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{Acts 1:1} The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that
Jesus began both to do and teach, {Acts 1:2} Until the day in which he was
taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments
unto the apostles whom he had chosen: {Acts 1:3} To whom also he shewed
himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen
of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the
kingdom of God: {Acts 1:4} And, being assembled together with [them,]
commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for
the promise of the Father, which, [saith he,] ye have heard of me.
{Acts 1:5} For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with
the Holy Ghost not many days hence. {Acts 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? {Acts 1:7} And he said unto them, It is
not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put
in his own power. {Acts 1:8} But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth. {Acts 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. {Acts 1:10} And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went
up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; {Acts 1:11} Which also
said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same
Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. {Acts 1:12} Then returned they
unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a
sabbath day's journey. {Acts 1:13} And when they were come in, they went up
into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and
Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son]
of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of James.
{Acts 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.

{Acts 1:15} And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the
disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an
hundred and twenty,) {Acts 1:16} Men [and] brethren, this scripture must
needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David
spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
{Acts 1:17} For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this
ministry. {Acts 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. {Acts 1:19} And it was known unto all the dwellers at
Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue,
Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

{Acts 1:20} For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

{Acts 1:21} Wherefore of
these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus
went in and out among us, {Acts 1:22} Beginning from the baptism of John,
unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained
to be a witness with us of his resurrection. {Acts 1:23} And they appointed
two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
{Acts 1:24} And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts
of all [men,] shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, {Acts 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. {Acts 1:26} And they
gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was
numbered with the eleven apostles.

{Acts 2:1} And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. {Acts 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. {Acts 2:3} And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. {Acts 2:4} And they
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. {Acts 2:5} And there were
dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under
heaven. {Acts 2:6} Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak
in his own language. {Acts 2:7} And they were all amazed and marvelled,
saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak
Galilaeans? {Acts 2:8} And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein
we were born? {Acts 2:9} Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the
dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and
Asia, {Acts 2:10} Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, {Acts 2:11}
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful
works of God. {Acts 2:12} And they were all amazed, and were in doubt,
saying one to another, What meaneth this? {Acts 2:13} Others mocking said,
These men are full of new wine.

{Acts 2:14} But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

{Acts 2:16} But this is that which was spoken by the prophet
Joel;

{Acts 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:

{Acts 2:18} And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

{Acts 2:19} And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

{Acts 2:20} The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the LORD come:

{Acts 2:21} And it shall come to pass, whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

{Acts 2:22} Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which
God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: {Acts 2:23}
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
{Acts 2:24} Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:
because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

{Acts 2:25} For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

{Acts 2:26}Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

{Acts 2:27} Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

{Acts 2:28} Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

{Acts 2:29} Men [and] brethren, let me
freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and
buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

{Acts 2:30} Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne

{Acts 2:31} He seeing this before spake of
the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither
his flesh did see corruption. {Acts 2:32} This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses. {Acts 2:33} Therefore being by the right hand
of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the
Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. {Acts 2:34}
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, {Acts 2:35} Until I make
thy foes thy footstool. {Acts 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.

{Acts 2:37} Now when they heard [this,] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do ?

{Acts 2:38} then Peter said unto 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 Ghost.

{Acts 2:39} For the promise is unto you, and to your children , and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.

{Acts 2:40} And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying,
Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

{Acts 2:41} Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and
the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.
{Acts 2:42} And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. {Acts 2:43} And fear
came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the
apostles.

{Acts 2:44} And all that believed were together, and had all things common ;

{Acts 2:45} And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all [men,] as every man had need. {Acts 2:46} And they, continuing
daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to
house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, {Acts 2:47}
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added
to the church daily such as should be saved.

{Acts 3:1} Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the
hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour. ]

{Acts 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;

{Acts 3:3} Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the
temple asked an alms. {Acts 3:4} And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with
John, said, Look on us. {Acts 3:5} And he gave heed unto them, expecting to
receive something of them. {Acts 3:6} Then Peter said, Silver and gold have
I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth rise up and walk. {Acts 3:7} And he took him by the right hand, and
lifted [him] up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received
strength. {Acts 3:8} And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with
them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. {Acts 3:9} And
all the people saw him walking and praising God: {Acts 3:10} And they knew
that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple:
and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had
happened unto him. {Acts 3:11} And as the lame man which was healed held
Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that
is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

{Acts 3:12} And when Peter saw [it,] he answered unto 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?

{Acts 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.

{Acts 3:14} But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer
to be granted unto you; {Acts 3:15} And killed the Prince of life, whom God
hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. {Acts 3:16} And his
name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see
and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect
soundness in the presence of you all. {Acts 3:17} And now, brethren, I wot
that through ignorance ye did [it,] as [did] also your rulers. {Acts 3:18}But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his
prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. {Acts 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; {Acts 3:20} And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:

{Acts 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.

Acts 3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you .

Acts 3:23 And it shall come to pass that every soul, which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

Acts 3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Acts 3:25 ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, and in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Acts 3:26 unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you , in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

{Acts 4:1} And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the
captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, {Acts 4:2} Being
grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the
resurrection from the dead. {Acts 4:3} And they laid hands on them, and put
[them] in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. {Acts 4:4}
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of
the men was about five thousand.

{Acts 4:5} And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and
elders, and scribes, {Acts 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 gathered together at Jerusalem. {Acts 4:7} And when they had
set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have
ye done this? {Acts 4:8} Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto
them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, {Acts 4:9} If we this
day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what
means he is made whole; {Acts 4:10} Be it known unto 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 whole. {Acts 4:11} This is the stone which was set at
nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

{Acts 4:12} Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

{Acts 4:13} Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and
perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled;
and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. {Acts 4:14}
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could
say nothing against it. {Acts 4:15} But when they had commanded them to go
aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, {Acts 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. ]{Acts 4:17} But that it spread no
further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they
speak henceforth to no man in this name. {Acts 4:18} And they called them,
and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
{Acts 4:19} But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be
right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge
ye. {Acts 4:20} For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and
heard. {Acts 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. {Acts 4:22} For the man
was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

{Acts 4:23} And being let go, they went to their own company, and
reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

{Acts 4:24} And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

{Acts 4:25} Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

{Acts 4:26} The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

{Acts 4:27} For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast
anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the
people of Israel, were gathered together, {Acts 4:28} For to do whatsoever
thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. {Acts 4:29} And now,
Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with
all boldness they may speak thy word, {Acts 4:30} By stretching forth thine
hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy
holy child Jesus.

{Acts 4:31} And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they
were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and they spake the word of God with boldness.

{Acts 4:32} And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any [of them] that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

{Acts 4:33} And with great power gave the
apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace
was upon them all. {Acts 4:34} Neither was there any among them that lacked:
for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and
brought the prices of the things that were sold, {Acts 4:35} And laid [them]
down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man
according as he had need. {Acts 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, {Acts 4:37} Having
land, sold [it,] and brought the money, and laid [it] at the apostles'
feet.

