¹ And he arrived in Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple by name Timothy was there, the son of a certain believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.

² who was testified to by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

³ Paul desired this one to go forth with him, and taking him he circumcised him, because of the Jews being in those places. For they all knew his father, that he was a Greek.

⁴ And as they went through the cities, they gave over to them to keep the decrees, the ones having been decided by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem.

⁵ Therefore, indeed, the assemblies were being made stronger in the faith, and increased in number according to a day.

⁶ And passing through Phrygia and the Galatian region, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the Word in Asia,

⁷ coming against Mysia, they attempted to go alongside Bithynia, and the Spirit did not allow them.

⁸ And passing by Mysia, they came down into Troas.

⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: a certain man of Macedonia was standing, entreating him and saying, Passing over into Macedonia, help us!

¹⁰ And when he saw the vision, we immediately sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

¹¹ Therefore setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course into Samothrace, and on the next day into Neapolis,

¹² and from there into Philippi, which is the first city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were in this city, spending some days.

¹³ And on the day of the sabbaths, we went outside the city beside a river, where was supposed to be a place of prayer . And sitting down, we spoke to the women having come together there.

¹⁴ And a certain woman, Lydia by name, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one worshiping God, heard us, whose heart the Lord opened thoroughly to pay attention to the things being spoken by Paul.

¹⁵ And as she and her household were baptized, she entreated Paul, saying, If you have judged me to be a believing one in the Lord, entering into my house, remain. And she strongly urged us.

¹⁶ And it happened, as we were going into a place of prayer, a certain slave girl having a Pythonic spirit met us, whose divining brought much profit to her masters.

¹⁷ Following after Paul and us, she cried out, saying, These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!

¹⁸ And she did this over many days. But becoming distressed, and turning around to the demonic spirit, Paul said, In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out from her! And it came out in the very hour.

¹⁹ And seeing that the hope of their profit went out, taking hold of Paul and Silas, her masters dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁰ And bringing them near to the magistrates, they said, These men are completely disturbing our city, being Jews,

²¹ and they are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, nor to do, being Romans.

²² And the crowd rose up against them. And tearing off their clothes, the magistrates ordered men to beat them with a rod.

²³ And laying on them many strokes, they threw them into prison, charging the prison-keeper to keep them securely,

²⁴ who, receiving such a charge, threw them into the inner prison, and locked their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ And about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praise to God, and the prisoners listened to 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 all of the bonds were loosed.

²⁷ And becoming awake, and seeing the doors of the prison being opened, drawing a sword, the prison-keeper was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have escaped.

²⁸ But Paul called out with a great voice, saying, Do no harm to yourself! For we are all here.

²⁹ And asking for lights, he rushed in. And becoming trembling, he fell before Paul and Silas.

³⁰ And bringing them outside, he said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

³¹ And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.

³² And they spoke the Word of the Lord to him, and to all the ones in his household.

³³ And taking them in that hour of the night, he washed from their strokes. And he and all the ones of him were baptized at once.

³⁴ And bringing them up to the house, he set a table before them, and exulted wholehousely, believing God.

³⁵ And it becoming day, the magistrates sent the rod-carriers, saying, Set those men free.

³⁶ And the prison-keeper announced these words to Paul, The magistrates have sent that you be set free. Now, therefore, going out, go in peace.

³⁷ But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, being Romans and uncondemned men, they threw us into prison. And now do they throw us out secretly? No, indeed! But coming themselves, let them bring us out.

³⁸ And the rod-carriers reported these words to the magistrates. And hearing that they were Romans, they were afraid.

³⁹ And coming, they begged them. And bringing them out, they asked them to go out of the city.

⁴⁰ And going out from the prison, they went into the house of Lydia. And seeing the brothers, they exhorted them, and went out.

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¹ And traveling through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

² And according to Paul's custom, he went in to them, and on three sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

³ opening and setting forth that the Christ must have suffered, and to have risen from the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus, whom I proclaim to you.

⁴ And some of them were persuaded and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, both a great multitude of the worshiping Greeks, and of the first ones of the women, not a few.

⁵ But becoming jealous, and taking some wicked men of the market loafers, and gathering a crowd, the disobeying Jews set the city into an uproar. And coming on the house of Jason, they sought to bring them on to the assembled people.

⁶ But not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city judges, crying, The ones disturbing the inhabited earth have come here, too;

⁷ whom Jason has received. And these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king, Jesus.

⁸ And hearing these things, they agitated the crowd and the city judges.

⁹ And taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

¹⁰ But the brothers at once sent away both Paul and Silas to Berea during the night; who having arrived went into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹¹ And these were more noble than the ones in Thessalonica, who received the Word with all readiness, according to a day examining the Scriptures if these things might have been so.

¹² Therefore truly many of them believed, and of the honorable Greek women and men, not a few.

¹³ But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the Word of God was also proclaimed in Berea by Paul, they came there also, shaking up the crowds.

¹⁴ And immediately, then, the brothers sent away Paul, to go as far as to the sea. But both Silas and Timothy remained there.

¹⁵ But the ones conducting Paul brought him as far as Athens. And receiving a command to Silas and Timothy that they come to him as quickly as possible, they went out.

¹⁶ But awaiting them in Athens, Paul's spirit was provoked within him, seeing the city utterly idolatrous.

¹⁷ Therefore, indeed, he addressed the Jews in the synagogue, and the ones worshiping, also in the marketplace according to every day, to the ones happening by.

