1 The former account have I written, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after he through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God:
4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, you have heard from me.
5 For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
6 When they therefore had come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has placed in his own power.
8 But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, You men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven.
12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13 And when they came in, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James were all staying.
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names altogether was about a hundred and twenty,)
16 Men and fellow believers, this scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke beforehand concerning Judas, who guided those who took Jesus.
17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained a share of this ministry.
18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst apart in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19 And it was known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; so that that field is called in their own tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his responsibility let another take.
21 Therefore of these men who have associated with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, to that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they prayed, and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which of these two you have chosen,
25 That he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
1 And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and it remained upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was reported outside, the multitude came together, and were perplexed, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, Behold, are not all of these who speak Galileans?
8 And how do we hear each one in our own tongue, in which we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya over by Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying to one another, What does this mean?
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my menservants and on my maidservants I will pour out in those days from my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and memorable day of the Lord comes:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determining decision and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
25 For David speaks concerning him, I saw the Lord beforehand always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because you will not leave my soul in the grave, neither will you permit your Holy One to see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the ways of life; you shall make me full of joy with your presence.
29 Men and kindred, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this beforehand spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in the grave, neither did his flesh see corruption.
32 This Jesus has God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has shed forth this, which you now see and hear.
34 For David did not ascend into the heavens: but he says himself, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make your foes your footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced in their heart, and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and kindred, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45 And sold their possessions and goods, and divided them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts from those who entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked for a gift.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look at us.
5 And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
10 And they knew that it was he who sat for gifts at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.
11 And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
12 And when Peter saw it, he answered to the people, You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why do you look so earnestly at us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus; whom you delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; of which we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yea, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers.
18 But those things, which God before had shown by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ would suffer, he has so fulfilled.
19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, who beforehand was preached to you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoring all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you from your kindred, like me; him shall you hear in all things whatever he shall say to you.
23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the peoples of the earth be blessed.
26 To you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
1 And as they spoke to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them under guard until the next day: for it was now evening.
4 However many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5 And it came to pass on the next day, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7 And when they had brought them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this?
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day are being examined for the good deed done to the crippled man, by what means he was made whole;
10 Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was despised by you builders, which has become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? For that indeed a remarkable miracle has been done by them is apparent to all those who dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
17 But that it spreads no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, so that they speak from now on to no man in this name.
18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.
20 For we cannot but speak the things that we have seen and heard.
21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people: for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
22 For the man was over forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was done.
23 And being let go, they went to their own companions, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, you are God, who have made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them:
25 Who by the mouth of your servant David have said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27 For of a truth against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28 To do whatever your hand and your counsel determined beforehand to be done.
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your word,
30 By stretching out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
32 And the multitude of those who believed was of one heart and of one soul: neither did any of them say that any of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things in common.
33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made to everyone according as he had need.
36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own power? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.
5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the spirit: and great fear came on all those who heard these things.
6 And the young men arose, wrapped him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
7 And it was about the space of three hours later, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter said to her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.
9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and shall carry you out.
10 Then she fell down at once at his feet, and yielded up the spirit: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her out, buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
13 And of the rest no one dared join himself to them: but the people praised them.
14 And believers were all the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
15 To the extent that they brought out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.
16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with anger,
18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,
20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came, and did not find them in the prison, they returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found we closed up with all security, and the keepers standing outside before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no one inside.
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were perplexed concerning them where this would lead.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, that they might be stoned.
27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28 Saying, Did not we strictly command you that you should not teach in this name? And, behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We should obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree.
31 Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
34 Then there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, held in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles outside for a little while;
35 And said to them, You men of Israel, be careful what you intend to do concerning these men.
36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nothing.
37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away many people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were scattered.
