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1 Scroll 27 Acts of the Apostles.
[Prologue Acts].
The first treatise I have made of all, indeed O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and teach,

2 until the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Spirit to the apostles;
whom He has chosen, He was taken up.

3 To whom also He showed Himself alive after His suffering, by many facts, being seen by them forty days,
and saying of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God:

4 and He being assembled with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye heard from Me.

5 For John truly baptized in water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit after not many days.

6 [The Great Commission Acts].
When they therefore were come together, they asked of Him,
saying, Lord, will Thou at this time restore 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 authority.

8 But ye shall receive power after the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses to Me,
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth.

9 [Ascension of Jesus Acts].
And He having said these, while they beheld, He was taken up;
and a cloud received Him out of their eyes.

10 And while they were staring towards Heaven as He went up,
and behold, two men had stood by them in white clothing;

11 who also said, Men of Galilee, why ye have stood gazing up to Heaven?
This same Jesus who having been taken from you into Heaven,
shall so Come in like manner as ye have seen Him going into Heaven.

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the Mount being called Olivet[Olives],
which is near from Jerusalem: having a Sabbath day's journey.

13 [Replacement of Judas Iscariot].
And when they came in, they went up into an upper room, they were remaining; both Peter, and James,
and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew,
James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.

14 These all were continuing 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 rising up in the middle of the disciples, and said,
(and the multitude of names together was about a hundred twenty).

16 Men, brethren, This Scripture must be fulfilled,
which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David forewarned concerning Judas,
who was guide to them that took Jesus.

17 For he was having been numbered with us, and obtained a part of this ministry.

18 Then indeed this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong,
he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.

19 And it was known to all that dwelling at Jerusalem;
so that that field is called in their own language, Aceldama,
that is to say, The field of blood.

20 For it has been written in the Book of Psalms,
Let his habitation be desolate, and let be none dwelling in it: Psa 69:25
and Let another take his office of an overseer[bishop]. Psa 109:8

21 Therefore, of these men who accompanied us, all the time in which 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 of these to become a witness with us of his resurrection.

23 And they appointed two, Joseph being called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

24 And they prayed, and said,
Thou, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two Thou have chosen,

25 that he may take part of 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 upon Matthias;
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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1 [The Holy Spirit on Pentecost].
And in the fulfilling of the day of Pentecost[Festival of Weeks],
they were all with one accord together.

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 sat upon each one of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit,
and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under Heaven.

6 Now when it becoming noisy, the multitude came together,
and were confounded, because every one heard them speak in his own language.

7 And they were all astonished, and marvelled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?

8 And how do we hear every one in our own language, (in which we were born)?

9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who dwelling in Aram-naharaim, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and Proselytes,

11 Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

12 And they were all astounded, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
What would this be?

13 Others mocking, said,
They are full of sweet wine.

14 [First sermon of Peter].
But Peter having stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them,
Ye Jewish men, and all who dwelling at Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to My words:

15 for these are not drunken,
as ye suppose, for it is but the third hour[circa 9 AM] of the day.

16
But this is that which has been spoken through the prophet Joel,

17 and it shall come to pass in the Last Days, says GOD,
I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream dreams: Joe 2:28

18 and yet on My servants, and on My female servants,
I will, in those days, pour out of My Spirit; and they shall prophesy: Joe 2:29

19 I will show wonders in the Heaven above, and signs on the Earth beneath; blood,
and fire, and vapour of smoke. Joe 2:30

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable Day of the LORD shall to Come. Joe 2:31

21 And it shall come to pass, that whoever may call on the Name of the LORD, shall be saved. Joe 2:32

22 Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazarene,
a Man approved by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs,
which God did by Him in the middle of you, as ye yourselves also have known:

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,
ye having taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed:

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 says concerning Him,
I foresaw the LORD always before Me,
for He is on My right hand, that I may not be moved: Psa 16:8

26 therefore did My heart rejoice, and My tongue was glad;
moreover, My flesh shall rest in hope: Psa 16:9

27 because Thou will not leave My soul in Hades,
neither will Thou permit Thy Holy One to see corruption. Psa 16:10

28 Thou have made known to Me the ways of life;
Thou will make Me full of joy with Thy countenance. Psa 16:11

29 Men, brethren, It is permitted to speak with boldness to you concerning the patriarch David,
that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us to this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God swore to him with an oath,
that from the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,
He would raise up the Christ[Messiah] to sit upon His throne; Psa 132:11

31 He foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ[Messiah],
that His soul was not left in Hades, neither did His flesh see corruption. Psa 16:10

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 poured out this, which ye 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, Psa 110:1

35 until I make Thy enemies Thy stool of Thy feet. Psa 110:1

36 Therefore let all the House of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ[Messiah].

37
Now when they having heard this, they were pricked in their heart,
and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men, brethren, 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 remission of sins, and ye 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 may call.

40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Be saved from this crooked generation.

41 Then indeed they that gladly received his word, were baptized:
and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.

42 And they were continuing steadfastly in the doctrine of the apostles,
and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in the prayers.

43
And reverence came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

44 And all that believing were together, and had all things common;

45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them to all, as every man had need.

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the Temple,
and breaking bread[eating] from house to house, ate their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

47 praising God, and having favour with all the people.
And the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the Church.

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1 [The lame man by the Temple].
Now Peter and John went up together into the Temple,
at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour[circa 3 PM].

2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb being carried,
whom they laid daily at the Gate of the Temple:
(being called Beautiful), to ask alms from them that entered into the Temple.

3 Who, seeing Peter and John being about to go into the Temple, asked to receive alms.

4 And Peter staring upon him with John, said, Look on 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 Thee:
in the Name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, 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 recognized him, that this was he sitting for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple:
and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which happened to him.

11 [Second sermon of Peter].
And as the lame man who having been healed holding Peter and John,
all the people ran together to them in the porch that being called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

12 But when Peter seeing it, he answered to the people,
Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why ye stare on us,
as though by our own power or godliness we have made him to walk?

13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers has glorified His Son Jesus;
whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence of Pilate,
when he was determined to let Him go.

14 But ye denied the Holy and Just One, 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 the faith in His Name, has made this man strong, whom ye see and have known:
yet the faith which is by Him, gave Him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

17 And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

18 But God announced this by the mouth of all His prophets,
that the Christ[Messiah] should suffer, He has so fulfilled.

19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

20 and He may send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to you:

21 whom the Heaven must receive, until the times of restitution of all things,
which God has spoken by the mouth of all His Holy prophets, since the Age[World] began.

22 For Moses truly said to the fathers,
A Prophet from among of Thee, will the LORD Thy God raise up to Thee of Thy brethren like to me; to Him shall ye listen. Deu 18:15
(in all things, whatever He may say to you).

23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul who may not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

24 And all the prophets also from Samuel, and those that follow, as many as have spoken, have likewise announced these days.

25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the Covenant which GOD made with our fathers,
saying to Abraham, And in Thy seed all the families of the Earth shall be blessed. Gen 12:3 Gen 28:14

26 To you first, God having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you,
in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

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1 [Discussion by the Sanhedrin].
And as they were speaking to the people, came upon them the priests, and the captain of the Temple, and the Sadducees,

2 being grieved that they taught the people, and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody for the morrow: for it was now evening.

4 But many of them who heard the word, believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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And it came to pass on the morrow, 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 assembled at Jerusalem.

7 And they having set them in the middle, they asked, By what power, or by what name have ye done this?

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

9 if we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the sick man, by what means he is made whole.

10 Let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the Name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead, even by Him does this man has stood here before you sound.

11 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the head of the corner. Psa 118:22

12 And the Salvation is in no other: because there is no other Name under Heaven given among men, by which we must to be saved.

13 Now when they seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they are unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled;
and they took knowledge of them, that they were with Jesus.

14 And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could not refute it.

15 But they having commanded them to withdraw from the council, they conferred among one another,

16 saying, What shall we do to these men?
For that indeed a notable miracle has come to pass by them is manifest to all those that dwelling in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

17 But that it may spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth 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 answering, said to them,
If it is right in the sight of GOD to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye.

20 For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

21 So they having further threatened them, they let them go,
finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people:
for all glorified God for that which having happened.

22 For the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had performed.

23 [Prayer for boldness].
And being dismissed, they went to their own company,
and reported how much that the chief priests and elders said to them.

24 And they having heard, and they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said,
Master, Thou are God, who have made the Heaven, and the Earth, and the sea, and all that is in them;

25 who, by the mouth of Thy servant David having said,
Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples imagine vain things? Psa 2:1

26 The kings of the Earth stood up,
and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD,
and against His Christ[Messiah], Psa 2:2

27 for in truth against Thy Holy Child Jesus, whom Thou have anointed,
both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, were assembled,

28 to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel predetermined to happen.

29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to Thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak Thy word,

30 by Thee to stretch Thy hand forth to healing; and that signs and wonders may be done by the Name of Thy Holy Child Jesus.

