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1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that
 Jesus began both to do and teach,
1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he
 through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles
 whom he had chosen:
1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by
 many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and
 speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
1:4 And being assembled with [them], commanded them that they
 should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of
 the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard from me.
1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized
 with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,
 saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom
 to Israel?
1:7 And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or
 the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
1:8 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 uttermost part of
 the earth.
1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he
 was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
1:10 And while they looked steadfastly towards heaven as he went
 up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
1:11 Who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to
 heaven? this same Jesus who is taken from you into heaven,
 shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into
 heaven.
1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the mount called
 Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
1:13 And when they had come in, they went into an upper room,
 where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew,
 Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son]
 of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of
 James.
1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and
 supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and
 with his brethren.
1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the
 disciples, and said (the number of the names together were
 about a hundred and twenty,)
1:16 Men, brethren, This scripture must needs have been
 fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke
 before concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.
1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this
 ministry.
1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity;
 and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all
 his bowels gushed out.
1:19 And it was known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; so that
 that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is
 to say, The field of blood.
1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation
 be desolate, and let no man dwell in it: and, His bishopric let
 another take.
1:21 Wherefore, of these men who accompanied us, all the time
 that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, to that same day that
 he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness
 with us of his resurrection.
1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
 surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the
 hearts of all [men], show which of these two thou hast chosen,
1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,
 from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his
 own place.
1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon
 Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
 with one accord in one place.
2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing
 mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were
 sitting.
2:3 And there appeared to them, cloven tongues as of fire, and
 it sat upon each of them.
2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to
 speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from
 every nation under heaven.
2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
 together, and were confounded, because every man heard them
 speak in his own language.
2:7 And they were all amazed, and marveled, saying one to
 another, Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?
2:8 And how do we hear every man in our own language, wherein we
 were born?
2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
 Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya
 about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and Proselytes,
2:11 Cretes and Arabians we hear them speak in our languages the
 wonderful works of God.
2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to
 another, What meaneth this?
2:13 Others mocking, said, These men are full of new wine.
2:14 But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice,
 and said to them, Ye men of Judea, and all [ye] that dwell at
 Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words:
2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is
 [but] the third hour of the day.
2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,
2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith 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 old men shall dream dreams:
2:18 And on my servants, and on my hand-maidens I will, in those
 days, pour out of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
2:19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs on the
 earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
 blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
2:21 And it shall come to pass, [that] whoever shall call on the
 name of the Lord, shall be saved.
2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
 man approved by God among you by miracles and wonders and
 signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye
 yourselves also know:
2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
 foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
 crucified and slain:
2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:
 because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I saw the Lord always
 before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not
 be moved:
2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
 moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope:
2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt
 thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption:
2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make
 me full of joy with thy countenance.
2:29 Men, brethren, let me freely speak to you concerning the
 patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
 sepulcher is with us to this day.
2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn
 to him with an oath, that from the fruit of his loins,
 according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his
 throne;
2:31 He seeing this before, spoke of the resurrection of Christ,
 that his soul was not left in hell, neither did his flesh see
 corruption.
2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, of which we all are
 witnesses.
2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and
 having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit,
 he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
2:34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he saith
 himself, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that
 God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord
 and Christ.
2:37 Now when they 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?
2:38 Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one
 of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins,
 and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2:39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all
 that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall
 call.
2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
 saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
2:41 Then they that gladly received his word, were baptized: and
 the same day there were added [to them] about three thousand
 souls.
2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and
 fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs
 were done by the apostles.
2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things
 common;
2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to
 all [men], as every man had need.
2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple,
 and breaking bread from house to house, ate their food with
 gladness and singleness of heart,
2:47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the
 Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple, at the
 hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].
3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried,
 whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called
 Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple.
3:3 Who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
 asked an alms.
3:4 And Peter fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look
 on us.
3:5 And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something
 from them.
3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I
 have I give thee: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise
 up and walk.
3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted [him] up: and
 immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them
 into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
3:10 And they knew that it was he who sat for alms at the
 Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder
 and amazement at that which had happened to him.
3:11 And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all
 the people ran together to them in the porch that is called
 Solomon's, greatly wondering.
3:12 And when Peter saw [it], he answered to the people, Ye men
 of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly
 on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this
 man to walk?
3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of
 our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up,
 and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was
 determined to let [him] go.
3:14 But ye denied the Holy One, and the Just, and desired a
 murderer to be granted to you,
3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from
 the dead; of which we are witnesses.
3:16 And his name, through faith in his name, hath made this man
 strong, whom ye see and know: yes, the faith which is by him,
 hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you
 all.
3:17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did
 [it], as [did] also your rulers.
3:18 But those things which God before had shown by the mouth of
 all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so
 fulfilled.
3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may
 be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from
 the presence of the Lord,
3:20 And he will send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to
 you:
3:21 Whom the heaven must receive, until the times of
 restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth
 of all his holy prophets, since the world began.
3:22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, A Prophet will the
 Lord your God raise up to you, of your brethren, like me; him
 shall ye hear in all things, whatever he shall say to you.
3:23 And it shall come to pass, [that] every soul who will not
 hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
3:24 And all the prophets also from Samuel, and those that
 follow, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold these
 days.
3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant
 which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy
 seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
3:26 To you first, God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him
 to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his
 iniquities.
4:1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and
 the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached
 through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put [them] in custody to
 the next day: for it was now evening.
4:4 But many of them who heard the word, believed; and the
 number of the men was about five thousand.
4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and
 elders, and scribes,
4:6 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.
4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what
 power, or by what name have ye done this?
4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Ye
 rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
4:9 If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to
 the impotent man, by what means he is made sound.
4:10 Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
 that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
 crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth
 this man stand here before you sound.
4:11 This is the stone which was set at naught by you builders,
 which is become the head of the corner.
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no
 other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be
 saved.
4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and
 perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
 marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been
 with Jesus.
4:14 And beholding the man who was healed standing with them,
 they could say nothing against it.
4:15 But when they had commanded them to withdraw from the
 council, they conferred among themselves,
4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a
 notable miracle hath been done by them [is] manifest to all
 them that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny [it].
4:17 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.
4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at
 all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.
4:19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is
 right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God,
 judge ye.
4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and
 heard.
4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go,
 finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the
 people: for all [men] glorified God for that which was done.
4:22 For the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle
 of healing was performed.
4:23 And being dismissed, they went to their own company, and
 reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to
 them.
4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God
 with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, who hast made
 heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them;
4:25 Who, by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did
 the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were
 assembled against the Lord, and against his Christ.
4:27 For in truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast
 anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles,
 and the people of Israel, were assembled,
4:28 To do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined before
 to be done.
4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to thy
 servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
4:30 By stretching forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and
 wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
4:31 And when they had 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.
4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart,
 and of one soul: neither said any [of them] that aught of the
 things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things
 common.
4:33 And with great power the apostles gave testimony of the
 resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them
 all.
4:34 Neither was there 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 were sold,
4:35 And laid [them] down at the apostles' feet: and
 distribution was made to every man according as he had need.
4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas,
 (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a
 Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,
4:37 Having land, sold [it], and brought the money, and laid
 [it] at the apostles' feet.
5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife,
 sold a possession,
5:2 And kept back [part] of the price, (his wife also being
 privy [to it]) and brought a certain part, and laid [it] at the
 apostles' feet.
