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\BibleBook{The Acts of the Apostles}

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\BibleMainTitle{The Acts of the Apostles }
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\chapterNumber{1}The|strong="G3956" first|strong="G4413" book I|strong="G3739" wrote, Theophilus|strong="G2321", concerned all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2424" began|strong="G0757" both|strong="G5037" to|strong="G0757" do|strong="G4160" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G0757" teach|strong="G1321", 
\verseNumber{2}until|strong="G0891" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" in|strong="G0040" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" received|strong="G0353" up|strong="G0353", after|strong="G1223" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" given|strong="G1781" commandment through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" to|strong="G0891" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" chosen|strong="G1586". 
\verseNumber{3}To|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" showed himself|strong="G1438" alive|strong="G2198" after|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" suffered|strong="G3958", by|strong="G1722" many|strong="G4183" proofs|strong="G5039", appearing|strong="G3700" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" over|strong="G4012" a|strong="G3739" period|strong="G2532" of|strong="G0932" forty|strong="G5062" days|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" God’s|strong="G2316" Kingdom|strong="G0932". 
\verseNumber{4}Being assembled together|strong="G2532" with|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G3853" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* depart \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w wait|strong="G4037"\+w* \+w for|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w promise|strong="G1860"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w heard|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w indeed|strong="G3303"\+w* \+w baptized|strong="G0907"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w water|strong="G5204"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w baptized|strong="G0907"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G0040"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="G3767", when|strong="G1722" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905", they|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G0846", “Lord|strong="G2962", are|strong="G3778" you|strong="G1487" now|strong="G3767" restoring|strong="G0600" the|strong="G3588" kingdom|strong="G0932" to|strong="G3004" Israel|strong="G2474"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w isn’t|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 seasons|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w set|strong="G5087"\+w* \+w within|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w own|strong="G2398"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G0235"\+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="G3956"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G0040"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w has|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w upon|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*. \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w witnesses|strong="G3144"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Judea|strong="G2449"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="G4540"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* uttermost parts \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", as|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3778" looking|strong="G0991", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" taken up|strong="G1869", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3004" cloud|strong="G3507" received|strong="G5274" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G0575" of|strong="G0575" their|strong="G0846" sight|strong="G0991". 
\verseNumber{10}While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G0816" steadfastly into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772" as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198", behold|strong="G2400",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:10  }“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G0435" stood|strong="G3936" by|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" white|strong="G3022" clothing|strong="G2066", 
\verseNumber{11}who|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G5210" men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G0575" Galilee|strong="G1057", why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" stand|strong="G2476" looking|strong="G0991" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772"? This|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G2424" received|strong="G0353" up|strong="G0353" from|strong="G0575" you|strong="G5210" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772", will|strong="G5101" come|strong="G2064" back|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" way|strong="G3779" as|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" saw|strong="G0991" him|strong="G0846" going|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G5119" they|strong="G3739" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735" called|strong="G2564" Olivet|strong="G1638", which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" near|strong="G1451" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", a|strong="G2192" Sabbath|strong="G4521" day’s|strong="G4521" journey|strong="G3598" away|strong="G0575". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1519", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" upper|strong="G5253" room|strong="G5253" where|strong="G3757" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" staying|strong="G2650", that|strong="G1525" is|strong="G1510" Peter|strong="G4074", John|strong="G2491", James|strong="G2385", Andrew|strong="G0406", Philip|strong="G5376", Thomas|strong="G2381", Bartholomew|strong="G0918", Matthew|strong="G3156", James|strong="G2385" the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Alphaeus, Simon|strong="G4613" the|strong="G3588" Zealot, and|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455" the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" James|strong="G2385". 
\verseNumber{14}All|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" with|strong="G4862" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661" continued|strong="G4342" steadfastly in|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4335" and|strong="G2532" supplication, along|strong="G4862" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3956" women|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" the|strong="G3956" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G3956" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4862" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080". 
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\verseNumber{15}In|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250", Peter|strong="G4074" stood|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G1510" (and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" number|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2250" names|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5613" one|strong="G3778" hundred|strong="G1540" twenty|strong="G1501"), and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{16}“Brothers|strong="G0080", it|strong="G1223" was|strong="G2424" necessary|strong="G1163" that|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3588" Scripture|strong="G1124" should|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1096" fulfilled|strong="G4137", which|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" spoke before|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" mouth|strong="G4750" of|strong="G4151" David|strong="G1138" concerning|strong="G4012" Judas|strong="G2455", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G2424" guide|strong="G3595" to|strong="G1163" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" took|strong="G1096" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" counted|strong="G2674" with|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722", and|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2975" his|strong="G2532" portion|strong="G2819" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" ministry|strong="G1248". 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" obtained a|strong="G1096" field|strong="G5564" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" reward|strong="G3408" for|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" wickedness|strong="G0093"; and|strong="G2532" falling|strong="G1096" headlong|strong="G4248", his|strong="G0846" body burst|strong="G2997" open|strong="G2997" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" intestines|strong="G4698" gushed out|strong="G1537". 
\verseNumber{19}It|strong="G0846" became|strong="G1096" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G2730" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" that|strong="G3739" in|strong="G2730" their|strong="G0846" language|strong="G1258" that|strong="G3739" field|strong="G5564" was|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" ‘Akeldama,’ that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510", ‘The|strong="G3956" field|strong="G5564" of|strong="G0129" blood|strong="G0129".’ 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" book|strong="G0976" of|strong="G1722" Psalms|strong="G5568", 
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‘Let|strong="G1096" his|strong="G0846" habitation be|strong="G1510" made|strong="G1096" desolate|strong="G2048". 
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Let|strong="G1096" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588" dwell|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" it|strong="G0846";’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{1:20  }Psalm 69:25} 
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and|strong="G2532", 
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‘Let|strong="G1096" another|strong="G2087" take|strong="G2983" his|strong="G0846" office|strong="G1984".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{1:20  }Psalm 109:8} 
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\verseNumber{21}“Of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3956" men|strong="G0435" therefore|strong="G3767" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" accompanied|strong="G4905" us|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" time|strong="G5550" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G1831" in|strong="G1722" and|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1831" among|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722", 
\verseNumber{22}beginning|strong="G0757" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" baptism|strong="G0908" of|strong="G2250" John|strong="G2491" to|strong="G0757" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3739" received|strong="G0353" up|strong="G0353" from|strong="G0575" us, of|strong="G2250" these|strong="G3778" one|strong="G1520" must|strong="G3588" become|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" witness|strong="G3144" with|strong="G4862" us of|strong="G2250" his|strong="G0846" resurrection|strong="G0386".” 
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\verseNumber{23}They|strong="G3739" put|strong="G2476" forward|strong="G2476" two|strong="G1417": Joseph|strong="G2501" called|strong="G2564" Barsabbas|strong="G0923", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" Justus|strong="G2459", and|strong="G2532" Matthias|strong="G3159". 
\verseNumber{24}They|strong="G3739" prayed|strong="G4336" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3739" know|strong="G2589" the|strong="G3956" hearts|strong="G2589" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" men|strong="G3956", show|strong="G0322" which|strong="G3739" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" these|strong="G3778" two|strong="G1417" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" chosen|strong="G1586" 
\verseNumber{25}to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G2983" part in|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" ministry|strong="G1248" and|strong="G2532" apostleship|strong="G0651" from|strong="G0575" which|strong="G3739" Judas|strong="G2455" fell away|strong="G4198", that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G2983" own|strong="G2398" place|strong="G5117".” 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="G0846" drew|strong="G1325" lots|strong="G2819" for|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" lot|strong="G2819" fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" Matthias|strong="G3159"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" counted with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" eleven|strong="G1733" apostles|strong="G0652". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Now|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" Pentecost|strong="G4005" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1510", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" with|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" accord in|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" place|strong="G1722". 
\verseNumber{2}Suddenly|strong="G0869" there|strong="G1510" came|strong="G1096" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772" a|strong="G1096" sound like|strong="G5618" the|strong="G3588" rushing|strong="G5342" of|strong="G1537" a|strong="G1096" mighty wind|strong="G4157", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G5342" filled|strong="G4137" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3624" where|strong="G3757" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="G2521". 
\verseNumber{3}Tongues|strong="G1100" like|strong="G5616" fire|strong="G4442" appeared|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G0846" distributed to|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" sat|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1909" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G1520" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G0757" speak|strong="G2980" with|strong="G2532" other|strong="G2087" languages|strong="G1100", as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G3956" Spirit|strong="G4151" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3956" ability to|strong="G0757" speak|strong="G2980". 
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\verseNumber{5}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" dwelling|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" Jews|strong="G2453", devout|strong="G2126" men|strong="G0435", from|strong="G0575" every|strong="G3956" nation|strong="G1484" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" sky|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" sound|strong="G5456" was|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G0191", the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G4128" came|strong="G1096" together|strong="G4905" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3778" bewildered|strong="G4797", because|strong="G3754" everyone|strong="G1538" heard|strong="G0191" them|strong="G0846" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398" language|strong="G1258". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" amazed|strong="G2296" and|strong="G2532" marveled|strong="G2296", saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" one|strong="G3778" another, “Behold|strong="G2400", aren’t|strong="G3756" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" speak|strong="G2980" Galileans|strong="G1057"? 
\verseNumber{8}How|strong="G4459" do|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" hear|strong="G0191", everyone|strong="G1538" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2532" own|strong="G2398" native|strong="G1722" language|strong="G1258"? 
\verseNumber{9}Parthians|strong="G3934", Medes|strong="G3370", Elamites|strong="G1639", and|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" Mesopotamia|strong="G3318", Judea|strong="G2449", Cappadocia|strong="G2587", Pontus|strong="G4195", Asia|strong="G0773", 
\verseNumber{10}Phrygia|strong="G5435", Pamphylia|strong="G3828", Egypt|strong="G0125", the|strong="G3588" parts|strong="G3313" of|strong="G2596" Libya|strong="G3033" around|strong="G2596" Cyrene|strong="G2957", visitors|strong="G1927" from|strong="G2596" Rome|strong="G4514", both|strong="G5037" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" proselytes|strong="G4339", 
\verseNumber{11}Cretans|strong="G2912" and|strong="G2532" Arabians—we|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G0191" them|strong="G0846" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" languages|strong="G1100" the|strong="G3588" mighty|strong="G3167" works of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"!” 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" amazed|strong="G1839" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" perplexed|strong="G1280", saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3778" another|strong="G0243", “What|strong="G5101" does|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" mean|strong="G3004"?” 
\verseNumber{13}Others|strong="G2087", mocking, said|strong="G3004", “They|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" filled with|strong="G1510" new wine|strong="G1098".” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074", standing|strong="G2476" up|strong="G1869" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3956" eleven|strong="G1733", lifted|strong="G1869" up|strong="G1869" his|strong="G0846" voice|strong="G5456" and|strong="G2532" spoke out|strong="G2476" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G5210" men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G0435" Judea|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" dwell|strong="G2730" at|strong="G2730" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", let|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" be|strong="G1510" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", and|strong="G2532" listen to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3956" words|strong="G4487". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="G1063" these|strong="G3778" aren’t|strong="G3756" drunken, as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G5210" suppose|strong="G5274", seeing|strong="G5613" it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" only|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154" hour|strong="G5610" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:15  }about 9:00 a.m.} 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G0235" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3778" been|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G3004" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396" Joel|strong="G2493": 
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\verseNumber{17}‘It|strong="G3708" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" last|strong="G2078" days|strong="G2250", says|strong="G3004" God|strong="G2316", 
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that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" pour out|strong="G0575" my|strong="G3708" Spirit|strong="G4151" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" flesh|strong="G4561". 
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Your|strong="G3708" sons|strong="G5207" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G3708" daughters|strong="G2364" will|strong="G2316" prophesy|strong="G4395". 
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Your|strong="G3708" young|strong="G3495" men|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" visions|strong="G3706". 
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Your|strong="G3708" old|strong="G4245" men|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2316" dream|strong="G1797" dreams|strong="G1798". 
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\verseNumber{18}Yes, and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1722" servants|strong="G1401" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1722" handmaidens in|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2250" pour out|strong="G0575" my|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2250" prophesy|strong="G4395". 
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\verseNumber{19}I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1093" show|strong="G1325" wonders|strong="G5059" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772" above|strong="G0507", 
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and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093" beneath: 
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blood|strong="G0129", and|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442", and|strong="G2532" billows of|strong="G1909" smoke|strong="G2586". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="G3588" sun|strong="G2246" will|strong="G2962" be|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" darkness|strong="G4655", 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" moon|strong="G4582" into|strong="G1519" blood|strong="G0129", 
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before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G3588" great|strong="G3173" and|strong="G2532" glorious|strong="G2016" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" comes|strong="G2064". 
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\verseNumber{21}It|strong="G1437" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3739" whoever|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" call|strong="G1941" on|strong="G1941" the|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G4982".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{2:21  }Joel 2:28-32} 
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\verseNumber{22}“Men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G3056" Israel|strong="G0846", hear|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056"! Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G3056" Nazareth|strong="G3480", a|strong="G4160" man|strong="G0435" approved by|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" by|strong="G1722" mighty|strong="G1411" works and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" did|strong="G4160" by|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", even|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2531" you|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G0846" know|strong="G1492", 
\verseNumber{23}him|strong="G2532", being delivered|strong="G1560" up by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" determined|strong="G3724" counsel|strong="G1012" and|strong="G2532" foreknowledge|strong="G4268" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316", you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" taken by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1223" lawless|strong="G0459" men|strong="G3778", crucified and|strong="G2532" killed|strong="G0337"; 
\verseNumber{24}whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450", having freed him|strong="G0846" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" agony|strong="G5604" of|strong="G2316" death|strong="G2288", because|strong="G2530" it|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" possible|strong="G1415" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" held|strong="G2902" by|strong="G5259" it|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{25}For|strong="G1063" David|strong="G1138" says|strong="G3004" concerning him|strong="G0846", 
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‘I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G4308" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" always|strong="G1223" before|strong="G1799" my|strong="G3956" face, 
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for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3956" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188", that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" should|strong="G2443" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" moved. 
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\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="G1223" my|strong="G2532" heart|strong="G2588" was|strong="G3588" glad|strong="G2165", and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G2532" tongue|strong="G1100" rejoiced|strong="G0021". 
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Moreover|strong="G1161" my|strong="G2532" flesh|strong="G4561" also|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3778" dwell in|strong="G1909" hope|strong="G1680", 
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\verseNumber{27}because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G3748" not|strong="G3756" leave|strong="G1459" my|strong="G3708" soul|strong="G5590" in|strong="G1519" Hades|strong="G0086",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:27  }or, Hell} 
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neither|strong="G3756" will|strong="G3748" you|strong="G4771" allow|strong="G1325" your|strong="G3708" Holy|strong="G3741" One|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G3708" decay|strong="G1312". 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="G4771" made|strong="G1107" known|strong="G1107" to|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" the|strong="G3588" ways|strong="G3598" of|strong="G3598" life|strong="G2222". 
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You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1473" make|strong="G1107" me|strong="G1473" full|strong="G4137" of|strong="G3598" gladness|strong="G2167" with|strong="G3326" your|strong="G4137" presence|strong="G4383".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{2:28  }Psalm 16:8-11 } 
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\verseNumber{29}“Brothers|strong="G0080", I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" freely of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" patriarch|strong="G3966" David|strong="G1138", that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" died|strong="G5053" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" buried|strong="G2290", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" tomb|strong="G3418" is|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" day|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{30}Therefore|strong="G3767", being|strong="G5225" a|strong="G3708" prophet|strong="G4396", and|strong="G2532" knowing|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" sworn|strong="G3660" with|strong="G1537" an|strong="G2532" oath|strong="G3727" to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846" that|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" fruit|strong="G2590" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" body, according to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" flesh, he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" raise up the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G0846"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:30  }“Christ” means “Anointed One”.} to|strong="G1909" sit|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" throne|strong="G2362", 
\verseNumber{31}he|strong="G0846" foreseeing this|strong="G3588", spoke|strong="G2980" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" resurrection|strong="G0386" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547", that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G0846" soul wasn’t left|strong="G1459" in|strong="G1519" Hades|strong="G0086",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:31  }or, Hell} and|strong="G4561" his|strong="G0846" flesh|strong="G4561" didn’t see|strong="G3708" decay|strong="G1312". 
\verseNumber{32}This|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450", to|strong="G3778" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3956" are|strong="G1510" witnesses|strong="G3144". 
\verseNumber{33}Being|strong="G4771" therefore|strong="G3767" exalted|strong="G5312" by|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" having|strong="G3767" received|strong="G2983" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" Father|strong="G3962" the|strong="G3588" promise|strong="G1860" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" poured out this|strong="G3778" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" now|strong="G2532" see|strong="G0991" and|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G0191". 
\verseNumber{34}For|strong="G1063" David|strong="G1138" didn’t|strong="G3756" ascend|strong="G0305" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" heavens|strong="G3772", but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" says|strong="G3004" himself|strong="G0846", 
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‘The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3004" Lord|strong="G2962", “Sit|strong="G2521" by|strong="G1537" my|strong="G3004" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" 
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\verseNumber{35}until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G2193" make|strong="G5087" your|strong="G5087" enemies|strong="G2190" a|strong="G5087" footstool|strong="G5286" for your|strong="G5087" feet|strong="G4228".”’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{2:35  }Psalm 110:1 } 
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\verseNumber{36}“Let|strong="G1097" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2316" Israel|strong="G2474" therefore|strong="G3767" know|strong="G1097" certainly|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" made|strong="G4160" him|strong="G0846" 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}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" cut to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" heart|strong="G2588", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G3062" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652", “Brothers|strong="G0080", what|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160"?” 
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\verseNumber{38}Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", “Repent|strong="G3340" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" baptized|strong="G0907", every|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G4151" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" forgiveness|strong="G0859" of|strong="G4151" sins|strong="G0266", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" gift|strong="G1431" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{39}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3956" promise|strong="G1860" is|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2962" children|strong="G5043", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" far|strong="G3588" off, even|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" call|strong="G4341" to|strong="G1519" himself|strong="G1519".” 
\verseNumber{40}With|strong="G0575" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G2087" words|strong="G3056" he|strong="G2532" testified|strong="G1263" and|strong="G2532" exhorted|strong="G3870" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Save|strong="G4982" yourselves|strong="G1438" from|strong="G0575" this|strong="G3778" crooked|strong="G4646" generation|strong="G1074"!” 
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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" gladly received|strong="G0588" his|strong="G0846" word|strong="G3056" were|strong="G3588" baptized|strong="G0907". There|strong="G1722" were|strong="G3588" added|strong="G4369" that|strong="G1565" day|strong="G2250" about|strong="G5616" three|strong="G5153" thousand|strong="G5153" souls|strong="G5590". 
\verseNumber{42}They|strong="G2532" continued|strong="G4342" steadfastly in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" apostles’|strong="G0652" teaching|strong="G1322" and|strong="G2532" fellowship|strong="G2842", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" breaking|strong="G2800" of|strong="G0652" bread|strong="G0740", and|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4335". 
\verseNumber{43}Fear|strong="G5401" came|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1909" every|strong="G3956" soul|strong="G5590", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" wonders|strong="G5059" and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" were|strong="G1510" done|strong="G1096" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" apostles|strong="G0652". 
\verseNumber{44}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" were|strong="G1510" together|strong="G1909", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1909" common|strong="G2839". 
\verseNumber{45}They|strong="G0846" sold|strong="G4097" their|strong="G0846" possessions|strong="G5223" and|strong="G2532" goods, and|strong="G2532" distributed them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956", according as|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="G5100" had|strong="G2192" need|strong="G5532". 
\verseNumber{46}Day|strong="G2250" by|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250", continuing|strong="G4342" steadfastly with|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2532" breaking|strong="G2806" bread|strong="G0740" at|strong="G1722" home|strong="G3624", they|strong="G2532" took their|strong="G2532" food|strong="G5160" with|strong="G1722" gladness|strong="G0020" and|strong="G2532" singleness of|strong="G2250" heart|strong="G2588", 
\verseNumber{47}praising|strong="G0134" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" having|strong="G2192" favor|strong="G5485" with|strong="G4314" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992". The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" added|strong="G4369" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" assembly day|strong="G2250" by|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G2992" being|strong="G2192" saved|strong="G4982". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2411" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" hour|strong="G5610" of|strong="G1909" prayer|strong="G4335", the|strong="G3588" ninth hour|strong="G5610".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:1  }3:00 p.m.} 
\verseNumber{2}A|strong="G5087" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" lame|strong="G5560" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" mother’s|strong="G3384" womb|strong="G2836" was|strong="G3739" being|strong="G5225" carried|strong="G0941", whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" laid|strong="G5087" daily|strong="G2596" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" door|strong="G2374" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413" which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3739" called|strong="G3004" Beautiful|strong="G5611", to|strong="G1519" ask|strong="G0154" gifts|strong="G1654" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" needy of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" entered|strong="G1531" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413". 
\verseNumber{3}Seeing|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1524" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2411", he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" to|strong="G1519" receive|strong="G2983" gifts|strong="G1654" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" needy. 
\verseNumber{4}Peter|strong="G4074", fastening his|strong="G0846" eyes on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", with|strong="G4862" John|strong="G2491", said|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="G0991" at|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="G0846" listened to|strong="G5100" them|strong="G0846", expecting|strong="G4328" to|strong="G5100" receive|strong="G2983" something|strong="G5100" from|strong="G3844" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" silver|strong="G0694" or|strong="G2532" gold|strong="G5553", but|strong="G1161" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192", that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771". In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" of|strong="G3686" Nazareth|strong="G3480", get|strong="G2192" up|strong="G1325" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043"!” 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G2532" took him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1453". Immediately|strong="G3916" his|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G0939" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" ankle bones received strength. 
\verseNumber{8}Leaping|strong="G0242" up|strong="G1519", he|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" began to|strong="G1519" walk|strong="G4043". He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G0846", walking|strong="G4043", leaping|strong="G0242", and|strong="G2532" praising|strong="G0134" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{9}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846" walking|strong="G4043" and|strong="G2532" praising|strong="G0134" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="G0846" recognized|strong="G1921" him|strong="G0846", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" used to|strong="G4314" sit|strong="G2521" begging for|strong="G3754" gifts|strong="G1654" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" needy at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Beautiful|strong="G5611" Gate|strong="G4439" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413". They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G4314" wonder|strong="G2285" and|strong="G2532" amazement|strong="G2285" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G1510" happened|strong="G4819" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="G1438" the|strong="G3956" lame man who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G4074" healed held|strong="G2902" on|strong="G1909" to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" ran|strong="G4936" together|strong="G4936" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" porch that|strong="G3956" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" Solomon’s|strong="G4672", greatly wondering. 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G5613" Peter|strong="G4074" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G0846", he|strong="G0846" responded|strong="G0611" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", “You|strong="G3708" men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G1411" Israel|strong="G0846", why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3708" marvel|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435"? Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3708" fasten your|strong="G3708" eyes on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G4160", as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" by|strong="G1909" our|strong="G4160" own|strong="G2398" power|strong="G1411" or|strong="G2228" godliness|strong="G2150" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" him|strong="G0846" walk|strong="G4043"? 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Abraham|strong="G0011", Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384", the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962", has|strong="G2316" glorified|strong="G1392" his|strong="G0846" Servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" delivered|strong="G3860" up|strong="G3860" and|strong="G2532" denied|strong="G0720" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" presence|strong="G4383" of|strong="G2316" Pilate|strong="G4091", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" determined|strong="G2919" to|strong="G2596" release|strong="G0630" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" denied|strong="G0720" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" and|strong="G2532" Righteous|strong="G1342" One|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G0154" for|strong="G0154" a|strong="G2532" murderer|strong="G5406" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" granted|strong="G5483" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G1161" killed|strong="G0615" the|strong="G3588" Prince|strong="G0747" of|strong="G1537" life|strong="G2222", whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", to|strong="G1537" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" witnesses|strong="G3144". 
\verseNumber{16}By|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" name|strong="G3686", his|strong="G0846" name|strong="G3686" has|strong="G3739" made this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" strong, whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" see|strong="G1492" and|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492". Yes, the|strong="G3956" faith|strong="G4102" which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3778" through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G0846" has|strong="G3739" given|strong="G1325" him|strong="G0846" this|strong="G3778" perfect|strong="G3647" soundness in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" presence|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{17}“Now|strong="G3568", brothers|strong="G0080",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:17  }The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G1492" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2596" ignorance|strong="G0052", as|strong="G5618" did|strong="G1492" also|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" rulers|strong="G0758". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" announced|strong="G4293" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" mouth|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" prophets|strong="G4396", that|strong="G3739" Christ|strong="G5547" should|strong="G2316" suffer|strong="G3958", he|strong="G0846" thus|strong="G3779" fulfilled|strong="G4137". 
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\verseNumber{19}“Repent|strong="G3340" therefore|strong="G3767", and|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" again|strong="G1994", that|strong="G3704" your|strong="G2962" sins|strong="G0266" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" blotted out|strong="G0575", so|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3704" there|strong="G2540" may|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" times|strong="G2540" of|strong="G0575" refreshing|strong="G0403" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" presence|strong="G4383" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3704" he|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" send|strong="G0649" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G2424" ordained for|strong="G0575" you|strong="G5210" before|strong="G0575", 
\verseNumber{21}whom|strong="G3739" heaven|strong="G3772" must|strong="G1163" receive|strong="G1209" until|strong="G0891" the|strong="G3956" times|strong="G5550" of|strong="G0575" restoration|strong="G0605" of|strong="G0575" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956", which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" spoke|strong="G2980" long|strong="G5550" ago|strong="G0575" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" mouth|strong="G4750" of|strong="G0575" his|strong="G0846" holy|strong="G0040" prophets|strong="G4396". 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="G3754" Moses|strong="G3475" indeed|strong="G3303" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3956" fathers, ‘The|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" raise|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" a|strong="G5613" prophet|strong="G4396" for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2962" brothers|strong="G0080", like|strong="G5613" me|strong="G3004". You|strong="G5210" shall|strong="G4396" listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" whatever|strong="G3745" he|strong="G0846" says|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{23}It|strong="G1437" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" that|strong="G1565" every|strong="G3956" soul|strong="G5590" that|strong="G1565" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G0191" that|strong="G1565" prophet|strong="G4396" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" utterly|strong="G1842" destroyed|strong="G1842" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{3:23  }Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19 } 
\verseNumber{24}Yes|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396" from|strong="G0575" Samuel|strong="G4545" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" followed after|strong="G1161", as|strong="G3745" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G3745" have|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G2980", also|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2980" of|strong="G2250" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{25}You|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" children|strong="G4690" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396", and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3956" covenant|strong="G1242" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G1303" with|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962", saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Abraham|strong="G0011", ‘All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" families|strong="G3965" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3956" earth|strong="G1093" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" blessed|strong="G1757" through|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" offspring.’\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:25  }or, seed}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{3:25  }Genesis 22:18; 26:4} 
\verseNumber{26}God|strong="G2316", having raised|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" his|strong="G0846" servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G0846", sent|strong="G0649" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G1722" bless|strong="G2127" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G1722" turning|strong="G0654" away|strong="G0654" every|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G0575" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G0575" your|strong="G1722" wickedness|strong="G4189".” 
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\chapterNumber{4}As|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", the|strong="G3588" priests|strong="G2409" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" captain|strong="G4755" of|strong="G2992" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Sadducees|strong="G4523" came|strong="G2186" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{2}being upset because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G0846" taught|strong="G1321" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" proclaimed|strong="G2605" in|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" the|strong="G3588" resurrection|strong="G0386" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="G0846" laid|strong="G5087" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" custody until|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G0839" day|strong="G0839", for|strong="G1063" it|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" now|strong="G2532" evening|strong="G2073". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G3056" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" believed|strong="G4100", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" number|strong="G0706" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0435" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" about|strong="G5613" five|strong="G4002" thousand|strong="G5505". 
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\verseNumber{5}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" morning, their|strong="G0846" rulers|strong="G0758", elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" scribes|strong="G1122" were|strong="G1096" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{6}Annas|strong="G0452" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510", with|strong="G1537" Caiaphas|strong="G2533", John|strong="G2491", Alexander|strong="G0223", and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G3745" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G3745" were|strong="G1510" relatives of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" stood|strong="G2476" Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G1411" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" inquired|strong="G4441", “By|strong="G1722" what|strong="G4169" power|strong="G1411", or|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" what|strong="G4169" name|strong="G3686", have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" done|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074", filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G3004" rulers|strong="G0758" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G4151" Israel|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{9}if|strong="G1487" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3778" examined|strong="G0350" today|strong="G4594" concerning|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1487" good deed done|strong="G2108" to|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1487" crippled man|strong="G0444", by|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" means|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444" has|strong="G5101" been healed, 
\verseNumber{10}may|strong="G2532" it|strong="G3778" be|strong="G1510" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G1537" Israel|strong="G2474", that|strong="G3754" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" 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", whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" dead|strong="G3498", this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" stands|strong="G3936" here|strong="G1510" before|strong="G1799" you|strong="G5210" whole|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" ‘the|strong="G3588" stone|strong="G3037" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" regarded as|strong="G1519" worthless by|strong="G5259" you|strong="G5210", the|strong="G3588" builders|strong="G3618", which|strong="G3588" has|strong="G1096" become|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" head|strong="G2776" of|strong="G2776" the|strong="G3588" corner|strong="G1137".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{4:11  }Psalm 118:22} 
\verseNumber{12}There|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" salvation|strong="G4991" in|strong="G1722" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3762" else|strong="G0243", for|strong="G1063" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" other|strong="G0243" name|strong="G3686" under|strong="G5259" heaven|strong="G3772" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" given|strong="G1325" among|strong="G1722" men|strong="G0444", by|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G4982"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G2334" the|strong="G3588" boldness|strong="G3954" of|strong="G0444" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" perceived|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" unlearned and|strong="G2532" ignorant men|strong="G0444", they|strong="G0846" marveled|strong="G2296". They|strong="G0846" recognized|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{14}Seeing|strong="G0991" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323" standing|strong="G2476" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" could|strong="G2192" say|strong="G0483" nothing|strong="G3762" against|strong="G0483" it|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" commanded|strong="G2753" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G4314" go|strong="G0565" aside out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892", they|strong="G0846" conferred among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G1438", 
\verseNumber{16}saying|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G0444" we|strong="G3778" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444"? Because|strong="G3754" indeed|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" notable miracle|strong="G4592" has|strong="G5101" been|strong="G1096" done|strong="G4160" through|strong="G1223" them|strong="G0846", as|strong="G1096" can|strong="G1410" be|strong="G1096" plainly seen by|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" dwell|strong="G2730" in|strong="G2730" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3778" can’t|strong="G3756" deny|strong="G0720" it|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G0235" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" this|strong="G3778" spreads no|strong="G3361" further|strong="G3371" among|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", let’s threaten them|strong="G0846", that|strong="G2443" from|strong="G2980" now|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1909" they|strong="G0846" don’t|strong="G3361" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" anyone|strong="G3367" in|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" name|strong="G3686".” 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="G0846" called|strong="G2564" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G3853" them|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1909" speak|strong="G5350" at|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3588" nor|strong="G3366" teach|strong="G1321" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", “Whether|strong="G1487" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" right|strong="G1342" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G4314" listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" rather|strong="G3123" than|strong="G2228" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316", judge|strong="G2919" for|strong="G4314" yourselves|strong="G1438", 
\verseNumber{20}for|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2249" can’t|strong="G3756" help telling|strong="G2980" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3739" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" saw|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191".” 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2316" further|strong="G4324" threatened|strong="G4324" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" let|strong="G1096" them|strong="G0846" go|strong="G0630", finding|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3367" way|strong="G1223" to|strong="G1909" punish|strong="G2849" them|strong="G0846", because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992"; for|strong="G3754" everyone|strong="G3956" glorified|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" which|strong="G3748" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444" on|strong="G1909" whom|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3778" miracle|strong="G4592" of|strong="G1909" healing|strong="G2392" was|strong="G1510" performed|strong="G1096" was|strong="G1510" more|strong="G4183" than|strong="G4183" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094" old. 
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\verseNumber{23}Being let|strong="G0630" go|strong="G0630", they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" their|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398" company and|strong="G2532" reported|strong="G0518" all|strong="G3745" that|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" had|strong="G2064" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" lifted|strong="G0142" up|strong="G0142" their|strong="G0846" voice|strong="G5456" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" with|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “O Lord|strong="G1203", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3956" heaven|strong="G3772", the|strong="G3956" earth|strong="G1093", the|strong="G3956" sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3004" is|strong="G2316" in|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846"; 
\verseNumber{25}who|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" mouth|strong="G4750" of|strong="G4151" your|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G3816" David|strong="G1138", said|strong="G3004", 
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‘Why|strong="G2444" do|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484" rage|strong="G5433", 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" peoples|strong="G2992" plot|strong="G3191" a|strong="G3004" vain|strong="G2756" thing|strong="G3004"? 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G3588" kings|strong="G0935" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093" take a|strong="G2532" stand|strong="G3936", 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" rulers|strong="G0758" plot together|strong="G4863", 
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against|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" against|strong="G2596" his|strong="G0846" Christ|strong="G5547".’\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:26  }Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One.}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{4:26  }Psalm 2:1-2} 
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\verseNumber{27}“For|strong="G1063" truly|strong="G1722",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:27  }nu adds “in this city,”} both|strong="G5037" Herod|strong="G2264" and|strong="G2532" Pontius|strong="G4194" Pilate|strong="G4091", with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G1909" Israel|strong="G2474", were|strong="G2992" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" against|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2532" holy|strong="G0040" servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" anointed|strong="G5548", 
\verseNumber{28}to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" whatever|strong="G3745" your|strong="G4160" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4160" counsel|strong="G1012" foreordained to|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{29}Now|strong="G3568", Lord|strong="G2962", look at|strong="G1909" their|strong="G0846" threats|strong="G0547", and|strong="G2532" grant|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2962" servants|strong="G1401" to|strong="G1909" speak|strong="G2980" your|strong="G2962" word|strong="G3056" with|strong="G3326" all|strong="G3956" boldness|strong="G3954", 
\verseNumber{30}while|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" stretch|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" your|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G1519" heal|strong="G2392"; and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G1096" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" done|strong="G1096" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1223" your|strong="G2532" holy|strong="G0040" Servant|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424".” 
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" prayed|strong="G1189", the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117" was|strong="G1510" shaken|strong="G4531" where|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863". They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G0537" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" with|strong="G3326" boldness|strong="G3954". 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G3956" multitude|strong="G4128" of|strong="G1520" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" were|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1520" one|strong="G1520" heart|strong="G2588" and|strong="G2532" soul|strong="G5590". Not|strong="G3761" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" them|strong="G0846" claimed|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" possessed was|strong="G1510" his|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" in|strong="G2532" common|strong="G2839". 