31 And they having prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled;
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the Word of GOD with boldness.

32 [Sharing of goods].
And the multitude of them that having believed, the heart and the soul were one:
and no one said that any of the goods be his own; but all things were to them common.

33 And with great power the apostles gave testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

34 There was neither any among them that was in want:
for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that being sold,

35 and laid them down at the feet of the apostles: and distribution was made to every man according as he had need.

36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas,
(which is being translated, 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 feet of the apostles.

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1 [Ananias and Sapphira].
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

2 and kept back part of the price,
(his wife also having considered to it) and brought a certain part, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

3 But Peter said,
Ananias, Why has Satan filled Thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit,
and to keep back part of the price of the land?

4 While remaining, did it not remain to Thee?
And having been sold, was it in Thy own authority?
Why have Thou conceived this thing in Thy heart?
Thou have not lied to men, but to God.

5 And Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and expired.
And great fear came on all them that heard these things.

6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what coming to pass, came in.

8 And Peter answered to her,
Tell me if ye sold the land for so much?
And she said, Yes, for so much.

9 But Peter said to her,
Why is it, that you agreed to tempt the Spirit of the LORD?
Behold the feet of them who have buried Thy husband are at the door, and shall carry Thee out.

10 Then she fell down immediately at his feet, and expired.
And the young men came in, and found her dead, and carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

11 And great fear came upon all the Church, and upon as many as heard these things.

12 [The apostles healing the people].
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people;
(and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

13 And of the rest dared no one join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

14 And more believing people were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women).

15 So that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on couches and beds,
that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

16 There came also the multitude out of the cities around to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons,
and them who being afflicted with unclean spirits: and they were healed all.

17 [The apostles are persecuted].
Then the High Priest having risen, and all they that were with him; (being of the sect of the Sadducees) and were filled with indignation,

18 and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

19 But an Angel of the LORD by night opened the prison-doors, and brought them forth, and said,

20 Go, stand and speak in the Temple to the people all the words of this life.

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And they having heard that, they entered into the Temple early in the morning, and taught.
But the High Priest came, and they that 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 found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

23 saying, The prison truly we found shut with all safety, and the keepers standing outside;
before the doors: but we having opened, we found no one inside.

24 Now when the priest, and the captain of the Temple, and the chief priests heard these things,
they doubted of them to what this would come.

25 Then came one and told them, saying,
Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the Temple, and teaching the people.

26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them; not with violence: for they feared the people,
lest they should have been stoned.

27 So they having brought them, they set them before the council: and the High Priest asked them,

28 saying, Did we not strictly command you, that ye should not teach in this Name?
And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

29 Then Peter and the other apostles answering, said,
We ought to obey God rather than men.

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye killed, having hanged on a tree:

31 Him has God exalted as Prince and a Saviour to His right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

32 And we are His witnesses of these words; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God gave to them that obey Him.

33 And they having heard, and they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

34
Then having risen one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel,
a Law-teacher, had in reputation among all the people,
and commanded to put the apostles forth a little time;

35 and said to them,
Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do concerning these men:

36 for before these days rose Theudas, saying himself to be someone; 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 naught.

37 After this man rose Judas of Galilee, in the days of the registration, and drew away much people after him: he also perished;
and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

38 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone:
for if this counsel or this work is from men, it shall be broken:

39 but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it;
lest perhaps ye be found even to fight against God!

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And to him they assented: and they having called the apostles,
and they having beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the Name of Jesus, and let them go.

41 Then they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for His Name.

42 And daily in the Temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach the Gospel of Jesus the Christ[Messiah].

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1 [The Seven Deacons].
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,
and said, It is not pleasing for us, having left the word of God, to serve tables.

3 Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men being well reported,
full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will 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 before 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 of Antioch:

6 whom they set before the apostles: and they having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

7 And the Word of GOD increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly;
a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.

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And Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and miracles among the people.

9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, being called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,
and of them 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 suborned men, who said,
We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and 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 ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this Holy place, and the Law:

14 for we have heard him saying,
that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs which are delivered to us by Moses.

15 And all that sat in the council, staring on him, saw his face as it were the face of an Angel.

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1 [Sermon of Stephen].
Then said the High Priest, if then these things are so?

2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, listen;

The God of the glory appeared to our father Abraham,
being in Aram-naharaim, before he dwelt in Haran,

3 and said to him,
Depart from Thy land, Thy kindred, to a land that I will show Thee. Gen 12:1

4 Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran.
And from thence, after the death of his father,
he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.

5 And He gave him no inheritance in it, even 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 offspring after him, when as yet he had no child. Gen 17:8 Gen 48:4

6 But God spoke on this wise, That his offspring shall be stranger in a foreign land;
and that they shall bring the same into bondage, and treat them ill four hundred years. Gen 15:13

7 And the nation to whom they may be in bondage will I judge, said God:
and after these they shall come forth, and serve me in this place. Gen 15:14

8 And He gave him the Covenant of Circumcision.
And so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day;
and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat the Twelve patriarchs.

9 And the patriarchs, having been jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

10 and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt;
and he appointed him for leading 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 having heard that there being wheat in Egypt, he sent out first our fathers.

13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren:
and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh.

14 Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, in total seventy five souls[for both groups 5+70].

15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

16 and were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham,
bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.

17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God swore to Abraham,
the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18 now there arose another king, who had not known Joseph. Exo 1:8

19 The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers,
so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

20 In which time Moses was born, and was beautiful to GOD[exceeding], and nourished in his father's house three months:

21 and he having expounded, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and nourished him for 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 was full forty years old, it arose into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that being oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

25 for he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand gives them Salvation: but they not understood.

26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and have constrained them to be at peace, saying,
Men, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?

27 But he who doing wrong to his neighbour, thrust him away, saying,
Who made Thee a ruler and a judge over us? Exo 2:14

28 Will Thou kill me, as Thou killed the Egyptian yesterday? Exo 2:14

29 Then Moses fled at this saying,
and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

30 And forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai,
an Angel of the LORD in a flame of fire in a bush. Exo 3:2

31 When Moses seeing it, he wondered at the sight; and as He drew near to behold,
the voice of the LORD came to him, saying,

32 I AM the God of Thy fathers,
the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.
Then Moses trembled, and dared not behold. Exo 3:6

33 But the LORD said to him,
Put off Thy shoes from Thy feet: for the place where Thou have stood is Holy ground. Exo 3:5

34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt,
and I have heard their groaning, and came down to deliver them.
And now come, I will send Thee into Egypt. Exo 3:7-8

35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made Thee a ruler and a judge? Exo 2:14
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. Exo 3:2

36 He brought them out, after he had showed 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 having said to the children of Israel,
A Prophet will the LORD your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; to Him shall ye listen. Deu 18:15

38 This is he, that was in the Church in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on the Mount Sinai,
and with our fathers: who received the living Words to give to us:

39 whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back 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 have not known what has happened of him. Exo 32:1 Exo 32:23

41 And they made a calf in those days, and they brought a 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 has been written in the Book of the Prophets,
Ye House of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness? Amo 5:25

43 Yet, ye took up the Tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Chiun[Remphan],
figures which ye made to worship them.
And I will carry you away beyond Babylon. Amo 5:26-27

44 The Tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness,
as He appointed, speaking to Moses, that He should make it according to the fashion that He had seen.

45 Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in with Joshua in the possession of the Gentiles,
whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;

46 who found favour before God, and desired to find a Tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

47 But Solomon built Him a house.

48 But the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands, as says the prophet,

49 The Heaven is My throne, and the Earth is My stool of My feet:
What house will ye build for Me? Says the LORD: or what is the place of My rest? Isa 66:1

50 Has not My hand made all these things? Isa 66:2

51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears,
ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?
And they have slain them who having announced the coming of the Just One;
of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;

53 who received the Law by the disposition of Angels, and have not kept it.

54 [Martyrdom of Stephen].
But hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit,
staring 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 having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.

57 Then they cried out with a great voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

58 and cast him out of the city, and stoned him:
and the witnesses laid down their garments at a young man's feet, whose being called Saul.

59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon, and saying,
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

60 And he kneeled down and cried with a great voice,
Lord, Thou should not lay this sin to their charge. And he having said this, he fell asleep.

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1 And Saul was consenting to his death.

[Persecution against the Church].
And it came to pass on that day there was a great persecution against the Church which was at Jerusalem;
and they were all dispersed 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 But Saul made havoc of the Church, entering into every house, and hauling men and women committed them to prison.

4 [Philip the Evangelist].
Therefore they that were dispersed went everywhere preaching the Gospel; the Word.

5 Then Philip having went down to a city of Samaria, and preached to them the Christ[Messiah].

6 And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to the things being spoken by Philip,
hearing and seeing the miracles which he performed.

7 For many of those who having unclean spirits came out, crying with a great voice:
and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

8 And there was great joy in that city.

9 [Simon Magnus].
But there was a certain man named Simon, who before in the same city used sorcery,
and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be someone great:

10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,
saying, This man is the great power of God.