¹⁸ And some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What may this seed-picker wish to say? And these others, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign demons (because he proclaimed Jesus and the resurrection to them).

¹⁹ And taking hold of him, they led him to the Ares Hill, saying, Are we able to know what is this new doctrine being spoken by you?

²⁰ For you bring some surprising things to our ears. We are minded, therefore, to know what these things wish to be.

²¹ And all Athenians and the strangers dwelling there have leisure for nothing else than to say and to hear newer things.

²² And standing in the midst of the Areopagus, Paul said, Men, Athenians, I see how you in everything are gods-fearing ones;

²³ for passing through and looking up at the objects of your worship, I also found an altar on which had been written, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, not knowing Him whom you worship, I proclaim this One to you.

²⁴ God, the One who made the world and all things in it, this One being Lord of Heaven and of earth, does not dwell in temples made by hand,

²⁵ nor is served by hands of men, as having need of anything. For He is giving life and breath and all things to all.

²⁶ And He made every nation of men of one blood, to live on all the face of the earth, having determined fore-appointed seasons and boundaries of their dwelling,

²⁷ to seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after Him and might find Him, though indeed He not being far from each one of us.

²⁸ For in Him we live and move and exist, as also some of the poets among you have said, For we are also His offspring.

²⁹ Therefore being offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Deity is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and the imagination of man.

³⁰ Indeed, therefore, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now strictly commands all men everywhere to repent,

³¹ because He set a day in which "He is going to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness," by a Man whom He appointed; having offered faith to all, having raised Him up from the dead. Psa 9:8

³² And hearing of a resurrection of the dead, the ones indeed ridiculed, but said, We will hear you again concerning this.

³³ And so Paul went out from their midst.

³⁴ But some men believed, joining themselves to him, among whom also were both Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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¹ And after these things, departing from Athens, Paul came to Corinth.

² And finding a certain Jew, Aquila by name, of Pontus by race, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he came to them.

³ And because of his being of the same trade, he lived and worked with them; for they were tentmakers by trade.

⁴ And he reasoned in the synagogue according to every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

⁵ And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed by the Spirit, earnestly testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

⁶ But they resisting, and blaspheming, having shaken his garments, he said to them, Your blood be on your head. I am pure from it; from now on I will go to the nations.

⁷ And having gone over from there, he went into the house of a certain one, Justus by name, one worshiping God, whose house was being next door to the synagogue.

⁸ And Crispus, the synagogue ruler, was believing the Lord along with all his household. And hearing, many of the Corinthians were believing and were being baptized.

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, Do not fear, but speak, and do not keep silence;

¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one shall set on you to oppress you; because there is much people to Me in this city.

¹¹ And he remained a year and six months teaching the Word of God among them.

¹² But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rushed against Paul with one mind and led him to the tribunal,

¹³ saying, This one persuades men to worship God contrary to the Law.

¹⁴ But Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If, indeed, then, it was some wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, according to reason I would endure you.

¹⁵ But if it is a question about a word, and names, and the law according to you, you will see to it yourselves; for I do not wish to be a judge of these things.

¹⁶ And he drove them from the tribunal.

¹⁷ And all the Greeks having seized Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the tribunal. And not one of these things mattered to Gallio.

¹⁸ And having remained considerable days more, bidding farewell to the brothers, Paul sailed to Syria, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow. And Priscilla and Aquila were with him.

¹⁹ And he came to Ephesus, and he left those two there. But he having entered into the synagogue, he reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰ And they asking him to remain over a longer time with them, he did not consent,

²¹ but bid farewell to them, saying, I must by all means to make the coming feast, the one at Jerusalem; but I will come again to you, God willing. And he set sail from Ephesus.

²² And landing at Caesarea, having gone up and greeted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

²³ And spending some time, he went out, in order passing through the Galatian region and Phrygia, making strong all the disciples.

²⁴ But a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by people, an eloquent man, came into Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures.

²⁵ This one having been taught by mouth in the way of the Lord, and glowing in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things about the Lord, understanding only the baptism of John.

²⁶ And this one began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And hearing him Priscilla and Aquila took him and more accurately expounded the way of God to him.

²⁷ And he having intended to go through into Achaia, having been encouraged, the brothers wrote to the disciples to welcome him; who, arriving, helped much the ones who were believing through grace.

²⁸ For he powerfully confuted the Jews publicly, proving through the Scriptures Jesus to be the Christ.

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¹ And it happened, in the time Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was passing through the higher parts to come to Ephesus. And finding some disciples,

² he said to them, Having believed, if you received the Holy Spirit? And the ones said to him, We did not even hear whether the Holy Spirit is.

³ And he said to them, Then into what were you baptized? And the ones said, To the baptism of John.

⁴ And Paul said, John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One coming after him, that is, into the Christ, Jesus.

⁵ And hearing, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁶ And Paul laying hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in languages and prophesied.

⁷ And all the men were about twelve.

⁸ And going into the synagogue, he spoke boldly over three months, having reasoned with them, and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God.

⁹ But when some were hardened, and did not obey, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, going away from them, he separated the disciples, conversing according to a day in the school of a certain Tyrannus.

¹⁰ And this happened over two years, so that all the ones living in Asia heard the Word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

¹¹ And God did uncommon works of power through the hands of Paul,

¹² so that even handkerchiefs or aprons from his skin to be brought onto the ones being sick, and the diseases to be released from them, and the evil spirits to go out from them.

