Acts   1




 1. The former <4413> treatise <3056> have I made <4160>, O


Theophilus <2321>, of all <3956> that Jesus <2424> began <0756>

both


<5037> to do <4160> and teach <1321>,




 2  Until <0891> the day <2250> in which <3739> he was taken

<0353>


up, after that he through <1223> the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> had


given commandments <1781> unto the apostles <0652> whom <3739> he


had chosen <1586>:




 3  To whom <3739> also <2532> he shewed <3936> himself <1438>

alive


<2198> after <3326> his passion <3958> by many <4183> infallible


proofs <5039>, being seen <3700> of them forty <5062> days

<2250>,


and speaking <3004> of the things pertaining <4012> to the

kingdom


<0932> of God <2316>:




 4  And, being assembled <4871> together <4811> with [them],


commanded <3853> them that they should not depart <5562> from


Jerusalem <2414>, but wait <4037> for the promise <1860> of the


Father <3962>, which <3739>, [saith he], ye have heard <0191> of

me.




 5  For John <2491> truly <3303> baptized <0907> with water

<5204>;


but ye shall be baptized <0907> with the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>


not many <4183> days <2250> hence <5025>.




 6. When they therefore <3767> were come <4905> together <4905>,


they asked <1905> of him, saying <3004>, Lord <2962>, wilt thou

at


<1722> this <5129> time <5550> restore <0600> again <0600> the


kingdom <0932> to Israel <2474>?




 7  And he said <2036> unto them, It is not for you to know

<1097>


the times <5550> or <2228> the seasons <2540>, which <3739> the


Father <3962> hath put <5087> in his own <2398> power <1849>.




 8  But ye shall receive <2983> power <1411>, after that the Holy


<0040> Ghost <4151> is come <1904> upon you: and ye shall be


witnesses <3144> unto me both <5037> in Jerusalem <2419>, and in

all


<3956> Judaea <2449>, and in Samaria <4540>, and unto the

uttermost


<2078> part of the earth <1093>.




 9  And when he had spoken <2036> these <5023> things, while they


beheld <0991>, he was taken <1869> up; and a cloud <3507>

received


<5274> him out of their sight <3788>.




 10  And while <5613> they looked <0816> stedfastly <0816> toward


<1519> heaven <3772> as he went <4198> up, behold <2400>, two

<1417>


men <0435> stood <2936> by them in white <3022> apparel <2066>;




 11  Which <3739> also <2532> said <2036>, Ye men <0435> of

Galilee


<1056>, why <5101> stand <2476> ye gazing <1689> up into <1519>


heaven <3772>? this <3778> same <3778> Jesus <2424>, which

<3588> is


taken <0353> up from you into <1519> heaven <3772>, shall so

<3779>


come <2064> in like <3779> manner <5158> as ye have seen <2300>

him


go <4198> into <1519> heaven <3772>.




 12. Then <5119> returned <5290> they unto Jerusalem <2419> from

the


mount <3735> called <2564> Olivet <1638>, which <3739> is from


Jerusalem <2419> a sabbath <4521> day's journey <3598>.




 13  And when <3753> they were come <1525> in, they went <0305>

up


into <1519> an upper <5253> room <5253>, where <3757> abode

<2650>


both <5037> Peter <4074>, and James <2385>, and John <2491>, and


Andrew <0406>, Philip <5376>, and Thomas <2381>, Bartholomew

<0918>,


and Matthew <3156>, James <2385> [the son] of Alphaeus <0256>,

and


Simon <4613> Zelotes <2208>, and Judas <2455> [the brother] of

James


<2385>.




 14  These <3778> all <3956> continued <4342> with one <3661>

accord


<3661> in prayer <4335> and supplication <1162>, with the women


<1135>, and Mary <3137> the mother <3384> of Jesus <2424>, and

with


his brethren <0080>.




 15. And in those <5025> days <2250> Peter <4074> stood <0450>

up in


the midst <3319> of the disciples <3101>, and said <2036>, (the


number <3793> of names <3686> together <0846> were about <5613>

an


hundred <1540> and twenty <1501>,)




 16  Men <0435> [and] brethren <0080>, this <5026> scripture

<1124>


must <1163> needs have been fulfilled <4137>, which <3739> the

Holy


<0040> Ghost <4151> by the mouth <4750> of David <1138> spake

<4277>


before <4277> concerning <4012> Judas <2455>, which <3588> was

guide


<3595> to them that took <4815> Jesus <2424>.




 17  For he was numbered <2674> with us, and had obtained <2975>


part <2819> of this <5026> ministry <1248>.




 18  Now <3767> this <3778> man purchased <2932> a field <5564>

with


the reward <3408> of iniquity <0093>; and falling <1096> headlong


<4248>, he burst <2997> asunder <2977> in the midst <3319>, and

all


<3956> his bowels <4698> gushed <1632> out.




 19  And it was known <1110> unto all <3956> the dwellers <2730>

at


Jerusalem <2419>; insomuch <5620> as that field <5564> is called


<2564> in their proper <2398> tongue <1258>, Aceldama <0184>,

that


is to say, The field <5564> of blood <0129>.




 20  For it is written <1125> in the book <0976> of Psalms

<5568>,


Let his habitation <1886> be desolate <2048>, and let no <3361>

man


dwell <2730> therein <0846>: and his bishoprick <1984> let

another


<2087> take <2983>.




 21  Wherefore <3767> of these <5130> men which have companied


<4905> with us all <3956> the time <5550> that the Lord <2962>

Jesus


<2424> went <1831> in and out among <1909> us,




 22  Beginning <0756> from the baptism <0908> of John <2491>,

unto


that same day <2250> that he was taken <0353> up from us, must


<1163> one <1520> be ordained <1096> to be a witness <3144> with

us


of his resurrection <0386>.




 23  And they appointed <2476> two <1417>, Joseph <2501> called


<2564> Barsabas <0923>, who <3739> was surnamed <1941> Justus


<2459>, and Matthias <3159>.




 24  And they prayed <4336>, and said <2036>, Thou, Lord <2962>,


which knowest <2589> the hearts <2589> of all <3956> [men], shew


<0322> whether <1520> of these <5130> two <1417> thou hast chosen


<1586>,




 25  That he may take <2983> part <2819> of this <5026> ministry


<1248> and apostleship <0651>, from which <3739> Judas <2455> by


transgression <3845> fell, that he might go <4198> to his own

<2398>


place <5117>.




 26  And they gave <1325> forth their lots <2819>; and the lot


<2819> fell <4098> upon Matthias <3159>; and he was numbered

<4785>


with the eleven <1733> apostles <0652>.




Acts   2




 1. And when <3588> the day <2250> of Pentecost <4005> was fully


<4845> come <4845>, they were all <0537> with one <3661> accord


<3661> in one <0848> place.






 2  And suddenly <0869> there came <1096> a sound <2279> from

heaven


<3772> as of a rushing <5342> mighty <0972> wind <4157>, and it


filled <4137> all <3650> the house <3624> where <3757> they were


sitting <2521>.




 3  And there appeared <3700> unto them cloven <1266> tongues

<1100>


like <5616> as of fire <4442>, and it sat <2523> upon each

<1538> of


them.




 4  And they were all <0537> filled <4130> with the Holy <0040>


Ghost <4151>, and began <0756> to speak <2980> with other <2087>


tongues <1100>, as the Spirit <4151> gave <1325> them utterance


<0669>.




 5. And there were dwelling <2730> at <1722> Jerusalem <2419>

Jews


<2453>, devout <2126> men <0435>, out of every <3956> nation

<1484>


under <5259> heaven <3772>.




 6  Now <1161> when this <5026> was noised <5408> abroad <5456>,

the


multitude <4128> came <4905> together <4905>, and were confounded


<4797>, because <3754> that every <1538> man <1520> heard <0191>


them speak <2980> in his own <2398> language <1258>.




 7  And they were all <3956> amazed <1839> and marvelled <2296>,


saying <3004> one <0240> to another <0240>, Behold <2400>, are

not


all <3956> these <3778> which <3588> speak <2980> Galilaeans

<1057>?




 8  And how <4459> hear <0191> we every <1538> man <1520> in our

own


<2398> tongue <1258>, wherein <3757> we were born <1080>?




 9  Parthians <3934>, and Medes <3370>, and Elamites <1639>, and

the


dwellers <2730> in Mesopotamia <3318>, and in Judaea <2449>, and


Cappadocia <2587>, in Pontus <4195>, and Asia <0773>,




 10  Phrygia <5435>, and Pamphylia <3828>, in Egypt <0125>, and

in


the parts <3313> of Libya <3033> about <2596> Cyrene <2957>, and


strangers <1927> of Rome <4516>, Jews <2453> and proselytes

<4339>,




 11  Cretes <2912> and Arabians <0690>, we do hear <0191> them

speak


<2980> in our tongues <1100> the wonderful <3167> works of God


<2316>.




 12  And they were all <3956> amazed <1839>, and were in doubt


<1280>, saying <3004> one <0243> to another <0243>, What <5101>


meaneth <1511> this <5124>?




 13  Others <2087> mocking <5512> said <3004>, These men are full


<3325> of new <1098> wine <1098>.




 14. But Peter <4074>, standing <2476> up with the eleven <1733>,


lifted <1869> up his voice <5456>, and said <0669> unto them, Ye

men


<0435> of Judaea <2453>, and all <0537> [ye] that dwell <2730> at


Jerusalem <2419>, be this <5124> known <1110> unto you, and

hearken


<1801> to my words <4487>:




 15  For these <3778> are not drunken <3184>, as ye suppose

<5274>,


seeing <1063> it is [but] the third <5154> hour <5610> of the day


<2250>.




 16  But this <5124> is that which was spoken <2046> by the

prophet


<4396> Joel <2493>;




 17  And it shall come <1511> to pass in the last <2078> days


<2250>, saith <3004> God <2316>, I will pour <1632> out of my

Spirit


<4151> upon all <3956> flesh <4561>: and your <5216> sons <5207>

and


your <5216> daughters <2364> shall prophesy <4395>, and your

<5216>


young <3495> men <3495> shall see <3070> visions <3706>, and your


<5216> old <4245> men shall dream <1798> dreams <1797>:






 18  And on <1909> my servants <1401> and on <1909> my

handmaidens


<1399> I will pour <1632> out in those <1565> days <2250> of my


Spirit <4151>; and they shall prophesy <4395>:




 19  And I will shew <1325> wonders <5059> in heaven <3772> above


<0507>, and signs <4591> in the earth <1093> beneath <2736>;

blood


<0129>, and fire <4442>, and vapour <0822> of smoke <2586>:




 20  The sun <2246> shall be turned <4762> into <1519> darkness


<4655>, and the moon <4582> into <1519> blood <0129>, before

<2228>


that great <3173> and notable <2016> day <2250> of the Lord

<2962>


come <2064>:




 21  And it shall come <1511> to pass, [that] whosoever <3739>

shall


call <1941> on <1941> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> shall be


saved <4982>.




 22  Ye men <0435> of Israel <2475>, hear <0191> these <5128>

words


<3056>; Jesus <2424> of Nazareth <3478>, a man <0435> approved


<0584> of God <2316> among <1519> you by miracles <1411> and

wonders


<5059> and signs <4591>, which <3739> God <2316> did <4160> by

him


in the midst <3319> of you, as ye yourselves <0846> also <2532>

know


<1492>:




 23  Him, being delivered <1560> by the determinate <3724>

counsel


<1012> and foreknowledge <4268> of God <2316>, ye have taken

<2983>,


and by wicked <0459> hands <5495> have crucified <4362> and slain


<0337>:




 24  Whom <3739> God <2316> hath raised <0450> up, having loosed


<3089> the pains <5604> of death <2288>: because <2530> it was

not


possible <1415> that he should be holden <2902> of it.




 25  For David <1138> speaketh <3004> concerning <1519> him, I


foresaw <4308> the Lord <2962> always <3956> before <1799> my

face


<1799>, for he is on <1537> my right <1188> hand, that I should

not


be moved <4531>:




 26  Therefore <5124> did my heart <2588> rejoice <2165>, and my


tongue <1100> was glad <0021>; moreover <2089> also <2532> my

flesh


<4561> shall rest <2681> in hope <1680>:




 27  Because <3754> thou wilt not leave <1459> my soul <5590> in


hell <0086>, neither <3761> wilt thou suffer <1325> thine <4675>


Holy <3741> One to see <1492> corruption <1312>.




 28  Thou hast made <1107> known <1107> to me the ways <3598> of


life <2222>; thou shalt make <4137> me full <4137> of joy <2167>


with thy countenance <4383>.






 29  Men <0435> [and] brethren <0080>, let <1832> me freely

<3954>


speak <2036> unto you of the patriarch <3966> David <1138>, that

he


is both <2532> dead <5053> and buried <2290>, and his sepulchre


<3418> is with us unto this <5026> day <2250>.




 30  Therefore <3767> being <5225> a prophet <4396>, and knowing


<1492> that God <2316> had sworn <3660> with an oath <3727> to

him,


that of the fruit <2590> of his loins <3751>, according <2596> to


the flesh <4561>, he would raise <0450> up Christ <5547> to sit


<2523> on <1909> his throne <2362>;




 31  He seeing <4275> this before <4275> spake <2980> of the


resurrection <0386> of Christ <5547>, that his soul <5590> was

not


left <2641> in hell <0086>, neither <3761> his flesh <4561> did

see


<1492> corruption <1312>.




 32  This <5126> Jesus <2424> hath God <2316> raised <0450> up,


whereof <3739> we all <3956> are witnesses <3144>.




 33  Therefore <3767> being by the right <1188> hand of God

<2316>


exalted <5312>, and having received <2983> of the Father <3962>

the


promise <1860> of the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>, he hath shed

<1632>


forth <1632> this <5124>, which <3739> ye now <3568> see <0991>

and


hear <0191>.




 34  For David <1138> is not ascended <0305> into <1519> the

heavens


<3772>: but he saith <3004> himself <0846>, The LORD <2962> said


<2036> unto my Lord <2962>, Sit <2521> thou on <1537> my right


<1188> hand,




 35  Until <2193> I make <5087> thy foes <2190> thy footstool


<5286>.




 36  Therefore <3767> let all <3956> the house <3624> of Israel


<2474> know <1097> assuredly <0806>, that God <2316> hath made


<4160> that same <5126> Jesus <2424>, whom <3739> ye have

crucified


<4717>, both <2532> Lord <2962> and Christ <5547>.




 37. Now <1161> when they heard <0191> [this], they were pricked


<2660> in their heart <2588>, and said <2036> unto Peter <4074>

and


to the rest <3062> of the apostles <0652>, Men <0435> [and]

brethren


<0080>, what <5101> shall we do <4160>?




 38  Then <1161> Peter <4074> said <5346> unto them, Repent

<3340>,


and be baptized <0907> every <1538> one of you in the name

<3686> of


Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> for the remission <0859> of sins

<0266>,


and ye shall receive <2983> the gift <1431> of the Holy <0040>

Ghost


<4151>.




 39  For the promise <1860> is unto you, and to your <5216>

children


<5043>, and to all <3956> that are afar <3112> off, [even] as

many


<3745> as the Lord <2962> our God <2316> shall call <4341>.




 40  And with many <4119> other <2087> words <3056> did he

testify


<1263> and exhort <3870>, saying <3004>, Save <4982> yourselves

from


this <5026> untoward <4646> generation <1074>.




 41  Then <3767> they that gladly <0780> received <0588> his word


<3056> were baptized <0907>: and the same <1565> day <2250> there


were added <4369> [unto them] about <5616> three <5153> thousand


<5153> souls <5590>.




 42. And they continued <4342> stedfastly <4342> in the apostles


<0652>' doctrine <1322> and fellowship <2842>, and in breaking


<2800> of bread <0740>, and in prayers <4335>.




 43  And fear <5401> came <1096> upon every <3956> soul <5590>:

and


many <4183> wonders <5059> and signs <4591> were done <1096> by

the


apostles <0652>.




 44  And all <3956> that believed <4100> were together <0846>,

and


had <2192> all <0537> things common <2839>;




 45  And sold <4097> their possessions <2933> and goods <5223>,

and


parted <1266> them to all <3956> [men], as every <5100> man had


<2192> need <5532>.




 46  And they, continuing <4342> daily <2250> with one <3661>

accord


<3661> in the temple <2411>, and breaking <2806> bread <0740>

from


house <3624> to house <3624>, did eat <3335> their meat <5160>

with


gladness <0020> and singleness <0858> of heart <2588>,




 47  Praising <0134> God <2316>, and having <2192> favour <5485>


with all <3650> the people <2992>. And the Lord <2962> added

<4369>


to the church <1577> daily <2250> such as should be saved <4982>.




Acts   3




 1. Now <1161> Peter <4074> and John <2491> went <0305> up

together


<0846> into <1519> the temple <2411> at <1909> the hour <5610> of


prayer <4335>, [being] the ninth <1766> [hour].




 2  And a certain <5100> man <0435> lame <5560> from his mother's


<3384> womb <2836> was carried <0941>, whom <3739> they laid

<5087>


daily <2250> at <4314> the gate <2374> of the temple <2411> which


<3588> is called <3004> Beautiful <5611>, to ask <0154> alms

<1654>


of them that entered <1531> into <1519> the temple <2411>;




 3  Who <3739> seeing <1492> Peter <4074> and John <2491> about


<3195> to go <1524> into <1519> the temple <2411> asked <2065> an


alms <1654>.




 4  And Peter <4074>, fastening <0816> his eyes upon him with

John


<2491>, said <2036>, Look <0991> on <1519> us.




 5  And he gave <1907> heed <1907> unto them, expecting <4328> to


receive <2983> something <5100> of them.




 6  Then <1161> Peter <4074> said <2036>, Silver <0694> and gold


<5553> have <5225> I none <3756>; but such as I have <2192> give


<1325> I thee: In the name <3686> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>

of


Nazareth <3478> rise <1453> up and walk <4043>.




 7  And he took <4084> him by the right <1188> hand <5495>, and


lifted <1453> [him] up: and immediately <3916> his feet <0939>

and


ankle <4974> bones <4974> received <4732> strength <4732>.




 8  And he leaping <1814> up stood <2476>, and walked <4043>, and


entered <1525> with them into <1519> the temple <2411>, walking


<4043>, and leaping <0242>, and praising <0134> God <2316>.




 9  And all <3956> the people <2992> saw <1492> him walking

<4043>


and praising <0134> God <2316>:




 10  And they knew <1921> that it was he which <3588> sat <2521>

for


alms <1654> at <1909> the Beautiful <5611> gate <4439> of the

temple


<2411>: and they were filled <4130> with wonder <2285> and

amazement


<1611> at <1909> that which had happened <4819> unto him.




 11  And as the lame <5560> man which was healed <2390> held

<2902>


Peter <4074> and John <2491>, all <3956> the people <2992> ran


<4936> together <0846> unto them in the porch <4745> that is

called


<2564> Solomon's <4672>, greatly <1569> wondering <1569>.




 12. And when Peter <4074> saw <1492> [it], he answered <0611>

unto


the people <2992>, Ye men <0435> of Israel <2475>, why <5101>

marvel


<2296> ye at <1909> this <5129>? or <2228> why <5101> look

<0816> ye


so earnestly <0816> on <1909> us, as though by our own <2398>

power


<1411> or <2228> holiness <2150> we had made <4160> this <0846>

man


to walk <4043>?




 13  The God <2316> of Abraham <11>, and of Isaac <2464>, and of


Jacob <2384>, the God <2316> of our fathers <3962>, hath

glorified


<1392> his Son <3816> Jesus <2424>; whom <3739> ye delivered

<3860>


up, and denied <0720> him in the presence <4383> of Pilate

<4091>,


when he was determined <2919> to let <0630> [him] go <0630>.




 14  But ye denied <0720> the Holy <0040> One and the Just

<1342>,


and desired <0154> a murderer <5406> to be granted <5483> unto

you;




 15  And killed <0615> the Prince <0747> of life <2222>, whom

<3739>


God <2316> hath raised <1453> from the dead <3498>; whereof

<3739>


we are witnesses <3144>.






 16  And his name <3686> through <1909> faith <4102> in his name


<3686> hath made <4732> this <5026> man strong <4732>, whom

<3739>


ye see <2334> and know <1492>: yea <2532>, the faith <4102>

which is


by him hath given <1325> him this <5126> perfect <3647> soundness


<3647> in the presence <0561> of you all <3956>.






 17  And now <3568>, brethren <0080>, I wot <1492> that through


<2596> ignorance <0052> ye did <4238> [it], as [did] also <2532>


your <5216> rulers <0758>.




 18  But those things, which <3739> God <2316> before <4293> had


shewed <4293> by the mouth <4750> of all <3956> his prophets

<4396>,


that Christ <5547> should suffer <3958>, he hath so <3779>

fulfilled


<4137>.




 19  Repent <3340> ye therefore <3767>, and be converted <1994>,


that your <5216> sins <0266> may be blotted <1813> out, when

<3704>


the times <2540> of refreshing <0403> shall come <2064> from the


presence <4383> of the Lord <2962>;






 20  And he shall send <0649> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, which


before <4296> was preached <4296> unto you:




 21  Whom <3739> the heaven <3772> must <1163> receive <1209>

until


<0891> the times <5550> of restitution <0605> of all <3956>

things,


which <3739> God <2316> hath spoken <2980> by the mouth <4750> of


all <3956> his holy <0040> prophets <4396> since <0575> the world


<0165> began.




 22  For Moses <3475> truly <3303> said <2036> unto the fathers


<3962>, A prophet <4396> shall the Lord <2962> your <5216> God


<2316> raise <0450> up unto you of your <5216> brethren <0080>,

like


<3945> unto me; him shall ye hear <0191> in all <3956> things


whatsoever <0302> he shall say <2980> unto you.




 23  And it shall come <1511> to pass, [that] every <3956> soul


<5590>, which <0302> will not hear <0191> that prophet <4396>,

shall


be destroyed <1842> from among the people <2992>.




 24  Yea <1161>, and all <3956> the prophets <4396> from Samuel


<4545> and those <3588> that follow <2517> after <2517>, as many


<3745> as have spoken <2980>, have likewise <2532> foretold

<4293>


of these <5025> days <2250>.




 25  Ye are the children <5207> of the prophets <4396>, and of

the


covenant <1242> which <3739> God <2316> made <1303> with our

fathers


<3962>, saying <3004> unto Abraham <11>, And in thy seed <4690>


shall all <3956> the kindreds <3965> of the earth <1093> be

blessed


<1757>.




 26  Unto you first <4412> God <2316>, having raised <0450> up

his


Son <3816> Jesus <2424>, sent <0649> him to bless <2127> you, in


turning <0654> away <0654> every <1538> one of you from his


iniquities <4189>.




Acts   4




 1. And as they spake <2980> unto the people <2992>, the priests


<2409>, and the captain <4755> of the temple <2411>, and the


Sadducees <4523>, came <2186> upon them,




 2  Being grieved <1278> that they taught <1321> the people

<2992>,


and preached <2605> through <1722> Jesus <2424> the resurrection


<0386> from the dead <3498>.






 3  And they laid <1911> hands <5495> on them, and put <5087>

[them]


in hold <5084> unto the next <0839> day <0839>: for it was now


<2236> eventide <2073>.




 4  Howbeit many <4183> of them which heard <0191> the word

<3056>


believed <4100>; and the number <0706> of the men <0435> was

about


<5616> five <4002> thousand <5505>.




 5. And it came <1096> to pass on <1909> the morrow <0839>, that


their rulers <0758>, and elders <4245>, and scribes <1122>,




 6  And Annas <0452> the high <0749> priest <0749>, and Caiaphas


<2533>, and John <2491>, and Alexander <0223>, and as many

<3745> as


were of the kindred <1085> of the high <0749> priest <0748>, were


gathered <4863> together <4863> at <1519> Jerusalem <2419>.




 7  And when they had set <2476> them in the midst <3319>, they


asked <4441>, By what <4169> power <1411>, or <2228> by what

<4169>


name <3686>, have ye done <4160> this <5124>?




 8  Then <5119> Peter <4074>, filled <4130> with the Holy <0040>


Ghost <4151>, said <2036> unto them, Ye rulers <0758> of the

people


<2992>, and elders <4245> of Israel <2474>,




 9  If <1487> we this <4594> day <4594> be examined <0350> of the


good <2108> deed <2108> done to the impotent <0772> man <0444>,

by


what <5101> means he is made <4982> whole <4982>;




 10  Be it known <1110> unto you all <3956>, and to all <3956>

the


people <2992> of Israel <2474>, that by the name <3686> of Jesus


<2424> Christ <5547> of Nazareth <3478>, whom <3739> ye crucified


<4717>, whom <3739> God <2316> raised <1453> from the dead

<3498>,


[even] by him doth this man stand <3936> here <3936> before

<1799>


you whole <5199>.




 11  This is the stone <3037> which <3588> was set <1848> at

<1848>


nought <1848> of you builders <3618>, which <3588> is become

<1519>


the head <2776> of the corner <1137>.




 12  Neither <3756> is there salvation <4991> in any <3762> other


<0243>: for there is none <3777> other <2087> name <3686> under


<5259> heaven <3772> given <1325> among <1722> men <0444>,

whereby


<3739> we must <1163> be saved <4982>.




 13  Now <1161> when they saw <2334> the boldness <3954> of Peter


<4074> and John <2491>, and perceived <2638> that they were


unlearned <0062> and ignorant <2399> men <0444>, they marvelled


<2296>; and they took <1921> knowledge <1921> of them, that they

had


been <2258> with Jesus <2424>.




 14  And beholding <0991> the man <0444> which was healed <2323>


standing <2476> with them, they could <2192> say <0471> nothing


<3762> against <0471> it.




 15. But when they had commanded <2753> them to go <0565> aside


<0565> out of the council <4892>, they conferred <4820> among

<4315>


themselves <0240>,




 16  Saying <3004>, What <5101> shall we do <4160> to these

<5125>


men <0444>? for that indeed <3303> a notable <1110> miracle

<4592>


hath been done <1096> by them [is] manifest <5319> to all <3956>


them that dwell <2730> in Jerusalem <2419>; and we cannot <1410>


deny <0720> [it].




 17  But that it spread <1268> no <3361> further <4208> among

<1519>


the people <2992>, let us straitly <0547> threaten <0546> them,

that


they speak <2980> henceforth <3371> to no <3367> man <0444> in

this


<5129> name <3686>.




 18  And they called <2564> them, and commanded <3853> them not

to


speak <5350> at <2527> all <2527> nor <3366> teach <1321> in the


name <3686> of Jesus <2424>.






 19  But Peter <4074> and John <2491> answered <0611> and said


<2036> unto them, Whether <1487> it be right <1342> in the sight


<1799> of God <2316> to hearken <0191> unto you more <3123> than


<2228> unto God <2316>, judge <2919> ye.




 20  For we cannot <1410> but speak <2980> the things which

<3739>


we have seen <1492> and heard <0191>.




 21  So <1161> when they had further threatened <4324> them, they


let them go <0630>, finding <2147> nothing <3367> how <4459> they


might punish <2849> them, because <1223> of the people <2992>:

for


all <3956> [men] glorified <1392> God <2316> for that which was

done


<1096>.




 22  For the man <0444> was above <4117> forty <5062> years

<2094>


old, on <1909> whom <3739> this <5124> miracle <4592> of healing


<2392> was shewed <1096>.




 23. And being let go <0630>, they went <2064> to their own

<2398>


company <2398>, and reported <0518> all <3745> that the chief

<0749>


priests <0749> and elders <4245> had said <2036> unto them.




 24  And when they heard <0191> that, they lifted <0142> up their


voice <5456> to God <2316> with one <3661> accord <3661>, and

said


<2036>, Lord <1203>, thou [art] God <2316>, which <3588> hast

made


<4160> heaven <3772>, and earth <1093>, and the sea <2281>, and

all


<3956> that in them is:




 25  Who <3588> by the mouth <4750> of thy servant <3816> David


<1138> hast said <2036>, Why <2444> did the heathen <1484> rage


<5433>, and the people <2992> imagine <3191> vain <2756> things?




 26  The kings <0935> of the earth <1093> stood <3936> up, and

the


rulers <0758> were gathered <4863> together <0846> against <2596>


the Lord <2962>, and against <2596> his Christ <5547>.




 27  For of a truth <0225> against <1909> thy holy <0040> child


<3816> Jesus <2424>, whom <3739> thou hast anointed <5548>, both


<5037> Herod <2264>, and Pontius <4194> Pilate <4091>, with the


Gentiles <1484>, and the people <2992> of Israel <2474>, were


gathered <4863> together <4863>,




 28  For to do <4160> whatsoever <3745> thy hand <5495> and thy


counsel <1012> determined <4309> before <4309> to be done <1096>.




 29  And now <3568>, Lord <2962>, behold <1896> their

threatenings


<0547>: and grant <1325> unto thy servants <1401>, that with all


<3956> boldness <3954> they may speak <2980> thy word <3056>,




 30  By stretching <1614> forth <1614> thine <4675> hand <5495>

to


heal <2392>; and that signs <4591> and wonders <5059> may be done


<1096> by the name <3686> of thy holy <0040> child <3816> Jesus


<2424>.




 31  And when they had prayed <1189>, the place <5117> was shaken


<4531> where <3739> they were assembled <4863> together <4863>;

and


they were all <0537> filled <4130> with the Holy <0040> Ghost


<4151>, and they spake <2980> the word <3056> of God <2316> with


boldness <3954>.