5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, Why hath Satan filled thy heart to
 lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back [part] of the price of
 the land?
5:4 While it remained, was it not thy own? and after it was
 sold, was it not in thy own power? why hast thou conceived this
 thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God.
5:5 And Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and expired. And
 great fear came on all them that heard these things.
5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried [him]
 out, and buried [him].
5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his
 wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
5:8 And Peter answered to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land
 for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.
5:9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that ye have agreed
 together 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.
5:10 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.
5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many
 as heard these things.
5:12 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.
5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the
 people magnified them.
5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes
 both of men and women.)
5:15 So that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and
 laid [them] on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow
 of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
5:16 There came also a multitude [out] of the cities around to
 Jerusalem, bringing sick persons, and them who were afflicted
 with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with
 him; (which is the sect of the Sadducees) and were filled with
 indignation,
5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the
 common prison.
5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison-doors,
 and brought them forth, and said,
5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the
 words of this life.
5:21 And when they 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.
5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the
 prison, they returned, and told,
5:23 Saying, The prison truly we found shut with all safety, and
 the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had
 opened, we found no man within.
5:24 Now when the high priest, and the captain of the temple,
 and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them
 to what this would grow.
5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom
 ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the
 people.
5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them
 without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should
 have been stoned.
5:27 And when they had brought them, they set [them] before the
 council: and the high priest asked them,
5:28 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.
5:29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We
 ought to obey God rather than men.
5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and
 hanged on a tree:
5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince
 and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of
 sins.
5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also
 the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
5:33 When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart], and
 took counsel to slay them.
5:34 Then stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named
 Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the
 people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little time.
5:35 And said to them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves
 what ye intend to do concerning these men:
5:36 For before these days rose Theudas, boasting himself to be
 somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined
 themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were
 scattered, and brought to naught.
5:37 After this man rose Judas of Galilee, in the days of the
 taxing, and drew away many people after him: he also perished;
 and all, [even] as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
5:38 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 will
 come to naught:
5:39 But if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply
 ye be found even to fight against God.
5:40 And to him they assented: and when they had called the
 apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should
 not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council,
 rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his
 name.
5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased
 not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was
 multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the
 Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily
 ministration.
6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples, and
 said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God,
 and serve tables.
6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of
 honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may
 appoint over this business.
6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the
 ministry of the word.
6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
 Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and
 Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
 and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed,
 they laid [their] hands on them.
6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the
 disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company
 of the priests were obedient to the faith.
6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great
 wonders and miracles among the people.
6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called
 [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and
 Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia, and of Asia, disputing
 with Stephen.
6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit
 by which he spoke.
6:11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak
 blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.
6:12 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,
6:13 And set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not
 to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the
 law:
6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth will
 destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses
 delivered to us.
6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on
 him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
7:2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of
 glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in
 Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
7:3 And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy
 kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
7:4 Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in
 Charran. And from thence, when his father was dead, he removed
 him into this land in which ye now dwell.
7:5 And he gave him no inheritance in it, no not [so much as] to
 set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him
 for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when [as yet]
 he had no child.
7:6 And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should
 sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into
 bondage, and treat [them] ill four hundred years.
7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I
 judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and
 serve me in this place.
7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so
 [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and
 Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt:
 but God was with him,
7:10 And delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him
 favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he
 made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and
 Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no
 sustenance.
7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent
 out our fathers first.
7:13 And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his
 brethren: and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
7:14 Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to [him], and
 all his kindred, seventy five souls.
7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our
 fathers,
7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the
 sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of
 Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had
 sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
7:18 Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated
 our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the
 end they might not live.
7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and
 nourished in his father's house three months:
7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up,
 and nourished him for her own son.
7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
 and was mighty in words and in deeds.
7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his
 heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
7:24 And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him],
 and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
7:25 For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his
 hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
7:26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they were
 contending, and would have constrained them to be at peace
 again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to
 another?
7:27 But he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away,
 saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
7:29 Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the
 land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
7:30 And when forty years had expired, there appeared to him in
 the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame
 of fire in a bush.
7:31 When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight; and as he
 drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came to him,
7:32 [Saying], 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 durst not behold.
7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet:
 for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who
 are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down
 to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
7:35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a
 ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a
 deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the
 bush.
7:36 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.
7:37 This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A
 prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your
 brethren, like me; him will ye hear.
7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with
 the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sina, and [with] our
 fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:
7:39 Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from
 them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
7:40 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 know
 not what is become of him.
7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice
 to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of
 heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye
 house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and
 sacrifices [during] forty years in the wilderness?
7:43 Yes, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of
 your God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I
 will carry you away beyond Babylon.
7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the
 wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he
 should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
7:45 Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in with
 Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out
 before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
7:46 Who found favor before God, and desired to find a
 tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
7:47 But Solomon built him a house.
7:48 Yet, the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands,
 as saith the prophet,
7:49 Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: What
 house will ye build for me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the
 place of my rest?
7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
7:51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do
 always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers [did], so [do]
 ye.
7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and
 they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the
 Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;
7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and
 have not kept [it].
7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart,
 and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up
 steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
 standing on the right hand of God,
7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of
 man standing on the right hand of God.
7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their
 ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
7:58 And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the
 witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose
 name was Saul.
7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying,
 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
7:60 And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay
 not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he
 fell asleep.
8:1 And Saul was consenting to his death. And at that time there
 was a great persecution against the church which was at
 Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions
 of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
8:2 And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made
 great lamentation over him.
8:3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into
 every house, and hauling men and women committed [them] to
 prison.
8:4 Therefore they that were dispersed went every where
 preaching the word.
8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached
 Christ to them.
8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed to those things
 which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he
 performed.
8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of
 many that were possessed: and many taken with palsies, and that
 were lame, were healed.
8:8 And there was great joy in that city.
8:9 But there was a certain man called Simon, who before in the
 same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria,
 giving out that himself was some great one:
8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,
 saying, This man is the great power of God.
8:11 And to him they had regard, because that for a long time he
 had bewitched them with sorceries.
8:12 But when they believed Philip, preaching the things
 concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ,
 they were baptized both men and women.
8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized,
 he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles
 and signs which were done.
8:14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that
 Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter
 and John:
8:15 Who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they
 might receive the Holy Spirit:
8:16 (For as yet he had fallen upon none of them: only they were
 baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
8:17 Then they laid [their] hands on them, and they received the
 Holy Spirit.
8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles'
 hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
8:19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay
 hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
8:20 But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because
 thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with
 money.
8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy
 heart is not right in the sight of God.
8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if
 perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.
8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and
 [in] the bond of iniquity.
8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me,
 that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of
 the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in
 many villages of the Samaritans.
8:26 And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise,
 and go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from
 Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.
8:27 And he arose, and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a
 eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the
 Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
 come to Jerusalem to worship,
8:28 Was returning; and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the
 prophet.
8:29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to
 this chariot.
8:30 And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him reading the
 prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
8:31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?
 And he desired Philip that he would come up, and sit with him.
8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was
 led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before
 his shearer, so he opened not his mouth:
8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who
 shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the
 earth.
8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of
 whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other
 man?
8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same
 scripture, and preached to him Jesus.