¹³ But certain from the going about Jewish exorcists undertook to name the name of the Lord Jesus over the ones having evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.

¹⁴ And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, the ones doing this.

¹⁵ But answering the evil spirit said, I know Jesus, and I comprehend Paul, but who are you?

¹⁶ And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, and having subdued them, he was strong against them, and having been wounded and naked, they fled out of that house.

¹⁷ And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, the ones living in Ephesus. And fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

¹⁸ And many of the ones having believed came confessing, and reporting their practices.

¹⁹ And a considerable number of the ones practicing the magical arts, bringing together the books, burned them before all. And they counted the prices of them, and found it to be fifty thousands of silver.

²⁰ So with might, the Word of the Lord was growing and was strong.

²¹ And when these things were fulfilled, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, Paul purposed in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have come there, I must also see Rome.

²² And having sent into Macedonia two of the ones who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he stayed a time in Asia.

²³ And at that time there came to be no small disturbance about the Way.

²⁴ For a certain silversmith, Demetrius by name, was making silver shrines of Artemis, providing no little trade for the craftsmen,

²⁵ whom assembling the workmen about such things, he said, Men, you understand that from this trade our wealth is.

²⁶ And you see and hear that not only Ephesus, but this Paul has persuaded almost all of Asia, perverting a considerable crowd, saying that they are not gods, the ones being made by hands.

²⁷ And not only this is in danger to us, lest our part come to be in contempt, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted nothing, and her majesty is also about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world worships.

²⁸ And hearing, and becoming full of anger, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!

²⁹ And all the city was filled with confusion. And they rushed with one mind into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul.

³⁰ And Paul purposing to go in to the assembled people, the disciples did not allow him.

³¹ And also some of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sending to him begged him not to give himself into the theater.

³² Then others indeed were crying out something different, for the assembly was confused, and the majority did not know on what account they came together.

³³ But out of the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews thrust him forward. And signaling with his hand, Alexander desired to defend himself to the assembled people.

³⁴ But recognizing that he is a Jew, one voice came to be from all, as they were crying out over two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!

³⁵ And quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, Men, Ephesians, for what man is there who does not know the city of the Ephesians to be temple keepers of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image Fallen from Zeus?

³⁶ Therefore, these things being undeniable, it is necessary for you, being calmed, to be so, and to do nothing rash.

³⁷ For you brought these men, being neither temple-robbers nor blaspheming your goddess.

³⁸ If then, indeed, Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a matter against anyone, the courts lead, and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse one another.

³⁹ But if you seek concerning other things, it will be settled in a lawful assembly.

⁴⁰ For we are in danger to be accused of insurrection concerning today, there being no cause about which we will be able to give account of this crowding together.

⁴¹ And saying these things, he dismissed the assembly.

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¹ And after the ceasing of the tumult, calling and greeting the disciples, Paul went away to go into Macedonia.

² And passing through those parts, and exhorting them with much speech, he came into Greece.

³ And having acted three months there, a plot by the Jews having occurred against him, being about to sail into Syria, he was of a mind to return through Macedonia.

⁴ And was accompanying him as far as Asia Sopater, a Berean; and Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Asians Tychicus and Trophimus.

⁵ These men having gone ahead awaited us in Troas.

⁶ But we sailed along after the days of Unleavened Bread from Philippi, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.

⁷ And on the one of the sabbaths, the disciples being assembled to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, being about to depart on the next day, Paul discoursed to them. And he continued his speech until midnight.

⁸ And many lamps were in the upper room where they were gathered.

⁹ And a certain young man. Eutychus by name, was sitting on the window sill being overborne by deep sleep, Paul discoursing for a longer time, having been overborne by the sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead.

¹⁰ But going down Paul fell on him, and embracing him, he said, Do not be troubled, for his soul is in him.

¹¹ And going up, and breaking bread, and eating, and conversing over a considerable time, until daybreak, he went out thus.

¹² And they brought the boy alive and were comforted not a little.

¹³ But going before onto the ship, we set sail for Assos, being about to take up Paul in there; for so it was arranged, he being about to go on foot.

¹⁴ And when he met us in Assos, taking him up we came to Mitylene.

¹⁵ And sailing away from there, on the next day we arrived off Chios, and on the next we crossed to Samos. And staying in Trogyllium, the following day we came to Miletus.

¹⁶ For Paul had decided to sail by Ephesus, so as it might not happen to him to spend time in Asia; for he hastened if it were possible for him to be into Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

¹⁷ And having sent to Ephesus from Miletus, he called for the elders of the assembly.

¹⁸ And when they came to him, he said to them: You understand, from the first day on which I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears and trials happening to me, the ones by the plots of the Jews;

²⁰ as I drew nothing back of the things profiting you, so as not to declare and to teach you publicly, and according to houses,

²¹ earnestly testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

²² And now, behold, being bound by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things going to meet me in it,

²³ but that the Holy Spirit according to each city solemnly testifies, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

²⁴ But I make account of nothing, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the gospel of the grace of God.

²⁵ And now, behold, I know that you all will see my face no more, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom of God.

²⁶ Therefore I testify to you in this very day that I am clean from the blood of all.

²⁷ For I did not draw back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

²⁸ Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God which He purchased through His own blood.

²⁹ For I know this, that after my departure unsparing wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

³⁰ and out of you yourselves will rise up men speaking perverting things in order to draw away the disciples after themselves.

