong="G2147" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", after|strong="G3326" completing a|strong="G1722" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="G5100" purification|strong="H2893", but|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3756" with|strong="G3326" any|strong="G5100" crowd|strong="G3793" or|strong="G3761" disorder. 
\verseNumber{19}There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532", however|strong="G1161", some|strong="G5100" Jews|strong="G2453" from|strong="G2532" Roman Asia who|strong="G3739" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G4314" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" here|strong="G3918" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" have|strong="G2192" made|strong="G1161" any|strong="G5100" charge|strong="G2723" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" against|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473" – 
\verseNumber{20}Or|strong="G2228" else|strong="G2228" let|strong="G2228" my|strong="G1473" opponents|strong="H3401" here|strong="G3778" say|strong="G3004" what|strong="G5101" they|strong="G3588" found|strong="G2147" wrong|strong="H7451" in|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473" when|strong="G2147" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" Council|strong="G4892", 
\verseNumber{21}except|strong="G2228" as|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" sentence|strong="G1473" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" shouted|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" stood|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G1722" – ‘It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3778" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" resurrection of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" on|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1722" trial|strong="G2919" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210" today’.” 
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\verseNumber{22}Felix|strong="G5344", however|strong="G1161", adjourned the|strong="G1161" case|strong="G3588" – though|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" a|strong="G3708" fairly|strong="H6664" accurate|strong="H6664" knowledge|strong="G1492" of|strong="G4012" all|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" concerned|strong="H6485" the|strong="G1161" Way|strong="G3598" – with|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" promise|strong="H1697", “When|strong="G3752" Lysias|strong="G3079", the|strong="G1161" commanding|strong="H6680" officer|strong="H5631", comes|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597", I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G3004" give|strong="G3004" my|strong="G3708" decision|strong="H4941" in|strong="G2596" your|strong="G3708" case|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" orders|strong="G1299" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" centurion|strong="G1543" in|strong="G2532" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" keep|strong="G5083" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" custody|strong="G5083", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" relax|strong="H7503" the|strong="G2532" regulations|strong="H4941", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2532" prevent|strong="G2967" any|strong="G3367" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" personal|strong="H6440" friends|strong="G2398" from|strong="G2532" attending|strong="H5324" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" wants|strong="H2656". 
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\verseNumber{24}Some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" Felix|strong="G5344" came|strong="G3854" with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1519" wife|strong="G1135" Drusilla|strong="G1409", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532", sending|strong="H7971" for|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972", listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G2532" about|strong="G4012" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161", while|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G1256" was|strong="G1096" speaking|strong="H1696" at|strong="G4012" length|strong="H0753" about|strong="G4012" righteousness|strong="G1343", self-control|strong="G1466", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G1096" judgment|strong="G2917", Felix|strong="G5344" became|strong="G1096" terrified|strong="G1719", and|strong="G2532" interrupted him|strong="G3588" – “Go|strong="G4198" for|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" present|strong="G3568", but|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" find|strong="G3335" an|strong="G2192" opportunity|strong="G2540", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3195" send|strong="H7971" for|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771" again|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" hoping|strong="G1679", too|strong="G2532", for|strong="G3754" a|strong="G2532" bribe|strong="H7810" from|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3343" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588" frequently|strong="G4437" and|strong="G2532" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161", after|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" lapse|strong="H7750" of|strong="G5485" two|strong="G1333" years|strong="G1333", Felix|strong="G5344" was|strong="G3588" succeeded|strong="G1240" by|strong="G2453" Porcius|strong="G4201" Festus|strong="G5347"; and|strong="G1161", wishing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" gain|strong="H1215" popularity with|strong="G4137" the|strong="G1161" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218", he|strong="G1161" left|strong="G2641" Paul|strong="G3972" a|strong="G2983" prisoner|strong="H0615". 
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\chapterNumber{25}Three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" Festus|strong="G5347" had|strong="G3588" arrived|strong="G1910" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" province|strong="G1885", he|strong="G3588" left|strong="H7604" Caesarea|strong="G2542" and|strong="G2250" went|strong="G3767" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G4413" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" leading|strong="G4413" men|strong="G4413" among|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" laid|strong="G2453" an|strong="G2532" information|strong="H1697" before|strong="G4413" him|strong="G3588" against|strong="G2596" Paul|strong="G3972", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G5485" asked|strong="H7592" a|strong="G1519" favor|strong="G5485" of|strong="G5485" him|strong="G3588", to|strong="G1519" Paul’s injury|strong="H0611" – to|strong="G1519" have|strong="G4160" Paul|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G3343" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". All|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1519" while|strong="G1519" they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" plotting|strong="H0696" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" away|strong="H5493" with|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" road|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" Festus|strong="G5347" answered|strong="H6030" that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="H1004" at|strong="G1722" Caesarea|strong="G2542", and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" himself|strong="G1438" would|strong="G3195" be|strong="G3195" leaving|strong="G1607" for|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="G1722" shortly|strong="G5034". 
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\verseNumber{5}“So|strong="G3767" let|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" influential|strong="G1415" men|strong="G5100" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210",” he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G5346", “go|strong="G4782" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="G1722" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="G3767" if|strong="G1487" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" anything|strong="G5100" amiss|strong="H5753" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G5100", charge|strong="G2723" him|strong="G3588" formally with|strong="G1722" it|strong="G1487".” 
