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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

king james study

==== <AC1>

AC-1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all

that Jesus began

both to do and teach,

AC-1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he

through the Holy

Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had

chosen:

AC-1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion

by many

infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking

of the things

pertaining to the kingdom of God:

AC-1:4 And, being assembled together with [them], commanded

them that they

should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of

the Father,

which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.

AC-1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be

baptized with the

Holy Ghost not many days hence.

AC-1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of

him, saying,

Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

AC-1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the

times or the

seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

AC-1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is

come upon you:

and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all

Judaea, and in

Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

AC-1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,

he was taken

up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

AC-1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he

went up, behold,

two men stood by them in white apparel;

AC-1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing

up into

heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,

shall so come

in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

AC-1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called

Olivet, which

is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

AC-1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper

room, where

abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and

Thomas,

Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon

Zelotes, and

Judas [the brother] of James.

AC-1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and

supplication, with

the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

AC-1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the

disciples, and

said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and

twenty,)

AC-1:16 Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been

fulfilled,

which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before

concerning Judas, which

was guide to them that took Jesus.

AC-1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of

this ministry.

AC-1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of

iniquity; and

falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his

bowels gushed out.

AC-1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem;

insomuch as that

field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say,

The field of

blood.

AC-1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his

habitation be

desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishopric let

another take.

AC-1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all

the time that

the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

AC-1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day

that he was

taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us

of his

resurrection.

AC-1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was

surnamed

Justus, and Matthias.

AC-1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest

the hearts of all

[men], show whether of these two thou hast chosen,

AC-1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,

from which

Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

AC-1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon

Matthias; and he

was numbered with the eleven apostles.

==== <AC2>

AC-2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were

all with one

accord in one place.

AC-2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a

rushing mighty

wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

AC-2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of

fire, and it sat

upon each of them.

AC-2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began

to speak with

other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

AC-2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,

out of every

nation under heaven.

AC-2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came

together, and were

confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own

language.

AC-2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to

another, Behold,

are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

AC-2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we

were born?

AC-2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in

Mesopotamia,

and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

AC-2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of

Libya about

Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

AC-2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our

tongues the

wonderful works of God.

AC-2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one

to another,

What meaneth this?

AC-2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

AC-2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his

voice, and said

unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that dwell at

Jerusalem, be this

known unto you, and hearken to my words:

AC-2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is

[but] the third

hour of the day.

AC-2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

AC-2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,

I will pour out

of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters

shall prophesy,

and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall

dream dreams:

AC-2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour

out in those days

of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

AC-2:19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in

the earth

beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

AC-2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon

into blood, before

that great and notable day of the Lord come:

AC-2:21 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call

on the name of

the Lord shall be saved.

AC-2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth,

a man approved

of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God

did by him in the

midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

AC-2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and

foreknowledge of

God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

AC-2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of

death: because it

was not possible that he should be holden of it.

AC-2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord

always before my

face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

AC-2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;

moreover also

my flesh shall rest in hope:

AC-2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither

wilt thou suffer

thine Holy One to see corruption.

AC-2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt

make me full

of joy with thy countenance.

AC-2:29 Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the

patriarch

David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is

with us unto this

day.

AC-2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had

sworn with an oath

to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,

he would raise

up Christ to sit on his throne;

AC-2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of

Christ, that his

soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

AC-2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are

witnesses.

AC-2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and

having received

of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth

this, which ye

now see and hear.

AC-2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he

saith himself, The

Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

AC-2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

AC-2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,

that God hath

made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and

Christ.

AC-2:37 Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their

heart, and said

unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren,

what shall we

do?

AC-2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized

every one of you in

the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall

receive the

gift of the Holy Ghost.

AC-2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and

to all that are

afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.

AC-2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,

saying, Save

yourselves from this untoward generation.

AC-2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:

and the same

day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.

AC-2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine

and

fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

AC-2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and

signs were done by

the apostles.

AC-2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things

common;

AC-2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them

to all [men], as

every man had need.

AC-2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the

temple, and breaking

bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and

singleness of

heart,

AC-2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.

And the Lord

added to the church daily such as should be saved.

==== <AC3>

AC-3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at

the hour of

prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].

AC-3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was

carried, whom they

laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful,

to ask alms of

them that entered into the temple;

AC-3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple

asked an alms.

AC-3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said,

Look on us.

AC-3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive

something of them.

AC-3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such

as I have give I

thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

AC-3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted [him] up:

and immediately

his feet and ankle bones received strength.

AC-3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with

them into the

temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

AC-3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

AC-3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the

Beautiful gate

of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at

that which had

happened unto him.

AC-3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and

John, all the

people ran together unto them in the porch that is called

Solomon's, greatly

wondering.

AC-3:12 And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people,

Ye men of

Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us,

as though by

our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

AC-3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God

of our

fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and

denied him in

the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go.

AC-3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a

murderer to be

granted unto you;

AC-3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised

from the dead;

whereof we are witnesses.

AC-3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this

man strong, whom

ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him

this perfect

soundness in the presence of you all.

AC-3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did

[it], as [did]

also your rulers.

AC-3:18 But those things, which God before had showed by the

mouth of all his

prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

AC-3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins

may be blotted

out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence

of the Lord;

AC-3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was

preached unto you:

AC-3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of

restitution of all

things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy

prophets since the

world began.

AC-3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall

the Lord your

God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall

ye hear in all

things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

AC-3:23 And it shall come to pass, [that] every soul, which

will not hear that

prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

AC-3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that

follow after, as

many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

AC-3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the

covenant which God

made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed

shall all the

kindreds of the earth be blessed.

AC-3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus,

sent him to bless

you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

==== <AC4>

AC-4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the

captain of the

temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

AC-4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached

through Jesus

the resurrection from the dead.

AC-4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put [them] in hold unto

the next day:

for it was now eventide.

AC-4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and

the number of

the men was about five thousand.

AC-4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers,

and elders, and

scribes,

AC-4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and

Alexander, and

as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered

together at

Jerusalem.

AC-4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By

what power, or

by what name, have ye done this?

AC-4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them,

Ye rulers of

the people, and elders of Israel,

AC-4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the

impotent man,

by what means he is made whole;

AC-4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of

Israel, that by the

name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God

raised from the

dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

AC-4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you

builders, which is

become the head of the corner.

AC-4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is

none other name

under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

AC-4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and

perceived that

they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they

took knowledge

of them, that they had been with Jesus.

AC-4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with

them, they could

say nothing against it.