³¹ Therefore, be alert, remembering that I did not cease admonishing each one with tears night and day for three years.

³² And now, brothers, I commend you to God and to the Word of His grace, the One being able to build up and to give you inheritance among all the ones having been sanctified.

³³ I have desired the silver, or gold, or clothing of no one.

³⁴ But you yourselves know that these hands ministered to my needs, and to the ones who were with me.

³⁵ I showed you by all things that working hard in this way it is needful to help the ones being feeble, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

³⁶ And having said these things, placing his knees, he prayed with them all.

³⁷ And there was much weeping of all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they tenderly kissed him,

³⁸ most of all grieving for the word which he said, that they were going to see his face no more. And they went with him to the ship.

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¹ And when it was time to sail, we tearing away ourselves from them, sailing a straight course we came to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

² And finding a ship crossing over to Phoenice, going on board we set sail:

³ and sighting Cyprus, and leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria, and came down to Tyre; for the ship was unloading the cargo there.

⁴ And having found disciples, we remained there seven days; who told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

⁵ But when it was time for us to finish out the days, having gone out, we traveled. And they, with all the women and children went with us as far as outside the city. And placing the knees on the shore, we prayed.

⁶ And having given parting greetings to one another, we went up into the ship, and those went back to their own homes.

⁷ And completing the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. And having greeted the brothers, we remained one day with them.

⁸ And on the next day, the ones around Paul going out, we came to Caesarea. And going into Philip the evangelist's house, he being of the Seven, we remained with him.

⁹ And to this one there were four virgin daughters who prophesied.

¹⁰ And we remaining more days, a certain prophet from Judea, Agabus by name, came down.

¹¹ And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle-band, and binding his hands and feet, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things: In Jerusalem the Jews will bind in this way the man whose girdle-band this is, and will give him over into the hands of the nations.

¹² And when we heard these things, both we and the resident saints begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹³ But Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For not only am I ready to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁴ And he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

¹⁵ And after these days, having packed up, we went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁶ And also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing Mnason, a certain Cypriot, an old disciple, with whom we might lodge.

¹⁷ And we being in Jerusalem, the brothers joyfully received us.

¹⁸ And on the next day, Paul went in with us to James. And all the elders arrived.

¹⁹ And having greeted them, he related according to each one what things God had worked among the nations through his ministry.

²⁰ And hearing, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews, the ones having believed, and all are zealots of the Law.

²¹ And they have been informed about you, that you are teaching falling away from Moses, telling all the Jews throughout the nations, saying not to circumcise their children, nor to walk in the customs.

²² What is it, then? Certainly a multitude must come together, for they will hear that you have come.

²³ Therefore, do this, which we say to you: There are four men who have a vow on themselves;

²⁴ taking these, be purified with them, and be at expense on them, that they may shave the head. And all shall know that all what they have been told about you is nothing, but you yourself walk by rule, and yourself keeping the Law.

²⁵ And as to the believing nations, we wrote, having judged them to observe no such thing, except to keep themselves from both idol sacrifice, and from the blood, and from a thing strangled, and from fornication.

²⁶ Then having taken the men on the following day, having been purified with them, Paul went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of the purification, until the offering should be offered for each one of them.

²⁷ But when the seven days were about to be completed, having seen him in the temple, the Jews from Asia were stirring up all the crowd, and they laid hands on him,

²⁸ crying out, Men, Israelites, help! This is the man, the one teaching all everywhere against the people and the Law and this place. And even more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.

²⁹ For they were seeing before Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul brought into the temple.

³⁰ And the whole city was stirred up and there was a running together of people. And laying hands on Paul, they drew him outside of the temple, and at once the doors were shut.

³¹ But as they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the chiliarch of the cohort, that all Jerusalem has been stirred up.

³² He at once ran down to them, taking soldiers and centurions. And seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

³³ Then going near, the chiliarch laid hold of him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. And he asked who he might be, and what he is doing.

³⁴ But others cried the other thing in the crowd, and not being able to know the certain thing because of the uproar, he commanded him brought into the barracks.

³⁵ But when he came on the stairs, it happened for him to be borne by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.

³⁶ For the multitude of the people followed, crying out, Take him away!

³⁷ But being about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the chiliarch, Is it lawful for me to say a thing to you? And he said, Do you know Greek?

³⁸ Then are you not the Egyptian, the one before these days caused a riot, and led four thousand men of the assassins out into the desert?

³⁹ But Paul said, Indeed I am a man, a Jew of Tarsus, of Cilicia, a citizen of a not insignificant city. And I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.

⁴⁰ And he allowing him, standing on the stairs, Paul signaled with his hand to the people. And much silence taking place, he spoke in the Hebrew dialect, saying,

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¹ Men, brothers, and fathers, hear my defense now to you.

² And hearing that he spoke in the Hebrew dialect to them, they showed more quietness. And he said:

³ Indeed I am a man, a Jew having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been trained according to the exactness of the ancestral law, being a zealot of God, even as you all are today.

⁴ I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and giving over both men and women to prisons,

⁵ as also the high priest, and all the elderhood witnesses to me. And receiving letters from them to the brothers, I was going, also bringing to Jerusalem the ones being bound there, in order that they might be punished.

⁶ And it happened to me, going and drawing near to Damascus: suddenly, about midday, a considerable light out of the heaven shone around me.

⁷ And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?

⁸ And I answered, Who are you, Sir? And He said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom you persecute.

