Acts
Chapter 1
1:1[I] have made the former treatise, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began to do and teach,
1:2Until the day that he was taken up, after that he through the holy Ghost, had given commandments to the Apostles, whom he had chosen:
1:3To whom also he presented himself alive after that he had suffered, by many infallible tokens, being seen of them by the space of forty days,and speaking of those things which appertain to the kingdom of Theos.
1:4And when he had gathered them together, he commanded them,that they should not depart from Jerusalem,but to wait for the promise of the Father, which said he, you have heard of me.
1:5For John in deed baptized with water,but you shall be baptized with the holy Ghost within these few days.
1:6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Kyrios, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
1:7And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times, or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power,
1:8But you shall receive power of the holy Ghost, when he shall come on you:and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea,and in Samaria,and to the uttermost part of the earth.
1:9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up:for [a] cloud took him up out of their sight.
1:10And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven, as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,
1:11Which also said, You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing into heaven? This Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, as you have seen him go into heaven.
1:12Then returned they to Jerusalem from the mount that is called the mount of Olives, which is near to Jerusalem, being from it a Sabbath days journey.
1:13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper chamber, where abode both Peter and James,and John,and Andrew, Philip,and Thomas, Bartholomew,and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus,and Simon Zealot,and Judas James brother.
1:14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women,and Mary the mother of Jesus,and with his brethren.
1:15And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples,and said (now the number of names that were in one place were about a hundred and twenty.)
1:16You men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the holy Ghost by the mouth of David spoke before of Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
1:17For he was numbered with us,and had obtained fellowship in this ministration.
1:18He therefore has purchased a field with the reward of iniquity:and when he had thrown down himself headlong, he burst asunder in the midst,and all his bowels gushed out.
1:19And it is known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in so much,that that field is called in their own language, Aceldama,That is, the field of blood.
1:20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be void,and let no man dwell therein:also, Let another take his charge.
1:21Wherefore of these men which have accompanied with us, all the time that the Kyrios Jesus was conversant among us,
1:22Beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was taken up from us, must one of them be made a witness with us of his resurrection.
1:23And they presented two, Joseph called Barsabas, whose surname was Justus,and Matthias.
1:24And they prayed, saying, Kyrios, which know the hearts of all men, show whether of these two you have chosen,
1:25That he may take the room of this ministration and Apostleship, from which Judas has gone astray, to go to his own place.
1:26Then they gave forth their lots:and the lot fell on Matthias,and he was by [a] common consent counted with the eleven Apostles.
Chapter 2
2:1And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2:2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing and mighty wind,and it filled all the house where they sat.
2:3And there appeared to them cloven tongues, like fire,and it sat upon each of them.
2:4And they were all filled with the holy Ghost,and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
2:5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, men that feared God, of every nation under heaven.
2:6Now when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonished, because that every man heard them speak his own language.
2:7And they wondered all,and marveled, saying among themselves, Behold, are not all these which speak, of Galilee?
2:8How then hear we every man our own language, wherein we were born?
2:9Parthians,and Medes,and Elamites,and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia,and of Judea,and of Cappadocia, of Pontus,and Asia,
2:10And of Phrygia,and Pamphylia, of Egypt,and of the parts of Libya, which is beside Cyrene,and strangers of Rome,and Jews,and Proselytes,
2:11Cretans,and Arabians:we heard them speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of Theos.
2:12They were all then amazed,and could, saying one to another, What may this be?
2:13And others mocked,and said, They are full of new wine.
2:14But Peter standing with you Eleven, lift up his voice,and said to them, You men of Judea,and you all that inhabit Jerusalem, be this known to you,and hearken to my words.
2:15For these are not drunken, as you suppose, since it is but the third hour of the day.
2:16But this is that, which was spoken by the Prophet Joel,
2:17And it shall be in the last days, says Theos, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh,and your sons,and your daughters shall prophecy,and your young men shall see visions,and your old men shall dream dreams.
2:18And on my servants,and on my handmaids [I] will pour out of my Spirit in those days,and they shall prophecy.
2:19And [I] will show wonders in heaven above,and tokens in the earth beneath, blood,and fire,and the vapor of smoke.
2:20The Sun shall be turned into darkness,and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Kyrios come.
2:21And it shall be,that whoever shall call on the Name of the Kyrios, shall be saved.
2:22You men of Israel, hear these words, JESUS of Nazareth, [a] man approved of Theos among you with great works,and wonders,and signs, which Theos did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:
2:23Him, [I] say, being delivered by the determinate counsel,and foreknowledge of Theos, after you had taken, with wicked hands you have crucified and slain.
2:24Whom Theos has raised up,and loosed the sorrows of death, because it was impossible that he should be holden of it.
2:25For David says concerning him, I beheld the Kyrios always before me:for he is at my right hand,that I should not be shaken.
2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice,and my tongue was glad,and moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope,
2:27Because you will not leave my soul in grave,neither will suffer your Holy one to see corruption.
2:28You have showed me the ways of life,and shall make me full of joy with your countenance.
2:29Men and brethren, I may boldly speak to you of the Patriarch David,that he is both dead and buried,and his sepulchre remains with us to this day.
2:30Therefore, seeing he was [a] Prophet,and knew that Theos had sworn with an oath to him,that of the fruit of his loins he would raise up Christos concerning the flesh, to set him upon his throne,
2:31He knowing this before, spoke of the resurrection of Christos,that his soul should not be left in grave,neither his flesh should see corruption.
2:32This Jesus has Theos raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
2:33Since then that he by the right hand of Theos has been exalted,and has received of his Father the promise of the holy Ghost, he has shed forth this which you now see and hear.
2:34For David is not ascended into heaven,but he says, The Kyrios said to my Kyrios, Sit at my right hand,
2:35Until [I] make your enemies your footstool.
2:36Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for [a] surety,that Theos has made him both Kyrios,and Christos, this Jesus, [I] say, whom you have crucified.
2:37Now when they heard it, they were pricked in their hearts,and said to Peter and the other Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
2:38Then Peter said to them, Amend your lives,and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christos for the remission of sins:and you shall receive the gift of the holy Ghost.
2:39For the promise is made to you,and to your children,and to all that are a far off, even as many as the Kyrios our Theos shall call.
2:40And with many other words he besought and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this froward generation.
2:41Then they that gladly received his word, were baptized:and the same day there were added to the Church about three thousand souls.
2:42And they continued in the Apostles doctrine,and fellowship,and breaking of bread,and prayers.
2:43And fear came upon every soul:and many wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.
2:44And all that believed, were in one place,and had all things common.
2:45And they sold their possessions and goods,and parted them to all me, as every one had need.
2:46And they continued daily with one accord in the Temple,and breaking bread at home, did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart,
2:47Praising Theos,and had favor with all the people:and the Kyrios added to the Church from day today, such as should be saved.
Chapter 3
3:1Now Peter and John went up together into the Temple, at the ninth hour of prayer.
3:2And [a] certain man which was [a] cripple from his mothers womb, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the Temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the Temple.
3:3Who seeing Peter and John,that they would enter into the Temple, desired to receive an alms.
3:4And Peter earnestly beholding him with John, said, Look on us.
3:5And he gave heed to them, trusting to receive some thing of them.
3:6Then said Peter, Silver and gold have [I] none,but such as [I] have,that give [I] you:In the Name of Jesus Christos of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
3:7And he took him by the right hand,and lift him up,and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
3:8And he leaped up, stood,and walked,and entered with them into the Temple, walking and leaping,and praising Theos.
3:9And all the people saw him walk,and praising Theos.
3:10And they knew him,that it was he which sat for the alms at the Beautiful gate of the Temple:and they were amazed,and sore astonished at that, which was come to him.
3:11And as the cripple which was healed, held Peter and John, all the people ran amazed to them in the porch which is called Solomon's.
3:12So when Peter saw it, he answered to the people, You men of Israel, why marvel you at this? Or why look you so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness, we had made this man go?
3:13The Theos of Abraham,and Isaac,and Jacob, the Theos of our fathers has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you betrayed,and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged him to be delivered.
3:14But you denied the Holy one and the Just,and desired [a] murderer to be given you,
3:15And killed the Lord of life, whom Theos has raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.
3:16And his Name has made this man sound, whom you see,and know, through faith in his Name:and the faith which is by him, has given to him this perfect health of his whole body in the presence of you all.
3:17And now brethren, [I] know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your governors.
3:18But those things which Theos before had showed by the mouth of all his Prophets,that Christos should suffer, he has thus fulfilled.
3:19Amend your lives therefore,and turn,that your sins may be put away, when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Kyrios.
3:20And he shall send Jesus Christos, which before was preached to you,
3:21Whom the heaven must contain until the time that all things be restored, which Theos had spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began.
3:22For Moses said to the Fathers, The Kyrios your Theos shall raise up to you [a] Prophet, even of your brethren, like to me:you shall hear him in all things, whatever he shall say to you.
3:23For it shall be that every person which shall not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed out of the people.
3:24Also all the Prophets from Samuel,and thencefoorth as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
3:25You are the children of the Prophets,and of the covenant, which Theos has made to our fathers, saying to Abraham, Even in your seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
3:26First to you has Theos raised up his Son Jesus,and him he has sent to bless you, in turning every one of you from your iniquities.
Chapter 4
4:1And as they spoke to the people, the Priests and the Captain of the Temple,and the Sadducees came upon them,
4:2Taking it grievously that they taught the people,and preached in Jesus Name the resurrection from the dead.
4:3And they laid hands on them,and put them in hold, until the next day:for it was now eventide.
4:4Howbeit, many of them which heard the word, believed,and the number of the men was about five thousand.
4:5And it came to pass on the morow,that their rulers,and Elders,and Scribes, were gathered together at Jerusalem,
4:6And Annas the chief Priest,and Caiaphas,and John,and Alexander,and as many as were of the kindred of the high Priests.
4:7And when they had set them before them, they asked, By what power, or in what Name have you done this?
4:8Then Peter full of the holy Ghost, said to them, You rulers of the people,and Elders of Israel,
4:9For as much as we this day are examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, to wit, by what means he is made whole,
4:10Be it known to you all,and to all the people of Israel,that by the Name of Jesus Christos of Nazareth, whom you have crucified, whom Theos raised again from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you, whole.
4:11This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is become the head of the corner.
4:12Neither is there salvation in any other:for among men there is given none other Name under heaven, whereby we must be saved.
4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John,and understood that they were unlearned men and without knowledge, they marveled,and knew them,that they had bin with Jesus:
4:14And beholding also the man which was healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.
4:15Then they commanded them to go aside out of the Council,and conferred among themselves,
4:16Saying, What shall we do to these men? For surely a manifest sign is done by them,and it is openly known to all them that dwell in Jerusalem:and we cannot deny it.
4:17But that it be no no farther among the people, let us threaten and charge them,that they speak henceforth to no man in this Name.
4:18So they called them,and commanded them,that in no wise they should speak or teach in the Name of Jesus.
4:19But Peter and John answered to them,and said, Whether it be right in the sight of Theos, to obey you rather than Theos, judge you.
4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
4:21So they threatened them,and let them go,and found nothing how to punish them, because of the people:for all men praised Theos for that which was done.
4:22For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.
4:23Then as soon as they were let go, they came to their fellows,and showed all that the high Priests and Elders had said to them.
4:24And when they heard it, they lift up their voices to Theos with one accord,and said, O Lord, you are the Theos which have made the heave,and the earth, the sea,and all things that are in them,
4:25Which by the mouth of your servant David have said, Why did the Gentiles rage,and the people imagine vain things?
4:26The Kings of the earth assembled,and the rulers came together against the Kyrios,and against his Christos.
4:27For doubtless, against your holy Son Jesus, whom you had anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselves together,
4:28To do whatever your hand,and your counsel had determined before to be done.
4:29And now, O Kyrios, behold their threats,and grant to your servants with all boldness to speak your word,
4:30So that you stretch forth your hand,that healing,and signs,and wonders may be done by the Name of your holy Son Jesus.