AC-4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the

council, they

conferred among themselves,

AC-4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed

a notable

miracle hath been done by them [is] manifest to all them that

dwell in

Jerusalem; and we cannot deny [it].

AC-4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us

straitly

threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

AC-4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak

at all nor teach

in the name of Jesus.

AC-4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether

it be right in

the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge

ye.

AC-4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen

and heard.

AC-4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them

go, finding

nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for

all [men]

glorified God for that which was done.

AC-4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this

miracle of healing

was showed.

AC-4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and

reported all

that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

AC-4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to

God with one

accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast made heaven,

and earth, and

the sea, and all that in them is:

AC-4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why

did the heathen

rage, and the people imagine vain things?

AC-4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were

gathered together

against the Lord, and against his Christ.

AC-4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou

hast anointed,

both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the

people of Israel,

were gathered together,

AC-4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel

determined before to be

done.

AC-4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant

unto thy servants,

that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

AC-4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs

and wonders may

be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

AC-4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where

they were

assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,

and they

spake the word of God with boldness.

AC-4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one

heart and of one

soul: neither said any [of them] that ought of the things which

he possessed

was his own; but they had all things common.

AC-4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the

resurrection of

the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

AC-4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as

many as were

possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices

of the things

that were sold,

AC-4:35 And laid [them] down at the apostles' feet: and

distribution was made

unto every man according as he had need.

AC-4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas,

(which is, being

interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, [and] of the

country of Cyprus,

AC-4:37 Having land, sold [it], and brought the money, and laid

[it] at the

apostles' feet.

==== <AC5>

AC-5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife,

sold a

possession,

AC-5:2 And kept back [part] of the price, his wife also being

privy [to it],

and brought a certain part, and laid [it], at the apostles' feet.

AC-5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine

heart to lie to

the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?

AC-5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it

was sold, was it

not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in

thine heart? thou

hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

AC-5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up

the ghost: and

great fear came on all them that heard these things.

AC-5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried [him]

out, and

buried [him].

AC-5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when

his wife, not

knowing what was done, came in.

AC-5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the

land for so

much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

AC-5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed

together to

tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which

have buried thy

husband [are] at the door, and shall carry thee out.

AC-5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded

up the ghost:

and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying

[her] forth,

buried [her] by her husband.

AC-5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as

many as heard

these things.

AC-5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and

wonders wrought

among the people; (and they were all with one accord in

Solomon's porch.

AC-5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but

the people

magnified them.

AC-5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord,

multitudes both of men

and women.)

AC-5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the

streets, and laid

[them] on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of

Peter passing by

might overshadow some of them.

AC-5:16 There came also a multitude [out] of the cities round

about unto

Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with

unclean spirits:

and they were healed every one.

AC-5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were

with him, (which

is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

AC-5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in

the common

prison.

AC-5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison

doors, and

brought them forth, and said,

AC-5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the

words of this

life.

AC-5:21 And when they heard [that], they entered into the

temple early in the

morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that

were with him, and

called the council together, and all the senate of the children

of Israel, and

sent to the prison to have them brought.

AC-5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the

prison, they

returned, and told,

AC-5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety,

and the

keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had

opened, we found no

man within.

AC-5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple

and the chief

priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this

would grow.

AC-5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men

whom ye put in

prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

AC-5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought

them without

violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been

stoned.

AC-5:27 And when they had brought them, they set [them] before

the council:

and the high priest asked them,

AC-5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should

not teach in

this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your

doctrine, and intend

to bring this man's blood upon us.

AC-5:29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said,

We ought to

obey God rather than men.

AC-5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew

and hanged on a

tree.

AC-5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a

Prince and a

Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of

sins.

AC-5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is]

also the Holy

Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

AC-5:33 When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart],

and took counsel

to slay them.

AC-5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee,

named Gamaliel, a

doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and

commanded to put

the apostles forth a little space;

AC-5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to

yourselves what ye

intend to do as touching these men.

AC-5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself

to be

somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined

themselves: who

was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and

brought to

nought.

AC-5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of

the taxing, and

drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all,

[even] as many as

obeyed him, were dispersed.

AC-5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let

them alone:

for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to

nought:

AC-5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply

ye be found

even to fight against God.

AC-5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the

apostles, and

beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the

name of Jesus,

and let them go.

AC-5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council,

rejoicing that

they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

AC-5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they

ceased not to teach

and preach Jesus Christ.

==== <AC6>

AC-6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was

multiplied,

there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews,

because their

widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

AC-6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples

[unto them], and

said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and

serve tables.

AC-6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of

honest report,

full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this

business.

AC-6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to

the ministry

of the word.

AC-6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they

chose Stephen, a

man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and

Prochorus, and

Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of

Antioch:

AC-6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had

prayed, they laid

[their] hands on them.

AC-6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the

disciples

multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the

priests were

obedient to the faith.

AC-6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders

and miracles

among the people.

AC-6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is

called [the

synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,

and of them of

Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

AC-6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the

spirit by which he

spake.

AC-6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him

speak

blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.

AC-6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the

scribes, and

came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the

council,

AC-6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man

ceaseth not to speak

blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

AC-6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth

shall destroy

this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered

us.

AC-6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on

him, saw his

face as it had been the face of an angel.

==== <AC7>

AC-7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

AC-7:2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The

God of glory

appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia,

before he dwelt

in Charran,

AC-7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from

thy kindred,

and come into the land which I shall show thee.

AC-7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and

dwelt in Charran:

and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into

this land,

wherein ye now dwell.

AC-7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much

as] to set his

foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a

possession, and to

his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

AC-7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn

in a strange

land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat

[them] evil

four hundred years.

AC-7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I

judge, said God:

and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

AC-7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so

[Abraham] begat

Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat]

Jacob; and Jacob

[begat] the twelve patriarchs.

AC-7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into

Egypt: but God

was with him,

AC-7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave

him favour and

wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him

governor over

Egypt and all his house.

AC-7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and

Chanaan, and

great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

AC-7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he

sent out our

fathers first.

AC-7:13 And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his

brethren; and

Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

AC-7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him],

and all his

kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

AC-7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our

fathers,

AC-7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the

sepulchre that

Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the

father] of Sychem.

AC-7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God

had sworn to

Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

AC-7:18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

AC-7:19 The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil

entreated our

fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end

they might not

live.

AC-7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair,

and nourished up

in his father's house three months:

AC-7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him

up, and

nourished him for her own son.

AC-7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the

Egyptians, and was

mighty in words and in deeds.