⁹ But the ones being with me indeed beheld the light, and were terrified, but did not hear the voice of the One speaking to me.

¹⁰ And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rising up, go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all things which has been appointed to you to do.

¹¹ And as I was not seeing, from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by the ones being with me, I went into Damascus.

¹² And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, being testified to by all the Jews living there,

¹³ coming to me and standing by, he said to me, Brother Saul, see again. And in the same hour I saw again to him.

¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers has beforehand chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth;

¹⁵ for you shall be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

¹⁶ And now what are you going to do? Rising up, be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

¹⁷ And it happened to me, having returned to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, for me coming to be in an ecstasy,

¹⁸ and I saw Him saying to me, Hurry and go out quickly from Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.

¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they understand that I was imprisoning and beating the ones believing on You throughout the synagogues.

²⁰ And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was poured out, I myself also was standing by and consenting to the murder of him, and guarding the garments of the ones killing him.

²¹ And He said to me, Go, for I will send you to the nations afar off.

²² And they heard him as far as this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Take away such a one from the earth, for it is not fitting that he should live!

²³ And they were shouting, and casting off their garments, and throwing dust into the air,

²⁴ the chiliarch ordered to bring him into the barracks, saying for him to be examined with scourges, that he may know for what crime they cried out so against him.

²⁵ But as they stretched him with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman not found guilty?

²⁶ And hearing, coming near the centurion reported to the chiliarch, saying, Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman.

²⁷ And coming up, the chiliarch said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

²⁸ And the chiliarch answered, I bought this citizenship with a great sum of money. And Paul said, But I even was born free.

²⁹ Then at once the ones being about to examine him stood away from him. And the chiliarch also feared, fully knowing that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.

³⁰ And on the next day, purposing to know the certain thing as to why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds. And he commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrin to come. And having brought Paul down, he stood him among them.

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¹ And looking intently at the sanhedrin, Paul said, Men, brothers, I in all good conscience have conducted myself toward God until this day.

² But Ananias the high priest ordered those standing by him to strike his mouth.

³ Then Paul said to him, God is going to strike you, whitewashed wall! And do you sit judging me according to the Law, and breaking the Law command me to be stricken?

⁴ And the ones standing by said, Do you revile the high priest of God?

⁵ And Paul said, Brothers, I did not know that he is high priest; for it has been written, "You shall not speak badly" "of a ruler of your people." Ex 22:28

⁶ But knowing that the one part consisted of Sadducees, and the other of Pharisees, Paul cried out in the sanhedrin, Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am being judged concerning hope and resurrection of the dead!

⁷ And he speaking this, there was a discord between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.

⁸ For the Sadducees indeed say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit. But Pharisees confess both the things.

⁹ And there was a great cry. And the scribes of the part of the Pharisees rising up, they were contending, saying, We find nothing bad in this man. And, If a spirit spoke to him, or an angel, let us not fight against God.

¹⁰ And much discord taking place, fearing lest Paul should be torn apart by them, the chiliarch commanded the soldiers to go down to seize him out of their midst, and to bring him into the barracks.

¹¹ And in the following night standing by him the Lord said, Be cheered, Paul, for as you fully testified the things concerning Me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify at Rome.

¹² And it becoming day, some of the Jews making a conspiracy bound themselves by an oath, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they should kill Paul.

¹³ And the ones making this plot were more than forty;

¹⁴ who, having come near to the chief priests and to the elders, said, With a curse we have bound ourselves by an oath to taste of nothing until we shall kill Paul.

¹⁵ Now, therefore, you with the sanhedrin inform the chiliarch, so that tomorrow he may bring him down to you, as being about to more accurately determine the things about him. And before his drawing near, we are ready to kill him.

¹⁶ But the son of Paul's sister hearing of the ambush, coming, and entering into the barracks, reported to Paul.

¹⁷ And calling near one of the centurions, Paul said, Bring this young man to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

¹⁸ Therefore, indeed, taking him, he brought him to the chiliarch and said, Paul the prisoner having called me near asked me to bring this young man to you, having a thing to tell you.

¹⁹ And taking hold of his hand, and drawing aside to his own place, the chiliarch asked, What is it that you have to report to me?

²⁰ And he said, The Jews agreed to ask you that tomorrow you bring down Paul into the sanhedrin, as going to learn something more accurate about him.

²¹ Therefore, you do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them lie in wait for him who bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they kill him. And now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.

²² Then the chiliarch sent away the young man, charging him, Tell no one that you made known these things to me.

²³ And having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, Get two hundred soldiers ready, so that they may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;

²⁴ and animals to stand by, so that setting Paul on, they may bring him safely to Felix the governor.

²⁵ For he was writing a letter, having this form:

²⁶ Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, greeting:

²⁷ This man being seized by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, coming on with the soldiers I rescued him, learning that he was a Roman.

²⁸ And purposing to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrin;

²⁹ I found him to be accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or of bonds.

³⁰ And it being made known to me that a plot against the man was about to be executed by the Jews, I at once sent him to you, also commanding the accusers to say the things against him before you. Farewell.

³¹ Then indeed taking up Paul according to that order given to them, the soldiers brought him through the night to Antipatris.

³² And on the next day, allowing the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the barracks.

³³ Entering into Caesarea, and giving over the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

³⁴ And having read it, the governor asked from what province he is. And having learned that he was from Cilicia,

³⁵ he said, I will hear you fully when your accusers arrive. And he commanded him to be guarded in the praetorium of Herod.