4:31And when as they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together,and they were all filled with the holy Ghost,and they spoke the word of Theos boldness.
4:32And the multitude of them that believed, were of one heart,and of one soul:neither any of them said,that any thing of that which he possessed, was his own,but they had all things common.
4:33And with great power gave the Apostles witness of the resurrection of the Kyrios Jesus:and great grace was upon them all.
4:34Neither was there any among them,that lacked:for as many as were possessors of lands or houses, sold them,and brought the price of the things that were sold,
4:35And laid it down at the Apostles feet,and it was distributed to every man, according as he had need.
4:36Also Joses which was called of the Apostles, Barnabas (that is by interpretation the son of consolation) being a Levite,and of the country of Cyprus,
4:37Where as he had land, sold it,and brought the money,and laid it down at the Apostles feet.
Chapter 5
5:1But [a] certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold [a] possession,
5:2And kept away part of the price, his wife also being of counsel,and brought [a] certain part,and laid it down at the Apostles feet.
5:3Then said Peter, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart,that you should lie to the holy Ghost,and keep away part of the price of this possession?
5:4While it remained, appertained it not to you? And after it was sold, was it not in your own power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men,but to Theos.
5:5Now when Ananias heard these words, he fell down,and gave up the ghost. Then great fear came on all them that heard these things.
5:6And the young men rose up,and took him up,and carried him out,and buried him.
5:7And it came to pass about the space of three hours after,that his wife came in, ignorant of that which was done.
5:8And Peter said to her, Tell me, sold you the land for so much? And she said, Yes,for so much.
5:9Then Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Kyrios? Behold, the feet of them which have buried your husband, are at the door,and shall carry you out.
5:10Then she fell down straightway at his feet,and dead up the ghost:and the young men came in,and found her dead,and carried her out,and buried her by her husband.
5:11And great fear came on all the Church,and on as many as heard these things.
5:12Thus by the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders showed among the people (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
5:13And of the other durst no man join himself to them:nevertheless the people magnified them.
5:14Also the number of them that believed in the Kyrios, both of men and women, grew more and more)
5:15In so much that they brought the sick into the streets,and laid them on beds and couches,that at the lest way the shadow of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them.
5:16There came also [a] multitude out of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bringing sick folkes,and them which were vexed with unclean spirits, who were all healed.
5:17Then the chief Priest rose up,and all they that were with him (which was the sect of the Sadduce) and were full of indignation,
5:18And laid hands on the Apostles,and put them in the common prison.
5:19But the Angel of the Kyrios, by night opened the prison doors,and brought them forth,and said,
5:20Go your way,and stand in the Temple,and speak to the people, all the words of this life.
5:21So when they heard it, they entered into the Temple early in the morning,and taught. And the chief Priest came,and they that were with him,and called the Council together,and all the Elders of the children of Israel,and sent to the prison, to cause them to be brought.
5:22But when the officers came,and found them not in the prison, they returned and told it,
5:23Saying, Certainly we found the prison shut as sure as was possible,and the keepers standing without, before the doors:but when we had opened, we found no man within.
5:24Then when the chief Priest,and the captain of the Temple,and the high Priests heard these things, they doubted of them, whereto this would grow.
5:25Then came one and showed them, saying, Behold, the men that you put in prison, are standing in the Temple,and teach the people.
5:26Then went the captain with the officers,and brought them without violence (for they feared the people,lest they should have been stoned)
5:27And when they had brought them, they set them before the Council,and the chief Priest asked them,
5:28Saying, Did not we straightly command you,that you should not teach in this Name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine,and you would bring this man's blood upon us.
5:29Then Peter and the Apostles answered,and said, We ought rather to obey Theos than men.
5:30The Theos of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew,and hanged on [a] tree.
5:31Him has Theos lift up with his right hand, to be [a] Prince and [a] Savior, to give repentance to Israel,and forgiveness of sins.
5:32And we are his witnesses concerning these things which we say:yes,and the holy Ghost, whom Theos has given to them that obey him.
5:33Now when they heard it, they burst for anger,and consulted to slay them.
5:34Then stood there up in the Council [a] certain Pharisee named Gamaliel, [a] doctour of the Law, honored of all the people,and commanded to put the Apostles forth [a] little space,
5:35And said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves, what you intend to do touching these men.
5:36For before these times, rose up Theudas boasting himself, to whom resorted a number of men, about a four hundred, who was slain:and they all which obeyed him, were scattered,and brought to nought.
5:37After this man, arose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the tribute,and drew away much people after him:he also perished,and all that obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
5:38And now I say to you, Refrain yourselves from these men,and let them alone:for if this counsel, or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
5:39But if it be of Theos, you can not destroy it,lest you be found even fighters against God.
5:40And to him they agreed,and called the Apostles:and when they had beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the Name of Jesus,and let them go.
5:41So they departed from the Council, rejoicing,that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his Name.
5:42And daily in the Temple,and from house to house they ceased not to teach,and preach Jesus Christos.
Chapter 6
6:1And in those days, as the number of the disciples grew, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians toward you Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministering.
6:2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples together,and said, It is not meet that we should leave the word of Theos to serve the tables.
6:3Wherefore brethren, look you out among you seven men of honest report,and full of the holy Ghost,and of wisdom, which we may appoint to this business.
6:4And we will give ourselves continually to prayer,and to the ministration of the word.
6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude:and they chose Stephen [a] man full of faith and of the holy Ghost,and Philip,and Prochorus,and Nicanor,and Timon,and Parmenas,and Nicolas [a] Proselyte of Antioch,
6:6Which they set before the Apostles:and they prayed,and laid their hands on them.
6:7And the word of Theos increased,and the number of the disciples was multiplied in Jerusalem greatly,and [a] great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith.
6:8Now Stephen full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
6:9Then there arose certain of the Synagogue, which are called Libertines,and Cyrenians,and of Alexandria,and of them of Cilicia,and of Asia,and disputed with Stephen.
6:10But they were not able to resist the wisdom,and the Spirit by the which he spoke.
6:11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses,and Theos.
6:12Thus they moved the people and the Elders,and the Scribes:and running upon him, caught him,and brought him to the Council,
6:13And set forth false witnesses, which said, This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place,and the Law.
6:14For we have heard him say,that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place,and shall change the ordinances, which Moses gave us.
6:15And as all that sat in the Council, looked steadfastly on him, they saw his face as it had been the face of an Angel.
Chapter 7
7:1Then said the chief Priest, Are these things so?
7:2And he said, You men, brethren and Fathers, hearken. That Theos of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
7:3And said to him, Come out of your country,and from your kindred,and come into the land, which [I] shall show you.
7:4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans,and dwelt in Haran. And after that his father was dead, God brought him from there into this land, wherein you now dwell,
7:5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foot:yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession,and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
7:6But Theos spoke thus,that his seed should be a sojourner in a strange land:and that they should keep it in bondage,and entreat it evil four hundred years.
7:7But the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will [I] judge, says Theos:and after that, they shall come forth and serve me in this place.
7:8He gave him also the covenant of circumcision:and so Abraham begat Isaac,and circumcised him the eight day:and Isaac begat Jacob,and Jacob the twelve Patriarchs.
7:9And the Patriarchs moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt:but Theos was with him,
7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions,and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh King of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt,and over his whole house.
7:11Then came there [a] famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan,and great affliction,that our fathers found no sustenance.
7:12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
7:13And at the second time, Joseph was known of his brethren,and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
7:14Then sent Joseph and caused his father to be brought,and all his kindred, even threescore and fifteen souls.
7:15So Jacob went down into Egypt,and he died,and our fathers,
7:16And were removed into Shechem,and were put in the shechem,that Abraham had bought for money of the sons of Hamor, son of Shechem.
7:17But when the time of the promise drew near, which Theos had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
7:18Till another King arose, which knew not Joseph.
7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred,and evil entreated our fathers,and made them to cast out their young children,that they should not remain alive.
7:20The same time was Moses born,and was acceptable to Theos, which was nourished up in his fathers house three months.
7:21And when he was cast out, Pharaohs daughter took him up,and nourished him for her own son.
7:22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,and was mighty in words and in deeds.
7:23Now when he was full forty year old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
7:24And when he saw one of them suffer wrong, he defended him,and avenged his quarrel that had the harm done to him,and smote the Egyptian.
7:25For he supposed his brethren would have understand,that Theos by his hand should give them deliverance:but they understood it not.
7:26And the next day, he showed himself to them as they strove,and would have set them at one again, saying, Syrs, you are brethren:why do you wrong one to another?
7:27But he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made you [a] prince,and [a] judge over us?
7:28Will you kill me, as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
7:29Then fled Moses at that saying,and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
7:30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an Angel of the Kyrios in [a] flame of fire, in [a] bush.
7:31And when Moses saw it, he drew at the sight:and as he drew near to consider it, the voice of the Kyrios came to him, saying,
7:32I am the Theos of your fathers, the Theos of Abraham,and the Theos of Isaac,and the Theos of Jacob. Then Moses trembled,and durst not behold it.
7:33Then the Kyrios said to him, Put off your shoes from your feet:for the place where you stand, is holy ground.
7:34[I] have seen, [I] have seen the affliction of my people, which is in Egypt,and [I] have heard their groaning,and am come down to deliver them:and now come,and [I] will send you into Egypt.
7:35This Moses whom they forsook, saying, Who made you [a] prince and [a] judge? The same Theos sent for [a] prince,and [a] deliverer by the hand of the Angel, which appeared to him in the bush.
7:36He brought them out, doing wonders,and miracles in the land of Egypt,and in the red sea,and in the wilderness forty years.
7:37This is that Moses, which said to the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Kyrios your Theos raise up to you, even of your brethren, like to me:him shall you hear.
7:38This is he that was in the Congregation, in the wilderness with the Angel, which spoke to him in mount Sinai,and with our fathers, who received the lively oracles to give to us.
7:39To whom our fathers would not obey,but refused,and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt:
7:40Saying to Aaron, Make us gods that may go before us:for we know not what is become of this Moses that brought us out of the land of Egypt.
7:41And they made [a] calf in those days,and offered sacrifice to the idol,and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
7:42Then Theos turned himself away,and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets, O house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
7:43And you took up the tabernacle of Moloch,and the star of your god Remphan, figures, which you made to worship them:therefore [I] will carry you away beyond Babylon.
7:44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness, in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses,that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
7:45Which tabernacle also our fathers received,and brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, which Theos drove out before our fathers, to the days of David:
7:46Who found favor before Theos,and desired that he might find [a] tabernacle for the Theos of Jacob.
7:47But Solomon built him [a] house.
7:48Howbeit the most High dwells not in temples made with hands, as says the Prophet,
7:49Heaven is my throne,and earth is my footstool:what house will you build for me, says the Kyrios? Or what place is it that [I] should rest in?
7:50Has not my hand made all these things?
7:51You stiff-necked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears, you have always resisted the holy Ghost:as your fathers did, so do you.
7:52Which of the Prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them, which showed before of the coming of that Just, of whom you are now the betrayers and murderers,
7:53Which have received the Law by the ordinance of Angels,and have not kept it.
7:54But when they heard these things, their hearts burst for anger,and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
7:55But he being full of the holy Ghost, looked stedfastly into heaven,and saw the glory of Theos,and Jesus standing at the right hand of Theos,
7:56And said, Behold, [I] see the heavens open,and the Son of man standing at the right hand of Theos.
7:57Then they gave [a] shout with [a] loud voice,and stopped their ears,and ran upon him violently all at once,
7:58And cast him out of the city,and stoned him:and the witnesses laid down their clothes at [a] young man's feet, named Saul.
7:59And they stoned Stephen, who called on God,and said, Kyrios Jesus, receive my spirit.
7:60And he kneeled down,and cried with [a] loud voice, Kyrios, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had thus spoken, he slept.
Chapter 8
8:1And Saul consented to his death,and at that time, there was a great persecution against the Church which was at Jerusalem,and they were all scattered abroad through the regions of Judea and of Samaria, except the Apostles.