{Acts 5:1} But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold
a possession, {Acts 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. {Acts 5:3} But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled
thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the
price of the land? {Acts 5:4} Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and
after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou
conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but
unto God. {Acts 5:5} And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up
the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
{Acts 5:6} And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried [him] out, and
buried [him. ]{Acts 5:7} And it was about the space of three hours after,
when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. {Acts 5:8} And Peter
answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And
she said, Yea, for so much. {Acts 5:9} Then Peter said unto her, How is it
that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold,
the feet of them which have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and
shall carry thee out. {Acts 5:10} Then fell she down straightway at his
feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found
her dead, and, carrying [her] forth, buried [her] by her husband.
{Acts 5:11} And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as
heard these things.

{Acts 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. {Acts 5:13} And of the rest durst no man join himself to
them: but the people magnified them. {Acts 5:14} And believers were the more
added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) {Acts 5:15} Insomuch
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. {Acts 5:16} There came also a multitude [out]
of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them
which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

{Acts 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, {Acts 5:18} And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them
in the common prison. {Acts 5:19} But the angel of the Lord by night opened
the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, {Acts 5:20} Go, stand
and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
{Acts 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.
{Acts 5:22} But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison,
they returned, and told, {Acts 5:23} Saying, The prison truly found we shut
with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but
when we had opened, we found no man within. {Acts 5:24} Now when the high
priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these
things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. {Acts 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. {Acts 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. {Acts 5:27} And
when they had brought them, they set [them] before the council: and the
high priest asked them, {Acts 5:28} Saying, Did not we straitly 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.

{Acts 5:29} Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We
ought to obey God rather than men. {Acts 5:30} The God of our fathers raised
up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. {Acts 5:31} Him hath God
exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give
repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. {Acts 5:32} And we are his
witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God
hath given to them that obey him.

{Acts 5:33} When they heard [that,] they were cut [to the heart,] and
took counsel to slay them. {Acts 5:34} Then stood there 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 space; {Acts 5:35} And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take
heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. {Acts 5:36}
For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody;
to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was
slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to
nought. {Acts 5:37} After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of
the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and
all, [even] as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. {Acts 5:38} And now I say
unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this
counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: {Acts 5:39} But if
it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to
fight against God. {Acts 5:40} And to him they agreed: and when they had
called the apostles, and beaten [them,] they commanded that they should
not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

{Acts 5:41} And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing
that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. {Acts 5:42} And
daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and
preach Jesus Christ.

{Acts 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.
{Acts 6:2} Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto
them,] and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God,
and serve tables. {Acts 6:3} Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you
seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we
may appoint over this business. {Acts 6:4} But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

{Acts 6:5} And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a
proselyte of Antioch: {Acts 6:6} Whom they set before the apostles: and when
they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them. {Acts 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.
{Acts 6:8} And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people.

{Acts 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. {Acts 6:10} And they
were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
{Acts 6:11} Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God. {Acts 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, {Acts 6:13} And set
up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: {Acts 6:14} For we
have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this
place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. {Acts 6:15}
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his
face as it had been the face of an angel.

{Acts 7:1} Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

{Acts 7:2} And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

{Acts 7:3} And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

{Acts 7:4} Then
came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and
from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land,
wherein ye now dwell.

{Acts 7:5} And he gave him none 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 seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

{Acts 7:6} And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

{Acts 7:7} And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

{Acts 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. {Acts 7:9} And the patriarchs, moved with
envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, {Acts 7:10} And
delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and
wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor
over Egypt and all his house. {Acts 7:11} Now there came a dearth over all
the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers
found no sustenance.

{Acts 7:12} But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

{Acts 7:13} And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

{Acts 7:14} Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

{Acts 7:15} So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

{Acts 7:16} And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the
father] of Sychem.

{Acts 7:17} But when the time of the promise drew nigh,
which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in
Egypt,

{Acts 7:18} Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

{Acts 7:19}
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our
fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they
might not live. {Acts 7:20} In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding
fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: {Acts 7:21} And
when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him
for her own son. {Acts 7:22} And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. {Acts 7:23} And when he was
full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the
children of Israel. {Acts 7:24} And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he
defended [him,] and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the
Egyptian: {Acts 7:25} For he supposed his brethren would have understood how
that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

{Acts 7:26} And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

{Acts 7:27} But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

{Acts 7:28} Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

{Acts 7:29} Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

{Acts 7:30} And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

{Acts 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 unto him,

{Acts 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. 

{Acts 7:33} Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

{Acts 7:34} I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

{Acts 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 which appeared to him in the bush. {Acts 7:36} He brought
them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of
Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

{Acts 7:37} This is that Moses , which said unto the children of Israel, a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear .

{Acts 7:38} This is he, that was in the
church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount
Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give
unto us: {Acts 7:39} To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him]
from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

{Acts 7:40}Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

{Acts 7:41} And they made a calf in those days, and offered
sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

{Acts 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 [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?

{Acts 7:43} Yea, 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.

{Acts 7:44} Our
fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had
appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the
fashion that he had seen. {Acts 7:45} Which also our fathers that came after
brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God
drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
{Acts 7:46} Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle
for the God of Jacob. {Acts 7:47} But Solomon built him an house. {Acts 7:48}
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith
the prophet,

{Acts 7:49}Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

{Acts 7:50}Acts 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

{Acts 7:51} Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did,] so [do] ye .

{Acts 7:52} Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers  and murderers:

{Acts 7:53} Who have received
the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it.

]{Acts 7:54} When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart,
and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth. {Acts 7:55} But he, being full
of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory
of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, {Acts 7:56} And said,
Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the
right hand of God. {Acts 7:57} Then they cried out with a loud voice, and
stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, {Acts 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. {Acts 7:59} And
they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God,] and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit. {Acts 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.

{Acts 8:1} And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there
was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and
they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and
Samaria, except the apostles. {Acts 8:2} And devout men carried Stephen [to
his burial,] and made great lamentation over him. {Acts 8:3} As for Saul, he
made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men
and women committed [them] to prison. {Acts 8:4} Therefore they that were
scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. {Acts 8:5} Then Philip
went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. {Acts 8:6}
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip
spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. {Acts 8:7} For unclean
spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed
[with them:] and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were
healed. {Acts 8:8} And there was great joy in that city. {Acts 8:9} But there was
a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used
sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself
was some great one: {Acts 8:10} To whom they all gave heed, from the least
to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. {Acts 8:11} And
to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them
with sorceries. {Acts 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. {Acts 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. {Acts 8:14} Now
when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: {Acts 8:15}
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive
the Holy Ghost: {Acts 8:16} (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them:
only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) {Acts 8:17} Then
laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
{Acts 8:18} And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands
the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, {Acts 8:19} Saying, Give me
also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the
Holy Ghost. {Acts 8:20} But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee,
because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with
money. {Acts 8:21} Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy
heart is not right in the sight of God. {Acts 8:22} Repent therefore of this
thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may
be forgiven thee.

{Acts 8:23} For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.

{Acts 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.

{Acts 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. {Acts 8:26} And the angel of
the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto
the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
{Acts 8:27} And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch
of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the
charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
{Acts 8:28} Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the
prophet. {Acts 8:29} Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join
thyself to this chariot. {Acts 8:30} And Philip ran thither to [him,] and
heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what
thou readest? {Acts 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.