\verseNumber{6}After|strong="G1161" staying|strong="G1304" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3588" eight|strong="G3638" or|strong="G2228" ten|strong="G1176" days|strong="G2250", Festus went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542". The|strong="G1722" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G2250" he|strong="G1161" took|strong="G2523" his|strong="G1519" seat|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" Bench, and|strong="G1161" ordered|strong="G2753" Paul|strong="G3972" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3756" brought|strong="G1161" before|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{7}On|strong="G1161" Paul’s appearance|strong="H4758", the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G3854" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G2597" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" surrounded|strong="H5437" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3756" many|strong="G4183" serious|strong="H2470" charges|strong="H4931", which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" failed|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" establish|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{8}Paul’s|strong="G3972" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" charge|strong="H4931" was|strong="G3588" – ‘I|strong="G3754" have|strong="G3748" not|strong="G3777" committed|strong="H6213" any|strong="G5100" offense|strong="H6292" against|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Jewish|strong="G2453" Law|strong="G3551", or|strong="G3777" the|strong="G1519" Temple|strong="G2411", or|strong="G3777" the|strong="G1519" Emperor.’ 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1519" Festus|strong="G5347" wished|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" gain|strong="H1215" popularity with|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1519" Jews|strong="G2453", he|strong="G1161" interrupted Paul|strong="G3972" with|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1519" question|strong="G2919", “Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" willing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G2309" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" and|strong="G1161" be|strong="G1519" tried|strong="G2919" on|strong="G1909" these|strong="G3778" charges|strong="G3004" before|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473" there|strong="G1563"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}“No|strong="G3762",” replied|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G3972", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Emperor’s court|strong="H2691", where|strong="G3757" I|strong="G1473" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" tried|strong="G2919". I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" wronged|strong="H3238" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453", as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" well|strong="G2532" aware|strong="G1921". 
\verseNumber{11}If|strong="G1487", however|strong="G1161", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" breaking|strong="H6524" the|strong="G2532" law|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" committed|strong="G4238" any|strong="G5100" offense|strong="H6292" deserving|strong="H4941" death|strong="G2288", I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4238" not|strong="G3756" ask|strong="H7592" to|strong="G2532" escape|strong="H4422" the|strong="G2532" penalty|strong="H1780"; but|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1487" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" nothing|strong="G3762" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" accusations|strong="H7170" of|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G1510", no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G5100" has|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" power|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5483" me|strong="G1473" up|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". I|strong="G1473" appeal|strong="G1941" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Emperor.” 
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\verseNumber{12}Festus|strong="G5347", after|strong="G3326" conferring with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1909" Council|strong="G4824", answered|strong="H6030", “You|strong="G1909" have|strong="G3588" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" Emperor; to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" Emperor you|strong="G1909" will|strong="G5119" go|strong="G4198".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="H0310" King|strong="G3588" Agrippa and|strong="G2532" Bernice came|strong="G2658" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", and|strong="G2532" paid|strong="H5414" a|strong="G2532" visit|strong="H6485" of|strong="G2250" congratulation to|strong="G1519" Festus|strong="G5347"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="G1161", as|strong="G5613" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" staying|strong="G1304" there|strong="G1563" for|strong="G1161" several|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250", Festus|strong="G5347" laid|strong="G1563" Paul’s|strong="G3972" case|strong="G3588" before|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" king|strong="G3588". “There|strong="G1563" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" man|strong="G5100" here|strong="G1510",” he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “left|strong="G2641" a|strong="G5613" prisoner|strong="G1198" by|strong="G5259" Felix|strong="G5344", 
\verseNumber{15}about|strong="G4012" whom|strong="G3739", when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" chief|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" laid|strong="G2453" an|strong="G2532" information|strong="H1697", demanding judgment|strong="H4941" against|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}My|strong="G3754" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G2596" practice|strong="H6213" of|strong="G4012" Romans|strong="G4514" to|strong="G4314" give|strong="G5483" up|strong="H5927" anyone|strong="G5100" to|strong="G4314" their|strong="G2596" accusers|strong="G2725" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="G2596" accused|strong="G2723" had|strong="G2192" met|strong="H6298" them|strong="G3588" face|strong="G4383" to|strong="G4314" face|strong="G4383", and|strong="G5037" had|strong="G2192" also|strong="G5037" had|strong="G2192" an|strong="G2192" opportunity|strong="G5117" of|strong="G4012" answering|strong="H6030" the|strong="G2596" charges|strong="G2723" brought|strong="G3748" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G3762", when|strong="G3739" his|strong="G4012" accusers|strong="G2725" came|strong="G3588" forward|strong="G2476", they|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G5342" no|strong="G3762" charge|strong="G2476" of|strong="G4012" wrongdoing|strong="H5766" such|strong="G3588" as|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G3739" expected|strong="H6960"; 
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\verseNumber{20}And|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1519" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" loss|strong="H2398" how|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" enquire|strong="H1875" into|strong="G1519" questions|strong="G2214" of|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" kind|strong="H4327", I|strong="G1473" asked|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G3588" if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" willing|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", and|strong="G1161" be|strong="G1519" put|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" trial|strong="G2919" there|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{21}Paul|strong="G3972", however|strong="G1161", appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1519" have|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1519" case|strong="G3588" reserved|strong="G5083" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" consideration|strong="H0998" of|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1519" August Majesty|strong="H1926", so|strong="G1161" I|strong="G3739" ordered|strong="G2753" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1519" detained|strong="H6113" in|strong="G1519" custody|strong="G5083", until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G3739" could|strong="G3588" send|strong="H7971" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Emperor|strong="G4575".” 
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\verseNumber{22}“I|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" like|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" hear|strong="H8085" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" myself|strong="H0589",” Agrippa said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G4314" Festus|strong="G5347". 
