DAY 22

AC-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.

AC-20:26  Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am]

pure

from the blood of all [men].

AC-20:27  For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the

counsel

of God.

AC-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.

AC-20:29  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous

wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

AC-20:30  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking

perverse

things, to draw away disciples after them.

AC-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.

AC-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.

AC-20:33  I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

AC-20:34  Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have

ministered

unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

AC-20:35  I have showed 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.

AC-20:36  And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and

prayed

with them all.

AC-20:37  And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and

kissed him,

AC-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.

*AC-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:

AC-21:2  And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went

aboard, and set forth.

AC-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.

AC-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.

AC-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.

AC-21:6  And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took

ship; and they returned home again.

AC-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.

AC-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.

AC-21:9  And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did

prophesy.

AC-21:10  And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down

from

Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

AC-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.

AC-21:12  And when we heard these things, both we, and they of

that

place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

AC-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.

AC-21:14  And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying,

The

will of the Lord be done.

AC-21:15  And after those days we took up our carriages, and

went up

to Jerusalem.

AC-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.

AC-21:17  And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren

received

us gladly.

AC-21:18  And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto

James;

and all the elders were present.

AC-21:19  And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly

what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

AC-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:

AC-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. 

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