\verseNumber{33}With|strong="G1909" great|strong="G3173" power|strong="G1411", the|strong="G3956" apostles|strong="G0652" gave|strong="G0591" their|strong="G0846" testimony|strong="G3142" of|strong="G5485" the|strong="G3956" resurrection|strong="G0386" of|strong="G5485" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424". Great|strong="G3173" grace|strong="G5485" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{34}For|strong="G1063" neither|strong="G3761" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846" any|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" lacked, for|strong="G1063" as|strong="G1722" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G1722" were|strong="G1510" owners|strong="G2935" of|strong="G5100" lands|strong="G5564" or|strong="G2228" houses|strong="G3614" sold|strong="G4453" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G5092" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G3588" proceeds|strong="G5092" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G0846" that|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" sold|strong="G4453", 
\verseNumber{35}and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" them|strong="G4228" at|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" apostles’|strong="G0652" feet|strong="G4228"; and|strong="G2532" distribution was|strong="G3588" made|strong="G5087" to|strong="G2532" each|strong="G1538", according as|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="G5100" had|strong="G2192" need|strong="G5532". 
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\verseNumber{36}Joses, who|strong="G3739" by|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G1161" called|strong="G1941" Barnabas|strong="G0921" (which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510", being|strong="G1510" interpreted, Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Encouragement|strong="G3874"), a|strong="G1510" Levite|strong="G3019", a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Cyprus|strong="G2953" by|strong="G0575" race|strong="G1085", 
\verseNumber{37}having a|strong="G5087" field|strong="G0068", sold|strong="G4453" it|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G3588" money|strong="G5536" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" it|strong="G0846" at|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" apostles’|strong="G0652" feet|strong="G4228". 
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\chapterNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" a|strong="G0435" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0435" named|strong="G3686" Ananias|strong="G0367", with|strong="G4862" Sapphira|strong="G4551" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135", sold|strong="G4453" a|strong="G0435" possession, 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G5087" back|strong="G3557" part|strong="G3313" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" price|strong="G5092", his|strong="G5087" wife|strong="G1135" also|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1135" aware|strong="G4894" of|strong="G0575" it|strong="G5087", then|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" a|strong="G5087" certain|strong="G5100" part|strong="G3313" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" it|strong="G5087" at|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" apostles’|strong="G0652" feet|strong="G4228". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “Ananias|strong="G0367", why|strong="G5101" has|strong="G5101" Satan|strong="G4567" filled|strong="G4137" your|strong="G2532" heart|strong="G2588" to|strong="G3004" lie|strong="G5574" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" keep|strong="G3557" back|strong="G3557" part of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" price|strong="G5092" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G5564"? 
\verseNumber{4}While|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" kept|strong="G5087" it|strong="G5087", didn’t|strong="G3756" it|strong="G5087" remain|strong="G3306" your|strong="G4674" own? After|strong="G2532" it|strong="G5087" was|strong="G3588" sold|strong="G4097", wasn’t|strong="G3780" it|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G4674" power|strong="G1849"? How|strong="G5101" is|strong="G2316" it|strong="G5087" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" conceived|strong="G5087" this|strong="G3778" thing|strong="G3778" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G4674" heart|strong="G2588"? You|strong="G4771" haven’t lied|strong="G5574" to|strong="G2532" men|strong="G0444", but|strong="G0235" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Ananias|strong="G0367", hearing|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" and|strong="G2532" died|strong="G1634". Great|strong="G3173" fear|strong="G5401" came|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G3588" young|strong="G3501" men|strong="G0846" arose|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" wrapped|strong="G4958" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G0450", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" carried|strong="G1627" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1627" and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{7}About|strong="G5613" three|strong="G5140" hours|strong="G5610" later, his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135", not|strong="G3361" knowing|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G1096", came|strong="G1096" in|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{8}Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611" her|strong="G0846", “Tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" whether|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" sold|strong="G0591" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G5564" for|strong="G4314" so|strong="G1161" much|strong="G5118".” 
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She|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="G3483", for|strong="G4314" so|strong="G1161" much|strong="G5118".” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" asked|strong="G3985" her|strong="G0846", “How|strong="G5101" is|strong="G5101" it|strong="G0846" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" agreed|strong="G4856" together|strong="G4856" to|strong="G4314" tempt|strong="G3985" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962"? Behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G4151" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" your|strong="G2962" husband|strong="G0435" are|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" door|strong="G2374", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" will|strong="G5101" carry|strong="G1627" you|strong="G5210" out|strong="G1627".” 
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\verseNumber{10}She|strong="G0846" fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" immediately|strong="G3916" at|strong="G4314" his|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228" and|strong="G2532" died|strong="G1634". The|strong="G3588" young|strong="G3495" men|strong="G0435" came|strong="G1525" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" her|strong="G0846" dead|strong="G3498", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" carried|strong="G1627" her|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1627" and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" her|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1438" her|strong="G0846" husband|strong="G0435". 
\verseNumber{11}Great|strong="G3173" fear|strong="G5401" came|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3650" assembly|strong="G1577", and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". 
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\verseNumber{12}By|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" many|strong="G4183" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" were|strong="G1510" done|strong="G1096" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G0537" with|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661" in|strong="G1722" Solomon’s|strong="G4672" porch. 
\verseNumber{13}None|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2992" the|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G3062" dared|strong="G5111" to|strong="G0846" join|strong="G2853" them|strong="G0846"; however|strong="G1161", the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" honored them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{14}More|strong="G3123" believers|strong="G4100" were|strong="G3588" added|strong="G4369" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", multitudes|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2962" both|strong="G5037" men|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="G0846" even|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G1627" out|strong="G1627" the|strong="G3588" sick|strong="G0772" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" streets|strong="G4113" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" them|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1909" cots and|strong="G2532" mattresses, so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" as|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074" came|strong="G2064" by|strong="G1909", at|strong="G1909" least|strong="G2579" his|strong="G0846" shadow|strong="G4639" might|strong="G2532" overshadow|strong="G1982" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G4128" also|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" cities|strong="G4172" around|strong="G4038" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", bringing|strong="G5342" sick|strong="G0772" people|strong="G4128" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" tormented by|strong="G5259" unclean|strong="G0169" spirits|strong="G4151"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G0537" healed|strong="G2323". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" rose|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G0846" (which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" sect|strong="G0139" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Sadducees|strong="G4523"), and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G4862" jealousy|strong="G2205" 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652", then|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" public|strong="G1219" custody. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" an|strong="G0032" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" opened|strong="G0455" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438" doors|strong="G2374" by|strong="G1223" night|strong="G3571", and|strong="G1161" brought|strong="G1806" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1806" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{20}“Go|strong="G4198" stand|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" temple|strong="G2413" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" words|strong="G4487" of|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3778" life|strong="G2222".” 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G0846" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" temple|strong="G0846" about|strong="G1519" daybreak|strong="G3722" and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321". But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3956" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G0846" came|strong="G3854" and|strong="G2532" called|strong="G4779" the|strong="G3956" council|strong="G4892" together|strong="G4779", with|strong="G4862" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" senate|strong="G1087" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3956" children of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474", and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G0649" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" prison|strong="G1201" to|strong="G1519" have|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G0071". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" officers|strong="G5257" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3854" didn’t|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438". They|strong="G0846" returned|strong="G0390" and|strong="G1161" reported|strong="G0518", 
\verseNumber{23}“We|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G3956" prison|strong="G1201" shut|strong="G2808" and|strong="G2532" locked|strong="G2808", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" guards|strong="G5441" standing|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" doors|strong="G2374", but|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" opened|strong="G0455" them|strong="G2147", we|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" inside|strong="G2080"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", the|strong="G3588" captain|strong="G4755" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" heard|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3778" very|strong="G0846" perplexed|strong="G1280" about|strong="G4012" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" might|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" of|strong="G3056" this|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{25}One|strong="G5100" came|strong="G3854" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G0518" them|strong="G0846", “Behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0435" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" put|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438" are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413", standing|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992".” 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" captain|strong="G4755" went|strong="G0565" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" officers|strong="G5257", and|strong="G0565" brought|strong="G0071" them|strong="G0846" without|strong="G3361" violence|strong="G0970", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G2992" afraid|strong="G5399" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" might stone|strong="G3034" them|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G0071" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" set|strong="G2476" them|strong="G0846" before|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892". The|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" questioned|strong="G1905" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{28}saying|strong="G3004", “Didn’t|strong="G3361" we|strong="G2249" strictly command|strong="G3853" you|strong="G5210" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G3004" teach|strong="G1321" in|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" name|strong="G3686"? Behold|strong="G2400", you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G4137" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" with|strong="G1909" your|strong="G3708" teaching|strong="G1321", and|strong="G2532" intend|strong="G1014" to|strong="G3004" bring|strong="G1863" this|strong="G3778" man’s|strong="G0444" blood|strong="G0129" on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" answered|strong="G0611", “We|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1163" obey|strong="G3980" God|strong="G2316" rather|strong="G3123" than|strong="G2228" men|strong="G0444". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962" raised|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" killed, hanging|strong="G2910" him|strong="G3739" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G3739" tree|strong="G3586". 
\verseNumber{31}God|strong="G2316" exalted|strong="G5312" him|strong="G0846" with|strong="G2316" his|strong="G0846" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1325" Prince|strong="G0747" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1325" Savior|strong="G4990", to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" repentance|strong="G3341" to|strong="G2532" Israel|strong="G2474", and|strong="G2532" remission of|strong="G2316" sins|strong="G0266". 
\verseNumber{32}We|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" his|strong="G0846" witnesses|strong="G3144" of|strong="G4151" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"; and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" obey|strong="G3980" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", were|strong="G3588" cut|strong="G1282" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" heart, and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" determined to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="G0337" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" one|strong="G5100" stood|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" council|strong="G4892", a|strong="G4160" Pharisee|strong="G5330" named|strong="G3686" Gamaliel|strong="G1059", a|strong="G4160" teacher|strong="G3547" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3547", honored by|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G1161" commanded|strong="G2753" to|strong="G1722" put|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3956" apostles out|strong="G1854" for|strong="G1722" a|strong="G4160" little|strong="G1024" while|strong="G1722". 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G3004" men|strong="G0444" of|strong="G0435" Israel|strong="G0846", be|strong="G0444" careful|strong="G4337" concerning|strong="G1909" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444", what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3778" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4238". 
\verseNumber{36}For|strong="G1063" before|strong="G4253" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250" Theudas|strong="G2333" rose|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450", making himself|strong="G1438" out|strong="G1438" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" somebody|strong="G5100"; to|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" a|strong="G5613" number|strong="G0706" of|strong="G2250" men|strong="G0435", about|strong="G5613" four|strong="G5071" hundred|strong="G5071", joined|strong="G1096" themselves|strong="G1438". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" slain|strong="G0337"; and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956", as|strong="G5613" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G5613" obeyed him|strong="G0846", were|strong="G1510" dispersed|strong="G1262" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" nothing|strong="G3762". 
\verseNumber{37}After|strong="G3326" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778", Judas|strong="G2455" of|strong="G2250" Galilee|strong="G1057" rose|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" days|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3956" enrollment, and|strong="G2532" drew|strong="G0868" away|strong="G0868" some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" after|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" perished|strong="G0622", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956", as|strong="G1722" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G1722" obeyed him|strong="G0846", were|strong="G2992" scattered|strong="G1287" abroad|strong="G1287". 
\verseNumber{38}Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1437" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210", withdraw from|strong="G0575" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444" and|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G0863" them|strong="G0846" alone|strong="G0863". For|strong="G3754" if|strong="G1437" this|strong="G3778" counsel|strong="G1012" or|strong="G2228" this|strong="G3778" work|strong="G2041" is|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1537" men|strong="G0444", it|strong="G0846" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" overthrown|strong="G2647". 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316", you|strong="G1487" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1410" overthrow|strong="G2647" it|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1487" would|strong="G0846" be|strong="G1510" found|strong="G2147" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1410" be|strong="G1510" fighting|strong="G2314" against|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316"!” 
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\verseNumber{40}They|strong="G0846" agreed with|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". Summoning|strong="G4341" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652", they|strong="G0846" beat|strong="G1194" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G3853" them|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1909" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G0630" them|strong="G0846" go|strong="G0630". 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="G3767" therefore|strong="G3767" departed|strong="G4198" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" presence|strong="G4383" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892", rejoicing|strong="G5463" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3767" were|strong="G3588" counted worthy|strong="G2661" to|strong="G4198" suffer dishonor|strong="G0818" for|strong="G3754" Jesus’ name|strong="G3686". 
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\verseNumber{42}Every|strong="G3956" day|strong="G2250", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" temple|strong="G2413" and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" home|strong="G3624", they|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" stopped|strong="G3973" teaching|strong="G1321" and|strong="G2532" preaching|strong="G2097" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G3956" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\chapterNumber{6}Now|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" number|strong="G0846" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" was|strong="G3588" multiplying|strong="G4129", a|strong="G1096" complaint|strong="G1112" arose|strong="G1096" from|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Hellenists\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:1  }The Hellenists used Greek language and culture, even though they were also of Hebrew descent.} against|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" Hebrews|strong="G1445", because|strong="G3754" their|strong="G0846" widows|strong="G5503" were|strong="G3101" neglected in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" daily|strong="G2522" service|strong="G1248". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G3588" twelve|strong="G1427" summoned|strong="G4341" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G4128" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" appropriate for|strong="G2316" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" forsake the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G1161" serve|strong="G1247" tables|strong="G5132". 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="G1161", select from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210", brothers|strong="G0080", seven|strong="G2033" men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G1537" good|strong="G3140" report, full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Holy Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" wisdom|strong="G4678", whom|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" may|strong="G2532" appoint|strong="G2525" over|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" business. 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G2532" continue|strong="G2532" steadfastly in|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4335" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" ministry|strong="G1248" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056".” 
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\verseNumber{5}These|strong="G3588" words|strong="G3056" pleased|strong="G0700" the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" multitude|strong="G4128". They|strong="G2532" chose|strong="G1586" Stephen|strong="G4736", a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G0435" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G3056" faith|strong="G4102" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", Philip|strong="G5376", Prochorus|strong="G4402", Nicanor|strong="G3527", Timon|strong="G5096", Parmenas|strong="G3937", and|strong="G2532" Nicolaus, a|strong="G2532" proselyte|strong="G4339" of|strong="G3056" Antioch|strong="G0491", 
\verseNumber{6}whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" set|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652". When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3739" prayed|strong="G4336", they|strong="G0846" laid|strong="G2007" their|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" increased|strong="G0837" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" number|strong="G0706" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" greatly|strong="G4183" multiplied|strong="G4129" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". A|strong="G3793" great|strong="G4183" company of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" priests|strong="G2409" were|strong="G3793" obedient|strong="G5219" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102". 
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\verseNumber{8}Stephen|strong="G4736", full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G5485" faith and|strong="G2532" power|strong="G1411", performed|strong="G4160" great|strong="G3173" wonders|strong="G5059" and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864" called|strong="G3004" “The|strong="G3588" Libertines”, and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Cyrenians|strong="G2956", of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Alexandrians|strong="G0221", and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" Cilicia|strong="G2791" and|strong="G2532" Asia|strong="G0773" arose|strong="G0450", disputing with|strong="G1537" Stephen|strong="G4736". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="G3739" weren’t able|strong="G2480" to|strong="G2532" withstand the|strong="G3588" wisdom|strong="G4678" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" by|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" secretly|strong="G5260" induced|strong="G5260" men|strong="G0435" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" him|strong="G0846" speak|strong="G2980" blasphemous|strong="G0989" words|strong="G4487" against|strong="G1519" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316".” 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G0846" stirred|strong="G4787" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2186" against|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G4884" him|strong="G0846", then|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2476" up false|strong="G5571" witnesses|strong="G3144" who|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444" never|strong="G3756" stops speaking|strong="G2980" blasphemous words|strong="G4487" against|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3778" holy|strong="G0040" place|strong="G5117" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" him|strong="G0846" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G0191" Nazareth|strong="G3480" will|strong="G3739" destroy|strong="G2647" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117", and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3739" change|strong="G0236" the|strong="G3588" customs|strong="G1485" which|strong="G3739" Moses|strong="G3475" delivered|strong="G3860" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{15}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" sat|strong="G2516" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" council|strong="G4892", fastening their|strong="G0846" eyes on|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846", saw|strong="G3708" his|strong="G0846" face|strong="G4383" like|strong="G5616" it|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" face|strong="G4383" of|strong="G3956" an|strong="G0032" angel|strong="G0032". 
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\chapterNumber{7}The|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" said|strong="G3004", “Are|strong="G3778" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" so|strong="G3779"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “Brothers|strong="G0080" and|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962", listen|strong="G0191". The|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" glory|strong="G1391" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="G0011" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Mesopotamia|strong="G3318", before|strong="G4250" he|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Haran|strong="G5488", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", ‘Get|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" land|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" away|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" relatives|strong="G4772", and|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G3739" land|strong="G1093" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" show|strong="G1166" you|strong="G4771".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:3  }Genesis 12:1} 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Chaldaeans and|strong="G3962" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Haran|strong="G5488". From|strong="G1537" there|strong="G2547", when|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" father|strong="G3962" was|strong="G3739" dead|strong="G0599", God|strong="G0846" moved him|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" land|strong="G1093" where|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3778" now|strong="G3568" living|strong="G2730". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" him|strong="G0846" no|strong="G3756" inheritance|strong="G2817" in|strong="G1722" it|strong="G0846", no|strong="G3756", not|strong="G3756" so|strong="G2532" much as|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" set his|strong="G0846" foot|strong="G4228" on|strong="G1722". He|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1861" that|strong="G0846" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" give|strong="G1325" it|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" possession|strong="G2697", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" offspring after|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" still had|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" child|strong="G5043". 
\verseNumber{6}God|strong="G2316" spoke|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3779" way|strong="G3779": that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G0846" offspring would|strong="G0846" live as|strong="G1722" aliens|strong="G3941" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1510" strange land|strong="G1093", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" would|strong="G0846" be|strong="G1510" enslaved|strong="G1402" and|strong="G2532" mistreated|strong="G2559" for|strong="G3754" four|strong="G5071" hundred|strong="G5071" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{7}‘I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" judge|strong="G2919" the|strong="G3588" nation|strong="G1484" to|strong="G3004" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" bondage|strong="G1398",’ said|strong="G3004" God|strong="G2316", ‘and|strong="G2532" after|strong="G3326" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" come|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G1398" me|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:7  }Genesis 15:13-14} 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" him|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" covenant|strong="G1242" of|strong="G1080" circumcision|strong="G4061". So|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="G0846" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="G4061" him|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" eighth|strong="G3590" day|strong="G2250". Isaac|strong="G2464" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Jacob|strong="G2384", and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" twelve|strong="G1427" patriarchs|strong="G3966". 
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\verseNumber{9}“The|strong="G3588" patriarchs|strong="G3966", moved with|strong="G3326" jealousy against|strong="G1519" Joseph|strong="G2501", sold|strong="G0591" him|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="G0125". God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846" 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" delivered him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" afflictions|strong="G2347", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" him|strong="G0846" favor|strong="G5485" and|strong="G2532" wisdom|strong="G4678" before|strong="G1909" Pharaoh|strong="G5328", king|strong="G0935" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="G0125". He|strong="G2532" made|strong="G2525" him|strong="G0846" governor|strong="G2233" over|strong="G1909" Egypt|strong="G0125" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2147" famine|strong="G3042" came|strong="G2064" over|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G3588" land of|strong="G1909" Egypt|strong="G0125" and|strong="G2532" Canaan|strong="G5477", and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" affliction|strong="G2347". Our|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962" found|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3756" food|strong="G5527". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jacob|strong="G2384" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G0191" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" grain|strong="G4621" in|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="G0125", he|strong="G1161" sent|strong="G1821" out|strong="G1510" our|strong="G1821" fathers|strong="G3962" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" time|strong="G4413". 
\verseNumber{13}On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208" Joseph|strong="G2501" was|strong="G3588" made|strong="G1096" known|strong="G5318" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080", and|strong="G2532" Joseph’s|strong="G2501" family|strong="G1085" was|strong="G3588" revealed|strong="G5318" to|strong="G2532" Pharaoh|strong="G5328". 
\verseNumber{14}Joseph|strong="G2501" sent|strong="G0649" and|strong="G2532" summoned Jacob|strong="G2384" his|strong="G0846" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" relatives|strong="G4772", seventy-five souls|strong="G5590". 
\verseNumber{15}Jacob|strong="G2384" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" into|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="G0125" and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G5053", himself|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962"; 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3739" brought|strong="G1519" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Shechem|strong="G4966" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" tomb|strong="G3418" that|strong="G3739" Abraham|strong="G0011" bought for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5087" price|strong="G5092" in|strong="G1722" silver|strong="G0694" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" children of|strong="G5207" Hamor|strong="G1697" of|strong="G5207" Shechem|strong="G4966". 
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\verseNumber{17}“But|strong="G1161" as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5550" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" promise|strong="G1860" came|strong="G1448" close|strong="G1448" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G3739" sworn to|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="G0011", the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" grew|strong="G0837" and|strong="G2532" multiplied|strong="G4129" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="G0125", 
\verseNumber{18}until|strong="G0891" there|strong="G1492" arose|strong="G0450" a|strong="G3739" different|strong="G2087" king|strong="G0935" who|strong="G3739" didn’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" Joseph|strong="G2501". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" took|strong="G2686" advantage|strong="G2686" of|strong="G3962" our|strong="G4160" race|strong="G1085" and|strong="G3962" mistreated|strong="G2559" our|strong="G4160" fathers|strong="G3962", and|strong="G3962" forced them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" abandon their|strong="G0846" babies|strong="G1025", so|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3778" they|strong="G0846" wouldn’t stay alive. 
\verseNumber{20}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" time|strong="G2540" Moses|strong="G3475" was|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" exceedingly handsome to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" nourished three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3739" father’s|strong="G3962" house|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" abandoned, Pharaoh’s|strong="G5328" daughter|strong="G2364" took|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" reared him|strong="G0846" as|strong="G1519" her|strong="G0846" own|strong="G1438" son|strong="G5207". 
\verseNumber{22}Moses|strong="G3475" was|strong="G1510" instructed in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" wisdom|strong="G4678" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Egyptians|strong="G0124". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" mighty|strong="G1415" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" words|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" works|strong="G2041". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G5613" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" forty|strong="G5063" years old, it|strong="G0846" came|strong="G0305" into|strong="G0305" his|strong="G0846" heart|strong="G2588" to|strong="G1909" visit|strong="G1980" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:23  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} the|strong="G3588" children of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474". 
\verseNumber{24}Seeing|strong="G3708" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" them|strong="G4160" suffer|strong="G3708" wrong|strong="G0091", he|strong="G2532" defended him|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" avenged|strong="G1557" him|strong="G3708" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" oppressed|strong="G2669", striking|strong="G3960" the|strong="G3588" Egyptian|strong="G0124". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G0846" supposed|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080" understood|strong="G4920" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316", by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495", was|strong="G3588" giving|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" deliverance|strong="G4991"; but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" didn’t|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G4920". 
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\verseNumber{26}“The|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" following, he|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G0846" fought, and|strong="G2532" urged them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1519" peace|strong="G1515" again|strong="G2532", saying|strong="G3004", ‘Sirs, you|strong="G3708" are|strong="G1510" brothers|strong="G0080". Why|strong="G2444" do|strong="G1510" you|strong="G3708" wrong|strong="G0091" one|strong="G0240" another|strong="G0240"?’ 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" did|strong="G0758" his|strong="G0846" neighbor|strong="G4139" wrong|strong="G0091" pushed|strong="G0683" him|strong="G0846" away|strong="G0683", saying|strong="G3004", ‘Who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G2525" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G3004" ruler|strong="G0758" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3004" judge|strong="G1348" over|strong="G1909" us|strong="G3004"? 
\verseNumber{28}Do|strong="G3361" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" kill|strong="G0337" me|strong="G1473" as|strong="G5158" you|strong="G4771" killed|strong="G0337" the|strong="G3588" Egyptian|strong="G0124" yesterday|strong="G5504"?’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:28  }Exodus 2:14} 
\verseNumber{29}Moses|strong="G3475" fled|strong="G5343" at|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" saying|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" stranger in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G5207" Midian|strong="G3099", where|strong="G3757" he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G5207" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="G5207". 
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\verseNumber{30}“When|strong="G2532" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094" were|strong="G3588" fulfilled|strong="G4137", an|strong="G0032" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Lord appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048" of|strong="G1722" Mount|strong="G3735" Sinai|strong="G4614", in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3708" flame|strong="G5395" of|strong="G1722" fire|strong="G4442" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3708" bush|strong="G0942". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G1161" Moses|strong="G3475" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G0846", he|strong="G0846" wondered|strong="G2296" at|strong="G2296" the|strong="G3588" sight|strong="G3705". As|strong="G1096" he|strong="G0846" came|strong="G4334" close to|strong="G4334" see|strong="G3708", the|strong="G3588" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G4334" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{32}‘I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G5111" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962": the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Abraham|strong="G0011", the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Jacob|strong="G2384".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:32  }Exodus 3:6} Moses|strong="G3475" trembled and|strong="G2532" dared|strong="G5111" not|strong="G3756" look|strong="G2657". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", ‘Take|strong="G3089" off|strong="G3089" your|strong="G2962" sandals|strong="G5266", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" stand|strong="G2476" is|strong="G1510" holy|strong="G0040" ground|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{34}I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" surely seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" affliction of|strong="G1722" my|strong="G0191" people|strong="G2992" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="G0125", and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" their|strong="G0846" groaning|strong="G4726". I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1204" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" deliver them|strong="G0846". Now|strong="G3568" come|strong="G1204", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" send|strong="G0649" you|strong="G4771" into|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="G0125".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:34  }Exodus 3:5,7-8,10} 
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\verseNumber{35}“This|strong="G3778" Moses|strong="G3475" whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" refused|strong="G0720", saying|strong="G3004", ‘Who|strong="G3739" made|strong="G2525" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G3708" ruler|strong="G0758" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3708" judge|strong="G1348"?’—God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G0649" him|strong="G0846" as|strong="G1722" both|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3708" ruler|strong="G0758" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3708" deliverer|strong="G3086" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" who|strong="G3739" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" bush|strong="G0942". 
\verseNumber{36}This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" led|strong="G1806" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1806", having|strong="G4160" worked|strong="G4160" wonders|strong="G5059" and|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G4592" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="G0125", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Red|strong="G2063" Sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048" for|strong="G1722" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{37}This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3004" Moses|strong="G3475" who|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" children of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474", ‘The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" raise|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" a|strong="G5613" prophet|strong="G4396" for|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" your|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080", like|strong="G5613" me|strong="G3004".’\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:37  }TR adds “You shall listen to him.”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:37  }Deuteronomy 18:15} 
\verseNumber{38}This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" that|strong="G3739" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1722" Mount|strong="G3735" Sinai|strong="G4614", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" our|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962", who|strong="G3739" received|strong="G1209" living|strong="G2198" revelations to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1325", 
\verseNumber{39}to|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" our|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962" wouldn’t be|strong="G1096" obedient|strong="G5255", but|strong="G0235" rejected|strong="G0683" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G4762" back|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G0846" hearts|strong="G2588" to|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="G0125", 
\verseNumber{40}saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Aaron|strong="G0002", ‘Make|strong="G4160" us|strong="G3004" gods|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" go|strong="G4313" before|strong="G1537" us|strong="G3004", for|strong="G1063" as|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" Moses|strong="G3475" who|strong="G3739" led|strong="G1806" us|strong="G3004" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="G0125", we|strong="G2249" don’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" has|strong="G2316" become|strong="G1096" of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G0846".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:40  }Exodus 32:1} 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="G0846" made|strong="G3447" a|strong="G2532" calf|strong="G3447" in|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0321" a|strong="G2532" sacrifice|strong="G2378" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" idol|strong="G1497", and|strong="G2532" rejoiced in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" works|strong="G2041" of|strong="G2250" their|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{42}But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" turned|strong="G4762" away|strong="G4762" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G3860" them|strong="G0846" up|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G3000" the|strong="G3588" army|strong="G4756" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:42  }This idiom could also be translated “host of heaven”, or “angelic beings”, or “heavenly bodies.”} as|strong="G2531" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G2316" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" book|strong="G0976" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396", 
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‘Did you|strong="G1722" offer|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" slain animals and|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="G2378" 
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forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048", O house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2316" Israel|strong="G2474"? 
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\verseNumber{43}You|strong="G5210" took|strong="G0353" up|strong="G0353" the|strong="G3588" tabernacle|strong="G4633" of|strong="G2316" Moloch|strong="G3434", 
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the|strong="G3588" star|strong="G0798" of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G4160" god|strong="G2316" Rephan|strong="G4481", 
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the|strong="G3588" figures which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" made|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4352", 
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so|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" carry|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" away\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:43  }Amos 5:25-27} beyond|strong="G1900" Babylon|strong="G0897".’ 
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\verseNumber{44}“Our|strong="G2596" fathers|strong="G3962" had|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" tabernacle|strong="G4633" of|strong="G3962" the|strong="G3588" testimony|strong="G3142" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048", even|strong="G0846" as|strong="G2531" he|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3739" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2596" Moses|strong="G3475" commanded|strong="G1299" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2596" make|strong="G4160" it|strong="G0846" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" pattern|strong="G5179" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G3708"; 
\verseNumber{45}which|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962", in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1237", brought|strong="G1521" in|strong="G1722" with|strong="G3326" Joshua|strong="G2424" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3739" entered into|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" possession|strong="G2697" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" drove|strong="G1856" out|strong="G0575" before|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3588" face|strong="G4383" of|strong="G2250" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962" to|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" David|strong="G1138", 
\verseNumber{46}who|strong="G3739" found|strong="G2147" favor|strong="G5485" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G0154" to|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2147" habitation for|strong="G0154" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Jacob|strong="G2384". 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="G1161" Solomon|strong="G4672" built|strong="G3618" him|strong="G0846" a|strong="G3618" house|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{48}However|strong="G0235", the|strong="G3588" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310" doesn’t|strong="G3756" dwell|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" temples made|strong="G5499" with|strong="G1722" hands|strong="G5499", as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396" says|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{49}‘heaven|strong="G3772" is|strong="G5101" my|strong="G3618" throne|strong="G2362", 
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and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093" a|strong="G2228" footstool|strong="G5286" for|strong="G2228" my|strong="G3618" feet|strong="G4228". 
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What|strong="G5101" kind|strong="G4169" of|strong="G3624" house|strong="G3624" will|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" build|strong="G3618" me|strong="G3004"?’ says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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‘Or|strong="G2228" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G5101" the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117" of|strong="G3624" my|strong="G3618" rest|strong="G2663"? 
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\verseNumber{50}Didn’t|strong="G3780" my|strong="G3956" hand|strong="G5495" make|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"?’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{7:50  }Isaiah 66:1-2} 
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\verseNumber{51}“You|strong="G5210" stiff-necked|strong="G4644" and|strong="G2532" uncircumcised|strong="G0564" in|strong="G2532" heart|strong="G2588" and|strong="G2532" ears|strong="G3775", you|strong="G5210" always|strong="G0104" resist the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151"! As|strong="G5613" your|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962" did, so|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{52}Which|strong="G3739" of|strong="G3962" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" didn’t|strong="G3756" your|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962" persecute|strong="G1377"? They|strong="G3739" killed|strong="G0615" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" foretold|strong="G4293" the|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G1660" of|strong="G3962" the|strong="G3588" Righteous|strong="G1342" One|strong="G3739", of|strong="G3962" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" become|strong="G1096" betrayers|strong="G4273" and|strong="G2532" murderers|strong="G5406". 
\verseNumber{53}You|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" as|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" ordained|strong="G1296" by|strong="G2532" angels|strong="G0032", and|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" keep|strong="G5442" it|strong="G2532"!” 
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\verseNumber{54}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3778" cut|strong="G1282" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" heart|strong="G2588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" gnashed at|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846" with|strong="G1909" their|strong="G0846" teeth|strong="G3599". 
\verseNumber{55}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532", being|strong="G5225" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", looked|strong="G3708" up|strong="G1519" steadfastly into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" standing|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316", 
\verseNumber{56}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Behold|strong="G2400", I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" heavens|strong="G3772" opened|strong="G1272" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Man|strong="G0444" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"!” 
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\verseNumber{57}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" with|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456" and|strong="G2532" stopped their|strong="G0846" ears|strong="G3775", then|strong="G2532" rushed|strong="G3729" at|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846" with|strong="G1909" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661". 
\verseNumber{58}They|strong="G0846" threw|strong="G1544" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G4172" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" stoned|strong="G3036" him|strong="G0846". The|strong="G3588" witnesses|strong="G3144" placed their|strong="G0846" garments|strong="G2440" at|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G4172" a|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3494" man|strong="G3494" named|strong="G2564" Saul|strong="G4569". 
\verseNumber{59}They|strong="G2532" stoned|strong="G3036" Stephen|strong="G4736" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" out, saying|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", receive|strong="G1209" my|strong="G3004" spirit|strong="G4151"!” 
\verseNumber{60}He|strong="G2532" kneeled down|strong="G5087" and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5087" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “Lord|strong="G2962", don’t|strong="G3361" hold|strong="G2476" this|strong="G3778" sin|strong="G0266" against|strong="G0846" them|strong="G0846"!” When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778", he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G2837" asleep|strong="G2837". 
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\chapterNumber{8}Saul|strong="G4569" was|strong="G1510" consenting to|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" death|strong="G0336". A|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" persecution|strong="G1375" arose|strong="G1096" against|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" assembly|strong="G1577" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" day|strong="G2250". They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" scattered|strong="G1289" abroad throughout|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" regions|strong="G5561" of|strong="G2250" Judea|strong="G2449" and|strong="G2532" Samaria|strong="G4540", except|strong="G4133" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" apostles|strong="G0652". 
\verseNumber{2}Devout|strong="G2126" men|strong="G0435" buried|strong="G4792" Stephen|strong="G4736" and|strong="G2532" lamented greatly|strong="G3173" over|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="G4569" ravaged the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577", entering|strong="G1531" into|strong="G1519" every|strong="G2596" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G4951" both|strong="G5037" men|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" off|strong="G2596" to|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438". 