8:36 And as they went on [their] way, they came to a certain
 water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth
 hinder me to be baptized?
8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou
 mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ
 is the Son of God.
8:38 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.
8:39 And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of
 the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more:
 and he went on his way rejoicing.
8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through, he
 preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.
9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
 against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
9:2 And desired from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues,
 that if he should find any of this way, whether they were men
 or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly
 there shined around him a light from heaven:
9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him,
 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am
 Jesus whom thou persecutest. [It is] hard for thee to kick
 against the goads.
9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou
 have me to do? And the Lord [said] to him, Arise, and go into
 the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
9:7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing
 a voice, but seeing no man.
9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were
 opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and
 brought [him] into Damascus.
9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor
 drank.
9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named
 Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he
 said, Behold, I [am here], Lord.
9:11 And the Lord [said] to him, Arise, and go into the street
 which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for
 [one] called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth,
9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in,
 and putting [his] hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this
 man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind
 all that call on thy name.
9:15 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.
9:16 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my
 name's sake.
9:17 And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and putting
 his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord ([even] Jesus
 that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest) hath sent me,
 that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy
 Spirit.
9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
 scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
 baptized.
9:19 And when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then
 was Saul certain days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
9:20 And immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that
 he is the Son of God.
9:21 But all that heard [him] were amazed, and said, Is not this
 he that destroyed them who called on this name in Jerusalem,
 and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound
 to the chief priests?
9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the
 Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
9:23 And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel
 to kill him.
9:24 But their laying in wait, was known to Saul. And they
 watched the gates day and night to kill him.
9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him] down by
 the wall in a basket.
9:26 And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he essayed to join
 himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and
 believed not that he was a disciple.
9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought [him] to the apostles,
 and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and
 that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at
 Damascus in the name of Jesus.
9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
9:29 And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
 disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
9:30 [Which] when the brethren knew, they brought him down to
 Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and
 Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified: and walking in the fear
 of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were
 multiplied.
9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all
 [quarters], he came down also to the saints who dwelt at Lydda.
9:33 And there he found a certain man named Eneas, who had kept
 his bed eight years, and was sick with the palsy.
9:34 And Peter said to him, Eneas, Jesus Christ healeth thee:
 arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned
 to the Lord.
9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha,
 who by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of
 good works and alms-deeds which she did.
9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and
 died: whom, when they had washed, they laid in an upper
 chamber.
9:38 And as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard
 that Peter was there, they sent to him two men, desiring [him]
 that he would not delay to come to them.
9:39 Then Peter arose, and went with them. When he had come,
 they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows
 stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which
 Dorcas made, while she was with them.
9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed;
 and turning to the body, said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened
 her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
9:41 And he gave her [his] hand, and lifted her up; and when he
 had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa: and many believed in
 the Lord.
9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa
 with one Simon a tanner.
10:1 There was a certain man in Cesarea, called Cornelius, a
 centurion of the band called the Italian [band],
10:2 [A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house,
 who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
10:3 He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of the
 day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him,
 Cornelius.
10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is
 it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy alms are come
 up for a memorial before God.
10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose
 surname is Peter:
10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the
 sea-side: he will tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
10:7 And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius had departed, he
 called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of
 them that waited on him continually;
10:8 And when he had declared all [these] things to them, he
 sent them to Joppa.
10:9 On the morrow, as they were going on their journey, and
 drew nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to
 pray, about the sixth hour:
10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while
 they made ready, he fell into a trance,
10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to
 him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and
 let down to the earth:
10:12 In which were all manner of four-footed beasts of the
 earth, and wild beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the
 air.
10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any
 thing that is common or unclean.
10:15 And the voice [spoke] to him again the second time, What
 God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received again
 into heaven.
10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which
 he had seen should mean, behold, the men who were sent from
 Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and were standing
 before the gate,
10:18 And called, and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed
 Peter, lodged there.
10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him,
 Behold, three men seek thee.
10:20 Arise therefore, and go down, and go with them, doubting
 nothing: for I have sent them.
10:21 Then Peter 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 have come?
10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and
 one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation
 of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for
 thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.
10:23 Then he called them in, and lodged [them]. And on the
 morrow Peter went with them, and certain brethren from Joppa
 accompanied him.
10:24 And on the morrow they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius
 waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near
 friends.
10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell
 down at his feet, and worshiped [him].
10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up: I myself also am
 a man.
10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that
 had come together.
10:28 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; but God hath shown me that I should not call
 any man common or unclean.
10:29 Therefore I came [to you] without gainsaying, as soon as I
 was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for
 me?
10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this
 hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a
 man stood before me in bright clothing,
10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy alms are
 had in remembrance in the sight of God.
10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose
 surname is Peter; he lodgeth in the house of [one] Simon a
 tanner, by the sea-side: who, when he cometh, will speak to
 thee.
10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well
 done that thou hast come. Now therefore we are all here present
 before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee from
 God.
10:34 Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, In truth I
 perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh
 righteousness, is accepted with him.
10:36 The word which [God] sent to the children of Israel,
 preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
10:37 That word, [I say], ye know, which was published
 throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism
 which John preached;
10:38 That God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit
 and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that
 were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.
10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in
 the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and
 hanged on a tree.
10:40 Him God raised the third day, and showed him openly;
10:41 Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by
 God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose
 from the dead.
10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to
 testify that it is he who was ordained by God [to be] the Judge
 of the living and the dead.
10:43 To him give all the prophets testimony, that through his
 name whoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
10:44 While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit
 fell on all them who heard the word.
10:45 And they of the circumcision who believed, were
 astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the
 Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.
10:46 For they heard them speak in languages and magnify God.
 Then answered Peter,
10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
 baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the
 Lord. Then they requested him to tarry certain days.
11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea, heard
 that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
11:2 And when Peter had come to Jerusalem, they that were of the
 circumcision contended with him,
11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat
 with them.
11:4 But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning, and
 expounded [it] by order to them, saying,
11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a
 vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet,
 let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
11:6 Upon which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and
 saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and
 creeping animals, and fowls of the air.
11:7 And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; slay and
 eat.
11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean
 hath at any time entered into my mouth.
11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath
 cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again
 into heaven.
11:11 And behold, immediately there were three men already come
 to the house where I was, sent from Cesarea to me.
11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting.
 Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered
 into the man's house:
11:13 And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house,
 who stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for
 Simon, whose surname is Peter;
11:14 Who shall tell thee words, by which thou and all thy house
 shall be saved.
11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as
 on us at the beginning.
11:16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John
 indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the
 Holy Spirit.
11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as [he did]
 to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I
 could withstand God?
11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and
 glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles
 granted repentance to life.
11:19 Now they who were dispersed upon the persecution that
 arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and
 Antioch, preaching the word to none but to the Jews only.
11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who when
 they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the
 Lord Jesus.
11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number
 believed, and turned to the Lord.
11:22 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.
11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was
 glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they
 would cleave to the Lord.
11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of
 faith: and many people were added to the Lord.
11:25 Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus, to seek Saul:
11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And
 it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves
 with the church, and taught many people. And the disciples were
 first called Christians in Antioch.
11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch.
11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified
 by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all
 the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar.
11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,
 determined to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.
11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the
 hands of Barnabas and Saul.
12:1 Now about that time, Herod the king stretched forth [his]
 hands to afflict certain of the church.