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“You|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279",” Festus|strong="G5347" answered|strong="G5346". 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", when|strong="G2532" Agrippa and|strong="G2532" Bernice had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1519" full|strong="G4183" state|strong="G2596" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" Audience|strong="H0241" Chamber|strong="H3957", with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" superior|strong="H1870" officers|strong="H7860" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" principal|strong="G1851" people|strong="G1525" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2753" of|strong="G2532" Festus|strong="G5347" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G2064" before|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="G2532" Festus|strong="G5347" said|strong="G5346", “King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" here|strong="G1759" present|strong="G4840", you|strong="G3739" see|strong="G2334" before|strong="G1722" you|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" about|strong="G4012" whom|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G4128" have|strong="G2532" applied|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", both|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" and|strong="G2532" here|strong="G1759", loudly|strong="H6963" asserting|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" ought|strong="G1163" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{25}I|strong="G1473" found|strong="G2638", however|strong="G1161", that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" done|strong="G4238" anything|strong="G3367" deserving|strong="H4941" death|strong="G2288"; so|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" himself|strong="H5315" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3992" August Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="G1473" decided|strong="G2919" to|strong="G1161" send|strong="G3992" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" nothing|strong="G3756" definite|strong="H4150" to|strong="G2532" write|strong="G1125" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3739" Imperial Master|strong="G2962"; and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3739" reason|strong="G1352" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" brought|strong="G4254" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" especially|strong="G3122" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210", King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, that|strong="G3739", after|strong="G1909" examining him|strong="G3588", I|strong="G3739" may|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" something|strong="G5100" to|strong="G2532" write|strong="G1125". 
\verseNumber{27}For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G2532" seems|strong="G1380" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" absurd to|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3992" a|strong="G2532" prisoner|strong="G1198", without|strong="G3361" at|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256" stating the|strong="G2532" charges|strong="H4931" made|strong="G4591" against|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588".” 
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\chapterNumber{26}Turning|strong="H5437" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", Agrippa said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" at|strong="G4314" liberty|strong="G2010" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G3004" for|strong="G5228" yourself|strong="G4572".” Then|strong="G5119" Paul|strong="G3972" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" his|strong="G4012" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G1161" began|strong="G5119" his|strong="G4012" defense|strong="H4581". 
\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3195" been|strong="H1961" congratulating myself|strong="G1683", King|strong="H4428" Agrippa,” he|strong="G3739" said|strong="H0559", “that|strong="G3739" it|strong="G2233" is|strong="G3739" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1909" make|strong="H6213" my|strong="G3956" defense|strong="H4581" today|strong="G4594", with|strong="G1909" regard|strong="G2233" to|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" charges|strong="G1458" brought|strong="H0935" against|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1683" by|strong="G5259" my|strong="G3956" own|strong="G1683" people|strong="G3956", 
\verseNumber{3}especially|strong="G3122" as|strong="G2596" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" so|strong="G2532" well-versed in|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" customs|strong="G1485" and|strong="G2532" questions|strong="G2213" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" world|strong="H8398". I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G1189" you|strong="G4771" therefore|strong="G1352" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1473" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G2532" patient|strong="G2596" hearing|strong="H0241". 
\verseNumber{4}My|strong="G1722" life|strong="H5315", then|strong="G3767", from|strong="G1537" youth|strong="G3503" upwards|strong="H4605", was|strong="G1096" passed|strong="G3588", from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" very|strong="G1096" first|strong="G3588", among|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" own|strong="H1961" nation|strong="G1484", and|strong="G5037" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", and|strong="G5037" is|strong="G3588" within|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" knowledge|strong="G1492" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453"; 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="G5330" they|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2309" always|strong="H3605" known|strong="G4267" – if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G3588" choose|strong="H0977" to|strong="G2596" give|strong="G1473" evidence|strong="H5612" – that|strong="G3754", in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" very|strong="G3588" strictest form|strong="H8389" of|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2251" religion|strong="G2356", I|strong="G1473" lived|strong="G2198" a|strong="G1437" true|strong="G3588" Pharisee|strong="G5330". 
\verseNumber{6}Even|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1909" of|strong="G5259" my|strong="G1473" hope|strong="G1680" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" given|strong="H5414" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" stand|strong="G2476" here|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1473" trial|strong="G2919" – 
\verseNumber{7}A|strong="G2532" promise|strong="H1697" which|strong="G3739" our|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1429" tribes|strong="G1429", by|strong="G1722" earnest|strong="H8085" service|strong="G3000" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", hope|strong="G1680" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="H7200" fulfilled|strong="H4390". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680", your|strong="G2532" Majesty|strong="H1926", that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" accused|strong="G1458" – and|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" themselves|strong="G1519"! 
\verseNumber{8}Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3588" hold|strong="H2388" it|strong="G1487" incredible that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" should|strong="G2316" raise|strong="G1453" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498"? 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1683", it|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588", once|strong="H6471" thought|strong="G1380" it|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1473" duty|strong="H2992" to|strong="G4314" oppose|strong="H7853" in|strong="G4314" every|strong="G4314" way|strong="H1870" the|strong="G4314" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G3686" Nazareth|strong="G3480"; 
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\verseNumber{11}Time|strong="G4178" after|strong="G2596" time|strong="G4178", in|strong="G1519" every|strong="G3956" synagogue|strong="G4864", I|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" by|strong="G2596" punishments|strong="H8433" to|strong="G1519" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" blaspheme|strong="H5006". So|strong="G2532" frantic was|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G3588", that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" towns|strong="G4172" beyond|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2532" borders|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{12}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" traveling|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154" on|strong="G1722" an|strong="G2532" errand|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" kind|strong="H4327", entrusted|strong="H6485" with|strong="G3326" full|strong="G1722" powers|strong="G1849" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", 
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\verseNumber{15}‘Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"?’ I|strong="G1473" asked|strong="G3004". And|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*;} 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w open|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="G3788"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w turn|strong="G1994"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4655"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w light|strong="G5457"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*; \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w pardon|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2983"\+w*, \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3588", King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, I|strong="G1096" did|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" fail|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3756" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="G3588" heavenly|strong="G3770" vision|strong="G3701"; 
\verseNumber{20}on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" contrary|strong="G2316", first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" and|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" as|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" preach|strong="H5197" repentance|strong="G3341" and|strong="G2532" conversion to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315" befitting that|strong="G3588" repentance|strong="G3341". 