8:2Then certain men fearing God, carried Stephen amongs them, to be buried,and made great lamentation for him.
8:3But Saul made havoc of the Church,and entered into every house,and drew out both men and women,and put them into prison.
8:4Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went to and from preaching the word.
8:5Then came Philip into the city of Samaria,and preached Christos to them.
8:6And the people gave heed to those things which Philip spoke, with one accord, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
8:7For unclean spirits crying with [a] loud voice, came out of many that were possessed of them:and many taken with palsies,and that halted, were healed.
8:8And there was great joy in that city.
8:9And there was before in the city a certain man called Simon, which used witchcraft,and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was some great man.
8:10To whom they gave heed from the lest to the greatest, saying, This man is that great power of Theos.
8:11And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
8:12But as soon as they believed Philip, which preached the things that concerned the kingdom of Theos,and the Name of Jesus Christos, they were baptized both men and women.
8:13Then Simon himself believed also and was baptized,and continued with Philip,and were, when he saw the signs and great miracles which were done.
8:14Now when the Apostles, which were at Jerusalem, heard say,that Samaria had received the word of Theos, they sent to them Peter and John.
8:15Which when they were come down, prayed for them,that they might receive the holy Ghost.
8:16(For as yet, he was fallen down on none of them,but they were baptized only in the Name of the Kyrios Jesus.)
8:17Then laid they their hands on them,and they received the holy Ghost.
8:18And when Simon saw,that through laying on of the Apostles hands the holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
8:19Saying, Give me also this power,that on whomever [I] lay the hands, he may receive the holy Ghost.
8:20Then said Peter to him, Your money perish with you, because you think that the gift of Theos may be obtained with money.
8:21You have neither part nor fellowship in this business:for your heart is not right in the sight of Theos.
8:22Repent therefore of this your wickedness,and pray Theos,that if it be possible, the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
8:23For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness,and in the bond of iniquity.
8:24Then answered Simon,and said, Pray you to the Kyrios for me,that none of these things which you have spoken, come upon me.
8:25So they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Kyrios, returned to Jerusalem,and preached the Gospel in many towns of the Samaritans.
8:26Then the Angel of the Kyrios spoke to Philip, saying, Arise,and go toward the South to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is waste.
8:27And he arose and went on:and behold, a certain Eunuch of Ethiopia, Candace the Queen of the Ethiopians chief Governor, who had the rule of all her treasure,and came to Jerusalem to worship:
8:28And as he returned sitting in his chariot, he read Isaiah the Prophet.
8:29Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join yourself to yonder chariot.
8:30And Philip ran there,and heard him reade the Prophet Isaiah,and said,But understand you what you read?
8:31And he said, How can [I], except [I] had [a] guide? And he desired Philip,that he would come up and sit with him.
8:32Now the place of the Scripture which he read, was this, He was lead as a sheep to the slaughter:and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.
8:33In his humility his judgment has been exalted:but who shall declare his generation? For his life is taken from the earth.
8:34Then the Eunuch answered Philip,and said, [I] pray you of whom speaks the Prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man?
8:35Then Philip opened his mouth,and began at the same Scripture,and preached to him Jesus.
8:36And as they went on their way, they came to [a] certain water,and the Eunuch said, See, here is water:what does let me to be baptized?
8:37And Philip said to him, If you believe with all your heart, you may. Then he answered,and said, I believe that that Jesus Christos is that Son of Theos.
8:38Then he commanded the chariot to stand still:and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the Eunuch,and he baptized him.
8:39And as soon as they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Kyrios caught away Philip,that the Eunuch saw him no more:so he went on his way rejoicing.
8:40But Philip was found at Azotus,and he walked to and from preaching in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
Chapter 9
9:1And Saul yet breathing out threats and slaughter against the disciples of Kyrios, went to the high Priest,
9:2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the Synagogues,that if he found any that were of that way (either men or women) he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
9:3Now as he journeyed, it came to pass that as he was come near to Damascus, suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven.
9:4And he fell to the earth,and heard [a] voice, saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me?
9:5And he said, Who are you, Kyrios? And the Kyrios said, I am Jesus whom you persecute:it is hard for you to kick against pricks.
9:6He then both trembling and astonished, said, Kyrios, what will you that [I] do? And the Kyrios said to him, Arise and go into the city,and it shall be told you what you shall do.
9:7The men also which journeyed with him, stood amazed, hearing his voice,but seeing no man.
9:8And Saul arose from the ground,and opened his eyes,but saw no man. Then led they him by the hand,and brought him into Damascus,
9:9Where he was three days without sight,and neither ate nor drank.
9:10And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias,and to him said the Kyrios in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here Kyrios.
9:11Then the Kyrios said to him, Arise,and go into the street which is called Straight,and seek in the house of Judas after one called Saul of Tarsus:for behold, he prays.
9:12(And he saw in [a] vision [a] man named Ananias coming in to him,and putting his hands on him,that he might receive his sight.)
9:13Then Ananias answered, Kyrios, [I] have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.
9:14Moreover here he has authority of the high Priests, to bind all that call on your Name.
9:15Then the Kyrios said to him, Go your way:for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my Name before the Gentiles,and Kings,and the children of Israel.
9:16For [I] will show him, how many things he must suffer for my Names sake.
9:17Then Ananias went his way,and entered into that house,and put his hands on him,and said, Brother Saul, the Kyrios has sent me (even Jesus that appeared to you in the way as you came) that you might receive your sight,and be filled with the holy Ghost.
9:18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales,and suddenly he received sight,and arose,and was baptized,
9:19And received meat,and was strengthened. So was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
9:20And straightway he preached Christos in the Synagogues,that he was that Son of Theos,
9:21So that all that heard him, were amazed,and said, Is not this he,that made havoc of them which called on this Name in Jerusalem,and came here for that intent,that he should bring them bound to the high Priests?
9:22But Saul increased the more in strength,and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, confirming,that this was that Christos.
9:23And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together, to kill him,
9:24But their laying await was known of Saul:now they watched the gates day and night,that they might kill him.
9:25Then the disciples took him by night,and put him through the wall,and let him down by [a] rope in [a] basket.
9:26And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself with the disciples:but they were all afraid of him,and believed not that he was a disciple.
9:27But Barnabas took him,and brought him to the Apostles,and declared to them, how he had seen the Kyrios in the way,and that he had spoken to him,and how he had spoken boldly at Damascus in the Name of Jesus.
9:28And he was conversant with them at Jerusalem,
9:29And spoke boldly in the Name of the Kyrios Jesus,and spoke and disputed against the Grecians:but they went about to slay him.
9:30But when the brethren knew it, they brought him to Caesarea,and sent him forth to Tarsus.
9:31Then had the Churches rest through all Judea,and Galilee,and Samaria,and were edified and walked in the fear of the Kyrios,and were multiplied by the comfort of the holy Ghost.
9:32And it came to pass, as Peter walked throughout all quarters, he came also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
9:33And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his couch eight years,and was sick of the palsy.
9:34Then said Peter to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christos makes you whole:arise and truss your couch together. And he arose immediately.
9:35And all that dwelt at Lydda and Sharon, saw him,and turned to the Kyrios.
9:36There was also at Joppa a certain woman, a disciple named Tabitha (which by interpretation is called Dorcas) she was full of good works and alms which she did.
9:37And it came to pass in those days,that she was sick and died:and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.
9:38Now forasmuch as Lydda was near to Joppa,and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent to him two men, desiring that he would not delay to come to them.
9:39Then Peter arose and came with them:and when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber, where all the widows stood by him weeping,and showing the coats and garments, which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
9:40But Peter put them all forth,and kneeled down,and prayed,and turned him to the body,and said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes,and when she saw Peter, sat up.
9:41Then he gave her the hand and lift her up,and called the Saints and widows,and restored her alive.
9:42And it was known throughout all Joppa,and many believed in the Kyrios.
9:43And it came to pass that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a Tanner.
Chapter 10
10:1Furthermore there was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a captain of the band called the Italian band,
10:2[A] devout man,and one that feared Theos with all his household, which gave much alms to the people,and prayed Theos continually.
10:3He saw in [a] vision evidently (about the ninth hour of the day) an Angel of Theos coming in to him,and saying to him, Cornelius.
10:4But when he looked on him, he was afraid,and said, What is it, Kyrios? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms are come up into remembrance before Theos.
10:5Now therefore send men to Joppa,and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.
10:6He lodging with one Simon a Tanner, whose house is by the sea side:he shall tell you what you ought to do.
10:7And when the Angel which spoke to Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his servants,and [a] soldier that feared God, one of them that waited on him,
10:8And told them all things,and sent them to Joppa.
10:9On the morow as they went on their journey,and drew near to the city, Peter went up upon the house to pray, about the sixth hour.
10:10Then waxed he a hungry,and would have eaten:but while they made some thing ready, he fell into a trance.
10:11And he saw heaven opened,and [a] certain vessel come down to him, as it had been [a] great sheet, knit at the four corners,and was let down to the earth.
10:12Wherein were all manner of four footed beasts of the earth,and wild beasts and creeping things,and fowls of the heaven.
10:13And there came a voice to him, Arise, Peter:kill,and eat.
10:14But Peter said, Not so, Kyrios:for [I] have never eaten any thing that is polluted, or unclean.
10:15And the voice spoke to him again the second time, The things that Theos has purified, pollute you not.
10:16This was so done thrice:and the vessel was drawn up again into heaven.
10:17Now while Peter house in himself what this vision which he had seen, meant, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius, had inquired for Simon's house,and stood at the gate,
10:18And called,and asked, whether Simon, which was surname Peter, were lodged there.
10:19And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek you.
10:20Arise therefore,and get you down,and go with them,and doubt nothing:For [I] have sent them.
10:21Then Peter went down to the men, which were sent to him from Cornelius,and said, Behold, I am he whom you seek:what is the cause wherefore you are come?
10:22And they said, Cornelius the captain, [a] just man,and one that fears Theos,and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from heaven by [a] holy Angel, to send for you into his house,and to hear your words.
10:23Then called he them in,and lodged them,and the next day, Peter went forth with them,and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
10:24And the day after, they entered into Caesarea. Now Cornelius waited for them,and had called together his kinsemen,and special friends.
10:25And it came to pass as Peter came in,that Cornelius met him,and fell down at his feet,and worshipped him.
10:26But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up:for even I myself am a man.
10:27And as he talked with him, he came in,and found many that were come together.
10:28And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew, to company, or come to one of another nation:but Theos has showed me,that I should not call any man polluted, or unclean.
10:29Therefore came [I] to you without saying no, when [I] was sent for. [I] ask therefore,for what intent have you sent for me?
10:30Then Cornelius said, Four days ago, about this hour, I fasted,and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house,and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
10:31And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard,and your alms are had in remembrance in the sight of Theos.
10:32Send therefore to Joppa,and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter (he is lodged in the house of Simon [a] Tanner by the sea side) who when he comes, shall speak to you.
10:33Then sent [I] for you immediately,and you have well done to come. Now therefore are we all here present before Theos, to hear all things that are commanded you of Theos.
10:34Then Peter opened his mouth,and said, Of a truth I perceive,that Theos is no accepter of persons.
10:35But in every nation he that fears him,and works righteousness, is accepted with him.
10:36You know the word which God has sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christos, which is Kyrios of all:
10:37Even the word which came through all Judea, beginning in Galilee, after the baptism which John preached.
10:38To wit, how Theos anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost,and with power:who went about doing good,and healing all that were oppressed of the devil:for Theos was with him.
10:39And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews,and in Jerusalem, whom they slew, hanging him on a tree.
10:40Him Theos raised up the third day,and caused that he was showed openly:
10:41Not to all the people,but to the witnesses chosen before of Theos, even to us which did eat and drink with him, after he arose from the dead.
10:42And he commanded us to preach to the people,and to testify,that it is he that is ordained of Theos a judge of quick and dead.
10:43To him also give all the Prophets witness,that through his Name all that believe in him, shall receive remission of sins.
10:44While Peter yet spoke these words, the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
10:45So they of the circumcision which believed, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the holy Ghost.