{Acts 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 opened he not his mouth:

{Acts 8:33} In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

{Acts 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? {Acts 8:35} Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same
scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. {Acts 8:36} And as they went on
[their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See,
[here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? {Acts 8:37} And Philip
said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he
answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
{Acts 8:38} And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down
both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
{Acts 8:39} And when they were 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. {Acts 8:40} But Philip was found at Azotus: and
passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

{Acts 9:1} And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against
the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, {Acts 9:2} And desired
of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of
this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound
unto Jerusalem. {Acts 9:3} And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and
suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: {Acts 9:4} And he
fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me? {Acts 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 pricks. {Acts 9:6} And he trembling and astonished said,
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord [said] unto him,
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must
do. {Acts 9:7} And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,
hearing a voice, but seeing no man. {Acts 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. {Acts 9:9} And he was three
days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

{Acts 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. {Acts 9:11} And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go
into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of
Judas for [one] called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, {Acts 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. {Acts 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: {Acts 9:14} And here he hath authority from
the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. {Acts 9:15} But the
Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to
bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of
Israel: {Acts 9:16} For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for
my name's sake. {Acts 9:17} And Ananias went his way, and entered into the
house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord,
[even] Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath
sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the
Holy Ghost. {Acts 9:18} And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
baptized. {Acts 9:19} And when he had received meat, he was strengthened.
Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
{Acts 9:20} And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is
the Son of God. {Acts 9:21} But all that heard [him] were amazed, and said;
Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in
Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them
bound unto the chief priests? {Acts 9:22} But Saul increased the more in
strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that
this is very Christ.

{Acts 9:23} And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took
counsel to kill him: {Acts 9:24} But their laying await was known of Saul.
And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. {Acts 9:25} Then the
disciples took him by night, and let [him] down by the wall in a
basket. {Acts 9:26} And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join
himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed
not that he was a disciple. {Acts 9:27} But Barnabas took him, and brought
[him] to the apostles, and declared unto 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. {Acts 9:28} And he was with them
coming in and going out at Jerusalem. {Acts 9:29} And he spake boldly in the
name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they
went about to slay him. {Acts 9:30} [Which] when the brethren knew, they
brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. {Acts 9:31} Then
had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria,
and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the
comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

{Acts 9:32} And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all
[quarters,] he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
{Acts 9:33} And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept
his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. {Acts 9:34} And Peter said
unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy
bed. And he arose immediately. {Acts 9:35} And all that dwelt at Lydda and
Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord. {Acts 9:36} Now there was at Joppa a
certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called
Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
{Acts 9:37} And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died:
whom when they had washed, they laid [her] in an upper chamber. {Acts 9:38}
And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard
that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring [him] that
he would not delay to come to them. {Acts 9:39} Then Peter arose and went
with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber:
and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and
garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. {Acts 9:40} But Peter
put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning [him] to
the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she
saw Peter, she sat up. {Acts 9:41} And he gave her [his] hand, and lifted
her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her
alive. {Acts 9:42} And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed
in the Lord. {Acts 9:43} And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in
Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

{Acts 10:1} There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a
centurion of the band called the Italian [band, ]{Acts 10:2} A devout [man,]
and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the
people, and prayed to God alway. {Acts 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 unto him, Cornelius. {Acts 10:4} And when he looked on him, he was
afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers
and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. {Acts 10:5} And now
send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose surname is Peter:
{Acts 10:6} He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea
side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. {Acts 10:7} And when the
angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his
household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him
continually; {Acts 10:8} And when he had declared all [these] things unto
them, he sent them to Joppa.

{Acts 10:9} On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh
unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth
hour: {Acts 10:10} And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but
while they made ready, he fell into a trance, {Acts 10:11} And saw heaven
opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a
great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
{Acts 10:12} Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and
wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. {Acts 10:13} And
there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. {Acts 10:14} But
Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is
common or unclean.

Acts 10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

{Acts 10:16} This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into
heaven. {Acts 10:17} Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision
which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from
Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the
gate, {Acts 10:18} And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed
Peter, were lodged there.

{Acts 10:19} While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him,
Behold, three men seek thee. {Acts 10:20} Arise therefore, and get thee
down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. {Acts 10:21}
Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from
Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what [is] the cause
wherefore ye are come? {Acts 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 an holy angel to send for
thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. {Acts 10:23} Then called he
them in, and lodged [them.] And on the morrow Peter went away with
them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. {Acts 10:24} And the
morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them,
and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. {Acts 10:25} And as
Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and
worshipped [him. ]{Acts 10:26} But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I
myself also am a man. {Acts 10:27} And as he talked with him, he went in,
and found many that were come together. {Acts 10:28} And he said unto them,
Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to
keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed
me that I should not call any man common or unclean. {Acts 10:29} Therefore
came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask
therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? {Acts 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, {Acts 10:31} And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine
alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. {Acts 10:32} Send therefore
to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged
in the house of [one] Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he
cometh, shall speak unto thee. {Acts 10:33} Immediately therefore I sent to
thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we
all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee
of God.

{Acts 10:34} Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons: {Acts 10:35} But in every
nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with
him. {Acts 10:36} The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel,
preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) {Acts 10:37} That
word, [I say,] ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and
began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; {Acts 10:38} How
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who
went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the
devil; for God was with him. {Acts 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: {Acts 10:40} Him God raised up the third day, and
shewed him openly; {Acts 10:41} Not to all the people, but unto witnesses
chosen before of God, [even] to us, who did eat and drink with him
after he rose from the dead. {Acts 10:42} And he commanded us to preach unto
the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God [to
be] the Judge of quick and dead. {Acts 10:43} To him give all the prophets
witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive
remission of sins.

{Acts 10:44} While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on
all them which heard the word. {Acts 10:45} And they of the circumcision
which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because
that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
{Acts 10:46} For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then
answered Peter, {Acts 10:47} Can any man forbid water, that these should not
be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? {Acts 10:48}
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then
prayed they him to tarry certain days.

{Acts 11:1} And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that
the Gentiles had also received the word of God. {Acts 11:2} And when Peter
was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended
with him, {Acts 11:3} Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and
didst eat with them. {Acts 11:4} But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the
beginning, and expounded [it] by order unto them, saying, {Acts 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: {Acts 11:6} Upon the which when I had
fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the
earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
{Acts 11:7} And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
{Acts 11:8} But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at
any time entered into my mouth. {Acts 11:9} But the voice answered me again
from heaven, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
{Acts 11:10} And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into
heaven. {Acts 11:11} And, behold, immediately there were three men already
come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. {Acts 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:
{Acts 11:13} And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which
stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose
surname is Peter; {Acts 11:14} Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and
all thy house shall be saved. {Acts 11:15} And as I began to speak, the Holy
Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. {Acts 11:16} Then remembered
I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with
water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. {Acts 11:17} Forasmuch
then as God gave them the like gift as [he did] unto us, who believed
on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
{Acts 11:18} When they heard these things, they held their peace, and
glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted
repentance unto life.

{Acts 11:19} Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution
that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and
Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. {Acts 11:20} And
some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come
to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. {Acts 11:21}
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed,
and turned unto the Lord.

