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15 *And acertain men which came down from Judaea taught bthe brethren, and said, cExcept ye be circumcised dafter the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 *When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and edisputation with them, they determined that fPaul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should ggo up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and helders about this question. 3 And ibeing brought on their way by the church, they passed through kPhenice and lSamaria, mdeclaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all bthe brethren. 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were nreceived of the church, and of the apostles and helders, and they odeclared all things that God had done with them. 5 But there ||rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, cThat it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
6 And the apostles and helders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much edisputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that pa good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, qwhich knoweth the hearts, rbare them witness, sgiving them the Holy Ghost, teven as he did unto us; 9 And uput no difference between us and them, xpurifying their hearts yby faith. 10 Now therefore why ztempt ye God, ato put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that bthrough the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, cdeclaring what dmiracles and wonders eGod had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they had held their peace, fJames answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: 14 gSimeon hhath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of ithe prophets; as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and kwill build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. 18 Known unto God are all his works lfrom the beginning of the world. 19 Wherefore mmy sentence is, that we ntrouble not them, which from among the Gentiles oare turned to God: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from ppollutions of idols, and from qfornication, and from rthings strangled, and from rblood. 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, sbeing read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and telders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to uAntioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed xBarsabas, and ySilas, zchief men among athe brethren: 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and telders and abrethren bsend greeting unto the abrethren which are of the Gentiles in uAntioch and cSyria and cdCilicia: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that ecertain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: 25 fIt seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 Men gthat have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have sent therefore hJudas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by †mouth. 28 For fiit seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from kmeats offered to idols, and from lblood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. mFare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to nAntioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: 31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the ||consolation. 32 And hJudas and Silas, being oprophets also themselves, pexhorted the brethren with many words, and qconfirmed them. 33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go rin peace from the brethren unto the apostles. 34 Notwithstanding it pleased sSilas to abide there still. 35 tPaul also and Barnabas continued in nAntioch, teaching and upreaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36 *And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren xin every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. 37 And Barnabas determined to take with them yJohn, whose surname was Mark. 38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, zwho departed from them from aPamphylia, and went not with them to the work. 39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so bBarnabas took yMark, and sailed unto cCyprus; 40 And Paul chose dSilas, and departed, being erecommended by the brethren unto fthe grace of God. 41 And he went through gSyria and Cilicia, hconfirming the churches.
16 Then came he to aDerbe and aLystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named bTimotheus, cthe son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2 Which dwas well reported of by the brethren that were at aLystra and eIconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and ftook and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they gknew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the hdecrees for to keep, ithat were ordained of the apostles and kelders which were at Jerusalem. 5 And so were lthe churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. 6 Now when they had gone throughout mPhrygia and the region of nGalatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in oAsia, 7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into pBithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to qTroas. 9 And ra vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of xMacedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. 10 And after he had seen rthe vision, immediately swe endeavoured to go into xMacedonia, tassuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. 11 Therefore loosing from qTroas, we ucame with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 12 And from thence to wPhilippi, which is ||the chief city of that part of xMacedonia, and ya colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
13 And on the †sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of zThyatira, awhich worshipped God, heard us: whose bheart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, cand her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and dabide there. And she econstrained us. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to fprayer, a certain damsel possessed with ga spirit ||of hdivination met us, which brought her masters imuch gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, kThese men are the servants of lthe most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. kBut Paul, mbeing grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ nto come out of her. oAnd he came out the same hour. 19 And pwhen her masters saw that the hope of their igains was gone, they caught Paul and qSilas, and rdrew them into the ||marketplace unto the rulers, 20 And brought them to sthe magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, tdo exceedingly trouble our city, 21 And uteach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, vbeing Romans. 22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the smagistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded wto beat them. 23 And when they had laid many xstripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging ythe jailor to keep them safely: 24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner zprison, and made their feet fast ain the stocks.