AC-7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his

heart to visit

his brethren the children of Israel.

AC-7:24 And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended

[him], and avenged

him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

AC-7:25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how

that God by his

hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

AC-7:26 And the next day he showed himself unto them as they

strove, and would

have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why

do ye wrong one

to another?

AC-7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away,

saying, Who made

thee a ruler and a judge over us?

AC-7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian

yesterday?

AC-7:29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in

the land of

Madian, where he begat two sons.

AC-7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to

him in the

wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire

in a bush.

AC-7:31 When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight: and as

he drew near to

behold [it], the voice of the Lord came unto him,

AC-7:32 [Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of

Abraham, and the

God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and

durst not behold.

AC-7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy

feet: for the

place where thou standest is holy ground.

AC-7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people

which is in

Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to

deliver them. And

now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

AC-7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a

ruler and a

judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by

the hand of the

angel which appeared to him in the bush.

AC-7:36 He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders

and signs in the

land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty

years.

AC-7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of

Israel, A prophet

shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like

unto me; him

shall ye hear.

AC-7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness

with the angel

which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers:

who received the

lively oracles to give unto us:

AC-7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him]

from them, and in

their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

AC-7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for

[as for] this

Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not

what is become of

him.

AC-7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered

sacrifice unto the

idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

AC-7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host

of heaven; as it

is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,

have ye offered

to me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the space of] forty years

in the

wilderness?

AC-7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star

of your god

Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry

you away

beyond Babylon.

AC-7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the

wilderness, as he had

appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according

to the fashion

that he had seen.

AC-7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with

Jesus into the

possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face

of our fathers,

unto the days of David;

AC-7:46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a

tabernacle for the

God of Jacob.

AC-7:47 But Solomon built him an house.

AC-7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with

hands; as

saith the prophet,

AC-7:49 Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool:

what house will ye

build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?

AC-7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

AC-7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye

do always

resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.

AC-7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?

and they have

slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of

whom ye have

been now the betrayers and murderers:

AC-7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels,

and have not

kept [it].

AC-7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the

heart, and they

gnashed on him with [their] teeth.

AC-7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up

stedfastly into

heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the

right hand of God,

AC-7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son

of man

standing on the right hand of God.

AC-7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped

their ears, and ran

upon him with one accord,

AC-7:58 And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and

the witnesses

laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was

Saul.

AC-7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying,

Lord Jesus,

receive my spirit.

AC-7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord,

lay not this

sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

==== <AC8>

AC-8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time

there was a

great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and

they were all

scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria,

except the

apostles.

AC-8:2 And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made

great

lamentation over him.

AC-8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into

every house,

and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.

AC-8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every

where preaching

the word.

AC-8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and

preached Christ unto

them.

AC-8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those

things which Philip

spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

AC-8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of

many that were

possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that

were lame, were

healed.

AC-8:8 And there was great joy in that city.

AC-8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which

beforetime in the same

city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving

out that himself

was some great one:

AC-8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the

greatest, saying,

This man is the great power of God.

AC-8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time

he had bewitched

them with sorceries.

AC-8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things

concerning the

kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,

both men and

women.

AC-8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was

baptized, he

continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and

signs which

were done.

AC-8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard

that Samaria had

received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

AC-8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that

they might

receive the Holy Ghost:

AC-8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they

were baptized

in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

AC-8:17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received

the Holy

Ghost.

AC-8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the

apostles' hands the

Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

AC-8:19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I

lay hands, he

may receive the Holy Ghost.

AC-8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee,

because thou hast

thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

AC-8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy

heart is not

right in the sight of God.

AC-8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God,

if perhaps the

thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

AC-8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness,

and [in] the

bond of iniquity.

AC-8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for

me, that none

of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

AC-8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word

of the Lord,

returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages

of the

Samaritans.

AC-8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying,

Arise, and go

toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem

unto Gaza, which

is desert.

AC-8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia,

an eunuch of

great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had

the charge of

all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

AC-8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias

the prophet.

AC-8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join

thyself to this

chariot.

AC-8:30 And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the

prophet

Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

AC-8:31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide

me? And he

desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

AC-8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He

was led as a

sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer,

so opened he

not his mouth:

AC-8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who

shall declare

his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

AC-8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee,

of whom

speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

AC-8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same

scripture, and

preached unto him Jesus.

AC-8:36 And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a

certain water: and

the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be

baptized?

AC-8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart,

thou mayest.

And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son

of God.

AC-8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they

went down both

into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

AC-8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit

of the Lord

caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went

on his way

rejoicing.

AC-8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he

preached in all

the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

==== <AC9>

AC-9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter

against the

disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

AC-9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues,

that if he

found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might

bring them

bound unto Jerusalem.

AC-9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly

there shined

round about him a light from heaven:

AC-9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto

him, Saul,

Saul, why persecutest thou me?

AC-9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am

Jesus whom

thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the

pricks.

AC-9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt

thou have me to

do? And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the city,

and it shall be

told thee what thou must do.

AC-9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,

hearing a voice,

but seeing no man.

AC-9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were

opened, he saw no

man: but they led him by the hand, and brought [him] into

Damascus.

AC-9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat

nor drink.

AC-9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named

Ananias; and to

him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I

[am here], Lord.

AC-9:11 And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the

street which is

called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for [one]

called Saul, of

Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

AC-9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in,

and putting

[his] hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

AC-9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of

this man, how

much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

AC-9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to

bind all that

call on thy name.

AC-9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a

chosen vessel unto

me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the

children of Israel:

AC-9:16 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for

my name's

sake.

AC-9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house;

and putting his

hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, that

appeared unto

thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest

receive thy

sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

AC-9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been

scales: and he

received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

AC-9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened.

Then was Saul

certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

AC-9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues,

that he is the

Son of God.

AC-9:21 But all that heard [him] were amazed, and said; Is not

this he that

destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came

hither for that

intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

AC-9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded

the Jews which

dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

AC-9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took

counsel to kill

him:

AC-9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they

watched the gates

day and night to kill him.

AC-9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him]

down by the wall

in a basket.

AC-9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join

himself to the

disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not

that he was a

disciple.

AC-9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought [him] to the

apostles, and declared

unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had

spoken to him,

and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

AC-9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at

Jerusalem.

AC-9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and

disputed

against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

AC-9:30 [Which] when the brethren knew, they brought him down

to Caesarea, and

sent him forth to Tarsus.