{Acts 11:22} Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the
church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he
should go as far as Antioch. {Acts 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 unto the Lord. {Acts 11:24} For he was a good man,
and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto
the Lord. {Acts 11:25} Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
{Acts 11:26} And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it
came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the
church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch.

{Acts 11:27} And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
{Acts 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 Caesar. {Acts 11:29} Then the
disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send
relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: {Acts 11:30} Which also they
did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

{Acts 12:1} Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his]
hands to vex certain of the church. {Acts 12:2} And he killed James the
brother of John with the sword. {Acts 12:3} And because he saw it pleased
the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days
of unleavened bread.) {Acts 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 Easter to bring him forth to the people.
{Acts 12:5} Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without
ceasing of the church unto God for him. {Acts 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. {Acts 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 up quickly. And his chains fell off from
[his] hands. {Acts 12:8} And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind
on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment
about thee, and follow me. {Acts 12:9} And he went out, and followed him;
and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought
he saw a vision. {Acts 12:10} When they were past the first and the second
ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which
opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on
through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

{Acts 12:11} And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, 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.

{Acts 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 gathered together praying. {Acts 12:13} And as Peter knocked at the
door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. {Acts 12:14} And
when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but
ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. {Acts 12:15} And they said
unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even
so. Then said they, It is his angel. {Acts 12:16} But Peter continued
knocking: and when they had opened [the door,] and saw him, they were
astonished. {Acts 12:17} But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold
their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the
prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the
brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. {Acts 12:18} Now as
soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what
was become of Peter. {Acts 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 Judaea to Caesarea, and
[there] abode.

{Acts 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. ]{Acts 12:21} And upon a set day
Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an
oration unto them. {Acts 12:22} And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is]
the voice of a god, and not of a man. {Acts 12:23} And immediately the angel
of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was
eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

{Acts 12:24} But the word of God grew and multiplied. {Acts 12:25} And
Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled
[their] ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

{Acts 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, which had been brought up with Herod
the tetrarch, and Saul. {Acts 13:2} As they ministered to the Lord, and
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work
whereunto I have called them. {Acts 13:3} And when they had fasted and
prayed, and laid [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.

{Acts 13:4} So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. {Acts 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 to [their] minister. {Acts 13:6} And when they
had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a
false prophet, a Jew, whose name [was] Bar-jesus: {Acts 13:7} Which 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. {Acts 13:8} But
Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood
them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. {Acts 13:9} Then Saul,
(who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes
on him,

{Acts 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?

{Acts 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.

{Acts 13:12} Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed,
being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. {Acts 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.

{Acts 13:14} But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in
Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
{Acts 13:15} And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of
the synagogue sent unto them, saying, [Ye] men [and] brethren, if ye
have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. {Acts 13:16} Then Paul
stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand said, Men of Israel, and ye
that fear God, give audience. {Acts 13:17} The God of this people of Israel
chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers
in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

{Acts 13:18} And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

{Acts 13:19} And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

{Acts 13:20} And
after that he gave [unto them] judges about the space of four hundred
and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. {Acts 13:21} And afterward they
desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of
the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

{Acts 13:22} And when he had removed him, he raised up unto 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 mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will
{Acts 13:22}And when he had removed him, he raised up unto 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 mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
{Acts 13:22} And when he had removed him, he raised up unto 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 mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

{Acts 13:23} Of this man's seed hath God according to [his] promise raised
unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: {Acts 13:24} When John had first preached
before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of
Israel. {Acts 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. {Acts 13:26} Men [and]
brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you
feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. {Acts 13:27} For
they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him
not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath
day, they have fulfilled [them] in condemning [him. ]{Acts 13:28} And though
they found no cause of death [in him,] yet desired they Pilate that he
should be slain. {Acts 13:29} And when they had fulfilled all that was
written of him, they took [him] down from the tree, and laid [him] in a
sepulchre. {Acts 13:30} But God raised him from the dead: {Acts 13:31} And he was
seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to
Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. {Acts 13:32} And we
declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto
the fathers,

{Acts 13:33} God hath fulfilled the same unto 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.

{Acts 13:34} And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, [now] no
more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the
sure mercies of David.

{Acts 13:35} Wherefore he saith also in another
[psalm,] Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

{Acts 13:36} For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

{Acts 13:37} But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

{Acts 13:38} Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren, that
through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: {Acts 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. {Acts 13:40} Beware
therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

{Acts 13:41} Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

{Acts 13:42} And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to
them the next sabbath. {Acts 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.

{Acts 13:44} And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together
to hear the word of God. {Acts 13:45} But when the Jews saw the multitudes,
they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were
spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. {Acts 13:46} Then Paul and
Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God
should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you,
and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the
Gentiles.

Acts 13:47 Acts 13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Acts 13:47 Acts 13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

{Acts 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. {Acts 13:49} And the word of
the Lord was published throughout all the region. {Acts 13:50} But the Jews
stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the
city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled
them out of their coasts. {Acts 13:51} But they shook off the dust of their
feet against them, and came unto Iconium. {Acts 13:52} And the disciples
were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

{Acts 14:1} And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together
into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude
both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. {Acts 14:2} But the
unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil
affected against the brethren. {Acts 14:3} Long time therefore abode they
speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his
grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. {Acts 14:4}
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews,
and part with the apostles. {Acts 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, {Acts 14:6} They were ware of [it,]
and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region
that lieth round about: {Acts 14:7} And there they preached the gospel.

{Acts 14:8} And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet,
being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: {Acts 14:9}
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving
that he had faith to be healed, {Acts 14:10} Said with a loud voice, Stand
upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. {Acts 14:11} And when the
people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in
the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of
men. {Acts 14:12} And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,
because he was the chief speaker. {Acts 14:13} Then the priest of Jupiter,
which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates,
and would have done sacrifice with the people. {Acts 14:14} [Which] when the
apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard [of,] they rent their clothes, and
ran in among the people, crying out,

{Acts 14:15} And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

{Acts 14:16} Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in
their own ways. {Acts 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. {Acts 14:18}
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had
not done sacrifice unto them.

{Acts 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 he had been dead. {Acts 14:20} Howbeit, as the
disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city:
and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. {Acts 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 Antioch, {Acts 14:22}
Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue
in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the
kingdom of God. {Acts 14:23} And when they had ordained them elders in every
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord,
on whom they believed. {Acts 14:24} And after they had passed throughout
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. {Acts 14:25} And when they had preached the
word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: {Acts 14:26} And thence sailed
to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God
for the work which they fulfilled.

{Acts 14:27} And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

{Acts 14:28} And there they abode long time with the disciples.

{Acts 15:1} And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the
brethren, [and said,] Except ye be circumcised after the manner of
Moses, ye cannot be saved. {Acts 15:2} When therefore Paul and Barnabas had
no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that
Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem
unto the apostles and elders about this question. {Acts 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 unto all the brethren. {Acts 15:4} And when they were come to
Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and [of] the apostles and
elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
{Acts 15:5} But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which
believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to
command [them] to keep the law of Moses.