38 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:
39 But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; and perhaps you may even be found to fight against God.
40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said, It is not right that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
3 Therefore, fellow believers, choose from among you seven men of honest reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte from Antioch:
6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem; and a large number of the priests were obedient to the faith.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
11 Then they secretly brought in men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
13 And set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us.
15 And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as if it were the face of an angel.
1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 And he said, Men, kindred, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3 And said to him, Go out from your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I shall show you.
4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, he came into this land, in which you now dwell.
5 And he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendents after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God spoke in this way, That his descendents would dwell for a time in a foreign land; and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them badly four hundred years.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come out, and serve me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's kindred were made known to Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Emmor the father of Shechem.
17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Till another king arose, who did not know Joseph.
19 The same dealt deceitfully with our kindred, and treated our fathers badly, so that they cast out their young children, in order that they might not live.
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him as her own son.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And when he had completed forty years of life, it came into his heart to visit his people the children of Israel.
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged the one that was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian:
25 For he supposed his people would have understood how God by his hand would deliver them: but they did not understand.
26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they fought, and would have set them at peace again, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?
27 But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Will you kill me, as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons.
30 And when forty years had passed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and dared not look.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off your shoes from your feet: for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you into Egypt.
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you from your people, like me; him shall you hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:
39 Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the model that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Joshua into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, until the days of David;
46 Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
48 However the most High does not dwell in temples made with hands; as the prophet says,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build for me? says the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?
51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain those who told beforehand of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it.
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 And threw him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And he knelt down, and cried out with a loud voice, Lord, do not let this sin stand against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
1 And Saul was consenting to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and dragging away men and women committed them to prison.
4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ to them.
6 And the people with one accord gave heed to those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with paralysis, and who were lame, were healed.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforehand in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, claiming that he himself was some great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because for a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John:
15 Who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
16 (For as yet he had fallen upon none of them: they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
20 But Peter said to him, Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter: for your heart is not right in the sight of God.
22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray to God, if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
23 For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of these things which you have spoken may come upon me.
25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26 And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran there to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you are reading?
31 And he said, How can I, unless someone guides me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? For his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray you, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached to him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their way, they came to some water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what hinders me from being baptized?
37 And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, so that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through, he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
1 And Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 And requested from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute: it is hard for you to kick against the goads.
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what will you have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.
7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no one.
8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
11 And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,
12 And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:
14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.
15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bring my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
16 For I will show him how great are the things he must suffer for my name's sake.
17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared to you in the way as you came, has sent me, that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
18 And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales: and he received sight at that moment, and arose, and was baptized.
19 And when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then was Saul some days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
20 And immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21 But all who heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this the one who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and came here for that purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?
22 But Saul increased all the more in strength, and brought the Jews who dwelt at Damascus into perplexity, proving that this is indeed Christ.
23 And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
24 But their laying in wait was known by Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
26 And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
29 And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
30 Which when the believers knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus.
31 Then the churches had rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.
32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all places, he came down also to the saints who dwelt at Lydda.
33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had been sick in bed eight years, and was sick with paralysis.
34 And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you whole: arise, and make your bed. And he arose immediately.
35 And all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the Lord.
36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and deeds of mercy which she did.
37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
38 And seeing that Lydda was near Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent to him two men, desiring of him that he would not delay to come to them.
39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
40 But Peter put them all out, and knelt down, and prayed; and turning to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
43 And it came to pass, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave many gifts to the people, and prayed to God always.
3 He saw clearly in a vision about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.
4 And when he looked at him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your gifts have come up for a memorial before God.
5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
6 He lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell you what you ought to do.
7 And when the angel which spoke to Cornelius departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually;
8 And when he had declared all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9 On the next day, as they went on their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, something like a large sheet joined at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 In which were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, do not call common.
16 This was done three times: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodged there.
19 While Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men are looking for you.
20 Arise therefore, and go down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the men who were sent to him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom you seek: what is the reason for which you have come?
22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear words from you.
23 Then he called them in, and lodged them. And on the next day Peter went away with them, and certain fellow believers from Joppa accompanied him.