AC-9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and

Galilee and

Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord,

and in the

comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

AC-9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all

[quarters], he

came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

AC-9:33 And there he found a certain man named AEneas, which

had kept his bed

eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

AC-9:34 And Peter said unto him, AEneas, Jesus Christ maketh

thee whole:

arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

AC-9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and

turned to the Lord.

AC-9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha,

which by

interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good

works and

almsdeeds which she did.

AC-9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick,

and died: whom

when they had washed, they laid [her] in an upper chamber.

AC-9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the

disciples had heard

that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring [him]

that he would

not delay to come to them.

AC-9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come,

they brought

him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him

weeping, and

showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was

with them.

AC-9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and

prayed; and

turning [him] to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened

her eyes: and

when she saw Peter, she sat up.

AC-9:41 And he gave her [his] hand, and lifted her up, and when

he had called

the saints and widows, presented her alive.

AC-9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many

believed in the Lord.

AC-9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa

with one Simon

a tanner.

==== <AC10>

AC-10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a

centurion of

the band called the Italian [band],

AC-10:2 [A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his

house, which

gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

AC-10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of

the day an angel

of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

AC-10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said,

What is it, Lord?

And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for

a memorial

before God.

AC-10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon,

whose surname is

Peter:

AC-10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by

the sea side: he

shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

AC-10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was

departed, he called

two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that

waited on him

continually;

AC-10:8 And when he had declared all [these] things unto them,

he sent them to

Joppa.

AC-10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew

nigh unto the

city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth

hour:

AC-10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but

while they made

ready, he fell into a trance,

AC-10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending

unto him, as

it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down

to the earth:

AC-10:12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the

earth, and wild

beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

AC-10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and

eat.

AC-10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten

any thing that

is common or unclean.

AC-10:15 And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time,

What God hath

cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

AC-10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up

again into

heaven.

AC-10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision

which he had seen

should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had

made inquiry

for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,

AC-10:18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was

surnamed Peter, were

lodged there.

AC-10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said

unto him, Behold,

three men seek thee.

AC-10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them,

doubting

nothing: for I have sent them.

AC-10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto

him from

Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what [is] the

cause

wherefore ye are come?

AC-10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man,

and one that

feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews,

was warned

from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and

to hear words of

thee.

AC-10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged [them]. And on the

morrow Peter

went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied

him.

AC-10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And

Cornelius waited

for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

AC-10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and

fell down at his

feet, and worshipped [him].

AC-10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also

am a man.

AC-10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many

that were come

together.

AC-10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an

unlawful thing for a

man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another

nation; but God

hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

AC-10:29 Therefore came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as

soon as I was sent

for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

AC-10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until

this hour; and

at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood

before me in

bright clothing,

AC-10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine

alms are had in

remembrance in the sight of God.

AC-10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose

surname is

Peter; he is lodged in the house of [one] Simon a tanner by the

sea side: who,

when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

AC-10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast

well done that

thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God,

to hear all

things that are commanded thee of God.

AC-10:34 Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I

perceive that

God is no respecter of persons:

AC-10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh

righteousness,

is accepted with him.

AC-10:36 The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel,

preaching

peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

AC-10:37 That word, [I say], ye know, which was published

throughout all

Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John

preached;

AC-10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost

and with

power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were

oppressed of the

devil; for God was with him.

AC-10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both

in the land of

the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

AC-10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;

AC-10:41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen

before of God,

[even] to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from

the dead.

AC-10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to

testify that it

is he which was ordained of God [to be] the Judge of quick and

dead.

AC-10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his

name whosoever

believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

AC-10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell

on all them

which heard the word.

AC-10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were

astonished, as many

as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured

out the gift

of the Holy Ghost.

AC-10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify

God. Then

answered Peter,

AC-10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be

baptized, which

have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

AC-10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of

the Lord. Then

prayed they him to tarry certain days.

==== <AC11>

AC-11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard

that the

Gentiles had also received the word of God.

AC-11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were

of the

circumcision contended with him,

AC-11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst

eat with them.

AC-11:4 But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning,

and expounded

[it] by order unto them, saying,

AC-11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I

saw a vision, A

certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down

from heaven by

four corners; and it came even to me:

AC-11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I

considered, and saw

fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping

things, and fowls

of the air.

AC-11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay

and eat.

AC-11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean

hath at any

time entered into my mouth.

AC-11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God

hath cleansed,

[that] call not thou common.

AC-11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up

again into

heaven.

AC-11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already

come unto the

house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

AC-11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting.

Moreover these

six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:

AC-11:13 And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house,

which stood

and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose

surname is

Peter;

AC-11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy

house shall be

saved.

AC-11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them,

as on us at the

beginning.

AC-11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he

said, John indeed

baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy

Ghost.

AC-11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as [he

did] unto us,

who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could

withstand God?

AC-11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace,

and glorified

God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted

repentance unto life.

AC-11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the

persecution that arose

about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and

Antioch, preaching

the word to none but unto the Jews only.

AC-11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which,

when they were

come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord

Jesus.

AC-11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great

number believed,

and turned unto the Lord.

AC-11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the

church which

was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should

go as far as

Antioch.

AC-11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was

glad, and

exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave

unto the Lord.

AC-11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and

of faith: and

much people was added unto the Lord.

AC-11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

AC-11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch.

And it came

to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the

church, and

taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians

first in Antioch.

AC-11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto

Antioch.

AC-11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and

signified by the

Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the

world: which came

to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

AC-11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,

determined to

send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

AC-11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the

hands of

Barnabas and Saul.

==== <AC12>

AC-12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth

[his] hands to vex

certain of the church.

AC-12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

AC-12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded

further to take

Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

AC-12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison,

and delivered

[him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending

after Easter to

bring him forth to the people.

AC-12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made

without

ceasing of the church unto God for him.

AC-12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same

night Peter was

sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the

keepers before

the door kept the prison.

AC-12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and

a light shined

in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up,

saying, Arise

up quickly. And his chains fell off from [his] hands.

AC-12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on

thy sandals.

And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about

thee, and follow

me.

AC-12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it

was true which

was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

AC-12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward,

they came unto the

iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of

his own accord:

and they went out, and passed on through one street; and

forthwith the angel

departed from him.

AC-12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I

know of a surety,

that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of

the hand of

Herod, and [from] all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

AC-12:12 And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the

house of Mary

the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were

gathered together

praying.

AC-12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel

came to

hearken, named Rhoda.

AC-12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the

gate for

gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

AC-12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she

constantly affirmed

that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

AC-12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened

[the door],

and saw him, they were astonished.