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¹ And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus, who made a statement to the governor against Paul.

² And him being called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying,

³ Obtaining much peace through you and successful achievements having come to this nation due to your forethought, both in every thing and everywhere we accept with all thankfulness, most excellent Felix.

⁴ But that I not hinder you more, I beseech you to hear us briefly in your fairness.

⁵ For having found this man a pestilence and moving insurrection among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the Nazarene sect;

⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple, whom we also seized and wished to judge according to our law;

⁷ but Lysias the chiliarch coming up with much force took him away out of our hands,

⁸ commanding his accusers to come to you, from whom you will be able yourself to know, having examined as to all these things of which we are accusing him.

⁹ And the Jews also joined in, asserting these things to have been so.

¹⁰ But the governor having nodded to him to speak, Paul answered: Understanding you as being a judge to this nation many years, I cheerfully defend myself as to the things concerning myself.

¹¹ You are able to know that not more than twelve days are to me since I went worshiping in Jerusalem;

¹² and neither did they find me discussing with anyone in the temple, or making a gathering of a crowd, neither in the synagogues, nor throughout the city;

¹³ nor are they able to prove that about which they now accuse me.

¹⁴ But I confess this to you that according to the Way, which they call a sect, so I worship the paternal God, believing all things according to that having been written in the Law and the Prophets,

¹⁵ having hope toward God, which these themselves also are awaiting, of a resurrection being about to be of the dead, both of just and unjust ones.

¹⁶ And in this I exercise myself to have always a blameless conscience toward God and men.

¹⁷ And through many years I arrived doing merciful deeds and offerings to my nation,

¹⁸ among whom they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd, nor with tumult, but by some Jews from Asia,

¹⁹ for whom it is right to be present before you and to accuse if they have anything against me.

²⁰ Or these themselves say if they found anything unjust in me, I standing before the sanhedrin,

²¹ than about this one voice which I cried out standing among them, that I am being judged today before you about a resurrection of the dead.

²² And hearing these things, Felix put them off, knowing more accurately about the Way, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch comes down, I will examine the things as to you.

²³ And having ordered the centurion to keep Paul, and to have ease, and not to forbid anyone of his own to minister or to come to him, he dismissed them.

²⁴ And after some days, Felix having arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul. And he heard him concerning the faith into Christ.

²⁵ And Paul discoursing about righteousness and self control, and the Judgment, the one that is about to be, becoming terrified, Felix answered, For now having no time, go; but taking a time later, I will call for you;

²⁶ but at the same time also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might free him. Because of this he also more frequently sent for him and conversed with him.

²⁷ But two years being completed, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus. And wishing to lay up favors to the Jews, Felix left Paul being bound.

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¹ Then going into the province, after three days Festus went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

² And the high priest and the first ones of the Jews informed to him against Paul, and they entreated him,

³ asking a favor against him, so as he might send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him on the way.

⁴ Then indeed Festus answered that Paul was to be kept at Caesarea, and he himself being about to go shortly.

⁵ Therefore he said, the powerful ones among you going down with me. If there is a thing amiss in this man, let them accuse him.

⁶ And spending among them more than ten days, going down to Caesarea, on the next day sitting on the tribunal, he ordered Paul to be brought.

⁷ And he arriving, the Jews having come down from Jerusalem stood around, also bringing many and weighty charges against Paul, which they were not able to prove.

⁸ Defending himself, Paul said, Neither against the Law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in anything.

⁹ But desiring to lay up a favor to the Jews, answering Paul, Festus said, Going up, are you willing to go to Jerusalem to be judged before me there about these things?

¹⁰ But Paul said, I am standing before the tribunal of Caesar where I must be judged. I have wronged the Jews in nothing, as also you very well know.

¹¹ For if I indeed do wrong and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of which they accuse me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.

¹² Then conferring with the sanhedrin, Festus answered, You have appealed to Caesar; you shall go before Caesar.

¹³ And some days having passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, greeting Festus.

¹⁴ And when they remained there more days, Festus set out to the king the things as to Paul, saying, A certain man is here having been left a prisoner by Felix,

¹⁵ about whom, I being in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed, asking judgment against him;

¹⁶ to whom I answered, It is not a custom with Romans to give up any man to destruction before the one being accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defense concerning the charge.

¹⁷ Therefore, they coming together here, having made no delay, sitting on the tribunal on the next day, I commanded the man to be brought;

¹⁸ about whom, standing up, the accusers brought no charge of which I supposed,

¹⁹ but they had certain questions about their own demon worship, and about a certain Jesus dying, whom Paul claimed to be living.

²⁰ And I being perplexed about this inquiry, I said, If he was willing to go to Jerusalem and to be judged there concerning these things?

²¹ But Paul appealing for him to be kept to the examination of Augustus, I commanded him to be held until I might send him to Caesar.

²² And Agrippa said to Festus, I myself also was purposing to hear the man. And he said, Tomorrow you shall hear him.

²³ Therefore on the next day, Agrippa and Bernice coming with much pomp and entering into the auditorium, with both the chiliarchs and the men of eminence being of the city, also Festus commanding, Paul was brought out.

²⁴ And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all the men present with us, you see this one about whom all the multitude of the Jews pleaded with me, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought to live no longer.

²⁵ But I having understood nothing he had done worthy of death, also this one himself having appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him;

²⁶ about whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. So I brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so as the examination taking place, I may have something I may write.