10:46For they heard them speak with tongues,and magnify Theos. Then answered Peter,
10:47Can any man forbid water,that these should not be baptized, which have received the holy Ghost, as well as we?
10:48So he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Kyrios. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Chapter 11
11:1Now the Apostles and the brethren that were in Judea, heard,that the Gentiles had also received the word of Theos.
11:2And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended against him,
11:3Saying, You went in to men uncircumcised,and have eaten with them.
11:4Then Peter began,and expounded the thing in order to them, saying,
11:5I was in the city of Joppa, praying,and in a trance I saw this vision, A certain vessel coming down as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by the four corners,and it came to me.
11:6Toward the which when [I] had fastened my eyes, [I] considered,and saw four footed beasts of the earth,and wild beasts,and creeping things,and fowls of the heaven.
11:7Also [I] heard [a] voice, saying to me, Arise, Peter:slay and eat.
11:8And [I] said, God forbid, Kyrios:for nothing polluted or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.
11:9But the voice answered me the second time from heaven, The things that Theos has purified, pollute you not.
11:10And this was done three times,and all were taken up again into heaven.
11:11Then behold, immediately there were three men already come to the house where I was, sent from Caesarea to me.
11:12And the Spirit said to me,that [I] should go with them, without doubting:moreover these six brethren came with me,and we entered into the man's house.
11:13And he showed us, how he had seen an Angel in his house, which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa,and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.
11:14He shall speak words to you, whereby both you and all your house shall be saved.
11:15And as [I] began to speak, the holy Ghost fell on them, even as upon us at the beginning.
11:16Then [I] remembered the word of the Kyrios, how he said, John baptized with water,but you shall be baptized with the holy Ghost.
11:17For as much then as Theos gave them a like gift, as he did to us, when we believed in the Kyrios Jesus Christos, who was I,that I could let Theos?
11:18When they heard these things, they held their peace,and glorified Theos, saying, Then has Theos also to the Gentiles granted repentance to life.
11:19And they which were scattered abroad because of the affliction that arose about Stephen, went throughout till they came to Phoenicia and Cyprus,and Antioch, preaching the word to no man,but to the Jews only.
11:20Now some of them were men of Cyprus and of Cyrene, which when they were come into Antioch, spoke to the Grecians,and preached the Kyrios Jesus.
11:21And the hand of the Kyrios was with them, so that a great number believed and turned to the Kyrios.
11:22Then tidings of those things came to the ears of the Church, which was in Jerusalem,and they sent forth Barnabas,that he should go to Antioch.
11:23Who when he was come and had seen the grace of Theos, was glad,and exhorted all,that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Kyrios.
11:24For he was a good man,and full of the holy Ghost,and faith,and much people joined themselves to the Kyrios.
11:25Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus to seek Saul:
11:26And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch:and it came to pass that a whole year they were conversant with the Church,and taught much people, in so much that the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
11:27In those days also came Prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch.
11:28And there stood up one of them named Agabus,and signified by the Spirit,that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which also came to pass under Claudius Cesar.
11:29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send according to the brethren which dwelt in Judea.
11:30Which thing they also did,and sent it to the Elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Chapter 12
12:1Now about that time, Herod the King stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church,
12:2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
12:3And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further, to take Peter also (then were the days of unleavened bread.)
12:4And when he had caught him, he put him in prison,and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to be kept, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.
12:5So Peter was kept in prison,but earnest prayer was made of the Church to Theos for him.
12:6And when Herod would have brought him out to the people, the same night slept Peter between two soldiers, bound with two chains,and the keepers before the door, kept the prison.
12:7And behold the Angel of the Kyrios came upon them,and [a] light shined in the house,and he smote Peter on the side,and raised him up, saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
12:8And the Angel said to him, Gird yourself,and bind on your sandals. And so he did. Then he said to him, Cast your garment about you,and follow me.
12:9So Peter came out and followed him,and knew not that it was true, which was done by the Angel,but thought he had seen a vision.
12:10Now when they were past the first and the second watch, they came to the iron gate,that leads to the city, which opened to them by it own accord,and they went out,and passed through one street,and by and by the Angel departed from him.
12:11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know for a truth,that the Kyrios has sent his Angel,and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod,and from all the angel for of the people of the Jews.
12:12And as he considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together,and prayed.
12:13And when Peter knocked at the entry door, [a] maid came forth to hearken, named Rhode,
12:14But when she knew Peters voice, she opened not the entry door for gladness,but ran in,and told how Peter stood before the entry.
12:15But they said to her, You are mad. Yet she affirmed it constantly,that it was so. Then said they, It is his Angel.
12:16But Peter continued knocking,and when they had opened it,and saw him, they were astonished.
12:17And he keep to them with the hand, to hold their peace,and told them how the Kyrios had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go show these things to James and to the brethren:and he departed and went into an other place.
12:18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small trouble among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
12:19And when Herod had sought for him,and found him not, he examined the keepers,and commanded them to be led to be punished. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea,and there abode.
12:20Then Herod was angry with them of Tyre and Sidon,but they came all with one accord to him,and persuaded Blastus the Kings Chamberlain,and they desired peace, because their country was nourished by the Kings land.
12:21And upon [a] day appointed, Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel,and sat on the judgment seat,and made an oration to them.
12:22And the people gave [a] shout, saying, The voice of Theos,and not of man.
12:23But immediately the Angel of the Kyrios smote him, because he gave not glory to Theos, so that he was eaten of worms,and gave up the ghost.
12:24And the word of Theos grew,and multiplied.
12:25So Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their office,and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Chapter 13
13:1There were also in the Church that was at Antioch, certain Prophets and teachers, as Barnabas,and Simeon called Niger,and Lucius of Cyrene,and Manaen (which had bin brought up with Herod the Tetrarch) and Saul.
13:2Now as they ministered to the Kyrios,and fasted, the holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul,for the work whereto [I] have called them.
13:3Then fasted they and prayed,and laid their hands on them,and let them go.
13:4And they, after they were sent forth of the holy Ghost, came down to Seleucia,and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
13:5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of Theos in the Synagogues of the Jews:and they had also John to their minister.
13:6So when they had gone throughout the false to Paphos, they found [a] certain sorcerer, [a] false prophet, being [a] Jew, named Bar-jesus,
13:7Which was with the Deputy Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called to him Barnabas and Saul,and desired to hear the word of Theos.
13:8But Elymas, you sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them,and sought to turn away the Deputy from the faith.
13:9Then Saul (which also is called Paul) being full of the holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
13:10And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, the child of the devil,and enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the straight ways of the Kyrios?
13:11Now therefore behold, the hand of the Kyrios is upon you,and you shall be blind,and not see the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness;and he went about, seeking some to lead him by the hand.
13:12Then the Deputy when he saw what was done, believed,and was astonished at the doctrine of the Kyrios.
13:13Now when Paul and they that were with him were departed by ship from Paphos, they came to Perga [a] city of Pamphylia:then John departed from them,and returned to Jerusalem.
13:14But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch [a] city of Pisidia,and went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day,and sat down.
13:15And after the lecture of the Law and Prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, You men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
13:16Then Paul stood up and beckened with the hand,and said, Men of Israel,and you that fear Theos, hearken.
13:17The Theos of this people of Israel chose our fathers,and exalted the people when they dwelt in the land of Egypt,and with [a] high arm brought them out thereof.
13:18And about the time of forty years, suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
13:19And he destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,and divided their land to them by lot.
13:20Then afterward he gave to them Judges about four hundred and fifty years, to the time of Samuel the Prophet.
13:21So after that, they desired [a] King,and Theos gave to them Saul, the son of Kish, [a] man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
13:22And after he had taken him away, he raised up David to be their King, of whom he witnessed, saying, [I] have found David the son of Jesse, [a] man after my own heart, which will do all things that [I] will.
13:23Of this man's seed has Theos according to his promise raised up to Israel, you Savior Jesus:
13:24When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
13:25And when John had fulfilled his course, he said, Whom you think that I am, I am not he:but behold, there comes one after me, whose whose of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
13:26You men and brethren, children of the generation of Abraham,and whoever among you fears Theos, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
13:27For the inhabitants of Jerusalem,and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the words of the Prophets, which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
13:28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate to kill him.
13:29And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree,and put him in [a] sepulchre.
13:30But Theos raised him up from the dead.
13:31And he was seen many days of them, which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, which are his witnesses to the people.
13:32And we declare to you,that touching the promise made to the fathers,
13:33Theos has fulfilled it to us their children, in that he raised up Jesus, even as it is written in the second Psalm, You are my Son:this day have I begotten you.
13:34Now as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has said thus, [I] will give you the holy things of David, which are faithful.
13:35Wherefore he says also in another place, You will not suffer your Holy one to see corruption.
13:36Howbeit, David after he had served his time by the counsel of Theos, he slept,and was laid with his fathers,and saw corruption.
13:37But he whom Theos raised up, saw no corruption.
13:38Be it known to you therefore, men and brethren,that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins.
13:39And from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses, by him every one that believes, is justified.
13:40Beware therefore lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the Prophets,
13:41Behold, you despisers,and wonder,and vanish away:for [I] work [a] work in your days, [a] work which you shall not believe, if [a] man would declare it you.
13:42And when they were come out of the Synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles besought,that they would preach these words to them the next Sabbath day.
13:43Now when the congregation was dissolved, many of the Jews and Proselytes that feared Theos, followed Paul and Barnabas, which spoke to them,and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God.
13:44And you next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together, to hear the word of Theos.
13:45But when the Jews saw the people, they were full of envy,and spoke against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contradicting them,and railing on them.
13:46Then Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly,and said, It was necessary that the word of Theos should first have been spoken to you:but seeing you put it from you,and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
13:47For so has the Kyrios commanded us, saying, I have made you a light of the Gentiles,that you should be the salvation to the end of the world.
13:48And when the Gentiles heard it, they were glad,and glorified the word of the Kyrios:and as many as were ordained to eternal life, believed.
13:49Thus the word of the Kyrios was published throughout the whole country.
13:50But the Jews stirred certain devout and honorable women,and the chief men of the city,and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas,and expelled them out of their coasts.
13:51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them,and came to Iconium.
13:52And the disciples were filled with joy,and with the holy Ghost.
Chapter 14
14:1And it came to pass in Iconium,that they went both together into the Synagogue of the Jews,and so spoke,that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.
14:2And the unbelieving Jews stirred up,and corrupted the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren.
14:3So therefore they abode there a long time,and spoke boldly in the Kyrios, which gave testimony to the word of his grace,and caused signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
14:4But the multitude of the city was divided:and some were with the Jews,and some with the Apostles.
14:5And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles,and of the Jews with their rulers, to do them violence,and to stone them,
14:6They were ware of it,and fled to Lystra,and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia,and to the region round about,
14:7And there preached the Gospel.
14:8Now there sat [a] certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, which was [a] cripple from his mothers womb, who had never walked.
14:9He heard Paul speak:who beholding him,and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
14:10Said with [a] loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up,and walked.
14:11Then when the people saw what Paul had done, they lift up their voices, saying in you speech of Lycaonia, Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
14:12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter:and Paul, Because, because he was the chief speaker.
14:13Then Jupiter's priest, which was before their city, brought bulls with garlands to the gates,and would have sacrificed with the people.
14:14But when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard it, they rent their clothes,and ran in among the people, crying,
14:15And saying, O men, why do you these things? We are even men subject to the like passions that you be,and preach to you,that you should turn from these vain things to the living Theos, which made heaven and earth,and the sea,and all things that in them are:
14:16Who in times past suffered all the Gentiles to walk in their own ways.
14:17Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave us rain from heaven,and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food,and gladness.
14:18And speaking these things, scarce appeased they the multitude,that they had not sacrificed to them.
14:19Then there came certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, which when they had persuaded the people, stoned Paul,and drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
14:20Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he arose up,and came into the city,and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
14:21And after they had preached the glad tidings of the Gospel to that city,and had taught many, they returned to Lystra,and to Iconium,and to Antioch,
14:22Confirming the disciples hearts,and exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through many afflictions enter into the kingdom of Theos.
