1:2: until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
1:3: To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.
1:4: Being assembled together with them, he charged them, "Don't depart from
1:5: For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
1:6: Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
1:7: He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority.
1:8: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in
1:9: When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
1:12: Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
1:15: In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
1:16: "Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
1:19: It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called 'Akeldama,' that is, 'The field of blood.'
1:20: For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation be made desolate, Let no one dwell therein,' and, 'Let another take his office.'
1:21: Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
1:22: beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection."
1:23: They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
1:24: They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
1:25: to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."
1:26: They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
2:1: Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2:2: Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
2:3: Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
2:4: They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
2:5: Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
2:6: When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
2:7: They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren't all these who speak Galileans?
2:8: How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
2:9: Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
2:10: Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
2:11: Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!"
2:12: They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"
2:13: Others, mocking, said, "They are filled with new wine."
2:14: But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
2:23: him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
2:24: whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
2:29: "Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
2:30: Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
2:31: he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.
2:34: For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,
2:35: Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'
2:36: "Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
2:37: Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
2:38: Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2:39: For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
2:40: With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
2:41: Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
3:1: Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour{
3:2: A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
3:3: Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
3:4: Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."
3:5: He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
3:6: But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of
3:7: He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
3:8: Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
3:9: All the people saw him walking and praising God.
3:19: "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
3:20: and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
3:21: whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
3:23: It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
3:24: Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
3:25: You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'
3:26: God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."
4:1: As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
4:2: being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
4:3: They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
4:4: But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
4:5: It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in
4:6: Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
4:7: When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
4:8: Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
4:9: if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
4:10: be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
4:11: He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'
4:12: There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
4:13: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
4:17: But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
4:18: They called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
4:19: But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
4:20: for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
4:21: When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
4:34: For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
4:35: and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.
5:1: But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,
5:2: and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
5:3: But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
5:4: While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."
5:5: Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.
5:6: The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.
5:7: About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.
5:8: Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much." She said, "Yes, for so much."
5:9: But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."
5:20: "Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."
5:21: When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of
5:23: "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"
5:24: Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.
5:26: Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
5:29: But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
6:1: Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
6:2: The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
6:3: Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
6:4: But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."
6:5: These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
6:6: whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
6:7: The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in
6:8: Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
6:9: But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of
6:11: Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
6:12: They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,
6:13: and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
6:14: For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
6:15: All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.
7:1: The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
7:2: He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
7:3: and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
7:4: Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.
7:5: He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.
7:6: God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
7:7: 'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'
7:8: He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
7:9: "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into
7:17: "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
7:18: until there arose a different king, who didn't know Joseph.
7:35: "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
7:37: This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.{TR adds "You shall listen to him."}'
7:38: This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,
7:39: to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
7:40: saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
7:41: They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
7:44: "Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
7:45: which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
7:46: who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
7:49: 'heaven is my throne, And the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'Or what is the place of my rest?
7:55: But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
7:56: and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
7:57: But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
7:60: He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
8:1: Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in
8:2: Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
8:3: But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.
8:4: Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
8:5: Philip went down to the city of
8:6: The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
8:7: For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
8:8: There was great joy in that city.
8:9: But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
8:10: to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God."
8:11: They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
8:15: who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
8:18: Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
8:19: saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."
8:20: But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
8:23: For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
8:24: Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me."
8:25: They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
8:27: He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
8:30: Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
8:31: He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
8:34: The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?"
8:37: {TR adds "Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' He answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'"}
9:1: But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
9:2: and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of
9:3: As he traveled, it happened that he got close to
9:4: He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
9:5: He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.{TR adds "It's hard for you to kick against the goads."}
9:6: But{TR omits "But" } rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
9:7: The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
9:8: Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into
9:9: He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
9:11: The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
9:12: and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."
9:13: But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
9:18: Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
10:1: Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
10:2: a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
10:3: At about the ninth hour of the day{
10:4: He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
10:5: Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
10:6: He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside.{TR adds "This one will tell you what it is necessary for you to do."}"
10:7: When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.
10:8: Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
10:9: Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about
10:13: A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"
10:14: But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
10:15: A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."
10:16: This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.
10:17: Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,
10:18: and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there.
10:21: Peter went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?"
10:22: They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."
10:23: So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
10:27: As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.
10:33: Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."
10:36: The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
10:37: that spoken word you yourselves know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
10:38: even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
10:43: All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."
10:44: While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
10:47: "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
10:48: He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.
11:1: Now the apostles and the brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} who were in
11:2: When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
11:3: saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
11:4: But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
11:5: "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.
11:6: When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.