 32. And the multitude <4128> of them that believed <4100> were

of


one heart <2588> and of one <3391> soul <5590>: neither <3761>

said


<3004> any <1520> [of them] that ought <5100> of the things

which he


possessed <5224> was his own <2398>; but they had <1510> all

<0537>


things common <2839>.




 33  And with great <3173> power <1411> gave <0591> the apostles


<0652> witness <3142> of the resurrection <0386> of the Lord

<2962>


Jesus <2424>: and great <3173> grace <5485> was upon them all


<3956>.




 34  Neither <3761> was there any <5100> among <1722> them that


lacked <1729>: for as many <3745> as were possessors <2935> of

lands


<5564> or <2228> houses <3614> sold <4453> them, and brought

<5342>


the prices <5092> of the things that were sold <4097>,




 35  And laid <5087> [them] down at <3844> the apostles <0652>'

feet


<4228>: and distribution <1239> was made <1239> unto every <1538>


man according <2530> as he had <2192> need <5532>.




 36  And Joses <2500>, who <3588> by the apostles <0652> was


surnamed <1941> Barnabas <0921>, (which is, being interpreted


<3177>, The son <5207> of consolation <3874>,) a Levite <3019>,


[and] of the country <1085> of Cyprus <2954>,




 37  Having <0846> land <0068>, sold <4453> [it], and brought

<5342>


the money <5536>, and laid <5087> [it] at <3844> the apostles


<0652>' feet <4228>.




Acts   5




 1. But a certain <5100> man <0435> named <3686> Ananias <0367>,


with Sapphira <4551> his wife <1135>, sold <4453> a possession


<2933>,




 2  And kept <3557> back <3557> [part] of the price <5092>, his

wife


<1135> also <2532> being privy <4894> [to it], and brought

<5342> a


certain <5100> part <3313>, and laid <5087> [it] at <3844> the


apostles <0652>' feet <4228>.




 3  But Peter <4074> said <2036>, Ananias <0367>, why <1302> hath


Satan <4567> filled <4137> thine <4675> heart <2588> to lie

<5574>


to the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>, and to keep <3557> back <3557>


[part] of the price <5092> of the land <5564>?




 4  Whiles it remained <3306>, was it not thine <4671> own? and


after it was sold <4097>, was it not in thine <4674> own power


<1849>? why <5101> hast thou conceived <5087> this <5124> thing


<4229> in thine <4675> heart <2588>? thou hast not lied <5574>

unto


men <0444>, but unto God <2316>.




 5  And Ananias <0367> hearing <0191> these <5128> words <3056>

fell


<4098> down, and gave up the ghost <1634>: and great <3173> fear


<5401> came <1096> on <1909> all <3956> them that heard <0191>

these


<5023> things.




 6  And the young <3501> men arose <0450>, wound <4958> him up,

and


carried <1627> [him] out, and buried <2290> [him].




 7  And it was about <5613> the space <1292> of three <5140>

hours


<5610> after, when his wife <1135>, not knowing <1492> what

<3588>


was done <1096>, came <1525> in.




 8  And Peter <4074> answered <0611> unto her, Tell <2036> me


whether <1487> ye sold <0591> the land <5564> for so <5118> much


<5118>? And she said <2036>, Yea <3483>, for so <5118> much

<5118>.




 9  Then <1161> Peter <4074> said <2036> unto her, How <5101> is

it


that ye have agreed <4856> together <4856> to tempt <3985> the


Spirit <4151> of the Lord <2962>? behold <2400>, the feet <4228>

of


them which have buried <2290> thy husband <0435> [are] at <1909>

the


door <2374>, and shall carry <1627> thee out.






 10  Then <1161> fell <4098> she down straightway <3916> at

<3844>


his feet <4228>, and yielded <1634> up the ghost <1634>: and the


young <3495> men <3495> came <1525> in, and found <2147> her dead


<3498>, and, carrying <1627> [her] forth <1627>, buried <2290>

[her]


by her husband <0435>.




 11  And great <3173> fear <5401> came <1096> upon all <3650> the


church <1577>, and upon as many as heard <0191> these <5023>

things.




 12. And by the hands <5495> of the apostles <0652> were many

<4183>


signs <4591> and wonders <5059> wrought <1096> among <1722> the


people <2992>; (and they were all <0537> with one <3661> accord


<3661> in Solomon's <4672> porch <4745>.




 13  And of the rest <3062> durst <5111> no <3762> man <3762>

join


<2853> himself to them: but the people <2992> magnified <3170>

them.




 14  And believers <4100> were the more <3123> added <4369> to

the


Lord <2962>, multitudes <4128> both <5037> of men <0435> and

women


<1135>.)




 15  Insomuch <5620> that they brought <1627> forth <1627> the

sick


<0772> into <2596> the streets <4113>, and laid <5087> [them] on


<1909> beds <2825> and couches <2895>, that at <2579> the least


<2579> the shadow <4639> of Peter <4074> passing <2064> by might


overshadow <1982> some <5100> of them.




 16  There came <4905> also <2532> a multitude <4128> [out] of

the


cities <4172> round <4038> about <4038> unto Jerusalem <2419>,


bringing <5342> sick <0772> folks, and them which were vexed

<3791>


with unclean <0169> spirits <4151>: and they were healed <2323>


every <0537> one.




 17. Then <1161> the high <0749> priest <0749> rose <0450> up,

and


all <3956> they that were with him, (which is the sect <0139> of

the


Sadducees <4523>,) and were filled <4137> with indignation

<2205>,




 18  And laid <1911> their hands <5495> on <1909> the apostles


<0652>, and put <5087> them in the common <1219> prison <5084>.




 19  But the angel <0032> of the Lord <2962> by night <3571>

opened


<0455> the prison <5438> doors <2374>, and brought <1806> them

forth


<1806>, and said <2036>,




 20  Go <4198>, stand <2476> and speak <2980> in the temple

<2411>


to the people <2992> all <3956> the words <4487> of this <5026>

life


<2222>.




 21  And when they heard <0191> [that], they entered <1525> into


<1519> the temple <2411> early <3722> in the morning, and taught


<1321>. But the high <0749> priest <0749> came <3854>, and they

that


were with him, and called <4779> the council <4892> together

<4779>,


and all <3956> the senate <1087> of the children <5207> of Israel


<2474>, and sent <0649> to the prison <1201> to have them brought


<0071>.




 22  But when the officers <5257> came <3854>, and found <2147>

them


not in the prison <5438>, they returned <0390>, and told <0518>,




 23  Saying <3004>, The prison <1201> truly <3303> found <2147>

we


shut <2808> with all <3956> safety <0803>, and the keepers <5441>


standing <2476> without <1854> before <4253> the doors <2374>:

but


when we had opened <0455>, we found <2147> no <3762> man <3762>


within <2080>.




 24  Now <1161> when <5613> the high <2409> priest <0749> and the


captain <4755> of the temple <2411> and the chief <0749> priests


<0749> heard <0191> these <5128> things <3056>, they doubted

<1280>


of them whereunto <5101> this <5124> would grow <1096>.




 25  Then <1161> came <3854> one <5100> and told <0518> them,

saying


<3004>, Behold <2400>, the men <0435> whom <3739> ye put <5087>

in


prison <5438> are standing <2476> in the temple <2411>, and

teaching


<1321> the people <2992>.




 26. Then <5119> went <0565> the captain <4755> with the officers


<5257>, and brought <0071> them without <3326> violence <0970>:

for


they feared <5399> the people <2992>, lest <3361> they should

have


been stoned <3034>.




 27  And when they had brought <0071> them, they set <2476>

[them]


before <1722> the council <4892>: and the high <0749> priest

<0749>


asked <1905> them,




 28  Saying <3004>, Did not we straitly command <3853> you that

ye


should not teach <1321> in this <5129> name <3686>? and, behold


<2400>, ye have filled <4137> Jerusalem <2419> with your <5216>


doctrine <1322>, and intend <1014> to bring <1863> this <5127>

man's


<0444> blood <0129> upon us.




 29  Then <1161> Peter <4074> and the [other] apostles <0652>


answered <0611> and said <2036>, We ought <1163> to obey <3980>

God


<2316> rather <3123> than <2228> men <0444>.




 30  The God <2316> of our fathers <3962> raised <1453> up Jesus


<2424>, whom <3739> ye slew <1315> and hanged <2910> on <1909> a


tree <3586>.




 31  Him hath God <2316> exalted <5312> with his right <1188>

hand


[to be] a Prince <0747> and a Saviour <4990>, for to give <1325>


repentance <3341> to Israel <2474>, and forgiveness <0859> of

sins


<0266>.




 32  And we are his witnesses <3144> of these <5130> things

<4487>;


and [so is] also <2532> the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>, whom <3739>


God <2316> hath given <1325> to them that obey <3980> him.




 33  When they heard <0191> [that], they were cut <1282> [to the


heart], and took <1011> counsel <1011> to slay <0337> them.




 34  Then <1161> stood <0450> there up one <5100> in the council


<4892>, a Pharisee <5330>, named <3686> Gamaliel <1059>, a doctor


<3547> of the law <3547>, had in reputation <5093> among all

<3956>


the people <2992>, and commanded <2753> to put <4160> the

apostles


<0652> forth <1854> a little <1024> space <1024>;




 35  And said <2036> unto them, Ye men <0435> of Israel <2475>,

take


heed <4337> to yourselves <1438> what <5101> ye intend <3195> to

do


<4238> as touching <1909> these <5125> men <0444>.




 36  For before <4253> these <5130> days <2250> rose <0450> up


Theudas <2333>, boasting <3004> himself <1438> to be somebody


<5100>; to whom <3739> a number <0706> of men <0435>, about

<5616>


four hundred <5071>, joined <4347> themselves: who <3739> was

slain


<0337>; and all <3956>, as many <3745> as obeyed <3982> him, were


scattered <1262>, and brought <1096> to nought <3762>.




 37  After <3326> this <5126> man rose <0450> up Judas <2455> of


Galilee <1056> in the days <2250> of the taxing <0583>, and drew


<0868> away <0868> much <2425> people <2992> after <3694> him: he


also <2548> perished <0622>; and all <3956>, [even] as many

<3745>


as obeyed <3982> him, were dispersed <1287>.




 38  And now <3568> I say <3004> unto you, Refrain <0868> from

these


<5130> men <0444>, and let <1439> them alone <1439>: for if

<1437>


this <5124> counsel <1012> or <2228> this <5124> work <2041> be

of


men <0444>, it will come <2647> to nought <2647>:




 39  But if <1487> it be of God <2316>, ye cannot <1410>

overthrow


<2647> it; lest <3379> haply <3379> ye be found <2147> even

<2532>


to fight <2314> against God <2314>.




 40  And to him they agreed <3982>: and when they had called

<4341>


the apostles <0652>, and beaten <1194> [them], they commanded

<3853>


that they should not speak <2980> in the name <3686> of Jesus


<2424>, and let <0630> them go <0630>.






 41  And they departed <4198> from the presence <4383> of the


council <4892>, rejoicing <5463> that they were counted <2661>


worthy <2661> to suffer <0818> shame for his name <3686>.




 42  And daily <2250> in the temple <2411>, and in every <2596>


house <3624>, they ceased <3973> not to teach <1321> and preach


<2097> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.




Acts   6




 1. And in those <5025> days <2250>, when the number of the


disciples <3101> was multiplied <4129>, there arose <1096> a


murmuring <1112> of the Grecians <1675> against <4314> the

Hebrews


<1445>, because <3754> their widows <5503> were neglected <3865>

in


the daily <2522> ministration <1248>.




 2  Then <1161> the twelve <1427> called <4341> the multitude

<4128>


of the disciples <3101> [unto them], and said <2036>, It is not


reason <0701> that we should leave <2641> the word <3056> of God


<2316>, and serve <1247> tables <5132>.




 3  Wherefore <3767>, brethren <0080>, look <1980> ye out among


<1537> you seven <2033> men <0435> of honest report <3140>, full


<4134> of the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> and wisdom <4678>, whom


<3739> we may appoint <2525> over <1909> this <5026> business


<5532>.




 4  But we will give <4342> ourselves continually <4342> to

prayer


<4335>, and to the ministry <1248> of the word <3056>.




 5  And the saying <3056> pleased <0700> the whole <3956>

multitude


<4128>: and they chose <1586> Stephen <4736>, a man <0435> full


<4134> of faith <4102> and of the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>, and


Philip <5376>, and Prochorus <4402>, and Nicanor <3527>, and

Timon


<5096>, and Parmenas <3937>, and Nicolas <3532> a proselyte

<4339>


of Antioch <0491>:




 6  Whom <3739> they set <2476> before <1799> the apostles

<0652>:


and when they had prayed <4336>, they laid <2007> [their] hands


<5495> on <2007> them.




 7  And the word <3056> of God <2316> increased <0837>; and the


number <0706> of the disciples <3101> multiplied <4129> in

Jerusalem


<2419> greatly <4970>; and a great <4183> company <3793> of the


priests <2409> were obedient <5219> to the faith <4102>.




 8. And Stephen <4736>, full <4134> of faith <4102> and power


<1411>, did <4160> great <3173> wonders <5059> and miracles

<4592>


among <1722> the people <2992>.






 9  Then <1161> there arose <0450> certain <5100> of the

synagogue


<4864>, which <3588> is called <3004> [the synagogue <4864>] of

the


Libertines <3032>, and Cyrenians <2956>, and Alexandrians <0221>,


and of them of Cilicia <2791> and of Asia <0773>, disputing

<4802>


with Stephen <4736>.




 10  And they were not able <2480> to resist <0436> the wisdom


<4678> and the spirit <4151> by which <3739> he spake <2980>.




 11  Then <5119> they suborned <5260> men <0435>, which said

<3004>,


We have heard <0191> him speak <2980> blasphemous <0989> words


<4487> against <1519> Moses <3475>, and [against] God <2316>.




 12  And they stirred <4787> up the people <2992>, and the elders


<4245>, and the scribes <1122>, and came <2186> upon [him], and


caught <4884> him, and brought <0071> [him] to the council

<4892>,




 13  And set <2476> up false <5571> witnesses <3144>, which said


<3004>, This <5127> man <0444> ceaseth <3973> not to speak <2980>


blasphemous <0989> words <4487> against <2596> this <3778> holy


<0040> place <5117>, and the law <3551>:






 14  For we have heard <0191> him say <3004>, that this <5126>

Jesus


<2424> of Nazareth <3478> shall destroy <2647> this <3778> place


<5117>, and shall change <0236> the customs <1485> which <3739>


Moses <3475> delivered <3860> us.




 15  And all <0537> that sat <2516> in the council <4892>,

looking


<0816> stedfastly <0816> on <1519> him, saw <1492> his face

<4383>


as it had been the face <4383> of an angel <0032>.




Acts   7




 1. Then <1161> said <2036> the high <0749> priest <0749>, Are

these


<5023> things so <3779>?




 2  And he said <5346>, Men <0435>, brethren <0080>, and fathers


<3962>, hearken <0191>; The God <2316> of glory <1391> appeared


<3700> unto our father <3962> Abraham <11>, when he was in


Mesopotamia <3318>, before <2228> he dwelt <2730> in Charran

<5488>,




 3  And said <2036> unto him, Get <1831> thee out of thy country


<1093>, and from thy kindred <4772>, and come <1204> into <1519>

the


land <1093> which <3739> I shall shew <1166> thee.




 4  Then <5119> came <1831> he out of the land <1093> of the


Chaldaeans <5466>, and dwelt <2730> in Charran <5488>: and from


thence <1564>, when <3326> his father <3962> was dead <0599>, he


removed <3351> him into <1519> this <5026> land <1093>, wherein


<3757> ye now <3568> dwell <2730>.




 5  And he gave <1325> him none <3756> inheritance <2817> in it,

no,


not [so much as] to set <0968> his foot <4228> on: yet <2532> he


promised <1861> that he would give <1325> it to him for a

possession


<2697>, and to his seed <4690> after <3326> him, when [as yet] he


had <5607> no <3756> child <5043>.




 6  And God <2316> spake <2980> on this <3779> wise <3779>, That

his


seed <4690> should sojourn <3941> in a strange <0245> land

<1093>;


and that they should bring <1402> them into bondage <1402>, and


entreat <2559> [them] evil <2559> four hundred <5071> years

<2094>.




 7  And the nation <1484> to whom <3739> they shall be in bondage


<1398> will I judge <2919>, said <2036> God <2316>: and after

<3326>


that shall they come <1834> forth <1831>, and serve <3000> me in


this <5129> place <5117>.




 8  And he gave <1325> him the covenant <1242> of circumcision


<4061>: and so <3779> [Abraham] begat <1080> Isaac <2464>, and


circumcised <4059> him the eighth <3590> day <2250>; and Isaac


<2464> [begat] Jacob <2384>; and Jacob <2384> [begat] the twelve


<1427> patriarchs <3966>.




 9  And the patriarchs <3966>, moved <2206> with envy <2206>,

sold


<0591> Joseph <2501> into <1519> Egypt <0125>: but God <2316> was


with him,




 10  And delivered <1807> him out of all <3956> his afflictions


<2347>, and gave <1325> him favour <5485> and wisdom <4678> in

the


sight <1726> of Pharaoh <5328> king <0935> of Egypt <0125>; and

he


made <2525> him governor <2233> over <1909> Egypt <0125> and all


<3650> his house <3624>.




 11  Now <1161> there came <2064> a dearth <3042> over <1909> all


<3650> the land <1093> of Egypt <0125> and Chanaan <5477>, and

great


<3173> affliction <2347>: and our fathers <3962> found <2147> no


<3756> sustenance <5527>.




 12  But when Jacob <2384> heard <0191> that there was corn

<4621>


in Egypt <0125>, he sent <1821> out our fathers <3962> first

<4412>.




 13  And at <1722> the second <1208> [time] Joseph <2501> was

made


<0319> known <0319> to his brethren <0080>; and Joseph's <2501>


kindred <1085> was made <1096> known <5318> unto Pharaoh <5328>.




 14  Then <1161> sent <0649> Joseph <2501>, and called <3333> his


father <3962> Jacob <2384> to [him], and all <3956> his kindred


<4772>, threescore <1440> and fifteen <4002> souls <5590>.




 15  So <1161> Jacob <2384> went <2597> down <2597> into <1519>


Egypt <0125>, and died <5053>, he, and our fathers <3962>,




 16  And were carried <3346> over <3346> into <1519> Sychem

<4966>,


and laid <5087> in the sepulchre <3418> that Abraham <0011>bought


<5608> for a sum <5092> of money <0694> of the sons <5207> of

Emmor


<1697> [the father] of Sychem <4966>.




 17. But when <2531> the time <5550> of the promise <1860> drew

nigh


<1448>, which <3739> God <2316> had sworn <3660> to Abraham <11>,


the people <2992> grew <0837> and multiplied <4129> in Egypt

<0125>,




 18  Till <3757> another <2087> king <0935> arose <0450>, which


<3739> knew <1492> not Joseph <2501>.




 19  The same <3778> dealt <2686> subtilly <2686> with our

kindred


<1085>, and evil <2559> entreated <2559> our fathers <3962>, so

that


they cast <1570> out their young <1025> children <1025>, to the

end


<1519> they might not live <2225>.




 20  In which <3739> time <2540> Moses <3475> was born <1080>,

and


was exceeding <2316> fair <0791>, and nourished <0396> up in his


father's <3962> house <3624> three <5140> months <3376>:




 21  And when he was cast <1620> out, Pharaoh's <5328> daughter


<2364> took <0337> him up, and nourished <0397> him for her own


<1438> son <5207>.




 22  And Moses <3475> was learned <3811> in all <3956> the wisdom


<4678> of the Egyptians <0124>, and was mighty <1415> in words


<3056> and in deeds <2041>.




 23  And when <5613> he was full <4137> forty <5063> years <5063>


old <5550>, it came <0305> into <1909> his heart <2588> to visit


<1980> his brethren <0080> the children <5207> of Israel <2474>.




 24  And seeing <1492> one <5100> [of them] suffer wrong <0091>,

he


defended <0292> [him], and avenged <1557> him that was oppressed


<2669>, and smote <3960> the Egyptian <0124>:




 25  For he supposed <3543> his brethren <0080> would have


understood <4920> how that God <2316> by his hand <5495> would


deliver <1325> them: but they understood <4920> not.




 26  And the next <1966> day <2250> he shewed <3700> himself unto


them as they strove <3164>, and would have set <4900> them at

<1519>


one <1515> again <1515>, saying <2036>, Sirs <0435>, ye are

brethren


<0080>; why <2444> do <0091> ye wrong <0091> one <0240> to

another


<0240>?




 27  But he that did <0091> his neighbour <4139> wrong <0091>

thrust


<0683> him away <0683>, saying <2036>, Who <5101> made <2525>

thee a


ruler <0758> and a judge <1348> over <1909> us?




 28  Wilt <2309> thou kill <0337> me, as thou diddest <0337> the


Egyptian <0124> yesterday <5504>?




 29  Then <1161> fled <5343> Moses <3475> at <1722> this <5129>


saying <3056>, and was a stranger <3941> in the land <1093> of


Madian <3099>, where <3757> he begat <1080> two <1417> sons

<5207>.




 30. And when forty <5062> years <2094> were expired <4137>,

there


appeared <3700> to him in the wilderness <2048> of mount <3735>

Sina


<4614> an angel <0032> of the Lord <2962> in a flame <5395> of

fire


<4442> in a bush <0942>.




 31  When Moses <3475> saw <1492> [it], he wondered <2296> at the


sight <3705>: and as he drew <4334> near <4334> to behold <2657>


[it], the voice <5456> of the Lord <2962> came <1096> unto him,




 32  [Saying], I [am] the God <2316> of thy fathers <3962>, the

God


<2316> of Abraham <11>, and the God <2316> of Isaac <2464>, and

the


God <2316> of Jacob <2384>. Then <1161> Moses <3475> trembled


<1096>, and durst <5111> not behold <2657>.




 33  Then <1161> said <2036> the Lord <2962> to him, Put <3089>

off


<3089> thy shoes <5266> from thy feet <4228>: for the place

<5117>


where <3739> thou standest <2476> is holy <0040> ground <1093>.




 34  I have seen <1492>, I have seen <1492> the affliction

<2561> of


my people <2992> which <3588> is in Egypt <0125>, and I have

heard


<0191> their groaning <4726>, and am come <2597> down <2597> to


deliver <1807> them. And now <3568> come <1204>, I will send

<0649>


thee into <1519> Egypt <0125>.




 35  This <5126> Moses <3475> whom <3739> they refused <0720>,


saying <2036>, Who <5101> made <2525> thee a ruler <0758> and a


judge <1348>? the same <5126> did God <2316> send <0649> [to be]

a


ruler <0758> and a deliverer <3086> by the hand <5495> of the

angel


<0032> which <3588> appeared <3700> to him in the bush <0942>.




 36  He brought <1806> them out, after that he had shewed <4160>


wonders <5059> and signs <4591> in the land <1093> of Egypt

<0125>,


and in the Red <2281> sea <2281>, and in the wilderness <2048>

forty


<5062> years <2094>.




 37  This <3778> is that Moses <3475>, which <3588> said <2036>

unto


the children <5207> of Israel <2474>, A prophet <4396> shall the


Lord <2962> your <5216> God <2316> raise <0450> up unto you of

your


<5216> brethren <0080>, like <5613> unto me; him shall ye hear


<0191>.




 38  This <3778> is he, that was in the church <1577> in the


wilderness <2048> with the angel <0032> which <3588> spake

<2980> to


him in the mount <3735> Sina <4614>, and [with] our fathers

<3962>:


who <3739> received <1209> the lively <2198> oracles <3051> to

give


<1325> unto us:




 39  To whom <3739> our fathers <3962> would <2309> not obey

<1036>,


but thrust <0683> [him] from them, and in their hearts <2588>

turned


<4762> back <4762> again <4762> into <1519> Egypt <0125>,




 40  Saying <2036> unto Aaron <0002>, Make <4160> us gods <2316>

to


go <4313> before <4313> us: for [as for] this <3778> Moses

<3475>,


which <3739> brought <1806> us out of the land <1093> of Egypt


<0125>, we wot <1492> not what <5101> is become <1096> of him.




 41  And they made <3447> a calf <3447> in those <1565> days

<2250>,


and offered <0321> sacrifice <2378> unto the idol <1497>, and


rejoiced <2165> in the works <2041> of their own hands <5495>.




 42. Then <1161> God <2316> turned <4762>, and gave <3860> them

up


to worship <3000> the host <4756> of heaven <3772>; as it is

written


<1125> in the book <0976> of the prophets <4396>, O ye house

<3624>


of Israel <2474>, have ye offered <4374> to me slain <4968>

beasts


<4968> and sacrifices <2378> [by the space of] forty <5062> years


<2094> in the wilderness <2048>?




 43  Yea <2532>, ye took <0353> up the tabernacle <4633> of

Moloch


<3434>, and the star <0798> of your <5216> god <2316> Remphan


<4481>, figures <5179> which <3739> ye made <4160> to worship

<4352>


them: and I will carry <3351> you away <3351> beyond <1900>

Babylon


<0897>.




 44  Our fathers <3962> had <1510> the tabernacle <4633> of

witness


<3142> in the wilderness <2048>, as he had appointed <1299>,


speaking <2980> unto Moses <3475>, that he should make <4160> it


according <2596> to the fashion <5179> that he had seen <3708>.




 45  Which <3739> also <2532> our fathers <3962> that came <1237>


after <3326> brought <1521> in with Jesus <2424> into <1722> the


possession <2697> of the Gentiles <1484>, whom <3739> God <2316>


drave <1856> out before <0575> the face <4383> of our fathers


<3962>, unto the days <2250> of David <1138>;




 46  Who <3739> found <2147> favour <5485> before <1799> God

<2316>,


and desired <0154> to find <2147> a tabernacle <4638> for the God


<2316> of Jacob <2384>.




 47  But Solomon <4672> built <3618> him an house <3624>.




 48  Howbeit <0235> the most <5310> High <5310> dwelleth <2730>

not in temples


<3485> made <5499> with hands <5499>; as saith <3004> the prophet


<4396>,




 49  Heaven <3772> [is] my throne <2362>, and earth <1093> [is]

my


footstool <5286>: what <4169> house <3624> will ye build <3618>

me?


saith <3004> the Lord <2962>: or <2228> what <5101> [is] the

place


<5117> of my rest <2663>?




 50  Hath not my hand <5495> made <4160> all <3956> these <5023>


things?




 51. Ye stiffnecked <4644> and uncircumcised <0564> in heart

<2588>


and ears <3775>, ye do always <0104> resist <0496> the Holy

<0040>


Ghost <4151>: as your <5216> fathers <3962> [did], so <2532> [do]


ye.




 52  Which <5101> of the prophets <4396> have not your <5216>


fathers <3962> persecuted <1377>? and they have slain <0615> them


which <3588> shewed <4293> before <4293> of the coming <1660> of

the


Just <1342> One; of whom <3739> ye have been <1096> now <3568>

the


betrayers <4273> and murderers <5406>:




 53  Who <3748> have received <2983> the law <3551> by the


disposition <1296> of angels <0032>, and have not kept <5442>

[it].




 54. When they heard <0191> these <5023> things, they were cut


<1282> to the heart <2588>, and they gnashed <1031> on <1909> him


with [their] teeth <3599>.




 55  But he, being <5225> full <4134> of the Holy <0040> Ghost


<4151>, looked <0816> up stedfastly <0816> into <1519> heaven


<3772>, and saw <1492> the glory <1391> of God <2316>, and Jesus


<2424> standing <2476> on <1537> the right <1188> hand of God


<2316>,




 56  And said <2036>, Behold <2400>, I see <2334> the heavens

<3772>


opened <0455>, and the Son <5207> of man <0444> standing <2476>

on


<1537> the right <1188> hand of God <2316>.




 57  Then <1161> they cried <2896> out with a loud <3173> voice


<5456>, and stopped <4912> their ears <3775>, and ran <3729> upon


him with one <3661> accord <3661>,




 58  And cast <1544> [him] out of the city <4172>, and stoned

<3036>


[him]: and the witnesses <3144> laid <0659> down their clothes


<2440> at <3844> a young <3494> man's <3494> feet <4228>, whose

name


<2564> was Saul <4569>.




 59  And they stoned <3036> Stephen <4736>, calling <1941> upon


[God], and saying <3007>, Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, receive

<1209>


my spirit <4151>.




 60  And he kneeled <1119> down, and cried <2896> with a loud

<3173>


voice <5456>, Lord <2962>, lay <2476> not this <5026> sin <0266>

to


their charge <2476>. And when he had said <2036> this <5124>, he


fell asleep <2837>.




Acts   8




 1. And Saul <4569> was consenting <4909> unto his death <0336>.

And


at <1722> that time <2250> there was a great <3173> persecution


<1375> against <1909> the church <1577> which <3588> was at

<1722>


Jerusalem <2414>; and they were all <3956> scattered <1289>

abroad


<1289> throughout <2596> the regions <5561> of Judaea <2449> and


Samaria <4540>, except <4133> the apostles <0652>.




 2  And devout <2126> men <0435> carried <4792> Stephen <4736>

[to


his burial], and made <4160> great <3173> lamentation <2870> over


<1909> him.




 3  As for Saul <4569>, he made havock <3075> of the church

<1577>,


entering <1531> into <1531> every <2596> house <3624>, and haling


<4951> men <0435> and women <1135> committed <3860> [them] to

prison


<5438>.




 4. Therefore <3767> they that were scattered <1289> abroad

<1289>


went <1330> every <1330> where <1330> preaching <2097> the word


<3056>.