11 And they heeded him, because that for a long time he has amazed them with sorceries.

12 But when they believed Philip, preaching the Gospel; things concerning the Kingdom of God,
and the Name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.

13 Then Simon himself also believed: and he having been baptized,
he was continuing with Philip, beholding the miracles and great signs being done, they were amazed.

14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem having heard that Samaria has received the Word of GOD, they sent to them Peter and John:

15 who, having gone down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

16 (for the Spirit had not yet fallen on any of them: only they were baptized in the Name of the LORD Jesus).

17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

18 But Simon having seen 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 whomsoever I may lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.

20 But Peter said to him, May Thy money in perdition with Thee, because Thou have thought that the gift of GOD may be purchased with money.

21 Neither part nor lot is to Thee in this matter: for Thy heart is not straight in the sight of GOD.

22 Repent therefore of this Thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of Thy heart may be forgiven Thee.

23 For in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I see Thee being.

24 Then Simon answering, said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken may come upon me.

25 They indeed, therefore, having testified and preached the word of the LORD, returned to Jerusalem,
and preached the Gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

26 [Philip the Evangelist baptized the eunuch].
And an Angel of the LORD spoke to Philip, saying,
Arise, and go towards the south, to the way that descending from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.

27 And he standing up, and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia,
a powerful eunuch under Candace queen of the Ethiopians,
who was treasurer of all her treasure, and had come and shall worshipping in Jerusalem,

28 was returning; and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, Come near and join thyself to this chariot.

30 And Philip ran there to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah,
and said, then understand Thou yet what Thou read?

31 But he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?
And he desired Philip that he having come up, to 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 silent before his shearer,
so He opened not His mouth: Isa 53:7

33 in His humiliation His judgment was taken away:
and who shall declare His generation?
For His life is taken from the Earth. Isa 53:8

34
Then the eunuch answering Philip, and said,
I pray Thee, of whom speaks the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man?

35 Then Philip opened his mouth,
and began at the same Scripture, and preached the Gospel to him of Jesus.

36 And as they were going along the way, they came to a certain water:
and the eunuch says, Behold, here is water; what hinders me to be baptized?

37 And Philip said, If Thou believe with all Thy heart, it is permitted.
But he answering, said, I believe that Jesus Christ be 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 came up out of the water, the Spirit of the LORD caught away Philip,
that the eunuch saw him no more: for he went on his way rejoicing.

40 But Philip was found at Azotus[Ashdod]: and passing through,
he preached the Gospel in all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

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1 [The conversion of Saul].
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the High Priest,

2 and desired from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues,
that if he should find any being of this way,
both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus:
and suddenly there shined around him a Light from Heaven;

4 and he fell on the ground, and heard a voice saying to him,
Saul, Saul, why persecute Thou Me?

5 And he said,
Who are Thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I AM Jesus whom Thou persecute.
It is hard for Thee to kick against the goads. Act 26:14

6 And he trembling and amazed said,
Lord, what will Thou have me to do?
And the Lord said to him,
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be spoken to Thee what Thou must do.

7 And the men who journeyed with him had stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

8 And Saul arose from the ground; and his eyes having been opened, he saw no one:
but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

9 And he was three days not seeing, and neither ate nor drank.

10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias;
and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias.
But he said, Behold me, Lord.

11 And the Lord said to him,
Standing up, and go into the street which being called Straight,
and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he prays,

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 by many of this man, how much evil things he has done to Thy Saints at Jerusalem:

14 and here he has authority from the chief priests, to bind all that call on Thy Name.

15 But the Lord said to him,
Go, for he is a chosen vessel to Me,
to bear My Name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.

16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for My Name's sake.

17 And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him,
said, Brother Saul, the Lord (Jesus that appeared to Thee in the way as Thou came) has sent me,
that Thou may receive Thy sight, and may be filled with the Holy Spirit.

18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales:
and he received sight immediately, and standing up, and was baptized.

19 And he having received food, he was strengthened.

[Paul begins to preach].
Then was Saul certain days with the disciples who were at Damascus.

20 And immediately he preached the Christ[Messiah] in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

21 But all that hearing him were astonished, and said,
Is not this he who having extinguished them who called on this Name in Jerusalem,
and had come here for that intent, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

22 But Saul increased the more in strength,
and confounded the Jews who dwelling at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ[Messiah].

23 And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him.

24 But their lying in wait, was known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, that him they might put to death.

25 Then the disciples having taken him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

26
And Saul having come to Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples:
but they were all afraid of him, and believing not that he is a disciple.

27 But Barnabas having taken him, and brought him to the apostles,
and declared to them how he saw the Lord in the way, and that he spoke to Him,
and how he 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 brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

31
Then had the Churches peace throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria,
and being edified: and walking in the fear of the Lord,
and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.

32 [Peter healed Aeneas and Tabitha].
And it came to pass, as Peter passing throughout all,
he came down also to the Saints who dwelling at Lydda.

33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas,
lying upon a bed for eight years, and was paralyzed.

34 And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ[Messiah] heals Thee:
arise, and spread for thyself the bed. And immediately he rose up.

35 And all who dwelling at Lydda and Sharon saw him, who turned to the Lord.

36
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha,
being interpreted, who is called Dorcas[gazelle]:
this woman was full of good works and alms which she did.

37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died:
whom, they having bathed, they laid in an upper chamber.

38 And as Lydda being near to Joppa, and the disciples having heard that Peter is there,
they sent to him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

39 Then Peter having risen, went with them.
whom having 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 being with them.

40 But Peter having put them all forth, and having kneeled down, and prayed; and having turned to the body,
said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and she having seen Peter, she sat up.

41 And he having given her his hand, and lifted her up;
and he having 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 tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

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1 [Cornelius the Centurion].
There was a certain man in Caesarea, called Cornelius,
a centurion of the band being called the Italian,

2 a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house,
who giving much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

3 He saw in a vision clearly, about the ninth hour[circa 3 PM] of the day,
an Angel of GOD coming in to him, and saying to him,
Cornelius.

4 But he staring on him, he has become afraid, and said,
What is it, Lord?
But he said to him,
Thy prayers and Thy alms are come up for a memorial before God.

5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter:

6 he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea: he will tell Thee what it ought Thee to do;

7 and when the Angel who spoke to Cornelius departed,
he called two of his household servants,
and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

8 and he having declared all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

9 On the next morrow, as they were going on their journey, and drew near to the city,
Peter went up upon the roof to pray, about the sixth hour[noon]:

10 and he became very hungry, and would to taste: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

11 and sees Heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him,
as it having been bound a great sheet at the four quarters, and being let down to the Earth:

12 in which were all manner of four-footed animals of the Earth,
and the beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the air.

13 And there came a voice to him,
Standing up, Peter; kill, and eat.

14 But Peter said,
Not so, Lord; for I have never ate anything that is common or unclean.

15 And the voice spoke to him again the second time,
What God has cleansed, that call not Thou common.

16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received again into Heaven.

17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision that he saw might be,
and behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius having made inquiry for the house of Simon,
and were standing before the gate,

18 and called, and asked if Simon, who being surnamed Peter, lodged here.

19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him,
Behold, three men seek Thee.

20 but Thou having risen, and go down, and go with them, without hesitation: because I have sent them.

21 Then Peter having went down to the men who were sent to him from Cornelius;
and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye are present?

22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God,
and being well reported among all the nation of the Jews,
was divinely warned by a Holy Angel to send for Thee into his house,
and to hear words from Thee.

23
Then he called them in, and lodged them.
And on the next morrow Peter went with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

24 And on the next morrow they entered into Caesarea.
And Cornelius waiting for them, and he having called together the relatives of him and the close 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, Arise: I myself also am a man.

27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that having come together.

28 And He said to them,
Ye know that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come to one of another nation;
and God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

29 Therefore I came also indisputably as soon as I was sent for:
I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

30 And Cornelius said, From the fourth day until this hour I was fasting;
and at the ninth hour[circa 3 PM] I praying in my house,
and behold, a man stood before me in splendid clothing,

31 and Cornelius says, Thy prayer was heard, and Thy alms are had in remembrance in the sight of GOD.

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter;
he lodges in the house of one Simon a tanner, by the sea: who, when he comes, will speak to Thee.

33 Immediately therefore I sent to Thee; and Thou have well done that Thou have come.
Now therefore we are all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded Thee from God.

34 [Gentiles accepted in the Church].
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said,
In truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons[favouritism]:

35 but in every nation he who fearing Him, and works righteousness, is accepted with Him.

36 The word which He sent to the children of Israel,
preaching the Gospel of Peace by Jesus Christ: (He is Lord of all).

37 That word, I say, ye have known, which having become published throughout all Judea,
and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

38 that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that being oppressed by the devil; for God was with Him.

39 And we are witnesses of all things which He did, both in the land of the Jews,
and in Jerusalem; whom they killed, having hanged on a tree.