14:23And when they had ordained them Elders by election in every Church,and prayed,and fasted, they commended them to the Kyrios in whom they believed.
14:24Thus they went throughout Pisidia,and came to Pamphylia.
14:25And when they had preached the word in Perga, they came down to Attalia,
14:26And from there sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been commended to the grace of Theos, to the work, which they had fulfilled.
14:27And when they were come and had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all the things that Theos had done by them,and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
14:28So there they abode [a] long time with the disciples.
Chapter 15
15:1Then came down certain from Judea,and taught the brethren, saying, Except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved.
15:2And when there was great dissension,and disputation by Paul and Barnabas against them, they ordained that Paul and Barnabas,and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the Apostles and Elders about this question.
15:3Thus being brought forth by the Church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles,and they brought great joy to all the brethren.
15:4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the Church,and of the Apostles and Elders,and they declared what things Theos had done by them.
15:5But said they, certain of the sect of the Pharisees, which did believe, rose up, saying,that it was needful to circumcise them,and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
15:6Then the Apostles and Elders came together to look to this matter.
15:7And when there had been great disputation, Peter rose up,and said to them, You men and brethren, you know that a good while ago, among us Theos chose out me,that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel,and believe.
15:8And Theos which knows the hearts, bare them witness, in giving to them the holy Ghost even as he did to us.
15:9And he put no difference between us and them, after that by faith he had purified their hearts.
15:10Now therefore, why tempt you Theos, to lay [a] yoke on the disciples necks, which neither our fathers, nor we were able to bear?
15:11But we believe, through the grace of the Kyrios Jesus Christos to be saved, even as they do.
15:12Then all the multitude kept silence,and heard Barnabas and Paul, which told what signs and wonders Theos had done among the Gentiles by them.
15:13And when they held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken to me.
15:14Simeon has declared, how Theos first did visit the Gentiles, to take of them [a] people to his Name.
15:15And to this agree the words of the Prophets, as it is written,
15:16After this [I] will return,and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down,and the ruins thereof will [I] build again,and [I] will set it up,
15:17That the residue of men might seek after the Kyrios,and all the Gentiles upon whom my Name is called, says the Kyrios which does all these things.
15:18From the beginning of the world, Theos knows all his works.
15:19Wherefore my sentence is,that we trouble not them of the Gentiles that are turned to Theos,
15:20But that we send to them,that they abstain themselves from filthiness of idols,and fornication,and that that is strangled,and from blood.
15:21For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, seeing he is read in the Synagogues every Sabbath day.
15:22Then it seemed good to the Apostles and Elders with the whole Church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas:to wit, Judas whose surname was Barsabas and Silas, which were chief men among the brethren,
15:23And wrote letters by them after this manner, THE APOSTLES,and the Elders,and the brethren, to the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch,and in Syria,and in Cilicia, send greeting.
15:24Such as we have heard,that certain which went out from us, have troubled you with words,and circumcised your minds, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the Law:to whom we gave no such commandment,
15:25It seemed therefore good to us, when we were come together with one accord, to send chosen men to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
15:26Men that have given up their lives for the Name of our Kyrios Jesus Christos.
15:27We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, which shall also tell you you same things by mouth.
15:28For it seemed good to the holy Ghost,and to us, to lay no more burden upon you, than these necessary things,
15:29That is,that you abstain from things offered to idols,and blood,and that that is strangled,and from fornication:from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Fare you well.
15:30Now when they were departed, they came to Antioch,and after that they had assembled the multitude, they delivered the Epistle.
15:31And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation.
15:32And Judas and Silas being Prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words,and strengthened them.
15:33And after they had tarried there [a] space, they were let go in peace of the brethren to the Apostles.
15:34Notwithstanding Silas thought good to abide there still.
15:35Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching with many other, the word of the Kyrios.
15:36But after certain days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return,and visit our brethren in every city, where we have preached the word of the Kyrios,and see how they do.
15:37And Barnabas counselled to take with them John, called Mark.
15:38But Paul thought it not meet to take him to their company, which departed from them from Pamphylia,and went not with them to the work.
15:39Then were they so stirred,that they departed asunder one from the other, so that Barnabas took Mark,and sailed to Cyprus.
15:40And Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended of the brethren to the grace of Theos.
15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the Churches.
Chapter 16
16:1Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra:and behold, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, a woman son, which was a Jewess and believed,but his father was a Grecian,
16:2Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.
16:3Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him,and took and circumcised him, because of the Jews, which were in those quarters:for they knew all,that his father was a Grecian.
16:4And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep, ordained of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Jerusalem.
16:5And so were the Churches stablished in the faith,and increased in number daily.
16:6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia,and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden of the holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia.
16:7Then came they to Mysia,and sought to go into Bithynia:but the Spirit suffered them not.
16:8Therefore they passed through Mysia,and came down to Troas,
16:9Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia,and prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia,and help us.
16:10And after he had seen the vision, immediately we prepared to go into Macedonia, being assured that the Kyrios had called us to preach the Gospel to them.
16:11Then went we forth from Troas,and with [a] straight course came to Samothrace,and the next day to Neapolis,
16:12And from there to Philippi, which is the chief city in you parts of Macedonia,and whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there,and we were in that city abiding certain days.
16:13And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the city, besides a River, where they were wont to pray:and we sat down,and spoke to the women, which were come together.
16:14And [a] certain woman named Lydia, [a] seller of purple, of the city of the Thyatira, which worshipped Theos, heard us:whose heart the Kyrios opened,that she attended to the things, which Paul spoke.
16:15And when she was baptized,and her household, she besought us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to Kyrios, come into my house,and abide there:and she constrained us.
16:16And it came to pass that as we went to prayer, a certain maid having a spirit of divination, met us, which gate her masters much vantage with divining.
16:17She followed Paul and us,and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high Theos, which show to you the way of salvation.
16:18And this did she many days:but Paul being grieved, turned about,and said to the spirit, [I] command you in the Name of Jesus Christos,that you come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
16:19Now when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they caught Paul and Silas,and drew them into the market place to the Magistrates,
16:20And brought them to the governors, saying, These men which are Jews, trouble our city,
16:21And preach ordinances, which are not lawful for us to receive,neither to observe, seeing we are Romans.
16:22The people also rose up together against them,and the governors rent their clothes,and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
16:23And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commanding the Jailer to keep them surely.
16:24Who having received such commandment, cast them into the inner prison,and made their feet fast in the stocks.
16:25Now at midnight Paul and Silas prayed,and sung Psalms to Theos:and the prisoners heard them.
16:26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken:and by and by all the doors opened,and every man's bands were loosed.
16:27Then the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleep,and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew out his sword and would have killed himself, supposing the prisoners had bin fled.
16:28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm:for we are all here.
16:29Then he called for a light,and leaped in,and came trembling,and fell down before Paul and Silas,
16:30And brought them out,and said, Sirs, what must [I] do to be saved?
16:31And they said, Believe in the Kyrios Jesus Christos,and you shall be saved,and your household.
16:32And they preached to him the word of the Kyrios,and to all that were in the house.
16:33Afterward he took them the same hour of the night,and washed their stripes,and was baptized with all that belonged to him, straigthway.
16:34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them,and rejoiced that he with all his household believed in Theos.
16:35And when it was day, the governors sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
16:36Then the keeper of the prison told these words to Paul, saying, The governess have sent to loose you:now therefore get you from here,and go in peace.
16:37Then said Paul to them, After that they have beaten us openly uncondemned, which are Romans, they have cast us into prison,and now would they put us out privily? No verily:but let them come and bring us out.
16:38And the sergeants told these words to the governors, who feared when they heard that they were Romans.
16:39Then came they and prayed them,and brought them out,and desired them to depart out of the city.
16:40And they went out of the prison,and entered into the house of Lydia:and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them,and departed.
Chapter 17
17:1Now as they passed through Amphipolis,and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a Synagogue of the Jews.
17:2And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them,and three Sabbath days disputed with them by the Scriptures,
17:3Opening,and again that Christos must have suffered,and risen again from the dead:and this is Jesus Christos, whom, said he, I preach to you.
17:4And some of them believed,and joined in company with Paul and Silas:also of the Greeks that feared God [a] great multitude,and of the chief women not [a] few.
17:5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took to them certain vagabonds and wicked fellows,and when they had assembled the multitude, they made [a] tumult in the city,and made assault against the house of Jason,and sought to bring them out to the people.
17:6But when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the heads of the city, crying, These are they which have subverted the state of the world,and here they are,
17:7Whom Jason has received,and these all do against the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another King, one Jesus.
17:8Then they troubled the people,and the heads of the city, when they heard these things.
17:9Notwithstanding when they had received sufficient assurance of Jason and of the other, they let them go.
17:10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea, which when they were come there, entered into the Synagogue of the Jews.
17:11These were also more noble men than they which were at Thessalonica, which received the word with all readiness,and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
17:12Therefore many of them believed,and of honest women, which were Greeks,and men not [a] few.
17:13But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew,that the word of Theos was also preached of Paul at Berea, they came there also,and moved the people.
17:14But by and by the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea:but Silas and Timothy abode there still.
17:15And they that did conduct Paul, brought him to Athens:and when they had received [a] commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him at once, they departed.
17:16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city subject to idolatry.
17:17Therefore he disputed in the Synagogue with the Jews,and with them that were religious,and in the market daily with whomever he met.
17:18Then certain Philosophers of the Epicures,and of the Stoic, disputed with him,and some said, What will this babbler say? Others said, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods (because he preached to them Jesus,and the resurrection.)
17:19And they took him,and brought him into Mars street, saying, May we not know, what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is?
17:20For you bring certain strange things to our ears:we would know therefore, what these things mean.
17:21For all the Athenians,and strangers which dwelt there, gave themselves to nothing else,but either to tell, or to hear some news.
17:22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars street,and said, You men of Athens, [I] perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.
17:23For as [I] passed by,and beheld your deuotions, [I] found an altar wherein was written, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom you then ignorantly worship, him show [I] to you.
17:24Theos that made the world,and all things that are therein, seeing that he is Kyrios of heave and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands,
17:25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life and breath and all things,
17:26And has made of one blood all mankind, to dwell on all the face of the earth,and has assigned the seasons which were ordained before,and the bounds of their habitation,
17:27That they should seek the Kyrios, if so be they might have groped after him,and found him though doubtless he be not far from every one of us.
17:28For in him we live,and move,and have our being, as also certain of your own Poets have said,for we are also his generation.
17:29Forasmuch then, as we are the generation of Theos, we ought not to think that you Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone graven by art and the inuention of man.
17:30And the time of this ignorance Theos regarded not:but now he admonishes all men every where to repent,
17:31Because he has appointed [a] day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he has appointed, whereof he has given an assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
17:32Now when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked,and other said, We will hear you again of this thing.
17:33And so Paul departed from among them.
17:34Howbeit certain men clave to Paul,and believed:among whom was also Denys Areopagite,and [a] woman named Damaris,and other with them.
Chapter 18
18:1After these things, Paul departed from Athens,and came to Corinth,
18:2And found [a] certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy,and his wife Priscilla (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) and he came to them.
18:3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them and wrought (for their craft was to make tents.)
18:4And he disputed in the Synagogue every Sabbath day,and exhorted the Jews,and the Greeks.
18:5Now when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul, forced in spirit, testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christos.
18:6And when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook his clothing,and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head:[I] am clean:from henceforth will [I] go to the Gentiles.
18:7So he departed from there,and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, a worshipper of Theos, whose house joined hard to the Synagogue.
18:8And Crispus the chief ruler of the Synagogue, believed in the Kyrios with all his household:and many of the Corinthians hearing it, believed and were baptized.
18:9Then said the Kyrios to Paul in the night by [a] vision, Fear not,but speak,and hold not your peace.
18:10For I am with you,and no man shall lay hands on you to hurt you:for I have much people in this city.