24 And the following day they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that had come together.
28 And he said to them, You know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come to one of another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
29 Therefore I came to you without opposition, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what purpose you have sent for me?
30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
31 And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts are kept in remembrance in the sight of God.
32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call Simon to come here, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he comes, shall speak to you.
33 Immediately therefore I sent to you; and you have done well that you have come. Now therefore we are all present here before God, to hear all things that are commanded you by God.
34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he who fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him.
36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37 That word, I say, you know, which was made known throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went around doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.
39 And we are witnesses of all things that he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40 Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
42 And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who was ordained by God to be the Judge of living and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins.
44 While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they requested him to stay for a number of days.
1 And the apostles and believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them.
4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and presented it in order to them, saying,
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descended, something like a large sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
6 Upon which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; kill and eat.
8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.
9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, do not call that common.
10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come to the house where I was, sent from Caesarea to me.
12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six fellow believers accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
13 And he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14 Who shall tell you words, by which you and all your house shall be saved.
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
17 Seeing then that God gave them the same gift as he did to us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that I could withstand God?
18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
19 Now those who were scattered abroad in the persecution that arose concerning Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but to the Jews only.
20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they came to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord.
22 Then tidings of these things came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent out Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cling the Lord.
24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and many people were added to the Lord.
25 Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus, to look for Saul:
26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that for a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and indicated by the Spirit that there would be great famine throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29 Then the disciples, everyone according to his ability, determined to send relief to the believers who dwelt in Judea:
30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hands to trouble some of those in the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four groups of four soldiers to keep him; intending after the passover to bring him out to the people.
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing by the church to God for him.
6 And when Herod would have brought him out, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the guards before the door watched the prison.
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shone in the prison: and he struck Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8 And the angel said to him, Dress yourself, and put on your sandals. And so he did. And he said to him, Put your garment around you, and follow me.
9 And he went out, and followed him; and did not know that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
10 When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter came to himself, he said, Now I know for certain, that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12 And when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to listen, named Rhoda.
14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she did not open the gate in her gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15 And they said to her, You are mad. But she continually affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go tell these things to James, and to the believers. And he departed, and went into another place.
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what had become of Peter.
19 And when Herod had sought for him, and did not find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and there stayed.
20 And Herod was highly displeased with the people of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
21 And on a set day Herod, clothed in royal apparel, sat on his throne, and made an oration to them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
23 And immediately the angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and gave up the ghost.
24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, such as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4 So they, being sent away by the Holy Spirit, departed to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their assistant.
6 And when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus:
7 Who was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,
10 And said, O you full of all subtlety and all mischief, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13 Now when Paul and his company sailed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, You men and kindred, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, give audience.
17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it.
18 And for about forty years he endured their conduct in the wilderness.
19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
20 And after that he gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22 And when he had removed him, he raised up for them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will.
23 Of this man's descendents has God according to his promise raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus:
24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom do you think that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to untie.
26 Men and kindred, children of the stock of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27 For those who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they desired of Pilate that he should be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.
30 But God raised him from the dead:
31 And he was seen many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
32 And we declare to you glad tidings, how the promise which was made to the fathers,
33 God has fulfilled the same to us their children, in that he has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you.
34 And concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he spoke in this way, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, You shall not allow your Holy One to see corruption.
36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it known to you therefore, men and kindred, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I shall work a work in your days, a work which you shall by no means believe, though a man declares it to you.
42 And when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles pleaded that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout converts followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were disposed to eternal life believed.
49 And the word of the Lord was made known throughout all the region.
50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their territory.
51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.
1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they both went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and turned their minds against the believers.
3 For a long time therefore they remained speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave testimony to the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5 And when there was an assault made both by the Gentiles, and also by the Jews with their rulers, to treat them despitefully, and to stone them,
6 They were aware of it, and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region that lies round about:
7 And there they preached the gospel.
8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, feeble in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9 The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped and walked.