40 Him God raised the third day, and gave him to be made manifest;

41 not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us,
who ate and drank with Him after He to rise again from the dead.

42 And He commanded us to preach to the people,
and to testify that it is He who having been ordained by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

43 To Him give all the prophets testimony, that through His Name whoever believing in Him, to receive remission of sins.

44
While Peter is yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them who heard the word.

45 And they (the believers of circumcision), were amazed, as many as came with Peter,
because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

46 For they heard them speak in tongues and magnifying God. Then answered Peter,

47 can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who 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 tarry some days.

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1 [Gentiles are baptized].
Now the apostles and brethren who being in Judea, heard that the Gentiles also received the Word of GOD.

2 And when Peter go up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

3 saying, Thou went in to men uncircumcised, and did eat with them.

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order to them, saying,

5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision,
a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, being let down from Heaven by four quarters; and it came even to me:

6 at which I staring, I considered, and saw four-footed animals of the Earth,
and the beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the air.

7 And I heard a voice saying to me,
Standing up, Peter; kill and eat.

8 But I said,
Not so, Lord: because never has anything common or unclean entered into my mouth.

9 But the voice answered me a second time from Heaven, What God has cleansed, that call not Thou common. Act 10:19-28

10 And this was done thrice: 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 said me to go with them, without hesitation.
Moreover, these six brethren went with me, and we entered into the man's house:

13 and he showed us how he saw the Angel having stood in his house, and said to him,
Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who being surnamed Peter;

14 who shall tell words to Thee, by which Thou shall be saved and all Thy house.

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 in water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

17 Then if God gave the same gift to them also as He did to us,
who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I could withstand God?

18 When they having heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God,
saying, Then gave God also to the Gentiles repentance to life.

19 [The Church of God in Antioch].
Then they who were dispersed upon the persecution having come about Stephen travelled as far as, Phoenicia and Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word to none except only to the Jews.

20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who when they having come into Antioch,
spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Gospel of the Lord Jesus.

21 And the hand of the LORD was with them: and a great number having 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 forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

23 And he who having come and having seen the grace of God,
was glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart, to remain to the Lord.

24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith: and a big multitude were added to the Lord.

25 Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus, to seek Saul:

26 and he having found him, he brought him to Antioch.
And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the Church,
and taught a big multitude. And the disciples were first divinely called Christians in Antioch.

27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28 And there having risen one of them named Agabus,
and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine throughout the whole World:
which also came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send for service to the brethren who dwelling in Judea.

30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

12

1 [Martyrdom of James the Greater].
Now about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict certain of the Church.

2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

3 [Liberation of Peter].
And he having seen it is pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded further to take also Peter.
Then were the days of Unleavened Bread.

4 And he having taken him, he put him in prison,
and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him;
intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

5 So Peter therefore was kept in prison:
but a fervent prayer was being made by the Church to God for him.

6 And when Herod was about to bring him forth,
in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers,
bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

7 And behold, an Angel of the LORD came upon him, and a light shined in the prison;
and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying,
Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

8 And the Angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on Thy sandals; and so he did.
And says to him, Cast Thy garment about Thee, and follow me.

9 And he went out, and followed him,
and had not known that it is true which was done by the Angel;
but thought he saw a vision.

10 When they were past the first and the second ward,
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 having come to himself, he said,
Now I have known truly, 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 he having considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary,
(the mother of John who being surnamed Mark);
where many were assembled, praying.

13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate,
a maid-servant came to listen, named Rhoda.

14 And she having known Peter's voice,
she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate.

15 And they said to her, Thou are insane.
But she affirmed to have it so. Then they said, It is his Angel.

16 But Peter continued knocking.
And they having opened the door, and saw him, they were amazed.

17 But he beckoning to them with the hand to hold their peace,
declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.
And He said, Go, show these things to James,
and to the brethren. And He departed, and went into another place.

18 Then it becoming day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, Then what was become of Peter?

19 And Herod having sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers,
and commanded that they should be put to death.
And he having went down from Judea to Caesarea, and there abode.

20 [The death of Herod Agrippa I].
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon.
But they presented with one accord to him, and they having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace,
because their country was nourished by the king's country.

21 And upon a set day, Herod having put on royal clothing, sat upon his seat, 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 an Angel of the LORD smote him,
because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms and expired.

24 [First missionary journey: Barnabas and Paul].
But the Word of GOD grew and multiplied.

25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem,
they having fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

13

1 Now being at Antioch there were in the Church prophets and teachers;
both Barnabas, and Simeon (who being called Niger), and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen,
(foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said,
Separate for me both Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.

3 Then they having fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 Then these indeed having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed to Seleucia;
and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

5 And they having come at Salamis, they preached the Word of GOD in the synagogues of the Jews.
And they had also John for their minister.

6 [By Sergius Paulus].
And they having passed through the isle to Paphos,
they found a certain mage, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus[son of-Joshua]:

7 who was with the proconsul 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 mage (for so is his name translated) withstood them,
seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

9 Then Saul (who also is called Paul) filled with the Holy Spirit, staring on him,

10 and said, O full of all subtlety, and all mischief, Thou son of the devil,
Thou enemy of all righteousness, will Thou not cease to pervert the straight ways of the Lord?

11 And now behold, the hand of the LORD is upon Thee, and Thou shall be blind,
not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness;
and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

12 Then the proconsul, having seen what coming to pass, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

13 [Sermon of Paul].
Now when Paul and his company loosed 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 day of the Sabbaths, and they sat down.

15 And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying,
Men, brethren, if there is a word in you of exhortation for the people, speak.

16 Then Paul having risen, and beckoning with his hand, said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.

17 The God of this people Israel has chosen 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 about the time of forty years He bore their manners in the wilderness.

19 And He having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,
He divided their land to them by lot.

20 And after these He gave to them judges, about four hundred fifty years,
until Samuel the prophet.

21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish,
a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

22 And He having removed him, He raised up to 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 do all My will. 1Sa 13:14 Psa 89:20

23 Of this man's offspring has God, according to the promise, raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

24 John having first preached, before His Entrance, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do you suppose me to be?
Not I am but behold, there comes One after me, whose shoes of His feet I am not worthy to loose. Joh 1:27

26 Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,
and whoever among you fears God, to you was the word of this Salvation sent.

27 For they who dwelling at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known Him,
nor the voices of the prophets which being read every Sabbath,
they have fulfilled them in condemning Him.

28 And though they found no cause of death in Him, yet they desired Pilate that He should be put to death.

29 And when they fulfilled all that having been written concerning Him,
they took Him down from the tree, and laid Him in a Tomb.

30 But God raised Him from the dead:

31 and He was seen many days by them who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem,
who are his witnesses to the people.

32 And we preach the Gospel, that the promise which was made to the fathers,
God has fulfilled the same to us their children,
in that He has raised up Jesus;

33 as also it has been written in the second Psalm,
Thou are My Son, this day have I begotten Thee. Psa 2:7

34 And that He raised Him from the dead, now no more to return to corruption,
He has spoken on this wise, I will give you the faithful mercies of David. Isa 55:3

35 Therefore he says also in another Psalm,
neither will Thou permit Thy Holy One to see corruption. Psa 16:10

36 For David, indeed, his own generation having served by the counsel of God,
fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:

37 but He whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

38 Let it be known to you therefore, men, brethren,
that through this man is preached to you the remission of sins;

39 and from all which ye could not to be justified by the Law of Moses,
whoever believing in Him is justified;

40 beware therefore, lest that may come upon you which has been spoken in the prophets;

41 behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days,
a work which ye may not believe, though anyone declare it to you. Hab 1:5

42 [The Word is accepted by the Gentiles].
And the Jews having gone out of the synagogue,
the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

43 Now when the synagogue was broken up, many of the Jews and worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas;
who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

44 And the next Sabbath came almost the whole city together to hear the Word of GOD.

45 But the Jews having seen the multitudes, they were filled with envy,
and spoke against those things, being spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas became bold, and said,
It was necessary that the Word of GOD should first be spoken to you: but since ye reject it,
and judge yourselves not worthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

47 For so has the LORD commanded us, saying,
I have set Thee to be a Light of the Gentiles,
for Thee to be for Salvation to the ends of the Earth. Isa 49:6

48 And the Gentiles hearing this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the LORD:
and believed as many as were having been appointed to everlasting life.

49 And the word of the LORD was published throughout all the region.

50 But the Jews stirred up the worshipping and honourable women, and the chief men of the city,
and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

51 [The city Iconium was divided].
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

52 But the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews,
and so spoke, that a great multitude believed: both of the Jews, and also of the Greeks[Gentiles],

2 but the disobedient Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their souls evil-affected against the brethren.

3 A long time therefore they abode speaking boldly in the Lord,
who gave testimony to the word of His grace, and giving signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and some were with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews,
with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

6 being aware of it, they fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region around.