 5  Then <1161> Philip <5376> went <2718> down <2718> to the city


<4172> of Samaria <4540>, and preached <2784> Christ <5547> unto


them.




 6  And the people <3793> with one <3661> accord <3661> gave

<4337>


heed <4337> unto those <3588> things which Philip <5376> spake


<3004>, hearing <0191> and seeing <0991> the miracles <4592>

which


he did <4160>.




 7  For unclean <0169> spirits <4151>, crying <0994> with loud


<3173> voice <5456>, came <1831> out of many <4183> that were


possessed <2192> [with them]: and many <4183> taken with palsies


<3886>, and that were lame <5560>, were healed <2323>.




 8  And there was great <3173> joy <5479> in that city <4172>.




 9  But there was a certain <5100> man <0435>, called <3686>

Simon <4613>, which


beforetime <4391> in the same city <4172> used <3096> sorcery


<3096>, and bewitched <1839> the people <1484> of Samaria <4540>,


giving <3004> out that himself <1448> was some <5100> great

<3173>


one:




 10  To whom <3739> they all <3956> gave <4337> heed <4337>, from


the least <3398> to the greatest <3173>, saying <3007>, This

<3778>


man is the great <3173> power <1411> of God <2316>.




 11  And to him they had regard <4337>, because <1223> that of

long


<2425> time <5550> he had bewitched <1839> them with sorceries


<3095>.




 12  But when <3753> they believed <4100> Philip <5376> preaching


<2097> the things concerning <4012> the kingdom <0932> of God


<2316>, and the name <3686> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, they

were


baptized <0907>, both <5037> men <0435> and women <1135>.




 13  Then <1161> Simon <4613> himself <0846> believed <4100> also


<2532>: and when he was baptized <0907>, he continued <4342> with


Philip <5376>, and wondered <1839>, beholding <2334> the miracles


<1411> and signs <4591> which were done <1096>.




 14. Now <1161> when the apostles <0652> which <3588> were at

<1722>


Jerusalem <2414> heard <0191> that Samaria <4540> had received


<1209> the word <3056> of God <2316>, they sent <0649> unto them


Peter <4074> and John <2491>:




 15  Who <3748>, when they were come <2597> down <2597>, prayed


<4336> for them, that they might receive <2983> the Holy <0040>


Ghost <4151>:




 16  (For as yet <3768> he was fallen <1968> upon none <3762> of


them: only <3440> they were baptized <0907> in the name <3686> of


the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>.)




 17  Then <5119> laid <2007> they [their] hands <5495> on <1909>


them, and they received <2983> the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>.




 18  And when Simon <4613> saw <2300> that through <1223> laying


<1936> on <1936> of the apostles <0652>' hands <5495> the Holy


<0040> Ghost <4151> was given <1325>, he offered <4374> them

money


<5536>,




 19  Saying <3007>, Give <1325> me also <2504> this <5026> power


<1849>, that on <2007> whomsoever <0302> I lay <2007> hands

<5495>,


he may receive <2983> the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>.




 20  But Peter <4074> said <2036> unto him, Thy money <0694>

perish


<0684> with thee, because <3754> thou hast thought <3543> that

the


gift <1431> of God <2316> may be purchased <2932> with money

<5536>.




 21  Thou hast <2076> neither <3756> part <3310> nor <3761> lot


<2819> in this <5129> matter <3056>: for thy heart <2588> is not


right <2117> in the sight <1799> of God <2316>.




 22  Repent <3340> therefore <3767> of this <5026> thy wickedness


<2549>, and pray <1189> God <2316>, if <1487> perhaps <0686> the


thought <1963> of thine <4671> heart <2588> may be forgiven

<0863>


thee.




 23  For I perceive <3708> that thou art in the gall <5521> of


bitterness <4088>, and [in] the bond <4886> of iniquity <0093>.




 24  Then <1161> answered <0611> Simon <4613>, and said <2036>,

Pray


<1189> ye to the Lord <2962> for me, that none <3367> of these


things which <3739> ye have spoken <2046> come <1904> upon me.




 25  And they, when they had testified <1263> and preached <2980>


the word <3056> of the Lord <2962>, returned <5290> to Jerusalem


<2419>, and preached <2097> the gospel <2097> in many <4183>


villages <2968> of the Samaritans <4541>.




 26. And the angel <0032> of the Lord <2962> spake <2980> unto


Philip <5376>, saying <3007>, Arise <0450>, and go <4198> toward


<2596> the south <3314> unto the way <3598> that goeth <2597>

down


<2597> from Jerusalem <2419> unto Gaza <1048>, which <3778> is


desert <2048>.




 27  And he arose <0450> and went <4198>: and, behold <2400>, a

man


<0435> of Ethiopia <0128>, an eunuch <2135> of great authority


<1413> under Candace <2582> queen <0938> of the Ethiopians

<0128>,


who <3739> had the charge <1909> of all <3956> her treasure

<1047>,


and had come <2064> to Jerusalem <2419> for to worship <4352>,




 28  Was returning <5290>, and sitting <2521> in his chariot

<0716>


read <0314> Esaias <2268> the prophet <4396>.




 29  Then <1161> the Spirit <4151> said <2036> unto Philip

<5376>,


Go <4334> near <4334>, and join <2853> thyself to this <5129>


chariot <0716>.




 30  And Philip <5376> ran <4370> thither <4370> to [him], and

heard


<0191> him read <0314> the prophet <4396> Esaias <2268>, and said


<2036>, Understandest <1097> thou what <3739> thou readest

<0314>?




 31  And he said <2036>, How <4459> can <1410> I, except <3362>

some


<5100> man should guide <3594> me? And he desired <3870> Philip


<5376> that he would come <0305> up and sit <2523> with him.




 32  The place <4042> of the scripture <1124> which he read

<0314>


was this <3778>, He was led <0071> as a sheep <4263> to the


slaughter <4967>; and like <5613> a lamb <0286> dumb <0880>

before


<1726> his shearer <2751>, so <3779> opened <0455> he not his

mouth


<4750>:




 33  In his humiliation <5014> his judgment <2920> was taken

<0142>


away: and who <5101> shall declare <1334> his generation <1074>?

for


his life <2222> is taken <0142> from the earth <1093>.




 34  And the eunuch <2135> answered <0611> Philip <5376>, and

said


<2036>, I pray <1189> thee, of whom <5101> speaketh <3004> the


prophet <4396> this <5124>? of himself <1438>, or <2228> of some


<5100> other <2087> man?




 35  Then <1161> Philip <5376> opened <0455> his mouth <4750>,

and


began <0756> at <0575> the same <5026> scripture <1124>, and


preached <2097> unto him Jesus <2424>.




 36  And as they went <4198> on <2596> [their] way <3598>, they

came


<2064> unto a certain <5100> water <5204>: and the eunuch <2135>


said <5346>, See <2400>, [here is] water <5204>; what <5101> doth


hinder <2967> me to be baptized <0907>?






 37  And Philip <5376> said <2036>, If <1487> thou believest

<4100>


with all <3650> thine <3588> heart <2588>, thou mayest <1832>.

And


he answered <0611> and said <2036>, I believe <4100> that Jesus


<2424> Christ <5547> is the Son <5207> of God <2316>.




 38  And he commanded <2753> the chariot <0716> to stand <2476>


still <2476>: and they went <2597> down <2597> both <0297> into


<1519> the water <5204>, both <5037> Philip <5376> and the eunuch


<2135>; and he baptized <0907> him.




 39  And when <3753> they were come <0305> up out of the water


<5204>, the Spirit <4151> of the Lord <2962> caught <0726> away


<0726> Philip <5376>, that the eunuch <2135> saw <1492> him no


<3765> more <3765>: and he went <4198> on his way <3598>

rejoicing


<5463>.




 40  But Philip <5376> was found <2147> at <1519> Azotus <0108>:

and


passing <1330> through <1223> he preached <2097> in all <3956>

the


cities <4172>, till <2193> he came <2064> to Caesarea <2542>.




Acts   9




 1. And Saul <4569>, yet <2089> breathing <1709> out threatenings


<0547> and slaughter <5408> against <1519> the disciples <3101>

of


the Lord <2962>, went <4334> unto the high <0749> priest <0749>,




 2  And desired <0154> of him letters <1992> to Damascus <1154>

to


the synagogues <4864>, that if <1437> he found <2147> any <5100>

of


this <3588> way <3598>, whether <5037> they were men <0435> or


<2532> women <1135>, he might bring <0071> them bound <1210> unto


Jerusalem <2419>.




 3  And as he journeyed <4198>, he came <1096> near <1448>

Damascus


<1154>: and suddenly <1810> there shined <4015> round <4015>

about


<4015> him a light <5457> from heaven <3772>:




 4  And he fell <4098> to the earth <1093>, and heard <0191> a

voice


<5456> saying <3007> unto him, Saul <4569>, Saul <4569>, why

<5101>


persecutest <1377> thou me?




 5  And he said <2036>, Who <5101> art <1488> thou, Lord <2962>?

And


the Lord <2962> said <2036>, I am <1510> Jesus <2424> whom <3739>


thou persecutest <1377>: [it is] hard <4642> for thee to kick

<2979>


against <4314> the pricks <2759>.




 6  And he trembling <5141> and astonished <2284> said <2036>,

Lord


<2962>, what <5101> wilt <2309> thou have me to do <4160>? And

the


Lord <2962> [said <2036>] unto him, Arise <0450>, and go <1525>

into


<1519> the city <4172>, and it shall be told <2980> thee what

<5101>


thou must <1163> do <4160>.




 7  And the men <0435> which <3588> journeyed <4922> with him

stood


<2476> speechless <1769>, hearing <0191> a voice <5456>, but

seeing


<2334> no <3367> man <3367>.




 8  And Saul <4569> arose <1453> from the earth <1093>; and when

his


eyes <3788> were opened <0455>, he saw <0991> no <3762> man

<3762>:


but they led <5496> him by the hand <5496>, and brought <1521>

[him]


into <1519> Damascus <1154>.




 9  And he was three <5140> days <2250> without <3361> sight

<0991>,


and neither <3756> did eat <5315> nor <3761> drink <4095>.




 10. And there was a certain <5100> disciple <3101> at <1722>


Damascus <1154>, named <3686> Ananias <0367>; and to him said

<2036>


the Lord <2962> in a vision <3705>, Ananias <0367>. And he said


<2036>, Behold <2400>, I [am here], Lord <2962>.




 11  And the Lord <2962> [said] unto him, Arise <0450>, and go


<4198> into <1909> the street <4505> which <3588> is called

<2564>


Straight <2117>, and enquire <2212> in the house <3614> of Judas


<2455> for [one] called <3686> Saul <4569>, of Tarsus <5018>:

for,


behold <2400>, he prayeth <4336>,




 12  And hath seen <1492> in a vision <3705> a man <0435> named


<3686> Ananias <0367> coming <1525> in, and putting <2007> [his]


hand <5495> on <2007> him, that he might receive <0308> his sight


<0308>.




 13  Then <1161> Ananias <0367> answered <0611>, Lord <2962>, I

have


heard <0191> by many <4183> of this <5127> man <0435>, how <3745>


much <3745> evil <2556> he hath done <4160> to thy saints <0040>

at


<1722> Jerusalem <2419>:




 14  And here <5602> he hath <2192> authority <1849> from the

chief


<0749> priests <0749> to bind <1210> all <3956> that call <1941>

on


thy name <3686>.




 15  But the Lord <2962> said <2036> unto him, Go <4198> thy way:


for he is a chosen <1589> vessel <4632> unto me, to bear <0941>

my


name <3686> before <1799> the Gentiles <1484>, and kings <0935>,

and


the children <5207> of Israel <2474>:






 16  For I will shew <5263> him how <3745> great <3745> things he


must <1163> suffer <3958> for my name's <3686> sake.




 17  And Ananias <0367> went <0565> his way, and entered <1525>

into


<1519> the house <3614>; and putting <2007> his hands <5495> on


<1909> him said <2036>, Brother <0080> Saul <4569>, the Lord

<2962>,


[even] Jesus <2424>, that appeared <3700> unto thee in the way


<3598> as thou camest <2064>, hath sent <0649> me, that thou


mightest receive <0308> thy sight <0308>, and be filled <4130>

with


the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>.




 18  And immediately <2112> there fell <0634> from his eyes

<3788>


as it had been scales <3013>: and he received <0308> sight <0308>


forthwith <3916>, and arose <0450>, and was baptized <0907>.




 19  And when he had received <2983> meat <5160>, he was


strengthened <1765>. Then <1161> was Saul <4569> certain <5100>

days


<2250> with the disciples <3101> which were at <1722> Damascus


<1154>.




 20  And straightway <2112> he preached <2784> Christ <5547> in

the


synagogues <4864>, that he is the Son <5207> of God <2316>.




 21  But all <3956> that heard <0191> [him] were amazed <1839>,

and


said <3004>; Is not this <3778> he that destroyed <4199> them

which


<3588> called <1941> on <1941> this <5124> name <3686> in

Jerusalem


<2419>, and came <2064> hither <5602> for that intent, that he

might


bring <0071> them bound <1210> unto the chief <0749> priests

<0749>?




 22  But Saul <4569> increased <1743> the more <3123> in strength


<1743>, and confounded <4797> the Jews <2453> which <3588> dwelt


<2730> at <1722> Damascus <1154>, proving <4822> that this

<3778> is


very <0846> Christ <5547>.




 23. And after <5613> that many <2425> days <2250> were fulfilled


<4137>, the Jews <2453> took <4823> counsel <4823> to kill <0337>


him:




 24  But their laying <1917> await <1917> was known <1097> of

Saul


<4569>. And they watched <3906> the gates <4439> day <2250> and


night <3571> to kill <0337> him.




 25  Then <1161> the disciples <3101> took <2983> him by night


<3571>, and let <2524> [him] down <2524> by the wall <5038> in a


basket <4711>.




 26  And when Saul <4569> was come <3854> to Jerusalem <2419>, he


assayed <3987> to join <2853> himself to the disciples <3101>:

but


they were all <3956> afraid <5399> of him, and believed <4100>

not


that he was a disciple <3101>.




 27  But Barnabas <0921> took <1949> him, and brought <0071>

[him]


to the apostles <0652>, and declared <1334> unto them how <4459>

he


had seen <1492> the Lord <2962> in the way <3598>, and that he

had


spoken <2980> to him, and how <4459> he had preached <3954>

boldly


<3955> at <1722> Damascus <1154> in the name <3686> of Jesus

<2424>.




 28  And he was with them coming <1531> in and going <1607> out

at


<1722> Jerusalem <2419>.




 29  And he spake <2980> boldly <3955> in the name <3686> of the


Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, and disputed <4802> against <4314> the


Grecians <1675>: but they went <2021> about <2021> to slay <0337>


him.




 30  [Which] when the brethren <0080> knew <1921>, they brought


<2609> him down <2609> to Caesarea <2542>, and sent <1821> him

forth


<1821> to Tarsus <5019>.




 31  Then <3767> had <2192> the churches <1577> rest <1515>


throughout <2596> all <3650> Judaea <2449> and Galilee <1056> and


Samaria <4540>, and were edified <3618>; and walking <4198> in

the


fear <5401> of the Lord <2962>, and in the comfort <3874> of the


Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>, were multiplied <4129>.




 32. And it came <1096> to pass <1330>, as Peter <4074> passed


<1330> throughout <1223> all <3956> [quarters], he came <2718>

down


<2718> also <2532> to the saints <0040> which <3588> dwelt

<2730> at


Lydda <3069>.




 33  And there <1563> he found <2147> a certain <5100> man <0444>


named <3686> Aeneas <0132>, which had kept <2621> his bed <2895>


eight <3638> years <2094>, and was sick <3885> of the palsy

<3886>.




 34  And Peter <4074> said <2036> unto him, Aeneas <0132>, Jesus


<2424> Christ <5547> maketh <2390> thee whole <2390>: arise

<0450>,


and make <4766> thy bed <4766>. And he arose <0450> immediately


<2112>.




 35  And all <3956> that dwelt <2730> at Lydda <3069> and Saron


<4565> saw <1492> him, and turned <1994> to the Lord <2962>.




 36. Now <1161> there was at <1722> Joppa <2445> a certain <5100>


disciple <3102> named <3686> Tabitha <5000>, which <3739> by


interpretation <1329> is called <3004> Dorcas <1393>: this <3778>


woman was full <4134> of good <0018> works <2041> and almsdeeds


<1654> which <3739> she did <4160>.




 37  And it came <1096> to pass in those <1565> days <2250>, that


she was sick <0770>, and died <0599>: whom when they had washed


<3068>, they laid <5087> [her] in an upper <5253> chamber <5253>.




 38  And forasmuch <5607> as Lydda <3069> was nigh <1451> to

Joppa


<2445>, and the disciples <3101> had heard <0191> that Peter

<4074>


was there <0846>, they sent <0649> unto him two <1417> men

<0435>,


desiring <3870> [him] that he would not delay <3635> to come

<1330>


to them.




 39  Then <1161> Peter <4074> arose <0450> and went <4905> with


them. When he was come <3854>, they brought <0321> him into

<1519>


the upper <5253> chamber <5253>: and all <3956> the widows <5503>


stood <3936> by him weeping <2799>, and shewing <1925> the coats


<5509> and garments <2440> which <3745> Dorcas <1393> made

<4160>,


while she was with them.




 40  But Peter <4074> put <1544> them all <3956> forth <1854>,

and


kneeled <1119> down, and prayed <4336>; and turning <1994> [him]

to


the body <4983> said <2036>, Tabitha <5000>, arise <0450>. And

she


opened <0455> her eyes <3788>: and when she saw <1492> Peter

<4074>,


she sat <0339> up.




 41  And he gave <1325> her [his] hand <5495>, and lifted <0450>

her


up, and when he had called <5455> the saints <0040> and widows


<5503>, presented <3936> her alive <2198>.




 42  And it was known <1110> throughout <2596> all <3650> Joppa


<2445>; and many <4183> believed <4100> in the Lord <2962>.




 43  And it came <1096> to pass, that he tarried <3306> many

<2425>


days <2250> in Joppa <2445> with one <5100> Simon <4613> a tanner


<1038>.




Acts  10




 1. There was a certain <5100> man <0435> in Caesarea <2542>

called


<3686> Cornelius <2883>, a centurion <1543> of the band <4686>


called <2564> the Italian <2483> [band <4686>],




 2  [A] devout <2152> [man], and one that feared <5399> God

<2316>


with all <3956> his house <3624>, which gave <4160> much <4183>

alms


<1654> to the people <2992>, and prayed <1189> to God <2316>

alway


<1275>.




 3  He saw <1492> in a vision <3705> evidently <5320> about

<5616>


the ninth <1766> hour <5610> of the day <2250> an angel <0032> of


God <2316> coming <1525> in to him, and saying <2036> unto him,


Cornelius <2883>.




 4  And when he looked <0816> on him, he was afraid <1719>, and

said


<2036>, What <5101> is it, Lord <2962>? And he said <2036> unto

him,


Thy prayers <4335> and thine <3588> alms <1654> are come <0305>

up


for a memorial <3422> before <1799> God <2316>.




 5  And now <3568> send <3992> men <0435> to Joppa <2445>, and

call


<3343> for [one] Simon <4613>, whose <3739> surname <1941> is

Peter


<4074>:




 6  He lodgeth <3579> with one <5100> Simon <4613> a tanner

<1038>,


whose <3739> house <3614> is by the sea <2281> side <3844>: he

shall


tell <2980> thee what <5101> thou oughtest <1163> to do <4160>.




 7  And when <5613> the angel <0032> which <3588> spake <2980>

unto


Cornelius <2883> was departed <0565>, he called <5455> two

<1417> of


his household <3610> servants, and a devout <2152> soldier

<4757> of


them that waited <4342> on <4342> him continually <4342>;




 8  And when he had declared <1834> all <0537> [these] things

unto


them, he sent <0649> them to Joppa <2445>.




 9. On the morrow <1887>, as they went <3596> on their journey


<3596>, and drew nigh <1448> unto the city <4172>, Peter <4074>

went


<0305> up upon the housetop <1430> to pray <4336> about <4012>

the


sixth <1623> hour <5610>:




 10  And he became <1096> very <4361> hungry <4361>, and would


<2309> have eaten <1089>: but while they made <3903> ready

<3903>,


he fell <1968> into <1909> a trance <1611>,




 11  And saw <2334> heaven <3772> opened <0455>, and a certain


<5100> vessel <4632> descending <2597> unto him, as it had been a


great <3173> sheet <3607> knit <1210> at the four <5064> corners


<0746>, and let <2524> down <2524> to the earth <1093>:




 12  Wherein <3757> were all <3956> manner <1485> of fourfooted


<5074> beasts <5074> of the earth <1093>, and wild <2342> beasts


<2342>, and creeping <2062> things, and fowls <4071> of the air


<3772>.




 13  And there came <1096> a voice <5456> to him, Rise <0450>,

Peter


<4074>; kill <2380>, and eat <5315>.




 14  But Peter <4074> said <2036>, Not so <3365>, Lord <2962>;

for I


have never <3763> eaten <5315> any <3956> thing that is common


<2839> or <2228> unclean <0169>.




 15  And the voice <5456> [spake] unto him again <3825> the

second


<1208> time, What <3739> God <2316> hath cleansed <2511>, [that]


call <2840> not thou common <2840>.




 16  This <5124> was done <1096> thrice <5151>: and the vessel


<4632> was received <0353> up again <3825> into <1519> heaven


<3772>.




 17  Now <1161> while <5613> Peter <4074> doubted <1280> in

himself


<1438> what <5101> this <3588> vision <3705> which <3739> he had


seen <1492> should mean <1498>, behold <2400>, the men <0435>

which


<3588> were sent <0649> from Cornelius <2883> had made <1239>


enquiry <1331> for Simon's <4613> house <3614>, and stood <2186>


before <1909> the gate <4440>,




 18  And called <5455>, and asked <4441> whether <1487> Simon


<4613>, which <3588> was surnamed <1941> Peter <4074>, were

lodged


<3579> there <1759>.




 19. While Peter <4074> thought <1760> on <4012> the vision

<3705>,


the Spirit <4151> said <2036> unto him, Behold <2400>, three

<5140>


men <0435> seek <2212> thee.




 20  Arise <0450> therefore <0235>, and get <2597> thee down

<2597>,


and go <4198> with them, doubting <1252> nothing <3367>: for I

have


sent <0649> them.




 21  Then <1161> Peter <4074> went <2597> down <2597> to the men


<0435> which <3588> were sent <0649> unto him from Cornelius

<2883>;


and said <2036>, Behold <2400>, I am <1510> he whom <3739> ye

seek


<2212>: what <5101> [is] the cause <0156> wherefore <3739> ye are


come <3918>?




 22  And they said <2036>, Cornelius <2883> the centurion <1543>,

 a


just <1342> man <0435>, and one that feareth <5399> God <2316>,

and


of good <0018> report <3140> among <5259> all <3650> the nation


<1484> of the Jews <2453>, was warned <5537> from God by an holy


<0040> angel <0032> to send <3343> for thee into <1519> his house


<3624>, and to hear <0191> words <4487> of thee.




 23  Then <3767> called <1528> he them in, and lodged <3579>

[them].


And on the morrow <1887> Peter <4074> went <1831> away <1831>

with


them, and certain <5100> brethren <0080> from Joppa <2445>


accompanied <4905> him.




 24  And the morrow <1887> after <3326> they entered <1525> into


<1519> Caesarea <2542>. And Cornelius <2883> waited <4328> for

them,


and had called <4779> together <4779> his kinsmen <4773> and near


<0316> friends <5384>.




 25  And as Peter <4074> was coming <1525> in, Cornelius <2883>

met


<4876> him, and fell <4098> down at <1909> his feet <4228>, and


worshipped <4352> [him].




 26  But Peter <4074> took <1453> him up, saying <3004>, Stand


<0450> up; I myself also <2504> am <1510> a man <0444>.




 27  And as he talked <4926> with him, he went <1525> in, and

found


<2147> many <4183> that were come <4905> together <4905>.




 28  And he said <5346> unto them, Ye know <1987> how <5613>

that it


is an unlawful <0111> thing for a man <0435> that is a Jew

<2453> to


keep <2853> company <2853>, or <2228> come <4334> unto one of


another <0246> nation <0246>; but God <2316> hath shewed <1166>

me


that I should not call <3004> any <3367> man <0444> common

<2839> or


<2228> unclean <0169>.




 29  Therefore <1352> came <2064> I [unto you] without <0369>


gainsaying <0369>, as soon as I was sent <3343> for: I ask <4441>


therefore <3767> for what <5101> intent <3056> ye have sent

<3343>


for me?




 30  And Cornelius <2883> said <5346>, Four <5067> days <2250>

ago


<0575> I was fasting <3522> until <3360> this <5026> hour <5610>;


and at the ninth <1766> hour <5610> I prayed <4336> in my house


<3624>, and, behold <2400>, a man <0435> stood <2476> before

<1799>


me in bright <2986> clothing <2066>,




 31  And said <5346>, Cornelius <2883>, thy prayer <4335> is

heard


<1522>, and thine <4675> alms <1654> are had in remembrance

<3415>


in the sight <1799> of God <2316>.




 32  Send <3992> therefore <3767> to Joppa <2445>, and call

<3333>


hither <3333> Simon <4613>, whose <3739> surname <1941> is Peter


<4074>; he is lodged <3579> in the house <3614> of [one] Simon


<4613> a tanner <1038> by the sea <2281> side <3844>: who <3739>,


when he cometh <3854>, shall speak <2980> unto thee.




 33  Immediately <1824> therefore <3767> I sent <3992> to thee;

and


thou hast well <2573> done <4160> that thou art come <3854>. Now


<3568> therefore <3767> are we all <3956> here <3918> present

<3918>


before <1799> God <2316>, to hear <0191> all <3956> things that

are


commanded <4367> thee of God <2316>.




 34. Then <1161> Peter <4074> opened <0455> [his] mouth <4750>,

and


said <2036>, Of a truth <0225> I perceive <2638> that God <2316>

is


no <3756> respecter <4381> of persons <4381>:




 35  But in every <3956> nation <1484> he that feareth <5399>

him,


and worketh <2038> righteousness <1343>, is accepted <1184> with


him.




 36  The word <3056> which <3739> [God] sent <0649> unto the


children <5207> of Israel <2474>, preaching <2097> peace <1515>

by


Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>: (he is Lord <2962> of all <3956>:)




 37  That word <4487>, [I say], ye know <1492>, which was

published


<1096> throughout <2596> all <3650> Judaea <2449>, and began

<0756>


from Galilee <1056>, after <3326> the baptism <0908> which <3739>


John <2491> preached <2784>;




 38  How <5613> God <2316> anointed <5548> Jesus <2424> of

Nazareth


<3478> with the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> and with power <1411>:

who


<3739> went <1330> about <1330> doing <2109> good <2109>, and


healing <2390> all <3956> that were oppressed <2616> of the devil


<1228>; for God <2316> was with him.




 39  And we are witnesses <3144> of all <3956> things which

<3739>


he did <4160> both <5037> in the land <5561> of the Jews <2453>,

and


in Jerusalem <2419>; whom <3739> they slew <0337> and hanged

<2910>


on <1909> a tree <3586>:




 40  Him God <2316> raised <1453> up the third <5154> day <2250>,


and shewed <1096> him openly <1717>;




 41  Not to all <3956> the people <2992>, but unto witnesses

<3144>


chosen <4401> before <4401> of God <2316>, [even] to us, who

<3748>


did eat <4906> and drink <4844> with him after <3326> he rose

<0450>


from the dead <3498>.




 42  And he commanded <3853> us to preach <2784> unto the people


<2992>, and to testify <1263> that it is he which <3588> was


ordained <3724> of God <2316> [to be] the Judge <2923> of quick


<2198> and dead <3498>.




 43  To him give all <3956> the prophets <4396> witness <3140>,

that


through <1223> his name <3686> whosoever <3588> believeth <4100>

in


him shall receive <2983> remission <0859> of sins <0266>.




 44. While Peter <4074> yet <2089> spake <2980> these <5023>

words


<4487>, the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> fell <1968> on <1909> all


<3956> them which heard <0191> the word <3056>.




 45  And they of the circumcision <4061> which believed <4103>

were


astonished <1839>, as many <3745> as came <4905> with Peter

<4074>,


because <3754> that on <1909> the Gentiles <1484> also <2532> was


poured <1632> out the gift <1431> of the Holy <0040> Ghost

<4151>.




 46  For they heard <0191> them speak <2980> with tongues <1100>,


and magnify <3170> God <2316>. Then <5119> answered <0611> Peter


<4074>,




 47  Can <1410> any <5100> man <5100> forbid <2967> water <5204>,


that these <5128> should not be baptized <0907>, which <3748>

have


received <2983> the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> as well <2532> as

we?




 48  And he commanded <4367> them to be baptized <0907> in the

name


<3686> of the Lord <2962>. Then <5119> prayed <2065> they him to


tarry <1961> certain <5100> days <2250>.




Acts  11




 1. And the apostles <0652> and brethren <0080> that were in

Judaea


<2449> heard <0191> that the Gentiles <1484> had also <2532>


received <1209> the word <3056> of God <2316>.




 2  And when <3753> Peter <4074> was come <0305> up to Jerusalem


<2414>, they that were of the circumcision <4061> contended

<1252>


with him,




 3  Saying <3004>, Thou wentest <1525> in to men <0435>


uncircumcised <2192>, and didst eat <4906> with them.