11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.
12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
13 Then the priest of Jupiter, who was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they tore their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
15 And saying, Sirs, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in it:
16 Who in times past allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.
17 Nevertheless he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
18 And with these sayings they barely restrained the people, that they did not do sacrifice to them.
19 And certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, took him out of the city, supposing he was dead.
20 However, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:
26 And from there sailed to Antioch, where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
27 And when they came, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
28 And there they stayed a long time with the disciples.
1 And certain men who came down from Judea taught the believers, and said, Unless you are circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy to all the believers.
4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, That it was necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
6 And the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said to them, Men and fellow believers, you know how a good while ago God decided among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8 And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us;
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why do you provoke God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through 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, declaring what miracles and wonders God had worked among the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and fellow believers, listen to me:
14 Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out from them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will 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 rest of the people might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.
18 Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Therefore my conclusion is, that we do not trouble them, who from among the Gentiles have turned to God:
20 But that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the believers:
23 And they wrote letters by them as follows; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting to the believers which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
24 Seeing that we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, You must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25 It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men that have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That you abstain from foods offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Farewell.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: 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 Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the believers with many words, and confirmed them.
33 And after they had stayed there for some time, they were sent away in peace from the brethren to the apostles.
34 However it pleased Silas to remain there still.
35 Paul also and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36 And some days afterwards Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our fellow believers in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38 But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work.
39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they separated from one another: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus;
40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the believers to the grace of God.
41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
1 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman, who was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
2 Who was well reported of by the believers that were at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Paul wanted to have him go with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, that were decided by the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,
7 After they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit did not allow them.
8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and requested him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.
11 Therefore sailing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
12 And from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we stayed in that city some days.
13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was habitually made; and we sat down, and spoke to the women who came there.
14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she was receptive to the things which were spoken by Paul.
15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she pleaded with us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay there. And she constrained us.
16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling:
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show us the way of salvation.
18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and took them into the marketplace to the rulers,
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates tore off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they put them in prison, instructing the jailor to keep them safely:
24 Who, having received such an order, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet secure in the stocks.
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bonds were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking 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 fled.
28 But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and rushed in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house.
32 And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, at that time.
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have put us in prison; and now do they thrust us out privately? Certainly not; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the sergeants told these words to the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
39 And they came and pleaded with them, and brought them out, and requested them to depart out of the city.
40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the believers, they comforted them, and departed.
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 And Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3 Explaining and declaring, that Christ had to have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach to you, is Christ.
4 And some of them believed, and associated with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took to them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6 And when they did not find them, they took Jason and certain believers to the rulers of the city, crying out, These who have turned the world upside down have come here also;
7 Whom Jason has received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying 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 from Jason, and from the others, they let them go.
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who coming there went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women who were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also, and stirred up the people.
14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul as if to go to the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there still.
15 And those who accompanied Paul brought him to Athens: and receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17 Therefore he disputed in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with those who met with him.
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? Others, He seems to be a presenter of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what is this new doctrine of which you speak?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we desire to know therefore what these things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and foreigners 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, You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him I declare to you.
24 God that made the world and all things in it, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Seeing then that we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by art and man's devising.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men everywhere to repent:
31 Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has appointed; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear you again concerning this matter.
33 So Paul departed from among them.
34 However certain men clung to him, and believed: among which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came to them.
3 And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5 And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was burdened in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
6 And when they were opposed, and blasphemed, he shook his garments, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from this time on I will go to the Gentiles.
7 And he departed from there, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next to the synagogue.
8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
9 Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not hold your peace:
10 For I am with you, and no man shall attack you to hurt you: for I have many 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 deputy of Achaia, the Jews made an insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13 Saying, This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.
14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O you Jews, it would only be fitting for me to bear with you:
15 But if it is a question of words and names, and of your law, you look to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
16 And he drove them from the judgment seat.
17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared about none of those things.