12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded
 further to take Peter also. Then were the days of unleavened
 bread.
12:4 And when he had apprehended 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.
12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made
 without ceasing by the church to God for him.
12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night
 Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains;
 and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
12:7 And behold, the 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.
12:8 And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy
 sandals; and so he did. And he saith to him, Cast thy garment
 about thee, and follow me.
12:9 And he went out, and followed him, and knew not that it was
 true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they
 came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city; which opened to
 them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on
 through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
12:11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, Now I know
 with certainty, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath
 delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and [from] all the
 expectation of the people of the Jews.
12:12 And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the
 house of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark; where
 many were assembled, praying.
12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel
 came to hearken, named Rhoda.
12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate
 for gladness, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the
 gate
12:15 And they said to her, Thou art insane. But she constantly
 affirmed that it was even so. Then they said, It is his angel.
12:16 But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened
 [the door], and saw him, they were astonished.
12:17 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.
12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among
 the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he
 examined the keepers, and commanded that [they] should be put
 to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and [there]
 abode.
12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and
 Sidon. But they came with one accord to him, and having made
 Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace,
 because their country was nourished by the king's [country].
12:21 And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat
 upon his throne, and made an oration to them.
12:22 And the people gave a shout, [saying], [It is] the voice
 of a god, and not of a man.
12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because
 he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died.
12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they
 had fulfilled [their] ministry, and took with them John, whose
 surname was Mark.
13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain
 prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called
 Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought
 up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit
 said, Separate for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which
 I have called them.
13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands
 on them, they sent [them] away.
13:4 So they being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed to
 Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of
 God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had also John for
 [their] minister.
13:6 And when they had gone through the isle to Paphos, they
 found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name
 [was] Barjesus:
13:7 Who was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a
 prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to
 hear the word of God.
13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
 interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy
 from the faith.
13:9 Then Saul (who also [is called] Paul) filled with the Holy
 Spirit, set his eyes on him,
13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, [thou]
 child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt
 thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
13:11 And now behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and
 thou shalt 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.
13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed,
 being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they
 came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John departing from them,
 returned to Jerusalem.
13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in
 Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath, and sat
 down.
13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the
 rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men, brethren, if
 ye have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.
13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand, said,
 Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
13:17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and
 exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of
 Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it.
13:18 And about the time of forty years he suffered their
 manners in the wilderness.
13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of
 Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
13:20 And after that he gave [to them] judges, about the space
 of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
13:21 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.
13:22 And when he had 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 fulfill all my will.
13:23 Of this man's offspring hath God, according to [his]
 promise, raised up to Israel a Savior, Jesus:
13:24 John having first preached, before his coming, the baptism
 of repentance to all the people of Israel.
13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye
 that I am? I am not [he]. But behold, there cometh one after
 me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.
13:26 Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and
 whoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this
 salvation sent.
13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers,
 because they knew him not, nor yet the words of the prophets
 which are read every sabbath, they have fulfilled [them] in
 condemning [him].
13:28 And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet they
 desired Pilate that he should be put to death.
13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written
 concerning him, they took [him] down from the tree, and laid
 [him] in a sepulcher.
13:30 But God raised him from the dead:
13:31 And he was seen many days by them who came up with him
 from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
13:32 And we declare to you the glad tidings, that the promise
 which was made to the fathers,
13:33 God hath fulfilled the same to us their children, in that
 he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the
 second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
13:34 And as concerning that he raised him from the dead, [now]
 no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will
 give you the sure mercies of David.
13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou wilt not
 suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the
 will of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw
 corruption:
13:37 But he whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
13:38 Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that through
 this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;
13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things,
 from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken
 in the prophets;
13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a
 work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe,
 though a man declare it to you.
13:42 And when the Jews had gone out of the synagogue, the
 Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them
 the next sabbath.
13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews
 and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who
 speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of
 God.
13:44 And the next sabbath came almost the whole city together
 to hear the word of God.
13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled
 with envy, and spoke against those things which were uttered by
 Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas became bold, and said, It was
 necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you:
 but seeing ye reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of
 everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set
 thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for
 salvation to the ends of the earth.
13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
 glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to
 eternal life, believed.
13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the
 region.
13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women,
 and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against
 Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.
13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them,
 and came to Iconium.
13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy
 Spirit.
14:1 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 both of the Jews, and also of the Greeks,
 believed.
14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made
 their minds evil-affected against the brethren.
14:3 A long time therefore they abode speaking boldly in the
 Lord, who gave testimony to the word of his grace, and granted
 signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held
 with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
14:5 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,
14:6 Being apprised of [it], they fled to Lystra and Derbe,
 cities of Lycaonia, and to the region in that vicinity.
14:7 And there they preached the gospel.
14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his
 feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never
 walked.
14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him,
 and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he
 leaped and walked.
14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up
 their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods have
 come down to us in the likeness of men.
14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercurius,
 because he was the chief speaker.
14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, who was before their city,
 brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have done
 sacrifice with the people.
14:14 [Which], when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard [of],
 they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying
 out,
14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men
 of like passions with you, and preach to you, that ye should
 turn from these vanities to the living God, who made heaven and
 earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them.
14:16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their
 own ways.
14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that
 he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful
 seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
14:18 And with these sayings they scarce restrained the people
 from doing sacrifice to them.
14:19 And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch, and
 Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew
 [him] out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
14:20 But as the disciples stood around him, he rose, and came
 into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to
 Derbe.
14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and
 had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and [to]
 Iconium, and to Antioch,
14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to
 continue in the faith, and that we must through much
 tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
14:23 And when they had ordained for them elders in every
 church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the
 Lord, on whom they believed.
14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to
 Pamphylia.
14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went
 down into Attalia:
14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been
 commended to the grace of God, for the work which they
 fulfilled.
14:27 And when they had come, and had assembled the church, they
 rehearsed all that God had done with them, and that he had
 opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
14:28 And there they abode a long time with the disciples.
15:1 And certain men who came down from Judea, taught the
 brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner
 of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
15:2 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 to Jerusalem to
 the apostles and elders about this question.
15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed
 through Phenice, and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the
 Gentiles: and they caused great joy to all the brethren.
15:4 And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by
 the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they declared
 all things that God had done with them.
15:5 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.
15:6 And the apostles and elders came together to consider of
 this matter.
15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose and said
 to them, Men, brethren, ye know that a good while ago, God made
 choice among us, that the Gentiles, by my mouth should hear the
 word of the gospel, and believe.
15:8 And God, who knoweth the hearts, bore them witness, giving
 to them the Holy Spirit, even as [he did] to us:
15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their
 hearts by faith.
15:10 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?
15:11 But we believe, that through the grace of the Lord Jesus
 Christ, we shall be saved even as they.
15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to
 Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had
 wrought by them among the Gentiles.
15:13 And after they held their peace, James answered, saying,
 Men, brethren, hearken to me.
15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first visited the
 Gentiles to take from among them a people for his name.
15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is
 written,
15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the
 tabernacle of David which is fallen down; and I will build
 again the ruins of it; and I will set it up:
15:17 That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all
 the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who
 doeth all these things.
15:18 Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the
 world.
15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, who
 from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
15:20 But that we write to them that they abstain from
 pollutions of idols, and [from] lewdness, and [from] things
 strangled, and [from] blood.