 4  But Peter <4074> rehearsed <0756> [the matter] from the


beginning <0756>, and expounded <1620> [it] by order <2517> unto


them, saying <3004>,




 5  I was in the city <4172> of Joppa <2445> praying <4336>: and

in


a trance <1611> I saw <1492> a vision <3705>, A certain <5100>


vessel <4632> descend <2597>, as it had been a great <3173> sheet


<3607>, let <2524> down <2524> from heaven <3772> by four <5064>


corners <0746>; and it came <2064> even <0891> to me:




 6  Upon the which <3739> when I had fastened <0816> mine eyes, I


considered <2657>, and saw <1492> fourfooted <5074> beasts

<5074> of


the earth <1093>, and wild <2342> beasts <2342>, and creeping

<2062>


things, and fowls <4071> of the air <3772>.




 7  And I heard <0191> a voice <5456> saying <3004> unto me,

Arise


<0450>, Peter <4074>; slay <2380> and eat <5315>.




 8  But I said <2036>, Not so <3365>, Lord <2962>: for nothing


<3763> common <2839> or <2228> unclean <0169> hath at <3763> any


<3763> time entered <1525> into <1519> my mouth <4750>.




 9  But the voice <5456> answered <0611> me again <1208> from

heaven


<3772>, What <3739> God <2316> hath cleansed <2511>, [that] call


<2840> not thou common <2839>.




 10  And this <5124> was done <1096> three <5151> times <5151>:

and


all <0537> were drawn <0385> up again <3825> into <1519> heaven


<3772>.




 11  And, behold <2400>, immediately <1824> there were three

<5140>


men <0435> already come <2186> unto the house <3614> where

<3739> I


was, sent <0649> from Caesarea <2542> unto me.




 12  And the Spirit <4151> bade <2036> me go <4905> with them,


nothing <3367> doubting <1252>. Moreover <1161> these <3778> six


<1803> brethren <0080> accompanied <4862> me, and we entered

<1525>


into <1519> the man's <0435> house <3624>:




 13  And he shewed <0518> us how <4459> he had seen <1492> an

angel


<0032> in his house <3624>, which stood <2476> and said <2036>

unto


him, Send <0649> men <0435> to Joppa <2445>, and call <3343> for


Simon <4613>, whose <3588> surname <1941> is Peter <4074>;




 14  Who <3739> shall tell <2980> thee words <4487>, whereby

<3739>


thou and all <3956> thy house <3624> shall be saved <4982>.




 15  And as I began <0756> to speak <2980>, the Holy <0040> Ghost


<4151> fell <1968> on <1909> them, as on <1909> us at <1722> the


beginning <0746>.




 16  Then <1161> remembered <3415> I the word <4487> of the Lord


<2962>, how <5613> that he said <3004>, John <2491> indeed <3303>


baptized <0907> with water <5204>; but ye shall be baptized

<0907>


with the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>.




 17  Forasmuch <1487> then <3767> as God <2316> gave <1325> them

the


like <2470> gift <1431> as [he did] unto us, who believed <4100>

on


<1909> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>; what <5101>

was


I, that I could <1415> withstand <2967> God <2316>?




 18  When they heard <0191> these <5023> things, they held <2270>


their peace <2270>, and glorified <1392> God <2316>, saying

<3004>,


Then <0686> hath God <2316> also <2532> to the Gentiles <1484>


granted <1325> repentance <3341> unto life <2222>.




 19. Now <3767> they which were scattered <1289> abroad <1289>

upon


the persecution <2347> that arose <1096> about <1909> Stephen

<4736>


travelled <1330> as far <2193> as Phenice <5403>, and Cyprus

<2954>,


and Antioch <0490>, preaching <2980> the word <3056> to none

<3367>


but unto the Jews <2453> only <3440>.




 20  And some <5100> of them were men <0435> of Cyprus <2954> and


Cyrene <2957>, which <3748>, when they were come <1525> to

Antioch


<0490>, spake <2980> unto the Grecians <1675>, preaching <2097>

the


Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>.




 21  And the hand <5495> of the Lord <2962> was with them: and a


great <4183> number <0706> believed <4100>, and turned <1994>

unto


the Lord <2962>.




 22  Then <1161> tidings <3056> of these <0846> things came

<0191>


unto the ears <3775> of the church <1577> which <3588> was in


Jerusalem <2414>: and they sent <1821> forth <1821> Barnabas

<0921>,


that he should go <1330> as far <2193> as Antioch <0490>.




 23  Who <3739>, when he came <3854>, and had seen <1492> the

grace


<5485> of God <2316>, was glad <5463>, and exhorted <3870> them

all


<3956>, that with purpose <4286> of heart <2588> they would

cleave


<4347> unto the Lord <2962>.




 24  For he was a good <0018> man <0435>, and full <4134> of the


Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> and of faith <4102>: and much <2425>

people


<3793> was added <4369> unto the Lord <2962>.




 25  Then <1161> departed <1831> Barnabas <0921> to Tarsus

<5019>,


for to seek <0327> Saul <4569>:




 26  And when he had found <2147> him, he brought <0071> him unto


Antioch <0490>. And it came <1096> to pass, that a whole <3650>

year


<1763> they assembled <4863> themselves with the church <1577>,

and


taught <1321> much <2425> people <3793>. And the disciples <3101>


were called <5537> Christians <5546> first <4412> in Antioch

<0490>.




 27. And in these <5125> days <2250> came <2718> prophets <4396>


from Jerusalem <2414> unto Antioch <0490>.




 28  And there stood <0450> up one <1520> of them named <3686>


Agabus <0013>, and signified <4591> by the Spirit <4151> that

there


should <3195> be great <3173> dearth <3042> throughout <1909> all


<3650> the world <3625>: which <3748> came <1096> to pass in the


days <1909> of Claudius <2804> Caesar <2541>.




 29  Then <1161> the disciples <3101>, every <1538> man <1538>


according <2531> to his ability <2141>, determined <3724> to send


<3992> relief <1248> unto the brethren <0080> which dwelt <2730>

in


Judaea <2449>:




 30  Which <3739> also <2532> they did <4160>, and sent <0649>

it to


the elders <4245> by the hands <5495> of Barnabas <0921> and Saul


<4569>.




Acts  12




 1. Now <1161> about <2596> that time <2540> Herod <2264> the

king


<0935> stretched <1911> forth <1911> [his] hands <5495> to vex


<2559> certain <5100> of the church <1577>.




 2  And he killed <0337> James <2385> the brother <0080> of John


<2491> with the sword <3162>.




 3  And because he saw <1492> it pleased <0701> the Jews <2453>,

he


proceeded <4369> further to take <4815> Peter <4074> also <2532>.


(Then were the days <2250> of unleavened <0106> bread.)




 4  And when he had apprehended <4084> him, he put <5087> [him]

in


prison <5438>, and delivered <3860> [him] to four <5064>

quaternions


<5069> of soldiers <4757> to keep <5442> him; intending <1011>

after


<3326> Easter <3957> to bring <0321> him forth <0321> to the

people


<2992>.




 5. Peter <4074> therefore <3767> was kept <5083> in prison

<5438>:


but prayer <4335> was made <1096> without <1618> ceasing <1618>

of


the church <1577> unto God <2316> for him.




 6  And when <3753> Herod <2264> would <3195> have brought <4254>


him forth <4254>, the same <1565> night <3571> Peter <4074> was


sleeping <2837> between <3342> two <1417> soldiers <4757>, bound


<1210> with two <1417> chains <0254>: and the keepers <5441>

before


<4253> the door <2374> kept <5083> the prison <5438>.




 7  And, behold <2400>, the angel <0032> of the Lord <2962> came


<2186> upon [him], and a light <5457> shined <2989> in the prison


<3612>: and he smote <3960> Peter <4074> on the side <4125>, and


raised <1453> him up, saying <3004>, Arise <0450> up quickly

<5034>.


And his chains <0254> fell <1601> off <1601> from [his] hands


<5495>.




 8  And the angel <0032> said <2036> unto him, Gird <2224>

thyself,


and bind <5265> on <5265> thy sandals <4547>. And so <3779> he

did


<4160>. And he saith <3004> unto him, Cast <4016> thy garment

<2440>


about <4016> thee, and follow <0190> me.




 9  And he went <1831> out, and followed <0190> him; and wist

<1492>


not that it was true <0227> which <3588> was done <1096> by the


angel <0032>; but thought <1380> he saw <0991> a vision <3705>.




 10  When they were past <1330> the first <4413> and the second


<1208> ward <5438>, they came <2064> unto the iron <4603> gate


<4439> that leadeth <5342> unto the city <4172>; which <3748>

opened


<0455> to them of his own <0848> accord <0844>: and they went

<1831>


out, and passed <4281> on through one <3391> street <4505>; and


forthwith <2112> the angel <0032> departed <0868> from him.




 11  And when Peter <4074> was come <1096> to himself <1438>, he


said <2036>, Now <3568> I know <1492> of a surety <0230>, that

the


Lord <2962> hath sent <1821> his angel <0032>, and hath delivered


<1807> me out of the hand <5495> of Herod <2264>, and [from] all


<3956> the expectation <4329> of the people <2992> of the Jews


<2453>.




 12  And when he had considered <4894> [the thing], he came

<2064>


to the house <3614> of Mary <3137> the mother <3384> of John

<2491>,


whose <3588> surname <1941> was Mark <3138>; where <3757> many


<2425> were gathered <4863> together <4867> praying <4336>.




 13  And as Peter <4074> knocked <2925> at the door of the gate


<4440>, a damsel <3814> came <4334> to hearken <5219>, named

<3686>


Rhoda <4498>.




 14  And when she knew <1921> Peter's <4074> voice <5456>, she


opened <0455> not the gate <4440> for gladness <5479>, but ran


<1532> in, and told <0518> how Peter <4074> stood <2476> before


<4253> the gate <4440>.




 15  And they said <2036> unto her, Thou art mad <3105>. But she


constantly <1340> affirmed <1340> that it was even so <3779>.

Then


<1161> said <3004> they, It is his angel.




 16  But Peter <4074> continued <1961> knocking <2925>: and when


they had opened <0455> [the door], and saw <1492> him, they were


astonished <1839>.




 17  But he, beckoning <2678> unto them with the hand <5495> to

hold


<4601> their peace <4601>, declared <1334> unto them how <4459>

the


Lord <2962> had brought <1806> him out of the prison <5438>. And

he


said <2036>, Go shew <0518> these <5023> things unto James

<2385>,


and to the brethren <0080>. And he departed <1831>, and went

<4198>


into <1519> another <2087> place <5117>.




 18  Now <1161> as soon <1096> as it was day <2250>, there was no


<3756> small <3641> stir <5017> among <1722> the soldiers <4757>,


what <0686> was become <1096> of Peter <4074>.




 19  And when Herod <2264> had sought <1934> for him, and found


<2147> him not, he examined <0350> the keepers <5441>, and

commanded


<2753> that [they] should be put <0520> to death <0520>. And he

went


<2718> down <2718> from Judaea <2449> to Caesarea <2542>, and


[there] abode <1304>.




 20. And Herod <2264> was highly <2371> displeased <2371> with

them


of Tyre <5183> and Sidon <4605>: but they came <3918> with one


<3661> accord <3661> to him, and, having made <3982> Blastus

<0986>


the king's <0935> chamberlain <2846> their friend <3982>, desired


<0154> peace <1515>; because <1223> their country <5561> was


nourished <5142> by the king's <0937> [country <5561>].




 21  And upon a set <5002> day <2250> Herod <2264>, arrayed

<1746>


in royal <0937> apparel <2066>, sat <2523> upon his throne

<0968>,


and made <1215> an oration <1215> unto them.




 22  And the people <1218> gave a shout <2019>, [saying, It is]

the


voice <5456> of a god <2316>, and not of a man <0444>.




 23  And immediately <3916> the angel <0032> of the Lord <2962>


smote <3960> him, because <3739> he gave <1325> not God <2316>

the


glory <1391>: and he was eaten <4662> of worms <4662>, and gave

up


the ghost <1634>.




 24  But the word <3056> of God <2316> grew <0837> and multiplied


<4129>.




 25  And Barnabas <0921> and Saul <4569> returned <5290> from


Jerusalem <2419>, when they had fulfilled <4137> [their] ministry


<1248>, and took <4838> with them John <2491>, whose <3588>

surname


<1941> was Mark <3138>.




Acts  13




 1. Now <1161> there were in the church <1577> that was at <1722>


Antioch <0490> certain <5100> prophets <4396> and teachers

<1320>;


as Barnabas <0921>, and Simeon <4826> that was called <2564>

Niger


<3526>, and Lucius <3066> of Cyrene <2957>, and Manaen <3127>,

which


had been brought <4939> up with Herod <2264> the tetrarch <5076>,


and Saul <4569>.




 2  As they ministered <3008> to the Lord <2962>, and fasted

<3522>,


the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> said <2036>, Separate <0873> me


Barnabas <0921> and Saul <4569> for the work <2041> whereunto

<3739>


I have called <4341> them.




 3  And when they had fasted <3522> and prayed <4336>, and laid


<2007> [their] hands <5495> on <2007> them, they sent <0630>

[them]


away <0630>.




 4. So <3767> they, being sent <1599> forth <1599> by the Holy


<0040> Ghost <4151>, departed <2718> unto Seleucia <4581>; and

from


thence <1564> they sailed <0636> to Cyprus <2954>.




 5  And when they were at <1722> Salamis <4529>, they preached


<2605> the word <3056> of God <2316> in the synagogues <4864> of

the


Jews <2453>: and they had <2192> also <2532> John <2491> to

[their]


minister <5257>.




 6  And when they had gone <1330> through <1330> the isle <3520>


unto Paphos <3974>, they found <2147> a certain <5100> sorcerer


<3097>, a false <5578> prophet <5578>, a Jew <2453>, whose <3739>


name <3686> [was] Barjesus <0919>:




 7  Which <3739> was with the deputy <0446> of the country,

Sergius


<4588> Paulus <3972>, a prudent <4908> man <0435>; who <3778>

called


<4341> for Barnabas <0921> and Saul <4569>, and desired <1934> to


hear <0191> the word <3056> of God <2316>.




 8  But Elymas <1681> the sorcerer <3097> (for so <3779> is his

name


<3686> by interpretation <3177>) withstood <0436> them, seeking


<2212> to turn <1294> away <1294> the deputy <0446> from the

faith


<4102>.




 9  Then <1161> Saul <4569>, (who also <2532> [is called] Paul


<3972>,) filled <4130> with the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>, set

<0816>


his eyes on <1519> him,




 10  And said <2036>, O full <4134> of all <3956> subtilty <1388>


and all <3956> mischief <4468>, [thou] child <5207> of the devil


<1228>, [thou] enemy <2190> of all <3956> righteousness <1343>,

wilt


thou not cease <3973> to pervert <1294> the right <2117> ways

<3598>


of the Lord <2962>?




 11  And now <3568>, behold <2400>, the hand <5495> of the Lord


<2962> [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind <5185>, not seeing


<0991> the sun <2246> for a season <2540>. And immediately <3916>


there fell <1968> on <1909> him a mist <0887> and a darkness

<4655>;


and he went <4013> about <4013> seeking <2212> some to lead

<5497>


him by the hand <5497>.




 12  Then <5119> the deputy <0446>, when he saw <1492> what

<3588>


was done <1096>, believed <4100>, being astonished <1605> at

<1909>


the doctrine <1322> of the Lord <2962>.




 13  Now <1161> when Paul <3972> and his company <4012> loosed


<0321> from Paphos <3974>, they came <2064> to Perga <4011> in


Pamphylia <3828>: and John <2491> departing <0672> from them


returned <5290> to Jerusalem <2414>.




 14. But when they departed <1330> from Perga <4011>, they came


<3854> to Antioch <0490> in Pisidia <4099>, and went <1525> into


<1519> the synagogue <4864> on the sabbath <4521> day <2250>, and


sat <2523> down <2523>.




 15  And after <3326> the reading <0320> of the law <3551> and

the


prophets <4396> the rulers <0752> of the synagogue <0752> sent


<0649> unto them, saying <3004>, [Ye] men <0435> [and] brethren


<0080>, if <1487> ye have <2076> any <5150> word <3056> of


exhortation <3874> for the people <2992>, say <3004> on.




 16  Then <1161> Paul <3972> stood <0450> up, and beckoning

<2678>


with [his] hand <5495> said <2036>, Men <0435> of Israel <2475>,

and


ye that fear <5399> God <2316>, give audience <0191>.




 17  The God <2316> of this <5127> people <2992> of Israel <2474>


chose <1586> our fathers <3962>, and exalted <5312> the people


<2992> when <3588> they dwelt <3940> as strangers <3940> in the

land


<1093> of Egypt <0125>, and with an high <5308> arm <1023>

brought


<1806> he them out of it.




 18  And about <5613> the time <5550> of forty <5063> years

<5063>


suffered <5159> he their manners <5159> in the wilderness <2048>.




 19  And when he had destroyed <2507> seven <2033> nations

<1484> in


the land <1093> of Chanaan <5477>, he divided <2624> their land


<1093> to them by lot <2624>.




 20  And after <3326> that he gave <1325> [unto them] judges

<2923>


about <5613> the space of four <5071> hundred <5071> and fifty


<4004> years <2094>, until <2193> Samuel <4545> the prophet

<4396>.




 21  And afterward <2547> they desired <0154> a king <0935>: and

God


<2316> gave <1325> unto them Saul <4569> the son <5207> of Cis


<2797>, a man <0435> of the tribe <5443> of Benjamin <0958>, by

the


space of forty <5062> years <2094>.




 22  And when he had removed <3179> him, he raised <1453> up unto


them David <1138> to be their king <0935>; to whom <3739> also


<2532> he gave <3140> testimony <3140>, and said <2036>, I have


found <2147> David <1138> the [son] of Jesse <2421>, a man <0435>


after <2596> mine <3450> own heart <2588>, which <3739> shall

fulfil


<4160> all <3956> my will <2307>.




 23  Of this <5127> man's seed <4690> hath God <2316> according


<2596> to [his] promise <1860> raised <1453> unto Israel <2474> a


Saviour <4990>, Jesus <2424>:






 24  When John <2491> had first preached <4296> before <4383> his


coming <1529> the baptism <0908> of repentance <3341> to all

<3956>


the people <2992> of Israel <2474>.




 25  And as John <2491> fulfilled <4137> his course <1408>, he

said


<3004>, Whom <5101> think <5282> ye that I am <1511>? I am <1510>


not [he]. But, behold <2400>, there cometh <2064> one after

<3326>


me, whose <3739> shoes <5266> of [his] feet <4228> I am <1510>

not


worthy <0514> to loose <3089>.




 26  Men <0435> [and] brethren <0080>, children <5207> of the

stock


<1085> of Abraham <11>, and whosoever <3588> among <1722> you


feareth <5399> God <2316>, to you is the word <3056> of this

<5026>


salvation <4991> sent <0649>.




 27  For they that dwell <2730> at <1722> Jerusalem <2419>, and


their rulers <0758>, because they knew <0050> him not, nor <2532>


yet the voices <5456> of the prophets <4396> which <3588> are

read


<0314> every <3956> sabbath <4521> day, they have fulfilled

<4137>


[them] in condemning <2919> [him].




 28  And though they found <2147> no <3367> cause <0156> of death


<2288> [in him], yet desired <0154> they Pilate <4091> that he


should be slain <0337>.




 29  And when <5613> they had fulfilled <5055> all <0537> that

was


written <1125> of him, they took <2507> [him] down <2507> from

the


tree <3586>, and laid <5087> [him] in a sepulchre <3419>.




 30  But God <2316> raised <1453> him from the dead <3498>:




 31  And he was seen <3700> many <4119> days <2250> of them

which came <4872> up


with him from Galilee <1056> to Jerusalem <2419>, who <3748> are

his


witnesses <3144> unto the people <2992>.




 32  And we declare <2097> unto you glad <2097> tidings <2097>,

how


that the promise <1860> which was made <1096> unto the fathers


<3962>,




 33  God <2316> hath fulfilled <1603> the same <5026> unto us

their


children <5043>, in that he hath raised <0450> up Jesus <2424>

again


<0450>; as it is also <2532> written <1125> in the second <1208>


psalm <5568>, Thou art <1488> my Son <5207>, this <4594> day

<4594>


have I begotten <1080> thee.




 34  And as concerning <3754> that he raised <0450> him up from

the


dead <3498>, [now] no <3371> more <2001> to return <5290> to


corruption <1312>, he said <5346> on this <3779> wise <3779>, I

will


give <1325> you the sure <4103> mercies <3741> of David <1138>.




 35  Wherefore <1352> he saith <3004> also <2532> in another

<2087>


[psalm], Thou shalt not suffer <1325> thine <4675> Holy <3741>

One


to see <1492> corruption <1312>.




 36  For David <1138>, after he had served <5256> his own <2398>


generation <1074> by the will <1012> of God <2316>, fell on sleep


<2837>, and was laid <4369> unto his fathers <3962>, and saw

<1492>


corruption <1312>:




 37  But he, whom <3739> God <2316> raised <1453> again <1453>,

saw


<1492> no <3756> corruption <1312>.




 38  Be it known <1110> unto you therefore <3767>, men <0435>

[and]


brethren <0080>, that through <1223> this <5127> man is preached


<2605> unto you the forgiveness <0859> of sins <0266>:




 39  And by him all <3956> that believe <4100> are justified

<1344>


from all <3956> things, from which <3739> ye could <1410> not be


justified <1344> by the law <3551> of Moses <3475>.




 40  Beware <0991> therefore <3767>, lest <3361> that come <1904>


upon you, which is spoken <2046> of in the prophets <4396>;




 41  Behold <1492>, ye despisers <2707>, and wonder <2296>, and


perish <0853>: for I work <2038> a work <2038> in your <5216>

days


<2250>, a work <2041> which ye shall in no <3364> wise believe


<4100>, though <1437> a man <5100> declare <1555> it unto you.




 42. And when the Jews <2453> were gone <1826> out of the

synagogue


<4864>, the Gentiles <1484> besought <3870> that these <5023>

words


<4487> might be preached <2980> to them the next <3342> sabbath


<4521>.




 43  Now <1161> when the congregation <4864> was broken <3089>

up,


many <4183> of the Jews <2453> and religious <4576> proselytes


<4339> followed <0190> Paul <3972> and Barnabas <0921>: who

<3748>,


speaking <4354> to them, persuaded <3982> them to continue

<1961> in


the grace <5485> of God <2316>.




 44  And the next <2064> sabbath <4521> day came <4863> almost


<4975> the whole <3956> city <4172> together <4863> to hear

<0191>


the word <3056> of God <2316>.






 45  But when the Jews <2453> saw <1492> the multitudes <3793>,

they


were filled <4130> with envy <2205>, and spake <0483> against

<0483>


those <3588> things which were spoken <3004> by Paul <3972>,


contradicting <0483> and blaspheming <0987>.




 46  Then <1161> Paul <3972> and Barnabas <0921> waxed <3955>

bold


<3955>, and said <2036>, It was necessary <0316> that the word


<3056> of God <2316> should first <4412> have been spoken <2980>

to


you: but seeing <1894> ye put <0683> it from you, and judge

<2919>


yourselves <1438> unworthy <0514> of everlasting <0166> life

<2222>,


lo <2400>, we turn <4762> to the Gentiles <1484>.




 47  For so <3779> hath the Lord <2962> commanded <1781> us,


[saying], I have set <5087> thee to be a light <5457> of the


Gentiles <1484>, that thou shouldest be for salvation <4991> unto


the ends <2078> of the earth <1093>.




 48  And when the Gentiles <1484> heard <0191> this, they were

glad


<5463>, and glorified <1392> the word <3056> of the Lord <2962>:

and


as many <3745> as were ordained <5021> to eternal <0166> life

<2222>


believed <4100>.




 49  And the word <3056> of the Lord <2962> was published <1308>


throughout <1223> all <3650> the region <5561>.




 50  But the Jews <2453> stirred <3951> up the devout <4576> and


honourable <2158> women <1135>, and the chief <4413> men of the

city


<4172>, and raised <1892> persecution <1375> against <1909> Paul


<3972> and Barnabas <0921>, and expelled <1544> them out of their


coasts <3725>.




 51  But they shook <1621> off <1621> the dust <2868> of their

feet


<4228> against <1909> them, and came <2064> unto Iconium <2430>.




 52  And the disciples <3101> were filled <4137> with joy <5479>,


and with the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>.




Acts  14




 1. And it came <1096> to pass in Iconium <2430>, that they went


<1525> both together <0846> into <1519> the synagogue <4864> of

the


Jews <2453>, and so <3779> spake <2980>, that a great <4183>


multitude <4128> both <5037> of the Jews <2453> and also <2532>

of


the Greeks <1672> believed <4100>.




 2  But the unbelieving <0544> Jews <2453> stirred <1892> up the


Gentiles <1484>, and made <2559> their minds <5590> evil <2559>


affected <2559> against <2596> the brethren <0080>.




 3  Long <2425> time <5550> therefore <3767> abode <1304> they


speaking boldly <3955> in the Lord <2962>, which <3588> gave

<3140>


testimony <3140> unto the word <3056> of his grace <5485>, and


granted <1325> signs <4591> and wonders <5059> to be done <1096>

by


their hands <5495>.




 4  But the multitude <4128> of the city <4172> was divided

<4977>:


and part held <2258> with the Jews <2453>, and part with the


apostles <0652>.




 5  And when <5613> there was an assault <3730> made <1096> both


<5037> of the Gentiles <1484>, and also of the Jews <2453> with


their rulers <0758>, to use <5195> [them] despitefully <5195>,

and


to stone <3036> them,




 6  They were ware <4894> of [it], and fled <2703> unto Lystra


<3082> and Derbe <1191>, cities <4172> of Lycaonia <3071>, and

unto


the region <4066> that lieth round <4066> about <4066>:




 7  And there <1563> they preached <2097> the gospel <2097>.




 8. And there sat <2521> a certain <5100> man <0435> at <1722>

Lystra <3082>,


impotent <0102> in his feet <4228>, being <5225> a cripple <5560>


from his mother's <3384> womb <2836>, who <3739> never <3763> had


walked <4043>:




 9  The same <3778> heard <0191> Paul <3972> speak <2980>: who


<3739> stedfastly <0816> beholding <0816> him, and perceiving

<1492>


that he had <2192> faith <4102> to be healed <4982>,




 10  Said <2036> with a loud <3173> voice <5456>, Stand <0450>


upright <3717> on <1909> thy feet <4228>. And he leaped <0242>

and


walked <4043>.




 11  And when the people <3793> saw <1492> what <3739> Paul

<3972>


had done <4160>, they lifted <1869> up their voices <5456>,

saying


<3004> in the speech <3072> of Lycaonia <3071>, The gods <2316>

are


come <2597> down <2597> to us in the likeness <3666> of men

<0444>.




 12  And they called <2564> Barnabas <0921>, Jupiter <2203>; and


Paul <3972>, Mercurius <2060>, because <1894> he was the chief


<2233> speaker <3056>.




 13  Then <1161> the priest <2409> of Jupiter <2203>, which

<3588>


was before <4253> their city <4172>, brought <5342> oxen <5022>

and


garlands <4725> unto the gates <4440>, and would <2309> have done


sacrifice <2380> with the people <3793>.




 14  [Which] when the apostles <0652>, Barnabas <0921> and Paul


<3972>, heard <0191> [of], they rent <1284> their clothes <2440>,


and ran <1530> in among <1519> the people <3793>, crying <2896>

out,




 15  And saying <3004>, Sirs <0435>, why <5101> do <4160> ye

these


<5130> things? We also <2532> are men <0444> of like <3663>

passions


<3663> with you, and preach <2097> unto you that ye should turn


<1994> from these <5023> vanities <3152> unto the living <2198>

God


<2316>, which <3739> made <4160> heaven <3772>, and earth <1093>,


and the sea <2281>, and all <3956> things that are therein

<0846>:




 16  Who <3739> in times <1074> past <3944> suffered <1439> all


<3956> nations <1484> to walk <4198> in their own <0848> ways


<3598>.




 17  Nevertheless <2544> he left <0863> not himself <1438>

without


<0267> witness <0267>, in that he did <0015> good <0015>, and

gave


<1325> us rain <5205> from heaven <3771>, and fruitful <2593>


seasons <2540>, filling <1705> our hearts <2588> with food <5160>


and gladness <2167>.




 18  And with these <5023> sayings <3004> scarce <3433>

restrained


<2664> they the people <3793>, that they had not done sacrifice


<2380> unto them.




 19. And there came <1904> thither <1904> [certain] Jews <2453>

from


Antioch <0490> and Iconium <2430>, who <2532> persuaded <3982>

the


people <3793>, and, having stoned <3034> Paul <3972>, drew <4951>


[him] out of the city <4172>, supposing <3543> he had been dead


<2348>.




 20  Howbeit, as the disciples <3101> stood <2944> round <2944>


about <2944> him, he rose <0450> up, and came <1525> into <1519>

the


city <4172>: and the next <1887> day <1887> he departed <1831>

with


Barnabas <0921> to Derbe <1191>.






 21  And when they had preached <2097> the gospel <2097> to that


city <4172>, and had taught <3100> many <2425>, they returned

<5290>


again <5290> to Lystra <3082>, and [to] Iconium <2430>, and

Antioch


<0490>,




 22  Confirming <1991> the souls <5590> of the disciples <3101>,


[and] exhorting <3870> them to continue <1696> in the faith

<4102>,


and that we must <1163> through <1223> much <4183> tribulation


<2347> enter <1525> into <1519> the kingdom <0932> of God <2316>.