AC-12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold

their peace,

declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the

prison. And he said,

Go show these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he

departed, and went

into another place.

AC-12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir

among the

soldiers, what was become of Peter.

AC-12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not,

he examined the

keepers, and commanded that [they] should be put to death. And

he went down

from Judaea to Caesarea, and [there] abode.

AC-12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and

Sidon: but they

came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's

chamberlain

their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished

by the king's

[country].

AC-12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel,

sat upon his

throne, and made an oration unto them.

AC-12:22 And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice

of a god, and

not of a man.

AC-12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him,

because he gave not

God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

AC-12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.

AC-12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when

they had

fulfilled [their] ministry, and took with them John, whose

surname was Mark.

==== <AC13>

AC-13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch

certain prophets and

teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and

Lucius of Cyrene,

and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,

and Saul.

AC-13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy

Ghost said,

Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have

called them.

AC-13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their]

hands on them,

they sent [them] away.

AC-13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed

unto Seleucia;

and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

AC-13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word

of God in the

synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to [their]

minister.

AC-13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos,

they found a

certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [was]

Barjesus:

AC-13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius

Paulus, a prudent

man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the

word of God.

AC-13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by

interpretation)

withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

AC-13:9 Then Saul, (who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the

Holy Ghost,

set his eyes on him,

AC-13:10 And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief,

[thou] child of

the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not

cease to pervert

the right ways of the Lord?

AC-13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee,

and thou shalt

be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there

fell on him a

mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him

by the hand.

AC-13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed,

being

astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

AC-13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they

came to Perga

in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

AC-13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to

Antioch in Pisidia,

and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

AC-13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the

rulers of the

synagogue sent unto them, saying, [Ye] men [and] brethren, if ye

have any word

of exhortation for the people, say on.

AC-13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand said,

Men of

Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

AC-13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers,

and exalted the

people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and

with an high arm

brought he them out of it.

AC-13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their

manners in the

wilderness.

AC-13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of

Chanaan, he

divided their land to them by lot.

AC-13:20 And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the

space of four

hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

AC-13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto

them Saul the

son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of

forty years.

AC-13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them

David to be their

king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found

David the [son] of

Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my

will.

AC-13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to [his] promise

raised unto

Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

AC-13:24 When John had first preached before his coming the

baptism of

repentance to all the people of Israel.

AC-13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think

ye that I am? I

am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes

of [his] feet

I am not worthy to loose.

AC-13:26 Men [and] brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,

and whosoever

among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

AC-13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers,

because they knew

him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every

sabbath day,

they have fulfilled [them] in condemning [him].

AC-13:28 And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet

desired they

Pilate that he should be slain.

AC-13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of

him, they took

[him] down from the tree, and laid [him] in a sepulchre.

AC-13:30 But God raised him from the dead:

AC-13:31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with

him from Galilee

to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

AC-13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the

promise which was

made unto the fathers,

AC-13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in

that he hath

raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm,

Thou art my

Son, this day have I begotten thee.

AC-13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead,

[now] no more

to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you

the sure mercies

of David.

AC-13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt

not suffer

thine Holy One to see corruption.

AC-13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by

the will of God,

fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

AC-13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

AC-13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren,

that through this

man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

AC-13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all

things, from which

ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

AC-13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is

spoken of in the

prophets;

AC-13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I

work a work in

your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a

man declare it

unto you.

AC-13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the

Gentiles

besought that these words might be preached to them the next

sabbath.

AC-13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the

Jews and

religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking

to them,

persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

AC-13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city

together to hear

the word of God.

AC-13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled

with envy, and

spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,

contradicting and

blaspheming.

AC-13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was

necessary that

the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing

ye put it from

you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we

turn to the

Gentiles.

AC-13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have

set thee to be a

light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto

the ends of

the earth.

AC-13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and

glorified the

word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life

believed.

AC-13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all

the region.

AC-13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable

women, and the

chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and

Barnabas, and

expelled them out of their coasts.

AC-13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them,

and came unto

Iconium.

AC-13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the

Holy Ghost.

==== <AC14>

AC-14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both

together into the

synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both

of the Jews

and also of the Greeks believed.

AC-14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and

made their minds

evil affected against the brethren.

AC-14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the

Lord, which gave

testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and

wonders to be done

by their hands.

AC-14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part

held with the

Jews, and part with the apostles.

AC-14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles,

and also of

the Jews with their rulers, to use [them] despitefully, and to

stone them,

AC-14:6 They were ware of [it], and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,

cities of

Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

AC-14:7 And there they preached the gospel.

AC-14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his

feet, being a

cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

AC-14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him,

and

perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

AC-14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And

he leaped and

walked.

AC-14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they

lifted up their

voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down

to us in the

likeness of men.

AC-14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,

because he

was the chief speaker.

AC-14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their

city, brought oxen

and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with

the people.

AC-14:14 [Which] when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard

[of], they rent

their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

AC-14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are

men of like

passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from

these vanities

unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea,

and all things

that are therein:

AC-14:16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in

their own ways.

AC-14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in

that he did

good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons,

filling our hearts

with food and gladness.

AC-14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the

people, that they

had not done sacrifice unto them.

AC-14:19 And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch and

Iconium, who

persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew [him] out of

the city,

supposing he had been dead.

AC-14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he

rose up, and came

into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to

Derbe.

AC-14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city,

and had taught

many, they returned again to Lystra, and [to] Iconium, and

Antioch,

AC-14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting

them to

continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation

enter into the

kingdom of God.

AC-14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church,

and had

prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom

they believed.

AC-14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they

came to Pamphylia.

AC-14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they

went down into

Attalia:

AC-14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had

been recommended

to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

AC-14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church

together, they

rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened

the door of

faith unto the Gentiles.

AC-14:28 And there they abode long time with the disciples.

==== <AC15>

AC-15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the

brethren, [and

said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye

cannot be saved.

AC-15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small

dissension and

disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas,

and certain

other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and

elders about

this question.

AC-15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they

passed through

Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles:

and they caused

great joy unto all the brethren.

AC-15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were

received of the

church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they declared all

things that God

had done with them.

AC-15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees

which believed,

saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command

[them] to keep

the law of Moses.

AC-15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to

consider of this

matter.

AC-15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up,

and said unto

them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God

made choice

among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of

the gospel, and

believe.

AC-15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness,

giving them the

Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;

AC-15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying

their hearts by

faith.