7 [Polytheism in Lystra].
And there they were preaching the Gospel.

8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, disabled in his feet,
being a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

9 The same heard Paul speaking: who staring to him, and perceiving that he has faith to be whole,

10 said with a great voice, Arise uprightly on Thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

11 And the multitudes having seen what Paul did, they lifted up their voice,
saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.

12 And they called Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, since he was the leading speaker.

13 Then the priest of Zeus, who being before their city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.

14 But having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

15 and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you,
and preach to you the Gospel, that ye should turn from these vanities to the Living God,
who made the Heaven and the Earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them.

16 Who in past generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.

17 And although He left not Himself without witness, doing good,
and giving us rain from Heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

18 And with these sayings they scarce restrained the multitudes from doing sacrifice to them.

19 [End of the First missionary journey].
And there came there certain Jews from Antioch, and Iconium,
who persuaded the multitudes, and they having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing him to have been died.

20 But as the disciples rising up around him, he rose, and came into the city:
and the next morrow he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

21 And they preached the Gospel to that city,
and they having discipled many, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,

22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith,
and that we must through much tribulations enter into the Kingdom of God!

23 And they having voted for them elders in every Church,
and they having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

24 And they having passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

25 And they having preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia[Antalya].

26 And thence sailed to Antioch,
whence they were delivered to the grace of God, for the work which they fulfilled.

27 And they having come, and having assembled the Church,
they rehearsed how much that God did with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

28 And there they abode no little time with the disciples.

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1 [Council of Jerusalem].
And certain men who came down from Judea, taught the brethren,
Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye not able to 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 brethren.

4 And they having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the Church,
and by the apostles and elders, and they declared how much things that God did with them.

5 But there rose certain of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed,
saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.

6 And the apostles and elders came together to consider of this matter.

7 And when there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up and said to them,
Men, brethren, ye know that from past days ago, God has chosen among us,
that the Gentiles, by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.

8 And God, who knows the hearts, testified to them, giving to them the Holy Spirit, even as He did to us:

9 and put no difference between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.

10 Now therefore why tempt ye GOD, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples,
which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

11 But, through the grace of Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, even as also they.

12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and heard Barnabas and Paul,
declaring what miracles and wonders God wrought by them among the Gentiles.

13 And after they held their peace, James answered, saying, Men, brethren, listen to me.

14 Simeon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take from among them a people for His Name.

15 And to this agree the words of the Prophets; as it has been written,

16 after these I will return, and will build again the Tabernacle of David which is fallen down;
and I will build again the ruins of it; and I will set it up: Amo 9:11

17 that the rest of men may seek after the LORD, and all the Gentiles,
upon whom My Name is called, says the LORD, who doing all these things. Amo 9:12

18 Known to God are all His works from the beginning of the Age[World].

19 Therefore I judge, that we trouble not them, who from among the Gentiles turning 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 ancient generations has in every city them that preach Him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.

22 [Silas].
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 being surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren:

23 having written through their hand thus; the apostles, and the elders, and the brethren,
send greeting to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia.

24 Since we have heard, that certain who went out from us, have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying,
Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such Commandment:

25 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 hazarded their lives for the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, they by word also telling the same things.

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 ye abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication:
from which ye keeping yourselves, ye will do well. Fare ye well.

30 Then when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch:
and they having gathered the multitude, they delivered the epistle.

31 And they having read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

33 And they having passed some time, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren to the apostles.

34 But it pleased Silas to abide there still.

35 [Paul with Silas and Barnabas with Mark].
But Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch,
teaching and preaching the Gospel, with many others and the word of the LORD.

36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Now let us returning and visit our brethren,
in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do.

37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, who being called Mark.

38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them,
who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

39 Therefore a sharp contention happened, so that they departed, separating one from the other:
and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.

40 But Paul having chosen Silas, and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God.

41 [Second missionary journey: Paul with Silas and Timothy].
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the Churches.

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1 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy,
the son of a certain woman, a faithful Jewess, but his father was a Greek[Gentile].

2 Who was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and having taken and circumcised him,
because of the Jews who being in those places: for they all had known that his father was a Greek[Gentile].

4 And as they went through the cities,
they delivered to them the decrees to keep that were ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

5 Then indeed were the Churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

6 [Vision of the man of Macedonia].
Now they having passed through Phrygia, and the region of Galatia,
and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia;

7 having come towards to Mysia, they essayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit allow them not.

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

9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was standing a man of Macedonia, and prayed him,
saying, Having pass over into Macedonia, and help us.

10 And after he saw the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia,
assuredly gathering, that the Lord has called us to preach the Gospel to them.

11 [Conversion of Lydia].
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis;

12 and from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia,
and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

13 We went out of the city by a river, on the day of the Sabbaths,
where prayer was customary to be made; and we sat down, and spoke to the women who resorted there.

14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipping GOD,
was hearing: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended to the things which being spoken by Paul.

15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us,
saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

16 [Conversion of the bondmaid].
And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain bondmaid having possessed with a spirit of Python,
met us, who brought her masters much gain by sooth-saying:

17 the same having followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,
These men are the servants of God the Most High, who preach to us a Way of Salvation.

18 And this she did many days. But Paul having grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit,
I command Thee in the Name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

19 And her masters having seen that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas,
and drew them into the market to the rulers,

20 and brought them to the magistrates, saying,
These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

21 and preach customs which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

22 And the multitude rose together against them:
and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them with rods.

23 And many stripes having laid upon them,
they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast 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 bands 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 was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners to have been fled.

28 But Paul cried with a great voice, saying, Thou should do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas;

30 and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

31 And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and Thou shall be saved, and Thy 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 bathed their stripes;
and was baptized, he and all his, without delay.

34 And he bringing them into his house, he set a table before them,
and rejoiced, having believed in God with all his house.

35 And it becoming day, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul,
The magistrates have sent that ye may let go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

37 But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans,
and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privately?
No indeed; but let them having come themselves and bring us out.

38 And the lictors told these words to the magistrates:
and they feared when they having heard that they are Romans.

39 And they having come and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

40 And they having departed from the prison, they came in to Lydia:
and they having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

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1 [The uproar in Thessalonica].
Now they having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews.

2 And according to the custom of Paul, went in to them, and on three Sabbaths reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,

3 opening and alleging, that it was needful that the Christ[Messiah] should suffer, and to rise again from the dead;
and that this is the Christ[Messiah] Jesus, whom I preach to you.

4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas:
and of the worshipping Greeks[Gentiles] a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

5 But the disobedient Jews, having been jealous, took to them certain evil men 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 But they having found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city,
crying, These that have turned the World upside down, also are present here;

7 whom Jason has received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar,
saying, That there be another King, Jesus.

8 And they troubled the multitude, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

9 And they having taken security from Jason and of the other, they let them go.

10 [In Berea].
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 examining the Scriptures daily, if those things were so.

12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women who were Greeks[Gentiles], 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 multitudes.

14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul,
to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there.

15 [Sermon in the Areopagus].
And they that conducted Paul brought him to Athens:
and having received a Commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come most swiftly to him, they departed.

16 Now, while Paul waited for them at Athens,
his spirit was stirred in him, seeing the city being wholly given to idolatry.

17 Therefore he disputed in the synagogue with the Jews,
and with the worshipping persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him.
And some said, What may this babbler wish to say?
Some others, he seems to be an announcer of strange demons:
because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

19 And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus,
saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, being spoken by Thee?

20 For Thou bring certain strange things to our ears;
we wish therefore to know what these things may be;

21 (for all the Athenians and strangers who were there,
spent their time in nothing else, but to tell and to hear something new).

22 Then Paul having stood in the middle of Areopagus,
and said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions,
I found an Altar that had been scripted, to an unknown God.
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him preach I to you.

24 God that having made the World, and all things (in it),
seeing that He being Lord of Heaven and Earth,
dwells not in temples being made with hands;

25 neither is He served 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 every nation 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 might find, although He is not far from every one of us:

28 for in Him we live, and move, and are exist;
as certain also of your own poets have said, for we are also His offspring.

29 Being then the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that the Divine be like gold, or silver, or stone graven by art and device of man.

30 Then indeed 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 should judge the World in righteousness, by that man whom He has ordained:
having given faith to all, in that He has raised Him from the dead.

32 When they having heard of the resurrection of the dead,
some mocked: and others said, We will hear Thee again concerning this matter.

33 So Paul departed from among them.

34 But certain men adhered to him, and believed:
among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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1 [In Corinth].
And after these, Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

2 and he having found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, having recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla:
(that because Claudius has commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) and he came to them.

3 And because he be of the same occupation, he abode with them,
and wrought (for by their occupation they were tent-makers).

4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks[Gentiles].

5 And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia,
Paul was pressed in the Spirit, and testified to the Jews, that the Christ[Messiah] is Jesus.