18 And Paul after this remained there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the believers, and sailed from there into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having cut off his hair in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20 When they desired him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent;
21 But bid them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that is coming in Jerusalem: but I will return again to you, if God wills. And he sailed from Ephesus.
22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.
23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went through all the region of Galatia and Phrygia in succession, strengthening all the disciples.
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him to them, and presented to him the way of God more perfectly.
27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he came, helped them much who had believed through grace:
28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper regions came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard whether there is any Holy Spirit.
3 And he said to them, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, that they should believe in him who should come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all the men were about twelve.
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 But when some were hardened, and did not believe, but spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 And this continued for two years; so that all those who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 And God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 So that from his body were brought to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 Then certain of the wandering Jews, exorcists, took it upon themselves to call over those who had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We solemnly command you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?
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 naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and told their deeds.
19 Many of them also which used occult practices brought their books together, and burned them before everyone: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, you know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover you see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, which are made with hands:
27 So that not only is this our craft in danger of coming into disgrace; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana would be despised, and her magnificence would be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of anger, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
30 And when Paul would have entered in to the people, the disciples would not permit him.
31 And certain of the leading persons of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him, requesting of him that he would not venture into the theatre.
32 Some therefore cried out one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the greater part did not know why they had come together.
33 And they took Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense to the people.
34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice for about two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 And when the town clerk had calmed the people, he said, You men of Ephesus, what man is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37 For you have brought here these men, who are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Therefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are officials: let them bring charges against one another.
39 But if you desire anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40 For we are in danger of being called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause for which we may give an explanation of this gathering.
41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
1 And after the uproar had ceased, Paul called to him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
2 And when he had passed through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
3 And there stayed three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 These going before waited for us at Troas.
6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them to Troas in five days; where we stayed seven days.
7 And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.
8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, having fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Do not trouble yourselves; for his life is in him.
11 When he therefore had come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
12 And they brought the young man alive with them, and were not a little comforted.
13 And we went ahead to the ship, and sailed to Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go on foot.
14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
15 And we sailed from there, and came the next day opposite Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and stayed at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he did not want to spend the time in Asia: for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem for the day of Pentecost.
17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called for the elders of the church.
18 And when they came to him, he said to them, You know, from 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 by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have shown you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 Except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
24 But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25 And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26 Therefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27 For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.
28 Be careful therefore of yourselves, and of all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which the Lord has purchased with his own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also from your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that for three years I did not cease to warn every one night and day with tears.
32 And now, fellow believers, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34 Yea, you yourselves know, that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.
35 I have shown you all things, how so laboring you ought to support 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 knelt down, and prayed with them all.
37 And they all wept bitterly, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38 Sorrowing most of all for the words that he spoke, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
1 And it came to pass, that after we had parted from them, and had sailed away, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the day following to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:
2 And finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.
3 Now when we had sighted Cyprus, we left it on the left side, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
4 And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
5 And when we had completed those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we knelt down on the shore, and prayed.
6 And when we had taken our leave of one another, we entered the ship; and they returned home again.
7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and greeted the believers, and stayed with them one day.
8 And the next day we who were of Paul's company departed, and came to Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven; and stayed with him.
9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
10 And as we remained there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11 And when he came to us, he took Paul's waistband, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this waistband, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
12 And when we heard these things, both we, and those of that place, pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, What are you trying to do, weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
15 And after those days we took up our baggage, and went up to Jerusalem.
16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
17 And when we came to Jerusalem, the believers received us gladly.
18 And the day following Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had greeted them, he declared in detail what things God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe; and they are all zealous for the law:
21 And they are informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk according to the customs.
22 What then should be done? The multitude will certainly come together: for they will hear that you have come.
23 Do therefore what we say to you: We have four men who have a vow on them;
24 Take them, and purify yourself with them, and help with their expenses, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, of which they were informed concerning you, are nothing; but that you yourself also walk orderly, and keep the law.