11:7: I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'
11:8: But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'
11:9: But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'
11:10: This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11:13: He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,
11:14: who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.'
11:15: As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
11:16: I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'
11:17: If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
11:18: When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"
11:19: They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
12:1: Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
12:2: He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
12:3: When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
12:4: When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
12:5: Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
12:6: The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
12:7: And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
12:8: The angel said to him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." He did so. He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and follow
12:9: And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
12:11: When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."
12:12: Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
12:16: But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
13:1: Now in the assembly that was at
13:2: As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
13:3: Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
13:4: So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to
13:5: When they were at
13:6: When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,
13:7: who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
13:8: But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
13:9: But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,
13:10: and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
13:16: Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
13:22: When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
13:23: From this man's seed, God has brought salvation{TR, NU read "a Savior, Jesus" instead of "salvation"} to Israel according to his promise,
13:24: before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.{TR, NU read "to all the people of Israel" instead of "to Israel"}
13:25: As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
13:34: "Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
13:35: Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.'
13:36: For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
13:38: Be it known to you therefore, brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
13:39: and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
13:40: Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:
13:41: 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"
13:42: So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
14:1: It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
14:2: But the disbelieving{or, disobedient} Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.
14:3: Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
14:4: But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
14:5: When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
14:6: they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
14:7: There they preached the gospel.
14:8: At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
14:9: He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
14:12: They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.
14:13: The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.
14:15: "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
14:16: who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
15:1: Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."
15:2: Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
15:3: They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both
15:4: When they had come to
15:5: But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."
15:6: The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
15:7: When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
15:8: God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
15:9: He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
15:11: But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus,{TR adds "Christ"} just as they are."
15:12: All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
15:16: 'After these things I will return. I will again build the tent of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,
15:21: For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
15:22: Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.{The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}
15:23: They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
15:24: Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;
15:25: it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
15:26: men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:28: For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
15:29: that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell."
15:30: So, when they were sent off, they came to
16:1: He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
16:2: The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
16:3: Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
16:4: As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at
16:5: So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
16:6: When they had gone through the region of
16:7: When they had come opposite
16:8: Passing by
16:9: A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
16:10: When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.
16:18: She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very hour.
16:20: When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
16:21: and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."
16:22: The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
16:27: The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
16:28: But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don't harm yourself, for we are all here!"
16:29: He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
16:30: and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
16:31: They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
16:32: They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
16:35: But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."
16:36: The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."
16:37: But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most assuredly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"
17:1: Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
17:2: Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
17:3: explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
17:4: Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
17:5: But the disobedient Jews took along{TR reads "And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along" instead of "But the disobedient Jews took along"} some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
17:6: When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
17:7: whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!"
17:8: The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
17:9: When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
17:29: Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
17:31: because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead."
17:32: Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
17:33: Thus Paul went out from among them.
18:1: After these things Paul departed from
18:2: He found a certain Jew named
18:3: and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
18:4: He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
18:5: But when Silas and Timothy came down from
18:6: When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"
18:7: He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
18:8: Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
18:9: The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;
18:12: But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
18:13: saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
18:14: But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
18:15: but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters."
18:16: He drove them from the judgment seat.
18:20: When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
18:21: but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
19:1: It happened that, while Apollos was at
19:2: He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
19:3: He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."
19:4: Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."
19:5: When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
19:6: When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
19:7: They were about twelve men in all.
19:8: He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the
19:9: But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the
19:13: But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
19:14: There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
19:21: Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."
19:22: Having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
19:27: Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships."
19:28: When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
19:29: The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.
19:34: But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
19:35: When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
19:41: When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
20:1: After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into
20:2: When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into
20:3: When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for
20:4: These accompanied him as far as
20:5: But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at
20:6: We sailed away from
20:7: On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until
20:8: There were many lights in the upper chamber where we{TR reads "they" instead of "we"} were gathered together.
20:9: A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
20:18: When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,
20:19: serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
20:20: how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
20:21: testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.{TR adds "Christ"}
20:22: Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
20:23: except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
20:35: In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
20:36: When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
21:1: When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to
21:2: Having found a ship crossing over to
21:3: When we had come in sight of
21:4: Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to
21:5: When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
21:6: After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.
21:7: When we had finished the voyage from
21:8: On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came to
21:9: Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
21:11: Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
21:12: When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
21:14: When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."
21:15: After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
21:25: But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality."
21:26: Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
21:37: As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, "May I speak to you?" He said, "Do you know Greek?
21:38: Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"
21:39: But Paul said, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."
21:40: When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
22:1: "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."
22:2: When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
22:3: "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.