6 And when they resisting and blaspheming, he shook his garment,
and said to them, your blood be upon your own heads:
I am clean: from now on I will go to the Gentiles.

7 And he having departed thence, and entered into the house of a certain man named Justus,
who worshipping GOD, whose house was joined close to the synagogue.

8 And Crispus the ruler of the synagogue believed in the Lord with all his house:
and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized.

9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision,
Fear not, but speak, and should not keep silent:

10 because I AM with Thee, and no one shall lay hands on Thee,
to hurt Thee: because there is much people to Me in this city.

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

12 [By Gallio].
But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia,
the Jews made 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 as Paul being about to open his mouth,
Gallio said to the Jews, Then indeed if it was some crime or wicked villainy lewdness,
O Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

15 but if it is a question of speech and names, and of your Law,
look ye 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 ruler of the synagogue,
and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

18 [Return to Jerusalem and Antioch].
But Paul having remained yet many days, and took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria,
and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head 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 tarry longer time with them, he not consented:

21 but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this Festival that comes in Jerusalem:
but I will return to you, God is willing. And he sailed from Ephesus.

22 And he having went down to Caesarea,
he having gone up, and having saluted the Church, he went down to Antioch.

23 And he having spent some time there, he departed,
and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

24 [Apollos joints the Church].
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, being 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:
but Aquila and Priscilla having heard of him, they took him to them, and expounded diligently to him the way of God.

27 But he having intended to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him:
who, when he having come, helped them much who had believed through grace.

28 For he intensely convinced the Jews,
and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures, that the Christ[Messiah] be Jesus.

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1 [Apollos and Paul go to Ephesus].
And it came to pass, that while Apollos be at Corinth,
Paul having passed through the upper region, to come to Ephesus;
and finding certain disciples,

2 he said to them, Did ye received the Holy Spirit since ye having believed?
And they said to him, We have not so much as heard if there is any Holy Spirit.

3 And he said to them, Into what then were ye 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 coming after him, that is, on the Christ[Messiah] Jesus.

5 When they having heard this, they were baptized into the Name of the LORD Jesus.

6 And Paul having laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke in tongues, and prophesied.

7 And all the men were about Twelve.

8 And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months,
disputing and persuading the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

9 But when some were hardened, and believed not, 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 the space of two years;
so that all they who dwelling in Asia heard the word of the LORD Jesus, both Jews and Greeks[Gentiles].

11 [The sons of Sceva].
And God wrought 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,
attempted to name the name of the Lord Jesus over those having the evil spirits,
saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.

14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jew, and chief of the priests, who doing this.

15 And the evil spirit answering, said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them, and dominate over them,
and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17 And this was known to all, both Jews and Greeks[Gentiles], who 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 showed their deeds.

19 Many also of them who used occult arts, brought their books together, and burned them before all;
and they counted the price of them, and found it five myriads[50000] pieces of silver.

20 So the word of the LORD grew mightily and prevailed.

21 [Third missionary journey: Paul].
Now when these things were completed, Paul purposed in the Spirit,
he having 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 serving him,
Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.

23 [Demetrius the silver-smith of Ephesus].
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-smith,
who making silver shrines for Artemis, brought no small gain to the artificers;

25 whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation,
and said, Men, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth:

26 and ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus,
but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a big multitude,
saying, that they are no gods which are made with hands.

27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to come into disrepute;
but also that the Temple of the great goddess Artemis should be reckoned for nothing,
and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia, and the World worships.

28 Then they having heard and having become full of wrath, and cried out,
saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.

29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and they having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia,
Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

30 Now when Paul wanted to entered in to the people, the disciples allow him not.

31 And certain of the chief of Asia, who being his friends,
sent to him, desiring him that he would not venture himself into the theatre.

32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another:
for the Church[Congregation] was confused, and the greater part had not known why they had come together.

33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward.
And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his answer to the people.

34 But when they knew that he is a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out,
Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.

35 But the scribe having calmed the multitude, he says, Men of Ephesus,
what man is there that knows not that the city of the Ephesians being a worshiper of Artemis the great goddess,
and of the image which fell-from-Zeus?

36 Therefore these things being undeniable, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

37 For ye have brought here these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

38 If therefore Demetrius and the artificers who are with him, have a matter against anyone,
the courts lead, and there are proconsuls: let them implead one another.

39 But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful Church[Congregation].

40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar,
there being no cause by which we may give an account of this concourse.

41 And he having said these, he dismissed the Church[Congregation].

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1 [To Macedonia].
And after the uproar ceased, Paul called to him the disciples,
and embraced them, and departed to go into Macedonia.

2 And he having passed through those parts, and he having besought them by much speech, he came into Greece,

3 and there abode three months.
The Jews have laid in wait for him, as he being about to sail into Syria, he has a purpose 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 [To Troas].
These having gone before, tarried 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 abode seven days. Lev 23:6

7 And upon the first of the weeks, when the disciples came together to break bread[eating],
Paul discoursed to them (ready to depart on the next morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.

8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were assembled.

9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, having fallen into a deep sleep:
and as Paul discoursed yet longer, he being carried away by sleep,
and fell from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

10 But Paul having went down, and fell on him, and embracing him,
said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

11 When he having come up, and he having broken bread, and he having tasted,
and he having discoursed a long while, even until daybreak, so he departed.

12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not moderately comforted.

13 [From Troas to Miletus and Ephesus].
But we having gone before to the ship, sailed to Assos,
there intending to take in Paul: for so he was having been appointed, intending himself to go on foot.

14 And when he met with us at Assos, we having taken him in, and came to Mitylene.

15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day opposite to Chios;
and the next day we arrived at Samos,
and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.

16 For Paul determined to sail by Ephesus,
because it might not happen to him to spend time in Asia:
for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost[Festival of Weeks].

17 And from Miletus he having sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church.

18 And when they came to him, he said to them,
Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was with you at all time,

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[Gentiles],
repentance towards GOD, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.

22 And now behold, I go bound in the Spirit to Jerusalem,
not knowing the things that shall befalling me there:

23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.

24 But I make account of none of these, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy,
and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

25 And now behold, I have known that ye all will see my face no more, among whom I have gone preaching the Kingdom of God.

26 Therefore I call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all.

27 For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of GOD.

28 Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers[bishops],
to feed the Church of God, which He has purchased with His own blood.

29 For I have known this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 Also from your own selves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonishing every one night and day with tears.

32 And now, brethren, 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 them who having been sanctified.

33 I have coveted no one's silver, or gold, or apparel.

34 And ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to them that being with me.

35 I have shown you all things, that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,
that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

36 And he having said these, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

37 And there was much weeping from all, and having fallen on Paul's neck, and kissed him,

38 sorrowing especially for the words which he had said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

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1 [Return to Jerusalem].
And it came to pass, to launch us, after being drawn away from them, after going a straight course, we came with a straight course to Kos,
and the next day to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara:

2 and finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

3 And we having sighted Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre:
for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days:
who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

5 And when we accomplished the days, we departed, and proceeded on our way;
and they all conducted us with wives and children, until we were out of the city; and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

6 And we having embraced one of another, we took ship; and they returned to their homes.

7 And we having finished the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais,
and saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them.

8 And the next morrow we that were of Paul's company departed, and came to Caesarea;
and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who being one of the seven; and abode with him.

9 And to him were four daughters, virgins, prophesying.

10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

11 And he having come to us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet,
and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit,
So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man whose girdle it is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

13 Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart?
For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the Name of the LORD Jesus.

14 But he not being persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

15 And after those days we having packed up, and go up to Jerusalem.

16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus,
an ancient disciple, with whom we may lodge.

17 And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

18 And the next day Paul had gone in with us to James: and all the elders were present.

19 And he having saluted them, he declared by one each what things the God wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

20 And they having heard, and they glorified the Lord, and said to him,
Thou see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who believe; and they are all zealous of the Law.

21 And they are informed concerning Thee, that Thou teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to apostatise Moses,
saying, That they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

22 What is it then? The multitude must by all means come together: for they will hear that Thou have come.

23 Do therefore this that we say to Thee: there are with us four men who having a vow on themselves;

24 take them, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads:
and all may know that those things of which they have been informed about Thee, are nothing, but Thou thyself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

25 As concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing,
except only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them, had entered into the Temple,
to signify the fulfilment of the days of purification, until an offering was offered for every one of them.

27 [Arrest of Paul].
Now when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews who were from Asia,
when they having seen him in the Temple, stirred up all the multitude, and laid hands on him,

28 crying out, Men of Israel, help. This is the man that teaches all everywhere against the people, and the Law,
and this place: and further, has brought Greeks[Gentiles] also into the Temple; and has defiled this Holy place;

29 (for they were 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 drew him out of the Temple.
And immediately the doors were shut.

31 And as they seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the tribune of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

32 Who immediately having taken soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them.
And when they having seen the tribune and the soldiers, they left beating Paul.

33 Then the tribune having drawn-near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains:
and inquired who he may be, and what it is he has been doing.