\verseNumber{4}Therefore|strong="G3767" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" scattered|strong="G1289" abroad went|strong="G1330" around preaching|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{5}Philip|strong="G5376" went|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G4172" Samaria|strong="G4540" and|strong="G1161" proclaimed|strong="G2784" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" listened|strong="G0191" with|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" accord|strong="G3661" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3793" spoken|strong="G3004" by|strong="G1722" Philip|strong="G5376" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G0991" the|strong="G3588" signs|strong="G4592" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="G1063" unclean|strong="G0169" spirits|strong="G4151" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G4151" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G4151" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" them|strong="G2323". They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", crying|strong="G0994" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456". Many|strong="G4183" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" paralyzed|strong="G3886" and|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" were|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323". 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="G1722" was|strong="G3588" great|strong="G4183" joy|strong="G5479" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" city|strong="G4172". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0435", Simon|strong="G4613" by|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686", who|strong="G3588" used to|strong="G3004" practice sorcery in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" amazed|strong="G1839" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1484" of|strong="G0435" Samaria|strong="G4540", making himself|strong="G1438" out|strong="G1438" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" some|strong="G5100" great|strong="G3173" one|strong="G5100", 
\verseNumber{10}to|strong="G3004" whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956" listened, from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" least|strong="G3398" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" greatest|strong="G3173", saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3739" great|strong="G3173" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G0575" God|strong="G2316".” 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="G0846" listened to|strong="G0846" him|strong="G0846" because|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1438" long|strong="G5550" time|strong="G5550" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839" them|strong="G0846" with|strong="G1223" his|strong="G0846" sorceries. 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100" Philip|strong="G5376" preaching|strong="G2097" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" concerning|strong="G4012" God’s|strong="G2316" Kingdom|strong="G0932" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G0932" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" baptized|strong="G0907", both|strong="G5037" men|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{13}Simon|strong="G4613" himself|strong="G0846" also|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100". Being|strong="G1510" baptized|strong="G0907", he|strong="G2532" continued|strong="G4342" with|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376". Seeing|strong="G2334" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" miracles|strong="G1411" occurring, he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="G1839". 
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\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" Samaria|strong="G4540" had|strong="G2316" received|strong="G1209" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316", they|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G0649" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{15}who|strong="G3748", when|strong="G4336" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3748" come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597", prayed|strong="G4336" for|strong="G4012" them|strong="G0846", that|strong="G3704" they|strong="G0846" might receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2983" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151"; 
\verseNumber{16}for|strong="G1063" as|strong="G1519" yet|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2424" fallen|strong="G1968" on|strong="G1909" none|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2962" them|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2424" only|strong="G3440" been|strong="G1510" baptized|strong="G0907" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2962" Christ|strong="G0846" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" laid|strong="G2007" their|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Simon|strong="G4613" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Holy Spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G3588" given|strong="G1325" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" laying|strong="G1936" on|strong="G5495" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" apostles’|strong="G0652" hands|strong="G5495", he|strong="G0846" offered|strong="G4374" them|strong="G0846" money|strong="G5536", 
\verseNumber{19}saying|strong="G3004", “Give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" also|strong="G2504" this|strong="G3778" power|strong="G1849", that|strong="G3739" whomever|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" lay|strong="G2007" my|strong="G1325" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1849" may|strong="G2443" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151".” 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", “May|strong="G2316" your|strong="G1223" silver|strong="G0694" perish|strong="G0684" with|strong="G4862" you|strong="G4771", because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" thought|strong="G3543" you|strong="G4771" could obtain|strong="G2932" the|strong="G3588" gift|strong="G1431" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316" with|strong="G4862" money|strong="G0694"! 
\verseNumber{21}You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1510" neither|strong="G3756" part|strong="G3310" nor|strong="G3761" lot|strong="G2819" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" matter|strong="G3056", for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G1722" heart|strong="G2588" isn’t|strong="G3756" right|strong="G2117" before|strong="G1725" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{22}Repent|strong="G3340" therefore|strong="G3767" of|strong="G0575" this|strong="G3778", your|strong="G2962" wickedness|strong="G2549", and|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G1189" God if|strong="G1487" perhaps|strong="G0686" the|strong="G3588" thought of|strong="G0575" your|strong="G2962" heart|strong="G2588" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" forgiven|strong="G0863" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" poison of|strong="G1519" bitterness|strong="G4088" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" bondage|strong="G4886" of|strong="G1519" iniquity|strong="G0093".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Simon|strong="G4613" answered|strong="G0611", “Pray|strong="G1189" for|strong="G5228" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", that|strong="G3739" none of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3739" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G1473" spoken|strong="G3004" happen|strong="G1904" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{25}They|strong="G3767" therefore|strong="G3767", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3767" had|strong="G3588" testified|strong="G1263" and|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", and|strong="G2532" preached|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2097" News|strong="G2097" to|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183" villages|strong="G2968" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" Samaritans|strong="G4541". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G2532" an|strong="G1510" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" Philip|strong="G5376", saying|strong="G3004", “Arise|strong="G0450", and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" toward|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" south|strong="G3314" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" that|strong="G3004" goes|strong="G4198" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G0575" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" Gaza|strong="G1048". This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" desert|strong="G2048".” 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="G2532" arose|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064"; and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G0435" of|strong="G0435" Ethiopia, a|strong="G1510" eunuch|strong="G2135" of|strong="G0435" great|strong="G3956" authority under|strong="G1909" Candace|strong="G2582", queen|strong="G0938" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3956" Ethiopians|strong="G0128", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" over|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" her|strong="G0846" treasure|strong="G1047", who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="G4352". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" returning|strong="G5290" and|strong="G2532" sitting|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" chariot|strong="G0716", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" reading|strong="G0314" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268". 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Philip|strong="G5376", “Go|strong="G4334" near|strong="G4334", and|strong="G2532" join|strong="G2853" yourself to|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" chariot|strong="G0716".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Philip|strong="G5376" ran|strong="G4370" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" him|strong="G0846" reading|strong="G0314" Isaiah|strong="G2268" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3739" understand|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3739" reading|strong="G0314"?” 
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\verseNumber{31}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “How|strong="G4459" can|strong="G1410" I|strong="G1473", unless|strong="G1437" someone|strong="G5100" explains it|strong="G0846" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004"?” He|strong="G0846" begged|strong="G3870" Philip|strong="G5376" to|strong="G3004" come|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" and|strong="G1161" sit|strong="G2523" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{32}Now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" passage|strong="G4042" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Scripture|strong="G1124" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" reading|strong="G0314" was|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778", 
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“He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" led|strong="G0071" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" sheep|strong="G4263" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" slaughter|strong="G4967". 
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As|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" lamb|strong="G0286" before|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" shearer|strong="G2751" is|strong="G1510" silent|strong="G0880", 
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so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" doesn’t|strong="G3756" open|strong="G0455" his|strong="G0846" mouth|strong="G4750". 
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\verseNumber{33}In|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" humiliation|strong="G5014", his|strong="G0846" judgment|strong="G2920" was|strong="G3588" taken|strong="G0142" away|strong="G0142". 
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Who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G5101" declare|strong="G1334" His|strong="G0846" generation|strong="G1074"? 
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For|strong="G3754" his|strong="G0846" life|strong="G2222" is|strong="G5101" taken|strong="G0142" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{8:33  }Isaiah 53:7,8} 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="G3588" eunuch|strong="G2135" answered|strong="G0611" Philip|strong="G5376", “Who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G5101" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012"? About|strong="G4012" himself|strong="G1438", or|strong="G2228" about|strong="G4012" someone|strong="G5100" else|strong="G2087"?” 
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\verseNumber{35}Philip|strong="G5376" opened|strong="G0455" his|strong="G0846" mouth|strong="G4750", and|strong="G2532" beginning|strong="G0757" from|strong="G0575" this|strong="G3778" Scripture|strong="G1124", preached|strong="G2097" to|strong="G0757" him|strong="G0846" about|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{36}As|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1909" some|strong="G5100" water|strong="G5204"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" eunuch|strong="G2135" said|strong="G5346", “Behold|strong="G2400", here|strong="G2400" is|strong="G5101" water|strong="G5204". What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G5101" keeping me|strong="G1473" from|strong="G2064" being baptized|strong="G0907"?” 
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\verseNumber{37}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:37  }TR adds \fqa Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” He answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”} 
\verseNumber{38}He|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" the|strong="G3588" chariot|strong="G0716" to|strong="G1519" stand|strong="G2476" still|strong="G2476", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" both|strong="G5037" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" water|strong="G5204", both|strong="G5037" Philip|strong="G5376" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" eunuch|strong="G2135", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" baptized|strong="G0907" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" water|strong="G5204", the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" caught|strong="G0726" Philip|strong="G5376" away|strong="G0726", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" eunuch|strong="G2135" didn’t|strong="G3756" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846" any|strong="G3765" more|strong="G3765", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" on|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" way|strong="G3598" rejoicing|strong="G5463". 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161" Philip|strong="G5376" was|strong="G3588" found|strong="G2147" at|strong="G1519" Azotus|strong="G0108". Passing|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330", he|strong="G2532" preached|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3956" Good|strong="G2097" News|strong="G2097" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" cities|strong="G4172" until|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542". 
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\chapterNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="G4569", still|strong="G2089" breathing|strong="G1709" threats|strong="G0547" and|strong="G2532" slaughter against|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G0154" for|strong="G1519" letters|strong="G1992" from|strong="G3844" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" synagogues|strong="G4864" of|strong="G0435" Damascus|strong="G1154", that|strong="G3704" if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" any|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" Way|strong="G3598", whether|strong="G2532" men|strong="G0435" or|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135", he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G0071" them|strong="G0846" bound|strong="G1210" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{3}As|strong="G1722" he|strong="G0846" traveled, he|strong="G0846" got|strong="G1096" close|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154", and|strong="G1161" suddenly|strong="G1810" a|strong="G1096" light|strong="G5457" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772" shone around|strong="G4015" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093", and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" a|strong="G0191" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w persecute|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="G3739" said|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"?” 
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The|strong="G3588" 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*.}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:5  }TR adds “It’s hard for you to kick against the cattle prods.”} 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G0235"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:6  }TR omits “But” } \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w rise|strong="G0450"\+w* \+w up|strong="G0450"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w*, \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1163"\+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="G3588" men|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3588" traveled|strong="G4922" with|strong="G0846" him|strong="G0846" stood|strong="G2476" speechless, hearing|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" sound|strong="G5456", but|strong="G1161" seeing|strong="G2334" no|strong="G3367" one|strong="G3367". 
\verseNumber{8}Saul|strong="G4569" arose from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" ground|strong="G1093", and|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" his|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788" were|strong="G3788" opened|strong="G0455", he|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G0991" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762". They|strong="G0846" led|strong="G5496" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G1161" and|strong="G1161" brought|strong="G1521" him|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" without|strong="G3361" sight|strong="G0991" for|strong="G2532" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" neither|strong="G3756" ate|strong="G2068" nor|strong="G3761" drank|strong="G4095". 
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\verseNumber{10}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" disciple|strong="G3101" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" named|strong="G3686" Ananias|strong="G0367". The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1510" vision|strong="G3705", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Ananias|strong="G0367"\+w*!”} 
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He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Behold|strong="G2400", it’s me|strong="G3004", Lord|strong="G2962".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Arise|strong="G0450"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w street|strong="G4505"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w called|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w Straight|strong="G2117"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w inquire|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="G2455"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:11  }or, Judas} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w named|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="G4569"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G3708"\+w* man \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\+w*. \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w praying|strong="G4336"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w vision|strong="G3705"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w a|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0435"\+w* \+w named|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w Ananias|strong="G0367"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w laying|strong="G2007"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G3704"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G0308"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w sight|strong="G0308"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" Ananias|strong="G0367" answered|strong="G0611", “Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G3778" have|strong="G4160" heard|strong="G0191" from|strong="G0575" many|strong="G4183" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435", how|strong="G3745" much|strong="G4183" evil|strong="G2556" he|strong="G3778" did|strong="G4160" to|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2962" saints|strong="G0040" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{14}Here|strong="G5602" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2192" authority|strong="G1849" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3956" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" to|strong="G2532" bind|strong="G1210" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" call|strong="G1941" on|strong="G1849" your|strong="G2192" name|strong="G3686".” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w way|strong="G4198"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="G1589"\+w* \+w vessel|strong="G4632"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G0941"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1799"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w nations|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kings|strong="G0935"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* children \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w show|strong="G5263"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w how|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w many|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w things|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w he|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* my \+w name’s|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w sake|strong="G5228"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{17}Ananias|strong="G0367" departed|strong="G0565" and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614". Laying|strong="G2007" his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Brother|strong="G0080" Saul|strong="G4549", the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3739" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" road|strong="G3598" by|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" came|strong="G2064", has|strong="G2962" sent|strong="G0649" me|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" receive|strong="G0308" your|strong="G2962" sight|strong="G0308" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151".” 
\verseNumber{18}Immediately|strong="G2112" something|strong="G3788" like|strong="G5613" scales|strong="G3013" fell|strong="G0634" from|strong="G0575" his|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" received|strong="G0308" his|strong="G0846" sight|strong="G0308". He|strong="G2532" arose|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" baptized|strong="G0907". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" food|strong="G5160" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" strengthened|strong="G1765". 
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Saul stayed several|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3101" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154". 
\verseNumber{20}Immediately|strong="G2112" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" synagogues|strong="G4864" he|strong="G2532" proclaimed|strong="G2784" the|strong="G3588" Christ, that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{21}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G0191" him|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="G1839", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Isn’t|strong="G3756" this|strong="G3778" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" made|strong="G3004" havoc of|strong="G1909" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" on|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" name|strong="G3686"? And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G2064" here|strong="G5602" intending to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G0071" them|strong="G0846" bound|strong="G1210" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="G4569" increased more|strong="G3123" in|strong="G1722" strength|strong="G1743", and|strong="G2532" confounded the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154", proving|strong="G4822" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G5613" many|strong="G2425" days|strong="G2250" were|strong="G2453" fulfilled|strong="G4137", the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" conspired together|strong="G4823" to|strong="G0846" kill|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{24}but|strong="G1161" their|strong="G0846" plot|strong="G1917" became|strong="G1917" known|strong="G1097" to|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569". They|strong="G0846" watched|strong="G3906" the|strong="G3588" gates|strong="G4439" both|strong="G5037" day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" that|strong="G1097" they|strong="G0846" might|strong="G2532" kill|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{25}but|strong="G1161" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" took|strong="G2983" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1722" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G1161" let|strong="G5465" him|strong="G0846" down|strong="G5465" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" wall|strong="G5038", lowering him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2983" basket|strong="G4711". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", he|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G3985" to|strong="G1519" join|strong="G2853" himself|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101"; but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G3956" him|strong="G0846", not|strong="G3361" believing|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" disciple|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" Barnabas|strong="G0921" took|strong="G1949" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652", and|strong="G2532" declared|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846" how|strong="G4459" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" spoken|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4459" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" preached boldly|strong="G3955" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846" entering|strong="G1531" into|strong="G1519"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:28  }TR and NU add “and going out” } Jerusalem|strong="G2419", 
\verseNumber{29}preaching boldly in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" name of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" Lord Jesus|strong="G0846".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:29  }TR and NU omit “Jesus” and reverse the order of verses 28 & 29.} He|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" disputed against|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" Hellenists,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:29  The Hellenists were Hebrews who used Greek language and culture.} but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" seeking to|strong="G4314" kill|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{30}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:30  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” } knew|strong="G1921" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G2609" him|strong="G0846" down|strong="G2609" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542" and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G1821" him|strong="G0846" off|strong="G1821" to|strong="G1519" Tarsus|strong="G5019". 
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\verseNumber{31}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" assemblies|strong="G1577" throughout|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3650" Judea|strong="G2449", Galilee|strong="G1056", and|strong="G2532" Samaria|strong="G4540" had|strong="G2192" peace|strong="G1515" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" built|strong="G3618" up|strong="G3618". They|strong="G3767" were|strong="G3588" multiplied|strong="G4129", walking|strong="G4198" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" fear|strong="G5401" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" comfort|strong="G3874" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
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\verseNumber{32}As|strong="G1096" Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G1330" throughout|strong="G1330" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" parts, he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1096" down|strong="G2718" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3956" saints|strong="G0040" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" at|strong="G4314" Lydda|strong="G3069". 
\verseNumber{33}There|strong="G1563" he|strong="G3739" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0444" named|strong="G3686" Aeneas|strong="G0132", who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" bedridden for|strong="G1909" eight|strong="G3638" years|strong="G2094" because|strong="G1537" he|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" paralyzed|strong="G3886". 
\verseNumber{34}Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Aeneas|strong="G0132", Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" heals|strong="G2390" you|strong="G4771". Get|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4766" your|strong="G2532" bed|strong="G4766"!” Immediately|strong="G2112" he|strong="G2532" arose|strong="G0450". 
\verseNumber{35}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" at|strong="G1909" Lydda|strong="G3069" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" Sharon|strong="G4565" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" turned|strong="G1994" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{36}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Joppa|strong="G2445" a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" disciple|strong="G3004" named|strong="G3686" Tabitha|strong="G5000", which|strong="G3739" when|strong="G2532" translated|strong="G1329" means|strong="G1510" Dorcas|strong="G1393".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:36  }“Dorcas” is Greek for “Gazelle.”} This|strong="G3778" woman|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G2041" good|strong="G0018" works|strong="G2041" and|strong="G2532" acts|strong="G4160" of|strong="G2041" mercy which|strong="G3739" she|strong="G3739" did|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{37}In|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", she|strong="G0846" became|strong="G1096" sick|strong="G0770" and|strong="G1161" died|strong="G0599". When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" washed|strong="G3068" her|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" laid|strong="G5087" her|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" an|strong="G1096" upper|strong="G5253" room|strong="G5253". 
\verseNumber{38}As|strong="G1722" Lydda|strong="G3069" was|strong="G1510" near|strong="G1451" Joppa|strong="G2445", the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101", hearing|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510", sent|strong="G0649" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G0435"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:38  }Reading from NU, TR; MT omits “two men”} to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", imploring|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G4314" delay|strong="G3635" in|strong="G1722" coming|strong="G1330" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{39}Peter|strong="G4074" got|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4905" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846". When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1510", they|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G0321" him|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" upper|strong="G5253" room|strong="G5253". All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" widows|strong="G5503" stood|strong="G0450" by|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" weeping|strong="G2799", and|strong="G2532" showing|strong="G1925" the|strong="G3956" tunics|strong="G5509" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" garments|strong="G2440" which|strong="G3739" Dorcas|strong="G1393" had|strong="G1510" made|strong="G4160" while|strong="G1510" she|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{40}Peter|strong="G4074" sent|strong="G1544" them|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" out|strong="G1854", and|strong="G2532" knelt down|strong="G5087" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336". Turning|strong="G1994" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3956" body|strong="G4983", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Tabitha|strong="G5000", get|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450"!” She|strong="G0846" opened|strong="G0455" her|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074", she|strong="G0846" sat|strong="G0339" up|strong="G0450". 
\verseNumber{41}He|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" her|strong="G0846" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G0450" her|strong="G0846" up|strong="G0450". Calling|strong="G5455" the|strong="G3588" saints|strong="G0040" and|strong="G2532" widows|strong="G5503", he|strong="G2532" presented|strong="G3936" her|strong="G0846" alive|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{42}This|strong="G3588" became|strong="G1096" known|strong="G1110" throughout|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3650" Joppa|strong="G2445", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{43}He|strong="G1161" stayed|strong="G3306" many|strong="G2425" days|strong="G2250" in|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}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1722" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2564" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0435" in|strong="G1722" Caesarea|strong="G2542", Cornelius|strong="G2883" by|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686", a|strong="G2564" centurion|strong="G1543" of|strong="G1537" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" the|strong="G3588" Italian|strong="G2483" Regiment, 
\verseNumber{2}a|strong="G4160" devout|strong="G2152" man|strong="G2152", and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" feared|strong="G5399" God|strong="G2316" with|strong="G4862" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624", who|strong="G3588" gave|strong="G4160" gifts|strong="G1654" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" needy generously to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" always|strong="G1223" prayed|strong="G1189" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{3}At|strong="G1722" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" ninth hour|strong="G5610" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:3  }3:00 p.m.} he|strong="G2532" clearly|strong="G5320" saw|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3708" vision|strong="G3705" an|strong="G0032" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G2250" God|strong="G2316" coming|strong="G1525" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", “Cornelius|strong="G2883"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G2532", fastening his|strong="G0846" eyes on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510" frightened|strong="G1719", said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G0846", Lord|strong="G2962"?” 
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He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", “Your|strong="G2962" prayers|strong="G4335" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" gifts|strong="G1654" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" needy have|strong="G1510" gone|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" memorial|strong="G3422" before|strong="G1715" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{5}Now|strong="G3568" send|strong="G3992" men|strong="G0435" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445", and|strong="G2532" get Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" called|strong="G1941" Peter|strong="G4074". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" staying|strong="G3579" with|strong="G3844" a|strong="G1510" tanner|strong="G1038" named|strong="G4613" Simon|strong="G4613", whose|strong="G3739" house|strong="G3614" is|strong="G1510" by|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3739" seaside.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:6  }TR adds “This one will tell you what it is necessary for you to do.”} 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" who|strong="G3588" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" departed|strong="G0565", Cornelius|strong="G5455" called|strong="G5455" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" household|strong="G3610" servants and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" devout|strong="G2152" soldier|strong="G4757" of|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" waited on|strong="G1161" him|strong="G0846" continually|strong="G4342". 
\verseNumber{8}Having explained|strong="G1834" everything|strong="G0537" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G0649" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445". 
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\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" as|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G0846" journey and|strong="G2532" got|strong="G0305" close|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172", Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" housetop|strong="G1430" to|strong="G1909" pray|strong="G4336" at|strong="G1909" about|strong="G4012" noon|strong="G5610". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" hungry|strong="G4361" and|strong="G2532" desired|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" eat|strong="G1089", but|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1096" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1096" preparing, he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G1096" into|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" trance|strong="G1611". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" heaven|strong="G3772" opened|strong="G0455" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" certain|strong="G5100" container|strong="G4632" descending|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G2532", like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" great|strong="G3173" sheet|strong="G3607" let|strong="G2524" down|strong="G2597" by|strong="G1909" four|strong="G5064" corners|strong="G0746" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093", 
\verseNumber{12}in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" kinds|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1093" four-footed|strong="G5074" animals|strong="G5074" of|strong="G1093" the|strong="G3956" earth|strong="G1093", wild animals|strong="G5074", reptiles|strong="G2062", and|strong="G2532" birds|strong="G4071" of|strong="G1093" the|strong="G3956" sky|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{13}A|strong="G1096" voice|strong="G5456" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Rise|strong="G0450"\+w*, \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*, \+w kill|strong="G2380"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*!”} 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “Not|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", Lord|strong="G2962"; for|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3763" eaten|strong="G2068" anything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G2962" common|strong="G2839" or|strong="G2532" unclean|strong="G0169".” 
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\verseNumber{15}A|strong="G3825" voice|strong="G5456" came to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" again|strong="G3825" the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w cleansed|strong="G2511"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* call unclean.”} 
\verseNumber{16}This|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G1096" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151", and|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G2117" the|strong="G3588" thing|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" received|strong="G0353" up|strong="G0353" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772". 
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\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1722" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" very perplexed|strong="G1280" in|strong="G1722" himself|strong="G1438" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G3588" vision|strong="G3705" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G3708" might mean|strong="G1510", behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G0649" by|strong="G1722" Cornelius|strong="G2883", having made inquiry for|strong="G1909" Simon’s|strong="G4613" house|strong="G3614", stood|strong="G2186" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" gate|strong="G4440", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G2532" called|strong="G5455" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G4441" whether|strong="G1487" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G4074" also|strong="G2532" called|strong="G5455" Peter|strong="G4074", was|strong="G4074" lodging|strong="G3579" there|strong="G1759". 
\verseNumber{19}While|strong="G0846" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G4074" pondering the|strong="G3588" vision|strong="G3705", the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Behold|strong="G2400", three\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:19  }Reading from TR and NU. MT omits “three”} men|strong="G0435" seek|strong="G2212" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G0235" arise|strong="G0450", get|strong="G0450" down|strong="G2597", and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846", doubting|strong="G1252" nothing|strong="G3367"; for|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G0649" them|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0435", and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Behold|strong="G2400", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" he|strong="G3739" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" seek|strong="G2212". Why|strong="G5101" have|strong="G1510" you|strong="G3739" come|strong="G2597"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Cornelius|strong="G2883", a|strong="G0191" centurion|strong="G1543", a|strong="G0191" righteous|strong="G1342" man|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" fears|strong="G5399" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2316" by|strong="G5259" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G3588" nation|strong="G1484" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", was|strong="G3588" directed|strong="G5537" by|strong="G5259" a|strong="G0191" holy|strong="G0040" angel|strong="G0032" to|strong="G1519" invite you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" called them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" provided a|strong="G2532" place to|strong="G2532" stay. 
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On|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" Peter|strong="G0846" arose|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" from|strong="G0575" Joppa|strong="G2445" accompanied|strong="G4905" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{24}On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" they|strong="G0846" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542". Cornelius|strong="G2883" was|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G4328" for|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", having called|strong="G4779" together|strong="G4779" his|strong="G0846" relatives|strong="G4773" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" near|strong="G1519" friends|strong="G5384". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G5613" Peter|strong="G4074" entered|strong="G1525", Cornelius|strong="G2883" met|strong="G4876" him|strong="G0846", fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228", and|strong="G1161" worshiped|strong="G4352" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1453", saying|strong="G3004", “Stand|strong="G0450" up|strong="G1453"! I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G0846" am|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G0444".” 
\verseNumber{27}As|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G4926" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" many|strong="G4183" gathered|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G1438" know|strong="G1987" how|strong="G5613" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" an|strong="G1510" unlawful|strong="G0111" thing|strong="G0846" for|strong="G4314" a|strong="G5613" man|strong="G0444" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" Jew|strong="G2453" to|strong="G4314" join|strong="G2853" himself|strong="G1438" or|strong="G2228" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3367" of|strong="G2316" another|strong="G1438" nation, but|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" shown|strong="G1166" me|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G2504" shouldn’t call|strong="G3004" any|strong="G3367" man|strong="G0444" unholy|strong="G2839" or|strong="G2228" unclean|strong="G0169". 
\verseNumber{29}Therefore|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" without|strong="G2532" complaint|strong="G3056" when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3343" for|strong="G2532". I|strong="G1473" ask|strong="G4441" therefore|strong="G3767", why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G2064" you|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3343" for|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"?” 
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\verseNumber{30}Cornelius|strong="G2883" said|strong="G5346", “Four|strong="G5067" days|strong="G2250" ago|strong="G0575", I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" fasting until|strong="G3360" this|strong="G3778" hour|strong="G5610"; and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" ninth hour|strong="G5610",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:30  }3:00 p.m.} I|strong="G1473" prayed|strong="G4336" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G3708" house|strong="G3624", and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G0435" stood|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1799" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" bright|strong="G2986" clothing|strong="G2066" 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", ‘Cornelius|strong="G2883", your|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G4335" is|strong="G2316" heard|strong="G1522", and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" gifts|strong="G1654" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" needy are|strong="G3588" remembered|strong="G3403" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{32}Send|strong="G3992" therefore|strong="G3767" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445" and|strong="G2532" summon|strong="G3333" Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3778" also|strong="G2532" called|strong="G1941" Peter|strong="G4074". He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3778" staying|strong="G3579" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3739" tanner|strong="G1038" named|strong="G4613" Simon|strong="G4613", by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G2532" seaside. When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" comes|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3739" speak to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G3739".’ 
\verseNumber{33}Therefore|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1473" sent|strong="G3992" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" at|strong="G4314" once|strong="G1824", and|strong="G2316" it|strong="G4160" was|strong="G3588" good|strong="G2573" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G3854". Now|strong="G3568" therefore|strong="G3767" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" here|strong="G3918" present|strong="G3568" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3956" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G4314" hear|strong="G0191" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G0191" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G3568" commanded|strong="G4367" you|strong="G4771" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Peter|strong="G4074" opened|strong="G0455" his|strong="G0455" mouth|strong="G4750" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Truly I|strong="G3754" perceive that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" doesn’t|strong="G3756" show|strong="G4381" favoritism; 
\verseNumber{35}but|strong="G0235" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" nation|strong="G1484" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" fears|strong="G5399" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" works righteousness|strong="G1343" is|strong="G1510" acceptable|strong="G1184" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" sent|strong="G0649" to|strong="G3778" the|strong="G3956" children of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474", preaching|strong="G2097" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" of|strong="G5207" peace|strong="G1515" by|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547"—he|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" Lord|strong="G2962" of|strong="G5207" all|strong="G3956"— 
\verseNumber{37}you|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3739" happened|strong="G1096", which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" proclaimed|strong="G2784" throughout|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3650" Judea|strong="G2449", beginning|strong="G0757" from|strong="G0575" Galilee|strong="G1056", after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" baptism|strong="G0908" which|strong="G3739" John|strong="G2491" preached|strong="G2784"; 
\verseNumber{38}how|strong="G5613" God|strong="G2316" anointed|strong="G5548" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G4151" Nazareth|strong="G3478" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3956" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" power|strong="G1411", who|strong="G3739" went|strong="G1330" about|strong="G5613" doing|strong="G2109" good|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" healing|strong="G2390" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" oppressed by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" devil|strong="G1228", for|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{39}We|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3956" witnesses|strong="G3144" of|strong="G1909" everything|strong="G3956" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" both|strong="G5037" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" country|strong="G5561" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419"; whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:39  }TR omits “also”} killed|strong="G0337", hanging|strong="G2910" him|strong="G3739" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G4160" tree|strong="G3586". 
\verseNumber{40}God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1453" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" revealed, 
\verseNumber{41}not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992", but|strong="G0235" to|strong="G2532" witnesses|strong="G3144" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G2992" chosen|strong="G4401" before|strong="G1537" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316", to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1537", who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G4906" and|strong="G2532" drank|strong="G4844" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846" after|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" rose|strong="G0450" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{42}He|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G3853" us to|strong="G2532" preach|strong="G2784" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" testify|strong="G1263" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" appointed|strong="G3724" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Judge|strong="G2923" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" living|strong="G2198" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{43}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396" testify|strong="G3140" about|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", that|strong="G4100" through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G0846" name|strong="G3686" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" will|strong="G3778" receive|strong="G2983" remission of|strong="G1223" sins|strong="G0266".” 
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\verseNumber{44}While|strong="G2980" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G4074" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", the|strong="G3956" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" fell|strong="G1968" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{45}They|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" circumcision|strong="G4061" who|strong="G3588" believed were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839", as|strong="G3745" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G3745" came|strong="G4905" with|strong="G1537" Peter|strong="G4074", because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" gift|strong="G1431" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G4074" also|strong="G2532" poured out|strong="G1537" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{46}For|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" them|strong="G0846" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2316" other|strong="G0846" languages|strong="G1100" and|strong="G2532" magnifying God|strong="G2316". 
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Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611", 
\verseNumber{47}“Can|strong="G1410" anyone|strong="G5100" forbid|strong="G2967" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G3778" from|strong="G3361" being baptized|strong="G0907" with|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204"? They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" just|strong="G5613" like|strong="G5613" us.” 
\verseNumber{48}He|strong="G0846" commanded|strong="G4367" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G5100" baptized|strong="G0907" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547". Then|strong="G5119" they|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1722" stay|strong="G1961" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250". 
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\chapterNumber{11}Now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11:1  }The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2596" Judea|strong="G2449" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" had|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" received|strong="G1209" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="G3753" Peter|strong="G4074" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" circumcision|strong="G4061" contended with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{3}saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G3754" went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" uncircumcised|strong="G0203" men|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" ate|strong="G4906" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" began|strong="G0757", and|strong="G1161" explained|strong="G1620" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G3004" order|strong="G2517", saying|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{5}“I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G1537" Joppa|strong="G2445" praying|strong="G4336", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G5613" trance|strong="G1611" I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G5613" vision|strong="G3705": a|strong="G5613" certain|strong="G5100" container|strong="G4632" descending|strong="G2597", like|strong="G5613" it|strong="G3708" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" great|strong="G3173" sheet|strong="G3607" let|strong="G2524" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" by|strong="G1722" four|strong="G5064" corners|strong="G0746". It|strong="G3708" came|strong="G2064" as|strong="G5613" far|strong="G0891" as|strong="G5613" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" looked|strong="G3708" intently|strong="G0816" at|strong="G1519" it|strong="G3708", I|strong="G3739" considered, and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" four-footed|strong="G5074" animals|strong="G5074" of|strong="G1093" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093", wild|strong="G2342" animals|strong="G5074", creeping things|strong="G3739", and|strong="G2532" birds|strong="G4071" of|strong="G1093" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" a|strong="G0191" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Rise|strong="G0450"\+w*, \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*, \+w kill|strong="G2380"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*!’ } 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004", ‘Not|strong="G1473" so|strong="G1161", Lord|strong="G2962", for|strong="G1519" nothing|strong="G3763" unholy|strong="G2839" or|strong="G2228" unclean|strong="G0169" has|strong="G2962" ever|strong="G3763" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1525" mouth|strong="G4750".’ 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" a|strong="G3739" voice|strong="G5456" answered|strong="G0611" me|strong="G2511" the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w cleansed|strong="G2511"\+w*, \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* call unclean.’} 
\verseNumber{10}This|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G1096" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G0537" were|strong="G3778" drawn|strong="G0385" up|strong="G1519" again|strong="G3825" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{11}Behold|strong="G2400", immediately|strong="G1824" three|strong="G5140" men|strong="G0435" stood|strong="G2186" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" where|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510", having been|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G0649" from|strong="G0575" Caesarea|strong="G2542" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" told|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846" without|strong="G3367" discriminating. These|strong="G3778" six|strong="G1803" brothers|strong="G0080" also|strong="G2532" accompanied|strong="G4905" me|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3778" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" man’s|strong="G0435" house|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" how|strong="G4459" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" standing|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", ‘Send|strong="G0649" to|strong="G1519" Joppa|strong="G2445" and|strong="G2532" get Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074", 
\verseNumber{14}who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" words|strong="G4487" by|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982", you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" your|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624".’ 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G1909" speak|strong="G2980", the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" fell|strong="G1968" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", even|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G1722" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" beginning|strong="G0746". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="G1161" remembered|strong="G3403" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G4487" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", how|strong="G5613" he|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w indeed|strong="G3303"\+w* \+w baptized|strong="G0907"\+w* \+w in|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="G2962"\+w* \+w baptized|strong="G0907"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G0040"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{17}If|strong="G1487" then|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" gave|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" gift|strong="G1431" as|strong="G5613" us|strong="G1325" when|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473", that|strong="G4100" I|strong="G1473" could|strong="G1415" withstand God|strong="G2316"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", they|strong="G2532" held their|strong="G2532" peace and|strong="G2532" glorified|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316", saying|strong="G3004", “Then|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" also|strong="G2532" granted|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" repentance|strong="G3341" to|strong="G1519" life|strong="G2222"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="G3767" therefore|strong="G3767" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G2453" scattered|strong="G1289" abroad by|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" oppression that|strong="G1096" arose|strong="G1096" about|strong="G1909" Stephen|strong="G4736" traveled as|strong="G1096" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G1096" Phoenicia|strong="G5403", Cyprus|strong="G2954", and|strong="G2532" Antioch|strong="G0490", speaking|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" to|strong="G1909" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3367" except|strong="G1487" to|strong="G1909" Jews|strong="G2453" only|strong="G3440". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846", men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G1537" Cyprus|strong="G2953" and|strong="G2532" Cyrene|strong="G2956", who|strong="G3588", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490", spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Hellenists,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11:20  }A Hellenist is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture.} preaching|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1510" great|strong="G4183" number|strong="G0706" believed|strong="G4100" and|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G1994" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G3588" report|strong="G3056" concerning|strong="G4012" them|strong="G0846" came|strong="G0191" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" ears|strong="G3775" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". They|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G1821" out|strong="G1510" Barnabas|strong="G0921" to|strong="G1519" go as|strong="G1519" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490", 
\verseNumber{23}who|strong="G3739", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" come|strong="G3854", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3956" grace|strong="G5485" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", was|strong="G3739" glad|strong="G5463". He|strong="G2532" exhorted|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956", that|strong="G3739" with|strong="G2316" purpose|strong="G4286" of|strong="G2316" heart|strong="G2588" they|strong="G3739" should|strong="G2316" remain|strong="G4357" near to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" good|strong="G0018" man|strong="G0435", and|strong="G2532" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4151" faith|strong="G4102", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G2425" people|strong="G3793" were|strong="G1510" added|strong="G4369" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{25}Barnabas went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" Tarsus|strong="G5019" to|strong="G1519" look|strong="G0327" for|strong="G1519" Saul|strong="G4569". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490". For|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" whole|strong="G3650" year|strong="G1763" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3793" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" many|strong="G2425" people|strong="G3793". The|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3793" first|strong="G4413" called|strong="G5537" Christians|strong="G5546" in|strong="G1722" Antioch|strong="G0490". 