AC-15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the

neck of the

disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

AC-15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord

Jesus Christ we

shall be saved, even as they.

AC-15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience

to Barnabas

and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought

among the

Gentiles by them.

AC-15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered,

saying, Men

[and] brethren, hearken unto me:

AC-15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit

the Gentiles, to

take out of them a people for his name.

AC-15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is

written,

AC-15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the

tabernacle of

David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins

thereof, and I

will set it up:

AC-15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and

all the

Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth

all these

things.

AC-15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of

the world.

AC-15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them,

which from among

the Gentiles are turned to God:

AC-15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from

pollutions of

idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and

[from] blood.

AC-15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that

preach him, being

read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

AC-15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the

whole church, to

send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and

Barnabas;

[namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among

the brethren:

AC-15:23 And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner;

The apostles and

elders and brethren [send] greeting unto the brethren which are

of the Gentiles

in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

AC-15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went

out from us have

troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, [Ye

must] be

circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no [such]

commandment:

AC-15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one

accord, to send

chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

AC-15:26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our

Lord Jesus

Christ.

AC-15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also

tell [you] the

same things by mouth.

AC-15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to

lay upon you no

greater burden than these necessary things;

AC-15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from

blood, and from

things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep

yourselves, ye

shall do well. Fare ye well.

AC-15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and

when they had

gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

AC-15:31 [Which] when they had read, they rejoiced for the

consolation.

AC-15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,

exhorted the

brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].

AC-15:33 And after they had tarried [there] a space, they were

let go in peace

from the brethren unto the apostles.

AC-15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

AC-15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching

and preaching

the word of the Lord, with many others also.

AC-15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go

again and

visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word

of the Lord,

[and see] how they do.

AC-15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose

surname was

Mark.

AC-15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who

departed from

them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

AC-15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that

they departed

asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and

sailed unto Cyprus;

AC-15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended

by the brethren

unto the grace of God.

AC-15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the

churches.

==== <AC16>

AC-16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a

certain disciple was

there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a

Jewess, and

believed; but his father [was] a Greek:

AC-16:2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at

Lystra and

Iconium.

AC-16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and

circumcised him

because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew

all that his

father was a Greek.

AC-16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered

them the decrees

for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which

were at

Jerusalem.

AC-16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and

increased in

number daily.

AC-16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the

region of Galatia,

and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

AC-16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into

Bithynia: but

the Spirit suffered them not.

AC-16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

AC-16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood

a man of

Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and

help us.

AC-16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we

endeavoured to go

into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us

for to preach

the gospel unto them.

AC-16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight

course to

Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;

AC-16:12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city

of that part of

Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were in that city abiding

certain days.

AC-16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river

side, where

prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the

women which

resorted [thither].

AC-16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple,

of the city of

Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord

opened, that

she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

AC-16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she

besought [us],

saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come

into my house,

and abide [there]. And she constrained us.

AC-16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain

damsel possessed

with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters

much gain by

soothsaying:

AC-16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,

These men are the

servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of

salvation.

AC-16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved,

turned and said

to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to

come out of her.

And he came out the same hour.

AC-16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains

was gone, they

caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them] into the marketplace unto

the rulers,

AC-16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men,

being Jews,

do exceedingly trouble our city,

AC-16:21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to

receive, neither to

observe, being Romans.

AC-16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and

the magistrates

rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them].

AC-16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they

cast [them] into

prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

AC-16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into

the inner

prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

AC-16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang

praises unto God: and

the prisoners heard them.

AC-16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the

foundations of

the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were

opened, and every

one's bands were loosed.

AC-16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep,

and seeing the

prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed

himself,

supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

AC-16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself

no harm: for we

are all here.

AC-16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came

trembling, and

fell down before Paul and Silas,

AC-16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do

to be saved?

AC-16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and

thou shalt be

saved, and thy house.

AC-16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to

all that were in

his house.

AC-16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and

washed [their]

stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

AC-16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set

meat before them,

and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

AC-16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the

serjeants, saying, Let

those men go.

AC-16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul,

The

magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and

go in peace.

AC-16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly

uncondemned,

being Romans, and have cast [us] into prison; and now do they

thrust us out

privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us

out.

AC-16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the

magistrates: and they

feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

AC-16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought [them]

out, and desired

[them] to depart out of the city.

AC-16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the

house of]

Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them,

and departed.

==== <AC17>

AC-17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and

Apollonia, they came

to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

AC-17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and

three sabbath days

reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

AC-17:3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have

suffered, and risen

again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you,

is Christ.

AC-17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and

Silas; and of

the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not

a few.

AC-17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took

unto them

certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company,

and set all the

city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought

to bring them

out to the people.

AC-17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and

certain brethren

unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the

world upside

down are come hither also;

AC-17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to

the decrees of

Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.

AC-17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city,

when they

heard these things.

AC-17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the

other, they let

them go.

AC-17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas

by night unto

Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue of the Jews.

AC-17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in

that they

received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the

scriptures

daily, whether those things were so.

AC-17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable

women which were

Greeks, and of men, not a few.

AC-17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that

the word of God

was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and

stirred up the

people.

AC-17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go

as it were to

the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

AC-17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens:

and receiving a

commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all

speed, they

departed.

AC-17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit

was stirred in

him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

AC-17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews,

and with the

devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with

him.

AC-17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of

the Stoicks,

encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say?

other some, He

seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he

preached unto them

Jesus, and the resurrection.

AC-17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus,

saying, May we

know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?

AC-17:20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears:

we would know

therefore what these things mean.

AC-17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there

spent their

time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new

thing.)

AC-17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,

[Ye] men of

Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

AC-17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found

an altar with

this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye

ignorantly worship, him

declare I unto you.

AC-17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing

that he is

Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with

hands;

AC-17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he

needed any

thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

AC-17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to

dwell on all the

face of the earth, and hath determined the times before

appointed, and the

bounds of their habitation;

AC-17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might

feel after him,

and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

AC-17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as

certain also of

your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

AC-17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we

ought not to think

that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven

by art and

man's device.

AC-17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now

commandeth all

men every where to repent:

AC-17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will

judge the world

in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof]

he hath given

assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the

dead.

AC-17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,

some mocked: and

others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter].

AC-17:33 So Paul departed from among them.

AC-17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed:

among the which

[was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and

others with

them.

==== <AC18>

AC-18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came

to Corinth;

AC-18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,

lately come from

Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had

commanded all Jews

to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

AC-18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with

them, and wrought:

for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

AC-18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and

persuaded the Jews

and the Greeks.