{Acts 15:6} And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of
this matter. {Acts 15:7} And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose
up, and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how 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. {Acts 15:8} And God, which
knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even
as [he did] unto us; {Acts 15:9} And put no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith. {Acts 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? {Acts 15:11} But we believe that through
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

{Acts 15:12} Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to
Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought
among the Gentiles by them.

{Acts 15:13} And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying,
Men [and] brethren, hearken unto me: {Acts 15:14} Simeon hath declared how
God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people
for his name. {Acts 15:15} And to this agree the words of the prophets; as
it is written,

{Acts 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 thereof, and I will set it up:

{Acts 15:17} That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

{Acts 15:18} Known
unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

{Acts 15:19}
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among
the Gentiles are turned to God: {Acts 15:20} But that we write unto them,
that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and
[from] things strangled, and [from] blood. {Acts 15:21} For Moses of old
time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the
synagogues every sabbath day. {Acts 15:22} Then pleased it 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: {Acts 15:23} And they wrote
[letters] by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and
brethren [send] greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in
Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: {Acts 15:24} Forasmuch as we have heard, that
certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting
your souls, saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom
we gave no [such] commandment: {Acts 15:25} It seemed good unto us, being
assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved
Barnabas and Paul, {Acts 15:26} Men that have hazarded their lives for the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ. {Acts 15:27} We have sent therefore Judas and
Silas, who shall also tell [you] the same things by mouth. {Acts 15:28} For
it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater
burden than these necessary things; {Acts 15:29} That ye abstain from meats
offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from
fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare
ye well. {Acts 15:30} So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and
when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the
epistle: {Acts 15:31} [Which] when they had read, they rejoiced for the
consolation. {Acts 15:32} And Judas and Silas, being prophets also
themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them.
]{Acts 15:33} And after they had tarried [there] a space, they were let go
in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. {Acts 15:34} Notwithstanding
it pleased Silas to abide there still. {Acts 15:35} Paul also and Barnabas
continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with
many others also.

{Acts 15:36} And some days after Paul said unto 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. {Acts 15:37} And Barnabas determined to
take with them John, whose surname was Mark. {Acts 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. {Acts 15:39} And the contention was so
sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and
so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; {Acts 15:40} And Paul chose
Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace
of God. {Acts 15:41} And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the
churches.

{Acts 16:1} Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain
disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which
was a Jewess, and believed; but his father [was] a Greek: {Acts 16:2} Which
was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
{Acts 16:3} Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for
they knew all that his father was a Greek. {Acts 16:4} And as they went
through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that
were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
{Acts 16:5} And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased
in number daily. {Acts 16:6} Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and
the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach
the word in Asia, {Acts 16:7} After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to
go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. {Acts 16:8} And they
passing by Mysia came down to Troas. {Acts 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. {Acts 16:10} And after he had
seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia,
assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the
gospel unto them. {Acts 16:11} Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a
straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; {Acts 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. {Acts 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 spake unto
the women which resorted [thither.

]{Acts 16:14} And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the
city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us:] whose heart the
Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of
Paul. {Acts 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.

{Acts 16:16} And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel
possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters
much gain by soothsaying: {Acts 16:17} The same followed Paul and us, and
cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which
shew unto us the way of salvation. {Acts 16:18} And this did she 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.

{Acts 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 marketplace
unto the rulers, {Acts 16:20} And brought them to the magistrates, saying,
These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, {Acts 16:21} And
teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to
observe, being Romans. {Acts 16:22} And the multitude rose up together
against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded
to beat [them. ]{Acts 16:23} And when they had laid many stripes upon them,
they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely:
{Acts 16:24} Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner
prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

{Acts 16:25} And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto
God: and the prisoners heard them. {Acts 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. {Acts 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 been fled. {Acts 16:28} But
Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are
all here. {Acts 16:29} Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, {Acts 16:30} And brought
them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? {Acts 16:31} And they
said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and
thy house. {Acts 16:32} And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to
all that were in his house. {Acts 16:33} And he took them the same hour of
the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all
his, straightway. {Acts 16:34} And when he had brought them into his house,
he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his
house. {Acts 16:35} And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants,
saying, Let those men go. {Acts 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. {Acts 16:37} But Paul said unto them,
They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast
[us] into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily;
but let them come themselves and fetch us out. {Acts 16:38} And the
serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when
they heard that they were Romans. {Acts 16:39} And they came and besought
them, and brought [them] out, and desired [them] to depart out of the
city. {Acts 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.

{Acts 17:1} Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,
they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: {Acts 17:2}
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of the scriptures, {Acts 17:3} Opening and alleging,
that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead;
and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. {Acts 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.

{Acts 17:5} But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto
them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company,
and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason,
and sought to bring them out to the people. {Acts 17:6} And when they found
them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the
city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come
hither also; {Acts 17:7} Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary
to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one]
Jesus. {Acts 17:8} And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city,
when they heard these things. {Acts 17:9} And when they had taken security
of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

{Acts 17:10} And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by
night unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue of the
Jews. {Acts 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. {Acts 17:12} Therefore many
of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of
men, not a few. {Acts 17:13} But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge
that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither
also, and stirred up the people. {Acts 17:14} And then immediately the
brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and
Timotheus abode there still. {Acts 17:15} And they that conducted Paul
brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and
Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

{Acts 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. {Acts 17:17}
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the
devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
{Acts 17:18} Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the
Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say?
other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he
preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

{Acts 17:19} And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is? ]

{Acts 17:20} For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

{Acts 17:21} (For all the Athenians and strangers which were
there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear
some new thing.)

{Acts 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.
{Acts 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 unto you. {Acts 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; {Acts 17:25} Neither is worshipped
with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to
all life, and breath, and all things; {Acts 17:26} And hath made of one
blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and
hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their
habitation; {Acts 17:27} That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might
feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of
us: {Acts 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. {Acts 17:29} Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we
ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device. {Acts 17:30} And the times of this
ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to
repent:

{Acts 17:31} Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

{Acts 17:32} And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter.
]{Acts 17:33} So Paul departed from among them. {Acts 17:34} Howbeit certain men
clave unto him, and believed: among the which [was] Dionysius the
Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

{Acts 18:1} After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth; {Acts 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 came unto them. {Acts 18:3}
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought:
for by their occupation they were tentmakers. {Acts 18:4} And he reasoned in
the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
{Acts 18:5} And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was
pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was]
Christ. {Acts 18:6} And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he
shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own
heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

{Acts 18:7} And he departed thence, and entered into a certain [man's]
house, named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house joined hard
to the synagogue. {Acts 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. {Acts 18:9} Then spake the Lord to Paul
in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy
peace: {Acts 18:10} For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt
thee: for I have much people in this city. {Acts 18:11} And he continued
[there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

{Acts 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, {Acts 18:13} Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship
God contrary to the law. {Acts 18:14} And when Paul was now about to open
[his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or
wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
{Acts 18:15} But if it be a question of words and names, and [of] your law,
look ye [to it;] for I will be no judge of such [matters. ]{Acts 18:16} And
he drave them from the judgment seat. {Acts 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.

{Acts 18:18} And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while, and
then 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. {Acts 18:19} And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but
he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
{Acts 18:20} When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he
consented not; {Acts 18:21} But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all
means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again
unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. {Acts 18:22} And when he
had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went
down to Antioch. {Acts 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.