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\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250", prophets|strong="G4396" came|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G0575" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490". 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" named|strong="G3686" Agabus|strong="G0013" stood|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" and|strong="G1161" indicated by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" that|strong="G3748" there|strong="G1510" should be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" famine|strong="G3042" all|strong="G3650" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" world|strong="G3625", which|strong="G3748" also|strong="G1161" happened|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" days of|strong="G1537" Claudius|strong="G2804". 
\verseNumber{29}As|strong="G2531" any|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" had|strong="G3588" plenty, each|strong="G1538" determined|strong="G3724" to|strong="G1519" send|strong="G3992" relief|strong="G1248" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2449"; 
\verseNumber{30}which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160", sending|strong="G0649" it|strong="G4160" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1223" Barnabas|strong="G0921" and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569". 
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\chapterNumber{12}Now|strong="G1161" about|strong="G2596" that|strong="G1565" time|strong="G2540", King|strong="G0935" Herod|strong="G2264" stretched out|strong="G0575" his|strong="G2596" hands|strong="G5495" to|strong="G2596" oppress some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G1161" killed|strong="G0337" James|strong="G2385", the|strong="G3588" brother|strong="G0080" of|strong="G0080" John|strong="G2491", with|strong="G0080" the|strong="G3588" sword|strong="G3162". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3708" pleased|strong="G0701" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", he|strong="G2532" proceeded|strong="G4369" to|strong="G2532" seize Peter|strong="G4074" also|strong="G2532". This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" during the|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" unleavened|strong="G0106" bread. 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" arrested him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438" and|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" four|strong="G5064" squads|strong="G5069" of|strong="G2992" four|strong="G5064" soldiers|strong="G4757" each|strong="G3326" to|strong="G1519" guard|strong="G5442" him|strong="G0846", intending|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G0321" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G0321" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" Passover|strong="G3957". 
\verseNumber{5}Peter|strong="G4074" therefore|strong="G3767" was|strong="G1510" kept|strong="G5083" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438", but|strong="G1161" constant prayer|strong="G4335" was|strong="G1510" made|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G4012" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" night|strong="G3571" when|strong="G3753" Herod|strong="G2264" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" bring|strong="G4254" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1510", Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" sleeping|strong="G2837" between|strong="G3342" two|strong="G1417" soldiers|strong="G4757", bound|strong="G1210" with|strong="G1210" two|strong="G1417" chains|strong="G0254". Guards|strong="G5441" in|strong="G5083" front|strong="G4253" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" door|strong="G2374" kept|strong="G5083" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438". 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", an|strong="G0032" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" stood|strong="G0450" by|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3708" light|strong="G5457" shone|strong="G2989" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" cell|strong="G3612". He|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G3960" Peter|strong="G4074" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" side|strong="G4125" and|strong="G2532" woke|strong="G1453" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1453", saying|strong="G3004", “Stand|strong="G0450" up|strong="G1453" quickly|strong="G5034"!” His|strong="G0846" chains|strong="G0254" fell off his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", “Get dressed|strong="G4016" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1161" your|strong="G4160" sandals|strong="G4547".” He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" so|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", “Put|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1161" your|strong="G4160" cloak|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G0190" me|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" done|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" was|strong="G1510" real|strong="G0227", but|strong="G1161" thought|strong="G1380" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G1492" a|strong="G1096" vision|strong="G3705". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" past the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" guard|strong="G5438", they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" iron|strong="G4603" gate|strong="G4439" that|strong="G3748" leads|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172", which|strong="G3748" opened|strong="G0455" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" by|strong="G0575" itself|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" down one|strong="G1520" street|strong="G4505", and|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" departed|strong="G1831" from|strong="G0575" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" had|strong="G3748" come|strong="G1096" to|strong="G3004" himself|strong="G1438", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" truly|strong="G0230" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" sent|strong="G1821" out|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" angel|strong="G0032" and|strong="G2532" delivered me|strong="G3004" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" Herod|strong="G2264", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" everything|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G2453" expecting|strong="G4329".” 
\verseNumber{12}Thinking about|strong="G1909" that|strong="G1510", he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G1909" Mary|strong="G3137", the|strong="G3588" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G1909" John|strong="G2491" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" called|strong="G1941" Mark|strong="G3138", where|strong="G3757" many|strong="G2425" were|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4867" together|strong="G4867" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" praying|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G0846" knocked|strong="G2925" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" door|strong="G2374" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G3588" gate|strong="G4440", a|strong="G1161" servant girl named|strong="G3686" Rhoda|strong="G4498" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G4334" answer|strong="G5219". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" she recognized|strong="G1921" Peter’s|strong="G4074" voice|strong="G5456", she didn’t|strong="G3756" open|strong="G0455" the|strong="G3588" gate|strong="G4440" for|strong="G0575" joy|strong="G5479", but|strong="G1161" ran|strong="G1532" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" reported|strong="G0518" that|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G4074" standing|strong="G2476" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="G4253" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" gate|strong="G4440". 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" her|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" crazy!” But|strong="G1161" she|strong="G0846" insisted that|strong="G3004" it|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3779". They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" his|strong="G0846" angel|strong="G0032".” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" continued|strong="G1961" knocking|strong="G2925". When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" opened|strong="G0455", they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532", beckoning to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" with|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" silent|strong="G4601", declared|strong="G0518" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" how|strong="G4459" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Tell|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G1519" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080".” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" another|strong="G2087" place|strong="G5117". 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1722" soon|strong="G1722" as|strong="G1722" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" day|strong="G2250", there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" small|strong="G3641" stir among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4757" about|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" had|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1096" of|strong="G2250" Peter|strong="G4074". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264" had|strong="G3588" sought|strong="G1934" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3361" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" examined|strong="G0350" the|strong="G3588" guards|strong="G5441", then|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" that|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" put to|strong="G1519" death. He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G0575" Judea|strong="G2449" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1304" there|strong="G1161". 
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\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G0846" angry|strong="G2371" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" of|strong="G1223" Tyre|strong="G5183" and|strong="G2532" Sidon|strong="G4606". They|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1223" with|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532", having|strong="G3982" made Blastus|strong="G0986", the|strong="G3588" king’s|strong="G0935" personal aide, their|strong="G0846" friend, they|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G0154" for|strong="G1223" peace|strong="G1515", because|strong="G1223" their|strong="G0846" country|strong="G5561" depended on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" king’s|strong="G0935" country|strong="G5561" for|strong="G1223" food. 
\verseNumber{21}On|strong="G1909" an|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G5002" day|strong="G2250", Herod|strong="G2264" dressed himself|strong="G1438" in|strong="G1909" royal|strong="G0937" clothing|strong="G2066", sat|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" throne, and|strong="G2532" gave a|strong="G2532" speech to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0444" shouted|strong="G2019", “The|strong="G3588" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" god|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G0444"!” 
\verseNumber{23}Immediately|strong="G3916" an|strong="G1325" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" struck|strong="G3960" him|strong="G0846", because|strong="G0473" he|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" give|strong="G1325" God|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" glory|strong="G1391". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" eaten|strong="G4662" by|strong="G2532" worms|strong="G4662" and|strong="G2532" died|strong="G1634". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" grew|strong="G0837" and|strong="G2532" multiplied|strong="G4129". 
\verseNumber{25}Barnabas|strong="G0921" and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12:25  }TR reads “from” instead of “to”} Jerusalem|strong="G2419" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" fulfilled|strong="G4137" their|strong="G2532" service|strong="G1248", also|strong="G2532" taking|strong="G4838" with|strong="G1537" them John|strong="G2491" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G1941" Mark|strong="G3138". 
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\chapterNumber{13}Now|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577" that|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Antioch|strong="G0490" there|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" some|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" and|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="G1320": Barnabas|strong="G0921", Simeon|strong="G4826" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" Niger|strong="G3526", Lucius|strong="G3066" of|strong="G1577" Cyrene|strong="G2956", Manaen|strong="G3127" the|strong="G3588" foster brother of|strong="G1577" Herod|strong="G2264" the|strong="G3588" tetrarch, and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569". 
\verseNumber{2}As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G0846" served the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" fasted|strong="G3522", the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" said|strong="G3004", “Separate|strong="G0873" Barnabas|strong="G0921" and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569" for|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" work|strong="G2041" to|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" fasted|strong="G3522" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" their|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G0630" them|strong="G0846" away|strong="G0630". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G3767", being sent|strong="G1599" out by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" Seleucia|strong="G4581". From|strong="G2718" there|strong="G1564" they|strong="G0846" sailed|strong="G0636" to|strong="G1519" Cyprus|strong="G2954". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2453" at|strong="G1722" Salamis|strong="G4529", they|strong="G2532" proclaimed|strong="G2605" God’s|strong="G2316" word|strong="G3056" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" synagogues|strong="G4864". They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" John|strong="G2491" as|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" attendant|strong="G5257". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" gone|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" the|strong="G3588" island|strong="G3520" to|strong="G5100" Paphos|strong="G3974", they|strong="G3739" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2147" certain|strong="G5100" sorcerer, a|strong="G2147" false|strong="G5578" prophet|strong="G5578", a|strong="G2147" Jew|strong="G2453" whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3739" Bar Jesus, 
\verseNumber{7}who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" proconsul|strong="G0446", Sergius|strong="G4588" Paulus|strong="G3972", a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G0435" of|strong="G3056" understanding. This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435" summoned|strong="G4341" Barnabas|strong="G0921" and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569", and|strong="G2532" sought|strong="G1934" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" Elymas|strong="G1681" the|strong="G3588" sorcerer (for|strong="G1063" so|strong="G3779" is|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" name|strong="G3686" by|strong="G0575" interpretation) withstood them|strong="G0846", seeking|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2212" turn|strong="G1294" the|strong="G3588" proconsul|strong="G0446" away|strong="G0575" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="G4569", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" called Paul|strong="G3972", filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", fastened his|strong="G0846" eyes on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G3004" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3956" devil|strong="G1228", full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G5207" all|strong="G3956" deceit|strong="G1388" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" cunning, you|strong="G3004" enemy|strong="G2190" of|strong="G5207" all|strong="G3956" righteousness|strong="G1343", will|strong="G2962" you|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" cease|strong="G3973" to|strong="G3004" pervert the|strong="G3956" right|strong="G2117" ways|strong="G3598" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962"? 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="G1161", behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" is|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185", not|strong="G3361" seeing|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" sun|strong="G2246" for|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1510" season|strong="G2540"!” 
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Immediately|strong="G3916" a|strong="G1510" mist|strong="G0887" and|strong="G2532" darkness|strong="G4655" fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4013" around|strong="G1909" seeking|strong="G2212" someone to|strong="G1909" lead|strong="G5497" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" proconsul|strong="G0446", when|strong="G1096" he|strong="G5119" saw|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G1096", believed|strong="G4100", being|strong="G1096" astonished|strong="G1605" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1322" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G1161" his|strong="G0846" company set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321" from|strong="G0575" Paphos|strong="G3974" and|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Perga|strong="G4011" in|strong="G1519" Pamphylia|strong="G3828". John|strong="G2491" departed from|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846", passing|strong="G1330" on|strong="G1519" from|strong="G0575" Perga|strong="G4011", came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490" of|strong="G2250" Pisidia|strong="G4099". They|strong="G0846" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521" day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523". 
\verseNumber{15}After|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" reading|strong="G0320" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396", the|strong="G3588" rulers of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G0752" sent|strong="G0649" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Brothers|strong="G0080", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G1510" any|strong="G5100" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" exhortation|strong="G3874" for|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", speak|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Paul|strong="G3972" stood|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450", and|strong="G2532" gesturing|strong="G2678" with|strong="G2316" his|strong="G0191" hand|strong="G5495" said|strong="G3004", “Men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G2316" Israel, and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" fear|strong="G5399" God|strong="G2316", listen|strong="G0191". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:17  }TR, NU add “Israel”} chose|strong="G1586" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" exalted|strong="G5312" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" stayed as|strong="G1722" aliens in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="G0125", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" an|strong="G2532" uplifted|strong="G5308" arm|strong="G1023", he|strong="G2532" led|strong="G1806" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" it|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="G1722" a|strong="G5613" period|strong="G5550" of|strong="G1722" about|strong="G5613" forty|strong="G5063" years he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5159" up with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" destroyed|strong="G2507" seven|strong="G2033" nations|strong="G1484" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1093" Canaan|strong="G5477", he|strong="G2532" gave them|strong="G0846" their|strong="G0846" land|strong="G1093" for|strong="G1722" an|strong="G2532" inheritance|strong="G2624" for|strong="G1722" about|strong="G1722" four hundred fifty years. 
\verseNumber{20}After|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G1325" judges|strong="G2923" until|strong="G2193" Samuel|strong="G4545" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396". 
\verseNumber{21}Afterward they|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G0154" for|strong="G0154" a|strong="G1325" king|strong="G0935", and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" gave|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846" Saul|strong="G4549" the|strong="G3588" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Kish|strong="G2797", a|strong="G1325" man|strong="G0435" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" tribe|strong="G5443" of|strong="G5207" Benjamin|strong="G0958", for|strong="G0154" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" removed|strong="G3179" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" David|strong="G1138" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" king|strong="G0935", to|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" testified|strong="G3140", ‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" David|strong="G1138" the|strong="G3956" son of|strong="G0435" Jesse|strong="G2421", a|strong="G4160" man|strong="G0435" after|strong="G2596" my|strong="G3956" heart|strong="G2588", who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2307" do|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" my|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2307".’ 
\verseNumber{23}From|strong="G0575" this|strong="G3778" man’s|strong="G3778" offspring, God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" brought|strong="G0071" salvation\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:23  }TR, NU read “a Savior, Jesus” instead of “salvation”} to|strong="G2596" Israel|strong="G2474" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" his|strong="G2596" promise|strong="G1860", 
\verseNumber{24}before|strong="G4253" his|strong="G0846" coming|strong="G1529", when|strong="G0846" John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G3588" first preached the|strong="G3956" baptism|strong="G0908" of|strong="G3956" repentance|strong="G3341" to|strong="G0846" Israel|strong="G2474".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:24  }TR, NU read “to all the people of Israel” instead of “to Israel”} 
\verseNumber{25}As|strong="G5613" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510" fulfilling his|strong="G3708" course|strong="G1408", he|strong="G3739" said|strong="G3004", ‘What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G1510" you|strong="G3739" suppose|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510"? I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" he|strong="G3739". But|strong="G1161" behold|strong="G2400", one|strong="G3739" comes|strong="G2064" after|strong="G3326" me|strong="G3004", the|strong="G3588" sandals|strong="G5266" of|strong="G3004" whose|strong="G3739" feet|strong="G4228" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="G0514" to|strong="G3004" untie|strong="G3089".’ 
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\verseNumber{26}“Brothers|strong="G0080", children|strong="G1085" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" stock of|strong="G5207" Abraham|strong="G0011", and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" fear|strong="G5399" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G5207" this|strong="G3778" salvation|strong="G4991" is|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G1821" out to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{27}For|strong="G1063" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" dwell|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" rulers|strong="G0758", because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" didn’t know|strong="G0050" him|strong="G0846", nor|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" voices|strong="G5456" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396" which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3956" read|strong="G0314" every|strong="G3956" Sabbath|strong="G4521", fulfilled|strong="G4137" them|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1722" condemning|strong="G2919" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{28}Though|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" found|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3367" cause|strong="G0156" for|strong="G0154" death|strong="G2288", they|strong="G0846" still asked|strong="G0154" Pilate|strong="G4091" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" killed|strong="G0337". 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="G5613" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" fulfilled|strong="G5055" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3956" written|strong="G1125" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" took|strong="G2507" him|strong="G0846" down|strong="G5087" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" tree|strong="G3586" and|strong="G1161" laid|strong="G5087" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5613" tomb|strong="G3419". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G0846" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G2250" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G3708" for|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250" by|strong="G0575" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" came|strong="G4872" up|strong="G1519" with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" from|strong="G0575" Galilee|strong="G1056" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" his|strong="G0846" witnesses|strong="G3144" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{32}We|strong="G2249" bring|strong="G2097" you|strong="G5210" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" promise|strong="G1860" made|strong="G1096" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" fathers|strong="G3962", 
\verseNumber{33}that|strong="G3748" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" fulfilled|strong="G1603" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1722", their|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043", in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3748" he|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" Jesus|strong="G2424". As|strong="G5613" it|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" psalm|strong="G5568", 
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‘You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207". 
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Today|strong="G4594" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1510" become your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G1080".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{13:33  }Psalm 2:7} 
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\verseNumber{34}“Concerning that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G0846" raised|strong="G0450" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G0450" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", now|strong="G1161" no|strong="G3371" more|strong="G3371" to|strong="G1519" return|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" corruption, he|strong="G0846" has|strong="G3748" spoken|strong="G3004" thus|strong="G3779": ‘I|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3195" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3588" holy|strong="G3741" and|strong="G1161" sure|strong="G4103" blessings of|strong="G1537" David|strong="G1138".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{13:34  }Isaiah 55:3} 
\verseNumber{35}Therefore|strong="G1360" he|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004" also|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" another|strong="G2087" psalm, ‘You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="G1325" your|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G3741" One|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="G3708" decay|strong="G1312".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{13:35  }Psalm 16:10} 
\verseNumber{36}For|strong="G1063" David|strong="G1138", after|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2316" his|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398" generation|strong="G1074" served|strong="G5256" the|strong="G3588" counsel|strong="G1012" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", fell|strong="G2837" asleep|strong="G2837", was|strong="G3588" laid|strong="G4369" with|strong="G4314" his|strong="G0846" fathers|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" decay|strong="G1312". 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G3739" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" saw|strong="G3708" no|strong="G3756" decay|strong="G1312". 
\verseNumber{38}Be|strong="G1510" it|strong="G1223" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G1410" you|strong="G5210" therefore|strong="G3767", brothers|strong="G0080",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:38  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} that|strong="G3754" through|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435" is|strong="G1510" proclaimed|strong="G2605" to|strong="G1410" you|strong="G5210" remission of|strong="G0575" sins|strong="G0266"; 
\verseNumber{39}and|strong="G3956" by|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3739" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" believes|strong="G4100" is|strong="G3778" justified|strong="G1344" from|strong="G0575" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3778", from|strong="G0575" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3956" justified|strong="G1344" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G0575" Moses|strong="G3475". 
\verseNumber{40}Beware|strong="G0991" therefore|strong="G3767", lest|strong="G3361" that|strong="G3004" come|strong="G1904" on|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396": 
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\verseNumber{41}‘Behold|strong="G3708", you|strong="G5210" scoffers|strong="G2707"! 
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Wonder|strong="G2296" and|strong="G2532" perish|strong="G0853", 
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for|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" work|strong="G2041" a|strong="G3708" work|strong="G2041" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G1437" days|strong="G2250", 
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a|strong="G3708" work|strong="G2041" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1722" no|strong="G3756" way|strong="G1722" believe|strong="G4100", if|strong="G1437" one|strong="G5100" declares it|strong="G1437" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210".’” \BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{13:41  }Habakkuk 1:5} 
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\verseNumber{42}So|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Jews went out of|strong="G4487" the|strong="G3588" synagogue, the|strong="G3588" Gentiles begged|strong="G3870" that|strong="G3778" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G4487" might be|strong="G3778" preached to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G3342" Sabbath|strong="G4521". 
\verseNumber{43}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864" broke|strong="G3089" up, many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" devout|strong="G4576" proselytes|strong="G4339" followed|strong="G0190" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas|strong="G0921"; who|strong="G3588", speaking|strong="G4354" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846", urged them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" continue|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" grace|strong="G5485" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{44}The|strong="G3956" next|strong="G2064" Sabbath|strong="G4521", almost|strong="G4975" the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G3588" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" to|strong="G2064" hear|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G0191". 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3793" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G2532" jealousy|strong="G2205", and|strong="G2532" contradicted the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G2980" which|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3793" spoken|strong="G2980" by|strong="G5259" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" blasphemed|strong="G0987". 
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\verseNumber{46}Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas|strong="G0921" spoke|strong="G2980" out|strong="G3955" boldly|strong="G3955", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" necessary|strong="G0316" that|strong="G3004" God’s|strong="G2316" word|strong="G3056" should|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" first|strong="G4413". Since|strong="G1894" indeed|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" thrust it|strong="G0846" from|strong="G2980" yourselves|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G2919" yourselves|strong="G1438" unworthy|strong="G3756" of|strong="G3056" eternal|strong="G0166" life|strong="G2222", behold|strong="G2400", we|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G4762" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{47}For|strong="G1063" so|strong="G3779" has|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" commanded|strong="G1781" us|strong="G1519", saying, 
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‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1510" set|strong="G5087" you|strong="G4771" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" light|strong="G5457" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484", 
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that|strong="G2193" you|strong="G4771" should bring|strong="G1519" salvation|strong="G4991" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" uttermost parts of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093".’” \BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{13:47  }Isaiah 49:6} 
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\verseNumber{48}As|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" glad|strong="G5463" and|strong="G2532" glorified|strong="G1392" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G0191". As|strong="G1519" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G1519" were|strong="G1510" appointed|strong="G5021" to|strong="G1519" eternal|strong="G0166" life|strong="G2222" believed|strong="G4100". 
\verseNumber{49}The|strong="G3588" Lord’s|strong="G2962" word|strong="G3056" was|strong="G3588" spread|strong="G1308" abroad throughout|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G3588" region|strong="G5561". 
\verseNumber{50}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" stirred|strong="G1892" up the|strong="G3588" devout|strong="G4576" and|strong="G2532" prominent|strong="G2158" women|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" chief men|strong="G4413" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172", and|strong="G2532" stirred|strong="G1892" up a|strong="G2532" persecution|strong="G1375" against|strong="G1909" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas|strong="G0921", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G1544" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1544" of|strong="G0575" their|strong="G0846" borders. 
\verseNumber{51}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" shook|strong="G1621" off|strong="G1621" the|strong="G3588" dust|strong="G2868" of|strong="G1909" their|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228" against|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Iconium|strong="G2430". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3101" filled|strong="G4137" with|strong="G2532" joy|strong="G5479" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
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\chapterNumber{14}In|strong="G1722" Iconium|strong="G2430", they|strong="G0846" entered|strong="G1525" together|strong="G1722" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864" of|strong="G4128" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" that|strong="G4100" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G4183" multitude|strong="G4128" both|strong="G5037" of|strong="G4128" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4128" Greeks|strong="G1672" believed|strong="G4100". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" disbelieving\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:2  }or, disobedient} Jews|strong="G2453" stirred|strong="G1892" up and|strong="G2532" embittered|strong="G2559" the|strong="G3588" souls|strong="G5590" of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" against|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080". 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="G3767" they|strong="G0846" stayed|strong="G1304" there|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G5550" time|strong="G5550", speaking|strong="G3955" boldly|strong="G3955" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3588" testified|strong="G3140" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" his|strong="G0846" grace|strong="G5485", granting|strong="G1325" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" to|strong="G1909" be|strong="G1096" done|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1223" their|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G4128" of|strong="G4172" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G1510" divided|strong="G4977". Part sided|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" part with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G5613" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" both|strong="G5037" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", with|strong="G4862" their|strong="G0846" rulers|strong="G0758", made|strong="G1096" a|strong="G5613" violent attempt|strong="G3730" to|strong="G2532" mistreat|strong="G5195" and|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3036" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{6}they|strong="G2532" became aware|strong="G4894" of|strong="G4172" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" fled|strong="G2703" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" cities|strong="G4172" of|strong="G4172" Lycaonia|strong="G3071", Lystra|strong="G3082", Derbe|strong="G1191", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" surrounding|strong="G4066" region|strong="G4066". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="G2546" they|strong="G1510" preached|strong="G2097" the|strong="G2097" Good|strong="G2097" News|strong="G2097". 
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\verseNumber{8}At|strong="G1722" Lystra|strong="G3082" a|strong="G3739" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0435" sat|strong="G2521", impotent in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228", a|strong="G3739" cripple from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" mother’s|strong="G3384" womb|strong="G2836", who|strong="G3739" never|strong="G3763" had|strong="G3739" walked|strong="G4043". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" listening|strong="G0191" to|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" speaking|strong="G2980", who|strong="G3739", fastening eyes on|strong="G0846" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" faith|strong="G4102" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4982" whole, 
\verseNumber{10}said|strong="G3004" with|strong="G1909" a|strong="G3004" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “Stand|strong="G0450" upright|strong="G3717" on|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228"!” He|strong="G2532" leaped|strong="G0242" up|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" walked|strong="G4043". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793" saw|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3739" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G3739" done|strong="G4160", they|strong="G0846" lifted|strong="G1869" up|strong="G1869" their|strong="G0846" voice|strong="G5456", saying|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" language|strong="G3072" of|strong="G2316" Lycaonia, “The|strong="G3588" gods|strong="G2316" have|strong="G1473" come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" likeness of|strong="G2316" men|strong="G0444"!” 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G0846" called|strong="G2564" Barnabas|strong="G0921" “Jupiter”, and|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" “Mercury”, because|strong="G1894" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G2233" speaker|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G3588" priest|strong="G2409" of|strong="G1909" Jupiter, whose temple was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1909" front|strong="G4253" of|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", brought|strong="G5342" oxen|strong="G5022" and|strong="G2532" garlands|strong="G4725" to|strong="G2309" the|strong="G3588" gates|strong="G4440", and|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2309" have|strong="G1510" made|strong="G5342" a|strong="G1510" sacrifice|strong="G2380" along|strong="G4862" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652", Barnabas|strong="G0921" and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", heard|strong="G0191" of|strong="G0652" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" tore|strong="G1284" their|strong="G0846" clothes|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" sprang into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793", crying|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", 
\verseNumber{15}“Men|strong="G0444", why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" doing|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"? We|strong="G2249" also|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" men|strong="G0444" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" same|strong="G0846" nature|strong="G3663" as|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", and|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097", that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G2316" turn|strong="G1994" from|strong="G0575" these|strong="G3778" vain|strong="G3152" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3739" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3956" sky|strong="G3772", the|strong="G3956" earth|strong="G1093", the|strong="G3956" sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846"; 
\verseNumber{16}who|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" generations|strong="G1074" gone|strong="G4198" by|strong="G1722" allowed|strong="G1439" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" nations|strong="G1484" to|strong="G1722" walk in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G0846" own|strong="G0846" ways|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{17}Yet|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" leave|strong="G0863" himself|strong="G1438" without|strong="G3756" witness|strong="G0267", in|strong="G2532" that|strong="G0846" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G1325" good|strong="G0014" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:17  }TR reads “us” instead of “you”} rains|strong="G5205" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" sky and|strong="G2532" fruitful|strong="G2593" seasons|strong="G2540", filling our|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" with|strong="G2532" food|strong="G5160" and|strong="G2532" gladness|strong="G2167".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Even|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", they|strong="G0846" hardly|strong="G3433" stopped the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" from|strong="G3361" making a|strong="G3793" sacrifice|strong="G2380" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" from|strong="G0575" Antioch|strong="G0490" and|strong="G2532" Iconium|strong="G2430" came|strong="G1904" there|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" having|strong="G3982" persuaded|strong="G3982" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", they|strong="G0846" stoned|strong="G3034" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G4951" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172", supposing|strong="G3543" that|strong="G0846" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G2348". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" stood|strong="G0450" around|strong="G2944" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" rose|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450", and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172". On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" Barnabas|strong="G0921" to|strong="G1519" Derbe|strong="G1191". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" preached|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2097" News|strong="G2097" to|strong="G1519" that|strong="G1565" city|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" made|strong="G3100" many|strong="G2425" disciples|strong="G3100", they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Lystra|strong="G3082", Iconium|strong="G2430", and|strong="G2532" Antioch|strong="G0490", 
\verseNumber{22}strengthening|strong="G1991" the|strong="G3588" souls|strong="G5590" of|strong="G0932" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101", exhorting|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3870" to|strong="G1519" continue|strong="G1696" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" through|strong="G1223" many|strong="G4183" afflictions|strong="G2347" we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G1163" enter|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="G2316" Kingdom|strong="G0932". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3739" appointed|strong="G5500" elders|strong="G4245" for|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" every|strong="G2596" assembly|strong="G1577", and|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3739" prayed|strong="G4336" with|strong="G3326" fasting|strong="G3521", they|strong="G0846" commended|strong="G3908" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" on|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3739" believed|strong="G4100". 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" Pisidia|strong="G4099" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Pamphylia|strong="G3828". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" in|strong="G1722" Perga|strong="G4011", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Attalia|strong="G0825". 
\verseNumber{26}From|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2547" they|strong="G3739" sailed|strong="G0636" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490", from|strong="G1510" where|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" committed|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" grace|strong="G5485" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" work|strong="G2041" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" fulfilled|strong="G4137". 
\verseNumber{27}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2316" arrived|strong="G3854" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2316" gathered|strong="G4863" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577" together|strong="G4863", they|strong="G0846" reported|strong="G0312" all|strong="G3745" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G0846" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" done|strong="G4160" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2316" opened|strong="G0455" a|strong="G4160" door|strong="G2374" of|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G1161" stayed|strong="G1304" there|strong="G1161" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" for|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" long|strong="G5550" time|strong="G5550". 
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\chapterNumber{15}Some|strong="G5100" men|strong="G5100" came|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G0575" Judea|strong="G2449" and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:1  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} “Unless|strong="G1437" you|strong="G1437" are|strong="G3588" circumcised|strong="G4059" after|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" custom|strong="G1485" of|strong="G0575" Moses|strong="G3475", you|strong="G1437" can’t|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982".” 
\verseNumber{2}Therefore|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas|strong="G0921" had|strong="G3972" no|strong="G3756" small|strong="G3641" discord and|strong="G2532" discussion|strong="G2214" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" appointed|strong="G5021" Paul|strong="G3972", Barnabas|strong="G0921", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" others|strong="G0243" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" question. 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="G3767", being sent|strong="G4311" on|strong="G4311" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G4311" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" assembly|strong="G1577", passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" both|strong="G5037" Phoenicia|strong="G5403" and|strong="G2532" Samaria|strong="G4540", declaring the|strong="G3956" conversion|strong="G1995" of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G3956" Gentiles|strong="G1484". They|strong="G3767" caused|strong="G4160" great|strong="G3173" joy|strong="G5479" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" brothers|strong="G0080". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2316" come|strong="G3854" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" received|strong="G3858" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" reported|strong="G0312" everything|strong="G3745" that|strong="G0846" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" done|strong="G4160" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" sect|strong="G0139" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" rose up|strong="G1210", saying|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G0846" is|strong="G5100" necessary|strong="G1163" to|strong="G3004" circumcise|strong="G4059" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" command|strong="G3853" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G3004" keep|strong="G5083" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G0575" Moses|strong="G3475".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" were|strong="G3778" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" matter|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" there|strong="G1722" had|strong="G2316" been|strong="G1096" much|strong="G4183" discussion|strong="G2214", Peter|strong="G4074" rose|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", “Brothers|strong="G0080", you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1987" that|strong="G3754" a|strong="G1096" good|strong="G2098" while|strong="G1722" ago|strong="G0575" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" choice|strong="G1586" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" by|strong="G1722" my|strong="G0191" mouth|strong="G4750" the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484" should|strong="G0080" hear|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2098" News|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100". 
\verseNumber{8}God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" knows|strong="G2589" the|strong="G3588" heart|strong="G2589", testified|strong="G3140" about|strong="G3588" them|strong="G0846", giving|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", just|strong="G2531" like|strong="G2531" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1325". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1252" no|strong="G3762" distinction|strong="G1252" between|strong="G3342" us and|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846", cleansing|strong="G2511" their|strong="G0846" hearts|strong="G2588" by|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102". 
\verseNumber{10}Now|strong="G3568" therefore|strong="G3767" why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3739" tempt|strong="G3985" God|strong="G2316", that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" should|strong="G2316" put|strong="G2007" a|strong="G3739" yoke|strong="G2218" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" neck|strong="G5137" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" which|strong="G3739" neither|strong="G3777" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962" nor|strong="G3777" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3101" able|strong="G2480" to|strong="G1909" bear|strong="G0941"? 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G0235" we|strong="G3739" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3739" saved|strong="G4982" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" grace|strong="G5485" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:11  }TR adds “Christ”} just|strong="G2596" as|strong="G2596" they|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3739".” 