\verseNumber{21}This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" why|strong="H4100" some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3778" seized|strong="G4815" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2453" made|strong="G2453" attempts|strong="H7972" on|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{22}However|strong="G3767" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" received|strong="H3947" help|strong="G1947" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3767" stand|strong="G2476" here|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3739" testimony|strong="H5715" to|strong="G2532" high|strong="G3173" and|strong="G2532" low|strong="H8213" alike|strong="G5037" – without|strong="G2532" adding|strong="H3254" a|strong="G1096" word|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396", as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475", declared|strong="G2980" should|strong="G3195" happen|strong="G1096" – 
\verseNumber{23}That|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" must|strong="G5547" suffer|strong="G3805", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", by|strong="G1537" rising|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" destined|strong="H3651" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" news|strong="H1319" of|strong="G1537" light|strong="G5457", not|strong="G2532" only|strong="G1487" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" nation|strong="G1484", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484".” 
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\verseNumber{24}While|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" making|strong="H6213" this|strong="G3778" defense|strong="H4581", Festus|strong="G5347" called|strong="G3778" out|strong="G5456" loudly|strong="G3173", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" mad|strong="G3105", Paul|strong="G3972"; your|strong="G3588" great|strong="G3173" learning|strong="G1121" is|strong="G3588" driving|strong="G4062" you|strong="G4771" mad|strong="G3105".” 
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\verseNumber{25}“I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" mad|strong="G3105", your|strong="G2532" Excellency|strong="H1347",” he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G5346". “On|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", the|strong="G2532" statements|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" making|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" sober|strong="G4997". 
\verseNumber{26}Indeed|strong="G2532", the|strong="G1722" king|strong="G3588" knows|strong="G1987" about|strong="G4012" these|strong="G3778" matters|strong="H1697", so|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" speak|strong="G2980" before|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" without|strong="G2532" constraint|strong="H4164". I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" sure|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" nothing|strong="G3762" whatever|strong="G3739" of|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G2980" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" escaped|strong="G2990" his|strong="G4012" attention|strong="H7181"; for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" been|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4238" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" corner|strong="G1137". 
\verseNumber{27}King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" believe|strong="G4100" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396"? I|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1492".” 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="G1161" Agrippa said|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", “You|strong="G1722" are|strong="G3588" soon|strong="G1722" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G4314" make|strong="G4160" a|strong="G1722" Christian|strong="G5546" of|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}“Whether|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" soon|strong="G1722" or|strong="G2532" late|strong="H0309",” answered|strong="H6030" Paul|strong="G3972", “I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="G2172" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" you|strong="G4771", but|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", might|strong="G2532" today|strong="G4594" become|strong="G1096" just|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" myself|strong="G1473" – except|strong="G3924" for|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" chains|strong="G1199"!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" rose|strong="G2532", with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="G2232" and|strong="G2532" Bernice and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" sitting|strong="G4775" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" retiring, discussed the|strong="G2532" case|strong="G3588" among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G3778". “There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" nothing|strong="G3762",” they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “deserving|strong="H4941" death|strong="G2288" or|strong="G2228" imprisonment|strong="G1199" in|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" man’s|strong="G5100" conduct|strong="H1870"”; 
\verseNumber{32}and|strong="G1161", speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="G1410" Festus|strong="G5347", Agrippa added|strong="H3254", “The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3778" might|strong="G1410" have|strong="G3588" been|strong="G3361" discharged|strong="H5310", if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1410" the|strong="G1161" Emperor.” 
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\chapterNumber{27}As|strong="G5613" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" decided|strong="G2919" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" sail|strong="H5251" to|strong="G1519" Italy|strong="G2482", Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" other|strong="G2087" prisoners|strong="G1202" were|strong="G3588" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" centurion|strong="G1543" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Augustan|strong="G4575" Guard|strong="G2532", named|strong="G3686" Julius|strong="G2457". 
\verseNumber{2}We|strong="G2249" went|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="H7175" a|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143" from|strong="G2596" Adramyttium, which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" point|strong="G3195" of|strong="G2596" sailing|strong="G4126" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ports along|strong="G4862" the|strong="G1519" coast|strong="G2596" of|strong="G2596" Roman Asia|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" put|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" sea|strong="H3220". Aristarchus, a|strong="G1519" Macedonian|strong="G3110" from|strong="G2596" Thessalonica|strong="G2331", went|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" us|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="G1519" next|strong="G2087" day|strong="G3588" we|strong="G4314" put|strong="G2609" in|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Sidon|strong="G4605", where|strong="G1519" Julius|strong="G2457" treated|strong="G5530" Paul|strong="G3972" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" friendly|strong="H7965" manner|strong="H4941", and|strong="G5037" allowed|strong="G2010" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="G1519" friends|strong="G5384" and|strong="G5037" receive|strong="G5177" their|strong="G1519" hospitality. 