 23  And when they had ordained <5500> them elders <4245> in

every


<2596> church <1577>, and had prayed <4336> with fasting <3521>,


they commended <3908> them to the Lord <2962>, on <1519> whom

<3739>


they believed <4100>.




 24  And after they had passed <1330> throughout <1330> Pisidia


<4099>, they came <2064> to Pamphylia <3828>.




 25  And when they had preached <2980> the word <3056> in Perga


<4011>, they went <2597> down <2597> into <1519> Attalia <0825>:




 26  And thence <1564> sailed <0636> to Antioch <0490>, from

whence


<3606> they had been recommended <3860> to the grace <5485> of

God


<2316> for the work <2041> which <3739> they fulfilled <4137>.




 27  And when they were come <3854>, and had gathered <4863> the


church <1577> together <4863>, they rehearsed <0312> all <3745>

that


God <2316> had done <4160> with them, and how he had opened

<0455>


the door <2374> of faith <4102> unto the Gentiles <1484>.




 28  And there <1563> they abode <1304> long <3641> time <5550>

with


the disciples <3101>.




Acts  15




 1. And certain <5100> men which came <2718> down <2718> from

Judaea


<2449> taught <1321> the brethren <0080>, [and said], Except

<3362>


ye be circumcised <4059> after the manner <1485> of Moses <3475>,

 ye


cannot <1410> be saved <4982>.




 2  When therefore <3767> Paul <3972> and Barnabas <0921> had

<1096>


no <3756> small <3641> dissension <4714> and disputation <4803>

with


them, they determined <5021> that Paul <3972> and Barnabas

<0921>,


and certain <5100> other <0243> of them, should go <0305> up to


Jerusalem <2419> unto the apostles <0652> and elders <4245> about


<4012> this <5127> question <2213>.




 3  And being brought <4311> on their way <4311> by the church


<1577>, they passed <1330> through <1330> Phenice <5403> and

Samaria


<4540>, declaring <1555> the conversion <1995> of the Gentiles


<1484>: and they caused <4160> great <3173> joy <5479> unto all


<3956> the brethren <0080>.




 4  And when they were come <3854> to Jerusalem <2419>, they were


received <0588> of the church <1577>, and [of] the apostles

<0652>


and elders <4245>, and they declared <0312> all <3745> things

that


God <2316> had done <4160> with them.




 5  But there rose <1817> up certain <5100> of the sect <0139> of


the Pharisees <5330> which believed <4100>, saying <3004>, That

it


was needful <1163> to circumcise <4059> them, and to command

<3853>


[them] to keep <5083> the law <3551> of Moses <3475>.




 6. And the apostles <0652> and elders <4245> came <4863>

together


<4863> for to consider <1492> of this <5127> matter <3056>.




 7  And when there had been <1096> much <4183> disputing <4803>,


Peter <4074> rose <0450> up, and said <2036> unto them, Men

<0435>


[and] brethren <0080>, ye know <1987> how that a good while

<2250>


ago <0575> God <2316> made <1586> choice <1586> among <1722> us,


that the Gentiles <1484> by my mouth <4750> should hear <0191>

the


word <3056> of the gospel <2098>, and believe <4100>.




 8  And God <2316>, which knoweth <2589> the hearts <2589>, bare


<3140> them witness <3140>, giving <1325> them the Holy <0040>

Ghost


<4151>, even <2532> as [he did] unto us;




 9  And put <1252> no <3762> difference <1252> between <3342> us

and


them, purifying <2511> their hearts <2588> by faith <4102>.




 10  Now <3568> therefore <3767> why <5101> tempt <3985> ye God


<2316>, to put <2007> a yoke <2218> upon the neck <5137> of the


disciples <3101>, which <3739> neither <3777> our fathers <3962>

nor


<3777> we were able <2480> to bear <0941>?






 11  But we believe <4100> that through <1223> the grace <5485>

of


the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> we shall be saved

<4982>,


even <2548> as they.






 12  Then <1161> all <3956> the multitude <4128> kept <4601>

silence


<4601>, and gave audience <0191> to Barnabas <0921> and Paul

<3972>,


declaring <1834> what <3745> miracles <4592> and wonders <5059>

God


<2316> had wrought <4160> among <1722> the Gentiles <1484> by

them.




 13  And after <3326> they had held <4601> their peace <4601>,

James


<2385> answered <0611>, saying <3004>, Men <0435> [and] brethren


<0080>, hearken <0191> unto me:




 14  Simeon <4826> hath declared <1834> how <2531> God <2316> at

the


first <4412> did visit <1980> the Gentiles <1484>, to take <2983>


out of them a people <2992> for his name <3686>.




 15  And to this <5129> agree <4856> the words <3056> of the


prophets <4396>; as it is written <1125>,




 16  After <3326> this <5023> I will return <0390>, and will

build


<0456> again <0456> the tabernacle <4633> of David <1138>, which


<3588> is fallen <4098> down; and I will build <0456> again

<0456>


the ruins <2679> thereof <0846>, and I will set <0461> it up:




 17  That the residue <2645> of men <0444> might seek <1567>

after


<1567> the Lord <2962>, and all <3956> the Gentiles <1484>, upon


whom <3739> my name <3686> is called <1941>, saith <3004> the

Lord


<2962>, who <3588> doeth <4160> all <3956> these <5023> things.




 18  Known <1110> unto God <2316> are all <3956> his works <2041>


from the beginning of the world <0165>.




 19  Wherefore <1352> my sentence <2919> is, that we trouble

<3926>


not them, which <3588> from among <0575> the Gentiles <1484> are


turned <1994> to God <2316>:




 20  But that we write <1989> unto them, that they abstain <0567>


from pollutions <0234> of idols <1497>, and [from] fornication


<4202>, and [from] things strangled <4156>, and [from] blood

<0129>.




 21  For Moses <3475> of old <0744> time <1074> hath <2192> in

every


<2596> city <4172> them that preach <2784> him, being read

<0314> in


the synagogues <4864> every <3956> sabbath <4521> day.




 22. Then <5119> pleased <1380> it the apostles <0652> and elders


<4245>, with the whole <3650> church <1577>, to send <3992>

chosen


<1586> men <0435> of their own company to Antioch <0490> with

Paul


<3972> and Barnabas <0921>; [namely], Judas <2455> surnamed

<1941>


Barsabas <0923>, and Silas <4609>, chief <2233> men <0435> among


<1722> the brethren <0080>:




 23  And they wrote <1125> [letters] by them after this <3592>


manner <3592>; The apostles <0652> and elders <4245> and brethren


<0080> [send] greeting <5463> unto the brethren <0080> which

<3588>


are of the Gentiles <1484> in Antioch <0490> and Syria <4947> and


Cilicia <2791>:




 24  Forasmuch <1894> as we have heard <0191>, that certain

<5100>


which went <1831> out from us have troubled <5015> you with words


<3056>, subverting <0384> your <5216> souls <5590>, saying

<3004>,


[Ye must] be circumcised <4059>, and keep <5083> the law <3551>:

to


whom <3739> we gave <1291> no <3756> [such] commandment <1291>:




 25  It seemed <1380> good unto us, being assembled <1096> with

one


<3661> accord <3661>, to send <3992> chosen <1586> men <0435>

unto


you with our beloved <0027> Barnabas <0921> and Paul <3972>,




 26  Men <0444> that have hazarded <3860> their lives <5590> for

the


name <3686> of our Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.




 27  We have sent <0649> therefore <3767> Judas <2455> and Silas


<4609>, who <0846> shall also <2532> tell <0518> [you] the same


<0846> things by mouth <3056>.




 28  For it seemed <1380> good to the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>,

and


to us, to lay <2007> upon you no <3367> greater <4119> burden

<0922>


than <4133> these <5130> necessary <1876> things;




 29  That ye abstain <0567> from meats offered <1494> to idols


<1494>, and from blood <0129>, and from things strangled <4156>,

and


from fornication <4202>: from which <3739> if ye keep <1301>


yourselves <1438>, ye shall do <4238> well <2095>. Fare <4517> ye


well <2095>.




 30  So <3767> when they were dismissed <0630>, they came <2064>

to


Antioch <0490>: and when they had gathered <4863> the multitude


<4128> together <4863>, they delivered <1929> the epistle <1992>:




 31  [Which] when they had read <0314>, they rejoiced <5463> for

the


consolation <3874>.




 32  And Judas <2455> and Silas <4609>, being <5607> prophets

<4396>


also <2532> themselves <0846>, exhorted <3870> the brethren

<0080>


with many <4183> words <3056>, and confirmed <1991> [them].




 33  And after they had tarried <4160> [there] a space <5550>,

they


were let <0630> go <0630> in peace <1515> from the brethren

<0080>


unto the apostles.




 34  Notwithstanding it pleased <1380> Silas <4609> to abide

<1961>


there <0847> still.




 35  Paul <3972> also <1161> and Barnabas <0921> continued

<1304> in


Antioch <0490>, teaching <1321> and preaching <2097> the word

<3056>


of the Lord <2962>, with many <4183> others <2087> also <2532>.




 36. And some <5100> days <2250> after <3326> Paul <3972> said


<2036> unto Barnabas <0921>, Let us go <1994> again <1994> and

visit


<1980> our brethren <0080> in every <3956> city <4172> where

<3739>


we have preached <2605> the word <3056> of the Lord <2962>, [and


see] how <4459> they do <2192>.




 37  And Barnabas <0921> determined <1011> to take <4838> with

them


John <2491>, whose <3588> surname <2564> was Mark <3138>.




 38  But Paul <3972> thought not good <0515> to take <4838> him

with


them, who <3588> departed <0868> from them from Pamphylia <3828>,


and went <4905> not with them to the work <2041>.




 39  And the contention <3948> was so <5620> sharp between them,


that they departed <0673> asunder <0673> one <0240> from the

other


<0240>: and so <5037> Barnabas <0921> took <3880> Mark <3138>,

and


sailed <1602> unto Cyprus <2954>;




 40  And Paul <3972> chose <1951> Silas <4609>, and departed

<1831>,


being recommended <3860> by the brethren <0080> unto the grace


<5485> of God <2316>.




 41  And he went <1330> through <1350> Syria <4947> and Cilicia


<2791>, confirming <1991> the churches <1577>.




Acts  16




 1. Then <1161> came <2658> he to Derbe <1191> and Lystra <3082>:


and, behold <2400>, a certain <5100> disciple <3101> was there


<1563>, named <3686> Timotheus <5095>, the son <5207> of a

certain


<5100> woman <1135>, which was a Jewess <2453>, and believed

<4103>;


but his father <3962> [was] a Greek <1672>:






 2  Which <3739> was well <3140> reported <3140> of by the

brethren


<0080> that were at <1722> Lystra <3082> and Iconium <2430>.




 3  Him would <2309> Paul <3972> have to go <1831> forth <1831>

with


him; and took <2983> and circumcised <4059> him because <1223> of


the Jews <2453> which <3588> were in those <1565> quarters

<5117>:


for they knew <1492> all <0537> that his father <3962> was a

Greek


<1672>.




 4  And as they went <1279> through <1279> the cities <4172>,

they


delivered <3860> them the decrees <1378> for to keep <5442>, that


were ordained <2919> of the apostles <0652> and elders <4245>

which


<3588> were at <1722> Jerusalem <2419>.




 5  And so <3767> were the churches <1577> established <4732> in

the


faith <4102>, and increased <4052> in number <0706> daily <2250>.




 6. Now <1161> when they had gone <1330> throughout <1330>

Phrygia


<5435> and the region <5561> of Galatia <1054>, and were

forbidden


<2967> of the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> to preach <2980> the word


<3056> in Asia <0773>,




 7  After they were come <2064> to Mysia <3465>, they assayed

<3985>


to go <4198> into <2596> Bithynia <0978>: but the Spirit <4151>


suffered <1439> them not.




 8  And they passing <3928> by Mysia <3465> came <2597> down

<2597>


to Troas <5174>.




 9  And a vision <3705> appeared <3700> to Paul <3972> in the

night


<3571>; There stood <2476> a man <0435> of Macedonia <3110>, and


prayed <3870> him, saying <3004>, Come <1224> over <1224> into


<1519> Macedonia <3109>, and help <0997> us.




 10  And after <5613> he had seen <1492> the vision <3705>,


immediately <2112> we endeavoured <2212> to go <1831> into <1519>


Macedonia <3109>, assuredly <4822> gathering <4822> that the Lord


<2962> had called <4341> us for to preach <2097> the gospel

<2097>


unto them.




 11  Therefore <3767> loosing <0321> from Troas <5174>, we came


<2113> with a straight <2113> course <2113> to Samothracia

<4543>,


and the next <1966> [day] to Neapolis <3496>;




 12  And from thence <1564> to Philippi <5375>, which <3748> is

the


chief <4413> city <4172> of that part <3310> of Macedonia <3109>,


[and] a colony <2862>: and we were in that city <4172> abiding


<1304> certain <5100> days <2250>.




 13  And on the sabbath <4521> we went <1831> out of the city

<4172>


by a river <4215> side <3844>, where prayer <4335> was wont

<3543>


to be made <1511>; and we sat <2523> down <2523>, and spake

<2980>


unto the women <1135> which resorted <4905> [thither].




 14  And a certain <5100> woman <1135> named <3686> Lydia <3070>,

 a


seller <4211> of purple <4211>, of the city <4172> of Thyatira


<2363>, which worshipped <4576> God <2316>, heard <0191> [us]:

whose


<3739> heart <2588> the Lord <2962> opened <1272>, that she

attended


<4337> unto the things which were spoken <2980> of Paul <3972>.




 15  And when <5613> she was baptized <0907>, and her household


<3624>, she besought <3870> [us], saying <3004>, If <1487> ye

have


judged <2919> me to be faithful <4103> to the Lord <2962>, come


<1525> into <1519> my house <3624>, and abide <3306> [there]. And


she constrained <3849> us.




 16. And it came <1096> to pass, as we went <4198> to prayer

<4335>,


a certain <5100> damsel <3814> possessed <2192> with a spirit

<4151>


of divination <4436> met <0528> us, which <3748> brought <3930>

her


masters <2962> much <4183> gain <2039> by soothsaying <3132>:




 17  The same <3778> followed <2628> Paul <3972> and us, and

cried


<2896>, saying <3004>, These <3778> men <0444> are the servants


<1401> of the most <5310> high <5310> God <2316>, which <3748>

shew


<2605> unto us the way <3598> of salvation <4991>.




 18  And this <5124> did <4160> she many <4183> days <2250>. But


Paul <3972>, being grieved <1278>, turned <1994> and said <2036>

to


the spirit <4151>, I command <3853> thee in the name <3686> of

Jesus


<2424> Christ <5547> to come <1831> out of her. And he came

<1831>


out the same <0846> hour <5610>.




 19  And when her masters <2962> saw <1492> that the hope <1680>

of


their gains <2039> was gone <1831>, they caught <1949> Paul

<3972>


and Silas <4609>, and drew <1670> [them] into <1519> the

marketplace


<0058> unto the rulers <0758>,




 20  And brought <4317> them to the magistrates <4755>, saying


<2036>, These <3778> men <0444>, being <5225> Jews <2453>, do


exceedingly <1613> trouble <1613> our city <4172>,




 21  And teach <2605> customs <1485>, which <3739> are not lawful


<1832> for us to receive <3858>, neither <3761> to observe

<4160>,


being <5605> Romans <4514>.






 22  And the multitude <3793> rose <4911> up together <4911>

against


<2596> them: and the magistrates <4755> rent <4048> off <4048>

their


clothes <2440>, and commanded <2753> to beat <4463> [them].




 23  And when they had laid <2007> many <4183> stripes <4127>

upon


them, they cast <0906> [them] into <1519> prison <5438>, charging


<3853> the jailor <1200> to keep <5083> them safely <0806>:




 24  Who <3739>, having received <2983> such <5108> a charge

<3852>,


thrust <0906> them into <1519> the inner <2082> prison <5438>,

and


made <0805> their feet <4228> fast <0805> in the stocks <3586>.




 25. And at <2596> midnight <3317> Paul <3972> and Silas <4609>


prayed <4336>, and sang <5214> praises unto God <2316>: and the


prisoners <1198> heard <1874> them.




 26  And suddenly <0869> there was a great <3173> earthquake

<4578>,


so <5620> that the foundations <2310> of the prison <1201> were


shaken <4531>: and immediately <3916> all <3956> the doors <2374>


were opened <0455>, and every <3956> one's bands <1199> were

loosed


<0447>.




 27  And the keeper <1200> of the prison <1200> awaking <1853>

out


of his sleep <1853>, and seeing <1492> the prison <5438> doors


<2374> open <0455>, he drew <4685> out his sword <3162>, and

would


<3195> have killed <0337> himself <1438>, supposing <3543> that

the


prisoners <1198> had been fled <1628>.




 28  But Paul <3972> cried <5455> with a loud <3173> voice

<5456>,


saying <3004>, Do <4238> thyself <4572> no <3367> harm <2556>:

for


we are all <0537> here <1759>.




 29  Then <1161> he called <0154> for a light <5457>, and sprang


<1530> in, and came <1096> trembling <1790>, and fell <4363> down


before <4363> Paul <3972> and Silas <4609>,




 30  And brought <4254> them out, and said <5346>, Sirs <2962>,

what


<5101> must <1163> I do <4160> to be saved <4982>?




 31  And they said <2036>, Believe <4100> on <1909> the Lord

<2962>


Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, and thou shalt be saved <4982>, and

thy


house <3624>.




 32  And they spake <2980> unto him the word <3056> of the Lord


<2962>, and to all <3956> that were in his house <3614>.




 33  And he took <3880> them the same <1565> hour <5610> of the


night <3571>, and washed <3068> [their] stripes <4127>; and was


baptized <0907>, he and all <3956> his, straightway <3916>.




 34  And when he had brought <0321> them into <1519> his house


<3624>, he set <3908> meat <5132> before <3908> them, and

rejoiced


<0021>, believing <4100> in God <2316> with all <3832> his house


<3832>.




 35. And when it was day <2250>, the magistrates <4755> sent

<0649>


the serjeants <4465>, saying <3004>, Let <0630> those <1565> men


<0444> go <0630>.




 36  And the keeper <1200> of the prison <1200> told <0518> this


<5128> saying <3056> to Paul <3972>, The magistrates <4755> have


sent <0649> to let <0630> you go <0630>: now <3568> therefore

<3767>


depart <1831>, and go <4198> in peace <1515>.




 37  But Paul <3972> said <5346> unto them, They have beaten

<1194>


us openly <1219> uncondemned <0178>, being <5225> Romans <4514>,

and


have cast <0906> [us] into <1519> prison <5438>; and now <3568>

do


they thrust <1544> us out privily <2977>? nay <3756> verily

<1063>;


but let them come <2064> themselves <0846> and fetch <1806> us

out.




 38  And the serjeants <4465> told <0312> these <5023> words

<4487>


unto the magistrates <4755>: and they feared <5399>, when they

heard


<0191> that they were Romans <4514>.




 39  And they came <2064> and besought <3870> them, and brought


<1806> [them] out, and desired <2065> [them] to depart <1831>

out of


the city <4172>.




 40  And they went <1831> out of the prison <5438>, and entered


<1525> into <1519> [the house of] Lydia <3070>: and when they had


seen <1492> the brethren <0080>, they comforted <3870> them, and


departed <1831>.




Acts  17




 1. Now <1161> when they had passed <1353> through <1653>

Amphipolis


<0295> and Apollonia <0624>, they came <2064> to Thessalonica


<2332>, where <3699> was a synagogue <4864> of the Jews <2453>:




 2  And Paul <3972>, as his manner <1485> was, went <1525> in

unto


them, and three <5140> sabbath <4521> days reasoned <1256> with

them


out of the scriptures <1124>,




 3  Opening <1272> and alleging <3908>, that Christ <5547> must


<1163> needs have suffered <3958>, and risen <0450> again <0450>


from the dead <3498>; and that this <3778> Jesus <2424>, whom

<3739>


I preach <2605> unto you, is Christ <5547>.




 4  And some <5100> of them believed <3982>, and consorted <4345>


with Paul <3972> and Silas <4609>; and of the devout <4576>

Greeks


<1672> a great <4183> multitude <4128>, and of the chief <4413>


women <1135> not a few <3641>.




 5  But the Jews <2453> which believed <0544> not, moved <2206>

with


envy <2206>, took <4355> unto them certain <5100> lewd <4190>


fellows <0435> of the baser <0060> sort, and gathered <3792> a


company <3792>, and set <2350> all the city <4172> on an uproar


<2350>, and assaulted <2186> the house <3614> of Jason <2394>,

and


sought <2212> to bring <0071> them out to the people <1218>.




 6  And when they found <2147> them not, they drew <4951> Jason


<2394> and certain <5100> brethren <0080> unto the rulers <4173>

of


the city <4173>, crying <0994>, These <3778> that have turned

<0387>


the world <3625> upside <0389> down <0387> are come <3918> hither


<1759> also <2532>;




 7  Whom <3739> Jason <2394> hath received <5264>: and these

<3778>


all <3956> do <4160> contrary <0561> to the decrees <1378> of

Caesar


<2541>, saying <3004> that there is another <2087> king <0935>,


[one] Jesus <2424>.




 8  And they troubled <5015> the people <3793> and the rulers

<4173>


of the city <4173>, when they heard <0191> these <5023> things.




 9  And when they had taken <2983> security <2425> of Jason

<2394>,


and of the other <3062>, they let <0630> them go <0630>.




 10. And the brethren <0080> immediately <2112> sent <1599> away


<1599> Paul <3972> and Silas <4609> by night <3571> unto Berea


<0960>: who <3748> coming <3854> [thither <3854>] went <0549>

into


<1519> the synagogue <4864> of the Jews <2453>.




 11  These <3778> were more noble <2104> than those <3588> in


Thessalonica <2332>, in that they received <1209> the word <3056>


with all <3956> readiness <4288> of mind <4288>, and searched

<0350>


the scriptures <1124> daily <2250>, whether <1487> those <5023>


things were so <3779>.




 12  Therefore <3767> many <4183> of them believed <4100>; also


<2532> of honourable <2158> women <1135> which <3588> were Greeks


<1674>, and of men <0435>, not a few <3641>.




 13  But when <5613> the Jews <2453> of Thessalonica <2332> had


knowledge <1097> that the word <3056> of God <2316> was preached


<2605> of Paul <3972> at <1722> Berea <0960>, they came <2064>


thither <1563> also <2546>, and stirred <4531> up the people

<3793>.




 14  And then <5119> immediately <2112> the brethren <0080> sent


<1821> away <1821> Paul <3972> to go <4198> as it were to the sea


<2281>: but Silas <4609> and Timotheus <5095> abode <5278> there


<1563> still.




 15  And they that conducted <2525> Paul <3972> brought <0071>

him


unto Athens <0116>: and receiving <2983> a commandment <1785>

unto


Silas <4609> and Timotheus <5095> for to come <2064> to him with

all


<5033> speed <5033>, they departed <1826>.




 16. Now <1161> while Paul <3972> waited <1551> for them at

<1722>


Athens <0116>, his spirit <4151> was stirred <3947> in him, when

he


saw <2334> the city <4172> wholly given to idolatry <2712>.




 17  Therefore <3767> disputed <1256> he in the synagogue <4864>


with the Jews <2453>, and with the devout <4576> persons, and in

the


market <0058> daily <2250> with them that met <3909> with him.




 18  Then <1161> certain <5100> philosophers <5386> of the


Epicureans <1946>, and of the Stoicks <4770>, encountered <4820>


him. And some <5100> said <3004>, What <5101> will <2309> this


<3778> babbler <4691> say <3004>? other <1161> some <3588>, He


seemeth <1380> to be a setter <2604> forth <2604> of strange

<3581>


gods <1140>: because <3754> he preached <2907> unto them Jesus


<2424>, and the resurrection <0386>.




 19  And they took <1949> him, and brought <0071> him unto

Areopagus


<0697>, saying <3004>, May <1410> we know <1097> what <5101> this


<3778> new <2537> doctrine <1322>, whereof thou speakest <2980>,


[is]?




 20  For thou bringest <1533> certain <5100> strange <3579>

things


to our ears <0189>: we would know <1097> therefore <3767> what


<5101> these <5023> things mean <1511>.




 21  (For all <3956> the Athenians <0117> and strangers <3581>

which


<3588> were there <1927> spent <2119> their time <2119> in

nothing


<3762> else <2087>, but either <2228> to tell <3004>, or <2532>

to


hear <0191> some <5100> new <2537> thing.)




 22. Then <1161> Paul <3972> stood <2476> in the midst <3319> of


Mars <0697>' hill <0697>, and said <5346>, [Ye] men <0435> of

Athens


<0117>, I perceive <2334> that in all <3956> things ye are too


<1174> superstitious <1174>.




 23  For as I passed <1330> by, and beheld <0333> your <5216>


devotions <4574>, I found <2147> an altar <1041> with this <3739>


inscription <1924>, TO THE UNKNOWN <0057> GOD <2316>. Whom <3739>


therefore <3767> ye ignorantly <0050> worship <2151>, him declare


<2605> I unto you.




 24  God <2316> that made <4160> the world <2889> and all <3956>


things therein <0846>, seeing that he is Lord <2962> of heaven


<3772> and earth <1093>, dwelleth <2730> not in temples <3485>

made


<5499> with hands <5499>;




 25  Neither <3761> is worshipped <2323> with men's <0444> hands


<5495>, as though he needed <4326> any <5100> thing, seeing he


giveth <1325> to all <3956> life <2222>, and breath <4157>, and

all


<3956> things;




 26  And hath made <4160> of one <1520> blood <0129> all <3956>


nations <1484> of men <0444> for to dwell <2730> on <1909> all


<3956> the face <4383> of the earth <1093>, and hath determined


<3724> the times <2540> before <4384> appointed <4384>, and the


bounds <3734> of their habitation <2733>;




 27  That they should seek <2212> the Lord <2962>, if <1487>

haply


<0686> they might feel <5584> after him, and find <2147> him,

though


<2544> he be not far <3112> from every <1538> one <1520> of us:




 28  For in him we live <2198>, and move <2795>, and have our

being


<2070>; as certain <5100> also <2532> of your <5209> own <2596>


poets <4163> have said <2046>, For we are also <2532> his

offspring


<1085>.




 29  Forasmuch then <3767> as we are the offspring <1085> of God


<2316>, we ought <3784> not to think <3543> that the Godhead

<2304>


is like <3664> unto gold <5557>, or <2228> silver <0696>, or

<2228>


stone <3037>, graven <5480> by art <5078> and man's <0444> device


<1761>.




 30  And the times <5550> of this <3588> ignorance <0052> God

<2316>


winked <5237> at; but now <3568> commandeth <3853> all <3956> men


<0444> every <3837> where <3837> to repent <3340>:




 31  Because <1360> he hath appointed <2476> a day <2250>, in the


which <3739> he will <3195> judge <2919> the world <3625> in


righteousness <1343> by [that] man <0435> whom <3739> he hath


ordained <3724>; [whereof] he hath given <3930> assurance <4102>


unto all <3956> [men], in that he hath raised <0450> him from the


dead <3498>.




 32. And when they heard <0191> of the resurrection <0386> of the


dead <3498>, some <3588> mocked <5512>: and others <3588> said


<2036>, We will hear <0191> thee again <3825> of this <5127>


[matter].




 33  So <3779> Paul <3972> departed <1831> from among <3319>

them.




 34  Howbeit certain <5100> men <0435> clave <2853> unto him,

and believed


<4100>: among <1722> the which <3739> [was] Dionysius <1354> the


Areopagite <0698>, and a woman <1135> named <3686> Damaris

<1152>,


and others <2087> with them.




Acts  18




 1. After <3326> these <5023> things Paul <3972> departed <5562>


from Athens <0116>, and came <2064> to Corinth <2882>;




 2  And found <2147> a certain <5100> Jew <2453> named <3686>

Aquila


<0207>, born <1085> in Pontus <4195>, lately <4373> come <2064>

from


Italy <2482>, with his wife <1135> Priscilla <4252>; (because

that


Claudius <2804> had commanded <1299> all <3956> Jews <2453> to


depart <5562> from Rome <4516>:) and came <4334> unto them.




 3  And because <1223> he was of the same <3673> craft <3673>, he


abode <3306> with them, and wrought <2038>: for by their

occupation


<5078> they were tentmakers <4635>.




 4  And he reasoned <1256> in the synagogue <4864> every <3956>


sabbath <4521>, and persuaded <3982> the Jews <2453> and the

Greeks


<1672>.




 5  And when <5613> Silas <4609> and Timotheus <5095> were come


<2718> from Macedonia <3109>, Paul <3972> was pressed <4912> in

the


spirit <4151>, and testified <1263> to the Jews <2453> [that]

Jesus


<2424> [was] Christ <5547>.




 6  And when they opposed <0498> themselves, and blasphemed

<0987>,


he shook <1621> [his] raiment <2440>, and said <2036> unto them,


Your <0546> blood <0129> [be] upon your <0546> own heads <2776>;

I


[am] clean <2513>: from henceforth <3568> I will go <4198> unto

the


Gentiles <1484>.




 7. And he departed <1831> thence <1564>, and entered <2064> into


<1519> a certain <5100> [man's] house <3614>, named <3686> Justus


<2459>, [one] that worshipped <4576> God <2316>, whose <3739>

house


<3614> joined <4927> hard <4927> to the synagogue <4864>.




 8  And Crispus <2921>, the chief <0752> ruler <0752> of the


synagogue <0752>, believed <4100> on the Lord <2962> with all

<3650>


his house <3624>; and many <4183> of the Corinthians <2881>

hearing


<0191> believed <4100>, and were baptized <0907>.