{Acts 18:24} And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. {Acts 18:25}
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in
the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord,
knowing only the baptism of John. {Acts 18:26} And he began to speak boldly
in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took
him unto [them,] and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
{Acts 18:27} And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren
wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come,
helped them much which had believed through grace: {Acts 18:28} For he
mightily convinced the Jews, [and that] publickly, shewing by the
scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

{Acts 19:1} And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul
having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding
certain disciples, {Acts 19:2} He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy
Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as
heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. {Acts 19:3} And he said unto them,
Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
{Acts 19:4} Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of
repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him
which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. {Acts 19:5} When they
heard [this,] they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. {Acts 19:6}
And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on
them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. {Acts 19:7} And all the
men were about twelve. {Acts 19:8} And he went into the synagogue, and spake
boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the
things concerning the kingdom of God. {Acts 19:9} But when divers were
hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the
multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples,
disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. {Acts 19:10} And this
continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in
Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. {Acts 19:11}
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: {Acts 19:12} So that
from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and
the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

{Acts 19:13} Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them
to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,
saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. {Acts 19:14} And there
were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief of the priests,
which did so. {Acts 19:15} And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I
know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? {Acts 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.
{Acts 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. {Acts 19:18} And many that believed came, and confessed, and
shewed their deeds. {Acts 19:19} Many of them also which used curious arts
brought their books together, and burned them before all [men:] and
they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand [pieces] of
silver. {Acts 19:20} So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

{Acts 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. {Acts 19:22} So he
sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and
Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. {Acts 19:23} And the
same time there arose no small stir about that way. {Acts 19:24} For a
certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines
for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; {Acts 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. {Acts 19:26} Moreover ye see and
hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this
Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no
gods, which are made with hands: {Acts 19:27} So that not only this our
craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the
great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be
destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. {Acts 19:28} And when
they heard [these sayings,] they were full of wrath, and cried out,
saying, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians. {Acts 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 theatre. {Acts 19:30} And when Paul would have entered in unto the
people, the disciples suffered him not. {Acts 19:31} And certain of the
chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring [him]
that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. {Acts 19:32} Some
therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was
confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
{Acts 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 defence unto the people. {Acts 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. {Acts 19:35} And when the townclerk had
appeased the people, he said, [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there
that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of
the great goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from
Jupiter? {Acts 19:36} Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken
against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. {Acts 19:37} For ye
have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches,
nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. {Acts 19:38} Wherefore if Demetrius,
and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man,
the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
{Acts 19:39} But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall
be determined in a lawful assembly. {Acts 19:40} For we are in danger to be
called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby
we may give an account of this concourse. {Acts 19:41} And when he had thus
spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

{Acts 20:1} And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto [him] the
disciples, and embraced [them,] and departed for to go into Macedonia.
{Acts 20:2} And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much
exhortation, he came into Greece, {Acts 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. {Acts 20:4} And there
accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians,
Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of
Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. {Acts 20:5} These going before tarried for us
at Troas. {Acts 20:6} And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of
unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we
abode seven days. {Acts 20:7} And upon the first [day] of the week, when the
disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready
to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
{Acts 20:8} And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were
gathered together. {Acts 20:9} And there sat in a window a certain young man
named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft,
and was taken up dead. {Acts 20:10} And Paul went down, and fell on him, and
embracing [him] said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
{Acts 20:11} When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and
eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
{Acts 20:12} And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little
comforted.

{Acts 20:13} And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there
intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to
go afoot. {Acts 20:14} And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and
came to Mitylene. {Acts 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. {Acts 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.

{Acts 20:17} And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders
of the church. {Acts 20:18} And when they were come to him, he said unto
them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what
manner I have been with you at all seasons, {Acts 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: {Acts 20:20} [And] how I kept
back nothing that was profitable [unto you,] but have shewed you, and
have taught you publickly, and from house to house, {Acts 20:21} Testifying
both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. {Acts 20:22} And now, behold, I go bound
in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall
me there: {Acts 20:23} Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,
saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. {Acts 20:24} But none of these
things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I
might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have
received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
{Acts 20:25} And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone
preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. {Acts 20:26}
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] pure from the
blood of all [men. ]{Acts 20:27} For I have not shunned to declare unto you
all the counsel of God.

{Acts 20:28} Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the
church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. {Acts 20:29} For
I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in
among you, not sparing the flock. {Acts 20:30} Also of your own selves shall
men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
{Acts 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. {Acts 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 which are sanctified. {Acts 20:33} I have coveted no man's silver, or
gold, or apparel. {Acts 20:34} Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands
have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
{Acts 20:35} I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to
support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he
said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

{Acts 20:36} And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed
with them all. {Acts 20:37} And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck,
and kissed him, {Acts 20:38} Sorrowing most of all for the words which he
spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him
unto the ship.

{Acts 21:1} And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and
had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the [day]
following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: {Acts 21:2} And finding
a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
{Acts 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. {Acts 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. {Acts 21:5} And when we had accomplished those days, we departed
and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and
children, till [we were] out of the city: and we kneeled down on the
shore, and prayed. {Acts 21:6} And when we had taken our leave one of
another, we took ship; and they returned home again. {Acts 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. {Acts 21:8} And the next [day] we
that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we
entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the
seven; and abode with him. {Acts 21:9} And the same man had four daughters,
virgins, which did prophesy. {Acts 21:10} And as we tarried [there] many
days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
{Acts 21:11} And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound
his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall
the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall
deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles. {Acts 21:12} And when we heard
these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go
up to Jerusalem. {Acts 21:13} Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and
to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to
die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. {Acts 21:14} And when he
would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

{Acts 21:15} And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up
to Jerusalem. {Acts 21:16} There went with us also [certain] of the
disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an
old disciple, with whom we should lodge. {Acts 21:17} And when we were come
to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. {Acts 21:18} And the [day]
following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were
present. {Acts 21:19} And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly
what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. {Acts 21:20}
And when they heard [it,] they glorified the Lord, and said unto him,
Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which
believe; and they are all zealous of the law: {Acts 21:21} And they are
informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the
Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise
[their] children, neither to walk after the customs. {Acts 21:22} What is it
therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear
that thou art come. {Acts 21:23} Do therefore this that we say to thee: We
have four men which have a vow on them; {Acts 21:24} Them take, and purify
thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave
[their] heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were
informed concerning thee, are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also
walkest orderly, and keepest the law. {Acts 21:25} As touching the Gentiles
which 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 fornication.
{Acts 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 that an offering should be offered for every one
of them.

{Acts 21:27} And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which
were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the
people, and laid hands on him, {Acts 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 brought Greeks also
into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. {Acts 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.)

Acts 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.