15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach
 him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.
15:22 Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole
 church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch,
 with Paul and Barnabas; [namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and
 Silas, chief men among the brethren:
15:23 And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner; The
 apostles, and elders, and brethren, [send] greeting to the
 brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and
 Cilicia.
15:24 Forasmuch as 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:
15:25 It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to
 send chosen men to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul:
15:26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our
 Lord Jesus Christ.
15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who will also tell
 [you] the same things by mouth.
15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay
 upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
15:29 That ye abstain from things offered to idols, and from
 blood, and from things strangled, and from lewdness: from which
 if ye keep yourselves, ye will do well. Fare ye well.
15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and
 when they had convened the multitude, they delivered the
 epistle.
15:31 [Which] when they had read, they rejoiced for the
 consolation.
15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,
 exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].
15:33 And after they had tarried [there] a time, they were
 dismissed in peace from the brethren to the apostles.
15:34 Notwithstanding, it pleased Silas to abide there still.
15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and
 preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
15:36 And some days after, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go
 again and visit our brethren, in every city where we have
 preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.
15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose
 surname was Mark.
15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who
 departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to
 the work.
15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they
 departed, separating one from the other: and so Barnabas took
 Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.
15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being commended by the
 brethren to the grace of God.
15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the
 churches.
16:1 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain
 disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman
 who was a Jewess, and believed, but his father [was] a Greek.
16:2 Who was well reported of by the brethren that were at
 Lystra and Iconium.
16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
 circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those
 quarters: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
16:4 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.
16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and
 increased in number daily.
16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region
 of Galatia, and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the
 word in Asia;
16:7 After they had come to Mysia, they essayed to go into
 Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
16:8 And they, passing by Mysia, came down to Troas.
16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There stood a
 man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into
 Macedonia, and help us.
16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we
 endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering, that the
 Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.
16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight
 course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;
16:12 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.
16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river
 side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and
 spoke to the women who resorted [thither].
16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of
 the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard [us]: whose
 heart the Lord opened, that she attended to the things which
 were spoken by Paul.
16:15 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.
16:16 And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel
 possessed with a spirit of divination, met us, who brought her
 masters much gain by sooth-saying:
16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These
 men are the servants of the most high God, who show to us the
 way of salvation.
16:18 And this she did many days. But Paul being grieved, turned
 and 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.
16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was
 gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them] into the
 market-place to the rulers,
16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men,
 being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
16:21 And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive,
 neither to observe, being Romans.
16:22 And the multitude rose together against them: and the
 magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat
 [them].
16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast
 [them] into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the
 inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to
 God: and the prisoners heard them.
16:26 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.
16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and
 seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would
 have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.
16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no
 harm: for we are all here.
16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
 trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas;
16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be
 saved?
16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
 shalt be saved, and thy house.
16:32 And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, and to all
 that were in his house.
16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed
 [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, without
 delay.
16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set food
 before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants,
 saying, Let those men go.
16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The
 magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and
 go in peace.
16:37 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 verily; but let them
 come themselves and bring us out.
16:38 And the sergeants told these words to the magistrates: and
 they feared when they heard that they were Romans.
16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought [them] out,
 and desired [them] to depart out of the city.
16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the
 house of] Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they
 comforted them, and departed.
17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia,
 they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews.
17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and on three
 sabbaths reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
17:3 Opening and alledging, that it was needful that Christ
 should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this
 Jesus, whom I preach to you, is Christ.
17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and
 Silas: and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the
 chief women not a few.
17:5 But the Jews who believed not, moved with envy, took to
 them certain vile fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a
 company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the
 house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain
 brethren to the rulers of the city, crying, These that have
 turned the world upside down, have come hither also;
17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the
 decrees of Cesar, saying, That there is another king, [one]
 Jesus.
17:8 And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city,
 when they heard these things.
17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason and of the other,
 they let them go.
17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by
 night to Berea: who coming [thither], went into the synagogue
 of the Jews.
17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that
 they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched
 the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women
 who were Greeks, and of men not a few.
17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the
 word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came thither
 also, and stirred up the people.
17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go as
 it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.
17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him to Athens: and
 receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy to come to him
 with all speed, they departed.
17:16 Now, while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was
 stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17:17 Therefore he disputed in the synagogue with the Jews, and
 with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that
 met with him.
17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the
 Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler
 say? some others, He seemeth to be a setter-forth of strange
 gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.
17:19 And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying,
 May we know what this new doctrine [is], of which thou
 speakest?
17:20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we
 would know therefore what these things mean.
17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers who were there, spent
 their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some
 new thing.)
17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, [Ye]
 men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
 superstitious.
17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an
 altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore
 ye ignorantly worship, him declare I to you.
17:24 God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing
 that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples
 made with hands;
17:25 Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed
 any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all
 things;
17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on
 all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before
 appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel
 after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of
 us:
17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
 certain also of your own poets have said, for we are also his
 offspring.
17:29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think
 that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone graven by
 art and man's device.
17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
 commandeth all men every where to repent:
17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge
 the world in righteousness, by [that] man whom he hath
 ordained: [of which] he hath given assurance to all [men], in
 that he hath raised him from the dead.
17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
 mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again concerning
 this [matter].
17:33 So Paul departed from among them.
17:34 But certain men adhered to him, and believed: among whom
 [was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and
 others with them.
18:1 After these things, Paul departed from Athens, and came to
 Corinth;
18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
 lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla (because that
 Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) and [he]
 came to them.
18:3 And because he was of the same occupation, he abode with
 them, and wrought (for by their occupation they were
 tent-makers)
18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and
 persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
18:5 And when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul
 was pressed in spirit, and testified to the Jews, [that] Jesus
 [was] Christ.
18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook
 [his] raiment, and said to them, Your blood [be] upon your own
 heads: I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.
18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into the house of a
 certain man named Justus, [one] that worshiped God, whose house
 joined close to the synagogue.
18:8 And Crispus the chief ruler of the synagogue believed on
 the Lord with all his house: and many of the Corinthians
 hearing, believed, and were baptized.
18:9 Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Be
 not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall lay hands on thee, to
 hurt thee: for I have many people in this city.
18:11 And he continued [there] a year and six months, teaching
 the word of God among them.
18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
 insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to
 the judgment-seat,
18:13 Saying, This [man] persuadeth men to worship God contrary
 to the law.
18:14 And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio
 said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong, or hainous
 crime, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
18:15 But if it is a question of words and names, and [of] your
 law, look ye [to it]: for I will be no judge of such [matters].
18:16 And he drove them from the judgment-seat.
18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the
 synagogue, and beat [him] before the judgment-seat. And Gallio
 cared for none of those things.
18:18 And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while,
 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.
18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he
 himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
18:20 When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he
 consented not:
18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep
 this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return to you,
 if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
18:22 And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up and saluted
 the church, he went down to Antioch.
18:23 And after he had spent some time [there], he departed and
 went over [all] the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order,
 strengthening all the disciples.
18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
 eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
18:25 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.
18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: Whom, when
 Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him to [them], and
 expounded to him the way of God more perfectly.
18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren
 wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he had
 come, helped them much who had believed through grace.
18:28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that] publicly,
 showing by the scriptures, that Jesus was Christ.