25 And bat midnight Paul and cSilas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly dthere was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all ethe doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 27 And fthe keeper of the prison gawaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and hsprang in, and came trembling, and ifell down before Paul and cSilas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, kwhat must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, lBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and mthy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to mall that were in his house. 33 And he took them nthe same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and lwas baptized, he and mall his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with mall his house.
35 And when it was day, othe magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. 36 And fthe keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, oThe magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and pgo in peace. 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly quncondemned, being qRomans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. 38 And the serjeants told these words unto othe magistrates: and rthey feared, when they heard that they were Romans. 39 aAnd they came and besought them, and brought them out, and sdesired them to depart out of the city. 40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into tthe house of Lydia: and when they had seen uthe brethren, they xcomforted them, and departed.
17 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to aThessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, bas his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them cout of the scriptures, 3 dOpening and alleging, that eChrist must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this fJesus, ||whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 gAnd some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and hSilas; and of the idevout kGreeks a great multitude, and of lthe chief women not a few. 5 But mthe Jews which believed not, nmoved with envy, took unto them certain olewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of pJason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain qbrethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, rThese that have sturned tthe world upside down are come hither also; 7 Whom Jason hath ureceived: and these all do contrary to the vdecrees of Caesar, wsaying that there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10 And qthe brethren immediately xsent away Paul and hSilas by night unto Berea: who coming thither bwent into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more ynoble than those in aThessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and zsearched the scriptures adaily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of bhonourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at cBerea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. 14 And then immediately the brethren dsent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but eSilas and fTimotheus abode there still. 15 And they that gconducted Paul brought him unto hAthens: and ireceiving a commandment unto eSilas and fTimotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16 *kNow while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city ||wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore ldisputed he min the synagogue with the Jews, and with the ndevout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this ||babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because ohe preached unto them Jesus, and pthe resurrection. 19 And they took him, and brought him unto ||Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and qstrangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of ||Mars’ hill, and said,
Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too rsuperstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your ||devotions, I found an altar with this sinscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, thim declare I unto you. 24 uGod that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is xLord of heaven and earth, ydwelleth not in temples zmade with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, aas though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all blife, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath cdetermined the times before appointed, and dthe bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, ethough he be not far from every one of us: 28 For fin him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of gyour own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, hwe ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God iwinked at; but know commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which lhe will judge mthe world in righteousness by that man whom he hath cordained; whereof he ||hath given assurance unto all men, in that nhe hath raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of othe resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, pWe will hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them. 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the qAreopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
18 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to aCorinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named bAquila, born in cPontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife bPriscilla; (because that dClaudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and ewrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he freasoned gin the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And hwhen Silas and Timotheus were come from iMacedonia, Paul was jpressed in the spirit, and ktestified to the Jews that lJesus ||was Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves, and mblasphemed, nhe shook his raiment, and said unto them, oYour blood be upon your own heads; pI am clean: qfrom henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, rone that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8 And sCrispus, the tchief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord uwith all his house; and many of athe Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9 Then xspake the Lord to Paul in the night by ya vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For zI am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. 11 And he †continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 *And when Gallio was the adeputy of bAchaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and cbrought him to dthe judgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to ethe law. 14 And when Paul was now about to fopen his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked glewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should hbear with you: 15 iBut if it be a question of words and names, and of eyour law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 16 And he drave them from dthe judgment seat. 17 Then all the Greeks took kSosthenes, the lchief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before dthe judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then mtook his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into nSyria, and with him oPriscilla and oAquila; having pshorn his head in qCenchrea: for he had pa vow. 19 And he came to rEphesus, and left them there: but he himself entered sinto the synagogue, and treasoned with the Jews. 20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 21 But mbade them farewell, saying, uI must by all means xkeep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, yif God will. And he sailed from rEphesus. 22 *And when he had landed at zCaesarea, and agone up, and saluted the church, he went down to bAntioch. 23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of cGalatia and dPhrygia ein order, fstrengthening all the gdisciples.