 9  Then <1161> spake <2036> the Lord <2962> to Paul <3972> in

the


night <3571> by a vision <3705>, Be not afraid <5399>, but speak


<2980>, and hold <4623> not thy peace <4623>:




 10  For I am <1510> with thee, and no <3762> man <3762> shall

set


<2007> on <2007> thee to hurt <2559> thee: for I have <2076> much


<4183> people <2992> in this <5026> city <4172>.




 11  And he continued <2523> [there] a year <1763> and six <1803>


months <3376>, teaching <1321> the word <3056> of God <2316>

among


<1722> them.




 12. And when Gallio <1058> was the deputy <0446> of Achaia

<0882>,


the Jews <2453> made <2721> insurrection <2721> with one <3361>


accord <3661> against Paul <3972>, and brought <0071> him to the


judgment <0968> seat <0968>,




 13  Saying <3004>, This <3778> [fellow] persuadeth <0374> men


<0444> to worship <4576> God <2316> contrary <3844> to the law


<3551>.




 14  And when Paul <3972> was now <1161> about <3195> to open

<0455>


[his] mouth <4750>, Gallio <1058> said <2036> unto the Jews

<2453>,


If <1487> it were a matter of wrong <0092> or <2228> wicked

<4190>


lewdness <4467>, O [ye] Jews <2453>, reason <3056> would that I


should bear <0430> with you:




 15  But if <1487> it be a question <2213> of words <3056> and

names


<3686>, and [of] your <5209> law <3551>, look <3700> ye [to it];

for


I will <1014> be no <3756> judge <2923> of such <5130> [matters].




 16  And he drave <0556> them from the judgment <0968> seat

<0968>.




 17  Then <1161> all <3956> the Greeks <1672> took <1949>

Sosthenes <4988>, the


chief <0752> ruler <0752> of the synagogue <0752>, and beat

<5180>


[him] before <1715> the judgment <0968> seat <0968>. And Gallio


<1058> cared <3199> for none <3762> of those <5130> things.




 18. And Paul <3972> [after this] tarried <4357> [there] yet

<2089>


a good <2425> while <2250>, and then took <0657> his leave

<0657> of


the brethren <0080>, and sailed <1602> thence into <1519> Syria


<4947>, and with him Priscilla <4252> and Aquila <0207>; having


shorn <2751> [his] head <2776> in Cenchrea <2747>: for he had

<2192>


a vow <2171>.




 19  And he came <2658> to Ephesus <2181>, and left <2641> them


there <0847>: but he himself <0846> entered <1525> into <1519>

the


synagogue <4864>, and reasoned <1256> with the Jews <2453>.




 20  When they desired <2065> [him] to tarry <3306> longer <4119>


time <5550> with them, he consented <1962> not;




 21  But bade <0657> them farewell <0657>, saying <2036>, I must


<1163> by all <3843> means <3843> keep <4160> this <3588> feast


<1859> that cometh <2064> in Jerusalem <2414>: but I will return


<0344> again <3825> unto you, if God <2316> will <2309>. And he


sailed <0321> from Ephesus <2181>.




 22  And when he had landed <2718> at <1519> Caesarea <2542>, and


gone <0305> up, and saluted <0782> the church <1577>, he went

<2597>


down <2597> to Antioch <0490>.




 23  And after he had spent <4160> some <5100> time <5550>

[there],


he departed <1831>, and went <1330> over <1330> [all] the country


<5561> of Galatia <1054> and Phrygia <5435> in order <2517>,


strengthening <1991> all <3956> the disciples <3101>.




 24. And a certain <5100> Jew <2453> named <3686> Apollos <0625>,


born <1085> at Alexandria <0221>, an eloquent <3052> man <0435>,


[and] mighty <1415> in the scriptures <1124>, came <2658> to

Ephesus


<2181>.




 25  This <3778> man was instructed <2727> in the way <3598> of

the


Lord <2962>; and being fervent <2204> in the spirit <4151>, he

spake


<2980> and taught <1321> diligently <0199> the things of the Lord


<2962>, knowing <1987> only <3440> the baptism <0908> of John


<2491>.




 26  And he began <0756> to speak boldly <3955> in the synagogue


<4864>: whom <0846> when Aquila <0207> and Priscilla <4252> had


heard <0191>, they took <4355> him unto [them], and expounded

<1620>


unto him the way <3598> of God <2316> more <0197> perfectly

<0197>.




 27  And when he was disposed <1014> to pass <1330> into <1519>


Achaia <0882>, the brethren <0080> wrote <1125>, exhorting <4389>


the disciples <3101> to receive <0588> him: who <3739>, when he

was


come <3854>, helped <4820> them much <4183> which had believed


<4100> through <1223> grace <5485>:




 28  For he mightily <2159> convinced <1246> the Jews <2453>,

[and


that] publickly <1219>, shewing <1925> by the scriptures <1124>

that


Jesus <2424> was Christ <5547>.




Acts  19




 1. And it came <1096> to pass, that, while <3588> Apollos <0625>


was at <1722> Corinth <2882>, Paul <3972> having passed <1330>


through <1330> the upper <0510> coasts <3313> came <2064> to

Ephesus


<2181>: and finding <2147> certain <5100> disciples <3101>,




 2  He said <2036> unto them, Have ye received <2983> the Holy


<0040> Ghost <4151> since ye believed <4100>? And they said

<2036>


unto him, We have not so <3761> much <3761> as heard <0191>

whether


<1487> there be any Holy <0040> Ghost <4151>.




 3  And he said <2036> unto them, Unto what <5101> then <3767>

were


ye baptized <0907>? And they said <2036>, Unto John's <2491>

baptism


<0908>.




 4  Then <1161> said <2036> Paul <3972>, John <2491> verily

<3303>


baptized <0907> with the baptism <0908> of repentance <3341>,

saying


<3004> unto the people <2992>, that they should believe <4100> on


<1519> him which should come <2064> after <3326> him, that is, on


<1519> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.




 5  When they heard <0191> [this], they were baptized <0907> in

the


name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>.




 6  And when Paul <3972> had laid <2007> [his] hands <5495> upon


them, the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> came <2064> on <1909> them;

and


they spake <2980> with tongues <1100>, and prophesied <4395>.




 7  And all <3956> the men <0435> were about <5616> twelve

<1177>.




 8. And he went <1525> into <1519> the synagogue <4864>, and

spake boldly <3955>


for the space <1909> of three <5140> months <3376>, disputing

<1256>


and persuading <3982> the things concerning <4012> the kingdom


<0932> of God <2316>.






 9  But when <5613> divers <5100> were hardened <4645>, and

believed


<0544> not, but spake <2551> evil of that way <3598> before

<1799>


the multitude <4128>, he departed <0868> from them, and separated


<0873> the disciples <3101>, disputing <1256> daily <2250> in the


school <4981> of one <5100> Tyrannus <5181>.




 10  And this <5124> continued <1096> by the space <1909> of two


<1417> years <2094>; so <5620> that all <3956> they which dwelt


<2730> in Asia <0773> heard <0191> the word <3056> of the Lord


<2962> Jesus <2424>, both <5037> Jews <2453> and Greeks <1672>.




 11  And God <2316> wrought <4160> special <5177> miracles

<1411> by


the hands <5495> of Paul <3972>:




 12  So <5620> that from his body <5559> were brought <2018> unto


the sick <0770> handkerchiefs <4676> or <2228> aprons <4612>, and


the diseases <3554> departed <0525> from them, and the evil

<4190>


spirits <4151> went <1831> out of them.




 13. Then <1161> certain <5100> of the vagabond <4022> Jews

<2453>,


exorcists <1845>, took <2021> upon them to call <3687> over

<1909>


them which had <2192> evil <4190> spirits <4151> the name <3686>

of


the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, saying <3004>, We adjure <3726>

you by


Jesus <2424> whom <3739> Paul <3972> preacheth <2784>.




 14  And there were seven <2033> sons <5207> of [one] Sceva

<4630>,


a Jew <2453>, [and] chief <0749> of the priests <0749>, which did


<4160> so <5124>.




 15  And the evil <4190> spirit <4151> answered <0611> and said


<2036>, Jesus <2424> I know <1097>, and Paul <3972> I know

<1987>;


but who <5101> are ye?




 16  And the man <0444> in whom <3739> the evil <4190> spirit

<4151>


was leaped <2177> on <1909> them, and overcame <2634> them, and


prevailed <2480> against <2596> them, so <5620> that they fled


<1628> out of that house <3624> naked <1131> and wounded <5135>.




 17  And this <5124> was known <1110> to all <3956> the Jews

<2453>


and Greeks <1672> also <2532> dwelling <2730> at Ephesus <2181>;

and


fear <5401> fell <1968> on <1909> them all <3956>, and the name


<3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> was magnified <3170>.




 18  And many <4183> that believed <4100> came <2064>, and

confessed


<1843>, and shewed <0312> their deeds <4234>.




 19  Many <2425> of them also <1161> which used <4238> curious


<4021> arts <4021> brought <4851> their books <0976> together


<4851>, and burned <2618> them before <1799> all <3956> [men]:

and


they counted <4860> the price <5092> of them, and found <2147>

[it]


fifty <3461> thousand <3461> [pieces] of silver <0694>.




 20  So <3779> mightily <2904> grew <0837> the word <3056> of God


<2962> and prevailed <2480>.




 21. After <5613> these <5023> things were ended <4137>, Paul

<3972>


purposed <5087> in the spirit <4151>, when he had passed <1330>


through <1330> Macedonia <3109> and Achaia <0882>, to go <4198>

to


Jerusalem <2419>, saying <2036>, After <3326> I have been <1096>


there <1563>, I must <1163> also <2532> see <1492> Rome <4516>.




 22  So he sent <0649> into <1519> Macedonia <3109> two <1417> of


them that ministered <1247> unto him, Timotheus <5095> and

Erastus


<2037>; but he himself <0846> stayed <1907> in Asia <0773> for a


season <5550>.




 23  And the same <1565> time <2540> there arose <1096> no <3756>


small <3641> stir <5017> about <4012> that way <3598>.




 24  For a certain <5100> [man] named <3686> Demetrius <1216>, a


silversmith <0695>, which made <4160> silver <0693> shrines

<3485>


for Diana <0735>, brought <3930> no <3756> small <3641> gain

<2039>


unto the craftsmen <5079>;




 25  Whom <3739> he called <4867> together <4867> with the

workmen


<2040> of like <5108> occupation, and said <2036>, Sirs <0435>,

ye


know <1987> that by this <5026> craft <2039> we have <2076> our


wealth <2142>.




 26  Moreover <2532> ye see <2334> and hear <0191>, that not

alone


<3440> at Ephesus <2181>, but almost <4975> throughout all <3956>


Asia <0773>, this <3778> Paul <3972> hath persuaded <3982> and


turned <3179> away <3179> much <2425> people <3793>, saying

<3004>


that they be no <3756> gods <2316>, which <3588> are made <1096>


with hands <5495>:




 27  So that not only <3440> this <5124> our craft <3313> is in


danger <2793> to be set <2064> at <1519> nought <0557>; but also


<2532> that the temple <2411> of the great <3173> goddess <2299>


Diana <0735> should be despised <3049>, and her magnificence

<3168>


should <3195> be destroyed <2507>, whom <3739> all <3650> Asia


<0773> and the world <3625> worshippeth <4576>.




 28  And when they heard <0191> [these sayings], they were full


<4134> of wrath <2372>, and cried <2896> out, saying <3004>,

Great


<3173> [is] Diana <0735> of the Ephesians <2180>.




 29  And the whole <3650> city <4172> was filled <4130> with


confusion <4799>: and having caught <4884> Gaius <1050> and


Aristarchus <0708>, men of Macedonia <3110>, Paul's <3972>


companions <4898> in travel <4898>, they rushed <3729> with one


<3661> accord <3661> into <1519> the theatre <2302>.




 30  And when Paul <3972> would have entered <1525> in unto the


people <1218>, the disciples <3101> suffered <1439> him not.




 31  And certain <5100> of the chief <0775> of Asia <0775>, which


were his friends <5384>, sent <3992> unto him, desiring <3870>

[him]


that he would not adventure <1325> himself <1438> into <1519> the


theatre <2302>.




 32  Some <0243> therefore <3767> cried <2896> one <3303> thing,

and


some <0243> another <0243>: for the assembly <1577> was confused


<4797>; and the more <4119> part knew <1492> not wherefore <1752>


they were come <4905> together <4897>.




 33  And they drew <4264> Alexander <0223> out of the multitude


<3793>, the Jews <2453> putting <4261> him forward <4261>. And


Alexander <0223> beckoned <2678> with the hand <5495>, and would


<2309> have made <0626> his defence <0626> unto the people

<1218>.




 34  But when they knew <1921> that he was a Jew <2453>, all

<3956>


with one <3391> voice <5456> about <5613> the space <1909> of two


<1417> hours <5610> cried <2896> out, Great <3173> [is] Diana

<0735>


of the Ephesians <2180>.




 35  And when the townclerk <1122> had appeased <2687> the people


<3793>, he said <5346>, [Ye] men <0435> of Ephesus <2181>, what


<5101> man <0444> is there that knoweth <1097> not how that the

city


<4172> of the Ephesians <2180> is a worshipper <3511> of the

great


<3173> goddess <2299> Diana <0735>, and of the [image] which fell


<1356> down from Jupiter <1356>?




 36  Seeing then <3767> that these <5130> things cannot <0368> be


spoken <0369> against <0368>, ye ought <1163> to be quiet <2687>,


and to do <4160> nothing <3367> rashly <4312>.




 37  For ye have brought <0071> hither these <5128> men <0435>,


which are neither <3777> robbers <2417> of churches <2417>, nor


<3777> yet blasphemers <0987> of your <5216> goddess <2299>.




 38  Wherefore <3767> if <1487> Demetrius <1216>, and the

craftsmen


<5079> which are with him, have <2192> a matter <3056> against


<4314> any <5100> man, the law <0060> is open <0071>, and there

are


deputies <0446>: let them implead <1458> one <0240> another

<0240>.




 39  But if <1487> ye enquire <1934> any <5100> thing concerning


<4012> other <2087> matters, it shall be determined <1956> in a


lawful <1772> assembly <1577>.




 40  For we are in danger <2793> to be called <1458> in question


<1458> for this <4594> day's <4594> uproar <4714>, there being


<5225> no <3367> cause <0158> whereby <3757> we may <1410> give


<0591> an account <3056> of this <5026> concourse <4963>.




 41  And when he had thus <5023> spoken <2036>, he dismissed

<0630>


the assembly <1577>.




Acts  20




 1. And after <3326> the uproar <2351> was ceased <3973>, Paul


<3972> called <4341> unto [him] the disciples <3101>, and

embraced


<0782> [them], and departed <1831> for to go <4198> into <1519>


Macedonia <3109>.




 2  And when he had gone <1330> over <1330> those <1565> parts


<3313>, and had given them much <4183> exhortation <3870>, he

came


<2064> into <1519> Greece <1671>,




 3  And [there] abode <4160> three <5140> months <3376>. And when


the Jews <2453> laid <1096> wait <1917> for him, as he was about


<3195> to sail <0321> into <1519> Syria <4947>, he purposed

<1106>


to return <5290> through <1223> Macedonia <3109>.




 4  And there accompanied <4902> him into Asia <0773> Sopater

<4986>


of Berea <0960>; and of the Thessalonians <2331>, Aristarchus

<0708>


and Secundus <4580>; and Gaius <1050> of Derbe <1191>, and

Timotheus


<5095>; and of Asia <0773>, Tychicus <5190> and Trophimus <5161>.




 5  These <3778> going <4281> before <4281> tarried <3306> for

us at


<1722> Troas <5174>.




 6  And we sailed <1602> away <1602> from Philippi <5375> after


<3326> the days <2250> of unleavened <0106> bread, and came

<2064>


unto them to Troas <5174> in five <4002> days <2250>; where

<3757>


we abode <1304> seven <2033> days <2250>.






 7. And upon the first <3391> [day] of the week <4521>, when the


disciples <3101> came <4863> together <4863> to break <2806>

bread


<0740>, Paul <3972> preached <1256> unto them, ready <3195> to


depart <1826> on the morrow <1887>; and continued <3905> his

speech


<3056> until <3360> midnight <3317>.




 8  And there were many <2425> lights <2985> in the upper <5250>


chamber <5253>, where <3757> they were gathered <4863> together


<4863>.




 9  And there sat <2521> in a window <2376> a certain <5100>

young


<3494> man <3494> named <3686> Eutychus <2161>, being fallen

<2702>


into a deep <0901> sleep <5258>: and as Paul <3972> was long

<4119>


preaching <1256>, he sunk <2702> down <2736> with sleep <5258>,

and


fell <4098> down from the third <5152> loft <5152>, and was taken


<0142> up dead <3498>.




 10  And Paul <3972> went <2597> down <2597>, and fell <1968> on


<1968> him, and embracing <4843> [him] said <2036>, Trouble

<2350>


not yourselves; for his life <5590> is in him.




 11  When he therefore <3767> was come <0305> up again, and had


broken <2806> bread <0740>, and eaten <1089>, and talked <3656> a


long <2425> while, even till <0891> break <0827> of day <0827>,

so


<3779> he departed <1831>.




 12  And they brought <0071> the young <3816> man alive <2198>,

and


were not a little <3357> comforted <3870>.




 13. And we went <4281> before <4281> to ship <4143>, and sailed


<0321> unto Assos <0789>, there <1564> intending <3195> to take


<0353> in Paul <3972>: for so <3779> had he appointed <1299>,


minding <3195> himself <0846> to go afoot <3978>.




 14  And when <5613> he met <4820> with us at <1519> Assos

<0789>,


we took <0353> him in, and came <2064> to Mitylene <3412>.




 15  And we sailed <0636> thence <1564>, and came <2064> the next


<1966> [day] over <0481> against <0481> Chios <5508>; and the

next


<2087> [day] we arrived <3846> at <1519> Samos <4544>, and

tarried


<3306> at <1722> Trogyllium <5175>; and the next <2192> [day] we


came <2658> to Miletus <3399>.




 16  For Paul <3972> had determined <2919> to sail <3896> by

Ephesus


<2181>, because <3704> he would <1096> not spend <5551> the time


<5551> in Asia <0773>: for he hasted <4692>, if <1487> it were


possible <1415> for him, to be at <1519> Jerusalem <2414> the day


<2250> of Pentecost <4005>.




 17. And from Miletus <3399> he sent <3992> to Ephesus <2181>,

and


called <3333> the elders <4245> of the church <1577>.




 18  And when <5613> they were come <3854> to him, he said <2036>


unto them, Ye know <1987>, from the first <4413> day <2250> that

I


came <1910> into <1519> Asia <0773>, after <4459> what <4459>

manner


<4458> I have been <1096> with you at all <3956> seasons <5550>,




 19  Serving <1398> the Lord <2962> with all <3956> humility

<5012>


of mind, and with many <4183> tears <1144>, and temptations

<3986>,


which <3588> befell <4819> me by the lying in wait <1917> of the


Jews <2453>:




 20  [And] how <5613> I kept <5288> back <5288> nothing <3762>

that


was profitable <4851> [unto you], but have shewed <0312> you, and


have taught <1321> you publickly <1219>, and from house <3624> to


house <3624>,




 21  Testifying <1263> both <5037> to the Jews <2453>, and also


<2532> to the Greeks <1672>, repentance <3341> toward <1519> God


<2316>, and faith <4102> toward <1519> our Lord <2962> Jesus

<2424>


Christ <5547>.




 22  And now <3568>, behold <2400>, I go <4198> bound <1210> in

the


spirit <4151> unto Jerusalem <2419>, not knowing <1492> the

things


that shall befall <4876> me there <0846>:




 23  Save <4133> that the Holy <0040> Ghost <4151> witnesseth

<1263>


in every <2596> city <4172>, saying <3004> that bonds <1199> and


afflictions <2347> abide <3306> me.




 24  But none <3762> of these things <3056> move <4160> me,

neither


<3761> count <2192> I my life <5590> dear <5093> unto myself

<1683>,


so <5613> that I might finish <5048> my course <1408> with joy


<5479>, and the ministry <1248>, which <3739> I have received

<2983>


of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, to testify <1263> the gospel

<2098>


of the grace <5485> of God <2316>.




 25  And now <3568>, behold <2400>, I know <1492> that ye all


<3956>, among <1722> whom <3739> I have gone <1330> preaching

<2784>


the kingdom <0932> of God <2316>, shall see <3700> my face

<4383> no


<3765> more <3765>.




 26  Wherefore <1352> I take you to record <3143> this <4594> day


<4594>, that I [am] pure <2513> from the blood <0129> of all

<3956>


[men].




 27  For I have not shunned <5288> to declare <0312> unto you all


<3956> the counsel <1012> of God <2316>.




 28  Take heed <4337> therefore unto yourselves <1438>, and to

all


<3956> the flock <4168>, over <1722> the which <3739> the Holy


<0040> Ghost <4151> hath made <5087> you overseers <1985>, to

feed


<4165> the church <1577> of God <2316>, which <3739> he hath


purchased <4046> with his own <2398> blood <0129>.






 29  For I know <1492> this <5124>, that after <3326> my

departing


<0867> shall grievous <0926> wolves <3074> enter <1525> in among


<1519> you, not sparing <5339> the flock <4168>.




 30  Also <2532> of your <5216> own selves <0846> shall men

<0435>


arise <0450>, speaking <2980> perverse <1294> things, to draw

<0645>


away <0645> disciples <3101> after <3694> them.




 31  Therefore <1352> watch <1127>, and remember <3421>, that by

the


space <4158> of three <5148> years <5148> I ceased <3973> not to


warn <3560> every <1538> one <1520> night <3571> and day <2250>

with


tears <1144>.




 32  And now <3568>, brethren <0080>, I commend <3908> you to God


<2316>, and to the word <3056> of his grace <5485>, which <3588>

is


able <1410> to build <2026> you up, and to give <1325> you an


inheritance <2817> among <1722> all <3956> them which are

sanctified


<0037>.




 33  I have coveted <1937> no <3762> man's <3762> silver <0694>,

or


<2228> gold <5553>, or <2228> apparel <2441>.




 34  Yea <1161>, ye yourselves <0846> know <1097>, that these

<3778>


hands <5495> have ministered <5256> unto my necessities <5532>,

and


to them that were with me.




 35  I have shewed <5263> you all <3956> things, how that so

<3779>


labouring <2872> ye ought <1163> to support <0482> the weak

<0770>,


and to remember <3421> the words <3056> of the Lord <2962> Jesus


<2424>, how <3754> he said <2036>, It is more <3122> blessed

<3107>


to give <1325> than to receive <2983>.




 36. And when he had thus <5023> spoken <2036>, he kneeled <1119>


down, and prayed <4336> with them all <3956>.




 37  And they all <3956> wept <2805> sore <2425>, and fell

<1968> on


<1909> Paul's <3972> neck <5137>, and kissed <2705> him,




 38  Sorrowing <3600> most <3122> of all <3122> for the words

<3056>


which <3739> he spake <2046>, that they should <3195> see <2234>

his


face <4383> no <3765> more <3765>. And they accompanied <4311>

him


unto the ship <4143>.




Acts  21




 1. And it came <1096> to pass, that after <5613> we were gotten


<0645> from them, and had launched <0321>, we came <2064> with a


straight <2113> course <4144> unto Coos <2972>, and the [day]


following <1836> unto Rhodes <4499>, and from thence <1564> unto


Patara <3959>:




 2  And finding <2147> a ship <4143> sailing <1276> over <1276>

unto


Phenicia <5403>, we went <1910> aboard <1910>, and set <0321>

forth


<0321>.




 3  Now <1161> when we had discovered <0398> Cyprus <2954>, we

left


<2641> it on the left <2176> hand, and sailed <4126> into <1519>


Syria <4947>, and landed <2609> at <1519> Tyre <5184>: for there


<1566> the ship <4143> was to unlade <0670> her burden <1117>.




 4  And finding <0429> disciples <3101>, we tarried <1961> there


<0847> seven <2033> days <2250>: who <3748> said <3004> to Paul


<3972> through <1223> the Spirit <4151>, that he should not go


<0305> up to Jerusalem <2419>.




 5  And when <3753> we had accomplished <1822> those <3588> days


<2250>, we departed <1831> and went <4198> our way <4311>; and

they


all <3956> brought <4311> us on <1909> our way <4311>, with wives


<1135> and children <5043>, till <2193> [we were] out of the city


<4172>: and we kneeled <1119> down on <1909> the shore <0123>,

and


prayed <4336>.




 6  And when we had taken <0782> our leave <0782> one <0240> of


another <0240>, we took <1519> ship <4143>; and they returned

<5290>


home <2398> again <5290>.




 7  And when we had finished <1274> [our] course <4144> from Tyre


<5184>, we came <2658> to Ptolemais <4424>, and saluted <0782>

the


brethren <0080>, and abode <3306> with them one <3391> day

<2250>.




 8. And the next <1887> [day] we that were of Paul's <3972>

company


<4012> departed <1831>, and came <2064> unto Caesarea <2542>:

and we


entered <1525> into <1519> the house <3624> of Philip <5376> the


evangelist <2099>, which was [one] of the seven <2033>; and abode


<3306> with him.




 9  And the same <5129> man had <1510> four <5064> daughters

<2364>,


virgins <3933>, which did prophesy <4395>.




 10  And as we tarried <1961> [there] many <4119> days <2250>,

there


came <2718> down <2718> from Judaea <2449> a certain <5100>

prophet


<4396>, named <3686> Agabus <0013>.




 11  And when he was come <2064> unto us, he took <0142> Paul's


<3972> girdle <2223>, and bound <1210> his own <0848> hands

<5495>


and feet <4228>, and said <2036>, Thus <3592> saith <3004> the

Holy


<0040> Ghost <4151>, So <3779> shall the Jews <2453> at <1722>


Jerusalem <2419> bind <1210> the man <0435> that owneth <2076>

this


<3778> girdle <2223>, and shall deliver <3860> [him] into <1519>

the


hands <5495> of the Gentiles <1484>.




 12  And when <5613> we heard <0191> these <5023> things, both


<5037> we, and they of that place <1786>, besought <3870> him

not to


go <0305> up to Jerusalem <2419>.




 13  Then <1161> Paul <3972> answered <0611>, What <5101> mean


<4160> ye to weep <2799> and to break <4919> mine <3450> heart


<2588>? for I am ready <2093> not to be bound <1210> only <3440>,


but also <2532> to die <0599> at <1519> Jerusalem <2419> for the


name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>.




 14  And when he would not be persuaded <3982>, we ceased <2270>,


saying <2036>, The will <2307> of the Lord <2962> be done <1096>.




 15. And after <3326> those <5025> days <2250> we took <0643> up

our


carriages <0643>, and went <0305> up to Jerusalem <2419>.




 16  There went <4905> with us also <2532> [certain] of the


disciples <3101> of Caesarea <2542>, and brought <0071> with them


one <5100> Mnason <3416> of Cyprus <2954>, an old <0744> disciple


<3101>, with whom <3739> we should lodge <3579>.






 17  And when we were come <1096> to Jerusalem <2414>, the

brethren


<0080> received <1209> us gladly <0780>.




 18  And the [day] following <1966> Paul <3972> went <1524> in

with


us unto James <2385>; and all <3956> the elders <4245> were

present


<3854>.




 19  And when he had saluted <0782> them, he declared <1834>


particularly <2596> what <3739> things God <2316> had wrought

<4160>


among <1722> the Gentiles <1484> by his ministry <1248>.




 20  And when they heard <0191> [it], they glorified <1392> the

Lord


<2962>, and said <2036> unto him, Thou seest <2334>, brother

<0080>,


how <4214> many <4214> thousands <3461> of Jews <2453> there are


which <3588> believe <4100>; and they are all <3956> zealous

<2207>


of the law <3551>:




 21  And they are informed <2727> of thee, that thou teachest

<1321>


all <3956> the Jews <2453> which are among <2596> the Gentiles


<1484> to forsake <0575> Moses <3475>, saying <3004> that they

ought


not to circumcise <4059> [their] children <5043>, neither <3366>

to


walk <4043> after the customs <1485>.




 22  What <5101> is it therefore <3767>? the multitude <4128>

must


<1163> needs <3843> come <4905> together <4905>: for they will

hear


<0191> that thou art come <2064>.




 23  Do <4160> therefore <3767> this <5124> that we say <3004> to


thee: We have <1526> four <5064> men <0435> which have <2192> a

vow


<2171> on <1909> them;




24  Them take <3880>, and purify <0048> thyself with them, and

be at


<1159> charges <1159> with them, that they may shave <3587>

[their]


heads <2776>: and all <3956> may know <1097> that those things,


whereof they were informed <2727> concerning <4012> thee, are


nothing <3762>; but [that] thou thyself <0846> also <2532>

walkest


<4748> orderly <4748>, and keepest <5442> the law <3551>.




 25  As touching <4012> the Gentiles <1484> which believe <4100>,

 we


have written <1989> [and] concluded <2919> that they observe

<5083>


no <3367> such <5108> thing, save <1508> only that they keep

<5442>


themselves from [things] offered <1494> to idols <1494>, and from


blood <0129>, and from strangled <4156>, and from fornication


<4202>.




 26  Then <5119> Paul <3972> took <3880> the men <0435>, and the


next <2192> day <2250> purifying <0048> himself with them entered


<1524> into <1519> the temple <2411>, to signify <1229> the


accomplishment <1604> of the days <2250> of purification <0049>,


until <2193> that an offering <4376> should be offered <4374> for


every <1538> one <1520> of them.