19:1 And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth,
 Paul having passed through the upper region, came to Ephesus;
 and finding certain disciples,
19:2 He said to them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye
 believed? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard
 whether there is any Holy Spirit.
19:3 And he said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And
 they said, Into John's baptism.
19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of
 repentance, saying to the people, That they should believe on
 him who should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
19:5 When they heard [this], they were baptized into the name of
 the Lord Jesus.
19:6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy
 Spirit came on them; and they spoke in languages, and
 prophesied.
19:7 And all the men were about twelve.
19:8 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.
19:9 But when divers 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.
19:10 And this continued for the space of two years; so that all
 they who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both
 Jews and Greeks.
19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
19:12 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.
19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon
 them to call over them who had evil spirits, the name of the
 Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
19:14 And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva a Jew, [and]
 chief of the priests, who did so.
19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and
 Paul I know; but who are ye?
19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them,
 and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they
 fled out of that house naked and wounded.
19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also
 dwelling at Ephesus: and fear fell on them all, and the name of
 the Lord Jesus was magnified.
19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed
 their deeds.
19:19 Many also of them who used curious arts, brought their
 books together, and burned them before all [men]; and they
 counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand
 [pieces] of silver.
19:20 So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed.
19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the
 spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia, and Achaia, to go
 to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see
 Rome.
19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered to
 him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a
 season.
19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that
 way.
19:24 For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silver-smith, who
 made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain to the
 artificers;
19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like
 occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have
 our wealth:
19:26 Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but
 almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned
 away many people, saying, that they are no gods which are made
 with hands.
19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at
 naught; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana
 should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed,
 whom all Asia, and the world worshipeth.
19:28 And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of
 wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the
 Ephesians.
19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having
 caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's
 companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the
 theater.
19:30 And when Paul would have entered in to the people, the
 disciples suffered him not.
19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, who were his friends,
 sent to him, desiring [him] that he would not adventure himself
 into the theater.
19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the
 assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not why they
 had come together.
19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews
 putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and
 would have made his defense to the people.
19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice
 about the space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana of the
 Ephesians.
19:35 And when the town-clerk had appeased the people, he said,
 [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that
 the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess
 Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?
19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be contradicted, ye
 ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither
 robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
19:38 Wherefore, if Demetrius and the artificers who are with
 him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there
 are deputies: let them implead one another.
19:39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it
 shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
19:40 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.
19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
20:1 And after the uproar had ceased, Paul called to [him] the
 disciples, and embraced [them], and departed to go into
 Macedonia.
20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them
 much exhortation, he came into Greece,
20:3 And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait
 for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to
 return through Macedonia.
20:4 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.
20:5 These going before, tarried for us at Troas.
20:6 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.
20:7 And upon the first [day] of the week, when the disciples
 came together to break bread, Paul preached to them (ready to
 depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they
 were assembled.
20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named
 Eutychus, having fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
 preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell from the third
 loft, and was taken up dead.
20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing [him],
 said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
20:11 When he had come up again, and had broken bread, and
 eaten, and discoursed a long while, even till break of day, so
 he departed.
20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a
 little comforted.
20:13 And we went before to a ship, and sailed to Assos, there
 intending to take in Paul: for so he had appointed, intending
 himself to go on foot.
20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came
 to Mitylene.
20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next [day] over against
 Chios; and the next [day] we arrived at Samos, and tarried at
 Trogyllium; and the next [day] we came to Miletus.
20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he
 would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were
 possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders
 of the church.
20:18 And when they had come to him, he said to them, Ye know,
 from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I
 have been with you at all seasons,
20:19 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:
20:20 [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,
20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
 repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus
 Christ.
20:22 And now behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not
 knowing the things that shall befall me there:
20:23 Save that the Holy Spirit testifieth in every city,
 saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.
20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life
 dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and
 the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to
 testify the gospel of the grace of God.
20:25 And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone
 preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
20:26 Wherefore I call you to witness this day, that I [am] pure
 from the blood of all [men].
20:27 For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel
 of God.
20:28 Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock
 over which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the
 church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
20:29 For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves
 will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
20:30 Also from your own selves will men arise, speaking
 perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three
 years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
20:32 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 are sanctified.
20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
20:34 And ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered
 to my necessities, and to them that were with me.
20:35 I have shown you all things, that so laboring 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.
20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed
 with them all.
20:37 And they all wept bitterly, and fell on Paul's neck, and
 kissed him,
20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that
 they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to
 the ship.
21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were separated from
 them, and had lanched, we came with a straight course to Coos,
 and the [day] following to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara:
21:2 And finding a ship sailing over to Phenicia, we went
 aboard, and set forth.
21:3 Now when we had discovered 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.
21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who
 said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to
 Jerusalem.
21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed, and
 proceeded on our way; and they all conducted us with wives and
 children, till [we were] out of the city; and we kneeled down
 on the shore, and prayed.
21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took
 ship; and they returned home again.
21:7 And when we had finished [our] course from Tyre, we came to
 Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one
 day.
21:8 And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company departed,
 and came to Cesarea; and we entered into the house of Philip
 the evangelist, who was [one] of the seven; and abode with him.
21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, who
 prophesied.
21:10 And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down from
 Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
21:11 And when he had come to us, he took Paul's girdle, and
 bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy
 Spirit, So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth
 this girdle, and will deliver [him] into the hands of the
 Gentiles.
21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that
 place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep, and to break my
 heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
 Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The
 will of the Lord be done.
21:15 And after those days we took up our furniture, and went up
 to Jerusalem.
21:16 There went with us also [certain] of the disciples of
 Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old
 disciple, with whom we should lodge.
21:17 And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received
 us gladly.
21:18 And the [day] following Paul went in with us to James: and
 all the elders were present.
21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly
 what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
21:20 And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and
 said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews
 there are who believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21:21 And they are informed concerning thee, that thou teachest
 all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses,
 saying, That they ought not to circumcise [their] children,
 neither to walk after the customs.
21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come
 together: for they will hear that thou art come.
21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: we have four men
 who have a vow on them;
21:24 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 were informed concerning thee,
 are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also walkest orderly, and
 keepest the law.
21:25 As concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written
 [and] concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that
 they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from
 blood, and from strangled, and from lewdness.
21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself
 with them, entered into the temple, to signify the
 accomplishment of the days of purification, until an offering
 should be offered for every one of them.
21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews who
 were from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all
 the people, and laid hands on him,
21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help. This is the man that
 teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law,
 and this place: and further, hath brought Greeks also into the
 temple; and hath polluted this holy place.
21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city, Trophimus,
 an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the
 temple.)
21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together:
 and they took Paul and drew him out of the temple. And
 forthwith the doors were shut.
21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the
 chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down
 to them. And when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers,
 they left beating Paul.
21:33 Then the chief captain came near and took him, and
 commanded [him] to be bound with two chains: and inquired who
 he was, and what he had done.
21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the
 multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the
 tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was
 borne by the soldiers, for the violence of the people.
21:36 For the multitude of the people followed, crying, Away
 with him.
21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said to the
 chief captain, May I speak to thee? Who said, Canst thou speak
 Greek?
21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, who before these days madest
 an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand
 men that were murderers?
21:39 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
 suffer me to speak to the people.