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\verseNumber{12}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" multitude|strong="G4128" kept|strong="G4601" silence, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" listened|strong="G0191" to|strong="G2532" Barnabas|strong="G0921" and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" reporting what|strong="G3588" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" done|strong="G4160" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" nations|strong="G1484" through|strong="G1223" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="G3326" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" silent|strong="G4601", James|strong="G2385" answered|strong="G0611", “Brothers|strong="G0080", listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{14}Simeon|strong="G4826" has|strong="G2316" reported how|strong="G2531" God|strong="G2316" first|strong="G4413" visited the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484" to|strong="G0846" take|strong="G2983" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" a|strong="G2983" people|strong="G2992" for|strong="G2316" his|strong="G0846" name|strong="G3686". 
\verseNumber{15}This|strong="G3778" agrees with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396". As|strong="G2531" it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3778" written|strong="G1125", 
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\verseNumber{16}‘After|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3778" return|strong="G0390". 
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I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3778" again|strong="G0461" build the|strong="G3588" tabernacle|strong="G4633" of|strong="G4633" David|strong="G1138", which|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3778" fallen|strong="G4098". 
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I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3778" again|strong="G0461" build its|strong="G0846" ruins|strong="G2690". 
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I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3778" set it|strong="G0846" up 
\verseNumber{17}that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3956" rest|strong="G2645" of|strong="G2962" men|strong="G0444" may|strong="G2532" seek after|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962": 
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all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Gentiles|strong="G1484" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3956" called|strong="G3004" by|strong="G1909" my|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686", 
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says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3739" does|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{15:17  }Amos 9:11-12} 
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\verseNumber{18}“All of|strong="G0575" God’s works are|strong="G0165" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G0165" him|strong="G0575" from|strong="G0575" eternity|strong="G0165". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="G1352" my|strong="G2316" judgment|strong="G2919" is|strong="G2316" that|strong="G2316" we|strong="G1352" don’t|strong="G3361" trouble|strong="G3926" those|strong="G3588" from|strong="G0575" among|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" who|strong="G3588" turn|strong="G1994" to|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316", 
\verseNumber{20}but|strong="G0235" that|strong="G0846" we|strong="G2532" write|strong="G1989" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846" that|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" abstain|strong="G0568" from|strong="G0568" the|strong="G3588" pollution of|strong="G0129" idols|strong="G1497", from|strong="G0568" sexual|strong="G4202" immorality|strong="G4202", from|strong="G0568" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" strangled|strong="G4156", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G0568" blood|strong="G0129". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="G1063" Moses|strong="G3475" from|strong="G1537" generations|strong="G1074" of|strong="G1537" old|strong="G0744" has|strong="G2192" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" preach|strong="G2784" him|strong="G0846", being|strong="G2192" read|strong="G0314" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" synagogues|strong="G4864" every|strong="G3956" Sabbath|strong="G4521".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="G2532" it|strong="G0846" seemed|strong="G1380" good|strong="G1380" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245", with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" whole|strong="G3650" assembly|strong="G1577", to|strong="G1519" choose|strong="G1586" men|strong="G0435" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G0846" company, and|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3992" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490" with|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas|strong="G0921": Judas|strong="G2455" called|strong="G2564" Barsabbas|strong="G0923", and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", chief|strong="G2233" men|strong="G0435" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:22  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="G0846" wrote|strong="G1125" these|strong="G3588" things|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1223" their|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495": 
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“The|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652", the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080", to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" in|strong="G2596" Antioch|strong="G0490", Syria|strong="G4947", and|strong="G2532" Cilicia|strong="G2791": greetings|strong="G5463". 
\verseNumber{24}Because|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G3748" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" some|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3739" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1537" us|strong="G1537" have|strong="G3748" troubled|strong="G5015" you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1537" words|strong="G3056", unsettling|strong="G0384" your|strong="G3588" souls|strong="G5590", saying|strong="G3056", ‘You|strong="G5210" must|strong="G3588" be|strong="G5100" circumcised and|strong="G3056" keep the|strong="G3588" law,’ to|strong="G5100" whom|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" gave|strong="G1291" no|strong="G3756" commandment|strong="G3056"; 
\verseNumber{25}it|strong="G2532" seemed|strong="G1380" good|strong="G1380" to|strong="G4314" us, having come|strong="G1096" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661", to|strong="G4314" choose|strong="G1586" out|strong="G1096" men|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3992" them to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G4862" our|strong="G2532" beloved|strong="G0027" Barnabas|strong="G0921" and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", 
\verseNumber{26}men|strong="G0444" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1473" risked|strong="G3860" their|strong="G0846" lives|strong="G5590" for|strong="G5228" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2962" our|strong="G2424" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{27}We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G0649" therefore|strong="G3767" Judas|strong="G2455" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", who|strong="G3588" themselves|strong="G1438" will|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G0518" you|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" things|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1223" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" mouth. 
\verseNumber{28}For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G3778" seemed|strong="G1380" good|strong="G1380" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" us, to|strong="G2532" lay|strong="G2007" no|strong="G3367" greater|strong="G4183" burden|strong="G0922" on|strong="G4151" you|strong="G5210" than|strong="G4183" these|strong="G3778" necessary things|strong="G3778": 
\verseNumber{29}that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" abstain|strong="G0568" from|strong="G1537" things|strong="G3739" sacrificed|strong="G1494" to|strong="G2532" idols|strong="G1494", from|strong="G1537" blood|strong="G0129", from|strong="G1537" things|strong="G3739" strangled|strong="G4156", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" sexual|strong="G4202" immorality|strong="G4202", from|strong="G1537" which|strong="G3739" if|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" keep|strong="G1301" yourselves|strong="G1438", it|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1537" you|strong="G3739". Farewell|strong="G4517".” 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="G3767", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3767" were|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G0630" off, they|strong="G3767" came|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490". Having|strong="G3767" gathered|strong="G4863" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G4128" together|strong="G4863", they|strong="G3767" delivered|strong="G1929" the|strong="G3588" letter|strong="G1992". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" read|strong="G0314" it|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" rejoiced|strong="G5463" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" encouragement|strong="G3874". 
\verseNumber{32}Judas|strong="G2455" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", also|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510" prophets|strong="G4396" themselves|strong="G0846", encouraged|strong="G3870" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" with|strong="G1223" many|strong="G4183" words|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" strengthened|strong="G1991" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{33}After|strong="G3326" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" spent|strong="G4160" some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5550" there|strong="G1161", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" dismissed|strong="G0630" in|strong="G4160" peace|strong="G1515" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" apostles. 
\verseNumber{34}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:34  }Some manuscripts add: \fqa But it seemed good to Silas to stay there. } 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas|strong="G0921" stayed|strong="G1304" in|strong="G1722" Antioch|strong="G0490", teaching|strong="G1321" and|strong="G2532" preaching|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", with|strong="G3326" many|strong="G4183" others|strong="G2087" also|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{36}After|strong="G3326" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Barnabas|strong="G0921", “Let’s return|strong="G1994" now|strong="G1161" and|strong="G1161" visit|strong="G1980" our|strong="G3956" brothers|strong="G0080" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" proclaimed|strong="G2605" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962", to|strong="G4314" see how|strong="G4459" they|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3956" doing.” 
\verseNumber{37}Barnabas|strong="G0921" planned|strong="G1014" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G4838" John|strong="G2491", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" Mark|strong="G3138", with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G2564" also|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" didn’t|strong="G3361" think that|strong="G3778" it|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" good idea to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G4838" with|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" someone who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3972" withdrawn from|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", and|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3361" go|strong="G0868" with|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G3361" the|strong="G3588" work|strong="G2041". 
\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" contention grew so|strong="G1161" sharp|strong="G3948" that|strong="G5620" they|strong="G0846" separated|strong="G0673" from|strong="G0575" each|strong="G0240" other|strong="G1161". Barnabas|strong="G0921" took|strong="G3880" Mark|strong="G3138" with|strong="G0575" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" sailed|strong="G1602" away|strong="G0575" to|strong="G1519" Cyprus|strong="G2954", 
\verseNumber{40}but|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" chose|strong="G1951" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", being commended|strong="G3860" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" to|strong="G0080" the|strong="G3588" grace|strong="G5485" of|strong="G5485" God. 
\verseNumber{41}He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" Syria|strong="G4947" and|strong="G2532" Cilicia|strong="G2791", strengthening|strong="G1991" the|strong="G3588" assemblies|strong="G1577". 
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\chapterNumber{16}He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2658" to|strong="G1519" Derbe|strong="G1191" and|strong="G2532" Lystra|strong="G3082"; and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" disciple|strong="G3101" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563", named|strong="G3686" Timothy|strong="G5095", the|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G1510" Jewess|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3962" believed, but|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3708" father|strong="G3962" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Greek|strong="G1672". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3739" at|strong="G1722" Lystra|strong="G3082" and|strong="G2532" Iconium|strong="G2430" gave a|strong="G3739" good|strong="G3140" testimony|strong="G3140" about|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{3}Paul|strong="G3972" wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" have|strong="G1510" him|strong="G0846" go|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" and|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="G4059" him|strong="G0846" because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" parts|strong="G5117", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" all|strong="G0537" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G0846" father|strong="G3962" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2983" Greek|strong="G1672". 
\verseNumber{4}As|strong="G5613" they|strong="G0846" went on|strong="G1722" their|strong="G0846" way|strong="G1722" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" cities|strong="G4172", they|strong="G0846" delivered|strong="G3860" the|strong="G3588" decrees|strong="G1378" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" keep|strong="G5442" which|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="G2532" ordained by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" assemblies|strong="G1577" were|strong="G3588" strengthened|strong="G4732" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102", and|strong="G2532" increased in|strong="G2596" number|strong="G0706" daily|strong="G2596". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" gone|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" region|strong="G5561" of|strong="G3056" Phrygia|strong="G5435" and|strong="G2532" Galatia|strong="G1054", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" forbidden|strong="G2967" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" in|strong="G1722" Asia|strong="G0773". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G2064" opposite Mysia|strong="G3465", they|strong="G0846" tried|strong="G3985" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" Bithynia|strong="G0978", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" didn’t|strong="G3756" allow|strong="G1439" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{8}Passing|strong="G3928" by|strong="G1519" Mysia|strong="G3465", they|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Troas|strong="G5174". 
\verseNumber{9}A|strong="G1510" vision|strong="G3705" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571". There|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G0435" of|strong="G1223" Macedonia|strong="G3109" standing|strong="G2476", begging|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “Come|strong="G1510" over|strong="G1224" into|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="G0997" us|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G5613" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2316" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" vision|strong="G3705", immediately|strong="G2112" we|strong="G2249" sought|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109", concluding|strong="G4822" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" called|strong="G4341" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" preach|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2097" News|strong="G2097" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{11}Setting|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321" therefore|strong="G3767" from|strong="G0575" Troas|strong="G5174", we|strong="G1161" made a|strong="G3767" straight|strong="G2113" course|strong="G2113" to|strong="G1519" Samothrace|strong="G4543", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" day following to|strong="G1519" Neapolis|strong="G3501"; 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="G1161" from|strong="G1722" there|strong="G2547" to|strong="G1519" Philippi|strong="G5375", which|strong="G3748" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2250" Macedonia|strong="G3109", the|strong="G3588" foremost|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" district|strong="G3310", a|strong="G1510" Roman colony|strong="G2862". We|strong="G3778" were|strong="G1510" staying|strong="G1304" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" city|strong="G4172". 
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\verseNumber{13}On|strong="G2523" the|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521" day|strong="G2250" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1854" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" city by|strong="G3844" a|strong="G1510" riverside, where|strong="G3757" we|strong="G2532" supposed|strong="G3543" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" place|strong="G4335" of|strong="G2250" prayer|strong="G4335", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1831" together|strong="G4905". 
\verseNumber{14}A|strong="G0191" certain|strong="G5100" woman|strong="G1135" named|strong="G3686" Lydia|strong="G3070", a|strong="G0191" seller|strong="G4211" of|strong="G2316" purple|strong="G4211", of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2316" Thyatira|strong="G2363", one|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3739" worshiped God|strong="G2316", heard|strong="G0191" us|strong="G0191". The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" opened|strong="G1272" her|strong="G5259" heart|strong="G2588" to|strong="G2532" listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3739" which|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3739" spoken|strong="G2980" by|strong="G5259" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="G5613" she|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" her|strong="G0846" household|strong="G3624" were|strong="G1510" baptized|strong="G0907", she|strong="G0846" begged|strong="G3870" us|strong="G3004", saying|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" have|strong="G1510" judged|strong="G2919" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" faithful|strong="G4103" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", come|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1525" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" stay|strong="G3306".” So|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" persuaded us|strong="G3004". 
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\verseNumber{16}As|strong="G1519" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G1096" going|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" prayer|strong="G4335", a|strong="G2192" certain|strong="G5100" girl having|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" divination|strong="G4436" met|strong="G5221" us|strong="G1519", who|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G3930" her|strong="G0846" masters|strong="G2962" much|strong="G4183" gain by|strong="G1096" fortune telling. 
\verseNumber{17}Following|strong="G2628" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004", she|strong="G3778" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444" are|strong="G1510" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" proclaim|strong="G2605" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" a|strong="G1510" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2316" salvation|strong="G4991"!” 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="G0846" was|strong="G2424" doing|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" for|strong="G1909" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250". 
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But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972", becoming greatly|strong="G4183" annoyed|strong="G1278", turned|strong="G1994" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" spirit|strong="G4151", “I|strong="G2532" command|strong="G3853" you|strong="G4771" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" to|strong="G3004" come|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G4151" her|strong="G0846"!” It|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" that|strong="G3004" very|strong="G0846" hour|strong="G5610". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" her|strong="G0846" masters|strong="G2962" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G2962" their|strong="G0846" gain was|strong="G3588" gone|strong="G1831", they|strong="G0846" seized|strong="G1949" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G1670" them|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" marketplace before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" rulers|strong="G0758". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G4317" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" magistrates|strong="G4755", they|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444", being|strong="G5225" Jews|strong="G2453", are|strong="G3778" agitating our|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="G2532" advocate customs|strong="G1485" which|strong="G3739" it|strong="G4160" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" lawful|strong="G1832" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" accept|strong="G3858" or|strong="G3761" to|strong="G2532" observe|strong="G4160", being|strong="G1510" Romans|strong="G4514".” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793" rose|strong="G4911" up|strong="G4911" together|strong="G4911" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" magistrates|strong="G4755" tore|strong="G4048" their|strong="G0846" clothes|strong="G2440" from|strong="G2596" them|strong="G0846", then|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2596" be|strong="G2532" beaten|strong="G4463" with|strong="G2596" rods|strong="G4463". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" laid|strong="G2007" many|strong="G4183" stripes on|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" threw|strong="G0906" them|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438", charging the|strong="G3588" jailer|strong="G1200" to|strong="G1519" keep|strong="G5083" them|strong="G0846" safely. 
\verseNumber{24}Having received|strong="G2983" such|strong="G5108" a|strong="G2983" command|strong="G3852", he|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G0906" them|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" inner|strong="G2082" prison|strong="G5438" and|strong="G2532" secured their|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" stocks|strong="G3586". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" about|strong="G2596" midnight|strong="G3317" 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="G2596" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" prisoners|strong="G1198" were|strong="G3588" listening|strong="G1874" to|strong="G2596" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{26}Suddenly|strong="G0869" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" earthquake|strong="G4578", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G5620" the|strong="G3956" foundations|strong="G2310" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" prison|strong="G1201" were|strong="G3956" shaken|strong="G4531"; and|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G3916" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" doors|strong="G2374" were|strong="G3956" opened|strong="G0455", and|strong="G2532" everyone’s|strong="G3956" bonds|strong="G1199" were|strong="G3956" loosened. 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="G3588" jailer|strong="G1200", being|strong="G1096" roused out|strong="G1438" of|strong="G3588" sleep and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438" doors|strong="G2374" open|strong="G0455", drew|strong="G4685" his|strong="G3708" sword|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" kill|strong="G0337" himself|strong="G1438", supposing|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" prisoners|strong="G1198" had|strong="G3588" escaped|strong="G1628". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" cried|strong="G5455" with|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", saying|strong="G3004", “Don’t|strong="G3367" harm|strong="G2556" yourself|strong="G4572", for|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G0537" here|strong="G1759"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G2532" called|strong="G0154" for|strong="G0154" lights|strong="G5457", sprang in|strong="G2532", fell|strong="G1096" down|strong="G4363" trembling|strong="G1790" before|strong="G4363" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", 
\verseNumber{30}brought|strong="G4254" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1854", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “Sirs|strong="G2962", what|strong="G5101" must|strong="G1163" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1163" saved|strong="G4982"?” 
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\verseNumber{31}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2962" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982", you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" household|strong="G3624".” 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3614". 
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\verseNumber{33}He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" them|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3956" same|strong="G0846" hour|strong="G5610" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" washed|strong="G3068" their|strong="G0846" stripes, and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" immediately|strong="G3916" baptized|strong="G0907", he|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" household. 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0321" them|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G0321" food|strong="G5132" before|strong="G3908" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" rejoiced|strong="G0021" greatly|strong="G0021" with|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" household|strong="G3624", having believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{35}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250", the|strong="G3588" magistrates|strong="G4755" sent|strong="G0649" the|strong="G3588" sergeants, saying|strong="G3004", “Let|strong="G1096" those|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0444" go|strong="G0630".” 
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\verseNumber{36}The|strong="G3588" jailer|strong="G1200" reported|strong="G0518" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", saying|strong="G3056", “The|strong="G3588" magistrates|strong="G4755" have|strong="G3748" sent|strong="G0649" to|strong="G4314" let|strong="G0630" you|strong="G3754" go|strong="G4198"; now|strong="G1161" therefore|strong="G3767" come|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G1161" go|strong="G4198" in|strong="G1722" peace|strong="G1515".” 
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\verseNumber{37}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", “They|strong="G0846" have|strong="G2532" beaten|strong="G1194" us|strong="G1519" publicly|strong="G1219" without|strong="G3756" a|strong="G2064" trial|strong="G0178", men|strong="G0444" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" Romans|strong="G4514", and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" cast|strong="G0906" us|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438"! Do|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" now|strong="G1161" release us|strong="G1519" secretly|strong="G2977"? No|strong="G3756", most certainly|strong="G0235", but|strong="G1161" let them|strong="G0846" come|strong="G2064" themselves|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G0906" us|strong="G1519" out|strong="G1544"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}The|strong="G3588" sergeants reported|strong="G0518" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G4487" to|strong="G3778" the|strong="G3588" magistrates|strong="G4755", and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3754" were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3754" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3754" were|strong="G1510" Romans|strong="G4514", 
\verseNumber{39}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" begged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G0846". When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2064" brought|strong="G2064" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1806", they|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2064" depart|strong="G0565" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172". 
\verseNumber{40}They|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438" and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1525" Lydia’s|strong="G3070" house. When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080", they|strong="G2532" encouraged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3870", then|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G1831". 
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\chapterNumber{17}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" passed through|strong="G1353" Amphipolis|strong="G0295" and|strong="G2532" Apollonia|strong="G0624", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Thessalonica|strong="G2332", where|strong="G3699" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="G2453" synagogue|strong="G4864". 
\verseNumber{2}Paul|strong="G3972", as|strong="G2596" was|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" custom|strong="G1486", went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1909" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846"; and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1909" three|strong="G5140" Sabbath|strong="G4521" days reasoned|strong="G1256" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Scriptures|strong="G1124", 
\verseNumber{3}explaining|strong="G1272" and|strong="G2532" demonstrating|strong="G3908" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547" had|strong="G2424" to|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G3958" and|strong="G2532" rise|strong="G0450" again|strong="G0450" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3754", “This|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" proclaim|strong="G2605" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" persuaded|strong="G3982" and|strong="G2532" joined|strong="G4345" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609": of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" devout|strong="G4576" Greeks|strong="G1672" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" multitude|strong="G4128", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G2532" few|strong="G3641" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" chief women|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" unpersuaded Jews|strong="G2453" took|strong="G4355" along|strong="G2532"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:5  }TR reads “And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along” instead of “But the unpersuaded Jews took along”} some|strong="G5100" wicked|strong="G4190" men|strong="G0435" from|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" marketplace and|strong="G2532" gathering a|strong="G2532" crowd, set|strong="G2186" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1519" an|strong="G2532" uproar. Assaulting the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G0435" Jason|strong="G2394", they|strong="G0846" sought|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G4254" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1438" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" didn’t|strong="G3361" find|strong="G2147" them|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" dragged|strong="G4951" Jason|strong="G2394" and|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G5100" brothers|strong="G0080"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:6  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" rulers of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4173", crying|strong="G0994", “These|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" turned the|strong="G3588" world|strong="G3625" upside down have|strong="G2532" come here|strong="G1759" also|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{7}whom|strong="G3739" Jason|strong="G2394" has|strong="G3739" received|strong="G5264". These|strong="G3778" all|strong="G3956" act|strong="G4238" contrary|strong="G0561" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" decrees|strong="G1378" of|strong="G3956" Caesar|strong="G2541", saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" another|strong="G2087" king|strong="G0935", Jesus|strong="G2424"!” 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" rulers of|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4173" were|strong="G3793" troubled|strong="G5015" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" taken|strong="G2983" security from|strong="G3844" Jason|strong="G2394" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G3062", they|strong="G0846" let|strong="G0630" them|strong="G0846" go|strong="G0630". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" immediately|strong="G2112" sent|strong="G1599" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" away|strong="G1599" by|strong="G1223" night|strong="G3571" to|strong="G1519" Beroea. When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G3854", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0549" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" synagogue|strong="G4864". 
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\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" were|strong="G1510" more|strong="G2596" noble than|strong="G2104" those|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Thessalonica|strong="G2332", in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3778" they|strong="G1161" received|strong="G1209" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056" with|strong="G3326" all|strong="G3956" readiness|strong="G4288" of|strong="G3056" mind, examining|strong="G0350" the|strong="G3956" Scriptures|strong="G1124" daily|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" see whether|strong="G1487" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" were|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3779". 
\verseNumber{12}Many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" therefore|strong="G3767" believed|strong="G4100"; also|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" prominent|strong="G2158" Greek|strong="G1674" women|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G2532" few|strong="G3641" men|strong="G0435". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" of|strong="G3056" Thessalonica|strong="G2332" had|strong="G2316" knowledge that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G3588" proclaimed|strong="G2605" by|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G3972" at|strong="G1722" Beroea also|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2546" likewise|strong="G2532", agitating|strong="G4531" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" immediately|strong="G2112" sent|strong="G1821" out Paul|strong="G3972" to|strong="G1909" go|strong="G4198" as|strong="G4198" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" still|strong="G2193" stayed|strong="G5278" there|strong="G1563". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" escorted|strong="G2525" Paul|strong="G3972" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" as|strong="G5613" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G5613" Athens|strong="G0116". Receiving|strong="G2983" a|strong="G5613" commandment|strong="G1785" to|strong="G4314" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2443" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" very|strong="G0846" quickly|strong="G5036", they|strong="G0846" departed. 
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\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G3972" waited for|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846" at|strong="G1722" Athens|strong="G0116", his|strong="G0846" spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G1510" provoked|strong="G3947" within|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846" as|strong="G1722" he|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G2334" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" full|strong="G2712" of|strong="G4151" idols|strong="G2712". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" reasoned|strong="G1256" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" synagogue|strong="G4864" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" devout|strong="G4576" persons, and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" marketplace every|strong="G3956" day|strong="G2250" with|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" met him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{18}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" Epicurean and|strong="G2532" Stoic|strong="G4770" philosophers|strong="G5386" also|strong="G2532"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:18  }TR omits “also” } were|strong="G1510" conversing|strong="G4820" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846". Some|strong="G5100" said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" does|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" babbler|strong="G4691" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004"?” 
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Others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" seems|strong="G1380" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" advocating foreign deities|strong="G1140",” because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" preached|strong="G2097" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" resurrection|strong="G0386". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="G0846" took|strong="G1949" hold|strong="G1949" of|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G5037" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" Areopagus|strong="G0697", saying|strong="G3004", “May|strong="G3778" we|strong="G3778" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" new|strong="G2537" teaching|strong="G1322" is|strong="G5101", which|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3778" speaking|strong="G2980" about|strong="G1909"? 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G1510" bring|strong="G1533" certain|strong="G5100" strange|strong="G3579" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G1519" our ears|strong="G0189". We|strong="G2249" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" know|strong="G1097" therefore|strong="G3767" what|strong="G5101" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" mean|strong="G1510".” 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Athenians|strong="G0117" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" strangers|strong="G3581" living there|strong="G1161" spent their|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2119" in|strong="G1519" nothing|strong="G3762" else|strong="G2087", but|strong="G1161" either|strong="G2228" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="G3004" or|strong="G2228" to|strong="G1519" hear|strong="G0191" some|strong="G5100" new|strong="G2537" thing|strong="G3762". 
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\verseNumber{22}Paul|strong="G3972" stood|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3956" Areopagus|strong="G0697" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G5346", “You|strong="G5210" men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G0435" Athens|strong="G0117", I|strong="G1161" perceive|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3956" very religious in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="G1063" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" passed|strong="G1330" along|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" observed the|strong="G3588" objects|strong="G4574" of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4574", I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" an|strong="G2532" altar|strong="G1041" with|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" inscription|strong="G1924": ‘TO|strong="G2532" AN|strong="G2532" UNKNOWN|strong="G0050" GOD|strong="G2316".’ What|strong="G3739" therefore|strong="G3767" you|strong="G5210" worship|strong="G4574" in|strong="G1722" ignorance|strong="G0050", I|strong="G1473" announce to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3956" world|strong="G2889" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3778" in|strong="G1722" it|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532", being|strong="G5225" Lord|strong="G2962" of|strong="G2316" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", doesn’t|strong="G3756" dwell|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" temples|strong="G3485" made|strong="G4160" with|strong="G1722" hands|strong="G5499". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G2532" isn’t served|strong="G2323" by|strong="G5259" men’s hands|strong="G5495", as|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" needed|strong="G4326" anything|strong="G5100", seeing he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G0846" 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" from|strong="G1537" one|strong="G1520" blood every|strong="G3956" nation|strong="G1484" of|strong="G1537" men|strong="G0444" to|strong="G1909" dwell|strong="G2730" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" surface of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" earth|strong="G1093", having|strong="G4160" determined|strong="G3724" appointed|strong="G4160" seasons|strong="G2540" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" boundaries|strong="G3734" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G0846" dwellings, 
\verseNumber{27}that|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2212" seek|strong="G2212" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2316", if|strong="G1487" perhaps|strong="G0686" they|strong="G0846" might|strong="G2532" reach out|strong="G0575" for|strong="G2212" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G0846", though|strong="G1487" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" far|strong="G3112" from|strong="G0575" each|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G0575" us. 
\verseNumber{28}‘For|strong="G1063" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846" we|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198", move|strong="G2795", and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G1510" our|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510".’ As|strong="G5613" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G0846" poets|strong="G4163" have|strong="G1510" said|strong="G3004", ‘For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" offspring|strong="G1085".’ 
\verseNumber{29}Being|strong="G1510" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" offspring|strong="G1085" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", we|strong="G2532" ought|strong="G3784" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" think|strong="G3543" that|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" Divine|strong="G2304" Nature|strong="G2304" is|strong="G1510" like|strong="G3664" gold|strong="G5557", or|strong="G2228" silver|strong="G0696", or|strong="G2228" stone|strong="G3037", engraved by|strong="G2228" art|strong="G5078" and|strong="G2532" design of|strong="G2316" man|strong="G0444". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G3956" times|strong="G5550" of|strong="G2316" ignorance|strong="G0052" therefore|strong="G3767" God|strong="G2316" overlooked|strong="G5237". But|strong="G2316" now|strong="G3568" he|strong="G3767" commands|strong="G0518" that|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G0444" everywhere|strong="G3837" should|strong="G2316" repent|strong="G3340", 
\verseNumber{31}because|strong="G1537" he|strong="G0846" has|strong="G3739" appointed|strong="G3724" a|strong="G3739" day|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" will|strong="G3739" judge|strong="G2919" the|strong="G3956" world|strong="G3625" in|strong="G1722" righteousness|strong="G1343" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" man|strong="G0435" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" has|strong="G3739" ordained; of|strong="G1537" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" has|strong="G3739" given assurance to|strong="G3195" all|strong="G3956" men|strong="G0435", in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" has|strong="G3739" raised|strong="G0450" him|strong="G0846" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" dead|strong="G3498".” 
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\verseNumber{32}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" resurrection|strong="G0386" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", some|strong="G3588" mocked; but|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3778" want to|strong="G3004" hear|strong="G0191" you|strong="G4771" again|strong="G3825" concerning|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778".” 
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\verseNumber{33}Thus|strong="G3779" Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" certain|strong="G5100" men|strong="G0435" joined|strong="G2853" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100", including|strong="G3739" Dionysius|strong="G1354" the|strong="G3588" Areopagite|strong="G0698", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3739" woman|strong="G1135" named|strong="G3686" Damaris|strong="G1152", and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G2087" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846". 
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\chapterNumber{18}After|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" Paul|strong="G5563" departed|strong="G5563" from|strong="G1537" Athens|strong="G0116" and|strong="G2064" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Corinth|strong="G2882". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2147" certain|strong="G5100" Jew|strong="G2453" named|strong="G3686" Aquila|strong="G0207", a|strong="G2147" man|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1223" Pontus|strong="G4193" by|strong="G1223" race|strong="G1085", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2064" recently|strong="G4373" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G0575" Italy|strong="G2482" with|strong="G1223" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135" Priscilla|strong="G4252", because|strong="G1223" Claudius|strong="G2804" had|strong="G2064" commanded|strong="G1299" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" to|strong="G2064" depart from|strong="G0575" Rome|strong="G4516". He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2064" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" practiced the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" trade|strong="G3673", he|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" worked|strong="G2038", for|strong="G1063" by|strong="G1223" trade|strong="G3673" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" tent makers. 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G2532" reasoned|strong="G1256" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" synagogue|strong="G4864" every|strong="G3956" Sabbath|strong="G4521" and|strong="G2532" persuaded|strong="G3982" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G5613" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" came|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G0575" Macedonia|strong="G3109", Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G1510" compelled by|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Spirit, testifying|strong="G1263" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" that|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" opposed|strong="G0498" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" blasphemed|strong="G0987", he|strong="G2532" shook|strong="G1621" out|strong="G0575" his|strong="G0846" clothing|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", “Your|strong="G2532" blood|strong="G0129" be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G1438" heads|strong="G2776"! I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" clean|strong="G2513". From|strong="G0575" now|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1909", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1484" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G3327" there|strong="G1564" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Justus|strong="G2459", one|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3739" worshiped God|strong="G2316", whose|strong="G3739" house|strong="G3614" was|strong="G1510" next|strong="G4927" door to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864". 
\verseNumber{8}Crispus|strong="G2921", the|strong="G3588" ruler of|strong="G3624" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G0752", believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" with|strong="G4862" all|strong="G3650" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624". Many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G3624" the|strong="G3588" Corinthians|strong="G2881", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191", believed|strong="G4100" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" baptized|strong="G0907". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Paul|strong="G3972" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" by|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3004" vision|strong="G3705", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w silent|strong="G4623"\+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 attack|strong="G2007"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w harm|strong="G2559"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+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*.”} 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" lived there|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" year|strong="G1763" and|strong="G2532" six|strong="G1803" months|strong="G3376", teaching|strong="G1321" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Gallio|strong="G1058" was|strong="G1510" proconsul|strong="G0446" of|strong="G1909" Achaia|strong="G0882", the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" with|strong="G1909" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661" rose up against|strong="G1909" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" judgment|strong="G0968" seat|strong="G0968", 
\verseNumber{13}saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444" persuades men|strong="G0444" to|strong="G3004" worship|strong="G4576" God|strong="G2316" contrary|strong="G3844" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551".” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G4314" open|strong="G0455" his|strong="G0455" mouth|strong="G4750", Gallio|strong="G1058" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", “If|strong="G1487" indeed|strong="G3303" it|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" matter|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" wrong|strong="G0092" or|strong="G2228" of|strong="G3056" wicked|strong="G4190" crime|strong="G4467", you|strong="G5210" Jews|strong="G2453", it|strong="G1161" would|strong="G3195" be|strong="G1510" reasonable|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1487" should|strong="G5100" bear|strong="G0430" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210"; 
\verseNumber{15}but|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" they|strong="G0846" are|strong="G1510" questions|strong="G2213" about|strong="G4012" words|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" names|strong="G3686" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G3708" own|strong="G0846" law|strong="G3551", look|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2596" it|strong="G0846" yourselves|strong="G0846". For|strong="G4012" I|strong="G1473" don’t|strong="G3756" want|strong="G1014" to|strong="G2596" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" judge|strong="G2923" of|strong="G3056" these|strong="G3778" matters|strong="G3056".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" drove|strong="G0556" them|strong="G0846" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" judgment|strong="G0968" seat|strong="G0968". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Greeks seized|strong="G1949" Sosthenes|strong="G4988", the|strong="G3956" ruler of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" synagogue|strong="G0752", and|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G5180" him|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1715" the|strong="G3956" judgment|strong="G0968" seat|strong="G0968". Gallio|strong="G1058" didn’t care|strong="G3199" about|strong="G3588" any|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". 
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\verseNumber{18}Paul|strong="G3972", having|strong="G2192" stayed after|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588" many|strong="G2425" more|strong="G2089" days|strong="G2250", took|strong="G0657" his|strong="G0846" leave|strong="G0657" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18:18  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} and|strong="G2532" sailed|strong="G1602" from|strong="G1722" there|strong="G1722" for|strong="G1063" Syria|strong="G4947", together|strong="G4862" with|strong="G1722" Priscilla|strong="G4252" and|strong="G2532" Aquila|strong="G0207". He|strong="G2532" shaved his|strong="G0846" head|strong="G2776" in|strong="G1722" Cenchreae, for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" vow|strong="G2171". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181", and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" left|strong="G2641" them|strong="G0846" there|strong="G0847"; but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" himself|strong="G0846" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864" and|strong="G1161" reasoned|strong="G1256" with|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1909" stay|strong="G3306" with|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846" a|strong="G1909" longer|strong="G1909" time|strong="G5550", he|strong="G0846" declined; 
\verseNumber{21}but|strong="G0235" taking|strong="G0657" his|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G0657" of|strong="G0575" them|strong="G3004", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" must|strong="G0235" by|strong="G0575" all|strong="G3588" means|strong="G3004" keep this|strong="G3588" coming feast in|strong="G2316" Jerusalem, but|strong="G0235" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" return|strong="G0344" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" if|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" wills|strong="G2309".” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321" from|strong="G0575" Ephesus|strong="G2181". 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" landed|strong="G2718" at|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="G0782" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0305" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Antioch|strong="G0490". 