\verseNumber{4}Putting|strong="H5414" to|strong="G1510" sea|strong="H3220" again|strong="H7725", we|strong="G1510" sailed|strong="G5284" under|strong="G5284" the|strong="G1223" lee of|strong="G1223" Cyprus|strong="G2954", because|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" wind|strong="H7307" was|strong="G1510" against|strong="G1727" us|strong="H5414"; 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2596" crossing|strong="H5674" the|strong="G2532" sea|strong="G3989" of|strong="G2532" Cilicia|strong="G2791" and|strong="G2532" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", we|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G1519" Myra|strong="G3460" in|strong="G1519" Lycia|strong="G3073". 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="G2546" the|strong="G1519" Roman officer|strong="H5631" found|strong="G2147" an|strong="G1519" Alexandrian ship|strong="G4143" on|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="G1519" Italy|strong="G2482", and|strong="G3588" put|strong="G1688" us|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="H7175" of|strong="G3588" her|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="G1161" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="G2250" our|strong="G2532" progress was|strong="G1096" slow|strong="H0750", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" only|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" difficulty|strong="G3433" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" arrived|strong="G1096" off|strong="G2596" Cnidus|strong="G2834". As|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="H7307" was|strong="G1096" still|strong="H5750" unfavorable when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" came|strong="G1096" off|strong="G2596" Cape Salmone|strong="G4534", we|strong="G2249" sailed|strong="G5284" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lee of|strong="G2250" Crete|strong="G2914", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="G5037" with|strong="G1519" difficulty|strong="G3433", by|strong="G5117" keeping|strong="H8104" close|strong="G1451" in|strong="G1519" shore|strong="H8193", we|strong="G3739" reached|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" place|strong="G5117" called|strong="G2564" ‘Fair|strong="G2570" Havens,’ near|strong="G1451" which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" town|strong="G4172" of|strong="G5100" Lasea|strong="G2996". 
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\verseNumber{9}This|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" a|strong="G2532" considerable|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550", and|strong="G2532" sailing|strong="G4144" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" dangerous|strong="G2000", for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Fast|strong="G3521" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" over|strong="G3928"; and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" gave|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" warning|strong="H2094". 
\verseNumber{10}“My|strong="G1473" friends|strong="H7453",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" see|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3588" voyage|strong="G4144" will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G1510" attended|strong="H8334" with|strong="G3326" injury|strong="H0611" and|strong="G2532" much|strong="G4183" damage|strong="G5196", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" cargo|strong="G5413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" lives|strong="G5590" also|strong="G2532".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" Roman officer|strong="H5631", however|strong="G1161", was|strong="G3588" more|strong="G3123" influenced|strong="H7225" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" captain|strong="G3490" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" owner|strong="H1167" than|strong="G2228" by|strong="G5259" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" by|strong="G5259" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" harbor|strong="G3040" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1410" a|strong="G2532" suitable|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" winter|strong="G3914" in|strong="G1519", the|strong="G2532" majority|strong="G4183" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" favor|strong="H2580" of|strong="G2532" continuing|strong="H1641" the|strong="G2532" voyage, in|strong="G1519" hope|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" being|strong="G5225" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" reach|strong="G2658" Phoenix|strong="G5405", and|strong="G2532" winter|strong="G3914" there|strong="G2532". Phoenix|strong="G5405" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" Cretan harbor|strong="G3040", open|strong="H6605" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" north-east and|strong="G2532" south-east. 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" light|strong="H0216" wind|strong="G3558" sprang|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" south|strong="G3558", thinking|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" found|strong="H4672" their|strong="G3588" opportunity, they|strong="G1161" weighed|strong="H8254" anchor and|strong="G1161" kept|strong="G2902" along|strong="G3881" the|strong="G1161" coast|strong="H1366" of|strong="G3588" Crete|strong="G2914", close|strong="H5980" in|strong="G1161" shore|strong="H8193". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" shortly|strong="H7138" afterward|strong="G3326" a|strong="G1161" hurricane came|strong="G3588" down|strong="G2596" on|strong="G2596" us|strong="G2564" off|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" land|strong="H0776" – a|strong="G1161" north-easter, as|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143" was|strong="G3588" caught|strong="G4884" by|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" unable|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" keep|strong="G3361" her|strong="G3588" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307", so|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1929" way|strong="G1929" and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G1161" her|strong="G3588" drive|strong="G5342" before|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{16}Running|strong="G5295" under|strong="G5295" the|strong="G1161" lee of|strong="G5100" a|strong="G1096" small|strong="G3519" island|strong="G3519" called|strong="G2564" Cauda|strong="G2802", we|strong="G1161" only|strong="G3433" just|strong="G3588" managed|strong="H2974" to|strong="G1096" secure|strong="H0982" the|strong="G1161" ship’s boat|strong="G4627", 
\verseNumber{17}and|strong="G5037", after|strong="G3739" hoisting it|strong="G3739" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="H7175", the|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588" frapped the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143". But|strong="G3361", afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G3588" being|strong="G3739" driven|strong="G5342" on|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Syrtis|strong="G4950" Sands, they|strong="G3588" lowered|strong="H3381" the|strong="G1519" yard, and|strong="G5037" then|strong="G5037" drifted. 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G1161" violently|strong="G4971" were|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" tossed|strong="H1644" about|strong="G4160" by|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" storm|strong="H2230", that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G1836" they|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" throwing|strong="H3027" the|strong="G1161" cargo|strong="G1546" overboard|strong="H7043", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="G2532", on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" following|strong="H0310" day|strong="G3588", threw|strong="G4496" out|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship’s|strong="G4143" tackle|strong="G4631" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="G1161" neither|strong="G3756" sun|strong="G2246" nor|strong="G3383" stars|strong="H3556" were|strong="G3588" visible|strong="H2379" for|strong="G1909" several|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" gale|strong="H5492" still|strong="H5750" continued|strong="H5674" severe|strong="H3515", all|strong="G3956" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G2250" our|strong="G3956" being|strong="G1161" saved|strong="G4982" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1909" last|strong="H0314" abandoned|strong="G4014". 
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\verseNumber{21}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" then|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" gone|strong="G5225" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G5119" without|strong="G3361" food|strong="H3899", that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" came|strong="G2532" forward|strong="G2476", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G1722" friends|strong="H7453", you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G1163" have|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2532" sailed|strong="H1980" from|strong="G2532" Crete|strong="G2914" and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" incurred|strong="G2770" this|strong="G3778" injury|strong="H0611" and|strong="G2532" damage|strong="G5196". 