34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and he could not know the certainty for the tumult,
he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

35 But when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne by the soldiers, for the violence of the multitude.

36 For the multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him.

37 [Paul tells about his conversion and Mission].
And as Paul being about to be led into the castle, he says to the tribune,
It is permitted I speak to Thee? Who said, can Thou speak Greek?

38 Then, are Thou not the 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 of Cilicia,
a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech Thee allow me to speak to the people.

40 And he having given him permission, Paul having stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand to the people.
And there having been an entire silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

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1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now to you;

2 (Now they having heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and he says),

3 I indeed am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus, 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, being zealous towards GOD, as ye all are this day.

4 I persecuted this way even to death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

5 As also the High Priest bears me testimony, and all the estate of the elders;
from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus,
and shall bringing them who being there bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

6 And it came to pass, that as I was passing on my journey, and drawing near to Damascus about noon,
suddenly there shone from Heaven a great Light around me.

7 And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me,
Saul, Saul, why persecute Thou Me?

8 But I answered,
Who are Thou, Lord?
And He said to me,
I AM Jesus the Nazarene, whom Thou persecute.

9 And they that being with me saw indeed the Light, and were afraid;
but they understand not the voice of Him that spoke to me.

10 And I said,
What shall I do, Lord?
And the Lord said to me,
Standing up, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be spoken to Thee concerning all things which are appointed for Thee to do.

11 Now when I could not see for the glory of that Light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, being well reported by all the dwelling Jews,

13 having come to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive Thy sight.
And the same hour I looked up upon him.

14 But he said, The God of our fathers has chosen Thee,
that Thou should know his will, and see that Just One, and should hear the voice out of His mouth.

15 For Thou shall be His witness to all men of what Thou have seen and heard.

16 And now why tarry Thou?
Having risen, be baptized, and wash away Thy sins, calling on the Name of the LORD.

17
And it came to pass, having returned to Jerusalem,
even while I prayed in the Temple, I came to be in a trance;

18 and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem;
because they will not receive Thy testimony concerning me.

19 And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning, and beat in every synagogue them that believed in Thee.

20 And when the blood of Thy martyr Stephen was shed,
I also was standing by, and consenting his killing, and keeping the garments of them who killing him.

21 And He said to me, Depart: for I will send Thee far hence to the Gentiles.

22 Now they were listening him to this word, and then lifted up their voice,
saying, Away with such a man from the Earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

23 And as they cried out, and cast off their garments, and threw dust into the air.

24 [Paul claims Roman Citizenship].
The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and saying, By scourges let him be examined;
that he might know for what cause they cried 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 Citizen, and uncondemned?

26 When the centurion having heard, he having come and told the tribune,
saying, Take heed what Thou should do; for this man is a Roman Citizen.

27 Then the tribune having come, and said to him, Tell me, are Thou a Roman[Roman Citizenship Right]?
He said, Yes.

28 And the tribune answered, With a great sum I obtained this Citizenship.
But Paul said, But I was born free.

29 Then immediately they departed from him who were about to examine him:
and the tribune also was afraid, knowing that he is a Roman Citizen, and because he was who bound him.

30 [Paul before the Sanhedrin].
On the next morrow, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused by the Jews,
he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests,
and all their council to come, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

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1 And Paul, staring at the council, said, Men, brethren,
I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

2 And the High Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to smite him on the mouth.

3 Then said Paul to him, God is about to smite Thee, Thou whited wall! For Thou sits to judge me according to the Law,
and command me to be smitten contrary to the Law?

4 And they that stood by, said, Revile Thou God's High Priest?

5 Then said Paul, I had not known, brethren, that he is the High Priest:
for it has been written, Thou shall not speak evilly of the ruler of Thy people. Exo 22:28

6 But when Paul perceived that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees,
he cried out in the council, Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee:
concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

7 But now he having said, there was a dissension of the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

8 For the Sadducees say that there be no resurrection, neither Angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

9 But there was a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and contended, saying,
We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an Angel spoke to him, let us not fight against God.

10 And it becoming a great dissension, the tribune,
fearing lest Paul would have been 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 Thou have testified concerning Me in Jerusalem,
so it must that Thee also bear testimony at Rome.

12 [Plot to murder Paul].
Then it becoming day, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, and bound themselves under a curse,
saying, that they would neither eat nor drink until they may kill Paul.

13 And they were more than forty who made this conspiracy.

14 They having come to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under an anathema curse,
that we will eat nothing until we may kill Paul.

15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the tribune,
that he may bring him down to you tomorrow, as being about to know diligently the things concerning him:
and we, before he coming near, are ready to kill him.

16 But the son of Paul's sister having heard of their lying in wait, he having come 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 tribune: for he has a certain thing to tell him.

18 Then he took him, and brought him to the tribune, and says,
Paul the prisoner called me to him, and prayed me to bring this young man to Thee,
who has something to say to Thee.

19 Then the tribune took him by the hand, and he having withdrawn in private, and asked him, What is that Thou have to tell me?

20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire Thee, that Thou would bring down Paul tomorrow into the council,
as though they would inquire somewhat concerning him more perfectly.

21 Therefore Thou should not be persuaded by them: for there are of them who lie in wait for him more than forty men, who have bound themselves with an oath,
that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him: and now they are ready, looking for a promise from Thee.

22 Then indeed the tribune let the young man depart, and charged him, See Thou tell no man that Thou have shown these things to me.

23 [Felix the governor].
And he called to him two centurions, saying, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go to Caesarea,
and seventy horsemen, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour[circa 9 PM] of the night;

24 and provide for them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe to Felix the governor.

25 Having written a letter containing this content:

26 Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix, sends greeting.

27 This man having been taken by the Jews, and would have been killed by them;
having stood by with the army, I rescued him, having understood that he is a Roman[Roman Citizenship Right].

28 But wanting to know the cause for which they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

29 whom I perceived being accused of questions of their Law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death, or of bonds.

30 And it has been shown to me that the Jews laid in wait for the man, I sent immediately to Thee,
and gave Commandment to his accusers also, to say before Thee what they had against him. Farewell.

31 Then the soldiers, as commanded to them, having taken Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

32 On the next morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:

33 who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

34 Then the governor having read, and having asked of what province he is, and having understood from Cilicia,

35 I will hear Thee, said he, when Thy accusers also may have come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium[judgment-hall].

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1 [Tertullus the slander].
And after five days, Ananias the High Priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus,
who informed the governor against Paul.

2 And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse him,
saying, Seeing that by Thee we enjoy much peace,
and that very worthy deeds are done to this nation by Thy providence,

3 always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most excellent Felix, with all thanksgiving.

4 But that I may not be further tedious to Thee,
I beseech Thee to hear us concisely in Thy gentleness.

5 For we have found this a pestilent man, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the World,
and a champion of the sect of the Nazarenes[Christians]:

6 who also has gone about to profane the Temple:
whom we took, and would have judged according to our Law.

7 But the tribune Lysias came and with much violence took him out of our hands,

8 commanding his accusers to come to Thee:
by examining whom, Thou thyself may take knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him.

9 And the Jews also agreed, affirming that these things to have it so.

10 But Paul answered, the governor having beckoned for him to speak,
Knowing that for many years Thee being a judge to this nation,
I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

11 Thou may understand, that not more than twelve days are to me from which I went up, and shall worshipping in Jerusalem.

12 And they neither found me in the Temple disputing with anyone,
neither exciting the multitude to sedition, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

13 neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

14 But this I confess to Thee, that after the way which they call heresy,
so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and the Prophets:

15 having hope towards GOD, which these themselves also allow,
that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

16 And in this I exercise myself, to have always a conscience without offence towards GOD, and towards men.

17 Now after many years, I came going to do alms to my nation, and offerings.

18 Upon which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the Temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

19 Who ought to be present before Thee, and object if they might have aught against me.

20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any crime in me, while I stood before the council,

21 except it is for this one voice, that I cried, having stood among them,
Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

22 And having heard these, Felix deferred them, knowing more accurately the things of the way,
saying, When Lysias the tribune may come down, I will investigate the things for you.

23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him to have liberty,
and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister, or come to him.

24 [Felix the governor supports Paul].
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewess,
he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ[Messiah].

25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come,
Felix has become afraid, answered, depart for now; and having got time, I will call for Thee.

26 He hoped also that money would have been given him by Paul,
that he might loose him: therefore he sent for him often, and communed with him.

27 [Porcius Festus].
But two years being completed, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus:
and Felix willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

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1 Festus therefore having entered into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

2 Then the High Priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

3 desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, lying in wait in the way to kill him.

4 Then indeed Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly there.

5 Let them therefore, says he, who among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there is any amiss in him.

6 Then having tarried among them more than ten days,
he having went down to Caesarea; and the next morrow sitting upon the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

7 And he having come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem,
stood around, and laid 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 anything sinned.

9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answering Paul, said,
Will Thou going up to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these things before me?