25 As for the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they should observe no such thing, except only that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until an offering should be offered for every one of them.
27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews who were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and has polluted this holy place.
29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and brought him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.
31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul.
33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
34 And some cried out one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the people.
36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.
37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to you? Who said, Can you speak Greek?
38 Are you not that Egyptian, who before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
39 But Paul said, I am a man who am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no lowly city: and, I plead with you, permit me to speak to the people.
40 And when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
1 Men, kindred, and fathers, hear my defense which I make now to you.
2 (And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept all the more silence: and he said,)
3 I am truly a man who am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are this day.
4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5 As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the order of the elders: from whom also I received letters to the Jewish brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and came near to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
7 And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
8 And I answered, Who are You, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.
9 And those who were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they did not hear the voice of him who spoke to me.
10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told to you all things which are appointed for you to do.
11 And when I could not see because of the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report from all the Jews who dwelt there,
13 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked up at him.
14 And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see that Just One, and should hear the voice of his mouth.
15 For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.
16 And now why do you delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17 And it came to pass, that, when I came back to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and get quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you:
20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the garments of those who slew him.
21 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience until this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Take away such a fellow from the earth: for it 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 the castle, and ordered that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know why they cried out so against him.
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Be careful what you do: for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29 Then immediately those who would have examined him departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 On the next day, because he would have known the true reason for which he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
3 Then said Paul to him, God shall strike you, you whitened wall: for you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?
4 And those who stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?
5 Then said Paul, I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.
6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: for 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 Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9 And there arose a great outcry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and disputed, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you bear witness also at Rome.
12 And when it was day, certain 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 great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
15 Now therefore you with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more fully concerning him: and we, before he even comes near, are ready to kill him.
16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
17 Then Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said, Bring this young man to the chief captain: for he has 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 to him, and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to say to you.
19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is it that you have to tell me?
20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to request of you that you would bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would inquire something of him more fully.
21 But do not yield to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from you.
22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and instructed him, See that you tell no one that you have shown these things to me.
23 And he called to him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night;
24 And provide them animals, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe to Felix the governor.
25 And he wrote a letter as follows:
26 Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix sends greeting.
27 This man was taken by the Jews, and would have been killed by them: then I came with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
28 And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I brought him out into their council:
29 Whom I perceived to be accused concerning questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of imprisonment.
30 And when it was told me how the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent immediately to you, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell.
31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
32 On the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from Cilicia;
35 I will hear you, said he, when your accusers have also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
1 And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
2 And when he was called for, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by you we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done to this nation by your providence,
3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
4 Nevertheless, that I be not further tedious to you, I pray you that you would hear us in your kindness a few words.
5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6 Who also has gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
8 Commanding his accusers to come to you: by examining of whom you yourself may take knowledge of all these things, of which we accuse him.
9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
10 Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, Seeing that I know that you have been for many years a judge over this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
11 Because you may understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone, nor inciting the people, either in the synagogues, or in the city:
13 Neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
14 But this I confess to you, that according to the way which they call heresy, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also share, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16 And accordingly do I exert myself, to have always a conscience free of offense toward God, and toward men.
17 Now after many years I came to bring gifts to my nation, and offerings.
18 At this time certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a multitude, nor with tumult.
19 Who ought to have been here before you, and object, if they had anything against me.
20 Or else let these who are here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21 Except for this one thing, that I cried out standing among them, Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22 And when Felix heard these things, having a more perfect knowledge of that way, he delayed them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will be fully informed of your matter.
23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintances to minister or come to him.
24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
25 And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go your way for now; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.
26 He hoped also that money would have been given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore he sent for him more often, and talked with him.
27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' office: and Felix, desiring to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.
1 Now when Festus came into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and pleaded with him,
3 And desired a favor against him, that he would send him to Jerusalem, lying in wait on the way to kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly to go there.
5 Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6 And when he had remained among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7 And when he came, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and brought many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended anything at all.