18:11So he continued there [a] year and six months,and taught the word of Theos among them.
18:12Now when Gallio was Deputy of Achaia, the Jews arose with one accord against Paul,and brought him to the judgment seat,
18:13Saying, This fellow persuades me to worship Theos otherwise then the Law appoints.
18:14And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong, or an evil deed, O you Jews, I would according to reason maintain you.
18:15But if it be a question of words,and names,and of your Law, look you to it yourselves:for I will be no judge of those things.
18:16And he drove them from the judgment seat.
18:17Then took all the Greeks Sosthenes the chief ruler of the Synagogue,and beat him before the judgment seat:but Gallio cared nothing for those things.
18:18But when Paul had tarried there yet [a] good while, he took leave of the brethren,and sailed into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila) after that he had shorn his head in Cenchrea:for he had [a] vow.
18:19Then he came to Ephesus,and left them there:but he entered into the Synagogue and disputed with the Jews.
18:20Who desired him to tarry [a] longer time with them:but he would not consent,
18:21But bade the farewel, saying, [I] must needs keep this feast that comes, in Jerusalem:but [I] will return again to you, if Theos will. So he sailed from Ephesus.
18:22And when he came down to Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem:and when he had saluted the Church, he went down to Antioch.
18:23Now when he had tarried there [a] while, he departed,and went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia by order, strengthening all the disciples.
18:24And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, came to Ephesus, an eloquent man,and mighty in the Scriptures.
18:25The same was instructed in the way of the Kyrios,and he spoke fervently in the Spirit,and taught diligently the things of the Kyrios,and knew but the baptism of John only.
18:26And he began to speak boldly in the Synagogue. Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him to them,and expounded to him the way of Theos more perfectly.
18:27And when he was minded to go into Achaia, the brethren exhorting him, wrote to the disciples to receive him:and after he was come there, he helped them much which had believed through grace.
18:28For mightily he confuted publicly the Jews, with great vehemency, showing by the Scriptures,that Jesus was that Christos.
Chapter 19
19:1And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth,that Paul when he passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus,and found certain disciples,
19:2And said to them, Have you received the holy Ghost since you believed? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard whether there be a holy Ghost.
19:3And he said to them, To what were you then baptized? And they said, To John's baptism.
19:4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people,that they should believe in him, which should come after him,that is, in Christos Jesus.
19:5And when they heard it, they were baptized in the Name of the Kyrios Jesus.
19:6So Paul laid his hands upon them,and the holy Ghost came on them,and they spoke the tongues,and prophesied.
19:7And all the men were about twelve.
19:8Moreover he went into the Synagogue,and spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and exhorting to the things that appertain to the kingdom of Theos.
19:9But when certain were hardened,and disobeyed, speaking evil of the way of God before the multitude, he departed from them,and separated the disciples,and disputed daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
19:10And this was done by the space of two years, so that all they which dwelt in Asia, heard the word of Kyrios Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
19:11And Theos wrought no small miracles by the hands of Paul,
19:12So that from his body were brought to the sick, handkerchiefs or handkerchiefs,and the diseases departed from them,and the evil spirits went out of them.
19:13Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took in hand to name over them which had evil spirits, the Name of the Kyrios Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
19:14(And there were certain sons of Sceva a Jew, the Priest, about seven which did this)
19:15And the evil spirit answered,and said, Jesus I acknowledge,and Paul I know:but who are you?
19:16And the man in whom the evil spirit was, ran on them,and overcame them,and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house, naked,and wounded.
19:17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also, which dwelt at Ephesus,and fear came on them all,and the Name of the Kyrios Jesus was magnified,
19:18And many that believed, came and confessed,and showed their works.
19:19Many also of them which used curious the, brought their books,and burned them before all men:and they counted the price of them,and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
19:20So the word of God grew mightily,and prevailed.
19:21Now when these things were accomplished, Paul purposed by the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia,and to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
19:22So sent he into Macedonia two of them that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus,but he remained in Asia for [a] season.
19:23And the same time there arose no small trouble about that way.
19:24For [a] certain man named Demetrius [a] silversmith, which made silver temples of Diana, brought great gains to the craftsmen,
19:25Whom he called together, with the workmen of like things,and said, Syrs, you know that by this craft we have our goods:
19:26Moreover you see and hear,that not alone at Ephesus,but almost throughout all Asia this Paul has persuaded,and turned away much people, saying,That they be not gods which are made with hands.
19:27So that not only this thing is dangerous to us,that this our portion shall be reproved,but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be nothing esteemed,and that it would come to pass that her magnificence, which all Asia and the world worship, should be destroyed.
19:28Now when they heard it, they were full of wrath,and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
19:29And the whole city was full of confusion,and they rushed into the common place with one assent,and caught Gaius,and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia,and Paul's companions of his journey.
19:30And when Paul would have entered in to the people, the disciples suffred him not.
19:31Certain also of the chief of Asia which were his friends, sent to him, desiring him that he would not present himself in the Common place.
19:32Some therefore cried one thing,and some another:for the assembly was out of order,and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
19:33And some of the company drew forth Alexander, the Jews thrusting him forwards. Alexander then defense with the hand,and would have excused the matter to the people.
19:34But when they knew that he was a Jew, there arose a shout almost for the space of two hours, of all men crying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
19:35Then the town clerk when he had stayed the people, said, You men of Ephesus, what man is it that knows not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana,and of the image, which came down from Jupiter?
19:36Seeing then that no man can speak against these things, you ought to be appeased,and to do nothing rashly.
19:37For you have brought here these men, which have neither committed sacrilege,neither do blaspheme your goddess.
19:38Wherefore, if Demetrius and the craftsmen men which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open,and there are Deputies:let them accuse one another.
19:39But if you inquire any thing cocerning other matters, it may be determined in [a] lawful assembly.
19:40For we are even in jeopardy to be accused of this days sedition,for as much as there is no cause, whereby we may give [a] reason of this concourse of people.
19:41And when he had thus spoken, he let the assembly depart.
Chapter 20
20:1Now after the tumult was appeased, Paul called the disciples to him,and embraced them,and departed to go into Macedonia.
20:2And when he had gone through those parts,and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece.
20:3And having tarried there three months, because the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
20:4And there accompanied him into Asia, Sopater of Berea,and of them of Thessalonica, Aristarchus,and Secundus,and Gaius of Derbe,and Timothy,and of them of Asia, Tychicus,and Trophimus.
20:5These went before,and tarried us at Troas.
20:6And we sailed forth from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread,and came to them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
20:7And the first day of the week, the disciples being come together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart on the morrow,and continued the preaching to midnight.
20:8And there were many lights in an upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
20:9And there sat in [a] window [a] certain young man, named Eutychus, fallen into [a] dead sleep:and as Paul was long preaching, he overcome with sleep, fell down from the third loft,and was taken up dead.
20:10But Paul went down,and laid himself upon him,and embraced him, saying, Trouble not yourselves:for his life is in him.
20:11Then when Paul was come up again,and had broken bread,and eaten, having spoken [a] long while till the dawning of the day, he so departed.
20:12And they brought the boy alive,and they were not [a] little comforted.
20:13Then we went before to ship,and sailed to the city Assos,that we might receive Paul there:for so had he appointed,and would himself go afoot.
20:14Now when he was come to us to Assos,and we had received him, we came to Mitylene.
20:15And we sailed from there,and came the next day over against Chios,and the next day we arrived at Samos,and tarried at Trogyllium:the next day we came to Miletus.
20:16For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia:for he hasted to be, if he could possible, at Jerusalem, at the day of Pentecost.
20:17Wherefore from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus,and called the Elders of the Church.
20:18Who when they were come to him, he said to them, You know from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
20:19Serving the Kyrios with all modesty,and with many tears,and tears, which came to me by the plotting await of the Jews,
20:20And how [I] kept back nothing that was profitable,but have showed you,and taught you openly and throughout every house,
20:21Witnessing both to the Jews,and to the Greeks the repentance toward Theos,and faith toward our Kyrios Jesus Christos.
20:22And now behold, [I] go bound in the Spirit to Jerusalem,and know not what things shall come to me there,
20:23Save that the holy Ghost witnesses in every city, saying,that bonds and afflictions abide me.
20:24But [I] pass not at all,neither is my life dear to myself, so that [I] may fulfill my course with joy,and the ministration which [I] have received of the Kyrios Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of Theos.
20:25And now behold, [I] know that henceforth you all, through whom [I] have gone preaching the kingdom of Theos, shall see my face no more.
20:26Wherefore [I] take you to record this day,that [I] am pure from the blood of all men.
20:27For [I] have kept nothing back,but have showed you all the counsel of Theos.
20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves,and to all the flock, whereof the holy Ghost has made you Overseers, to feed the Church of Theos, which he has purchased with that his own blood.
20:29For [I] know this,that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
20:30Moreover of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw disciples after them.
20:31Therefore watch,and remember,that by the space of three years [I] ceased not to warn every one, both night and day with tears.
20:32And now brethren, [I] commend you to Theos,and to the word of his grace, which is able to build further,and to give you an inheritance, among all them, which are sanctified.
20:33[I] have coveted no man's silver, nor gold, nor apparel.
20:34Yes, you know,that these hands have ministered to my necessities,and to them that were with me.
20:35I have showed you all things, how that so laboring, you ought to support the weak,and to remember the words of the Kyrios Jesus, how that he said, It is a blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.
20:36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down,and prayed with them all.
20:37Then they wept all abundantly,and fell on Paul's neck,and kissed him,
20:38Being chiefly sorry for the words which he spoke,That they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
Chapter 21
21:1And as we launched forth,and were departed from them, we came with a straight course to Coos,and the day following to the Rhodes,and from there to Patara.
21:2And we found [a] ship that went over to Phoenicia,and went aboard,and set forth.
21:3And when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand,and sailed toward Syria,and arrived at Cyprus:for there the ship unladen you burden.
21:4And when we had found disciples, we tarried there seven days. And they told Paul through the Spirit,that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
21:5But when the days were ended, we departed and went our way,and they all accompanied us with their wives and children, even out of the city:and we kneeling down on the shore, prayed.
21:6Then when we had embraced one another, we took ship,and they returned home.
21:7And when we had ended the course from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais,and saluted the brethren,and abode with them one day.
21:8And the next day, Paul and we that were with him, departed,and came to Caesarea:and we entered into the house of Philip the Evangelist, which was one of the seven Deacons,and abode with him.
21:9Now he had four daughters virgins, which did prophecy.
21:10And as we tarried there many days, there came [a] certain Prophet from Judea, named Agabus.
21:11And when he was come to us, he took Paul's girdle,and bound his own hands and feet,and said, Thus says the holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle,and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
21:12And when we had heard these things, both we and other of the same place besought him that he would not go up to Jerusalem.
21:13Then Paul answered,and said, What do you weeping and breaking my heart? For [I] am ready not to be bound only,but also to die at Jerusalem for the Name of the Kyrios Jesus.
21:14So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Kyrios be done.
21:15And after those days we trussed up our fardels,and went up to Jerusalem.
21:16There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea,and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
21:17And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
21:18And the next day Paul went in with us to James:and all the Elders were there assembled.
21:19And when he had embraced them, he told by order all things,that Theos had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministration.
21:20So when they heard it, they glorified God,and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousand Jews there are which believe,and they are all zealous of the Law:
21:21Now they are informed of you,that you teach all the Jews, which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses,and say that they ought not to circumcise their sons,neither to live after the customs.
21:22What is then to be done? The multitude must needs come together:for they shall hear that you are come.
21:23Do therefore this that we say to you. We have four men, which have made a vow,
21:24Them take,and purify yourself with them,and contribute with them,that they may shave their heads:and all shall know,that those things, whereof they have been informed concerning you, are nothing,but that you yourself also walk and keep the Law.
21:25For as touching you Gentiles, which believe, we have written,and determined that they observe no such thing,but that they keep themselves from things offered to idols,and from blood,and from that that is strangled,and from fornication.