21:40 And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the
 stairs, and beckoned with the hand to the people. And when
 there was made entire silence, he spoke to [them] in the Hebrew
 language, saying,
22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense [which I
 make] now to you.
22:2 (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew
 language, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
22:3 I am verily a man [who am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city]
 in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of
 Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the
 law of the fathers, being zealous towards God, as ye all are
 this day.
22:4 And I persecuted this way even to death, binding and
 delivering into prisons both men and women.
22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me testimony, and all the
 estate of the elders; from whom also I received letters to the
 brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there
 bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
22:6 And it came to pass, that as I was passing on my journey,
 and had come nigh to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone
 from heaven a great light around me.
22:7 And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me,
 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
22:8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am
 Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were
 afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.
22:10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to
 me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told
 thee concerning all things which are appointed for thee to do.
22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light,
 being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into
 Damascus.
22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having
 a good report of all the Jews who dwelt [there],
22:13 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul,
 receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that
 thou shouldst know his will, and see that Just One, and
 shouldst hear the voice of his mouth.
22:15 For thou shalt be his witness to all men of what thou hast
 seen and heard.
22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and
 wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
22:17 And it came to pass, that when I had come again to
 Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a
 trance;
22:18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly
 from Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony
 concerning me.
22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in
 every synagogue them that believed on thee:
22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also
 was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the
 raiment of them that slew him.
22:21 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence
 to the Gentiles.
22:22 And they gave him audience to this word, and [then] lifted
 up their voices, and said, Away with such a [man] from the
 earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and
 threw dust into the air,
22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the
 castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that
 he might know for what cause they cried so against him.
22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the
 centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
 that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
22:26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the
 chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest; for this man
 is a Roman.
22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art
 thou a Roman? He said, Yes.
22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I
 obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
22:29 Then forthwith they departed from him who were about to
 examine him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he
 knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
22:30 On the 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
 appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men,
 brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until
 this day.
23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by
 him, to strike him on the mouth.
23:3 Then said Paul to him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited
 wall: for sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and
 commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
23:4 And they that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's high
 priest?
23:5 Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren, that he is the high
 priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the
 ruler of thy people.
23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were 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.
23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between
 the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,
 neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
23:9 And there arose 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 hath spoken to
 him, let us not fight against God.
23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief
 captain, 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.
23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said,
 Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified concerning
 me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear testimony also at Rome.
23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together,
 and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would
 neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
23:13 And they were more than forty who had made this
 conspiracy.
23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said,
 We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat
 nothing until we have slain Paul.
23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief
 captain, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as though ye
 would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we,
 before he shall come near, are ready to kill him.
23:16 And when the son of Paul's sister heard of their lying in
 wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions to [him], and said,
 Bring this young man to the chief captain: for he hath a
 certain thing to tell him.
23:18 So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain,
 and said, Paul the prisoner called me to [him], and prayed me
 to bring this young man to thee, who hath something to say to
 thee.
23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went
 [with him] aside privately, and asked [him], What is that thou
 hast to tell me?
23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee, that
 thou wouldst bring down Paul to-morrow into the council, as
 though they would inquire somewhat concerning him more
 perfectly.
23:21 But do not thou yield to 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
 till they have killed him: and now they are ready, looking for
 a promise from thee.
23:22 So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart, and
 charged [him], [See thou] tell no man that thou hast shown
 these things to me.
23:23 And he called to [him] two centurions, saying, Make ready
 two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and seventy horsemen,
 and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
23:24 And provide [for them] beasts, that they may set Paul on,
 and bring [him] safe to Felix the governor.
23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
23:26 Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix,
 [sendeth] greeting.
23:27 This man was taken by the Jews, and would have been killed
 by them: then I came with a body of soldiers, and rescued him,
 having understood that he was a Roman.
23:28 And when I would have known the cause for which they
 accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
23:29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law,
 but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death, or of
 bonds.
23:30 And when it was told to me that the Jews laid wait for the
 man, I sent forthwith to thee, and gave commandment to his
 accusers also, to say before thee what [they had] against him.
 Farewell.
23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul,
 and brought [him] by night to Antipatris.
23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and
 returned to the castle:
23:33 Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle
 to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
23:34 And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked of
 what province he was. And when he understood that [he was] of
 Cilicia,
23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thy accusers also have
 come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment-hall.
24:1 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.
24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse
 [him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness,
 and that very worthy deeds are done to this nation by thy
 providence,
24:3 We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble Felix,
 with all thankfulness.
24:4 Notwithstanding, that I may not be further tedious to thee,
 I pray thee, that thou wouldst of thy clemency hear us a few
 words.
24:5 For we have found this a pestilent man, and a mover of
 sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a
 ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we
 took, and would have judged according to our law.
24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came and with great violence
 took [him] out of our hands,
24:8 Commanding his accusers to come to thee: by examining whom,
 thou thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things of which
 we accuse him.
24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying, that these things were
 so.
24:10 Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to
 speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been for
 many years a judge to this nation, I do the more cheerfully
 answer for myself:
24:11 That thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve
 days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any
 man, neither exciting the people to sedition, neither in the
 synagogues, nor in the city:
24:13 Neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse
 me.
24:14 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 in the prophets:
24:15 And have hope towards God, which they themselves also
 allow, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of
 the just and unjust.
24:16 And in this I exercise myself, to have always a conscience
 void of offense towards God, and [towards] men.
24:17 Now after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation,
 and offerings.
24:18 Upon which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the
 temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object if
 they had aught against me.
24:20 Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found any
 evil-doing in me, while I stood before the council,
24:21 Except it is for this one voice, that I cried, standing
 among them, Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called
 in question by you this day.
24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect
 knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When
 Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the
 uttermost of your matter.
24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let
 [him] have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his
 acquaintance to minister, or come to him.
24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife
 Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him
 concerning the faith in Christ.
24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and
 judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, depart for this
 time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
24:26 He hoped also that money would have been given him by
 Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the
 oftener, and communed with him.
24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came as successor to
 Felix: and Felix willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul
 bound.
25:1 Now when Festus had come into the province, after three
 days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.
25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him
 against Paul, and besought him,
25:3 And desired favor against him, that he would send for him
 to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea,
 and that he himself would depart shortly [thither].
25:5 Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go
 down with [me], and accuse this man, if there is any wickedness
 in him.
25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he
 went down to Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the
 judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
25:7 And when he had come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem
 stood around, and laid many and grievous complaints against
 Paul, which they could not prove;
25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of
 the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar
 have I committed any offense.
25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered
 Paul, and said, Wilt thou go to Jerusalem, and there be judged
 concerning these things before me?
25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's tribunal, where I ought
 to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very
 well knowest.
25:11 For if I am an offender, or have committed any thing
 worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there is none of
 these things of which these accuse me, no man may deliver me to
 them. I appeal to Cesar.
25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,
 answered, Hast thou appealed to Cesar? to Cesar thou shalt go.
25:13 And after certain days, king Agrippa and Bernice came to
 Cesarea, to salute Festus.
25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared
 Paul's cause to the king, saying, There is a certain man left
 in bonds by Felix:
25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and
 the elders of the Jews informed [me], desiring [to have]
 judgment against him.
25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to
 deliver any man to die, before he who is accused hath the
 accusers face to face, and hath license to answer for himself
 concerning the crime laid against him.