22:4: I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
22:5: As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to
22:6: It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to
22:7: I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
22:8: I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
22:9: "Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
22:11: When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into
22:17: "It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
22:18: and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
22:19: I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
22:20: When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'
22:21: "He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"
22:22: They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"
22:23: As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
22:24: the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
22:25: When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"
22:26: When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!"
22:27: The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."
22:28: The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
22:29: Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
23:1: Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."
23:2: The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
23:3: Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"
23:4: Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"
23:5: Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"
23:6: But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"
23:7: When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
23:8: For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
23:9: A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"
23:10: When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
23:11: The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."
23:12: When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
23:16: But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
23:17: Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him."
23:18: So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you."
23:19: The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
23:20: He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
23:22: So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me."
23:23: He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night{about 9:00 PM}."
23:24: He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
23:31: So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
24:1: After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.
24:2: When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation,
24:3: we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
24:4: But, that I don't delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words.
24:5: For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
24:6: He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.{TR adds "We wanted to judge him according to our law,"}
24:7: {TR adds "but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,"}
24:8: {TR adds "commanding his accusers to come to you."}By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."
24:9: The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
24:10: When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, "Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
24:11: seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
24:12: In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
24:13: Nor can they prove to you the things whereof they now accuse me.
24:14: But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
24:15: having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
24:16: Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
24:17: Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
24:18: amid which certain Jews from
24:19: They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.
24:20: Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,
24:21: unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'"
24:22: But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, "When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case."
24:23: He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.
24:24: But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
24:25: As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you."
24:26: Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.
24:27: But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
25:1: Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to
25:2: Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
25:3: asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to
25:4: However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at
25:5: "Let them therefore," said he, "that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him."
25:6: When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
25:7: When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,
25:8: while he said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all."
25:9: But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?"
25:10: But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
25:11: For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"
25:12: Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go."
25:13: Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at
25:14: As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
25:15: about whom, when I was at
25:16: To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
25:17: When therefore they had come together here, I didn't delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.
25:18: Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;
25:19: but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
25:20: Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing go to
25:21: But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar."
25:22: Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
25:23: So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
25:24: Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
25:25: But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.
25:26: Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.
25:27: For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."
26:1: Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
26:2: "I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews,
26:3: especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
26:4: "Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
26:5: having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
26:6: Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
26:7: which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
26:8: Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
26:9: "I myself most assuredly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
26:10: This I also did in
26:11: Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
26:12: "Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
26:13: at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
26:14: When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
26:15: "I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
26:16: But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
26:17: delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
26:18: to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
26:19: "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
26:20: but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
26:21: For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.
26:22: Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
26:23: how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."
26:24: As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!"
26:25: But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
26:26: For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
26:27: King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
26:28: Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"
26:29: Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
26:30: The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
26:31: When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
26:32: Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
27:1: When it was determined that we should sail for
27:2: Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of
27:3: The next day, we touched at
27:4: Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of
27:5: When we had sailed across the sea which is off
27:6: There the centurion found a ship of
27:7: When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite
27:8: With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of
27:9: When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,
27:10: and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
27:11: But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
27:12: Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach
27:13: When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along
27:14: But before long, a tempestuous wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.{Or, "a northeaster."}
27:15: When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
27:16: Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
27:17: After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
27:18: As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
27:19: On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.
27:20: When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
27:21: When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from
27:22: Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
27:23: For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
27:24: saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
27:25: Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
27:26: But we must run aground on a certain island."
27:27: But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
27:28: They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms.{20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters} After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.{15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters}.
27:29: Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
27:30: As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
27:31: Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."
27:32: Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
27:33: While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
27:34: Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."
27:35: When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.
27:36: Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
27:37: In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
27:38: When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
27:39: When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
27:40: Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
27:41: But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
27:42: The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
27:43: But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
27:44: and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.
28:1: When we had escaped, then they{NU reads "we"} learned that the island was called
28:2: The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
28:3: But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
28:4: When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."
28:5: However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.
28:6: But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
28:7: Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.
28:8: It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
28:9: Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.
28:10: They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.
28:11: After three months, we set sail in a ship of
28:12: Touching at
28:13: From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
28:14: where we found brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to
28:15: From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.
28:16: When we entered into
28:17: It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
28:18: who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
28:19: But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
28:20: For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of
28:21: They said to him, "We neither received letters from
28:22: But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."
28:23: When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the
28:24: Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
28:25: When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,
28:26: saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.
28:27: For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'
28:28: "Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles. They will also listen."
28:29: When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.
28:30: Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who were coming to him,
28:31: preaching the
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