{Acts 21:31}
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain
of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. {Acts 21:32} Who
immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and
when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of
Paul. {Acts 21:33} Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and
commanded [him] to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was,
and what he had done. {Acts 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. {Acts 21:35} And
when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the
soldiers for the violence of the people. {Acts 21:36} For the multitude of
the people followed after, crying, Away with him. {Acts 21:37} And as Paul
was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I
speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? {Acts 21:38} Art not thou
that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest
out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? {Acts 21:39}
But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] in
Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to
speak unto the people. {Acts 21:40} And when he had given him licence, Paul
stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And
when there was made a great silence, he spake unto [them] in the Hebrew
tongue, saying,

{Acts 22:1} Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I make]
now unto you. {Acts 22:2} (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew
tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) {Acts 22:3} I am
verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet
brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according
to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward
God, as ye all are this day. {Acts 22:4} And I persecuted this way unto the
death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. {Acts 22:5}
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the
elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went
to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for
to be punished. {Acts 22:6} And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey,
and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from
heaven a great light round about me. {Acts 22:7} And I fell unto the ground,
and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
{Acts 22:8} And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am
Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. {Acts 22:9} And they that were
with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the
voice of him that spake to me. {Acts 22:10} And I said, What shall I do,
Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there
it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
{Acts 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. {Acts 22:12}
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good
report of all the Jews which dwelt [there, ]{Acts 22:13} Came unto me, and
stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same
hour I looked up upon him. {Acts 22:14} And he said, The God of our fathers
hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just
One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. {Acts 22:15} For thou shalt
be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. {Acts 22:16}
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy
sins, calling on the name of the Lord. {Acts 22:17} And it came to pass,
that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the
temple, I was in a trance; {Acts 22:18} And saw him saying unto me, Make
haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive
thy testimony concerning me. {Acts 22:19} And I said, Lord, they know that I
imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
{Acts 22:20} And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was
standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of
them that slew him. {Acts 22:21} And he said unto me, Depart: for I will
send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. {Acts 22:22} And they gave him
audience unto this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said,
Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for it is not fit that he
should live. {Acts 22:23} And as they cried out, and cast off [their]
clothes, and threw dust into the air, {Acts 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 wherefore they cried so
against him. {Acts 22:25} And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto
the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that
is a Roman, and uncondemned? {Acts 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. {Acts 22:27} Then the chief captain came, and said
unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. {Acts 22:28} And the
chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And
Paul said, But I was [free] born. {Acts 22:29} Then straightway they
departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain
also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had
bound him. {Acts 22:30} On the morrow, because he would have known the
certainty wherefore he was accused of 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.

{Acts 23:1} And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and]
brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this
day. {Acts 23:2} And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by
him to smite him on the mouth. {Acts 23:3} Then said Paul unto him, God
shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me
after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
{Acts 23:4} And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?

{Acts 23:5} Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

{Acts 23:6} But when Paul perceived that the one part were
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men
[and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and
resurrection of the dead I am called in question. {Acts 23:7} And when he
had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the
Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. {Acts 23:8} For the Sadducees say
that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the
Pharisees confess both. {Acts 23:9} And there arose a great cry: and the
scribes [that were] of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, 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. {Acts 23:10} And when there arose a great
dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been
pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to
take him by force from among them, and to bring [him] into the castle.
{Acts 23:11} And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of
good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so
must thou bear witness also at Rome. {Acts 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. {Acts 23:13} And they were more than forty which had made this
conspiracy. {Acts 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. {Acts 23:15} Now therefore ye with the
council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to
morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning
him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. {Acts 23:16} And
when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and
entered into the castle, and told Paul. {Acts 23:17} Then Paul called one of
the centurions unto [him,] and said, Bring this young man unto the
chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. {Acts 23:18} So he
took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain, and said, Paul the
prisoner called me unto [him,] and prayed me to bring this young man
unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. {Acts 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? {Acts 23:20} And he said,
The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul
to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of
him more perfectly. {Acts 23:21} But do not thou yield unto them: for there
lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound
themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they
have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from
thee. {Acts 23:22} So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart, and
charged [him, See thou] tell no man that thou hast shewed these things
to me. {Acts 23:23} And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make
ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore
and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
{Acts 23:24} And provide [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring
[him] safe unto Felix the governor. {Acts 23:25} And he wrote a letter after
this manner: {Acts 23:26} Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor
Felix [sendeth] greeting. {Acts 23:27} This man was taken of the Jews, and
should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued
him, having understood that he was a Roman. {Acts 23:28} And when I would
have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth
into their council: {Acts 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. {Acts 23:30} And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait
for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his
accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.
{Acts 23:31} Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and
brought [him] by night to Antipatris. {Acts 23:32} On the morrow they left
the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: {Acts 23:33} Who,
when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor,
presented Paul also before him. {Acts 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; {Acts 23:35} I will hear thee, said he, when thine
accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's
judgment hall.

{Acts 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. {Acts 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 unto this nation
by thy providence, {Acts 24:3} We accept [it] always, and in all places,
most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. {Acts 24:4} Notwithstanding, that I
be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear
us of thy clemency a few words. {Acts 24:5} For we have found this man [a]
pestilent [fellow,] and a mover of sedition among all the Jews
throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
{Acts 24:6} Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took,
and would have judged according to our law. {Acts 24:7} But the chief
captain Lysias came [upon us,] and with great violence took [him] away
out of our hands, {Acts 24:8} Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by
examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things,
whereof we accuse him. {Acts 24:9} And the Jews also assented, saying that
these things were so.

{Acts 24:10} Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

{Acts 24:11} Because that thou mayest
understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to
Jerusalem for to worship. {Acts 24:12} And they neither found me in the
temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither
in the synagogues, nor in the city: {Acts 24:13} Neither can they prove the
things whereof they now accuse me. {Acts 24:14} But this I confess unto
thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God
of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in
the prophets:

{Acts 24:15} And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

{Acts 24:16} And herein do I exercise myself, to have
always a conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.
{Acts 24:17} Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and
offerings. {Acts 24:18} Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified
in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. {Acts 24:19} Who
ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought
against me. {Acts 24:20} Or else let these same [here] say, if they have
found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, {Acts 24:21}
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them,
Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you
this day.

{Acts 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. {Acts 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 unto him.

{Acts 24:24} And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife
Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him
concerning the faith in Christ. {Acts 24:25} And as he reasoned of
righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come Felix trembled, and
answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I
will call for thee. {Acts 24:26} He hoped also that money should have been
given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him
the oftener, and communed with him. {Acts 24:27} But after two years Porcius
Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a
pleasure, left Paul bound.

{Acts 25:1} Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days
he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. {Acts 25:2} Then the high priest and
the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
{Acts 25:3} And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to
Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. {Acts 25:4} But Festus
answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself
would depart shortly [thither. ]{Acts 25:5} Let them therefore, said he,
which among you are able, go down with [me,] and accuse this man, if
there be any wickedness in him. {Acts 25:6} And when he had tarried among
them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day
sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. {Acts 25:7} And
when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round
about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they
could not prove. {Acts 25:8} While he answered for himself, Neither against
the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against
Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. {Acts 25:9} But Festus, willing to
do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to
Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? {Acts 25:10} Then
said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be
judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
{Acts 25:11} For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of
death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things
whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto
Caesar. {Acts 25:12} Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,
answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

{Acts 25:13} And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto
Caesarea to salute Festus. {Acts 25:14} And when they had been there many
days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a
certain man left in bonds by Felix: {Acts 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. {Acts 25:16} To whom I answered, It
is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that
he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to
answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. {Acts 25:17}
Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow
I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
{Acts 25:18} Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none
accusation of such things as I supposed: {Acts 25:19} But had certain
questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus,
which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. {Acts 25:20} And because I
doubted of such manner of questions, I asked [him] whether he would go
to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. {Acts 25:21} But when
Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I
commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. {Acts 25:22} Then
Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow,
said he, thou shalt hear him.