\verseNumber{23}Having|strong="G4160" spent|strong="G4160" some|strong="G5100" time|strong="G5550" there|strong="G3101", he|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" through|strong="G1330" the|strong="G3956" region|strong="G5561" of|strong="G5100" Galatia|strong="G1054" and|strong="G2532" Phrygia|strong="G5435", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2517", establishing|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{24}Now|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" Jew|strong="G2453" named|strong="G3686" Apollos|strong="G0625", an|strong="G1510" Alexandrian|strong="G0221" by|strong="G1722" race|strong="G1085", an|strong="G1510" eloquent|strong="G3052" man|strong="G0435", came|strong="G2658" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181". He|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" mighty|strong="G1415" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Scriptures|strong="G1124". 
\verseNumber{25}This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" instructed|strong="G1321" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962"; and|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510" fervent|strong="G2204" in|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151", he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" accurately|strong="G0199" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" concerning|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424", although|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" knew only|strong="G3440" the|strong="G3588" baptism|strong="G0908" of|strong="G4151" John|strong="G2491". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G0757" speak|strong="G3955" boldly|strong="G3955" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864". But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Priscilla|strong="G4252" and|strong="G2532" Aquila|strong="G0207" heard|strong="G0191" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" took|strong="G4355" him|strong="G0846" aside|strong="G4355", and|strong="G2532" explained|strong="G1620" to|strong="G0757" him|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" more accurately. 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3739" determined to|strong="G1519" pass|strong="G1330" over|strong="G1330" into|strong="G1519" Achaia|strong="G0882", the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" encouraged|strong="G4389" him|strong="G0846"; and|strong="G1161" wrote|strong="G1125" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" receive him|strong="G0846". When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3739" come|strong="G3854", he|strong="G0846" greatly|strong="G4183" helped|strong="G4820" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" believed|strong="G4100" through|strong="G1223" grace|strong="G5485"; 
\verseNumber{28}for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1510" powerfully|strong="G2159" refuted|strong="G1246" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", publicly|strong="G1219" showing|strong="G1925" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Scriptures|strong="G1124" that|strong="G2453" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\chapterNumber{19}While|strong="G1722" Apollos|strong="G0625" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Corinth|strong="G2882", Paul|strong="G3972", having passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" upper|strong="G0510" country|strong="G3313", came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" certain|strong="G5100" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", “Did|strong="G0191" you|strong="G1487" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1487" believed|strong="G4100"?” 
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They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", “No|strong="G3761", we|strong="G1487" haven’t|strong="G3761" even|strong="G3761" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3004" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2983" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151".” 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “Into|strong="G1519" what|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767" were|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" baptized|strong="G0907"?” 
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They|strong="G3767" said|strong="G3004", “Into|strong="G1519" John’s|strong="G2491" baptism|strong="G0908".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004", “John|strong="G2491" indeed|strong="G1161" baptized|strong="G0907" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" baptism|strong="G0908" of|strong="G0908" repentance|strong="G3341", saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2443" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G0846" come|strong="G2064" after|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846", that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G1510", in|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G0846" Jesus|strong="G2424".”\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{19:4  }NU omits Christ.} 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" baptized|strong="G0907" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G3972" laid|strong="G2007" his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" came|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G2980" with|strong="G1909" other|strong="G1438" languages|strong="G1100" and|strong="G2532" prophesied|strong="G4395". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" twelve|strong="G1427" men|strong="G0435" in|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" synagogue|strong="G4864" and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3955" boldly|strong="G3955" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1525" period|strong="G2532" of|strong="G0932" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376", reasoning|strong="G1256" and|strong="G2532" persuading|strong="G3982" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" concerning|strong="G4012" God’s|strong="G2316" Kingdom|strong="G0932". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G5613" some|strong="G5100" were|strong="G3101" hardened|strong="G4645" and|strong="G2532" disobedient|strong="G0544", speaking|strong="G2551" evil|strong="G2551" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" Way|strong="G3598" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G4128", he|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G0868" from|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" separated|strong="G0873" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101", reasoning|strong="G1256" daily|strong="G2596" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" school|strong="G4981" of|strong="G2250" Tyrannus|strong="G5181". 
\verseNumber{10}This|strong="G3778" continued for|strong="G1909" two|strong="G1417" years|strong="G2094", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G0191" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1909" Asia|strong="G0773" heard|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2532", both|strong="G5037" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672". 
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\verseNumber{11}God|strong="G2316" worked|strong="G4160" special miracles|strong="G1411" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1223" Paul|strong="G3972", 
\verseNumber{12}so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G5620" even|strong="G2532" handkerchiefs|strong="G4676" or|strong="G2228" aprons|strong="G4612" were|strong="G3588" carried|strong="G0667" away|strong="G0667" from|strong="G0575" his|strong="G0846" body|strong="G5559" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" sick|strong="G0770", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" diseases|strong="G3554" departed from|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151" went|strong="G1607" out|strong="G0575". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" itinerant|strong="G4022" Jews|strong="G2453", exorcists|strong="G1845", took on|strong="G1909" themselves to|strong="G3004" invoke over|strong="G1909" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2192" the|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", saying|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3739" adjure|strong="G3726" you|strong="G5210" by|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424" whom|strong="G3739" Paul|strong="G3972" preaches|strong="G2784".” 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" seven|strong="G2033" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" one|strong="G5100" Sceva|strong="G4630", a|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="G2453" chief|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", who|strong="G2453" did|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G4190" spirit|strong="G4151" answered|strong="G0611", “Jesus|strong="G2424" I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097", and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097", but|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210"?” 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444" in|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G4190" spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G1510" leaped|strong="G2177" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", overpowered|strong="G2480" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" prevailed against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G0846", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" fled|strong="G1628" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3739" house|strong="G3624" naked|strong="G1131" and|strong="G2532" wounded|strong="G5135". 
\verseNumber{17}This|strong="G3778" became|strong="G1096" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956", both|strong="G5037" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672", who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" at|strong="G1909" Ephesus|strong="G2181". Fear|strong="G5401" fell|strong="G1968" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G2424" magnified|strong="G3170". 
\verseNumber{18}Many|strong="G4183" also|strong="G2532" of|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2064" believed|strong="G4100" came|strong="G2064", confessing|strong="G1843" and|strong="G2532" declaring|strong="G0312" their|strong="G0846" deeds|strong="G4234". 
\verseNumber{19}Many|strong="G2425" of|strong="G1799" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" practiced|strong="G4238" magical arts brought their|strong="G0846" books|strong="G0976" together|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" burned|strong="G2618" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G1799" all|strong="G3956". They|strong="G0846" counted|strong="G4860" their|strong="G0846" price|strong="G5092", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" it|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" fifty thousand|strong="G3461" pieces|strong="G0694" of|strong="G1799" silver|strong="G0694".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{19:19  }The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned books was equivalent to about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers} 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" was|strong="G3588" growing|strong="G0837" and|strong="G2532" becoming mighty|strong="G2904". 
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\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="G1161" after|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" had|strong="G1163" ended, Paul|strong="G3972" determined in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151", when|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1163" passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1722" Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" Achaia|strong="G0882", to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", saying|strong="G3004", “After|strong="G3326" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" there|strong="G1563", I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G1163" also|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" Rome|strong="G4516".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Having sent|strong="G0649" into|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" served|strong="G1247" him|strong="G0846", Timothy|strong="G5095" and|strong="G2532" Erastus|strong="G2037", he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G0846" stayed|strong="G1907" in|strong="G1519" Asia|strong="G0773" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" while|strong="G5550". 
\verseNumber{23}About|strong="G4012" that|strong="G1565" time|strong="G2540" there|strong="G1161" arose|strong="G1096" no|strong="G3756" small|strong="G3641" disturbance|strong="G5017" concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" Way|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="G1063" a|strong="G4160" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Demetrius|strong="G1216", a|strong="G4160" silversmith|strong="G0695" who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" silver|strong="G0693" shrines|strong="G3485" of|strong="G3686" Artemis|strong="G0735", brought|strong="G3930" no|strong="G3756" little|strong="G3641" business|strong="G2039" to|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" craftsmen|strong="G5079", 
\verseNumber{25}whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4867" together|strong="G4867" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" workmen|strong="G2040" of|strong="G1537" like|strong="G5108" occupation, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Sirs, you|strong="G3739" know|strong="G1987" that|strong="G3754" by|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" business|strong="G2039" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G1510" our|strong="G2532" wealth. 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="G3754" see|strong="G2334" and|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" not|strong="G3756" at|strong="G2316" Ephesus|strong="G2181" alone|strong="G3441", but|strong="G0235" almost|strong="G4975" throughout all|strong="G3956" Asia|strong="G0773", this|strong="G3778" Paul|strong="G3972" has|strong="G2316" persuaded|strong="G3982" and|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G3179" away|strong="G3179" many|strong="G2425" people|strong="G3793", saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" gods|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" made|strong="G1096" with|strong="G1223" hands|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{27}Not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" is|strong="G3778" there|strong="G1161" danger|strong="G2793" that|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3778" our|strong="G2532" trade|strong="G3313" come|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" disrepute|strong="G0557", but|strong="G1161" also|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G0846" of|strong="G3313" the|strong="G3588" great|strong="G3173" goddess|strong="G2299" Artemis|strong="G0735" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G2532" counted|strong="G3049" as|strong="G1519" nothing|strong="G3762" and|strong="G2532" her|strong="G0846" majesty|strong="G3168" destroyed|strong="G2507", whom|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3650" Asia|strong="G0773" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" world|strong="G3625" worships.” 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1096" filled|strong="G4134" with|strong="G2532" anger|strong="G2372", and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", saying|strong="G3004", “Great|strong="G3173" is|strong="G3588" Artemis|strong="G0735" of|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" Ephesians|strong="G2180"!” 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="G3588" whole city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G3588" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G2532" confusion|strong="G4799", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" rushed|strong="G3729" with|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3661" accord|strong="G3661" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" theater|strong="G2302", having seized|strong="G4884" Gaius|strong="G1050" and|strong="G2532" Aristarchus|strong="G0708", men of|strong="G4172" Macedonia|strong="G3110", Paul’s|strong="G3972" companions|strong="G4898" in|strong="G1519" travel|strong="G4898". 
\verseNumber{30}When|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" wanted|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" enter|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846", the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" didn’t|strong="G3756" allow|strong="G1439" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{31}Certain|strong="G5100" also|strong="G2532" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" Asiarchs|strong="G0775", being|strong="G1510" his|strong="G0846" friends|strong="G5384", sent|strong="G3992" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" begged|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" venture into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" theater|strong="G2302". 
\verseNumber{32}Some|strong="G5100" therefore|strong="G3767" cried|strong="G2896" one|strong="G5100" thing, and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" another|strong="G0243", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" confusion|strong="G4797". Most|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1577" them|strong="G1510" didn’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" why|strong="G5101" they|strong="G3767" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1510" together|strong="G4905". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="G0846" brought Alexander|strong="G0223" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793", the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" putting him|strong="G0846" forward|strong="G4261". Alexander|strong="G0223" beckoned with|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G1161" would|strong="G0846" have|strong="G3588" made a|strong="G3793" defense|strong="G0626" to|strong="G2309" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G5613" they|strong="G3754" perceived|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" Jew|strong="G2453", all|strong="G3956" with|strong="G1537" one|strong="G1520" voice|strong="G5456" for|strong="G3754" a|strong="G5613" time|strong="G5610" of|strong="G1537" about|strong="G5613" two|strong="G1417" hours|strong="G5610" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G1537", “Great|strong="G3173" is|strong="G1510" Artemis|strong="G0735" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" Ephesians|strong="G2180"!” 
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\verseNumber{35}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" town|strong="G4172" clerk|strong="G1122" had|strong="G1510" quieted|strong="G2687" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “You|strong="G3739" men|strong="G0444" of|strong="G0435" Ephesus, what|strong="G5101" man|strong="G0444" is|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3739" doesn’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" Ephesians|strong="G2180" is|strong="G1510" temple|strong="G3511" keeper of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" great|strong="G3173" goddess Artemis|strong="G0735", and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" image which|strong="G3739" fell|strong="G1356" down|strong="G1356" from|strong="G0444" Zeus? 
\verseNumber{36}Seeing then|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3778" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" can’t be|strong="G1510" denied, you|strong="G5210" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" quiet and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4238" nothing|strong="G3367" rash|strong="G4312". 
\verseNumber{37}For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3778" have|strong="G1473" brought|strong="G0071" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0435" here, who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3778" neither|strong="G3777" robbers|strong="G2417" of|strong="G2316" temples|strong="G2417" nor|strong="G3777" blasphemers|strong="G0987" of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G3588" goddess|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{38}If|strong="G1487" therefore|strong="G3767" Demetrius|strong="G1216" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" craftsmen|strong="G5079" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G0846" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" matter|strong="G3056" against|strong="G4314" anyone|strong="G5100", the|strong="G3588" courts|strong="G0060" are|strong="G1510" open and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" proconsuls|strong="G0446". Let|strong="G1510" them|strong="G0846" press charges|strong="G1458" against|strong="G4314" one|strong="G0240" another|strong="G0240". 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" seek|strong="G1934" anything|strong="G5100" about|strong="G4012" other|strong="G2087" matters, it|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5100" be|strong="G5100" settled|strong="G1956" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" regular assembly|strong="G1577". 
\verseNumber{40}For|strong="G1063" indeed|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3778" in|strong="G2532" danger|strong="G2793" of|strong="G3056" being|strong="G5225" accused|strong="G1458" concerning|strong="G4012" today’s|strong="G4594" riot, there|strong="G3739" being|strong="G5225" no|strong="G3756" cause|strong="G0159". Concerning|strong="G4012" it|strong="G3778", we|strong="G3739" wouldn’t be|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G3004" give|strong="G0591" an|strong="G0591" account|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" this|strong="G3778" commotion.” 
\verseNumber{41}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3778" thus|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G3004", he|strong="G2532" dismissed|strong="G0630" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577". 
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\chapterNumber{20}After|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" uproar|strong="G2351" had|strong="G3972" ceased|strong="G3973", Paul|strong="G3972" sent|strong="G3343" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101", took leave|strong="G1831" of|strong="G3101" them|strong="G3870", and|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2064" gone|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" those|strong="G3588" parts|strong="G3313" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2064" encouraged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G0846" with|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" words|strong="G3056", he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" Greece|strong="G1671". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="G1096" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" spent|strong="G4160" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376" there|strong="G1096", and|strong="G5037" a|strong="G1096" plot|strong="G1917" was|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" against|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G5259" Jews|strong="G2453" as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321" for|strong="G1519" Syria|strong="G4947", he|strong="G0846" determined to|strong="G1519" return|strong="G5290" through|strong="G1223" Macedonia|strong="G3109". 
\verseNumber{4}These|strong="G0846" accompanied|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" as|strong="G2532" far as|strong="G2532" Asia|strong="G0774": Sopater|strong="G4986" of|strong="G2532" Beroea, Aristarchus|strong="G0708" and|strong="G2532" Secundus|strong="G4580" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Thessalonians|strong="G2331", Gaius|strong="G1050" of|strong="G2532" Derbe, Timothy|strong="G5095", and|strong="G2532" Tychicus|strong="G5190" and|strong="G2532" Trophimus|strong="G5161" of|strong="G2532" Asia|strong="G0774". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" had|strong="G3778" gone|strong="G4281" ahead|strong="G4281", and|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3778" waiting|strong="G3306" for|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722" at|strong="G1722" Troas|strong="G5174". 
\verseNumber{6}We|strong="G2249" sailed|strong="G1602" away|strong="G0575" from|strong="G0575" Philippi|strong="G5375" after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" Unleavened|strong="G0106" Bread, and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" at|strong="G1519" Troas|strong="G5174" in|strong="G1519" five|strong="G4002" days|strong="G2250", where|strong="G3699" we|strong="G2249" stayed|strong="G1304" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250". 
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\verseNumber{7}On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G1520" day|strong="G1887" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" week|strong="G4521", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" disciples were|strong="G3588" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" to|strong="G3195" break|strong="G2806" bread|strong="G0740", Paul|strong="G3972" talked with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846", intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" depart on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887"; and|strong="G1161" continued his|strong="G0846" speech|strong="G3056" until|strong="G3360" midnight|strong="G3317". 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" many|strong="G2425" lights in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" upper|strong="G5253" room|strong="G5253" where|strong="G3757" we|strong="G1161"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:8  }TR reads “they” instead of “we”} were|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863". 
\verseNumber{9}A|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G5100" young|strong="G3494" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Eutychus|strong="G2161" sat|strong="G2516" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" window|strong="G2376", weighed|strong="G0142" down|strong="G4098" with|strong="G1909" deep|strong="G0901" sleep|strong="G5258". As|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" spoke still longer|strong="G1909", being weighed|strong="G0142" down|strong="G4098" by|strong="G0575" his|strong="G1909" sleep|strong="G5258", he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5152" floor|strong="G5152" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" taken|strong="G0142" up|strong="G0142" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{10}Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" and|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G1968" upon|strong="G1968" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" embracing|strong="G4843" him|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Don’t|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" troubled, for|strong="G1063" his|strong="G0846" life|strong="G5590" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" gone|strong="G1831" up|strong="G0305", had|strong="G3588" broken|strong="G2806" bread|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" eaten|strong="G1089", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" talked|strong="G3656" with|strong="G1909" them|strong="G2425" a|strong="G3779" long|strong="G2425" while|strong="G2532", even|strong="G2532" until|strong="G0891" break|strong="G2806" of|strong="G1909" day, he|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G1831". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0071" the|strong="G3588" boy|strong="G3816" in|strong="G2532" alive|strong="G2198", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" greatly|strong="G3756" comforted|strong="G3870". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249", going|strong="G3195" ahead|strong="G4281" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143", set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321" for|strong="G1063" Assos|strong="G0789", intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1909" take|strong="G0353" Paul|strong="G3972" aboard|strong="G0353" there|strong="G1564"; for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3779" arranged|strong="G1299", intending|strong="G3195" himself|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1909" go|strong="G4281" by|strong="G1909" land|strong="G3978". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G5613" he|strong="G0846" met|strong="G4820" us|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Assos|strong="G0789", we|strong="G2249" took|strong="G0353" him|strong="G0846" aboard|strong="G0353" and|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Mitylene|strong="G3412". 
\verseNumber{15}Sailing|strong="G0636" from|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2547", we|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" the|strong="G3588" following|strong="G2192" day opposite|strong="G0481" Chios|strong="G5508". The|strong="G3588" next|strong="G2087" day we|strong="G1161" touched at|strong="G1519" Samos|strong="G4544" and|strong="G1161" stayed at|strong="G1519" Trogyllium, and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" day after|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Miletus|strong="G3399". 
\verseNumber{16}For|strong="G1063" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G1510" determined|strong="G2919" to|strong="G1519" sail|strong="G3896" past|strong="G3896" Ephesus|strong="G2181", that|strong="G3704" he|strong="G0846" might not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" spend|strong="G5551" time|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" Asia|strong="G0773"; for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" hastening|strong="G4692", if|strong="G1487" it|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" possible|strong="G1415" for|strong="G1063" him|strong="G0846", to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" Pentecost|strong="G4005". 
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\verseNumber{17}From|strong="G0575" Miletus|strong="G3399" he|strong="G1161" sent|strong="G3992" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181" and|strong="G1161" called|strong="G3333" to|strong="G1519" himself|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" assembly|strong="G1577". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="G5613" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3739" come|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G0846" know|strong="G1987", from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" first|strong="G4413" day|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" set|strong="G1910" foot|strong="G1910" in|strong="G1519" Asia|strong="G0773", how|strong="G4459" I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" time|strong="G5550", 
\verseNumber{19}serving|strong="G1398" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" with|strong="G3326" all|strong="G3956" humility|strong="G5012", with|strong="G3326" many tears|strong="G1144", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" trials|strong="G3986" which|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G4819" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" plots|strong="G1917" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453"; 
\verseNumber{20}how|strong="G5613" I|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3361" shrink|strong="G5288" from|strong="G2596" declaring|strong="G0312" to|strong="G2596" you|strong="G5210" anything|strong="G3762" that|strong="G5613" was|strong="G3588" profitable|strong="G4851", teaching|strong="G1321" you|strong="G5210" publicly|strong="G1219" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2596" house|strong="G3624" to|strong="G2596" house|strong="G3624", 
\verseNumber{21}testifying|strong="G1263" both|strong="G5037" to|strong="G1519" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" Greeks|strong="G1672" repentance|strong="G3341" toward|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" toward|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:21  }TR adds “Christ”} 
\verseNumber{22}Now|strong="G3568", behold|strong="G2400", I|strong="G1473" go|strong="G4198" bound|strong="G1210" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", not|strong="G3361" knowing|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G4876" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" there|strong="G1722"; 
\verseNumber{23}except|strong="G4133" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" testifies|strong="G1263" in|strong="G2596" every|strong="G2596" city|strong="G4172", saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" bonds|strong="G1199" and|strong="G2532" afflictions|strong="G2347" wait for|strong="G3754" me|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G0235" these|strong="G3739" things|strong="G3739" don’t count; nor|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" I|strong="G1473" hold my|strong="G3739" life|strong="G5590" dear|strong="G5093" to|strong="G2532" myself|strong="G1683", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G2532" finish|strong="G5048" my|strong="G3739" race with|strong="G3844" joy|strong="G5485", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" ministry|strong="G1248" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" received|strong="G2983" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", to|strong="G2532" fully testify|strong="G1263" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2098" News|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" grace|strong="G5485" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{25}“Now|strong="G3568", behold|strong="G2400", I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956", among|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" went|strong="G1330" about|strong="G1722" preaching|strong="G2784" God’s Kingdom|strong="G0932", will|strong="G3739" see|strong="G3708" my|strong="G3708" face|strong="G4383" no|strong="G3765" more|strong="G3765". 
\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="G1360" I|strong="G3754" testify|strong="G3143" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" today|strong="G4594" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3754" am|strong="G1510" clean|strong="G2513" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" blood|strong="G0129" of|strong="G2250" all|strong="G3956" men|strong="G3956", 
\verseNumber{27}for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G3956" didn’t|strong="G3756" shrink|strong="G5288" from|strong="G3361" declaring|strong="G0312" to|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" counsel|strong="G1012" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{28}Take|strong="G4337" heed, therefore|strong="G1223", to|strong="G2532" yourselves|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" flock|strong="G4168", in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3956" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" has|strong="G2316" made|strong="G5087" you|strong="G5210" overseers|strong="G1985", to|strong="G2532" shepherd|strong="G4165" the|strong="G3956" assembly|strong="G1577" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:28  }TR, NU omit “the Lord and”} God|strong="G2316" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" purchased|strong="G4046" with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" own|strong="G2398" blood|strong="G0129". 
\verseNumber{29}For|strong="G1519" I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" after|strong="G3326" my|strong="G1525" departure|strong="G0867", vicious wolves|strong="G3074" will|strong="G3748" enter|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1519" among|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210", not|strong="G3361" sparing|strong="G5339" the|strong="G3588" flock|strong="G4168". 
\verseNumber{30}Men|strong="G0435" will|strong="G2532" arise|strong="G0450" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G1438" selves|strong="G0846", speaking|strong="G2980" perverse|strong="G1294" things|strong="G0846", to|strong="G2532" draw|strong="G0645" away|strong="G1294" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" after|strong="G3694" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{31}Therefore|strong="G1352" watch|strong="G1127", remembering|strong="G3421" that|strong="G3754" for|strong="G3754" a|strong="G1520" period|strong="G5148" of|strong="G2250" three|strong="G5148" years|strong="G2250" I|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" cease|strong="G3973" to|strong="G2532" admonish|strong="G3560" everyone|strong="G1538" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" with|strong="G3326" tears|strong="G1144". 
\verseNumber{32}Now|strong="G3568", brothers,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:32  }The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” } I|strong="G2532" entrust|strong="G3908" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1410" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1410" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" his|strong="G0846" grace|strong="G5485", which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G2316" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1410" build|strong="G3618" up|strong="G3618" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1410" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3956" inheritance|strong="G2817" among|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3956" sanctified|strong="G0037". 
\verseNumber{33}I coveted|strong="G1937" no|strong="G3762" one’s|strong="G3762" silver|strong="G0694", gold|strong="G5553", or|strong="G2228" clothing|strong="G2441". 
\verseNumber{34}You|strong="G3754" yourselves|strong="G0846" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" these|strong="G3778" hands|strong="G5495" served|strong="G5256" my|strong="G3754" necessities, and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{35}In|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" I|strong="G3754" gave|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" an|strong="G1510" example, that|strong="G3754" so|strong="G3779" laboring you|strong="G5210" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G3004" help|strong="G0482" the|strong="G3956" weak|strong="G0770", 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", that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G0846" himself|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w It|strong="G0846"\+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*.’}” 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", he|strong="G2532" knelt down|strong="G5087" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" wept freely, and|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G1968" on|strong="G1909" Paul’s|strong="G3972" neck|strong="G5137" and|strong="G2532" kissed|strong="G2705" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{38}sorrowing most of|strong="G3056" all|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3739" spoken|strong="G3004", that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" should see|strong="G2334" his|strong="G0846" face|strong="G4383" no|strong="G3765" more|strong="G3765". Then|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" accompanied him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143". 
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\chapterNumber{21}When|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G2064" departed from|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2064" set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321", we|strong="G2249" came|strong="G2064" with|strong="G0575" a|strong="G5613" straight|strong="G2113" course|strong="G2113" to|strong="G1519" Cos|strong="G2972", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G1836" to|strong="G1519" Rhodes|strong="G4499", and|strong="G1161" from|strong="G0575" there|strong="G2547" to|strong="G1519" Patara|strong="G3959". 
\verseNumber{2}Having found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2147" ship|strong="G4143" crossing|strong="G1276" over|strong="G1276" to|strong="G1519" Phoenicia|strong="G5403", we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1910" aboard|strong="G1910" and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1519" sight|strong="G0398" of|strong="G3588" Cyprus|strong="G2954", leaving|strong="G2641" it|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" left|strong="G2641" hand|strong="G1161", we|strong="G2532" sailed|strong="G4126" to|strong="G1519" Syria|strong="G4947" and|strong="G2532" landed|strong="G2718" at|strong="G1519" Tyre|strong="G5184", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" unload|strong="G0670" her|strong="G0846" cargo|strong="G1117". 
\verseNumber{4}Having|strong="G4151" found|strong="G0429" disciples|strong="G3101", we|strong="G1161" stayed|strong="G1961" there|strong="G0847" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250". These|strong="G3748" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" that|strong="G3004" he|strong="G3004" should not|strong="G3361" go up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G3753" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250" were|strong="G3956" over|strong="G1909", we|strong="G2249" departed|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" on|strong="G1909" our|strong="G2532" journey|strong="G4311". They|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956", with|strong="G4862" wives|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043", brought|strong="G1096" us|strong="G1909" on|strong="G1909" our|strong="G2532" way|strong="G4198" until|strong="G2193" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3956" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172". Kneeling down|strong="G5087" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" beach|strong="G0123", we|strong="G2249" prayed|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{6}After|strong="G1161" saying goodbye to|strong="G1519" each|strong="G0240" other|strong="G1161", we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0305" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="G1684" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" home|strong="G2398" again|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" finished|strong="G1274" the|strong="G3588" voyage|strong="G4144" from|strong="G0575" Tyre|strong="G5184", we|strong="G2249" arrived|strong="G2658" at|strong="G1519" Ptolemais|strong="G4424". We|strong="G2249" greeted|strong="G0782" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G0846" one|strong="G1520" day|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{8}On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", we|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" Paul’s|strong="G0846" companions departed|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542". 
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We|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G1537" Philip|strong="G5376" the|strong="G3588" evangelist|strong="G2099", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" seven|strong="G2033", and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3844" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" had|strong="G1510" four|strong="G5064" virgin|strong="G3933" daughters|strong="G2364" who|strong="G3778" prophesied|strong="G4395". 
\verseNumber{10}As|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" stayed|strong="G1961" there|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250", a|strong="G2250" certain|strong="G5100" prophet|strong="G4396" named|strong="G3686" Agabus|strong="G0013" came|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G0575" Judea|strong="G2449". 
\verseNumber{11}Coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" taking|strong="G0142" Paul’s|strong="G3972" belt|strong="G2223", he|strong="G2532" bound|strong="G1210" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" feet|strong="G4228" and|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" says|strong="G3004": ‘So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" will|strong="G1510" bind|strong="G1210" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3739" owns|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" belt|strong="G2223", and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" deliver|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3739" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484".’” 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" heard|strong="G0191" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", both|strong="G5037" we|strong="G2249" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" of|strong="G0191" that|strong="G0191" place|strong="G1473" begged|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" answered|strong="G0611", “What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" doing|strong="G4160", weeping|strong="G2799" and|strong="G2532" breaking|strong="G4919" my|strong="G4160" heart|strong="G2588"? For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G2192" ready|strong="G2093" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" bound|strong="G1210", but|strong="G0235" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" die|strong="G0599" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424".” 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" would|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1096" persuaded|strong="G3982", we|strong="G1161" ceased, saying|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G3588" Lord’s|strong="G2962" will|strong="G2307" be|strong="G1096" done|strong="G1096".” 
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\verseNumber{15}After|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250" we|strong="G3778" took up|strong="G0305" our|strong="G3326" baggage and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{16}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" from|strong="G0575" Caesarea|strong="G2542" also|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4905" with|strong="G4862" us|strong="G4905", bringing|strong="G0071" one|strong="G5100" Mnason|strong="G3416" of|strong="G0575" Cyprus|strong="G2953", an|strong="G2532" early|strong="G0744" disciple|strong="G3101", with|strong="G4862" whom|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" would|strong="G5100" stay. 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" received|strong="G0588" us|strong="G1519" gladly|strong="G0780". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G3956" day following, Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1524" in|strong="G3956" with|strong="G4862" us to|strong="G4314" James|strong="G2385"; and|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" elders|strong="G4245" were|strong="G3956" present|strong="G3854". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" greeted|strong="G0782" them|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" reported one|strong="G1520" by|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3739" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G3739" worked|strong="G4160" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G0846" ministry|strong="G1248". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="G0846", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0846", glorified|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G1722" see|strong="G2334", brother|strong="G0080", how|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" thousands|strong="G3461" there|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" believed|strong="G4100", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" zealous|strong="G2207" for|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="G0846" have|strong="G3748" been|strong="G3361" informed|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771", that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" teach|strong="G1321" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3956" among|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" Gentiles|strong="G1484" to|strong="G3004" forsake|strong="G0646" Moses|strong="G3475", telling|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G3004" circumcise|strong="G4059" their|strong="G0846" children|strong="G5043" and|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G3004" walk|strong="G4043" after|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" customs|strong="G1485". 
\verseNumber{22}What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767"? The|strong="G0191" assembly|strong="G4128" must|strong="G1163" certainly|strong="G3843" meet|strong="G4905", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3767" will|strong="G1510" hear|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" have|strong="G1510" come|strong="G2064". 
\verseNumber{23}Therefore|strong="G3767" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771". We|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2192" four|strong="G5064" men|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" taken a|strong="G2192" vow|strong="G2171". 
\verseNumber{24}Take|strong="G3880" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" purify|strong="G0048" yourself|strong="G4771" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" pay|strong="G1159" their|strong="G0846" expenses|strong="G1159" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G0846", that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" may|strong="G2532" shave their|strong="G0846" heads|strong="G2776". Then|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" will|strong="G1510" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3762" truth in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" informed about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771", but|strong="G0235" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4771" also|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4748" keeping|strong="G5442" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100", we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" written|strong="G1989" our|strong="G2532" decision that|strong="G4100" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2532" observe|strong="G5442" no such thing|strong="G0846", except that|strong="G4100" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2532" keep|strong="G5442" themselves|strong="G1438" from|strong="G0649" food offered to|strong="G2532" idols|strong="G1494", from|strong="G0649" blood|strong="G0129", from|strong="G0649" strangled|strong="G4156" things|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G0649" sexual|strong="G4202" immorality|strong="G4202".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G5119" Paul|strong="G3972" took|strong="G3880" the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0435", and|strong="G3972" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G2192" day|strong="G2250" purified|strong="G0048" himself|strong="G0846" and|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1524" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G0846", declaring the|strong="G3588" fulfillment of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" purification|strong="G0049", until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3588" offering|strong="G4376" was|strong="G3739" offered|strong="G4374" for|strong="G1519" every|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{27}When|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3956" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250" were|strong="G3793" almost|strong="G3195" completed, the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" from|strong="G0575" Asia|strong="G0773", when|strong="G5613" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G2300" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" temple|strong="G2413", stirred up|strong="G4797" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" multitude|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G1911" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{28}crying|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “Men|strong="G0444" of|strong="G3551" Israel, help|strong="G0997"! This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" man|strong="G0444" who|strong="G3588" teaches|strong="G1321" all|strong="G3956" men|strong="G0444" everywhere|strong="G3837" against|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551", and|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117". Moreover, he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1521" Greeks|strong="G1672" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" temple|strong="G2411" and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G0444" defiled|strong="G2840" this|strong="G3778" holy|strong="G0040" place|strong="G5117"!” 
\verseNumber{29}For|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G4308" Trophimus|strong="G5161" the|strong="G3588" Ephesian|strong="G2180", with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172", and|strong="G3972" they|strong="G0846" supposed|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3754" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G1510" brought|strong="G1521" him|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{30}All|strong="G3650" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G3588" moved|strong="G2795" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" ran together|strong="G4890". They|strong="G0846" seized|strong="G1949" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G1670" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G4172" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413". Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G3588" doors|strong="G2374" were|strong="G2992" shut|strong="G2808". 
\verseNumber{31}As|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2212" kill|strong="G0615" him|strong="G0846", news came|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G2212" the|strong="G3588" commanding officer of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" regiment that|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3650" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G3650" an uproar. 
\verseNumber{32}Immediately|strong="G1824" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" soldiers|strong="G4757" and|strong="G2532" centurions|strong="G1543" and|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G2701" down|strong="G2701" to|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" chief captain and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4757", stopped|strong="G3973" beating|strong="G5180" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" commanding officer came|strong="G1448" near|strong="G1448", arrested him|strong="G0846", commanded|strong="G2753" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" bound|strong="G1210" with|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" chains|strong="G0254", and|strong="G2532" inquired|strong="G4441" who|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{34}Some|strong="G5100" shouted|strong="G2019" one|strong="G5100" thing|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" another|strong="G0243", among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="G3793". When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" couldn’t find|strong="G1097" out the|strong="G3588" truth because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" noise, he|strong="G0846" commanded|strong="G2753" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1410" brought|strong="G0071" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" barracks. 