24 And a certain Jew named hApollos, born at iAlexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to jEphesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being kfervent in the spirit, he spake and taught ldiligently the things of the Lord, knowing only mthe baptism of John. 26 And he began to nspeak boldly in the synagogue: whom when oAquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and pexpounded unto him qthe way of God more lperfectly. 27 And when he was disposed to pass into rAchaia, the brethren wrote, sexhorting the disciples to treceive him: who, when he was come, uhelped them much which had believed through grace: 28 For he wmightily convinced xthe Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the yscriptures that zJesus ||was Christ.
19 And it came to pass, that, while aApollos was at bCorinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to cEphesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard dwhether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto eJohn’s baptism. 4 Then said Paul, fJohn verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that gthey should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, hthey were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had ilaid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they jspake with tongues, and kprophesied. 7 And all the men were about twelve. 8 And he went linto the synagogue, and mspake boldly for the space of three months, ndisputing and opersuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of pthat way before the multitude, he departed qfrom them, and separated the rdisciples, ndisputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of stwo years; so that all they which dwelt in tAsia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11 And uGod wrought wspecial miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 So that xfrom his body were brought unto the sick yhandkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and zthe evil spirits went out of them.
13 *Then certain of the vagabond Jews, aexorcists, btook upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and cchief of the priests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house dnaked and wounded. 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at eEphesus; and ffear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many that believed came, and gconfessed, and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand hpieces of silver. 20 So mightily igrew the word of God and prevailed.
21 *After these things were ended, Paul kpurposed in the spirit, lwhen he had passed through mnMacedonia and moAchaia, pto go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, qI must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into nMacedonia two of rthem that ministered unto him, sTimotheus and tErastus; but he himself stayed in uAsia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose wno small stir about xthat way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought yno small gain unto the craftsmen; 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. 26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at eEphesus, but almost throughout all uAsia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that zthey be no gods, which are made with hands: 27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana ashould be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all hAsia and bthe world worshippeth. 28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29 And the whole city was filled with iconfusion: and having ccaught dGaius and eAristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s fcompanions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the gdisciples suffered him not. 31 And certain of the chief of hAsia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was iconfused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. 33 And they kdrew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And lAlexander mbeckoned with the hand, and would have nmade his defence unto the people. 34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 35 And when the townclerk had oappeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is †a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be oquiet, and to do nothing prashly. 37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither qrobbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, ||the law is open, and there are rdeputies: let them simplead one another. 39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a ||lawful assembly. 40 For we are in danger to be scalled in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse. 41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
20 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him athe disciples, and bembraced them, and cdeparted for to go into dMacedonia. 2 *And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 3 And there abode three months. And ewhen the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into fSyria, he purposed to return through dMacedonia. 4 And there accompanied him into gAsia Sopater of hBerea; and of the iThessalonians, kAristarchus and Secundus; and kGaius of lDerbe, and mTimotheus; and of gAsia, nTychicus and oTrophimus. 5 These going before tarried for pus at qTroas. 6 And we sailed away from rPhilippi after sthe days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to qTroas in five days; where we abode seven days. 7 And upon tthe first day of the week, when athe disciples came together to ubreak bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 8 And there were many vlights in wthe upper chamber, where they were gathered together. 9 And there sat in a xwindow a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third yloft, and was taken up dead. 10 And Paul went down, and zfell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; afor his life is in him. 11 When he therefore was come up again, and had bbroken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. 12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. 15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and cthe next day we came to dMiletus. 16 For Paul had determined to sail by eEphesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, fto be at Jerusalem gthe day of Pentecost. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called hthe elders of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them,
Ye know, ifrom the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me kby the lying in wait of the Jews: 20 And how lI kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, lbut have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 21 mTestifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, norepentance toward God, and nfaith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 23 Save that pthe Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, qsaying that bonds and afflictions ||abide me. 24 But rnone of these things move me, neither scount I my life dear unto myself, so that I might tfinish my course with joy, and uthe ministry, which I have received wof the Lord Jesus, to mtestify the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone xpreaching the kingdom of God, yshall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that zI am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For aI have not shunned to declare unto you all bthe counsel of God. 28 cTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all dthe flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you eoverseers, dto feed the church of God, which he hath fpurchased gwith his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall hgrievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also iof your own selves shall men arise, speaking kperverse things, to draw away ldisciples after them. 31 Therefore mwatch, and remember, that by the space of nthree years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I ocommend you to God, and to pthe word of his grace, which is able to qbuild you up, and to give you ran inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 33 sI have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or tapparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that uthese hands have ministered unto my necessities, and xto them that were with me. 35 I have shewed you all things, how that sso labouring ye ought to ysupport the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
36 And when he had thus spoken, he zkneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37 And they all wept sore, and afell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him, 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words bwhich he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they caccompanied him unto the ship.