\verseNumber{22}Yet|strong="G2532", even|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510", I|strong="G2532" beg|strong="H7592" you|strong="G5210" not|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" lose|strong="H0622" courage|strong="G2114", for|strong="G1063" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" single|strong="H0259" life|strong="G5590" lost|strong="H0006" among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" – only|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="G1063" last|strong="G3778" night|strong="G3571" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" belong|strong="G1510", and|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" serve|strong="G3000", stood|strong="G3936" by|strong="G3936" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" – 
\verseNumber{24}‘Have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3361" fear|strong="G5399", Paul|strong="G3972"; you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1163" appear|strong="G3708" before|strong="G3936" the|strong="G2532" Emperor, and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="H5315" has|strong="G2316" given|strong="G5483" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956" your|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" voyagers.’ 
\verseNumber{25}Therefore|strong="G1352", courage|strong="G2114", my|strong="G1473" friends|strong="H7453"! For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" believe|strong="G4100" God|strong="G2316", that|strong="G3754" everything|strong="H3605" will|strong="G2316" happen|strong="G1510" exactly|strong="G3779" as|strong="G2596" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G1510" told|strong="G2980". 
\verseNumber{26}We|strong="G2249" will|strong="G1473", however|strong="G1161", have|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1163" driven|strong="H5080" on|strong="G1519" some|strong="G5100" island|strong="G3520".” 
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\verseNumber{27}It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" fourteenth|strong="G5065" night|strong="G3571" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1722" storm|strong="H2230", and|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" drifting|strong="H5674" about|strong="G5613" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Adriatic Sea|strong="H3220", when|strong="G1161", about|strong="G5613" midnight|strong="G3319", the|strong="G1722" sailors|strong="G3492" began|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2596" suspect that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" drawing|strong="G1096" near|strong="G5561" land|strong="G5561". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" soundings|strong="G1001", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" twenty|strong="G1501" fathoms|strong="G3712" of|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325". After|strong="G1161" waiting|strong="H8104" a|strong="G2532" little|strong="G1024", they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" soundings|strong="G1001" again|strong="G3825", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" fifteen|strong="G1178" fathoms|strong="G3712". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="G5037", as|strong="G2596" they|strong="G5037" were|strong="G1096" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2596" being|strong="G1096" driven|strong="H5080" on|strong="G1537" some|strong="G1537" rocky|strong="H6697" coast|strong="G2596", they|strong="G5037" let|strong="G1096" go|strong="H1980" four|strong="G5064" anchors from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" stern|strong="G4403", and|strong="G5037" longed|strong="H3615" for|strong="G1537" daylight|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G2532" sailors|strong="G3492" wanted|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" lowered|strong="H3381" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143", on|strong="G1519" pretense|strong="G4392" of|strong="G1537" running|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" anchors from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" bows|strong="H7198", 
\verseNumber{31}when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Roman officer|strong="H5631" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3778", “Unless|strong="G1437" the|strong="G1722" sailors|strong="H4419" remain|strong="G3306" on|strong="G1722" board|strong="H7175", you|strong="G5210" cannot|strong="G1410" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982".” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757" cut|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ropes|strong="G4979" which|strong="G3588" held|strong="H2388" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4627", and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G1439" her|strong="G1438" drift away|strong="G1601". 
\verseNumber{33}In|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1161" interval|strong="H7093" before|strong="G3588" daybreak|strong="G2250" Paul|strong="G3972" kept|strong="G3739" urging|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" take|strong="G1096" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3004" eat|strong="H0398". 
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“It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" fortnight today|strong="G4594",” he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “that|strong="G3739", owing to|strong="G3004" your|strong="G3870" anxiety|strong="H1674", you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3195" gone|strong="H1980" without|strong="G3367" food|strong="G5160", taking|strong="G1096" nothing|strong="G3367". 
\verseNumber{34}So|strong="G1352" I|strong="G1063" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" take|strong="G3335" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G4314" eat|strong="H0398"; your|strong="G5212" safety|strong="H0983" depends|strong="H5375" on|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1063", for|strong="G1063" not|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2776" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3778" lose|strong="H0622" even|strong="G1063" a|strong="G4314" hair|strong="G2359" of|strong="G2776" his|strong="G4314" head|strong="G2776".” 
\verseNumber{35}With|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" some|strong="G3588" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" saying|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" thanksgiving|strong="H8426" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" before|strong="G1799" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", broke|strong="G2806" it|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" pieces|strong="H5409", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068"; 
\verseNumber{36}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" felt|strong="H4959" cheered and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="H0398" themselves|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{37}There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1722" seventy-six|strong="G1440" of|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1722" board|strong="H7175", all|strong="G3956" told|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{38}After|strong="G1161" satisfying|strong="H7648" their|strong="G1519" hunger|strong="H7458", they|strong="G1161" further|strong="H5750" lightened|strong="G2893" the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143" by|strong="G1519" throwing|strong="G1544" the|strong="G1519" grain|strong="G4621" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" sea|strong="G2281". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="G3753" daylight|strong="G2250" came|strong="G1096", they|strong="G1161" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" make|strong="G1519" out|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3739" land|strong="G1093" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096", but|strong="G1161", observing|strong="G2657" a|strong="G2192" creek|strong="G2859" in|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G2192" beach, they|strong="G1161" consulted|strong="G1011" as|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" whether|strong="G1487" they|strong="G1161" could|strong="G1410" run|strong="H7323" the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143" safely|strong="H0983" into|strong="G1519" it|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" cast|strong="G2532" off|strong="G4014", and|strong="G2532" abandoned|strong="G4014" the|strong="G2532" anchors, and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256" unlashed the|strong="G2532" gear|strong="H3627" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" steering oars|strong="H7885", hoisted the|strong="G2532" foresail to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="G4154", and|strong="G2532" made|strong="G2722" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" beach. 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965", however|strong="G1161", into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G5259" channel|strong="H8585", and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G2027" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4403" aground|strong="G2027". The|strong="G2532" bows|strong="H7198" stuck|strong="G2043" fast|strong="G2043" and|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" moved|strong="H4131", while|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" stern|strong="G4403" began|strong="G1161" breaking|strong="G3089" up|strong="G1519" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" strain. 