10
Then said Paul, I having stood at Caesar's tribunal,
where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as Thou very well know.

11 For if I indeed do wrong and have committed anything worthy of death,
I refuse not to die: but if there is none of these things of which these accuse me,
no one can grant me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

12 Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered,
Have Thou appealed to Caesar?
To Caesar Thou shall go.

13 [Agrippa II has questions].
And certain days having passed, king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea, to salute Festus.

14 And when they were there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause 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 judgment against him.

16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to grant any man to destruction,
before he who being accused may have the accusers face to face,
and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge.

17 Therefore, they having come here, without any delay on the next day I sat upon the judgment-seat,
and commanded the man to be brought forth;

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 of their own superstition, and of one Jesus who was dead,
whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions,
I said if he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters;

21 but Paul having appealed to be reserved to the hearing of the emperor,
I commanded him to be kept until I might send him to Caesar.

22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, says he, Thou shall hear him.

23 Then on the next morrow, Agrippa having come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they having entered into the place of hearing,
being with the tribunes and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought forth.

24 And Festus says, king Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us,
ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me,
both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

25 But I having found him to have done nothing worthy of death,
and that he himself has appealed to the emperor, I have determined to send him.

26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you,
and especially before Thee, king Agrippa, after that the examination having been made, I may have somewhat to write.

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

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1 [Paul speaks to Agrippa II].
Then Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted Thee to speak for thyself.
Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

2 Concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews, king Agrippa,
I deem myself happy, this day being about to defend myself to Thee:

3 especially, having known Thee being expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews:
therefore I beseech Thee to hear me patiently.

4 Then indeed the lifestyle from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, have known all the Jews,

5 who knew me from the beginning, (if they would testify) that after the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

6 And for the hope of the promise having been made by God to our fathers, now I have stood, and being judged:

7 to which promise our Twelve tribes, assiduously serving Him day and night, hope to come.
For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

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

9 I indeed then thought to myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the Name of Jesus the Nazarene.

10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the Saints did I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests;
they also being 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 enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

12 Upon which as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 at mid-day, king, I saw in the way a Light from Heaven,
surpassing the brightness of the sun, shining around me, and them who journeyed with me.

14 And we all having fallen to the ground,
I heard a voice saying to me, and speaking in the Hebrew language,
Saul, Saul, why persecute Thou Me?
It is hard for Thee to kick against the goads. Act 9:4-5

15 But I said,
Who are Thou, Lord?
But He said, I AM Jesus whom Thou persecute. Act 9:5

16
But arise, and stand upon Thy feet: for I have appeared to Thee for this purpose,
to make Thee a minister and a witness both of the things:
which Thou have seen, and of the things in which I will appear to Thee;

17 delivering Thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send Thee,

18 to open their eyes,
that they to turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God,
that they to receive remission of sins, and inheritance among them who having been sanctified by faith that is in me.

19
Upon which king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the Heavenly vision.

20 But showed first to them 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 doing works worthy of repentance.

21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.

22 Having therefore obtained help from God, I have stood to this day, testifying both to small and great,
saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

23 that the Christ[Messiah] should suffer, and that He should be the first by a resurrection of the dead,
to preach Light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

24
And as he thus answering for himself, Festus said with a great voice,
Paul, Thou are insane; much learning does make Thee mad.

25 But he says, I am not insane, most excellent Festus; but speak forth 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 is not done in a corner.

27 King Agrippa, believe Thou the prophets? I have known that Thou believe.

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost Thou persuade me to become a Christian.

29 But Paul said, I would wish to God, both in a little, and in much, not only Thee,
but also all those hearing me today, to become such as I also am, except these bonds.

30 And he having said these, the king rose, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them.

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

32 Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

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1 [Paul continue his Third missionary journey].
Now when it was determined that we should sail into Italy,
they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the band of the emperor.

2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail to the places alongside Asia,
one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul,
and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.

4 And we having launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds be contrary.

5 And we having sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Mira, 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 we having sailed slowly many days, and scarce having come opposed to Cnidus, the wind not allowing us,
we sailed under Crete, opposed to Salmone:

8 and hardly passing it, came to a place which being called Fair Havens; near to which was the city of Lasea.

9 Now when much time having past, and the sailing being now dangerous, because the Fast have been already past, Paul admonished them;

10 saying to them, Men, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.

11 But the centurion believed the steersman and the captain more than the things being spoken by Paul.

12 [The tempest].
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the greater part gave counsel to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phoenicia,
and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and looking towards the south-west and north-west.

13 And the south wind having blown softly, supposing that they have obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed closely by Crete.

14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, being called Euroclydon.

15 And the ship having been caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

16 And running under a certain isle which being called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

17 which they having taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship;
and fearing lest they should fall into the shoal, struck sail, and so were driven.

18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they do a jettison.

19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

20 And neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,
and no small tempest lay on us, all hope for us to be saved was taken away.

21 But after long abstinence, Paul having stood forth in the middle of them,
and said, O men, ye should have listened to me, and not have loosed from Crete,
and to have gained this harm and loss.

22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of life among you, but of the ship.

23 For there stood by me this night an Angel of GOD, whose I am, and whom I serve,

24 saying, Fear not, Paul; before Caesar must Thee be brought: and behold, God has granted Thee all them that sail with Thee.

25 Therefore, men, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be even as it was told to me.

26 But we must be cast upon a certain isle.

27 [The shipwreck].
When the fourteenth night was come, as we being driven up and down in Adria[Adriatic Sea],
about midnight the sailors suspected that they drew near to some country.

28 And they having sounded, and found it twenty fathoms:
and they having gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

29 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

30 But the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, they having let down the boat into the sea,
under colour as though they would cast anchors out of the forepart,

31 Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye not able to be saved.

32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall.

33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take food,
saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye waiting, and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

34 Therefore I beseech you to take some food; for this is for your safety:
for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall.

35 And he having said these, he having taken bread,
and gave thanks to God in presence of them all; and he having broken it, he began to eat.

36 Then they were all of good cheer, and they also took food.

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

38 And having satisfied with food, they do a jettison, and cast the wheat into the sea.

39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain bay with a shore,
into which they purposed, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

40 And they having taken off the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea,
and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted the mainsail to the blowing wind, and held towards the shore.

41 And falling into a place with a sea on two sides, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast,
and remained immovable, but the stern was broken with the violence of the waves.

42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them having swum out, and should escape.

43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose,
and he commanded those being able to swim, having cast off first, to come 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 safe to land.

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1 [On the isle Melita].
And they having been escaped, then they knew that the isle was called Melita.

2 And the barbarians showed us unusual kindness: for they kindled a fire,
and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

3 And Paul having gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire,
a viper having come out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hang on his hand, they said to one another,
By all means this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet vengeance permit not to live.

5 Then indeed he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

6 Yet they looked when he would have swelled, or fallen down dead suddenly:
but after they having looked a great while, and seeing no harm coming to him,
they changing their minds, they said he must be a god.

7 In the same place were possessions of the chief man of the isle, 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 being troubled with a fever, and a dysentery:
to whom Paul having entered in, and having prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

9 Then when this having happened, the others also who having diseases in the isle, came, and were healed:

10 who also honoured us with many honours; and when we setting sail, they loaded us with such things as were necessary.

11 [To Rome].
And after three months we sailed in a ship of Alexandria,
which having wintered in the isle, whose sign was twin brothers[Castor and Pollux].

12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

13 Whence we made a circuit, and came to Rhegium:
and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:

14 where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went towards Rome.

15 And from thence when the brethren having heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum,
and the Three Taverns: whom Paul having seen, he having given thanks to 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 allowed to abide by himself, with a soldier that kept him.

17 [Paul preach in Rome].
And it came to pass, that after three days, Paul called together those who being chief of the Jews.
And they having assembled, he said to them,
Men, brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers,
yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

18 They who having 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 compelled to appeal to Caesar;
not that I having aught to accuse my nation.

20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you:
because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

21 But they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning Thee,
neither have any of the brethren that came shown or spoken any evil of Thee.

22 But we desire to hear from Thee, what Thou think: for as concerning this sect,
we know that everywhere it is spoken against.

23 And they having appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging;
to whom he expounded and testified the Kingdom of God,
persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the Law of Moses,
and out of the Prophets, from morning until evening.

24 And some believed the things being spoken, but some believed not.

25 And they being discord among one another, they departed, after Paul having spoken one word,
Well spoke the Holy Spirit by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

26 saying, Go to this people, and say,
Hearing ye shall hear,
and shall not understand;
and seeing ye shall see,
and may not perceive. Isa 6:9

27 For this people's heart has become gross,
and they heard with the ears heavily,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and should understand with their heart,
and should be converted,
and I should heal them. Isa 6:10

28 Let it be known therefore to you, that the Salvation of GOD is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.

29 And he having said these things, the Jews departed, and having much disputation 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 unrestrainedly.