AC-18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia,

Paul was

pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus

[was] Christ.

AC-18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he

shook [his]

raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads;

I [am] clean:

from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

AC-18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain

[man's] house,

named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house joined hard

to the

synagogue.

AC-18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed

on the Lord

with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed,

and were

baptized.

AC-18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision,

Be not afraid,

but speak, and hold not thy peace:

AC-18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to

hurt thee: for I

have much people in this city.

AC-18:11 And he continued [there] a year and six months,

teaching the word of

God among them.

AC-18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews

made insurrection

with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment

seat,

AC-18:13 Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God

contrary to the

law.

AC-18:14 And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth,

Gallio said unto the

Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye]

Jews, reason

would that I should bear with you:

AC-18:15 But if it be a question of words and names, and [of]

your law, look

ye [to it]; for I will be no judge of such [matters].

AC-18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.

AC-18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of

the synagogue,

and beat [him] before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for

none of those

things.

AC-18:18 And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while,

and then took

his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and

with him Priscilla

and Aquila; having shorn [his] head in Cenchrea: for he had a

vow.

AC-18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he

himself entered

into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

AC-18:20 When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them,

he consented

not;

AC-18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means

keep this feast

that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if

God will. And he

sailed from Ephesus.

AC-18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and

saluted the

church, he went down to Antioch.

AC-18:23 And after he had spent some time [there], he departed,

and went over

[all] the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening

all the

disciples.

AC-18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria,

an eloquent man,

[and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

AC-18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and

being fervent in

the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the

Lord, knowing only

the baptism of John.

AC-18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom

when Aquila and

Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and expounded

unto him the way

of God more perfectly.

AC-18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the

brethren wrote,

exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come,

helped them much

which had believed through grace:

AC-18:28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that]

publicly, showing by

the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

==== <AC19>

AC-19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth,

Paul having

passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding

certain disciples,

AC-19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost

since ye believed?

And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether

there be any Holy

Ghost.

AC-19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized?

And they said,

Unto John's baptism.

AC-19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism

of repentance,

saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which

should come after

him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

AC-19:5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name

of the Lord

Jesus.

AC-19:6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy

Ghost came on

them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

AC-19:7 And all the men were about twelve.

AC-19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for

the space of

three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the

kingdom of

God.

AC-19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but

spake evil of

that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and

separated the

disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

AC-19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that

all they which

dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and

Greeks.

AC-19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

AC-19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick

handkerchiefs or

aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil

spirits went out of

them.

AC-19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took

upon them to call

over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,

saying, We adjure

you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

AC-19:14 And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and]

chief of the

priests, which did so.

AC-19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know,

and Paul I know;

but who are ye?

AC-19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them,

and overcame

them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that

house naked and

wounded.

AC-19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also

dwelling at

Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord

Jesus was

magnified.

AC-19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed

their deeds.

AC-19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought

their books

together, and burned them before all [men]: and they counted the

price of them,

and found [it] fifty thousand [pieces] of silver.

AC-19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

AC-19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the

spirit, when he

had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,

saying, After I

have been there, I must also see Rome.

AC-19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered

unto him,

Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a

season.

AC-19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that

way.

AC-19:24 For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith,

which made silver

shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

AC-19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like

occupation, and

said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

AC-19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus,

but almost

throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away

much people,

saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

AC-19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set

at nought; but

also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be

despised, and her

magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world

worshippeth.

AC-19:28 And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of

wrath, and

cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.

AC-19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and

having caught Gaius

and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel,

they rushed

with one accord into the theatre.

AC-19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people,

the disciples

suffered him not.

AC-19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his

friends, sent unto

him, desiring [him] that he would not adventure himself into the

theatre.

AC-19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for

the assembly

was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were

come together.

AC-19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews

putting him

forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have

made his defence

unto the people.

AC-19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one

voice about the

space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.

AC-19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he

said, [Ye] men of

Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of

the Ephesians

is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the [image]

which fell down

from Jupiter?

AC-19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against,

ye ought to

be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

AC-19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are

neither robbers of

churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

AC-19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are

with him, have a

matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies:

let them

implead one another.

AC-19:39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters,

it shall be

determined in a lawful assembly.

AC-19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this

day's uproar,

there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this

concourse.

AC-19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

==== <AC20>

AC-20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto [him]

the disciples,

and embraced [them], and departed for to go into Macedonia.

AC-20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given

them much

exhortation, he came into Greece,

AC-20:3 And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid

wait for him,

as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return

through Macedonia.

AC-20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea;

and of the

Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and

Timotheus; and

of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

AC-20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.

AC-20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of

unleavened bread,

and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven

days.

AC-20:7 And upon the first [day] of the week, when the

disciples came together

to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the

morrow; and

continued his speech until midnight.

AC-20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where

they were

gathered together.

AC-20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named

Eutychus, being

fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he

sunk down with

sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

AC-20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing

[him] said,

Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

AC-20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken

bread, and eaten,

and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

AC-20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a

little

comforted.

AC-20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos,

there intending to

take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go

afoot.

AC-20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and

came to

Mitylene.

AC-20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next [day] over

against Chios; and

the next [day] we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium;

and the next

[day] we came to Miletus.

AC-20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he

would not

spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for

him, to be at

Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

AC-20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the

elders of the

church.

AC-20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye

know, from the

first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been

with you at all

seasons,

AC-20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with

many tears, and

temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

AC-20:20 [And] how I kept back nothing that was profitable

[unto you], but

have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to

house,

AC-20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,

repentance

toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

AC-20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto

Jerusalem, not knowing

the things that shall befall me there:

AC-20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,

saying that bonds

and afflictions abide me.

AC-20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my

life dear unto

myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the

ministry, which I

have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the

grace of God.

AC-20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have

gone preaching

the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

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

pure from the

blood of all [men].

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

counsel of God.

AC-20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the

flock, over the

which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church

of God, which

he hath purchased with his own blood.

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

grievous wolves enter

in among you, not sparing the flock.

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

perverse things, to

draw away disciples after them.

AC-20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of

three years I

ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

AC-20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the

word of his

grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an

inheritance among all

them which are sanctified.

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

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

ministered unto my

necessities, and to them that were with me.

AC-20:35 I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye

ought to

support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,

how he said, It

is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

prayed with them

all.

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

kissed him,

AC-20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake,

that they should

see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

==== <AC21>

AC-21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from

them, and had

launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the

[day] following

unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

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

aboard, and set

forth.