²⁷ For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner, and not also to signify the charges against him.

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¹ And Agrippa said to Paul, It is allowed for you yourself to speak. Then Paul made a defense, stretching out the hand:

² Concerning all of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed being about to make defense before you today,

³ you being especially expert, knowing of all the customs and questions also among the Jews. Therefore, I beg you patiently to hear me.

⁴ Truly, then, all the Jews know my way of life from youth, which from the beginning had been in my nation in Jerusalem,

⁵ who before knew me from the first, if they will testify, that according to the most exact sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

⁶ And now for the hope of the promise having been made by God to the fathers, I stand being judged;

⁷ to which our twelve tribes hope to arrive, worshiping in earnestness night and day, concerning which hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa.

⁸ Why is it judged unbelievable by you if God raises the dead?

⁹ Indeed, I then thought to myself that I ought to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

¹⁰ which I also did in Jerusalem I also shut up many of the saints in prisons, receiving authority from the chief priests; and they being put to death, I cast a vote.

¹¹ And often punishing them through all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being exceedingly furious against them, I even persecuted them as far as the outer cities.

¹² In which also traveling to Damascus with authority and permission from the chief priests,

¹³ at midday along the highway, O king, I saw a light from Heaven shining around me above the brightness of the sun, also the ones traveling with me.

¹⁴ And all of us falling to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

¹⁵ And I said, Who are you, Sir? And He said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting;

¹⁶ but rise up and stand on your feet, for it is for this reason I appeared to you, to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you saw, and the things in which I shall appear to you,

¹⁷ delivering you from the people and the nations, to whom I now am sending you,

¹⁸ to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness into light, and from the authority of Satan onto God, in order for them to receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among the ones being sanctified by faith into Me.

¹⁹ For which reason, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

²⁰ but firstly to the ones in Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judea, and to the nations, I proclaimed the command to repent and to turn to God, practicing works worthy of repentance.

²¹ Because of these things, seizing me in the temple, the Jews tried to lay violent hands on me.

²² Then obtaining help from God, I stand until this day, witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses also said was going to happen:

²³ whether the Christ was liable to suffer, whether first by a resurrection from the dead He was going to proclaim a light to the people and to the nations.

²⁴ And he defending himself with these things, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, You rave! Your many letters turns you into madness.

²⁵ But he said, Not to rave, most excellent Festus, but I declare words of truth and sanity.

²⁶ For the king understands about these things, to whom I speak, also speaking openly. For I am persuaded not any of these things lie hidden from him, nothing. For the doing of this is not in a corner.

²⁷ Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe.

²⁸ And Agrippa said to Paul, In but a little do you persuade me to become a Christian!

²⁹ And Paul said, I would pray to God, both in a little and in much, not only you, but also the ones hearing me today to become such as I also am, except for these bonds.

³⁰ And he saying these things, the king and the governor and Bernice rose up, and the ones sitting with them.

³¹ And having withdrawn, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

³² And Agrippa said to Festus, This man was able to have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

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¹ And when it was decided for us to sail to Italy, they gave over both Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion by name Julius, of a cohort of Augustus.

² And boarding a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the places alongside Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us.

³ And on the next day we brought to land at Sidon. And treating Paul kindly, Julius allowed him, going to his friends to obtain care.

⁴ And setting sail from there, we sailed close to Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary.

⁵ And sailing over the sea against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra of Lycia.

⁶ And the centurion finding there an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, he put us into it.

⁷ And in many days, sailing slowly and with difficulty, hardly coming against Cnidus, the wind not allowing us, we sailed close to Crete against Salmone.

⁸ And sailing along it with difficulty, we came to a certain place being called Fair Havens, near to which was a city, Lasea.

⁹ And considerable time having passed, and the voyage already being dangerous, because the Fast already had gone by, Paul advised them,

¹⁰ saying to them, Men, I perceive that the voyage is about to be with hardship and much loss, not only of the cargo and of the ship, but also of our souls.

¹¹ But the centurion was rather persuaded by the helmsman and the ship-owner, than by the things being said by Paul.

¹² And the harbor not being fit for wintering, the majority gave counsel to set sail from there, if somehow they may be able to pass the winter, having arrived at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete looking toward the southwest, and with winds toward the northwest.

¹³ And a south wind blowing gently, thinking to have gained the purpose, raising anchor they sailed by nearer Crete.

¹⁴ But not much after, a typhonic wind, being called Euroclydon, smote down on it.

¹⁵ And the ship being seized, and not being able to face into the wind, giving over we were borne along.

¹⁶ But running under an islet being called Clauda, we hardly had strength to get mastery of the boat;

¹⁷ which taking, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest into the Syrtis shoals they fall, lowering the tackle, so they were borne along.

¹⁸ But we being violently storm tossed, they made a jettisoning on the next day.

¹⁹ And on the third day we threw out the ship's tackle with our hands.

²⁰ And neither sun nor stars having appeared over many days, and no small tempest pressing hard, finally all hope for us to be saved was taken away.

²¹ And there being much abstinence, then standing up in their midst, Paul said, Truly, O men, obeying me you ought not to have set sail from Crete, and to spare yourselves and this hardship and loss.

²² And now I exhort you to be cheered, for there will be not one loss of life from you, except of the ship.