21:26Then Paul took the men,and the next day was purified with them,and entered into the Temple, declaring the accomplishment of the days of the purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
21:27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia (when they saw him in the Temple) moved all the people,and laid hands on him,
21:28Crying, Men of Israel, help:this is the man that teaches all men every where against the people,and the Law,and this place:moreover, he has brought Greeks into the Temple,and has polluted this holy place.
21:29For they had seen before Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the Temple.
21:30Then all the city was moved,and the people ran together:and they took Paul and drew him out of the Temple,and forth with the doors were shut.
21:31But as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the chief captain of the band,that all Jerusalem was on an uproar.
21:32Who immediately took soldiers and Centurions,and ran down to them:and when they saw the chief Captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
21:33Then the chief Captain came near and took him,and commanded him to be bound with two chains,and commanded who he was,and what he had done.
21:34And one cried this, another that, among the people. So when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be led into the castle.
21:35And when he came to the reached, it was so that he was born of the soldiers,for the violence of the people.
21:36For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
21:37And as Paul should have been led into the castle, he said to the chief Captain, May [I] speak to you? Who said, Can you speak Greek?
21:38Are not you the Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition,and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
21:39Then Paul said, Doubtless, I am a man which am a Jew,and citizen of Tarsus, a famous city of Cilicia,and I beseech you, suffer me to speak to the people.
21:40And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the silence,and beckened with the hand to the people:and when there was made great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
Chapter 22
22:1You men, brethren and Fathers, hear my defense now toward you.
22:2(And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence,and he said)
22:3I am verily a man, which am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia,but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel,and instructed according to the perfect manner of the Law of the Fathers,and was zealous toward Theos, as you all are this day.
22:4And [I] persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women.
22:5As also you chief Priest does bear me witness,and all the company of the Elders:of whom also I received letters to the brethren,and went to Damascus to bring them which were there, bound to Jerusalem,that they might be punished.
22:6And so it was, as I journeyed and was come near to Damascus about noon,that suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
22:7So [I] fell to the earth,and heard [a] voice, saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me?
22:8Then I answered, Who are you, Kyrios? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.
22:9Moreover they that were with me, saw in deed a light and were afraid:but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.
22:10Then [I] said, What shall [I] do, Kyrios? And the Kyrios said to me, Arise,and go into Damascus:and there it shall be told you of all things, which are appointed for you to do.
22:11So when [I] could not see for the glory of that light, [I] was led by the hand of them that were with me,and came into Damascus.
22:12And one Ananias [a] godly man, as certain to the Law, having good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
22:13Came to me,and stood,and said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight:and that same hour [I] looked upon him.
22:14And he said, The Theos of our fathers has appointed you,that you should know his will,and should see that Just one,and should hear the voice of his mouth.
22:15For you shall be his witness to all men, of the things which you have seen and heard.
22:16Now therefore why tarry you? Arise,and be baptized,and wash away your sins, in calling on the Name of the Kyrios.
22:17And it came to pass,that when I was come again to Jerusalem,and prayed in the Temple, I was in a trance,
22:18And saw him saying to me, Make haste,and get you quickly out of Jerusalem:for they will not receive your witness concerning me.
22:19Then I said, Kyrios, they know that I imprisoned,and beat in every Synagogue them that believed in you.
22:20And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also stood by,and consented to his death,and kept the clothes of them that slew him.
22:21Then he said to me, Depart:for [I] will send you far from here to the Gentiles.
22:22And they heard him to this word,but then they lift up their voices,and said, Away with such [a] fellow from the earth:for it is not meet that he should live.
22:23And as they cried and cast off their clothes,and threw dust into the air,
22:24The chief captain commanded him to be led into the castle,and bade that he should be scourged,and examined,that he might know wherefore they cried so on him.
22:25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge one that is [a] Roman,and not condemned?
22:26Now when the Centurion heard it, he went,and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what you do:for this man is a Roman.
22:27Then the chief captain came,and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.
22:28And the chief captain answered, With [a] great sum obtained [I] this freedom. Then Paul said,But [I] was so born.
22:29Then straightway they departed from him, which should have examined him:and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman,and that he had bound him.
22:30On the next day, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds,and commanded the high Priests and all their Council to come together:and he brought Paul,and set him before them.
Chapter 23
23:1And Paul beheld earnestly the Council,and said, Men and brethren, [I] have in all good conscience served Theos until this day.
23:2Then the high Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by, to smite him on the mouth.
23:3Then said Paul to him, Theos will smite you, you whited wall:for you sit to judge me according to the Law,and transgressing the Law, command you me to be smitten?
23:4And they that stood by, said, Revile you Gods high Priest?
23:5Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren,that he was the high Priest:for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.
23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were of the Sadducees,and the other of the Pharisees, he cried in the Council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee:I am accused of the hope and resurrection of the dead.
23:7And when he had said this, there was a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, so that the multitude was divided.
23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,neither Angel, nor spirit:but the Pharisees confess both.
23:9Then there was a great cry:and the Scribes of the Pharisees part rose up,and strove, saying, We find none evil in this man:but if a spirit or an Angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
23:10And when there was a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down,and take him from among them,and to bring him into the castle.
23:11Now the night following, the Kyrios stood by him,and said, Be of good courage, Paul:for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you bear witness also at Rome.
23:12And when the day was come, certain of the Jews made an assembly,and bound themselves with a curse, saying,that they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul.
23:13And they were more than forty, which had made this conspiracy.
23:14And they came to the chief Priests and Elders,and said, We have bound ourselves with [a] solemn curse,that we will eat nothing, until we have slain Paul.
23:15Now therefore, you and the Council signify to the chief captain,that he bring him forth to you to tomorrow:as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him,and we, or ever he come near, will be ready to kill him.
23:16But when Paul's sisters son heard of their laying await, he went,and entered into the castle,and told Paul.
23:17And Paul called one of the Centurions to him,and said, Take this young man from here to the chief captain:for he has [a] certain thing to show him.
23:18So he took him,and brought him to the chief captain,and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him,and prayed me to bring this young man to you, which has some thing to say to you.
23:19Then the chief captain took him by the hand,and went apart with him alone,and asked him, What have you to show me?
23:20And he said, The Jews have conspired to desire you,that you would bring forth Paul to tomorrow into the Council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly:
23:21But let them not persuade you:for there lie in wait for him of them, more than forty men, which have bound themselves with a curse,that they will neither eat nor drink, till they have killed him:and now are they ready,and wait for your promise.
23:22The chief captain then let the young man depart, after he had charged him to utter it to no man,that he had showed him these things.
23:23And he called to him two certain Centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers,that they may go to Cæcaesarea,and horsemen three score and ten,and two hundred with darts, at the third hour of the night.
23:24And let them make ready [a] horse,that Paul being set on, may be brought safe to Felix the Governor.
23:25And he wrote an epistle in this manner:
23:26Claudius Lysias to the most noble Governor Felix sends greeting.
23:27As this man was taken of the Jews,and should have been killed of them, I came upon them with the garison,and rescued him, perceiving that he was a Roman.
23:28And when [I] would have known the cause, wherefore they accused him, [I] brought him forth into their Council.
23:29There [I] perceived that he was accused of questions of their Law,but had no crime worthy of death, or of bonds.
23:30And when it was showed me, how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent him straightway to you,and commanded his accusers to speak before you the things that they had against him. Farewell.
23:31Then the soldiers as it was commanded them, took Paul,and brought him by night to Antipatris.
23:32And the next day, they left the horsemen to go with him,and returned to the Castle.
23:33Now when they came to Cæcaesarea, they delivered the epistle to the Governor,and presented Paul also to him.
23:34So when the Governor had read it, he asked of what province he was:and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,
23:35[I] will hear you, said he, when your accusers also are come,and commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
Chapter 24
24:1Now after five days, Ananias the high Priest came down with the Elders,and with Tertullus [a] certain orator, which appeared before the Governor against Paul.
24:2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that we have obtained great quietness through you,and that many worthy things are done to this nation through your providence,
24:3We acknowledge it wholy,and in all places most noble Felix, with all thanks,
24:4But that [I] be not tedious to you, [I] pray you,that you would hear us of your courtesy [a] few words.
24:5Certainly we have found this man [a] pestilent fellow,and [a] mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world,and [a] chief maintainer of the sect of the Nazarenes:
24:6And has gone about to pollute the Temple:therefore we took him,and would have judged him according to our Law:
24:7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us,and with great violence took him out of our hands,
24:8Commanding his accusers to come to you:of whom you may (if you will inquire) know all these things whereof we accuse him.
24:9And the Jews likewise affirmed, saying that it was so.
24:10Then Paul, after that the governor had been to him that he should speak, answered, I do the more gladly answer for myself,for as much as I know that you have been of many years a judge to this nation,
24:11Seeing that you may know,that there are but twelve days since I came up to worship in Jerusalem.
24:12And they neither found me in the Temple disputing with any man,neither making uproar among the people,neither in the Synagogues, nor in the city.
24:13Neither can they prove the things, whereof they now accuse me.
24:14But this [I] confess to you,that after the way (which they call heresy) so worship [I] the Theos of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and the Prophets,
24:15And have hope towards Theos,that the resurrection of the dead, which they themselves look for also, shall be both of just and unjust.
24:16And herein [I] endeavor myself to have always [a] clear conscience toward Theos,and toward men.
24:17Now after many years, [I] came and brought alms to my nation and offerings.
24:18At what time, certain Jews of Asia found me purified in the Temple,neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
24:19Who ought to have been present before you,and accuse me, if they had ought against me.
24:20Or let these themselves say, if they have found any unjust thing in me, while [I] stood in the Council,
24:21Except it be for this one voice,that [I] cried standing among them, Of the resurrection of the dead am [I] accused of you this day.
24:22Now when Felix heard these things, he deferred them,and said, When [I] shall more perfectly know the things which concern this way, by the coming of Lysias the chief Captain, [I] will decide your matter.
24:23Then he commanded [a] Centurion to keep Paul,and that he should have ease,and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister to him, or to come to him.
24:24And after certain days, came Felix with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess,and he called forth Paul,and heard him of the faith in Christos.
24:25And as he disputed of righteousness and temperance,and of the judgment to come, Felix trembled,and answered, Go your way for this time,and when I have convenient time, I will call for you.
24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul,that he might loose him:wherefore he sent for him the often,and communed with him.
24:27When two years were expired, Porcius Festus came into Felix room:and Felix willing to get favor of the Jews, left Paul bound.
Chapter 25
25:1When Festus was then come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
25:2Then the high Priest,and the chief of the Jews appeared before him against Paul:and they besought him,
25:3And desired favor against him,that he would send for him to Jerusalem:and they laid wait to kill him by the way.
25:4But Festus answered,that Paul should be kept at Caesarea,and that he himself would shortly depart there.
25:5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, come down with us:and if there be any wickedness in the man, let them accuse him.
25:6Now when he had tarried among them no more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea,and the next day sat in the judgment seat,and commanded Paul to be brought.
25:7And when he was come, the Jews which were come from Jerusalem, stood about him and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, whereof they could make no plain proof,
25:8Forasmuch as he answered,that he had neither offended any thing against the law of the Jews,neither against the Temple, nor against Caesar.
25:9Yet Festus willing to get favor of the Jews, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem,and there be judged of these things before me?
25:10Then said Paul, I stand at Caesars judgment seat, where I ought to be judged:to the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know.
25:11For if I have done wrong, or committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die:but if there be none of these things whereof they accuse me, no man, to pleasure them, can deliver me to them:I appeal to Caesar.
25:12Then when Festus had spoken with the Council, he answered, Have you appealed to Caesar? To Caesar shall you go.
25:13And after certain days, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to salute Festus.
25:14And when they had remained there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause to the King, saying, There is a certain man left in prison by Felix,
25:15Of whom when I came to Jerusalem, the high Priests and Elders of the Jews informed me,and desired to have judgment against him.
25:16To whom I answered,that it is not the manner of the Romans for favor to deliver any man to the death, before that he which is accused, have the accusers before him,and have place to defend himself, concerning the crime.