21 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we acame with a straight course unto bCoos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 2 And finding a ship sailing over unto cPhenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. 3 Now when we had discovered dCyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into eSyria, and landed at fTyre: for gthere the ship was to unlade her burden. 4 And finding hdisciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul ithrough the Spirit, that he should not kgo up to Jerusalem. 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all lbrought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we mkneeled down on the shore, and prayed. 6 And when we had mmtaken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned nhome again. 7 And when we had finished our course from fTyre, we came to oPtolemais, and saluted pthe brethren, and abode with them one day. 8 And the next day we qthat were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto rCaesarea: and we entered into the house of sPhilip tthe evangelist, which was one sof the seven; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, uwhich did prophesy. 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain xprophet, named yAgabus. 11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s zgirdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith athe Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to bgo up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, cbut also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, dThe will of the Lord be done. 15 And after those days we took up our ecarriages, and bwent up to Jerusalem. 16 There went with us also certain of the fdisciples of gCaesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of hCyprus, an old fdisciple, with whom we should lodge.
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, ithe brethren kreceived us gladly. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto lJames; and all mthe elders were present. 19 And when he had saluted them, he ndeclared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by ohis ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they pglorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all qzealous of the law: 21 And they rare informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the scustoms. 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have ua vow on them; 24 Them take, and tpurify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may ushave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof rthey were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. 25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, xwe have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day tpurifying himself with them yentered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that zan offering should be offered for every one of them. 27 And when athe seven days were almost ended, bthe Jews which were of cAsia, bdwhen they saw him in the temple, estirred up all the people, and flaid hands on him, 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and gthe law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hhath polluted this holy place. 29 (For they had seen before with him in the city iTrophimus an kEphesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 30 And all the city was moved, and the people lran together: and mthey took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. 31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto nthe chief captain of the oband, that all Jerusalem ewas in an uproar. 32 pWho immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw nthe chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. 33 Then nthe chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him qto be bound with rtwo chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. 34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into sthe castle. 35 And when he came upon tthe stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. 36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, uAway with him.
37 And as Paul was to be led into sthe castle, he said unto the nchief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? 38 vArt not thou that Egyptian, which *before these days wmadest an uproar, and leddest out into xthe wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? 39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of yTarsus, a city in zCilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. 40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on tthe stairs, and abeckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in bthe Hebrew tongue, saying,
22 aMen, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. 2 (And when they heard that he spake in bthe Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 3 I am verily a man which am ca Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city dat the feet of eGamaliel, and taught according to fthe perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and gwas zealous toward God, has ye all are this day. 4 And iI persecuted kthis way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all lthe estate of the elders: mfrom whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. 6 nAnd it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. 9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they oheard not the voice of him that spake to me. 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. 11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. 12 And pone Ananias, a qdevout man according to the law, rhaving a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 13 sCame unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. 14 And he said, tThe God of our fathers hath uchosen thee, that thou shouldest wknow his will, and xsee that yJust One, and shouldest zhear the voice of his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be his awitness bunto all men of what cthou hast seen and heard. 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and dbe baptized, and ewash away thy sins, fcalling on the name of the Lord. 17 And it came to pass, that, gwhen I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in ha trance; 18 And isaw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: kfor they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. 19 And I said, Lord, they know that lI imprisoned and mbeat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: 20 And when the blood of thy nmartyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and oconsenting unto his death, and pkept the raiment of them that slew him. 21 And he said unto me, Depart: qfor I will send thee rfar hence unto the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then slifted up their voices, and said, tAway with such a fellow from the earth: for uit is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, 24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into xthe castle, and bade that he should be yexamined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. 25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a zRoman, and zuncondemned? 26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. 27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. 28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum aobtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. 29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have ||examined him: and the chief captain also bwas afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from chis bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their dcouncil to appear, and brought Paul edown, and set him before them.