 27. And when <5613> the seven <2033> days <2250> were almost

<3195>


ended <4931>, the Jews <2453> which were of Asia <0773>, when

they


saw <2300> him in the temple <2411>, stirred <4797> up all <3956>


the people <3793>, and laid <1911> hands <5495> on <1909> him,




 28  Crying <2896> out, Men <0435> of Israel <2475>, help <0997>:


This <3778> is the man <0444>, that teacheth <1321> all <3956>

[men]


every <3837> where <3837> against <2596> the people <2992>, and

the


law <3551>, and this <5126> place <5117>: and further <2089>

brought


<1521> Greeks <1672> also <2532> into <1519> the temple <2411>,

and


hath polluted <2840> this <5127> holy <0040> place <5117>.




 29  (For they had seen <4308> before <4308> with him in the city


<4172> Trophimus <5161> an Ephesian <2180>, whom <3739> they


supposed <3543> that Paul <3972> had brought <1521> into <1519>

the


temple <2411>.)




 30  And all <3650> the city <4172> was moved <2795>, and the

people


<2992> ran <4890> together <4890>: and they took <1949> Paul

<3972>,


and drew <1670> him out of the temple <2411>: and forthwith

<2112>


the doors <2374> were shut <2808>.




 31  And as they went <2212> about <2212> to kill <0615> him,


tidings <5334> came <0305> unto the chief <5506> captain <5506>

of


the band <4686>, that all <3650> Jerusalem <2419> was in an

uproar


<4797>.




 32  Who <3739> immediately <1824> took <3880> soldiers <4757>

and


centurions <1543>, and ran <2701> down <2701> unto them: and when


they saw <1492> the chief <5506> captain <5506> and the soldiers


<4757>, they left <3973> beating <5180> of Paul <3972>.




 33  Then <5119> the chief <5506> captain <5506> came <1448> near


<1448>, and took <1949> him, and commanded <2753> [him] to be

bound


<1210> with two <1417> chains <0254>; and demanded <4441> who

<5101>


he was, and what <5101> he had done <4160>.




 34  And some <0243> cried <0994> one thing, some <0243> another


<0243>, among <1722> the multitude <3793>: and when he could

<1410>


not know <1097> the certainty <0804> for the tumult <2351>, he


commanded <2753> him to be carried <0071> into <1519> the castle


<3925>.




 35  And when <3753> he came <1096> upon the stairs <0304>, so


<4819> it was, that he was borne <0941> of the soldiers <4757>

for


the violence <0970> of the people <3793>.




 36  For the multitude <4128> of the people <2992> followed

<0190>


after, crying <2896>, Away <0142> with him.




 37  And as Paul <3972> was to be led <1521> into <1519> the

castle


<3925>, he said <3004> unto the chief <5506> captain <5506>, May


<1832> I speak <2036> unto thee? Who <3588> said <5346>, Canst


<1097> thou speak <1097> Greek <1676>?




 38  Art <1488> not thou that Egyptian <0124>, which before

<4253>


these <5130> days <2250> madest <0387> an uproar <0387>, and

leddest


<1806> out into <1519> the wilderness <2048> four <5070> thousand


<5070> men <0435> that were murderers <4607>?




 39  But Paul <3972> said <2036>, I am <1510> a man <0444> [which


am] a Jew <2453> of Tarsus <5018>, [a city] in Cilicia <2791>, a


citizen <4177> of no <3756> mean <0767> city <4172>: and, I

beseech


<1189> thee, suffer <2010> me to speak <2980> unto the people


<2992>.




 40  And when he had given him licence <2010>, Paul <3972> stood


<2476> on <1909> the stairs <0304>, and beckoned <2678> with the


hand <5495> unto the people <2992>. And when there was made

<1096> a


great <4183> silence <4602>, he spake <4377> unto [them] in the


Hebrew <1446> tongue <1258>, saying <3004>,




Acts  22




 1. Men <0435>, brethren <0080>, and fathers <3962>, hear <0191>

ye


my defence <0627> [which I make] now <3568> unto you.




 2  (And when they heard <0191> that he spake <4377> in the

Hebrew


<1446> tongue <1258> to them, they kept <3930> the more <3123>


silence <2271>: and he saith <5346>,)




 3. I am <1510> verily <3303> a man <0435> [which am] a Jew

<2453>,


born <1080> in Tarsus <5019>, [a city] in Cilicia <2791>, yet


brought <0397> up in this <5026> city <4172> at <3844> the feet


<4228> of Gamaliel <1059>, [and] taught <3811> according <2596>

to


the perfect <0195> manner <0195> of the law <3551> of the fathers


<3971>, and was zealous <2207> toward God <2316>, as ye all

<3956>


are this <4594> day <4594>.




 4  And I persecuted <1377> this <5026> way <3598> unto the death


<2288>, binding <1195> and delivering <3860> into <1519> prisons


<5438> both <5037> men <0435> and women <1135>.




 5  As also <2532> the high <0749> priest <0749> doth bear

<3140> me


witness <3140>, and all <3956> the estate of the elders <4244>:

from


whom <3739> also <2532> I received <1209> letters <1992> unto the


brethren <0080>, and went <4198> to Damascus <1154>, to bring

<0071>


them which were there <1566> bound <1210> unto Jerusalem <2419>,

for


to be punished <5097>.




 6  And it came <1096> to pass, that, as I made <4198> my journey


<4198>, and was come <1448> nigh <1448> unto Damascus <1154>

about


<4012> noon <3314>, suddenly <1810> there shone <4015> from

heaven


<3772> a great <2425> light <5457> round <4015> about <4012> me.




 7  And I fell <4098> unto the ground <1475>, and heard <0191> a


voice <5456> saying <3004> unto me, Saul <4569>, Saul <4569>, why


<5101> persecutest <1377> thou me?




 8  And I answered <0611>, Who <5101> art <1488> thou, Lord

<2962>?


And he said <2036> unto me, I am <1510> Jesus <2424> of Nazareth


<3478>, whom <3739> thou persecutest <1377>.




 9  And they that were with me saw <2300> indeed <3303> the light


<5457>, and were afraid <1719>; but they heard <0191> not the

voice


<5456> of him that spake <2980> to me.




 10  And I said <2036>, What <5101> shall I do <4160>, Lord

<2962>?


And the Lord <2962> said <2036> unto me, Arise <0450>, and go

<4198>


into <1519> Damascus <1154>; and there <1563> it shall be told


<2980> thee of all <3956> things which <3739> are appointed

<5021>


for thee to do <4160>.




 11  And when <5613> I could not see <1689> for the glory <1391>

of


that light <5457>, being led <5496> by the hand <5496> of them

that


were with me, I came <2064> into <1519> Damascus <1154>.




 12  And one <5100> Ananias <0367>, a devout <2152> man <0435>


according <2596> to the law <3551>, having a good report <3140>

of


all <3956> the Jews <2453> which dwelt <2730> [there],




 13  Came <2064> unto me, and stood <2186>, and said <2036> unto

me,


Brother <0080> Saul <4569>, receive <0308> thy sight <0308>. And

the


same <0846> hour <5610> I looked <0308> up upon him.




 14  And he said <2036>, The God <2316> of our fathers <3962>

hath


chosen <4400> thee, that thou shouldest know <1097> his will

<2307>,


and see <1492> that Just <1342> One, and shouldest hear <0191>

the


voice <5456> of his mouth <4750>.




 15  For thou shalt be his witness <3144> unto all <3956> men

<0444>


of what <3739> thou hast seen <3708> and heard <0191>.




 16  And now <3568> why <5101> tarriest <3195> thou? arise

<0450>,


and be baptized <0907>, and wash <0628> away <0628> thy sins

<0266>,


calling <1941> on <1941> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962>.




 17  And it came <1096> to pass, that, when I was come <5290>

again


<5290> to Jerusalem <2419>, even while I prayed <4336> in the

temple


<2411>, I was in a trance <1611>;




 18  And saw <1492> him saying <3004> unto me, Make <4692> haste


<4692>, and get <1831> thee quickly <5034> out of Jerusalem

<2419>:


for they will not receive <3858> thy testimony <3141> concerning


<4012> me.




 19  And I said <2036>, Lord <2962>, they know <1987> that I


imprisoned <5439> and beat <1194> in every <2596> synagogue

<4864>


them that believed <4100> on <1909> thee:




 20  And when <3753> the blood <0129> of thy martyr <3144>

Stephen


<4736> was shed <1632>, I also <2532> was standing <2186> by, and


consenting <4909> unto his death <0336>, and kept <5442> the

raiment


<2440> of them that slew <0337> him.




 21  And he said <2036> unto me, Depart <4198>: for I will send


<1821> thee far <3112> hence <1821> unto the Gentiles <1484>.




 22. And they gave him audience <0191> unto this <5127> word

<3056>,


and [then] lifted <1869> up their voices <5456>, and said <3004>,


Away <0142> with such <5108> a [fellow] from the earth <1093>:

for


it is not fit <2520> that he should live <2198>.




 23  And as they cried <2905> out, and cast <4496> off <4496>


[their] clothes <2440>, and threw <0906> dust <2868> into <1519>

the


air <0109>,




 24  The chief <5506> captain <5506> commanded <2753> him to be


brought <0071> into <1519> the castle <3925>, and bade <2036>

that


he should be examined <0426> by scourging <3148>; that he might

know


<1921> wherefore <3739> they cried <2019> so <3779> against

<2019>


him.




 25  And as they bound <4385> him with thongs <2438>, Paul <3972>


said <2036> unto the centurion <1543> that stood <2476> by, Is it


lawful <1832> for you to scourge <3147> a man <0444> that is a

Roman


<4514>, and uncondemned <0178>?




 26  When the centurion <1543> heard <0191> [that], he went

<4334>


and told <0518> the chief <5506> captain <5506>, saying <3004>,

Take


heed <3708> what <5101> thou doest <4160>: for this <3778> man


<0444> is a Roman <4514>.




 27  Then <1161> the chief <5506> captain <5506> came <4334>, and


said <2036> unto him, Tell <3004> me, art <1488> thou a Roman


<4514>? He said <5346>, Yea <3483>.




 28  And the chief <5506> captain <5506> answered <0611>, With a


great <4183> sum <2774> obtained <2932> I this <5026> freedom


<4174>. And Paul <3972> said <5346>, But I was [free] born

<1080>.




 29  Then <3767> straightway <2112> they departed <0868> from him


which <3588> should <3195> have examined <0426> him: and the

chief


<5506> captain <5506> also <2532> was afraid <5399>, after he

knew


<1921> that he was a Roman <4514>, and because <3754> he had

bound


<1210> him.




 30  On the morrow <1887>, because he would have known <1097> the


certainty <0804> wherefore <5101> he was accused <2723> of the

Jews


<2453>, he loosed <3089> him from [his] bands <1199>, and

commanded


<2753> the chief <0749> priests <0749> and all <3650> their

council


<4892> to appear <2064>, and brought <2609> Paul <3972> down

<2609>,


and set <2476> him before <1519> them.




Acts  23




 1. And Paul <3972>, earnestly <0816> beholding <0816> the

council


<4892>, said <2036>, Men <0435> [and] brethren <0080>, I have

lived


<4176> in all <3956> good <0018> conscience <4893> before God

<2316>


until <0891> this <5026> day <2250>.






 2  And the high <0749> priest <0749> Ananias <0367> commanded


<2004> them that stood <3936> by him to smite <5180> him on the


mouth <4750>.




 3  Then <5119> said <2036> Paul <3972> unto him, God <2316>

shall


smite <5180> thee, [thou] whited <2867> wall <5109>: for sittest


<2521> thou to judge <2919> me after <2596> the law <3551>, and


commandest <2753> me to be smitten <5180> contrary <3891> to the

law


<3891>?




 4  And they that stood <3936> by said <2036>, Revilest <3058>

thou


God's <2316> high <0749> priest <0749>?




 5  Then <5037> said <5346> Paul <3972>, I wist <1492> not,

brethren


<0080>, that he was the high <0749> priest <0749>: for it is

written


<1125>, Thou shalt not speak <2046> evil <2560> of the ruler

<0758>


of thy people <2992>.




 6. But when Paul <3972> perceived <1097> that the one <1520>

part


<3313> were Sadducees <4523>, and the other <2087> Pharisees

<5330>,


he cried <2896> out in the council <4892>, Men <0435> [and]

brethren


<0080>, I am <1510> a Pharisee <5330>, the son <5207> of a

Pharisee


<5330>: of the hope <1680> and resurrection <0386> of the dead


<3498> I am called <2919> in question <2919>.




 7  And when he had so <5124> said <2980>, there arose <1096> a


dissension <4714> between the Pharisees <5330> and the Sadducees


<4523>: and the multitude <4128> was divided <4977>.




 8  For the Sadducees <4523> say <3004> that there is no <3361>


resurrection <0386>, neither <3366> angel <0032>, nor <3383>

spirit


<4151>: but the Pharisees <5330> confess <3670> both <0297>.




 9  And there arose <1096> a great <3173> cry <2906>: and the


scribes <1122> [that were] of the Pharisees <5330>' part <3313>


arose <0450>, and strove <1264>, saying <3004>, We find <2147> no


<3762> evil <2556> in this <5129> man <0444>: but if <1487> a

spirit


<4151> or <2228> an angel <0032> hath spoken <2980> to him, let

us


not fight <2313> against God <2313>.




 10  And when there arose <1096> a great <4183> dissension

<4714>,


the chief <5506> captain <5506>, fearing <2125> lest <3361> Paul


<3972> should have been pulled <1288> in pieces <1288> of them,


commanded <2753> the soldiers <4753> to go <2597> down <2597>,

and


to take <0726> him by force <0726> from among <3319> them, and to


bring <0071> [him] into <1519> the castle <3925>.




 11  And the night <3571> following the Lord <2962> stood <2186>

by


him, and said <2036>, Be of good cheer <2293>, Paul <3972>: for

as


thou hast testified <1263> of me in Jerusalem <2419>, so <3779>

must


<1163> thou bear <3140> witness <3140> also <2532> at <1519> Rome


<4516>.




 12. And when it was day <2250>, certain <5100> of the Jews

<2453>


banded <4963> together <4966>, and bound <0332> themselves <1438>


under <0332> a curse <0332>, saying <3004> that they would

neither


<3383> eat <5315> nor drink <4095> till <2193> they had killed


<0615> Paul <3972>.




 13  And they were more <4119> than forty <5062> which <3588> had


made <4160> this <5026> conspiracy <4945>.




 14  And they came <4334> to the chief <0749> priests <0749> and


elders <4245>, and said <2036>, We have bound <0332> ourselves


<1438> under <0332> a great curse <0332>, that we will eat <1089>


nothing <3367> until <2193> we have slain <0615> Paul <3972>.




 15  Now <3568> therefore <3767> ye with the council <4892>

signify


<1718> to the chief <5506> captain <5506> that he bring <2609>

him


down <2609> unto you to morrow <0839>, as though ye would <3195>


enquire <1231> something more <0197> perfectly <0197> concerning


<4012> him: and we, or <4253> ever <4253> he come <1448> near


<1448>, are ready <2092> to kill <0337> him.




 16  And when Paul's <3972> sister's <0079> son <5207> heard

<0191>


of their lying in wait <1747>, he went <3854> and entered <1525>


into <1519> the castle <3925>, and told <0518> Paul <3972>.




 17  Then <1161> Paul <3972> called <4341> one <1520> of the


centurions <1543> unto [him], and said <5346>, Bring <0520> this


<5126> young <3494> man <3494> unto the chief <5506> captain

<5506>:


for he hath <2192> a certain <5100> thing to tell <0518> him.




 18  So <3767> he took <3880> him, and brought <0071> [him] to

the


chief <5506> captain <5506>, and said <5346>, Paul <3972> the


prisoner <1198> called <4341> me unto [him], and prayed <2065>

me to


bring <0071> this <5126> young <3494> man <3494> unto thee, who

hath


<2192> something <5100> to say <2980> unto thee.




 19  Then <1161> the chief <5506> captain <5506> took <1949> him

by


the hand <5495>, and went <0402> [with him] aside <0402>

privately


<2398>, and asked <2065> [him], What <5101> is that thou hast

<2192>


to tell <0518> me?




 20  And he said <2036>, The Jews <2453> have agreed <4934> to


desire <2065> thee that thou wouldest bring <2609> down <2609>

Paul


<3972> to morrow <0839> into <1519> the council <4892>, as though


they would <3195> enquire <4441> somewhat <5100> of him more

<0197>


perfectly <0197>.




 21  But do not thou yield <3982> unto them: for there lie in

wait


<1748> for him of them more <4119> than forty <5062> men <0435>,


which <3748> have bound <0332> themselves <1438> with an oath


<0332>, that they will neither <3383> eat <5315> nor drink <4095>


till <2193> they have killed <0337> him: and now <3568> are they


ready <2092>, looking <4327> for a promise <1860> from thee.




 22  So <3767> the chief <5506> captain <5506> [then] let <0630>

the


young <3494> man <3494> depart <0630>, and charged <3853> [him,

See


thou] tell <1583> no <3367> man <3367> that thou hast shewed

<1718>


these <5023> things to me.




 23  And he called <4341> unto [him] two <1417> centurions

<1543>,


saying <2036>, Make <2090> ready <2090> two <1250> hundred <1250>


soldiers <4757> to go <4198> to Caesarea <2542>, and horsemen

<2460>


threescore <1440> and ten, and spearmen <1187> two <1250> hundred


<1250>, at <0575> the third <5154> hour <5610> of the night

<3571>;




 24  And provide <3936> [them] beasts <2934>, that they may set


<1913> Paul <3972> on <1913>, and bring <1295> [him] safe <1295>


unto Felix <5344> the governor <2232>.




 25  And he wrote <1125> a letter <1992> after <4023> this <5126>


manner <5179>:






 26  Claudius <2804> Lysias <3079> unto the most <2903> excellent


<2903> governor <2232> Felix <5344> [sendeth] greeting <5463>.




 27  This <5126> man <0435> was taken <4815> of the Jews <2453>,

and


should <3195> have been killed <0615> of them: then came <2186> I


with an army <4753>, and rescued <1807> him, having understood


<3129> that he was a Roman <4514>.




 28  And when I would have known <1097> the cause <0156>

wherefore


<3739> they accused <1458> him, I brought <2609> him forth <2609>


into <1519> their council <4892>:




 29  Whom <3739> I perceived <2147> to be accused <1458> of


questions <2213> of their law <3551>, but to have <2192> nothing


<3367> laid <1462> to his charge <1462> worthy <0514> of death


<0336> or <2228> of bonds <1199>.




 30  And when it was told <3377> me how that the Jews <2453> laid


<2071> wait <1917> for the man <0435>, I sent <3992> straightway


<1824> to thee, and gave commandment <3853> to his accusers

<2725>


also <2532> to say <3004> before <1909> thee what <3588> [they

had]


against <4314> him. Farewell <4517>.




 31  Then <3767> the soldiers <4757>, as it was commanded <1299>


them, took <0353> Paul <3972>, and brought <0071> [him] by night


<3571> to Antipatris <0494>.




 32  On the morrow <1887> they left <1439> the horsemen <2460>

to go


<4198> with him, and returned <5290> to the castle <3925>:




 33  Who <3748>, when they came <1525> to Caesarea <2542>, and


delivered <0325> the epistle <1992> to the governor <2232>,


presented <3936> Paul <3972> also <2532> before him.




 34  And when the governor <2232> had read <0314> [the letter],

he


asked <1905> of what <4169> province <1885> he was. And when he


understood <4441> that [he was] of Cilicia <2791>;




 35  I will hear <1251> thee, said <5346> he, when <3752> thine


<4675> accusers <2725> are also <2532> come <3854>. And he

commanded


<2753> him to be kept <5442> in Herod's <2264> judgment <4232>

hall


<4232>.




Acts  24




 1. And after <3326> five <4002> days <2250> Ananias <0367> the

high


<0749> priest <0749> descended <2597> with the elders <4245>, and


[with] a certain <5100> orator <4489> [named] Tertullus <5061>,

who


<3748> informed <1718> the governor <2232> against <2596> Paul


<3972>.




 2  And when he was called <2564> forth <2564>, Tertullus <5061>


began <0756> to accuse <2723> [him], saying <3004>, Seeing that

by


thee we enjoy <5177> great <4183> quietness <1515>, and that very


<2735> worthy <2735> deeds <2735> are done <1096> unto this

<5129>


nation <1484> by thy providence <4307>,




 3  We accept <0588> [it] always <3839>, and in all <3837> places


<3837>, most <2903> noble <2903> Felix <5344>, with all <3956>


thankfulness <2169>.




 4  Notwithstanding, that I be not further <4208> tedious <1465>


unto thee, I pray <3870> thee that thou wouldest hear <0191> us

of


thy clemency <1932> a few <4935> words.




 5  For we have found <2147> this <5126> man <0435> [a] pestilent


<3061> [fellow], and a mover <2795> of sedition <4714> among all


<3956> the Jews <2453> throughout <2596> the world <3625>, and a


ringleader <4414> of the sect <0139> of the Nazarenes <3480>:




 6  Who <3739> also <2532> hath gone <3985> about <3985> to

profane


<0953> the temple <2411>: whom <3739> we took <2902>, and would


<2309> have judged <2919> according <2596> to our law <3551>.




 7  But the chief <5506> captain <5506> Lysias <3079> came <3928>


[upon us], and with great <4183> violence <0970> took <0520>

[him]


away <0520> out of our hands <5495>,




 8  Commanding <2753> his accusers <2725> to come <2064> unto

thee:


by examining <0350> of whom <3739> thyself <0846> mayest take


knowledge <1921> of all <3956> these <5130> things, whereof

<3739>


we accuse <2723> him.




 9  And the Jews <2453> also <2532> assented <4934>, saying

<5335>


that these <5023> things were so <3779>.




 10. Then <1161> Paul <3972>, after that the governor <2232> had


beckoned <3506> unto him to speak <3004>, answered <0611>,

Forasmuch


as I know <1987> that thou hast been <5607> of many <4183> years


<2094> a judge <2923> unto this <5129> nation <1484>, I do the

more


<2115> cheerfully <2115> answer <0626> for myself <1683>:




 11  Because that thou mayest understand <1097>, that there are

yet


but twelve <1177> days <2250> since <3739> I went <0305> up to


Jerusalem <2419> for to worship <4352>.




 12  And they neither <3777> found <2147> me in the temple <2411>


disputing <1256> with any <5100> man, neither <2228> raising

<1999>


up the people <3793>, neither <2228> in the synagogues <4864>,

nor


<3777> in the city <4172>:




 13  Neither <2228> can <1410> they prove <3936> the things

whereof


<3739> they now <3568> accuse <2723> me.




 14  But this <5124> I confess <3670> unto thee, that after

<2596>


the way <3598> which <3739> they call <3004> heresy <0139>, so


<3779> worship <3000> I the God <2316> of my fathers <3971>,


believing <4100> all <3956> things which <3588> are written

<1125>


in the law <3551> and in the prophets <4396>:




 15  And have <2192> hope <1680> toward <1519> God <2316>, which


<3739> they themselves <0846> also <2532> allow <4327>, that

there


shall be a resurrection <0386> of the dead <3498>, both <5037> of


the just <1342> and unjust <0094>.




 16  And herein <5129> do I exercise <0778> myself, to have

<2192>


always <1275> a conscience <4893> void <0677> of offence <0677>


toward <4314> God <2316>, and [toward] men <0444>.




 17  Now <1161> after <1223> many <4119> years <2094> I came

<3854>


to bring <4160> alms <1654> to my nation <1484>, and offerings


<4376>.




 18  Whereupon <3739> certain <5100> Jews <2453> from Asia <0773>


found <2147> me purified <0048> in the temple <2411>, neither

<3756>


with multitude <3793>, nor <3761> with tumult <2351>.




 19  Who <3739> ought <1163> to have been <3918> here <3918>

before


<1909> thee, and object <2723>, if <1487> they had <2192> ought


<5100> against <4314> me.




 20  Or <2228> else let these <3778> same <3778> [here] say

<2036>,


if <1487> they have found <2147> any <1536> evil <0092> doing

<0092>


in me, while I stood <2476> before <1909> the council <4892>,




 21  Except <2228> it be for this <5026> one <3391> voice <5456>,


that I cried <2896> standing <2476> among <1722> them, Touching


<4012> the resurrection <0386> of the dead <3498> I am called

<2919>


in question <2919> by you this <4594> day <4594>.




 22. And when Felix <5344> heard <0191> these <5023> things,

having


more <0197> perfect <0197> knowledge <1492> of [that] way <3598>,

 he


deferred <0306> them, and said <2036>, When <3752> Lysias <3079>

the


chief <5506> captain <5506> shall come <2597> down <2597>, I will


know <1231> the uttermost <2556> of your <5209> matter <2596>.




 23  And he commanded <1299> a centurion <1543> to keep <5083>

Paul


<3972>, and to let [him] have <2192> liberty <0425>, and that he


should forbid <2967> none <3367> of his acquaintance <2398> to


minister <5256> or <2228> come <4334> unto him.




 24  And after <3326> certain <5100> days <2250>, when Felix

<5344>


came <3854> with his wife <1135> Drusilla <1409>, which was a

Jewess


<2453>, he sent <3343> for Paul <3972>, and heard <0191> him


concerning <4012> the faith <4102> in Christ <5547>.




 25  And as he reasoned <1256> of righteousness <1343>,

temperance


<1466>, and judgment <2917> to come <1511>, Felix <5344> trembled


<1096>, and answered <0611>, Go <4198> thy way for this <3568>

time


<3568>; when I have <3335> a convenient <2540> season <2540>, I

will


call <3333> for thee.




 26  He hoped <1679> also <2532> that money <5536> should have

been


given <1325> him of Paul <3972>, that he might loose <3089> him:


wherefore <1352> he sent <3343> for him the oftener <4437>, and


communed <3656> with him.




 27  But after <4137> two <1333> years <1333> Porcius <4201>

Festus


<5347> came <1240> into Felix <5344>' room <1240>: and Felix

<5344>,


willing <2309> to shew <2698> the Jews <2453> a pleasure <5485>,


left <2641> Paul <3972> bound <1210>.






Acts  25




 1. Now <3767> when Festus <5347> was come <1910> into the

province


<1885>, after <3326> three <5140> days <2250> he ascended <0305>


from Caesarea <2542> to Jerusalem <2414>.




 2  Then <1161> the high <0749> priest <0749> and the chief

<4413>


of the Jews <2453> informed <1718> him against <2596> Paul

<3972>,


and besought <3870> him,






 3  And desired <0154> favour <5485> against <2596> him, that he


would send <3343> for him to Jerusalem <2419>, laying <4160> wait


<1747> in the way <3598> to kill <0337> him.




 4  But Festus <5347> answered <0611>, that Paul <3972> should be


kept <5083> at <1722> Caesarea <2542>, and that he himself <1438>


would <3195> depart <1607> shortly <5034> [thither].




 5  Let them therefore <3767>, said <5346> he, which among <1722>


you are able <1415>, go <4782> down <4782> with [me], and accuse


<2723> this <0846> man <0435>, if <1487> there be any <1536>


wickedness <0824> in him.




 6  And when he had tarried <1304> among <1722> them more <4119>


than <2228> ten <1176> days <2250>, he went <2597> down <2597>

unto


Caesarea <2542>; and the next <1887> day <1887> sitting <2523> on


<1909> the judgment <0968> seat <0968> commanded <2753> Paul

<3972>


to be brought <0071>.




 7  And when he was come <3854>, the Jews <2453> which came

<2597>


down <2597> from Jerusalem <2414> stood <4026> round <4026> about


<3936>, and laid <5342> many <4183> and grievous <0926>

complaints


<0157> against <2596> Paul <3972>, which <3588> they could <2480>


not prove <0584>.




 8  While he answered <0626> for himself, Neither <3777> against


<1519> the law <3551> of the Jews <2453>, neither <3777> against


<1519> the temple <2411>, nor <3777> yet against <1519> Caesar


<2541>, have I offended <0264> any <5100> thing at all.




 9  But Festus <5347>, willing <2309> to do <2698> the Jews

<2453> a


pleasure <5485>, answered <0611> Paul <3972>, and said <2036>,

Wilt


thou go <0305> up to Jerusalem <2414>, and there <1563> be judged


<2919> of these <5130> things before <1909> me?




 10  Then <1161> said <2036> Paul <3972>, I stand <2476> at

<1909>


Caesar's <2541> judgment <0968> seat <0968>, where <3757> I ought


<1163> to be judged <2919>: to the Jews <2453> have I done

<0091> no


<3762> wrong <0091>, as thou very <2566> well <2573> knowest

<1921>.




 11  For if <1487> I be an offender <0091>, or <2532> have

committed


<4238> any <5100> thing worthy <0514> of death <0336>, I refuse


<3868> not to die <0599>: but if <1487> there be none <3762> of


these things whereof <3739> these <3778> accuse <2723> me, no

<3762>


man <3762> may <1410> deliver <5483> me unto them. I appeal

<1941>


unto Caesar <2541>.




 12  Then <5119> Festus <5347>, when he had conferred <4814> with


the council <4824>, answered <0611>, Hast thou appealed <1941>

unto


Caesar <2541>? unto Caesar <2541> shalt thou go <4198>.




 13. And after <1230> certain <5100> days <2250> king <0935>

Agrippa


<0067> and Bernice <0959> came <2658> unto Caesarea <2542> to

salute


<0782> Festus <5347>.