25:17Therefore when they were come here, without delay the day following [I] sat on the judgment seat,and commanded the man to be brought forth.
25:18Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no crime of such things as [I] supposed:
25:19But had certain questions against him of their own superstition,and of one Jesus which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
25:20And because [I] doubted of such manner of question, [I] asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem,and there be judged of these things.
25:21But because he appealed to be reserved to the examination of Augustus, [I] commanded him to be kept, till [I] mght send him to Cesar.
25:22Then Agrippa said to Festus, [I] would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, you shall hear him.
25:23And on the morrow when Agrippa was come and Bernice with great pomp,and were entered into the Common hall with the chief captains and chief men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
25:24And Festus said, King Agrippa,and all men which are present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have called upon me, both at Jerusalem,and here, crying,that he ought not to live any longer.
25:25Yet have [I] found nothing worthy of death,that he has committed:nevertheless, seeing that he has appealed to Augustus, [I] have determined to send him.
25:26Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my Kyrios:wherefore I have brought him forth to you,and specially to you, King Agrippa,that after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
25:27For me thinks it unreasonable to send [a] prisoner,and not to show the causes which are laid against him.
Chapter 26
26:1Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. So Paul stretched forth the hand,and answered for himself.
26:2[I] think myself happy, King Agrippa, because [I] shall answer this day before you of all the things whereof [I] am accused of the Jews.
26:3Chiefly, because you have knowledge of all customs,and questions which are among the Jews:wherefore I beseech you, to hear me patiently.
26:4As touching my life from my childhood,and what it was from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
26:5Which knew me heretofore, even from my elders (if they would testify) that after the most straight sect of our religion [I] lived [a] Pharisee.
26:6And now I stand and am accused for the hope of the promise made of Theos to our fathers.
26:7Whereto our twelve tribes instantly serving God day and night, hope to come:for the which hopes sake, O King Agrippa, [I] am accused of the Jews.
26:8Why should it be thought [a] thing incredible to you,that Theos should raise again the dead?
26:9[I] also verily thought in myself,that [I] ought to do many contrary things against the Name of Jesus of Nazareth.
26:10Which thing [I] also did in Jerusalem:for many of the Saints [I] shut up in prison, having received authority of the high Priests,and when they were put to death, [I] gave my sentence.
26:11And [I] punished them throughout all the Synagogues,and compelled them to blaspheme,and being more mad against them, [I] persecuted them, even to strange cities.
26:12At which time, even as [I] went to Damascus with authority,and commission from the high Priests,
26:13At midday, O King, [I] saw in the way [a] light from heaven, passing the brightness of the sun, shine round about me,and them which went with me.
26:14So when we were all fallen to the earth, [I] heard [a] voice speaking to me,and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me? It is hard for you to kick against pricks.
26:15Then I said, Who are you, Kyrios? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.
26:16But rise and stand up on your feet:for [I] have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you [a] minister and [a] witness, both of the things which you have seen,and of the things in the which [I] will appear to you,
26:17Delivering you from this people,and from the Gentiles, to whom now [I] send you,
26:18To open their eyes,that they may turn from darkness to light,and from the power of Satan to Theos,that they may receive forgiveness of sins,and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by faith in me.
26:19Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
26:20But showed first to them of Damascus,and at Jerusalem,and throughout all the coasts of Judea,and then to the Gentiles,that they should repent and turn to Theos,and do works worthy amendment of life.
26:21For this cause the Jews caught me in the Temple,and went about to kill me.
26:22Nevertheless, I obtained help of Theos,and continue to this day, witnessing both to small and to great, saying none other things, then those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come,
26:23To wit,that Christos should suffer,and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead,and should show light to this people,and to the Gentiles.
26:24And as he thus answered for himself, Festus said with [a] loud voice, Paul, you are besides yourself:much learning does make you mad.
26:25But he said, [I] am not mad, O noble Festus,but [I] speak the words of truth and soberness.
26:26For the King knows of these things, before whom also I speak boldly:for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him:for this thing was not done in a corner.
26:27O King Agrippa, believe you the Prophets? [I] know that you believe.
26:28Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost you persuade me to become a Christian.
26:29Then Paul said, I would to Theos that not only you,but also all that hear me today, were both almost,and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
26:30And when he had thus spoken, the King rose up,and the governor,and Bernice,and they that sat with them.
26:31And when they were gone apart, they talked between themselves, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds.
26:32Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been loosed, if he had not appealed to Cesar.
Chapter 27
27:1Now when it was concluded,that we should sail into Italy, they delivered both Paul,and certain other prisoners to [a] Centurion named Julius, of the band of Augustus.
27:2And we entered into a ship of Adramyttium purposing to sail by the coasts of Asia,and launched forth,and had Aristarchus of Macedonia, a Thessalonian, with us.
27:3And the next day we arrived at Sidon:and Julius courteously entreated Paul,and gave him liberty to go to his friends,that they might refresh him.
27:4And from there we launched,and sailed hard by Cyprus, because you winds were contrary.
27:5Then sailed we over the sea by Cilicia,and Pamphylia,and came to Myra, [a] city in Lycia.
27:6And there the Centurion found [a] ship of Alexandria, sailing into Italy,and put us therein.
27:7And when we had sailed slowly many days,and scarce were come against Cnidus, because the wind suffered us not, we sailed hard by Candy, near to Salmon,
27:8And with much came called beyond it,and came to a certain place called the Fair havens, near to the which was the city Lasea.
27:9So when much time was spent,and sailing was now ieopardous, because also the Fast was now passed, Paul exhorted them,
27:10And said to them, Syrs, I see that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not of the lading and ship only,but also of our lives.
27:11Nevertheless the Centurion believed rather the governor and the master of the ship, than those things which were spoken of Paul.
27:12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, many took counsel to depart from there, if by any means they might attain to Phoenix, there to winter, which is [a] haven of Candy,and lies toward the Southwest and by West,and Northwest and by West.
27:13And when the Southern wind blew softly, they supposing to attain their purpose, loosed desire,and sailed by Candy.
27:14But anon after, there arose by it [a] stormy wind called Euroclydon.
27:15And when the ship was caught,and could not resist the wind, we let her go,and were carried away.
27:16And we ran under a little Yle named Clauda,and had much a do to get the boat.
27:17Which they took up and used all help, undergirding the ship, fearing lest they should have fallen into Syrtis,and they struck sail,and so were carried.
27:18The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship.
27:19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,and no small tempest lay upon us, all hope that we should be saved, was then taken away.
27:21But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them,and said, Syrs, you should have hearkened to me,and not have loosed from Candy:so should you have gained this hurt and loss.
27:22But now I exhort you to be of good courage:for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, save of the ship only.
27:23For there stood by me this night the Angel of Theos, whose I am,and whom I serve,
27:24Saying, Fear not, Paul:for you must be brought before Cesar:and lo, Theos has given to you freely all that sail with you.
27:25Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage:for I believe Theos,that it shall be so as it has been told me.
27:26Howbeit, we must be cast into [a] certain Island.
27:27And when you fourteenth night was come, as we were carried to and from in the Adriatic sea about midnight, the when deemed that some country approched to them,
27:28And sounded,and found it twenty fathoms:and when they had gone [a] little further, they sounded again,and found fifteen fathoms.
27:29Then fearing lest they should have fallen into some rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern,and wished that the day were come.
27:30Now as the mariners were about to flee out of the ship,and had let down the boat into the sea under [a] color as though they would have cast anchors out of the ship,
27:31Paul said to the Centurion and the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, you can not be safe.
27:32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat,and let it fall away.
27:33And when it began to be day, Paul exhorted them all to take meat, saying, This is the fourteenth day that you have tarried,and continued fasting, receiving nothing:
27:34Wherefore [I] exhort you to take meat:for this is for your safeguard:for there shall not [a] hair fall from the head of any of you.
27:35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread and gave thanks to Theos, in presence of them all,and brake it,and began to eat.
27:36Then were they all of good courage,and they also took meat.
27:37Now we were in the ship in all two hundred three score and sixteen souls.
27:38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship,and cast out the wheat into the sea.
27:39And when it was day, they knew not the country,but they spied a certain creek with a planned, into the which they were minded (if it were possible) to thrust in the ship.
27:40So when they had taken up the anchors, they committed the ship to the sea,and loosed the rudder bonds,and hoisted up the maine mainsail to the wind,and drew to the shore.
27:41And when they fell into [a] place, where two seas met, they thrust in the ship:and the forepart stuck fast,and could not be moved,but the hinderpart was broken with the violence of the waves.
27:42Then the soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners,lest any of them, when he had swum out, should flee away.
27:43But the Centurion willing to save Paul, stayed them from this counsel,and commanded that they that could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea,and go out to land:
27:44And the other, some on boards,and some on certain pieces of the ship:and so it came to pass that they came all safe to land.
Chapter 28
28:1And when they were come safe, then they knew that the Yle was called Malta.
28:2And the Barbarians showed us no little kindness:for they kindled [a] fire,and received us every one, because of the present shower,and because of the cold.
28:3And when Paul had gathered [a] number of sticks,and laid them on the fire, there came [a] viper out of the heat,and leapt on his hand.
28:4Now when you Barbarians saw the worm hang on his hand, they said among themselves, This man surely is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet Vengeance has not suffered to live.
28:5But he shook off the worm into the fire,and felt no harm.
28:6Howbeit they waited when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly:but after they had looked a great while,and saw no inconvenience come to him, they changed their minds,and said,That he was a Theos.
28:7In the same quarters, the chief man of the Yle (whose name was Publius) had possessions:the same received us,and lodged us three days courteously.
28:8And so it was,that the father of Publius lay sick of the fever,and of a bloody flixe:to whom Paul entered in,and when he prayed, he laid his hands on him,and healed him.
28:9When this then was done, other also in the Yle, which had diseases, came to him,and were healed,
28:10Which also did us great honor:and when we departed, they laded us with things necessary.
28:11Now after three months we departed in [a] ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the Yle, whose badge was Castor and Pollux.
28:12And when we arrived at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
28:13And from there we set [a] compass,and came to Rhegium:and after one day, the South wind blew,and we came the second day to Puteoli:
28:14Where we found brethren,and were desired to tarry with them seven days,and so we went toward Rome.
28:15And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us at the Market of Appii,and at the Three taverns, whom when Paul saw, he thanked Theos,and waxed bold.
28:16So when we came to Rome, the Centurion delivered the prisoners to the general Captain:but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with [a] soldier that kept him.
28:17And the third day after, Paul called the chief of the Jews together:and when they were come, he said to them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or Laws of the fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
28:18Who when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
28:19But when the Jews spoke contrary, [I] was constrained to appeal to Cesar, not because [I] had ought to accuse my nation of.
28:20For this cause therefore have [I] called for you, to see you,and to speak with you:for that hope of Israels sake, [I] am bound with this chain.
28:21Then they said to him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning you,neither came any of the brethren that showed or spoke any evil of you.
28:22But we will hear of you what you think:for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
28:23And when they had appointed him [a] day, there came many to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded testifying the kingdom of Theos,and persuading them those things that concern Jesus, both out of the Law of Moses,and out of the Prophets, from morning to night.
28:24And some were persuaded with the things which were spoken,and some believed not.
28:25Therefore when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, to wit, Well spoke the holy Ghost by Isaiah the Prophet to our fathers,
28:26Saying, Go to this people,and say, By hearing you shall hear,and shall not understand,and seeing you shall see,and not perceive.
28:27For the heart of this people is waxed fat,and their ears are dull of hearing,and with their eyes have they winked,lest they should see with their eyes,and hear with their ears,and understand with their hearts,and should return that [I] might heal them.
28:28Be it known therefore to you,that this salvation of Theos is sent to the Gentiles,and they shall hear it.
28:29And when he had said these things, the Jews departed,and had great reasoning among themselves.
28:30And Paul remained two years full in [a] house hired for himself,and received all that came in to him,
28:31Preaching the kingdom of Theos,and teaching those things which concern the Kyrios Jesus Christos, with all boldness of speech, without let.