\verseNumber{42}The|strong="G1161" advice|strong="H6098" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1161" soldiers|strong="G4757" was|strong="G1096" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1161" prisoners|strong="G1202" should|strong="G5100" be|strong="G1096" killed|strong="H2026", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" none|strong="G3361" of|strong="G5100" them|strong="G3588" could|strong="G3361" swim|strong="G1579" away|strong="G1579" and|strong="G1161" make|strong="G3361" their|strong="G3588" escape|strong="G1309". 
\verseNumber{43}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Roman officer|strong="H5631", anxious|strong="H1672" to|strong="G1909" save|strong="G1295" Paul|strong="G3972", prevented|strong="G2967" their|strong="G1438" carrying|strong="H5375" out|strong="G1438" their|strong="G1438" intention|strong="G1013", and|strong="G1161" ordered|strong="G2753" that|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" could|strong="G1410" swim|strong="G2860" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1410" the|strong="G1161" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G1909" jump|strong="H5425" into|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="G1161" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="G1909" reach|strong="H5060" the|strong="G1161" shore|strong="G1093"; 
\verseNumber{44}and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G3062" should|strong="G5100" follow|strong="G1161", some|strong="G5100" on|strong="G1909" planks|strong="G4548", and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3062" on|strong="G1909" different|strong="H8133" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="G4143". In|strong="G1909" these|strong="G3956" various|strong="G5100" ways|strong="H1870" everyone|strong="G3956" managed|strong="H2974" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G1096" safely|strong="G1295" ashore|strong="G1093". 
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\chapterNumber{28}When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" safe|strong="G1295", we|strong="G3754" found|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" island|strong="G3520" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" Malta|strong="G3194". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G2532" island’s people|strong="G3956" showed|strong="G3930" us|strong="G2249" marked|strong="H8104" kindness|strong="G5363", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" lit|strong="H0215" a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4443" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G4355" us|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3956" under|strong="G1223" shelter|strong="H4268", because|strong="G1223" it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2186" on|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" rain|strong="G5205" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" cold|strong="G5592". 
\verseNumber{3}Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4962" a|strong="G2532" quantity|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2532" dry|strong="H3004" sticks|strong="G5434" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4443", when|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" poisonous|strong="H7219" snake|strong="H5175", driven|strong="H5080" out|strong="G1831" by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" heat|strong="G2329", fastened|strong="G2510" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G2007" hand|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1537" islanders saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1537" creature|strong="G2342" hanging|strong="G2910" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3708" hand|strong="G5495", they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3739" another|strong="G3739", “Evidently this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" murderer|strong="G5406", for|strong="G4314" though|strong="G5613" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G1295" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" sea|strong="G2281", Justice|strong="G1349" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" allowed|strong="G1439" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" live|strong="G2198".” 
\verseNumber{5}However|strong="G3767", Paul|strong="G3588" shook|strong="H1607" the|strong="G1519" creature|strong="G2342" off|strong="H3772" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" fire|strong="G4442" and|strong="G3767" took|strong="G3767" no|strong="G3762" harm|strong="G2556". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G2532" islanders were|strong="G1510" expecting|strong="G4328" inflammation|strong="H1816" to|strong="G1519" set|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519", or|strong="G2228" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" suddenly|strong="H6597" fall|strong="G2667" dead|strong="G3498"; but|strong="G1161", after|strong="G1161" waiting|strong="G4328" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G1909", and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" nothing|strong="G3367" amiss|strong="H5753" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" changed|strong="G3328" their|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G3328" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{7}In|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" region|strong="H2256" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1722" estate|strong="G4012" belonging|strong="G5225" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520", whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Publius|strong="G4196". He|strong="G1161" took|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3579" up|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1722" his|strong="G4012" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="G1161" for|strong="G4012" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" entertained|strong="G3579" us|strong="G3579" most|strong="H6944" courteously|strong="G5390". 
\verseNumber{8}It|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G2532" Publius|strong="G4196" was|strong="G1096" lying|strong="G2621" ill|strong="H2470" of|strong="G2532" fever|strong="G4446" and|strong="G2532" dysentery|strong="G1420". So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1525" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" praying|strong="G4336", he|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{9}After|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778", all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" any|strong="G2192" illness|strong="H2483" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" cured|strong="G2323". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" presented|strong="H7126" us|strong="G2249" with|strong="G4314" many|strong="G4183" gifts|strong="H4979", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" set|strong="G2532" sail|strong="H5251" they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" supplies|strong="H4399" of|strong="G2532" necessaries on|strong="G2007" board|strong="H7175". 
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\verseNumber{11}After|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376", we|strong="G1161" set|strong="H7760" sail|strong="H5251" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" ship|strong="G4143" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" wintered|strong="G3914" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520". She|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1722" Alexandrian vessel|strong="H3627", and|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" Twin|strong="G1359" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="G1722" Zeus for|strong="G1161" her|strong="G3588" figure-head. 
\verseNumber{12}We|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2609" in|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Syracuse|strong="G4946" and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1961" there|strong="G2532" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" worked|strong="H2388" to|strong="G1519" windward and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" to|strong="G1519" Rhegium|strong="G4484". A|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" south|strong="G3558" wind|strong="G3558" sprang|strong="G1920" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Puteoli|strong="G4223" in|strong="G1519" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" urged|strong="G3870" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="G1961" a|strong="G2532" week|strong="H7620" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588"; after|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" followers|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="G4012" us|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" out|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Market|strong="G5410" of|strong="G4012" Appius and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Three|strong="G5140" Taverns|strong="G4999" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G3588" us|strong="G1519". At|strong="G1519" sight|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4012" them|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" thanked|strong="G2168" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" much|strong="H7227" cheered. 