²³ For this night an angel of God stood by me, whose I am, and whom I serve,

²⁴ saying, Do not fear, Paul, You must stand before Caesar. And, behold, God has granted to you all the ones sailing with you.

²⁵ Therefore, be cheered, men, for I believe God, that it will be so according to the way it was spoken to me.

²⁶ But it is necessary for us to fall off onto a certain island.

²⁷ And when the fourteenth night came, we being carried about in the Adriatic Sea, toward the middle of the night the sailors supposed us to be coming near to them some land.

²⁸ And taking soundings, they found it to be twenty fathoms; and having gone a little farther, and taking soundings again, they found it to be fifteen fathoms.

²⁹ And fearing lest they should fall off onto rough places, and casting four anchors out of the stern, they prayed day to come on.

³⁰ But the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and lowering the boat into the sea, as a pretext to be about to cast out anchors from the prow,

³¹ Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, If not these men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.

³² Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall.

³³ And until day was about to come on, Paul begged all to receive a share of food, saying, Today is the fourteenth day you continued waiting in abstinence, not having taken anything.

³⁴ Therefore I exhort you to take of food, for this is to your deliverance, for not one hair of your head will fall.

³⁵ And having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all; and having broken, he began to eat.

³⁶ And all becoming cheered, they also took food.

³⁷ And we were, all the souls in the ship, two hundred seventy-six.

³⁸ And being satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, throwing the wheat out into the sea.

³⁹ And when day came on, they did not recognize the land, but they noted a certain bay having a beach, into which they purposed, if they were able, to drive the ship.

⁴⁰ And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the bands of the rudders, and raising the foresail to the blowing wind, they headed to the beach.

⁴¹ And having fallen on a place with an inlet between two seas, they drove the vessel. And indeed the prow having stuck firmly, it remained. But the stern was broken by the violence of the waves.

⁴² And the mind of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any swimming out should escape.

⁴³ But purposing to save Paul, the centurion stopped them from their purpose and commanded the ones able to swim, first throwing themselves down, to go out on the land.

⁴⁴ And the rest went, this one indeed on planks, and this one on some of the things from the ship. And so it happened all to be saved on the land.

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¹ And being saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita.

² And the foreigners were showing not the common kindliness to us, for having kindled a fire because of the rain coming on, and because of the cold, they took us all to heart.

³ And Paul gathering a great number of sticks, and putting them on the fire, a snake coming out from the heat fastened on his hand.

⁴ And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom being saved out of the sea, Justice did not permit to live.

⁵ Then he shaking the beast off into the fire, he suffered nothing bad.

⁶ But they were expecting him to be about to be swollen up, or suddenly to fall down dead. But over much time, they expecting and observing nothing out of place hap- pening to him, changing their minds, they said him to be a god.

⁷ And in the parts about that place were pieces of land to the first man of the island, Publius by name. Welcoming us, he hosted us three days in a friendly way.

⁸ And it happened the father of Publius was lying down, suffering from fevers and dysentery; to whom Paul, entering and praying, laying on his hands, healed him.

⁹ Then, this taking place, the ones in the island having infirmities also were coming up, and they were healed,

¹⁰ who also honored us with many honors. And on our setting sail, they laid on us such things for our need.

¹¹ And after three months we sailed in a ship having wintered in the island, an Alexandrian marked with an ensign, Twin Brothers.

¹² And landing at Syracuse, we remained three days.

¹³ From where having gone around, we arrived at Rhegium. And after one day, a south wind having come on, on the second we came to Puteoli,

¹⁴ where finding brothers, we were entreated by them to remain seven days. And so we went toward Rome.

¹⁵ And the brothers from there hearing the things about us, they came out for a meeting with us, as far as Forum of Appius, and Three Taverns; whom Paul seeing, thanking God, he took courage.

¹⁶ And when we went into Rome, the centurion gave over the prisoners to the camp commander. But Paul was allowed to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.

¹⁷ And after three days, it happened that Paul decided to call together the ones being first ones of the Jews. And they coming together, he said to them, Men, brothers, I having done nothing hostile to the people, or to the paternal customs, yet I was given over a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

¹⁸ who examining me were of a mind to let me go, because no cause of death was in me.

¹⁹ But the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation.

²⁰ Therefore, because of this, I called for you, to see and to speak to you. For I have this chain around me for the sake of the hope of Israel.

²¹ But the ones said to him, We neither received letters about you from the Jews, nor arriving has any one of the brothers reported or spoken anything evil about you.

²² But we think it fit to hear from you as to what you think, for truly as concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.

²³ And having appointed him a day, more came to him in the lodging, to whom he expounded, earnestly testifying the kingdom of God and persuading them the things concerning Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning until evening.

²⁴ And some indeed were persuaded by that being said, but others disbelieved.

²⁵ And disagreeing with one another, they were let go, Paul saying one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak through the prophet Isaiah to our fathers,

²⁶ saying, "Go to this people and say, In hearing you shall hear, and not at all understand; and seeing you will see, and not at all perceive;

²⁷ for the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with the ears heavily; and they closed their eyes lest at any time they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." Isa 6:9, 10

²⁸ Then let it be known to you that the salvation of God was sent to the nations, and they will hear. LXX-Psa. 66:3; MT-Psa. 67:2

²⁹ And he saying these things, the Jews went away, having much discussion among themselves.

³⁰ And Paul remained two whole years in his own rented place, and he welcomed all the ones coming in to him,

³¹ proclaiming the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all freedom and without hindrance.