9 But Festus, desiring to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these things before me?
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as you very well know.
11 For if I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there are none of these things of which these accuse me, no man may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Have you appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go.
13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.
14 And when they had been there many days, Festus presented Paul's case to the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have a judgment against him.
16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he who is accused meets the accusers face to face, and has liberty to answer for himself concerning the crime held against him.
17 Therefore, when they came here, without any delay on the next day I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought out.
18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed:
19 But had certain questions against him about their own superstition, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 And because I was uncertain concerning such kinds of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged about these matters.
21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also like to hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, you shall hear him.
23 And on the next day, when Agrippa had come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and had entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought out.
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have appeared before me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him,
26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, that, after examination, I might have something to write.
27 For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not also to indicate the crimes held against him.
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched out his hand, and answered for himself:
2 I consider myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews:
3 Especially because I know you to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: therefore I plead with you to hear me patiently.
4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers:
7 To which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God day and night, hope to attain. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9 I truly thought to myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 Which things I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12 During this time as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, exceeding the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and those who journeyed with me.
14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
15 And I said, Who are You, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you;
17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you,
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19 Therefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
20 But declared first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works suitable for repentance.
21 For these reasons the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
22 Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say would come:
23 That Christ would suffer, and that he would be the first that should rise from the dead, and would show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
24 And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are beside yourself; much learning makes you mad.
25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but declare the words of truth and soberness.
26 For the king knows of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to be a Christian.
29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them:
31 And when they had gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man has done nothing worthy of death or of imprisonment.
32 Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
3 And the next day we came to shore at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.
4 And when we had launched from there, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us in it.
7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and barely had come next to Cnidus, the wind not permitting us, we sailed under Crete, over by Salmone;
8 And, with difficulty passing it, came to a place which is called The fair havens; near which was the city of Lasea.
9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul advised them,
10 And said to them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives.
11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12 And because the harbor was not convenient to winter in, the greater part advised to depart from there also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, and there winter; which is a harbor of Crete, and lies toward the southwest and northwest.
13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing from there, they sailed close by Crete.
14 But not long after there arose against it a violent wind, called Euroclydon.
15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her be driven.
16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to secure the boat:
17 Which when they had taken it up, they used cables, undergirding the ship; and, fearing that they would fall into the shifting sands, lowered the gear, and so were driven.
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a rushing wind, the next day they lightened the ship;
19 And the third day we threw out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared in many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we would be saved was then taken away.
21 But after a long abstinence from food Paul stood up in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have incurred this harm and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but only of the ship.
23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God has given you all those who sail with you.
25 Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
26 However we must be cast upon a certain island.
27 But when the fourteenth night had came, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen thought that they were drawing near some land;
28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Then fearing that we would fall upon rocks, they threw four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30 And as the sailors were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, pretending as though they would have put anchors out of the foreship,
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Unless these remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 And while the day was coming on, Paul pleaded with them all to take food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34 Therefore I pray you to take some food: for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.
35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some food.
37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred seventy six souls.
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and threw out the wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they did not recognize the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into which they intended, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained immovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that those who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safely to land.
1 And when they had escaped, then they knew that the island was called Malta.
2 And the uncivilized people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4 And when the natives saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet vengeance did not permit to live.
5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6 However they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
7 In the same area were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flow: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
9 So when this was done, others also, who had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
10 Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed, they provided us with such things as were necessary.
11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
12 And landing at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
13 And from there we curved around, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
14 Where we found believers, and were requested to stay with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
15 And from there, when the believers heard of us, they came as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns to meet us: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was permitted to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they had come together, he said to them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.
20 For this reason therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
21 And they said to him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning you, nor did any of the Jewish brethren that came report or speak any evil of you.
22 But we desire to hear from you what you think: for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he presented and testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some did not believe.
25 And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word, Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
26 Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people has become fat, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had much discussion among themselves.
30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in to him,
31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.