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\verseNumber{35}When|strong="G3753" he|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" stairs|strong="G0304", he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" carried|strong="G0941" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4757" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" violence|strong="G0970" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="G3793"; 
\verseNumber{36}for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G4128" of|strong="G4128" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" followed|strong="G0190" after|strong="G1063", crying|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “Away|strong="G0142" with|strong="G0142" him|strong="G0846"!” 
\verseNumber{37}As|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3195" brought|strong="G1521" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" barracks, he|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" commanding officer, “May|strong="G1832" I|strong="G1473" speak|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771"?” 
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He|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1097" Greek|strong="G1676"? 
\verseNumber{38}Aren’t|strong="G3756" you|strong="G4771" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Egyptian|strong="G0124" who|strong="G3588" before|strong="G4253" these|strong="G3778" days|strong="G2250" stirred|strong="G0387" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" sedition and|strong="G2532" led|strong="G1806" out|strong="G1806" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048" the|strong="G3588" four|strong="G5070" thousand|strong="G5070" men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" Assassins|strong="G4607"?” 
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\verseNumber{39}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Jew|strong="G2453" from|strong="G2980" Tarsus|strong="G5018" in|strong="G2980" Cilicia|strong="G2791", a|strong="G1510" citizen|strong="G4177" of|strong="G4172" no|strong="G3756" insignificant|strong="G0767" city|strong="G4172". I|strong="G1473" beg you|strong="G4771", allow|strong="G2010" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992".” 
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\verseNumber{40}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3972" given|strong="G2010" him|strong="G0846" permission|strong="G2010", Paul|strong="G3972", standing|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" stairs|strong="G0304", beckoned with|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992". When|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G4183" silence|strong="G4602", he|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Hebrew|strong="G1446" language|strong="G1258", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\chapterNumber{22}“Brothers|strong="G0080" and|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962", listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" defense|strong="G0627" which|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" now|strong="G2532" make to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210".” 
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G4377" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Hebrew|strong="G1446" language|strong="G1258", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" more|strong="G3123" quiet|strong="G2271". 
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He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", 
\verseNumber{3}“I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" indeed|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1510" Jew|strong="G2453", born|strong="G1080" in|strong="G1722" Tarsus|strong="G5019" of|strong="G1080" Cilicia|strong="G2791", but|strong="G1161" brought|strong="G0397" up|strong="G0397" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" city|strong="G4172" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G1080" Gamaliel|strong="G1059", instructed according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" strict tradition of|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G1080" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3971", being|strong="G1510" zealous|strong="G2207" for|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316", even|strong="G1161" as|strong="G2531" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" are|strong="G1510" today|strong="G4594". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="G3739" persecuted|strong="G1377" this|strong="G3778" Way|strong="G3598" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" death|strong="G2288", binding|strong="G1195" and|strong="G2532" delivering|strong="G3860" into|strong="G1519" prisons|strong="G5438" both|strong="G5037" men|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135", 
\verseNumber{5}as|strong="G5613" also|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" council|strong="G4244" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" elders|strong="G4244" testify|strong="G3140", from|strong="G3844" whom|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" received|strong="G1209" letters|strong="G1992" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" brothers|strong="G0080", and|strong="G2532" traveled to|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G0071" them|strong="G0071" also|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" in|strong="G1519" bonds to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" punished|strong="G5097". 
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\verseNumber{6}“As|strong="G4198" I|strong="G1473" made|strong="G1096" my|strong="G1096" journey|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1096" close|strong="G1448" to|strong="G2532" Damascus|strong="G1154", about|strong="G4012" noon|strong="G3314" suddenly|strong="G1810" a|strong="G1096" great light|strong="G5457" shone around|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="G1473" fell|strong="G4098" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" ground|strong="G1475" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" a|strong="G0191" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", \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="G3004"\+w*?’} 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="G1473" answered|strong="G0611", ‘Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"?’ He|strong="G3739" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" me|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 persecute|strong="G1377"\+w*.’} 
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\verseNumber{9}“Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" me|strong="G1473" indeed|strong="G3303" saw|strong="G2300" the|strong="G3588" light|strong="G5457" and|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" afraid, but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" didn’t|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G5456" him|strong="G0191" who|strong="G3588" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2980" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004", ‘What|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G2962" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160", Lord|strong="G2962"?’ The|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Arise|strong="G0450"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="G1154"\+w*. \+w There|strong="G2546"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" couldn’t|strong="G3756" see|strong="G1689" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G0575" that|strong="G1565" light|strong="G5457", being led|strong="G5496" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G1161" of|strong="G0575" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" with|strong="G0575" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154". 
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\verseNumber{12}“One|strong="G5100" Ananias|strong="G0367", a|strong="G5259" devout|strong="G2126" man|strong="G0435" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551", well|strong="G3140" reported of|strong="G3551" by|strong="G5259" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G2596" Damascus, 
\verseNumber{13}came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" standing|strong="G2186" by|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", ‘Brother|strong="G0080" Saul|strong="G4549", receive|strong="G0308" your|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G0308"!’ In|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3004" very|strong="G0846" hour|strong="G5610" I|strong="G1473" looked|strong="G0308" up|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘The|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962" has|strong="G2316" appointed|strong="G4400" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G3004" know|strong="G1097" his|strong="G0846" will|strong="G2307", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" Righteous|strong="G1342" One|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" hear|strong="G0191" a|strong="G3708" voice|strong="G5456" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" mouth|strong="G4750". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" witness|strong="G3144" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G4314" all|strong="G3956" men|strong="G0444" of|strong="G3956" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191". 
\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="G3568" why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" wait? Arise|strong="G0450", be|strong="G2532" baptized|strong="G0907", and|strong="G2532" wash|strong="G0907" away|strong="G0630" your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="G0266", calling|strong="G1941" on|strong="G3568" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G3588" Lord.’ 
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\verseNumber{17}“When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G3588" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" and|strong="G2532" while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" prayed|strong="G4336" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" 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" him|strong="G0846" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Hurry|strong="G4692"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w get|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="G5034"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1360"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G3858"\+w* \+w testimony|strong="G3141"\+w* \+w concerning|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004", ‘Lord|strong="G2962", they|strong="G0846" themselves|strong="G0846" know|strong="G1987" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" imprisoned|strong="G5439" and|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G1194" in|strong="G1909" every|strong="G2596" synagogue|strong="G4864" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G3753" the|strong="G3588" blood|strong="G0129" of|strong="G0129" Stephen|strong="G4736", your|strong="G2532" witness|strong="G3144", was|strong="G1510" shed|strong="G1632", I|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2186" by|strong="G2532", consenting to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" death|strong="G0337", and|strong="G2532" guarding|strong="G5442" the|strong="G3588" cloaks|strong="G2440" of|strong="G0129" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" killed|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846".’ 
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\verseNumber{21}“He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Depart|strong="G4198"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w send|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* out \+w far|strong="G3112"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*.’}” 
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\verseNumber{22}They|strong="G0846" listened|strong="G0191" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" until|strong="G0891" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004"; then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" lifted|strong="G1869" up|strong="G0142" their|strong="G0846" voice|strong="G5456" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Rid the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093" of|strong="G3056" this|strong="G3778" fellow|strong="G5108", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" isn’t|strong="G3756" fit to|strong="G3004" live|strong="G2198"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G0846" cried|strong="G2905" out|strong="G2905", threw|strong="G0906" off|strong="G4496" their|strong="G0846" cloaks|strong="G2440", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G0906" dust|strong="G2868" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" air|strong="G0109", 
\verseNumber{24}the|strong="G3588" commanding officer commanded|strong="G2753" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3779" brought|strong="G1521" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" barracks, ordering|strong="G2753" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3779" examined|strong="G0426" by|strong="G1223" scourging|strong="G3148", that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" might know|strong="G1921" for|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3739" crime they|strong="G0846" shouted|strong="G2019" against|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" like|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G5613" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3972" tied him|strong="G0846" up with|strong="G4314" thongs|strong="G2438", Paul|strong="G3972" asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" who|strong="G3588" stood|strong="G2476" by|strong="G3004", “Is|strong="G0444" it|strong="G0846" lawful|strong="G1832" for|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" scourge|strong="G3147" a|strong="G5613" man|strong="G0444" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G0444" a|strong="G5613" Roman|strong="G4514", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" found guilty?” 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G4160", he|strong="G3778" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" commanding officer and|strong="G1161" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0191", “Watch what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160", for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="G3588" commanding officer came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004", are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514"?” 
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He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="G3483".” 
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\verseNumber{28}The|strong="G3588" commanding officer answered|strong="G0611", “I|strong="G1473" bought my|strong="G2532" citizenship|strong="G4174" for|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" price|strong="G4183".” 
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Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G5346", “But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080" a|strong="G2532" Roman.” 
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\verseNumber{29}Immediately|strong="G2112" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" examine|strong="G0426" him|strong="G0846" departed|strong="G0868" from|strong="G0575" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" commanding officer also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" realized|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514", because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" bound|strong="G1210" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", desiring|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" know|strong="G1097" the|strong="G3956" truth about|strong="G1519" why|strong="G5101" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" accused|strong="G2723" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453", he|strong="G2532" freed him|strong="G0846" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" bonds and|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" the|strong="G3956" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" council|strong="G4892" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2609" Paul|strong="G3972" down|strong="G2609" and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2476" him|strong="G0846" before|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846". 
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\chapterNumber{23}Paul|strong="G3972", looking|strong="G0816" steadfastly at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" council|strong="G4892", said|strong="G3004", “Brothers|strong="G0080", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" lived|strong="G4176" before|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956" good|strong="G0018" conscience|strong="G4893" until|strong="G0891" today|strong="G2250".” 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", Ananias|strong="G0367", commanded|strong="G2004" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" stood|strong="G3936" by|strong="G3936" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G0846" strike|strong="G5180" him|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" mouth|strong="G4750". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", “God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" strike|strong="G5180" you|strong="G4771", you|strong="G4771" whitewashed|strong="G2867" wall|strong="G5109"! Do|strong="G2919" you|strong="G4771" sit|strong="G2521" to|strong="G4314" judge|strong="G2919" me|strong="G3004" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551", and|strong="G2532" command|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G5180" contrary|strong="G2596" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" stood|strong="G3936" by|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" malign God’s|strong="G2316" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749"?” 
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\verseNumber{5}Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G3754" didn’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492", brothers|strong="G0080", that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749". For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125", ‘You|strong="G4771" shall not|strong="G3756" speak|strong="G3004" evil|strong="G2560" of|strong="G0080" a|strong="G1510" ruler|strong="G0758" of|strong="G0080" your|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992".’”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{23:5  }Exodus 22:28} 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" perceived|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" part|strong="G3313" were|strong="G1510" Sadducees|strong="G4523" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G2087" Pharisees|strong="G5330", he|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892", “Men|strong="G0435" and|strong="G2532" brothers|strong="G0080", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Pharisee|strong="G5330", a|strong="G1510" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Pharisees|strong="G5330". Concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680" and|strong="G2532" resurrection|strong="G0386" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" judged|strong="G2919"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" said|strong="G2980" this|strong="G3778", an|strong="G1096" argument arose|strong="G1096" between|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="G4128" was|strong="G3588" divided|strong="G4977". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" Sadducees|strong="G4523" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" resurrection|strong="G0386", nor|strong="G3383" angel|strong="G0032", nor|strong="G3383" spirit|strong="G4151"; but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" confess|strong="G3670" all|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4151" these|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{9}A|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" clamor|strong="G2906" arose|strong="G1096", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees’ part|strong="G3313" stood|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450", and|strong="G2532" contended, saying|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3778" find|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3762" evil|strong="G2556" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444". But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" a|strong="G1096" spirit|strong="G4151" or|strong="G2228" angel|strong="G0032" has|strong="G1096" spoken|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", let’s not|strong="G3762" fight against|strong="G1722" God|strong="G0846"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G4183" argument arose|strong="G1096", the|strong="G3588" commanding officer, fearing|strong="G5399" that|strong="G1096" Paul|strong="G3972" would|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" torn|strong="G1288" in|strong="G1519" pieces|strong="G1288" by|strong="G5259" them|strong="G0846", commanded|strong="G2753" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4753" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" and|strong="G1161" take|strong="G1096" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G5259" force|strong="G0726" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" bring|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" barracks. 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G3588" following night|strong="G3571", the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" stood|strong="G2186" by|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Cheer \+w up|strong="G1210"\+w*, \+w Paul|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w testified|strong="G3140"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w testify|strong="G3140"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Rome|strong="G4516"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G4160" was|strong="G3739" day|strong="G2250", some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" banded together and|strong="G1161" bound|strong="G0332" themselves|strong="G1438" under|strong="G0332" a|strong="G1096" curse|strong="G0332", saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" would|strong="G1096" neither|strong="G3383" eat|strong="G2068" nor|strong="G3383" drink|strong="G4095" until|strong="G2193" they|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" killed|strong="G0615" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" more|strong="G4183" than|strong="G4183" forty|strong="G5062" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G1510" made|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" conspiracy|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="G3739" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" bound|strong="G0332" ourselves|strong="G1438" under|strong="G0332" a|strong="G3739" great curse|strong="G0332" to|strong="G3004" taste|strong="G1089" nothing|strong="G3367" until|strong="G2193" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" killed|strong="G0615" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="G1161" therefore|strong="G3767", you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892" inform the|strong="G3588" commanding officer that|strong="G3704" he|strong="G0846" should bring|strong="G2609" him|strong="G0846" down|strong="G2609" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" tomorrow, as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" you|strong="G5210" were|strong="G1510" going|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" judge his|strong="G0846" case|strong="G3568" more exactly. We|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" ready|strong="G2092" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846" before|strong="G4253" he|strong="G0846" comes|strong="G1448" near|strong="G1448".” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" Paul’s|strong="G3972" sister’s son|strong="G5207" heard|strong="G0191" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" lying in|strong="G1519" wait, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G3854" and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" barracks and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G0518" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{17}Paul|strong="G3972" summoned|strong="G4341" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" centurions|strong="G1543" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G5346", “Bring this|strong="G3778" young|strong="G3494" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" commanding officer, for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" has|strong="G2192" something|strong="G5100" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G0518" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" commanding officer and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “Paul|strong="G3972", the|strong="G3588" prisoner|strong="G1198", summoned|strong="G4341" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" bring|strong="G0071" this|strong="G3778" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771". 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="G3588" commanding officer took|strong="G1949" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" going aside|strong="G0402", asked|strong="G4441" him|strong="G0846" privately|strong="G2596", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G0846" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2596" tell|strong="G0518" me|strong="G1473"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" have|strong="G3748" agreed|strong="G4934" to|strong="G1519" ask|strong="G2065" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2609" Paul|strong="G3972" down|strong="G2609" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892" tomorrow|strong="G0839", as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" inquire|strong="G4441" somewhat|strong="G5100" more accurately concerning|strong="G4012" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{21}Therefore|strong="G3767" don’t|strong="G3361" yield to|strong="G2193" them|strong="G0846", for|strong="G1063" more|strong="G4183" than|strong="G4183" forty|strong="G5062" men|strong="G0435" lie in|strong="G2532" wait|strong="G1748" for|strong="G1063" him|strong="G0846", who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G1510" bound|strong="G0332" themselves|strong="G1438" under|strong="G0332" a|strong="G1510" curse|strong="G0332" to|strong="G2193" neither|strong="G3383" eat|strong="G2068" nor|strong="G3383" drink|strong="G4095" until|strong="G2193" they|strong="G0846" have|strong="G1510" killed|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846". Now|strong="G3568" they|strong="G0846" are|strong="G1510" ready|strong="G2092", looking|strong="G4327" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" promise|strong="G1860" from|strong="G0575" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" commanding|strong="G3853" officer let|strong="G0630" the|strong="G3588" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3778" go|strong="G0630", charging him|strong="G4314", “Tell|strong="G1583" no|strong="G3367" one|strong="G3367" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" have|strong="G3748" revealed these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473".” 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" himself two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" centurions|strong="G1543", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Prepare|strong="G2090" two|strong="G1417" hundred|strong="G1250" soldiers|strong="G4757" to|strong="G3004" go|strong="G4198" as|strong="G4198" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G4198" Caesarea|strong="G2542", with|strong="G0575" seventy|strong="G1440" horsemen|strong="G2460" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" hundred|strong="G1250" men|strong="G5100" armed with|strong="G0575" spears, at|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154" hour|strong="G5610" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571".”\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:23  }about 9:00 p.m.} 
\verseNumber{24}He asked them|strong="G2443" to|strong="G4314" provide|strong="G3936" mounts|strong="G2934", that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G3972" might set Paul|strong="G3972" on|strong="G3972" one|strong="G3588", and|strong="G5037" bring|strong="G1295" him|strong="G4314" safely|strong="G1295" to|strong="G4314" Felix|strong="G5344" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G3778" wrote|strong="G1125" a|strong="G2192" letter|strong="G1992" like|strong="G5179" this|strong="G3778": 
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\verseNumber{26}“Claudius|strong="G2804" Lysias|strong="G3079" to|strong="G5463" the|strong="G3588" most|strong="G2903" excellent|strong="G2903" governor|strong="G2232" Felix|strong="G5344": Greetings|strong="G5463". 
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\verseNumber{27}“This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435" was|strong="G1510" seized|strong="G4815" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" be|strong="G1510" killed|strong="G0337" by|strong="G5259" them|strong="G0846" when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2186" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4753" and|strong="G2532" rescued|strong="G1807" him|strong="G0846", having learned|strong="G3129" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514". 
\verseNumber{28}Desiring|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" know|strong="G1921" the|strong="G3588" cause|strong="G0156" why|strong="G1223" they|strong="G0846" accused|strong="G1458" him|strong="G0846", I|strong="G3739" brought|strong="G2609" him|strong="G0846" down|strong="G2609" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G0846" council|strong="G4892". 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="G3739" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2228" be|strong="G2192" accused|strong="G1458" about|strong="G4012" questions|strong="G2213" of|strong="G3551" their|strong="G0846" law|strong="G3551", but|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2228" be|strong="G2192" charged with|strong="G4012" anything|strong="G3367" worthy|strong="G0514" of|strong="G3551" death|strong="G2288" or|strong="G2228" of|strong="G3551" imprisonment|strong="G1199". 
\verseNumber{30}When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" told|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" Jews lay in|strong="G1519" wait for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0435", I|strong="G1473" sent|strong="G3992" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" immediately|strong="G1824", charging his|strong="G0846" accusers|strong="G2725" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G3004" their|strong="G0846" accusations against|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771". Farewell.” 
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\verseNumber{31}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4757", carrying out their|strong="G0846" orders|strong="G1299", took|strong="G0353" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G3972" brought|strong="G0071" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G1223" night|strong="G3571" to|strong="G1519" Antipatris|strong="G0494". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" they|strong="G0846" left|strong="G0565" the|strong="G3588" horsemen|strong="G2460" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G0565" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G1161" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" barracks. 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542" and|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="G0325" the|strong="G3588" letter|strong="G1992" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232", they|strong="G0846" also|strong="G2532" presented|strong="G3936" Paul|strong="G3972" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{34}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" governor had|strong="G1510" read|strong="G0314" it|strong="G1161", he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" what|strong="G4169" province|strong="G1885" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" from|strong="G0575". When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" understood that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" from|strong="G0575" Cilicia|strong="G2791", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1905", 
\verseNumber{35}“I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" hear you|strong="G4771" fully when|strong="G3752" your|strong="G2532" accusers|strong="G2725" also|strong="G2532" arrive|strong="G3854".” He|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" that|strong="G0846" he|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G5442" in|strong="G1722" Herod’s|strong="G2264" palace|strong="G4232". 
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\chapterNumber{24}After|strong="G3326" five|strong="G4002" days|strong="G2250", the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", Ananias|strong="G0367", came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" with|strong="G3326" certain|strong="G5100" elders|strong="G4245" and|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" orator, one|strong="G5100" Tertullus|strong="G5061". They|strong="G2532" informed the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232" against|strong="G2596" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564", Tertullus|strong="G5061" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G3004" accuse|strong="G2723" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Seeing that|strong="G3004" by|strong="G1223" you|strong="G4771" we|strong="G2532" enjoy much|strong="G4183" peace|strong="G1515", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3004" prosperity is|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G1096" to|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3588" nation|strong="G1484" by|strong="G1223" your|strong="G4674" foresight|strong="G4307", 
\verseNumber{3}we|strong="G3778" accept it|strong="G1223" in|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" ways and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" places, most|strong="G4183" excellent|strong="G2903" Felix|strong="G5344", with|strong="G3326" all|strong="G3956" thankfulness|strong="G2169". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" don’t|strong="G3361" delay|strong="G1465" you|strong="G4771", I|strong="G1473" entreat|strong="G3870" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2443" bear with|strong="G1909" us|strong="G1909" and|strong="G1161" hear|strong="G0191" a|strong="G0191" few words|strong="G0191". 
\verseNumber{5}For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G3778" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435" to|strong="G2596" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2147" plague, an|strong="G2532" instigator of|strong="G0435" insurrections among|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" throughout|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" world|strong="G3625", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2147" ringleader|strong="G4414" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3956" sect|strong="G0139" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3956" Nazarenes|strong="G3480". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G3985" to|strong="G2532" profane the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2411", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3739" arrested|strong="G2902" him|strong="G3739".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24:6  }TR adds “We wanted to judge him according to our law,”} 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24:7  }TR adds “but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,”} 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24:8  }TR adds “commanding his accusers to come to you.”}By|strong="G3844" examining|strong="G0350" him|strong="G0846" yourself|strong="G0846" you|strong="G3739" may|strong="G3956" ascertain|strong="G1921" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" of|strong="G3956" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" accuse|strong="G2723" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" also|strong="G2532" joined|strong="G4934" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" attack, affirming that|strong="G3778" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" were|strong="G2453" so|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232" had|strong="G1510" beckoned to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G3004" speak|strong="G3004", Paul|strong="G3972" answered|strong="G0611", “Because|strong="G1537" I|strong="G3778" know|strong="G1987" that|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" judge|strong="G2923" of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" nation|strong="G1484" for|strong="G4012" many|strong="G4183" years|strong="G2094", I|strong="G3778" cheerfully make|strong="G0626" my|strong="G0626" defense|strong="G0626", 
\verseNumber{11}seeing that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" can|strong="G1410" verify|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4183" than|strong="G4183" twelve|strong="G1427" days|strong="G2250" since|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="G4352" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{12}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413" they|strong="G2532" didn’t find|strong="G2147" me|strong="G1473" disputing with|strong="G1722" anyone|strong="G5100" or|strong="G2228" stirring up a|strong="G4160" crowd|strong="G3793", either|strong="G3777" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" synagogues|strong="G4864" or|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172". 
\verseNumber{13}Nor|strong="G3761" can|strong="G1410" they|strong="G3739" prove|strong="G3936" to|strong="G1410" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G3739" things|strong="G3739" of|strong="G4012" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" now|strong="G3570" accuse|strong="G2723" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" I|strong="G3739" confess|strong="G3670" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771", that|strong="G3754" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" Way|strong="G3598", which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" call|strong="G3004" a|strong="G3739" sect|strong="G0139", so|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" serve|strong="G3000" the|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3971", believing|strong="G4100" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3778" which|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3956" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" law|strong="G3551", and|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3956" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396"; 
\verseNumber{15}having|strong="G2192" hope|strong="G1680" toward|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316", which|strong="G3739" these|strong="G3778" also|strong="G2532" themselves|strong="G0846" look for|strong="G1519", that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G1510" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" resurrection|strong="G0386" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" dead, both|strong="G5037" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" just|strong="G1342" and|strong="G2532" unjust|strong="G0094". 
\verseNumber{16}In|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" I|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" practice always|strong="G1223" having|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" conscience|strong="G4893" void of|strong="G1223" offense|strong="G0677" toward|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" men|strong="G0444". 
\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="G1161" after|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" years|strong="G2094", I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G3854" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G4160" gifts|strong="G1654" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" needy to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G4160" nation|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" offerings|strong="G4376"; 
\verseNumber{18}amid|strong="G3326" which|strong="G3739" certain|strong="G5100" Jews|strong="G2453" from|strong="G0575" Asia|strong="G0773" found|strong="G2147" me|strong="G1473" purified|strong="G0048" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413", not|strong="G3756" with|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2147" mob|strong="G3793", nor|strong="G3761" with|strong="G3326" turmoil. 
\verseNumber{19}They|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" make|strong="G2723" accusation|strong="G2723" if|strong="G1487" they|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2192" anything|strong="G5100" against|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{20}Or|strong="G2228" else|strong="G2228" let|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" themselves|strong="G0846" say|strong="G3004" what|strong="G5101" injustice they|strong="G0846" found|strong="G2147" in|strong="G1909" me|strong="G3004" when|strong="G2147" I|strong="G1473" stood|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892", 
\verseNumber{21}unless it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G3778" for|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" one|strong="G1520" thing|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" cried|strong="G2896" standing|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846", ‘Concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" resurrection|strong="G0386" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G2919" being|strong="G4771" judged|strong="G2919" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210" today|strong="G4594"!’” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" Felix|strong="G5344", having more|strong="G2596" exact knowledge concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" Way|strong="G3598", deferred them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “When|strong="G3752" Lysias|strong="G3079", the|strong="G3588" commanding officer, comes|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597", I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G0846" decide|strong="G1231" your|strong="G3708" case.” 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G1299" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" that|strong="G0846" Paul|strong="G0846" should|strong="G3367" be|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G5083" in|strong="G2532" custody|strong="G5083" and|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3367" have|strong="G2192" some|strong="G3588" privileges, and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2532" forbid|strong="G2967" any|strong="G3367" of|strong="G2192" his|strong="G0846" friends|strong="G2398" to|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G2192" him|strong="G0846" or|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" visit him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="G3326" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250", Felix|strong="G5344" came|strong="G3854" with|strong="G3326" Drusilla|strong="G1409" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Jewess|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3343" for|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" him|strong="G0846" concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{25}As|strong="G4198" he|strong="G2532" reasoned|strong="G1256" about|strong="G4012" righteousness|strong="G1343", self-control|strong="G1466", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" judgment|strong="G2917" to|strong="G3195" come|strong="G1096", Felix|strong="G5344" was|strong="G3588" terrified|strong="G1719", and|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G0611", “Go|strong="G4198" your|strong="G2192" way|strong="G4198" for|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G3588" convenient for|strong="G4012" me|strong="G2192", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3195" summon|strong="G3333" you|strong="G4771".” 
\verseNumber{26}Meanwhile, he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" hoped|strong="G1679" that|strong="G3754" money|strong="G5536" would|strong="G0846" be|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" by|strong="G5259" Paul|strong="G3972", that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" release him|strong="G0846". Therefore|strong="G1352" also|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3343" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G0846" more often|strong="G4437" and|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G3656" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" two|strong="G1333" years|strong="G1333" were|strong="G2453" fulfilled|strong="G4137", Felix|strong="G5344" was|strong="G3588" succeeded|strong="G1240" by|strong="G1240" Porcius|strong="G4201" Festus|strong="G5347", and|strong="G1161" desiring|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" gain favor|strong="G5485" with|strong="G4137" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", Felix|strong="G5344" left|strong="G2641" Paul|strong="G3972" in|strong="G1210" bonds. 
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\chapterNumber{25}Festus|strong="G5347" therefore|strong="G3767", having|strong="G3767" come|strong="G0305" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" province|strong="G1885", after|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" from|strong="G0575" Caesarea|strong="G2542". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" principal men|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" informed him|strong="G0846" against|strong="G2596" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" begged|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{3}asking|strong="G0154" a|strong="G4160" favor|strong="G5485" against|strong="G2596" him|strong="G0846", that|strong="G3704" he|strong="G0846" would|strong="G0846" summon|strong="G3343" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", plotting to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="G0337" him|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{4}However|strong="G1161" Festus|strong="G5347" answered|strong="G0611" that|strong="G3767" Paul|strong="G3972" should be|strong="G3767" kept|strong="G5083" in|strong="G1722" custody|strong="G5083" at|strong="G1722" Caesarea|strong="G2542", and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3767" he|strong="G1161" himself|strong="G1438" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" depart shortly|strong="G5034". 
\verseNumber{5}“Let|strong="G1510" them|strong="G0846" therefore|strong="G3767"”, he|strong="G0846" said|strong="G5346", “that|strong="G0846" are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1415" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" go|strong="G4782" down with|strong="G1722" me, and|strong="G0435" if|strong="G1487" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" anything|strong="G5100" wrong|strong="G0824" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0435", let|strong="G1510" them|strong="G0846" accuse|strong="G2723" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3972" stayed|strong="G1304" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846" more|strong="G4183" than|strong="G2228" ten|strong="G1176" days|strong="G2250", he|strong="G0846" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", and|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G2250" he|strong="G0846" sat|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" judgment|strong="G0968" seat|strong="G0968", and|strong="G1161" commanded|strong="G2753" Paul|strong="G3972" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2228" brought|strong="G0071". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" come|strong="G2597", the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G0575" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" stood|strong="G4026" around|strong="G4026" him|strong="G0846", bringing|strong="G2702" against|strong="G0575" him|strong="G0846" many|strong="G4183" and|strong="G2532" grievous charges which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" could|strong="G2480" not|strong="G3756" prove|strong="G0584", 
\verseNumber{8}while|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" said|strong="G0626" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G3754" defense|strong="G0626", “Neither|strong="G3777" against|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G3551" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", nor|strong="G3777" against|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2411", nor|strong="G3777" against|strong="G1519" Caesar|strong="G2541", have|strong="G3748" I|strong="G3754" sinned|strong="G0264" at|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" Festus|strong="G5347", desiring|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" gain favor|strong="G5485" with|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", answered|strong="G0611" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Are|strong="G3778" you|strong="G3004" willing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" and|strong="G1161" be|strong="G3778" judged|strong="G2919" by|strong="G1909" me|strong="G3004" there|strong="G1563" concerning|strong="G4012" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1909" Caesar’s|strong="G2541" judgment|strong="G0968" seat|strong="G0968", where|strong="G3757" I|strong="G1473" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" tried|strong="G2919". I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1510" done|strong="G0091" no|strong="G3762" wrong|strong="G0091" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G4771" also|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1921" very|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="G0599" if|strong="G1487" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4238" wrong|strong="G0091" and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G1510" committed|strong="G4238" anything|strong="G5100" worthy|strong="G0514" of|strong="G5100" death|strong="G2288", I|strong="G1473" don’t|strong="G3756" refuse|strong="G3868" to|strong="G1410" die|strong="G0599"; but|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" none|strong="G3762" of|strong="G5100" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" true that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" accuse|strong="G2723" me|strong="G1473" of|strong="G5100", no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3762" can|strong="G1410" give|strong="G5483" me|strong="G1473" up to|strong="G1410" them|strong="G0846". I|strong="G1473" appeal|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1410" Caesar|strong="G2541"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G5119" Festus|strong="G5347", when|strong="G5119" he|strong="G5119" had|strong="G3588" conferred|strong="G4814" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4824", answered|strong="G0611", “You|strong="G1909" have|strong="G3588" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1909" Caesar|strong="G2541". To|strong="G1909" Caesar|strong="G2541" you|strong="G1909" shall go|strong="G4198".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" had|strong="G3588" passed|strong="G1230", King|strong="G0935" Agrippa|strong="G0067" and|strong="G2532" Bernice|strong="G0959" arrived|strong="G2658" at|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542" and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="G0782" Festus|strong="G5347". 
\verseNumber{14}As|strong="G5613" he|strong="G3004" stayed|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250", Festus|strong="G5347" laid|strong="G0394" Paul’s|strong="G3972" case|strong="G1563" before|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" king|strong="G0935", saying|strong="G3004", “There|strong="G1563" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" certain|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0435" 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" was|strong="G3739" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" informed me|strong="G1473", asking|strong="G0154" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" sentence against|strong="G2596" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="G3739" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" custom|strong="G1485" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" Romans|strong="G4514" to|strong="G4314" give|strong="G5483" up any|strong="G5100" man|strong="G0444" to|strong="G4314" destruction before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G3588" accused|strong="G2723" has|strong="G2192" met the|strong="G3588" accusers|strong="G2725" face|strong="G4383" to|strong="G4314" face|strong="G4383" and|strong="G0611" has|strong="G2192" had|strong="G2192" opportunity|strong="G5117" to|strong="G4314" make|strong="G2723" his|strong="G4012" defense|strong="G0627" concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" matter|strong="G5100" laid against|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G3767" therefore|strong="G3767" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905" here|strong="G1759", I|strong="G3767" didn’t delay, but on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G1836" sat|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" judgment|strong="G0968" seat|strong="G0968" and|strong="G0435" commanded|strong="G2753" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0435" to|strong="G1909" be|strong="G3767" brought|strong="G0071". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" accusers|strong="G2725" stood|strong="G2476" up, they|strong="G3739" brought|strong="G5342" no|strong="G3762" charges|strong="G0156" against|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3739" of|strong="G4012" such|strong="G3762" things|strong="G3739" as|strong="G2476" I|strong="G1473" supposed; 
\verseNumber{19}but|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2192" certain|strong="G5100" questions|strong="G2213" against|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" about|strong="G4012" their|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398" religion|strong="G1175" and|strong="G2532" about|strong="G4012" one|strong="G5100" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G2424" dead|strong="G2348", whom|strong="G3739" Paul|strong="G3972" affirmed to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" alive|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{20}Being|strong="G0639" perplexed|strong="G0639" how|strong="G4012" to|strong="G1519" inquire concerning|strong="G4012" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", I|strong="G1473" asked|strong="G3004" whether|strong="G1487" he|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" willing|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" and|strong="G1161" there|strong="G2546" be|strong="G3778" judged|strong="G2919" concerning|strong="G4012" these|strong="G3778" matters. 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G3739" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1519" be kept|strong="G5083" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" decision|strong="G1233" of|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" emperor|strong="G4575", I|strong="G3739" commanded|strong="G2753" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" be kept|strong="G5083" until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G3739" could send|strong="G0375" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" Caesar|strong="G2541".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Agrippa|strong="G0067" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G4314" Festus|strong="G5347", “I|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" like|strong="G1014" to|strong="G4314" hear|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444" myself|strong="G0846".” 