25:17 Therefore, when they had come hither, without any delay on
 the morrow I sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to
 be brought forth;
25:18 Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no
 accusation of such things as I supposed:
25:19 But had certain questions against him of their own
 superstition, and of one Jesus who was dead, whom Paul affirmed
 to be alive.
25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked
 [him] whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged
 concerning these matters.
25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved to the hearing
 of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him
 to Cesar.
25:22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also hear the man
 myself. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa had come, and Bernice,
 with great pomp, and had entered into the place of hearing,
 with the chief captains and principal men of the city, at the
 command of Festus Paul was brought forth.
25:24 And Festus said, 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.
25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of
 death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have
 determined to send him.
25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord.
 Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially
 before thee, O king Agrippa, that after examination had, I may
 have somewhat to write.
25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and
 not also to signify the crimes [laid] against him.
26:1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for
 thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for
 himself:
26:2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer
 for myself this day before thee, concerning all the things of
 which I am accused by the Jews:
26:3 Especially, [because I know] thee to be expert in all
 customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I
 beseech thee to hear me patiently.
26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first
 among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
26:5 Who knew me from the beginning, (if they would testify)
 that after the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a
 Pharisee.
26:6 And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise
 made by God to our fathers:
26:7 To which [promise] our twelve tribes, assiduously serving
 [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king
 Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that
 God should raise the dead?
26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many
 things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the
 saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from
 the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my
 voice against [them].
26:11 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.
26:12 Upon which as I went to Damascus, with authority and
 commission from the chief priests,
26:13 At mid-day, O 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.
26:14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice
 speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul,
 why persecutest thou me? [It is] hard for thee to kick against
 the goads.
26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus
 whom thou persecutest.
26:16 But rise, 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 hast seen, and of the things in
 which I will appear to thee;
26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles,
 to whom now I send thee,
26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to
 light, and [from] the power of Satan to God, that they may
 receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are
 sanctified by faith that is in me.
26:19 Upon which O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the
 heavenly vision.
26:20 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 do works
 meet for repentance.
26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and
 went about to kill [me].
26:22 Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to
 this day, testifying both to small and great, saying no other
 things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should
 come:
26:23 That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the
 first that should rise from the dead, and should show light to
 the people, and to the Gentiles.
26:24 And as he was thus speaking for himself, Festus said with
 a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth
 make thee insane.
26:25 But he said, I am not insane, most noble Festus; but speak
 forth the words of truth and soberness.
26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I
 speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things are
 hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that
 thou believest.
26:28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be
 a Christian.
26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but
 also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and
 altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose, and the
 governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
26:31 And when they had gone aside, they talked between
 themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, or
 of bonds.
26:32 Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been set
 at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cesar.
27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy,
 they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to [one] named
 Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we lanched,
 meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia, [one] Aristarchus, a
 Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
27:3 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.
27:4 And when we had lanched from thence, we sailed under
 Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and
 Pamphylia, we came to Mira, [a city] of Lycia.
27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing
 into Italy; and he put us therein.
27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce had
 come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed
 under Crete, over against Salmone:
27:8 And hardly passing it, came to a place which is called, The
 fair havens; nigh to which was the city [of] Lasea.
27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now
 dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul
 admonished [them].
27:10 And said to them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will
 be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship,
 but also of our lives.
27:11 Nevertheless, the centurion believed the master and the
 owner of the ship more than the things which were spoken by
 Paul.
27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the
 greater part advised to depart thence also, if by any means
 they might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is]
 a haven of Crete, and lieth towards the south-west and
 north-west.
27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they
 had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they sailed
 close by Crete.
27:14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous
 wind, called Euroclydon.
27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into
 the wind, we let [her] drive.
27:16 And running under a certain isle which is called Clauda,
 we had much work to come by the boat:
27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps,
 undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall into
 the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.
27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next
 [day] they lightened the ship;
27:19 And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the
 tackling of the ship.
27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and
 no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved
 was then taken away.
27:21 But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst
 of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and
 not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and
 loss.
27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall
 be no loss of life among you, but of the ship.
27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I
 am, and whom I serve,
27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar:
 and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that
 it will be even as it was told to me.
27:26 But we must be cast upon a certain isle.
27:27 When the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up
 and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen suspected that
 they drew near to some country:
27:28 And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they
 had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it]
 fifteen fathoms.
27:29 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast
 four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,
 when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as
 though they would cast anchors out of the foreship,
27:31 Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Except
 these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let
 her fall off.
27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them] all
 to take food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye
 have tarried, and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take [some] food; for this is for
 your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of
 any of you.
27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave
 thanks to God in presence of them all; and when he had broken
 [it], he began to eat.
27:36 Then they were all of good cheer, and they also took food.
27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy six
 souls.
27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship,
 and cast the wheat into the sea.
27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they
 discovered a certain creek with a shore, into which they
 purposed, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed
 [themselves] to the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and
 hoisted the mainsail to the wind, and made towards the shore.
27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the
 ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained
 immovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of
 the waves.
27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest
 any of them should swim out, and escape.
27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from
 [their] purpose, and commanded that they who could swim, should
 cast [themselves] first [into the sea], and get to land:
27:44 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.
28:1 And when they had escaped, then they knew that the isle was
 called Melita.
28:2 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for
 they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the
 present rain, and because of the cold.
28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid
 [them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and
 fastened on his hand.
28:4 And when the barbarians saw the animal hang on his hand,
 they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer,
 whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth
 not to live.
28:5 And he shook off the animal into the fire, and felt no
 harm.
28:6 Yet they looked when he would have swelled, or fallen down
 dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw
 no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he
 was a god.
28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of
 the isle, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged
 us three days courteously.
28:8 And it came to pass that the father of Publius lay sick
 with a fever, and a bloody-flux: to whom Paul entered in, and
 prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
28:9 So when this was done, others also who had diseases in the
 isle, came, and were healed:
28:10 Who also honored us with many honors; and when we
 departed, they laded [us] with such things as were necessary.
28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of
 Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was
 Castor and Pollux.
28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried [there] three days.
28:13 And from thence we made a circuit, and came to Rhegium:
 and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day
 to Puteoli:
28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with
 them seven days: and so we went towards Rome.
28:15 And from thence when the brethren heard of us, they came
 to meet us as far as Appii-forum, and the Three taverns: whom
 when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the
 prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to
 dwell by himself, with a soldier that kept him.
28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days, Paul called
 together the chief of the Jews. And when they were assembled,
 he said to them, Men, brethren, though I have committed nothing
 against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet I was
 delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
28:18 Who when they had examined me, would have let [me] go,
 because there was no cause of death in me.
28:19 But when the Jews spoke against [it], I was constrained to
 appeal to Cesar; not that I had aught to accuse my nation of.
28:20 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.
28:21 And 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 harm of thee.
28:22 But we desire to hear from thee, what thou thinkest: for
 as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken
 against.
28:23 And when they had 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 till
 evening.
28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some
 believed not.
28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed,
 after Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit by
 Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
28:26 Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear,
 and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not
 perceive.
28:27 For the heart of this people is become gross, and their
 ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest
 they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears,
 and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and
 I should heal them.
28:28 Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is
 sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and
 had great reasoning among themselves.
28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and
 received all that came in to him,
28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things
 which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no
 man forbidding him.