\verseNumber{16}On|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2596" reaching|strong="G1161" Rome|strong="G4516", Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" allowed|strong="G2010" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G4862" by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G1438", except|strong="H3588" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" soldier|strong="G4757" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{17}Three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" our|strong="G3326" arrival|strong="H0935", Paul|strong="G1510" invited|strong="H7121" the|strong="G1519" leading|strong="G4413" Jews|strong="G2453" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" came|strong="G1096", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Brothers|strong="H0251", although|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4160" nothing|strong="G3762" hostile|strong="G1727" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" interests of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G3326" nation|strong="H1471" or|strong="G2228" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G3326" ancestral|strong="H3187" customs|strong="G1485", yet|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" sent|strong="H7971" from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" prisoner|strong="G1198", and|strong="G1161" handed|strong="G3860" over|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Romans|strong="G4514". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G1722" Romans, when|strong="G1722" they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" examined|strong="H3947" me|strong="G1473", were|strong="G3588" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="G1722" release|strong="H7971" me|strong="G1473", because|strong="G1223" there|strong="G1722" was|strong="G3588" nothing|strong="G3367" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" conduct|strong="H1870" deserving|strong="H4941" death|strong="G2288". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161", as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1161" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218" opposed|strong="H5975" my|strong="G1473" release|strong="H7971", I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" compelled|strong="H5080" to|strong="G3756" appeal|strong="G1941" to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" Emperor – not|strong="G3756", indeed|strong="G1161", that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2192" any|strong="G5100" charge|strong="G2723" to|strong="G3756" make|strong="G2723" against|strong="G2723" my|strong="G1473" own|strong="H1961" nation|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{20}This|strong="G3778", then|strong="G3767", is|strong="G3588" my|strong="G3708" reason|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1063" urging|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="G1223" me|strong="G3708"; because|strong="G1223" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G1223" Israel|strong="G2474" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" here|strong="G3778" in|strong="G2532" chains|strong="H8333".” 
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\verseNumber{21}“We|strong="G2249",” was|strong="G3588" their|strong="G4012" reply|strong="G3004", “have|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3777" had|strong="G3588" any|strong="G5100" letter|strong="G1121" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771" from|strong="G3588" Judea|strong="G2449", nor|strong="G3777" have|strong="G1473" any|strong="G5100" of|strong="G4012" our|strong="G4012" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064" come|strong="G3854" and|strong="G1161" reported|strong="G3004" or|strong="G2228" said|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G5100" bad|strong="G4190" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="G1161" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="G3844" you|strong="G4771" what|strong="G3739" your|strong="G5426" views|strong="G5426" are|strong="G1510", for|strong="G1063", with|strong="G3844" regard|strong="G4012" to|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" sect, we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" well|strong="G1063" aware|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="H1696" against|strong="G4012" on|strong="G5426" all|strong="G1161" sides|strong="H3411".” 
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\verseNumber{23}They|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" fixed|strong="H3559" a|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G3739" where|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" staying|strong="H3427", in|strong="G1519" even|strong="G2532" larger|strong="G4183" numbers|strong="G4183", when|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3588" proceeded|strong="H3318" to|strong="G1519" lay|strong="H7901" the|strong="G2532" subject|strong="H5647" before|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" bore|strong="H3205" his|strong="G1438" testimony|strong="H5715" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G1519" convince them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424", by|strong="G4314" arguments|strong="H8433" drawn|strong="H8025" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G4012" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" – speaking|strong="H1696" from|strong="G2064" morning|strong="G4404" until|strong="G2193" evening|strong="G2073". 
\verseNumber{24}Some|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" inclined|strong="H5186" to|strong="G2532" accept|strong="H7521" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004"; others|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", rejected|strong="H3988" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" disagreed among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G1510", they|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" disperse|strong="H2219", Paul|strong="G3972" adding|strong="H3254" only|strong="G1520" – 
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“True|strong="G3588", indeed|strong="G1161", was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" declaration|strong="H0262" made|strong="G1161" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268" to|strong="G4314" your|strong="G1223" ancestors|strong="G3962" – 
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\verseNumber{26}Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" nation|strong="H1471" and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004": 
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You|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" with|strong="G4314" your|strong="G2532" ears|strong="H0241" without|strong="G3361" ever|strong="G3756" understanding|strong="G4920", 
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and|strong="G2532", though|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="H5869", you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" without|strong="G3361" ever|strong="G3756" perceiving. 
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\verseNumber{27}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" mind|strong="G2588" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" nation|strong="H1471" has|strong="G3778" grown|strong="H1431" dense|strong="H3514", 
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and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" ears|strong="G3775" are|strong="G3588" dull|strong="G3975" of|strong="G2532" hearing|strong="G3775", 
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their|strong="G1438" eyes|strong="G3788" also|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" closed|strong="G2576"; 
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otherwise|strong="G3379" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" eyes|strong="G3788", 
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and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" ears|strong="G3775" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085", 
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and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" mind|strong="G2588" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G4920", and|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" – 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" heal|strong="G2390" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{28}Understand|strong="H0995", then|strong="G3767", that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" salvation|strong="G4992" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2316" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" listen|strong="H8085".” 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28.29  }Some later manuscripts add: After he said these things the Jews left, all the while engaging in a heated debate among themselves.} 
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\verseNumber{30}For|strong="G4314" two|strong="G1333" whole|strong="G3650" years|strong="G1333" Paul|strong="G1696" stayed|strong="G1696" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3410" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" rented|strong="G3410" for|strong="G4314" himself|strong="G2398", welcoming all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{31}proclaiming|strong="G2784" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", with|strong="G3326" perfect|strong="H8549" fearlessness, unhindered.
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