23 And Paul, aearnestly beholding bthe council, said, Men and brethren, I have clived din all good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest ddAnanias commanded them that stood by him to esmite him on the mouth. 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou fwhited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten gcontrary to the law? 4 And hthey that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? 5 Then said Paul, iI wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, jThou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were kSadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in bthe council, Men and brethren, lI am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: mof the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the kSadducees: and the multitude was divided. 8 For the kSadducees nsay that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, oWe find no evil in this man: but pif a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, qlet us not fight against God. 10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded qqthe soldiers to rgo down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into sthe castle.
11 And tthe night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for uas thou hast vtestified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also wat Rome. 12 And when it was day, xcertain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves ||under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a ygreat curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with bthe council signify to the chief captain that he zbring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more aperfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. 16 And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their blying in wait, he went and entered into cthe castle, and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. 18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? 20 And he said, dThe Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into ethe council, das though they would inquire somewhat of him more aperfectly. 21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there flie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves gwith an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. 22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, hSee thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me. 23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to iCaesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; 24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix jthe governor. 25 And he wrote a letter kafter this manner:
26 Claudius Lysias unto the lmost excellent jgovernor Felix msendeth greeting. 27 nThis man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with oan army, and rescued him, phaving understood that he was a Roman. 28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they qaccused him, I rbrought him forth into their ecouncil: 29 Whom I perceived to be qaccused sof questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge tworthy of death or of bonds. 30 And uwhen it was told me how that the Jews vlaid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and wgave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. xFarewell.
31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32 On the morrow they left ythe horsemen to go with him, and returned to cthe castle: 33 Who, when they came to iCaesarea, and delivered the epistle to jthe governor, presented Paul also before him. 34 And when jthe governor had read the letter, he asked of what zprovince he was. aAnd when he understood that he was of aCilicia; 35 bI will hear thee, said he, cwhen thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in dHerod’s ejudgment hall.
24 *And after afive days bAnanias the high priest cdescended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed dthe governor against Paul. 2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,
Seeing that by thee we enjoy great equietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy eprovidence, 3 We faccept it always, and in all places, gmost noble Felix, with all thankfulness. 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy hclemency ia few words. 5 For we have found this man ka pestilent fellow, and la mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout mthe world, and a ringleader of the zsect of the Nazarenes: 6 Who also hath gone about nto profane the temple: whom we took, and would have ojudged according to our law. 7 pBut the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, 8 qCommanding his accusers to come unto thee: by rexamining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. 9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
10 Then Paul, after that dthe governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been *of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully sanswer for myself: 11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but ttwelve days since I uwent up to Jerusalem vfor to worship. 12 wAnd they neither found me in the temple xdisputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: 13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after ythe way which they call zheresy, so aworship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in bthe law and in the prophets: 15 And have chope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a cresurrection of the dead, dboth of the just and unjust. 16 And herein do I exercise myself, eto have always a conscience fvoid of offence toward God, and toward men. 17 Now gafter hmany years I came ito bring alms to my nation, and offerings. 18 jWhereupon kcertain Jews from lAsia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. 19 mWho ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. 20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, nwhile I stood before the council, 21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, oTouching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22 And when Felix heard these things, having more pperfect knowledge of qthat way, he deferred them, and said, rWhen Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will rrknow the uttermost of your matter. 23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and sto let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his tacquaintance to minister or come unto him. 24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, utemperance, and vjudgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; wwhen I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. 26 He hoped also that xmoney should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him ythe oftener, and communed with him. 27 *But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, zwilling to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
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