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“Tomorrow|strong="G0839",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “you|strong="G2532" shall|strong="G0444" hear|strong="G0191" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="G3767" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", when|strong="G2532" Agrippa|strong="G0067" and|strong="G2532" Bernice|strong="G0959" had|strong="G3972" come|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3326" great|strong="G4183" pomp|strong="G5325", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3767" had|strong="G3972" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" place of|strong="G0435" hearing with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" commanding officers and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" principal men|strong="G0435" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172", at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" command|strong="G2753" of|strong="G0435" Festus|strong="G5347", Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G0071" in|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{24}Festus|strong="G5347" said|strong="G5346", “King|strong="G0935" Agrippa|strong="G0067", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" men|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3956" here|strong="G1759" present|strong="G3778" with|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722", you|strong="G3739" see|strong="G2334" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0435" about|strong="G4012" whom|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" multitude|strong="G4128" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" petitioned me|strong="G1473", both|strong="G5037" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" and|strong="G2532" here|strong="G1759", crying|strong="G0994" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" ought|strong="G1163" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198" any|strong="G3956" longer|strong="G3371". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" found|strong="G2638" that|strong="G3778" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" committed|strong="G4238" nothing|strong="G3367" worthy|strong="G0514" of|strong="G0514" death|strong="G2288", and|strong="G1161" as|strong="G0846" he|strong="G0846" himself|strong="G0846" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G3778" the|strong="G3588" emperor|strong="G4575", I|strong="G1473" determined|strong="G2919" to|strong="G3778" send|strong="G3992" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{26}of|strong="G2962" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" certain|strong="G5100" thing|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1909" write|strong="G1125" to|strong="G1909" my|strong="G3739" lord|strong="G2962". Therefore|strong="G1352" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" brought|strong="G4254" him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1096" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210", and|strong="G2532" especially|strong="G3122" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210", King|strong="G0935" Agrippa|strong="G0067", that|strong="G3739", after|strong="G2532" examination I|strong="G3739" may|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" something|strong="G5100" to|strong="G1909" write|strong="G1125". 
\verseNumber{27}For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G0846" seems|strong="G1380" to|strong="G2596" me|strong="G1473" unreasonable, in|strong="G2596" sending|strong="G3992" a|strong="G2532" prisoner|strong="G1198", not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2596" also|strong="G2532" specify the|strong="G3588" charges|strong="G0156" against|strong="G2596" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\chapterNumber{26}Agrippa|strong="G0067" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", “You|strong="G4771" may|strong="G5495" speak|strong="G3004" for|strong="G5228" yourself|strong="G4572".” 
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Then|strong="G5119" Paul|strong="G3972" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G4572" his|strong="G4012" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G1161" made|strong="G3004" his|strong="G4012" defense|strong="G0626". 
\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="G3739" think myself|strong="G1683" happy|strong="G3107", King|strong="G0935" Agrippa|strong="G0067", that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1909" make|strong="G0626" my|strong="G3956" defense|strong="G0626" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771" today|strong="G4594" concerning|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G3195" accused|strong="G1458" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453", 
\verseNumber{3}especially|strong="G3122" because|strong="G2596" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" expert|strong="G1109" in|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3956" customs|strong="G1485" and|strong="G2532" questions|strong="G2213" which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" among|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453". Therefore|strong="G1352" I|strong="G1473" beg you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2596" hear|strong="G0191" me|strong="G1473" patiently|strong="G3116". 
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\verseNumber{4}“Indeed|strong="G3303", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" know|strong="G1492" my|strong="G3956" way|strong="G1722" of|strong="G1537" life|strong="G0981" from|strong="G0575" my|strong="G3956" youth|strong="G3503" up, which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" beginning|strong="G0746" among|strong="G1722" my|strong="G3956" own nation|strong="G1484" and|strong="G5037" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414"; 
\verseNumber{5}having|strong="G3140" known|strong="G4267" me|strong="G1473" from|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" first, if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" willing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" testify|strong="G3140", that|strong="G3754" after|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" strictest sect|strong="G0139" of|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2251" religion|strong="G2356" I|strong="G1473" lived|strong="G2198" a|strong="G1437" Pharisee|strong="G5330". 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" stand|strong="G2476" here|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1096" judged|strong="G2919" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" promise|strong="G1860" made|strong="G1096" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962", 
\verseNumber{7}which|strong="G3739" our|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1429" tribes|strong="G1429", earnestly serving|strong="G3000" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", hope|strong="G1680" to|strong="G1519" attain|strong="G2658". Concerning|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" accused|strong="G1458" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", King|strong="G0935" Agrippa! 
\verseNumber{8}Why|strong="G5101" is|strong="G2316" it judged|strong="G2919" incredible|strong="G0571" with|strong="G3844" you|strong="G5210" if|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" does|strong="G5101" raise|strong="G1453" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498"? 
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\verseNumber{9}“I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1683" most|strong="G4183" certainly|strong="G3303" thought|strong="G1380" that|strong="G1380" I|strong="G1473" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4238" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G4183" contrary|strong="G1727" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G3686" Nazareth|strong="G3480". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". I|strong="G1473" both|strong="G5037" shut up|strong="G2623" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" saints|strong="G0040" in|strong="G1722" prisons|strong="G5438", having|strong="G4160" received|strong="G2983" authority|strong="G1849" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749"; and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3739" put|strong="G0337" to|strong="G2532" death|strong="G0337" I|strong="G1473" gave|strong="G4160" my|strong="G1722" vote|strong="G5586" against|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{11}Punishing them|strong="G0846" often|strong="G4178" in|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" synagogues|strong="G4864", I|strong="G2532" tried to|strong="G1519" make them|strong="G0846" blaspheme|strong="G0987". Being exceedingly enraged|strong="G1693" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G0846", I|strong="G2532" persecuted|strong="G1377" them|strong="G0846" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" foreign|strong="G1854" cities|strong="G4172". 
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\verseNumber{12}“Whereupon as|strong="G1519" I|strong="G3739" traveled to|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" authority|strong="G1849" and|strong="G2532" commission|strong="G2011" from|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749", 
\verseNumber{13}at|strong="G2596" noon, O king|strong="G0935", I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" on|strong="G5228" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" a|strong="G3708" light|strong="G5457" from|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" sky, brighter|strong="G2987" than|strong="G5228" the|strong="G3588" sun|strong="G2246", shining|strong="G4034" around|strong="G4034" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" traveled with|strong="G4862" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G0191" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" fallen|strong="G2667" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" earth|strong="G1093", I|strong="G1473" heard|strong="G0191" a|strong="G0191" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" Hebrew|strong="G1446" language|strong="G1258", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*? \+w It|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w is|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w hard|strong="G4642"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* kick \+w against|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w goads|strong="G2759"\+w*.’} 
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\verseNumber{15}“I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004", ‘Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"?’ 
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“He|strong="G3739" 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{19}“Therefore|strong="G3606", King|strong="G0935" Agrippa|strong="G0067", I|strong="G3606" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" disobedient|strong="G0545" to|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" heavenly|strong="G3770" vision|strong="G3701", 
\verseNumber{20}but|strong="G0235" declared|strong="G0518" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G1909" them|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2316" Damascus|strong="G1154", at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", and|strong="G2532" throughout|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" country|strong="G5561" of|strong="G2316" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" Gentiles|strong="G1484", that|strong="G3956" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" repent|strong="G3340" and|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" to|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316", doing|strong="G4238" works|strong="G2041" worthy|strong="G0514" of|strong="G2316" repentance|strong="G3341". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" reason|strong="G1752" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" seized|strong="G4815" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413" and|strong="G2453" tried|strong="G3987" to|strong="G1722" kill me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{22}Having|strong="G3767" therefore|strong="G3767" obtained|strong="G5177" the|strong="G3588" help|strong="G1947" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G2316" from|strong="G0575" God|strong="G2316", I|strong="G3739" stand|strong="G2476" to|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" day|strong="G2250" testifying|strong="G3143" both|strong="G5037" to|strong="G3004" small|strong="G3398" and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173", saying|strong="G3004" nothing|strong="G3762" but|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" and|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475" said|strong="G3004" would|strong="G3195" happen|strong="G1096", 
\verseNumber{23}how the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547" must|strong="G3588" suffer|strong="G3805", and|strong="G2532" how, by|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" resurrection|strong="G0386" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" be|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G3195" proclaim|strong="G2605" light|strong="G5457" both|strong="G5037" to|strong="G3195" these|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3195" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484".” 
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\verseNumber{24}As|strong="G1519" he|strong="G0846" thus|strong="G1161" made his|strong="G0846" defense|strong="G0626", Festus|strong="G5347" said|strong="G5346" with|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1161" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “Paul|strong="G3972", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3778" crazy! Your|strong="G3588" great|strong="G3173" learning|strong="G1121" is|strong="G3778" driving|strong="G4062" you|strong="G4771" insane|strong="G3105"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G3105" not|strong="G3756" crazy, most|strong="G2903" excellent|strong="G2903" Festus|strong="G5347", but|strong="G1161" boldly declare words|strong="G4487" of|strong="G4487" truth|strong="G0225" and|strong="G2532" reasonableness. 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" king|strong="G0935" knows|strong="G1987" of|strong="G5100" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", to|strong="G4314" whom|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" speak|strong="G2980" freely|strong="G3955". For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" persuaded|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3739" none|strong="G3762" of|strong="G5100" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" hidden from|strong="G2980" him|strong="G0846", for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" been|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4238" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1510" corner|strong="G1137". 
\verseNumber{27}King|strong="G0935" Agrippa|strong="G0067", do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" believe|strong="G4100" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396"? I|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" believe|strong="G4100".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Agrippa|strong="G0067" said to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", “With|strong="G1722" a|strong="G4160" little|strong="G3641" persuasion are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" trying to|strong="G4314" make|strong="G4160" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G4160" Christian|strong="G5546"?” 
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\verseNumber{29}Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G1096", “I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="G2172" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", that|strong="G0191" whether|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" little|strong="G3641" or|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" much|strong="G3173", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" you|strong="G4771", but|strong="G1161" also|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G0191" hear|strong="G0191" me|strong="G1473" today|strong="G4594", might|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" such|strong="G5108" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510", except|strong="G3924" for|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" bonds|strong="G1199".” 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G3588" king|strong="G0935" rose|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232" and|strong="G2532" Bernice|strong="G0959", and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sat with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3748" withdrawn, they|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3762" another|strong="G0240", saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444" does|strong="G2980" nothing|strong="G3762" worthy|strong="G0514" of|strong="G5100" death|strong="G2288" or|strong="G2228" of|strong="G5100" bonds|strong="G1199".” 
\verseNumber{32}Agrippa|strong="G0067" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1410" Festus|strong="G5347", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444" might|strong="G1410" have|strong="G3588" been|strong="G3361" set|strong="G0630" free|strong="G0630" if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G3778" had|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1410" Caesar|strong="G2541".” 
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\chapterNumber{27}When|strong="G5613" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" determined|strong="G2919" that|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" should|strong="G5100" sail|strong="G0636" for|strong="G1519" Italy|strong="G2482", they|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="G3860" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G5100" other|strong="G2087" prisoners|strong="G1202" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5613" centurion|strong="G1543" named|strong="G3686" Julius|strong="G2457", of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G3588" Augustan|strong="G4575" band. 
\verseNumber{2}Embarking|strong="G1910" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" ship|strong="G4143" of|strong="G2596" Adramyttium, which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" sail|strong="G0321" to|strong="G1519" places|strong="G5117" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" coast|strong="G2596" of|strong="G2596" Asia|strong="G0773", we|strong="G2249" put|strong="G0321" to|strong="G1519" sea|strong="G0321", Aristarchus|strong="G0708", a|strong="G1510" Macedonian|strong="G3110" of|strong="G2596" Thessalonica|strong="G2331" being|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" us|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="G3588" next|strong="G2087" day, we|strong="G3588" touched at|strong="G1519" Sidon|strong="G4605". Julius|strong="G2457" treated|strong="G5530" Paul|strong="G3972" kindly|strong="G5364" and|strong="G5037" gave|strong="G2010" him|strong="G2609" permission|strong="G2010" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" friends|strong="G5384" and|strong="G5037" refresh himself|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{4}Putting|strong="G0321" to|strong="G1510" sea|strong="G0321" from|strong="G0321" there|strong="G2547", we|strong="G1510" sailed|strong="G5284" under|strong="G5284" the|strong="G3588" lee of|strong="G1223" Cyprus|strong="G2954", because|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" winds|strong="G0417" were|strong="G1510" contrary|strong="G1727". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" sailed|strong="G1277" across the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G3989" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" off|strong="G2596" Cilicia|strong="G2791" and|strong="G2532" Pamphylia|strong="G3828", we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" Myra|strong="G3460", a|strong="G2532" city of|strong="G2596" Lycia|strong="G3073". 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="G2546" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2147" ship|strong="G4143" of|strong="G1519" Alexandria sailing|strong="G4126" for|strong="G1519" Italy|strong="G2482", and|strong="G0846" he|strong="G0846" put|strong="G1688" us|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" board. 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" sailed|strong="G5284" slowly|strong="G1020" many|strong="G2425" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G1096" with|strong="G1722" difficulty|strong="G3433" opposite Cnidus|strong="G2834", the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" not|strong="G3361" allowing us|strong="G1722" further, we|strong="G2249" sailed|strong="G5284" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" lee of|strong="G2250" Crete|strong="G2914", opposite Salmone|strong="G4534". 
\verseNumber{8}With|strong="G1519" difficulty|strong="G3433" sailing|strong="G3881" along|strong="G3881" it|strong="G0846" we|strong="G3739" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G5100" place|strong="G5117" called|strong="G2564" Fair|strong="G2570" Havens, near|strong="G1451" the|strong="G3739" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G5100" Lasea|strong="G2996". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G2532" much time|strong="G5550" had|strong="G1510" passed|strong="G3928" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" voyage|strong="G4144" was|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" dangerous|strong="G2000" because|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Fast|strong="G3521" had|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" already|strong="G2235" gone by|strong="G1223", Paul|strong="G3972" admonished them|strong="G1223" 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", “Sirs, I|strong="G1473" perceive|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" voyage|strong="G4144" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" injury and|strong="G2532" much|strong="G4183" loss|strong="G2209", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" of|strong="G0435" the|strong="G3588" cargo|strong="G5413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143", but|strong="G0235" also|strong="G2532" of|strong="G0435" our|strong="G2532" lives|strong="G5590".” 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" gave more|strong="G3123" heed to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" master and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" owner of|strong="G2228" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G3490" than|strong="G2228" to|strong="G3004" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" by|strong="G5259" Paul|strong="G3972". 
\verseNumber{12}Because|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" haven was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1410" suitable|strong="G0428" to|strong="G1519" winter|strong="G3914" in|strong="G1519", the|strong="G3588" majority|strong="G4183" advised going to|strong="G1519" sea|strong="G0321" from|strong="G2596" there|strong="G1564", if|strong="G1487" by|strong="G2596" any means|strong="G5225" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1410" reach|strong="G2658" Phoenix|strong="G5405" and|strong="G2532" winter|strong="G3914" there|strong="G1564", which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5087" port of|strong="G2596" Crete|strong="G2914", looking|strong="G0991" southwest|strong="G3047" and|strong="G2532" northwest|strong="G5566". 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" south|strong="G3558" wind|strong="G3558" blew softly, supposing|strong="G1380" that|strong="G1380" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" obtained their|strong="G0142" purpose|strong="G4286", they|strong="G1161" weighed|strong="G0142" anchor|strong="G0142" and|strong="G1161" sailed along|strong="G3881" Crete|strong="G2914", close|strong="G0788" to|strong="G1380" shore. 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" before|strong="G3588" long|strong="G4183", a|strong="G3326" stormy wind|strong="G0417" beat down|strong="G2596" from|strong="G2596" shore, which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" Euroclydon.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:14  }Or, “a northeaster”.} 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143" was|strong="G3588" caught|strong="G4884" and|strong="G2532" couldn’t face|strong="G0503" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417", we|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1929" way|strong="G1929" to|strong="G1410" it|strong="G1161" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" driven|strong="G5342" along|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{16}Running|strong="G5295" under|strong="G4031" the|strong="G3588" lee of|strong="G5100" a|strong="G1096" small|strong="G3519" island|strong="G3519" called|strong="G2564" Clauda|strong="G2802", we|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1096" able|strong="G2480", with|strong="G3433" difficulty|strong="G3433", to|strong="G1096" secure the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4627". 
\verseNumber{17}After|strong="G5037" they|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" hoisted|strong="G0142" it|strong="G3779" up|strong="G0142", they|strong="G3739" used|strong="G5530" cables|strong="G0996" to|strong="G1519" help|strong="G0996" reinforce the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143". Fearing|strong="G5399" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" would run aground on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Syrtis|strong="G4950" sand bars, they|strong="G3739" lowered the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G4632" anchor|strong="G0142", and|strong="G5037" so|strong="G3779" were|strong="G3739" driven|strong="G5342" along|strong="G5037". 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" labored exceedingly with|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3588" storm, the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G1836" they|strong="G1161" began to|strong="G4160" throw things|strong="G3588" overboard. 
\verseNumber{19}On|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154" day, they|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G4496" out the|strong="G3588" ship’s|strong="G4143" tackle|strong="G4631" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" own hands. 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G1161" neither|strong="G3756" sun|strong="G2246" nor|strong="G3383" stars|strong="G0798" shone on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G1909" for|strong="G1909" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G1161" no|strong="G3756" small|strong="G3641" storm|strong="G5494" pressed on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G1909", all|strong="G3956" hope|strong="G1680" that|strong="G3956" we|strong="G2249" would|strong="G2250" be|strong="G3956" saved|strong="G4982" was|strong="G3588" now|strong="G1161" taken|strong="G4014" away|strong="G4014". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1163" been|strong="G2532" long|strong="G4183" without|strong="G3361" food|strong="G0776", Paul|strong="G3972" stood|strong="G2476" up|strong="G0321" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Sirs, you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G1163" have|strong="G2532" listened to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2532" set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321" from|strong="G0575" Crete|strong="G2914" and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" gotten this|strong="G3778" injury and|strong="G2532" loss|strong="G2209". 
\verseNumber{22}Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G2532" exhort you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" cheer up, for|strong="G1063" there|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3762" loss|strong="G0580" of|strong="G1537" life|strong="G5590" among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210", but|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="G1063" there|strong="G1510" stood|strong="G3936" by|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" this|strong="G3778" night|strong="G3571" an|strong="G1510" angel|strong="G0032", belonging|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" whose|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" serve|strong="G3000", 
\verseNumber{24}saying|strong="G3004", ‘Don’t|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1163" afraid|strong="G5399", Paul|strong="G3972". You|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1163" stand|strong="G3936" before|strong="G3936" Caesar|strong="G2541". Behold|strong="G2400", God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" granted|strong="G5483" you|strong="G4771" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sail|strong="G4126" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G4771".’ 
\verseNumber{25}Therefore|strong="G1352", sirs, cheer up! For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" believe|strong="G4100" God|strong="G2316", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3779" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" just|strong="G2596" as|strong="G2596" it|strong="G3779" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2596" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G1163" run aground on|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1161" certain|strong="G5100" island|strong="G3520".” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" fourteenth night|strong="G3571" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G1096", as|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G1096" driven|strong="G1308" back and|strong="G1161" forth in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Adriatic|strong="G0099" Sea, about|strong="G5613" midnight|strong="G3319" the|strong="G3588" sailors|strong="G3492" surmised that|strong="G1096" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1096" drawing|strong="G1096" near|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" some|strong="G5100" land|strong="G5561". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1001" soundings|strong="G1001" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" twenty|strong="G1501" fathoms|strong="G3712".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:28  }20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters} After|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2147" little|strong="G1024" while|strong="G1024", they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1001" soundings|strong="G1001" again|strong="G3825", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" fifteen|strong="G1178" fathoms|strong="G3712".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:28  15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters} 
\verseNumber{29}Fearing|strong="G5399" that|strong="G1096" we|strong="G2250" would|strong="G1096" run aground on|strong="G1537" rocky ground, they|strong="G2250" let|strong="G1096" go four|strong="G5064" anchors|strong="G0045" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2596" stern|strong="G4403", and|strong="G5037" wished|strong="G2172" for|strong="G1537" daylight|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{30}As|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" sailors|strong="G3492" were|strong="G3588" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" flee|strong="G5343" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" lowered the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", pretending|strong="G4392" that|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" lay|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1537" anchors|strong="G0045" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" bow|strong="G4408", 
\verseNumber{31}Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4757", “Unless|strong="G1437" these|strong="G3778" stay|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143", you|strong="G5210" can’t|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982".” 
\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4757" cut|strong="G0609" away|strong="G0609" the|strong="G3588" ropes|strong="G4979" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4627" and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G1439" it|strong="G0846" fall off|strong="G0609". 
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\verseNumber{33}While|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" was|strong="G3739" coming|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1161", Paul|strong="G3972" begged|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3739" all|strong="G0537" to|strong="G3004" take|strong="G1096" some|strong="G3588" food|strong="G5160", saying|strong="G3004", “Today|strong="G4594" is|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" fourteenth day|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" wait and|strong="G1161" continue|strong="G1096" fasting, having taken|strong="G1096" nothing|strong="G3367". 
\verseNumber{34}Therefore|strong="G1352" I|strong="G3778" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" take|strong="G3335" some|strong="G3588" food|strong="G5160", for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3778" for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G5212" safety; for|strong="G1063" not|strong="G3762" a|strong="G5225" hair|strong="G2359" will|strong="G3778" perish|strong="G0622" from|strong="G0575" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G0575" your|strong="G5212" heads|strong="G2776".” 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2316" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2316" taken|strong="G2983" bread|strong="G0740", he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2168" thanks|strong="G2168" to|strong="G3004" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3956" presence|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956"; then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" it|strong="G1161" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068". 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" cheered up, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" also|strong="G2532" took|strong="G4355" food|strong="G5160". 
\verseNumber{37}In|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956", we|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" two|strong="G1250" hundred|strong="G1250" seventy-six souls|strong="G5590" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" ship|strong="G4143". 
\verseNumber{38}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" eaten|strong="G2880" enough, they|strong="G1161" lightened the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143", throwing out|strong="G1544" the|strong="G3588" wheat|strong="G4621" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="G3753" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3739" day|strong="G2250", they|strong="G3739" didn’t|strong="G3756" recognize|strong="G1921" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3739" noticed a|strong="G2192" certain|strong="G5100" bay|strong="G2859" with|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" beach|strong="G0123", and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3739" decided|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" try to|strong="G1519" drive|strong="G1856" the|strong="G3588" ship|strong="G4143" onto|strong="G1519" it|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{40}Casting|strong="G4014" off|strong="G4014" the|strong="G3588" anchors|strong="G0045", they|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1439" them in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0260" time|strong="G0260" untying the|strong="G3588" rudder|strong="G4079" ropes|strong="G2202". Hoisting|strong="G1869" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" foresail|strong="G0736" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G4154", they|strong="G2532" made for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" beach|strong="G0123". 
\verseNumber{41}But|strong="G1161" coming to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5259" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G1337" two|strong="G1337" seas|strong="G1337" met|strong="G1337", they|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G2027" the|strong="G3588" vessel|strong="G3491" aground|strong="G2027". The|strong="G3588" bow|strong="G4408" struck and|strong="G2532" remained|strong="G3306" immovable|strong="G0761", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" stern|strong="G4403" began to|strong="G1519" break|strong="G3089" up|strong="G1519" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" violence|strong="G0970" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" waves. 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="G3588" soldiers’|strong="G4757" counsel|strong="G1012" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" kill|strong="G0615" the|strong="G3588" prisoners|strong="G1202", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" none|strong="G3361" of|strong="G5100" them|strong="G2443" would|strong="G1096" swim|strong="G1579" out|strong="G1096" and|strong="G1161" escape|strong="G1309". 
\verseNumber{43}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543", desiring|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1909" save|strong="G1295" Paul|strong="G3972", stopped them|strong="G0846" from|strong="G1438" their|strong="G0846" purpose|strong="G0846", and|strong="G1161" commanded|strong="G2753" that|strong="G0846" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" could|strong="G1410" swim|strong="G2860" should|strong="G2860" throw themselves|strong="G1438" overboard|strong="G0641" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G1909" go toward|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093"; 
\verseNumber{44}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" rest|strong="G3062" should|strong="G5100" follow, some|strong="G5100" on|strong="G1909" planks|strong="G4548" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" on|strong="G1909" other|strong="G3062" things|strong="G3956" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" ship|strong="G4143". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956" escaped safely|strong="G1295" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" land|strong="G1093". 
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\chapterNumber{28}When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3748" escaped, then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28:1  }NU reads “we”} learned|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" island|strong="G3520" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" Malta|strong="G3194". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G3956" natives|strong="G0915" showed|strong="G3930" us|strong="G3930" uncommon kindness|strong="G5363"; for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" kindled|strong="G0681" a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4443" and|strong="G2532" received|strong="G4355" us|strong="G3930" all|strong="G3956", because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" present rain|strong="G5205" and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" cold|strong="G5592". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G3972" gathered|strong="G4962" a|strong="G2532" bundle|strong="G4128" of|strong="G0575" sticks|strong="G5434" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" them|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" fire|strong="G4443", a|strong="G2532" viper|strong="G2191" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" because|strong="G0575" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" heat|strong="G2329" and|strong="G2532" fastened|strong="G2510" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" natives|strong="G0915" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" creature|strong="G2342" hanging|strong="G2910" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495", they|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G0240" another|strong="G0240", “No|strong="G3756" doubt|strong="G3843" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G0444" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" murderer|strong="G5406", whom|strong="G3739", though|strong="G5613" he|strong="G0846" has|strong="G3739" escaped from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", yet|strong="G1161" Justice|strong="G1349" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" allowed|strong="G1439" to|strong="G4314" live|strong="G2198".” 
\verseNumber{5}However|strong="G3767" he|strong="G3767" shook|strong="G0660" off|strong="G0660" the|strong="G3588" creature|strong="G2342" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" fire|strong="G4442", and|strong="G4442" wasn’t harmed. 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" expected that|strong="G3004" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" have|strong="G1510" swollen or|strong="G2228" fallen|strong="G2667" down|strong="G2667" dead|strong="G3498" suddenly|strong="G0869", but|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" watched|strong="G2334" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G1909" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" nothing|strong="G3367" bad happen|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" changed|strong="G3328" their|strong="G0846" minds|strong="G3328" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" god|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" neighborhood|strong="G4012" of|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3739" place|strong="G5117" were|strong="G3739" lands|strong="G5564" belonging|strong="G5225" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" chief man|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G3588" island|strong="G3520", named|strong="G3686" Publius|strong="G4196", who|strong="G3739" received|strong="G0324" us|strong="G1722" and|strong="G1161" courteously|strong="G5390" entertained|strong="G3579" us|strong="G1722" for|strong="G4012" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G3588" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G3962" Publius|strong="G4196" lay|strong="G2007" sick|strong="G2621" of|strong="G3962" fever|strong="G4446" and|strong="G2532" dysentery|strong="G1420". Paul|strong="G3972" entered|strong="G1525" in|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", prayed|strong="G4336", and|strong="G2532" laying|strong="G2007" his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" him|strong="G0846", healed|strong="G2390" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G1096", the|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G3062" also|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" diseases|strong="G0769" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" island|strong="G3520" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3778" cured|strong="G2323". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" honored|strong="G5091" us with|strong="G4314" many|strong="G4183" honors|strong="G5091"; and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" sailed, they|strong="G3739" put|strong="G2007" on|strong="G0321" board the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G4183" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" needed|strong="G5532". 
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\verseNumber{11}After|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376", we|strong="G1161" set|strong="G0321" sail|strong="G0321" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3326" ship|strong="G4143" of|strong="G1722" Alexandria which|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" wintered|strong="G3914" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" island|strong="G3520", whose figurehead|strong="G3902" was|strong="G3588" “The|strong="G3588" Twin|strong="G1359" Brothers|strong="G1359".” 
\verseNumber{12}Touching at|strong="G1519" Syracuse|strong="G4946", we|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1961" there three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{13}From|strong="G2064" there|strong="G3606" we|strong="G2532" circled around|strong="G4022" and|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G2064" at|strong="G1519" Rhegium|strong="G4484". After|strong="G3326" one|strong="G1520" day|strong="G2250", a|strong="G2064" south|strong="G3558" wind|strong="G3558" sprang|strong="G1920" up|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1206" day|strong="G2250" we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Puteoli|strong="G4223", 
\verseNumber{14}where|strong="G3757" we|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" brothers|strong="G0080",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28:14  }The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" entreated to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="G1961" with|strong="G3844" them|strong="G0846" for|strong="G1519" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250". So|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516". 
\verseNumber{15}From|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2547" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3739" heard|strong="G0191" of|strong="G2316" us|strong="G1519", came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G0529" us|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" far|strong="G0891" as|strong="G1519" The|strong="G3588" Market|strong="G5410" of|strong="G2316" Appius|strong="G0675" and|strong="G2532" The|strong="G3588" Three|strong="G5140" Taverns|strong="G4999". When|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" saw|strong="G3708" them|strong="G3739", he|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="G2168" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" courage|strong="G2294". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="G3753" we|strong="G1161" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516", the|strong="G3588" centurion delivered the|strong="G3588" prisoners to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" captain of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" guard|strong="G5442", but|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" allowed|strong="G2010" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="G3306" by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G1438" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G3588" soldier|strong="G4757" who|strong="G3588" guarded|strong="G5442" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{17}After|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" Paul|strong="G0846" called|strong="G3004" together|strong="G4905" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" leaders|strong="G3004" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453". When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1096" together|strong="G4905", he|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", “I|strong="G1473", brothers|strong="G0080", though|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4160" nothing|strong="G3762" against|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" or|strong="G2228" the|strong="G3588" customs|strong="G1485" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G0080" fathers|strong="G3971", still was|strong="G1510" delivered|strong="G3860" prisoner|strong="G1198" from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Romans|strong="G4514", 
\verseNumber{18}who|strong="G3588", when|strong="G1722" they|strong="G3748" had|strong="G3748" examined|strong="G0350" me|strong="G1473", desired to|strong="G1722" set|strong="G0630" me|strong="G1473" free|strong="G0630", because|strong="G1223" there|strong="G1722" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3367" cause|strong="G0156" of|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" spoke against|strong="G2723" it|strong="G1161", I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" constrained to|strong="G5100" appeal|strong="G1941" to|strong="G5100" Caesar|strong="G2541", not|strong="G3756" that|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2192" anything|strong="G5100" about|strong="G5613" which|strong="G3588" to|strong="G5100" accuse|strong="G2723" my|strong="G2192" nation|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" cause|strong="G0156" therefore|strong="G3767" I|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3870" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G4354" with|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210". For|strong="G1063" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G1223" Israel|strong="G2474" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" bound with|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3778" chain|strong="G0254".” 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", “We|strong="G2249" neither|strong="G3777" received|strong="G1209" letters|strong="G1121" from|strong="G0575" Judea|strong="G2449" concerning|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771", nor|strong="G3777" did|strong="G3777" any|strong="G5100" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" brothers|strong="G0080" come|strong="G3854" here|strong="G3854" and|strong="G1161" report|strong="G0518" or|strong="G2228" speak|strong="G2980" any|strong="G5100" evil|strong="G4190" of|strong="G0575" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" desire|strong="G0515" to|strong="G3778" hear|strong="G0191" from|strong="G3844" you|strong="G4771" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" think|strong="G5426". For|strong="G1063", as|strong="G1161" concerning|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" sect|strong="G0139", it|strong="G0191" is|strong="G1510" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G3778" us|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3754" everywhere|strong="G3837" it|strong="G0191" is|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G0483" against|strong="G4012".” 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2424" appointed|strong="G5021" him|strong="G0846" a|strong="G3739" day|strong="G2250", many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" at|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" lodging|strong="G3578". He|strong="G2532" explained|strong="G1620" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", testifying|strong="G1263" about|strong="G4012" God’s|strong="G2316" Kingdom|strong="G0932", and|strong="G2532" persuading|strong="G3982" them|strong="G0846" concerning|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424", both|strong="G5037" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G0932" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396", from|strong="G0575" morning|strong="G4404" until|strong="G2193" evening|strong="G2073". 
\verseNumber{24}Some|strong="G3588" believed the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" disbelieved|strong="G0569". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3754" didn’t agree|strong="G1510" among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G0240", they|strong="G3754" departed after|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G2980" one|strong="G1520" message|strong="G4487": “The|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" spoke|strong="G2980" rightly|strong="G2573" through|strong="G1223" Isaiah|strong="G2268" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396" to|strong="G4314" our|strong="G1223" fathers|strong="G3962", 
\verseNumber{26}saying|strong="G3004", 
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‘Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", 
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in|strong="G2532" hearing|strong="G0191", you|strong="G3708" will|strong="G3778" hear|strong="G0191", 
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but|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3778" in|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" way|strong="G4198" understand|strong="G4920". 
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In|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G3708", you|strong="G3708" will|strong="G3778" see|strong="G3708", 
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but|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3778" in|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" way|strong="G4198" perceive|strong="G3708". 
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\verseNumber{27}For|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" people’s|strong="G0846" heart|strong="G2588" has|strong="G3778" grown callous. 
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Their|strong="G0846" ears|strong="G3775" are|strong="G3778" dull|strong="G3975" of|strong="G0191" hearing|strong="G0191". 
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Their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788" they|strong="G0846" have|strong="G2532" closed|strong="G2576". 
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Lest they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G3778" see|strong="G3708" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788", 
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hear|strong="G0191" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" ears|strong="G3775", 
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understand|strong="G4920" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" heart|strong="G2588", 
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and|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" turn|strong="G1994" again|strong="G1994", 
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then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" heal|strong="G2390" them|strong="G0846".’\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{28:27  }Isaiah 6:9-10} 
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\verseNumber{28}“Be|strong="G1510" it|strong="G0846" known|strong="G1110" therefore|strong="G3767" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" salvation|strong="G4992" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G0649" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" will|strong="G2316" listen|strong="G0191".” 
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\verseNumber{29}When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28:29  }NU omits verse 29.} 
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\verseNumber{30}Paul|strong="G0846" stayed|strong="G1696" two|strong="G1333" whole|strong="G3650" years|strong="G1333" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398" rented|strong="G3410" house and|strong="G2532" received|strong="G0588" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3956" coming to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{31}preaching|strong="G2784" God’s|strong="G2316" Kingdom|strong="G0932" and|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321" the|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" with|strong="G3326" all|strong="G3956" boldness|strong="G3954", without|strong="G2532" hindrance. 
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