{Acts 25:23} And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with
great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief
captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul
was brought forth. {Acts 25:24} And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men
which 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. {Acts 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.
{Acts 25:26} Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord.
Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before
thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have
somewhat to write. {Acts 25:27} For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a
prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes [laid] against him.

{Acts 26:1} Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for
thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
{Acts 26:2} I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for
myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am
accused of the Jews: {Acts 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. {Acts 26:4} My manner of life from my
youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know
all the Jews; {Acts 26:5} Which knew me from the beginning, if they would
testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a
Pharisee. {Acts 26:6} And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the
promise made of God unto our fathers: {Acts 26:7} Unto which [promise] our
twelve tribes, instantly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For
which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. {Acts 26:8} Why
should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise
the dead? {Acts 26:9} I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many
things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. {Acts 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. ]{Acts 26:11} And I punished
them oft in every synagogue, and compelled [them] to blaspheme; and
being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted [them] even unto
strange cities. {Acts 26:12} Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority
and commission from the chief priests, {Acts 26:13} At midday, O king, I saw
in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun,
shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. {Acts 26:14} And
when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me,
and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
[it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks. {Acts 26:15} And I said,
Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
{Acts 26:16} But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto
thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of
these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I
will appear unto thee; {Acts 26:17} Delivering thee from the people, and
[from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, {Acts 26:18} To open their
eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power
of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
{Acts 26:19} Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the
heavenly vision: {Acts 26:20} But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the
Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet
for repentance. {Acts 26:21} For these causes the Jews caught me in the
temple, and went about to kill [me. ]{Acts 26:22} Having therefore obtained
help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and
great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses
did say should come: {Acts 26:23} That Christ should suffer, [and] that he
should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew
light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

{Acts 26:24} And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud
voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
{Acts 26:25} But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth
the words of truth and soberness. {Acts 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. {Acts 26:27} King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that
thou believest. {Acts 26:28} Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou
persuadest me to be a Christian. {Acts 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. {Acts 26:30} And
when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and
Bernice, and they that sat with them: {Acts 26:31} And when they were gone
aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing
worthy of death or of bonds. {Acts 26:32} Then said Agrippa unto Festus,
This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto
Caesar.

{Acts 27:1} And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy,
they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one] named
Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. {Acts 27:2} And entering into a ship
of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia;
[one] Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. {Acts 27:3}
And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously
entreated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto his friends to
refresh himself. {Acts 27:4} And when we had launched from thence, we sailed
under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. {Acts 27:5} And when we had
sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city]
of Lycia. {Acts 27:6} And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria
sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. {Acts 27:7} And when we had
sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the
wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
{Acts 27:8} And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The
fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.

{Acts 27:9} Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now
dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished
[them, ]{Acts 27:10} And said unto 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. {Acts 27:11} Nevertheless the centurion believed the
master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were
spoken by Paul. {Acts 27:12} And because the haven was not commodious to
winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means
they might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is] an
haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. {Acts 27:13}
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained
[their] purpose, loosing [thence,] they sailed close by Crete. {Acts 27:14}
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called
Euroclydon. {Acts 27:15} And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up
into the wind, we let [her] drive. {Acts 27:16} And running under a certain
island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
{Acts 27:17} Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the
ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake
sail, and so were driven. {Acts 27:18} And we being exceedingly tossed with
a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship; {Acts 27:19} And the
third [day] we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
{Acts 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. {Acts 27:21} But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the
midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and
not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
{Acts 27:22} And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no
loss of [any man's] life among you, but of the ship. {Acts 27:23} For there
stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
{Acts 27:24} Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar:
and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. {Acts 27:25}
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be
even as it was told me. {Acts 27:26} Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain
island. {Acts 27:27} But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were
driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that
they drew near to some country; {Acts 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. {Acts 27:29} Then fearing lest we
should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern,
and wished for the day. {Acts 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
colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
{Acts 27:31} Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these
abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. {Acts 27:32} Then the soldiers cut
off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. {Acts 27:33} And while the
day was coming on, Paul besought [them] all to take meat, saying, This
day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting,
having taken nothing. {Acts 27:34} Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat:
for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the
head of any of you. {Acts 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. {Acts 27:36} Then were they all of good cheer, and
they also took [some] meat. {Acts 27:37} And we were in all in the ship two
hundred threescore and sixteen souls. {Acts 27:38} And when they had eaten
enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
{Acts 27:39} And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they
discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were
minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. {Acts 27:40} And when
they had taken up the anchors, they committed [themselves] unto the
sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the
wind, and made toward shore. {Acts 27:41} And falling into a place where two
seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and
remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence
of the waves. {Acts 27:42} And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the
prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. {Acts 27:43} But
the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from [their] purpose;
and commanded that they which could swim should cast [themselves] first
[into the sea,] and get to land: {Acts 27:44} And the rest, some on boards,
and some on [broken pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that
they escaped all safe to land.

{Acts 28:1} And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island
was called Melita. {Acts 28:2} And the barbarous people shewed us no little
kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because
of the present rain, and because of the cold. {Acts 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. {Acts 28:4} And when the
barbarians saw the [venomous] beast 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. {Acts 28:5} And he
shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. {Acts 28:6} Howbeit
they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly:
but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him,
they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

{Acts 28:7} In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the
island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three
days courteously. {Acts 28:8} And it came to pass, that the father of
Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered
in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. {Acts 28:9} So
when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island,
came, and were healed: {Acts 28:10} Who also honoured us with many honours;
and when we departed, they laded [us] with such things as were
necessary.

{Acts 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.
{Acts 28:12} And landing at Syracuse, we tarried [there] three days. {Acts 28:13}
And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after
one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
{Acts 28:14} Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them
seven days: and so we went toward Rome. {Acts 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. {Acts 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.

{Acts 28:17} And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the
chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said
unto them, Men [and] brethren, though I have committed nothing against
the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner
from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. {Acts 28:18} Who, when they had
examined me, would have let [me] go, because there was no cause of
death in me. {Acts 28:19} But when the Jews spake against [it,] I was
constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my
nation of. {Acts 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. {Acts 28:21} And they said unto him, We neither
received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the
brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. {Acts 28:22} But we
desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect,
we know that every where it is spoken against. {Acts 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. {Acts 28:24} And some believed the
things which were spoken, and some believed not. {Acts 28:25} And when they
agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken
one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our
fathers,

Acts 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.

Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed 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.

{Acts 28:28} Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

{Acts 28:29}
And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great
reasoning among themselves.

{Acts 28:30} And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and
received all that came in unto him, {Acts 28:31} Preaching the kingdom of
God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ,
with all confidence, no man forbidding him.