 14  And when <5613> they had been <1304> there <1563> many

<4119>


days <2250>, Festus <5347> declared <0394> Paul's <3972> cause


<2596> unto the king <0935>, saying <3004>, There is a certain


<5100> man <0435> left <2641> in bonds <1198> by Felix <5344>:




 15  About <4012> whom <3739>, when I was at <1519> Jerusalem


<2414>, the chief <0749> priests <0749> and the elders <4245> of

the


Jews <2453> informed <1718> [me], desiring <0154> [to have]

judgment


<1349> against <2596> him.




 16  To whom <3739> I answered <0611>, It is not the manner

<1485>


of the Romans <4514> to deliver <5483> any <5100> man <0444> to

die


<0684>, before <4250> that he which is accused <2723> have <2192>


the accusers <2725> face <4383> to face <4383>, and have <2983>


licence <5117> to answer <0627> for himself concerning <4012> the


crime <1462> laid <1462> against him.




 17  Therefore <3767>, when they were come <4905> hither <1759>,


without <4160> any <3362> delay <0311> on <1909> the morrow

<1836> I


sat <2523> on <1909> the judgment <0968> seat <0968>, and

commanded


<2753> the man <0435> to be brought <0071> forth.




 18  Against <4012> whom <3739> when the accusers <2725> stood


<2476> up, they brought <2018> none <3762> accusation <0156> of

such


things as I supposed <5282>:




 19  But had <2192> certain <5100> questions <2213> against

<4314>


him of their own <2398> superstition <1175>, and of one <5100>

Jesus


<2424>, which was dead <2348>, whom <3739> Paul <3972> affirmed


<5335> to be alive <2198>.




 20  And because I doubted <0639> of such manner <4012> of

questions


<2214>, I asked <3004> [him] whether <1487> he would go <4198> to


Jerusalem <2419>, and there <1563> be judged <2919> of these

<5130>


matters.




 21  But when Paul <3972> had appealed <1941> to be reserved

<5083>


unto the hearing <1233> of Augustus <0828>, I commanded <2753>

him


to be kept <5083> till <2193> I might send <3992> him to Caesar


<2541>.




 22  Then <1161> Agrippa <0067> said <5346> unto Festus <5347>, I


would also <2532> hear <0191> the man <0444> myself. To morrow


<0839>, said <5346> he, thou shalt hear <0191> him.




 23  And on the morrow <1887>, when Agrippa <0067> was come

<2064>,


and Bernice <0959>, with great <4183> pomp <5325>, and was

entered


<1525> into <1519> the place <0201> of hearing <0201>, with the


chief <5506> captains <5506>, and principal <1851> men <0435> of

the


city <4172>, at Festus <5347>' commandment <2753> Paul <3972> was


brought <0071> forth.




 24  And Festus <5347> said <5346>, King <0935> Agrippa <0067>,

and


all <3956> men <0435> which <3588> are here <4840> present <4840>


with us, ye see <2334> this <5126> man, about <4012> whom <3739>

all


<3956> the multitude <4128> of the Jews <2453> have dealt <1793>


with me, both <5037> at <1722> Jerusalem <2414>, and [also] here


<1759>, crying <1916> that he ought <1163> not to live <2198> any


<3371> longer <3371>.




 25  But when I found <2638> that he had committed <4238> nothing


<3367> worthy <0514> of death <0336>, and that he himself <0848>


hath appealed <1941> to Augustus <0828>, I have determined

<2919> to


send <3992> him.




 26  Of whom <3739> I have <2192> no <3756> certain <0804> thing

to


write <1125> unto my lord <2962>. Wherefore <1352> I have brought


<4254> him forth <4254> before <1909> you, and specially <3122>


before <1909> thee, O king <0935> Agrippa <0067>, that, after


examination <0351> had <1096>, I might have <2192> somewhat

<5100>


to write <1125>.




 27  For it seemeth <1380> to me unreasonable <0249> to send

<3992>


a prisoner <1198>, and not withal to signify <4591> the crimes


<0156> [laid] against <2596> him.




Acts  26




 1. Then <1161> Agrippa <0067> said <5346> unto Paul <3972>, Thou


art permitted <2010> to speak <3004> for thyself <4572>. Then

<5119>


Paul <3972> stretched <1614> forth <1614> the hand <5495>, and


answered <0626> for himself:




 2  I think <2233> myself <1683> happy <3107>, king <0935>

Agrippa


<0067>, because I shall answer <0626> for myself this <4594> day


<4594> before <1909> thee touching <4012> all <3956> the things


whereof <3739> I am accused <1458> of the Jews <2453>:




 3  Especially <3122> [because I know] thee to be expert <1109>

in


all <3956> customs <1485> and questions <2213> which are among


<2596> the Jews <2453>: wherefore <1352> I beseech <1189> thee to


hear <0191> me patiently <3116>.




 4  My manner <0981> of life <0981> from my youth <3503>, which


<3588> was at <0575> the first <0746> among <1722> mine <3450>

own


nation <1484> at <1722> Jerusalem <2414>, know <2467> all <3956>

the


Jews <2453>;




 5  Which knew <4267> me from the beginning <0509>, if <1437>

they


would <2309> testify <3140>, that after <2596> the most straitest


<0196> sect <0139> of our religion <2356> I lived <2198> a

Pharisee


<5330>.




 6  And now <3568> I stand <2476> and am judged <2919> for the

hope


<1680> of the promise <1860> made <1096> of God <2316> unto our


fathers <3962>:




 7  Unto which <3739> [promise] our twelve <1429> tribes <1429>,


instantly <1616> serving <3000> [God] day <2250> and night

<3571>,


hope <1679> to come <2658>. For which <3739> hope's <1679> sake,


king <0935> Agrippa <0067>, I am accused <1458> of the Jews

<2453>.




 8  Why <5101> should it be thought <2919> a thing incredible

<0571>


with you, that God <2316> should raise <1453> the dead <3498>?




 9  I verily <3767> thought <1380> with myself <1683>, that I

ought


<1163> to do <4238> many <4183> things contrary <1727> to the

name


<3686> of Jesus <2424> of Nazareth <3478>.




 10  Which <3739> thing I also <2532> did <4160> in Jerusalem


<2414>: and many <4183> of the saints <0040> did I shut <2623>

up in


prison <5438>, having received <2983> authority <1849> from the


chief <0749> priests <0749>; and when they were put <0337> to

death


<0337>, I gave <2702> my voice <5586> against <2702> [them].




 11  And I punished <5097> them oft <4178> in every <3956>

synagogue


<4864>, and compelled <0315> [them] to blaspheme <0987>; and

being


exceedingly <4057> mad <1693> against <1693> them, I persecuted


<1377> [them] even <2532> unto strange <1854> cities <4172>.




 12. Whereupon <3739> as I went <4198> to Damascus <1154> with


authority <1849> and commission <2011> from the chief <0749>

priests


<0749>,




 13  At midday <3319>, O king <0935>, I saw <1492> in the way

<3598>


a light <5457> from heaven <3771>, above <5228> the brightness


<2987> of the sun <2246>, shining <4034> round <4034> about

<4034>


me and them which journeyed <4198> with me.




 14  And when we were all <3956> fallen <2667> to the earth

<1093>,


I heard <0191> a voice <5456> speaking <2980> unto me, and saying


<3004> in the Hebrew <1446> tongue <1258>, Saul <4569>, Saul

<4569>,


why <5101> persecutest <1377> thou me? [it is] hard <4642> for

thee


to kick <2979> against <4314> the pricks <2759>.




 15  And I said <2036>, Who <5101> art <1488> thou, Lord <2962>?

And


he said <2036>, I am <1510> Jesus <2424> whom <3739> thou


persecutest <1377>.




 16  But rise <0450>, and stand <2476> upon thy feet <4228>: for

I


have appeared <3700> unto thee for this <5124> purpose, to make


<4400> thee a minister <5257> and a witness <3144> both <5037> of


these things which <3739> thou hast seen <1492>, and of those

things


in the which <3739> I will appear <3700> unto thee;






 17  Delivering <1807> thee from the people <2992>, and [from]

the


Gentiles <1484>, unto whom <3739> now <3568> I send <0649> thee,




 18  To open <0455> their eyes <3788>, [and] to turn <1994>

[them]


from darkness <4655> to light <5457>, and [from] the power

<1849> of


Satan <4567> unto God <2316>, that they may receive <2983>


forgiveness <0859> of sins <0266>, and inheritance <2819> among


<1722> them which are sanctified <0037> by faith <4102> that is

in


me.




 19  Whereupon <3606>, O king <0935> Agrippa <0067>, I was not


disobedient <0545> unto the heavenly <3770> vision <3705>:




 20  But shewed <0518> first <4412> unto them of Damascus <1154>,


and at Jerusalem <2414>, and throughout <1519> all <3956> the

coasts


<5561> of Judaea <2449>, and [then] to the Gentiles <1484>, that


they should repent <3340> and turn <1994> to God <2316>, and do


<4238> works <2041> meet <0514> for repentance <3341>.




 21  For these <5130> causes <1752> the Jews <2453> caught

<4815> me


in the temple <2411>, and went <3987> about <3985> to kill <1315>


[me].




 22  Having therefore <3767> obtained <5177> help <1947> of God


<2316>, I continue <2476> unto this <5026> day <2250>, witnessing


<3140> both <5037> to small <3398> and great <3173>, saying

<3004>


none <3762> other <1622> things than those which <3739> the

prophets


<4396> and Moses <3475> did say <2980> should <3195> come <1096>:




 23  That Christ <5547> should suffer <3805>, [and] that he

should


be the first <4413> that should <3195> rise <0386> from the dead


<3498>, and should shew <2605> light <5457> unto the people

<2992>,


and to the Gentiles <1484>.




 24. And as he thus <5023> spake <0626> for himself, Festus

<5347>


said <5346> with a loud <3173> voice <5456>, Paul <3972>, thou

art


beside <3105> thyself; much <4183> learning <1121> doth make

<4062>


thee mad <3130>.




 25  But he said <5346>, I am not mad <3105>, most <2903> noble


<2903> Festus <5347>; but speak <0669> forth <0669> the words

<4487>


of truth <0225> and soberness <4997>.




 26  For the king <0935> knoweth <1987> of these <5130> things,


before <4314> whom <3739> also <2532> I speak <2980> freely

<3955>:


for I am persuaded <3982> that none <3762> of these <5130> things


are hidden <2990> from him; for this <5124> thing was not done


<4238> in a corner <1137>.




 27  King <0935> Agrippa <0067>, believest <4100> thou the

prophets


<4396>? I know <1492> that thou believest <4100>.




 28  Then <1161> Agrippa <0067> said <5346> unto Paul <3972>,

Almost


<3641> thou persuadest <3982> me to be a Christian <5546>.




 29  And Paul <3972> said <2036>, I would <2172> to God <2316>,

that


not only <3440> thou, but also <2532> all <3956> that hear

<0191> me


this <4594> day <4594>, were both <2532> almost <3641>, and


altogether <4183> such <5108> as I am <1510>, except <3923> these


<5130> bonds <1199>.




 30  And when he had thus <5023> spoken <2036>, the king <0935>

rose


<0450> up, and the governor <2232>, and Bernice <0959>, and they


that sat <4775> with them:






 31  And when they were gone <0402> aside <0402>, they talked

<2980>


between <4314> themselves <0240>, saying <3004>, This <3778> man


<0444> doeth <4238> nothing <3762> worthy <0514> of death <2288>

or


<2228> of bonds <1199>.




 32  Then <1161> said <5346> Agrippa <0067> unto Festus <5347>,

This


<3778> man <0444> might <1410> have been <1096> set <0630> at

<0630>


liberty <0630>, if <1487> he had not appealed <1941> unto Caesar


<2541>.




Acts  27




 1. And when <5613> it was determined <2919> that we should sail


<0636> into <1519> Italy <2482>, they delivered <3860> Paul

<3972>


and certain <5100> other <2087> prisoners <1202> unto [one] named


<3686> Julius <2457>, a centurion <1543> of Augustus <0828>' band


<4686>.




 2  And entering <1910> into a ship <4143> of Adramyttium <0098>,

 we


launched <0321>, meaning <3195> to sail <4126> by the coasts

<5117>


of Asia <0773>; [one] Aristarchus <0708>, a Macedonian <3110> of


Thessalonica <2331>, being <5607> with us.




 3  And the next <2087> [day] we touched <2609> at <1519> Sidon


<4605>. And Julius <2457> courteously <5364> entreated <5530>

Paul


<3972>, and gave <2010> [him] liberty <2010> to go <4198> unto

his


friends <5384> to refresh <5177> himself.




 4  And when we had launched <0321> from thence <1564>, we sailed


<5284> under <5284> Cyprus <2954>, because <1223> the winds

<0417>


were contrary <1727>.




 5  And when we had sailed <1277> over <1277> the sea <3989> of


Cilicia <2791> and Pamphylia <3828>, we came <2718> to Myra

<3460>,


[a city] of Lycia <3073>.




 6  And there <1563> the centurion <1543> found <2147> a ship

<4143>


of Alexandria <0221> sailing <4126> into <1519> Italy <2482>;

and he


put <1688> us therein.




 7  And when we had sailed <1020> slowly <1020> many <2425> days


<2250>, and scarce <3433> were come <1096> over <2596> against


<2596> Cnidus <2834>, the wind <0417> not suffering <4330> us, we


sailed <5284> under <5284> Crete <2914>, over <2596> against

<2596>


Salmone <4534>;




 8  And, hardly <3433> passing <3881> it, came <2064> unto a

place


<5117> which is called <2564> The fair <2568> havens <2568>; nigh


<1451> whereunto <3739> was the city <4172> [of] Lasea <2996>.




 9  Now <1161> when much <2425> time <5550> was spent <1230>, and


when sailing <4144> was now <2235> dangerous <2000>, because

<1223>


the fast <3521> was now <2235> already <2235> past <3928>, Paul


<3972> admonished <3867> [them],




 10  And said <3004> unto them, Sirs <0435>, I perceive <2334>

that


this <3588> voyage <4144> will <3195> be with hurt <5196> and

much


<4183> damage <2209>, not only <3440> of the lading <5414> and

ship


<4143>, but also <2532> of our lives <5590>.




 11  Nevertheless <1161> the centurion <1543> believed <3982> the


master <2942> and the owner <3490> of the ship <3490>, more

<3123>


than <2228> those <3588> things which were spoken <3004> by Paul


<3972>.




 12. And because the haven <3040> was not commodious <0428> to


winter <3915> in, the more <4119> part advised <5087> to depart


<0321> thence <1564> also <2547>, if <1513> by any <4458> means


<4458> they might <1410> attain <2658> to Phenice <5405>, [and


there] to winter <3914>; [which is] an haven <3040> of Crete

<2914>,


and lieth <0991> toward <2596> the south <3047> west <3047> and


north <5566> west <5566>.




 13  And when the south <3558> wind blew <5285> softly <5285>,


supposing <1380> that they had obtained <2902> [their] purpose


<4286>, loosing <0142> [thence], they sailed <3881> close <0788>

by


Crete <2914>.




 14  But not long <4183> after there arose <0906> against <2596>

it


a tempestuous <5189> wind <0417>, called <2564> Euroclydon

<2148>.




 15  And when the ship <4143> was caught <4884>, and could <1410>


not bear <0503> up into the wind <0417>, we let <1929> [her]

drive


<1929>.




 16  And running <5295> under <5295> a certain <5100> island

<3519>


which is called <2564> Clauda <2802>, we had much <3433> work

<2480>


to come <1096> by the boat <4627>:




 17  Which <3739> when they had taken <0142> up, they used <5530>


helps <0996>, undergirding <5269> the ship <4143>; and, fearing


<5399> lest <3361> they should fall <1601> into <1519> the


quicksands <4950>, strake <5465> sail <4632>, and so <3779> were


driven <5342>.




 18  And we being exceedingly <4971> tossed <5492> with a tempest


<5492>, the next <1836> [day] they lightened <1546> the ship;




 19  And the third <5154> [day] we cast <4496> out with our own


<0849> hands <0849> the tackling <4631> of the ship <4143>.




 20  And when neither <3383> sun <2246> nor <3383> stars <0798>

in


many <4119> days <2250> appeared <2014>, and no <3756> small

<3641>


tempest <5494> lay <1945> on <1945> [us], all <3956> hope <1680>


that we should be saved <4982> was then <3063> taken <4014> away


<4014>.




 21. But after <5225> long <4183> abstinence <0776> Paul <3972>


stood <2476> forth in the midst <3319> of them, and said <2036>,


Sirs <0435>, ye should <1163> have hearkened <3980> unto me, and

not


have loosed <0321> from Crete <2914>, and to have gained <2770>

this


<5026> harm <5196> and loss <2209>.




 22  And now <3568> I exhort <3867> you to be of good cheer

<2114>:


for there shall be no <3762> loss <0580> of [any <3762> man's]

life


<5590> among <1537> you, but of the ship <4143>.




 23  For there stood <3936> by me this <5026> night <3571> the

angel


<0032> of God <2316>, whose <3739> I am <1510>, and whom <3739> I


serve <3000>,




 24  Saying <3004>, Fear <5399> not, Paul <3972>; thou must

<1163>


be brought <3936> before <3936> Caesar <2541>: and, lo <2400>,

God


<2316> hath given <5483> thee all <3956> them that sail <4126>

with


thee.




 25  Wherefore <1352>, sirs <0435>, be of good cheer <2114>: for

I


believe <4100> God <2316>, that it shall be even <3779> as it was


told <2980> me.




 26  Howbeit we must <1163> be cast <1601> upon a certain <5100>


island <3520>.






 27  But when <5613> the fourteenth <5065> night <3571> was come


<1096>, as we were driven <1308> up and down <1308> in Adria

<0099>,


about <2596> midnight <3571> the shipmen <3492> deemed <5282>

that


they drew <4317> near <4317> to some <5100> country <5561>;




 28  And sounded <1001>, and found <2147> [it] twenty <1501>

fathoms


<3712>: and when they had gone <1339> a little <1024> further


<1339>, they sounded <1001> again <3825>, and found <2147> [it]


fifteen <1178> fathoms <3712>.




 29  Then <5037> fearing <5399> lest <3381> we should have fallen


<1601> upon rocks <5117>, they cast <4496> four <5064> anchors


<0045> out of the stern <4403>, and wished <2172> for the day


<2250>.




 30  And as the shipmen <3492> were about <2212> to flee <5343>

out


of the ship <4143>, when they had let <5465> down <5465> the boat


<4627> into <1519> the sea <2281>, under colour <4392> as though


they would <3195> have cast <1614> anchors out of the foreship


<4408>,




 31  Paul <3972> said <2036> to the centurion <1543> and to the


soldiers <4757>, Except <3362> these <3778> abide <3306> in the

ship


<4143>, ye cannot <1410> be saved <4982>.




 32  Then <5119> the soldiers <4757> cut <0609> off <0609> the

ropes


<4979> of the boat <4627>, and let <1439> her fall <1601> off


<1601>.




 33  And while <3739> the day <2250> was coming <1096> on, Paul


<3972> besought <3870> [them] all <0537> to take <3335> meat

<5160>,


saying <3004>, This <4594> day <4594> is the fourteenth <5065>

day


<2250> that ye have tarried <4328> and continued <1300> fasting


<0777>, having taken <4355> nothing <3367>.




 34  Wherefore <1352> I pray <3870> you to take <4355> [some]

meat


<5160>: for this <5124> is for your <5212> health <4991>: for

there


shall not an hair <2359> fall <4098> from the head <2776> of any


<3762> of you.




 35  And when he had thus <5023> spoken <2036>, he took <2983>

bread


<0740>, and gave thanks <2168> to God <2316> in presence <1799>

of


them all <3956>: and when he had broken <2806> [it], he began

<0756>


to eat <2068>.




 36  Then <1161> were they all <3956> of good cheer <2114>, and

they


also <2532> took <4355> [some] meat <5160>.




 37  And we were in all <3956> in the ship <4143> two <1250>

hundred


<1250> threescore <1440> and sixteen <1803> souls <5590>.




 38  And when they had eaten <2880> enough <2880>, they lightened


<2893> the ship <4143>, and cast <1544> out the wheat <4621> into


<1519> the sea <2281>.




 39  And when <3753> it was day <2250>, they knew <1921> not the


land <1093>: but they discovered <2657> a certain <5100> creek


<2859> with a shore <0123>, into <1519> the which <3739> they

were


minded <1014>, if <1487> it were possible <1410>, to thrust

<1856>


in the ship <4143>.




 40  And when they had taken <4014> up the anchors <0045>, they


committed <1439> [themselves] unto the sea <2281>, and loosed

<0447>


the rudder <4079> bands <2202>, and hoised <1869> up the mainsail


<0736> to the wind <4154>, and made <2722> toward <1519> shore


<0123>.




 41  And falling <4045> into <1519> a place <5117> where <1337>

two


<1337> seas <1337> met, they ran <2027> the ship <3491> aground


<2027>; and the forepart <4408> stuck <2043> fast, and remained


<3306> unmoveable <0761>, but the hinder <4403> part <4403> was


broken <3089> with the violence <0970> of the waves <2949>.




 42  And the soldiers <4757>' counsel <1012> was to kill <0615>

the


prisoners <1202>, lest <3361> any <5100> of them should swim

<1579>


out, and escape <1309>.




 43  But the centurion <1543>, willing <1014> to save <1295> Paul


<3972>, kept <2967> them from [their] purpose <1013>; and

commanded


<2753> that they which could <1410> swim <2860> should cast

<0641>


[themselves] first <4413> [into the sea], and get <1826> to land


<1093>:




 44  And the rest <3062>, some <3588> on <1909> boards <4548>,

and


some <1161> on <1909> [broken pieces] of the ship <4493>. And so


<3779> it came <1096> to pass, that they escaped <1295> all

<3956>


safe <1295> to land <1093>.




Acts  28




 1. And when they were escaped <1295>, then <5119> they knew

<1921>


that the island <3520> was called <2564> Melita <3194>.




 2  And the barbarous <0915> people shewed <3930> us no <3756>


little <5177> kindness <5363>: for they kindled <0381> a fire


<4443>, and received <4355> us every <3956> one, because <1223>

of


the present <2186> rain <5205>, and because <1223> of the cold


<5592>.




 3  And when Paul <3972> had gathered <4962> a bundle <4128> of


sticks <5434>, and laid <2007> [them] on <1909> the fire <4443>,


there came <1831> a viper <2191> out of the heat <2329>, and


fastened <2510> on <2510> his hand <5495>.




 4  And when <5613> the barbarians <0915> saw <1492> the

[venomous]


beast <2342> hang <2910> on <1537> his hand <5495>, they said

<3004>


among <4314> themselves <0846>, No doubt <3843> this <3778> man


<0444> is a murderer <5406>, whom <3739>, though he hath escaped


<1295> the sea <2281>, yet vengeance <1349> suffereth <1439> not

to


live <2198>.




 5  And he shook <0660> off <0660> the beast <2342> into <1519>

the


fire <4442>, and felt <3958> no <3762> harm <2556>.




 6  Howbeit they looked <4328> when he should <3195> have swollen


<4092>, or <2228> fallen <2667> down <2667> dead <3498> suddenly


<0869>: but after they had looked <4328> a great <4183> while,

and


saw <2334> no <3367> harm <0824> come <1096> to him, they changed


<3328> their minds, and said <3004> that he was a god <2316>.




 7  In the same <1565> quarters <5117> were possessions <5564> of


the chief <4413> man of the island <3520>, whose name <3686> was


Publius <4196>; who <3739> received <0324> us, and lodged <3579>

us


three <5140> days <2250> courteously <5390>.




 8  And it came <1096> to pass, that the father <3962> of Publius


<4196> lay <2621> sick of a fever <4446> and of a bloody <1420>

flux


<1420>: to whom <3739> Paul <3972> entered <1525> in, and prayed


<4336>, and laid <2007> his hands <5495> on <2007> him, and

healed


<2390> him.




 9  So <3767> when this <5127> was done <1096>, others <3062>

also


<2532>, which <3588> had <2192> diseases <0769> in the island


<3520>, came <4334>, and were healed <2323>:




 10  Who <3739> also <2532> honoured <5092> us with many <4183>


honours <5091>; and when we departed <0321>, they laded <2007>

[us]


with such things as were necessary <5532>.




 11. And after <3326> three <5140> months <3376> we departed

<0321>


in a ship <4493> of Alexandria <0221>, which had wintered <3916>

in


the isle <3520>, whose sign <3902> was Castor <1359> and Pollux


<1359>.




 12  And landing <2609> at <1519> Syracuse <4946>, we tarried

<1961>


[there] three <5140> days <2250>.




 13  And from thence <3606> we fetched a compass <4022>, and came


<2658> to Rhegium <4484>: and after <3326> one <3391> day <2250>

the


south <3558> wind blew <1920>, and we came <2064> the next <1206>


day to Puteoli <4223>:




 14  Where <3757> we found <2147> brethren <0080>, and were

desired


<3870> to tarry <1961> with them seven <2033> days <2250>: and so


<3779> we went <2064> toward <1519> Rome <4516>.




 15  And from thence <1564>, when the brethren <0080> heard

<0191>


of us, they came <1831> to meet <0529> us as far <0891> as Appii


<0675> forum <5410>, and The three <5140> taverns <4999>: whom


<3739> when Paul <3972> saw <1492>, he thanked <2168> God <2316>,


and took <2983> courage <2294>.




 16  And when <3753> we came <2064> to Rome <4516>, the centurion


<1543> delivered <3860> the prisoners <1198> to the captain

<4759>


of the guard <4759>: but Paul <3972> was suffered <2010> to dwell


<3306> by himself <1438> with a soldier <4757> that kept <5442>

him.




 17. And it came <1096> to pass, that after <3326> three <5140>

days


<2250> Paul <3972> called <4779> the chief <4413> of the Jews

<2453>


together <4779>: and when they were come <4905> together <4905>,

he


said <3004> unto them, Men <0435> [and] brethren <0080>, though I


have committed <4160> nothing <3762> against <1727> the people


<2992>, or <2228> customs <1485> of our fathers <3971>, yet was I


delivered <3860> prisoner <1198> from Jerusalem <2414> into

<1519>


the hands <5495> of the Romans <4514>.




 18  Who <3748>, when they had examined <0350> me, would have let


<0630> [me] go <0630>, because <1223> there was no <3367> cause


<0156> of death <2288> in me.




 19  But when the Jews <2453> spake <0483> against <0483> [it], I


was constrained <0315> to appeal <1941> unto Caesar <2541>; not

that


I had <2192> ought <5100> to accuse <2723> my nation <1484> of.




 20  For this <5026> cause <0156> therefore <3767> have I called


<3870> for you, to see <1492> [you], and to speak <4354> with

[you]:


because <1063> that for the hope <1680> of Israel <2474> I am

bound


<4029> with this <5026> chain <0254>.




 21  And they said <2036> unto him, We neither <3777> received


<1209> letters <1121> out of Judaea <2449> concerning <4012>

thee,


neither <3777> any <5100> of the brethren <0080> that came <3854>


shewed <0518> or <2228> spake <2980> any <5100> harm <4190> of

thee.




 22  But we desire <0515> to hear <0191> of thee what <3739> thou


thinkest <5426>: for as concerning <4012> this <5026> sect

<0139>,


we know <1110> that every <3837> where <3837> it is spoken <0483>


against <0483>.




 23. And when they had appointed <5021> him a day <2250>, there

came


<2240> many <4119> to him into <1519> [his] lodging <3578>; to

whom


<3739> he expounded <1620> and testified <1263> the kingdom

<0932>


of God <2316>, persuading <3982> them concerning <4012> Jesus


<2424>, both <5037> out of the law <3551> of Moses <3475>, and

[out


of] the prophets <4396>, from morning <4404> till <2193> evening


<2073>.




 24  And some <3588> believed <3982> the things which were spoken


<3004>, and some <3588> believed not.




 25  And when they agreed <0800> not among <4314> themselves

<0846>,


they departed <0630>, after that Paul <3972> had spoken <2036>

one


<1520> word <4487>, Well <2573> spake <2980> the Holy <0040>

Ghost


<4151> by Esaias <2268> the prophet <4396> unto our fathers

<3962>,




 26  Saying <3004>, Go <4198> unto this <5126> people <2992>, and


say <2036>, Hearing <0189> ye shall hear <0191>, and shall not


understand <4920>; and seeing <0991> ye shall see <0991>, and not


perceive <1492>:




 27  For the heart <2588> of this <5127> people <2992> is waxed


<3975> gross <3975>, and their ears <3775> are dull <0917> of


hearing <0191>, and their eyes <3788> have they closed <2576>;

lest


<3379> they should see <1492> with [their] eyes <3788>, and hear


<0191> with [their] ears <3775>, and understand <4920> with

[their]


heart <2588>, and should be converted <1994>, and I should heal


<2392> them.




 28  Be it known <1110> therefore <3767> unto you, that the


salvation <4992> of God <2316> is sent <0649> unto the Gentiles


<1484>, and [that] they will hear <0191> it.




 29  And when he had said <2036> these <5023> words, the Jews

<2453>


departed <0565>, and had <2192> great <4183> reasoning <4803>

among


<1722> themselves <1438>.




 30. And Paul <3972> dwelt <3306> two <1333> whole <3650> years


<1333> in his own <2398> hired <3410> house, and received <0588>

all


<3956> that came <1531> in unto him,




 31  Preaching <2784> the kingdom <0932> of God <2316>, and

teaching


<1321> those <3588> things which concern <4012> the Lord <2962>


Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, with all <3956> confidence <3954>, no


<0209> man forbidding <0209> him.











 


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