AC-21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the

left hand, and

sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to

unlade her

burden.

AC-21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who

said to Paul

through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

AC-21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed

and went our way;

and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children,

till [we were] out

of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

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

ship; and they

returned home again.

AC-21:7 And when we had finished [our] course from Tyre, we

came to Ptolemais,

and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

AC-21:8 And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company

departed, and came

unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the

evangelist, which

was [one] of the seven; and abode with him.

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

prophesy.

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

from Judaea a

certain prophet, named Agabus.

AC-21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle,

and bound his

own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So

shall the Jews at

Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall

deliver [him] into

the hands of the Gentiles.

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

that place,

besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

AC-21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break

mine heart? for

I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem

for the name of

the Lord Jesus.

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

The will of

the Lord be done.

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

went up to

Jerusalem.

AC-21:16 There went with us also [certain] of the disciples of

Caesarea, and

brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with

whom we should

lodge.

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

received us gladly.

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

James; and all the

elders were present.

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

what things

God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

AC-21:20 And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and

said unto him,

Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which

believe; and

they are all zealous of the law:

AC-21:21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all

the Jews which

are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought

not to

circumcise [their] children, neither to walk after the customs.

AC-21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come

together: for

they will hear that thou art come.

AC-21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four

men which have a

vow on them;

AC-21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at

charges with them,

that they may shave [their] heads: and all may know that those

things, whereof

they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but [that] thou

thyself also

walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

AC-21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have

written [and]

concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they

keep themselves

from [things] offered to idols, and from blood, and from

strangled, and from

fornication.

AC-21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying

himself with them

entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the

days of

purification, until that an offering should be offered for every

one of them.

AC-21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews

which were of

Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people,

and laid

hands on him,

AC-21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that

teacheth all

[men] every where against the people, and the law, and this

place: and further

brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy

place.

AC-21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city

Trophimus an Ephesian,

whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

AC-21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran

together: and they

took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the

doors were shut.

AC-21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto

the chief

captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

AC-21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran

down unto them:

and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left

beating of

Paul.

AC-21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and

commanded [him]

to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what

he had done.

AC-21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the

multitude: and when

he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him

to be carried

into the castle.

AC-21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he

was borne of the

soldiers for the violence of the people.

AC-21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying,

Away with

him.

AC-21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said

unto the chief

captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

AC-21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days

madest an uproar,

and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were

murderers?

AC-21:39 But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus,

[a city] in

Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer

me to speak

unto the people.

AC-21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the

stairs, and

beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made

a great

silence, he spake unto [them] in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

==== <AC22>

AC-22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I

make] now unto

you.

AC-22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue

to them, they

kept the more silence: and he saith,)

AC-22:3 I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a

city] in

Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel,

[and] taught

according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and

was zealous

toward God, as ye all are this day.

AC-22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and

delivering into

prisons both men and women.

AC-22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all

the estate of

the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren,

and went to

Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem,

for to be

punished.

AC-22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and

was come nigh

unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a

great light round

about me.

AC-22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying

unto me, Saul,

Saul, why persecutest thou me?

AC-22:8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me,

I am Jesus of

Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

AC-22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and

were afraid; but

they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

AC-22:10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said

unto me, Arise,

and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all

things which are

appointed for thee to do.

AC-22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light,

being led by

the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

AC-22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law,

having a good

report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],

AC-22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother

Saul, receive thy

sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

AC-22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee,

that thou

shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest

hear the voice of

his mouth.

AC-22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what

thou hast seen and

heard.

AC-22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and

wash away thy

sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

AC-22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to

Jerusalem, even

while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

AC-22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee

quickly out of

Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

AC-22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat

in every

synagogue them that believed on thee:

AC-22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I

also was

standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment

of them that

slew him.

AC-22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far

hence unto the

Gentiles.

AC-22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then]

lifted up their

voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for

it is not fit

that he should live.

AC-22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes,

and threw dust

into the air,

AC-22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the

castle, and

bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know

wherefore they

cried so against him.

AC-22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the

centurion that

stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman,

and

uncondemned?

AC-22:26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the

chief captain,

saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

AC-22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell

me, art thou a

Roman? He said, Yea.

AC-22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum

obtained I this

freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.

AC-22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should

have examined

him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that

he was a Roman,

and because he had bound him.

AC-22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the

certainty wherefore he

was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and

commanded the

chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul

down, and set

him before them.

==== <AC23>

AC-23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men

[and] brethren, I

have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

AC-23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood

by him to smite

him on the mouth.

AC-23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou]

whited wall: for

sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be

smitten

contrary to the law?

AC-23:4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high

priest?

AC-23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the

high priest: for

it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy

people.

AC-23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were

Sadducees, and the

other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren,

I am a

Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of

the dead I am

called in question.

AC-23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension

between the

Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

AC-23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,

neither angel,

nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

AC-23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that

were] of the

Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in

this man: but if

a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight

against God.

AC-23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief

captain, fearing

lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded

the soldiers to

go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring

[him] into the

castle.

AC-23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and

said, Be of good

cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so

must thou bear

witness also at Rome.

AC-23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded

together, and bound

themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor

drink till

they had killed Paul.

AC-23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this

conspiracy.

AC-23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and

said, We have

bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing

until we have

slain Paul.

AC-23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief

captain that

he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire

something more

perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are

ready to kill him.

AC-23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in

wait, he went

and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

AC-23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto [him], and

said, Bring

this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain

thing to tell him.

AC-23:18 So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain,

and said,

Paul the prisoner called me unto [him], and prayed me to bring

this young man

unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

AC-23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went

[with him]

aside privately, and asked [him], What is that thou hast to tell

me?

AC-23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that

thou wouldest

bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would

inquire

somewhat of him more perfectly.

AC-23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait

for him of

them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an

oath, that they

will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now

are they ready,

looking for a promise from thee.

AC-23:22 So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart,

and charged

[him, See thou] tell no man that thou hast showed these things

to me.

AC-23:23 And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make

ready two

hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and

ten, and

spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

AC-23:24 And provide [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on,

and bring [him]

safe unto Felix the governor.

AC-23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:

AC-23:26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix

[sendeth]

greeting.

AC-23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been

killed of them:

then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood

that he was a

Roman.

AC-23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they

accused him, I

brought him forth into their council:

AC-23:29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their

law, but to have

nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

AC-23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait

for the man, I

sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers

also to say

before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.

AC-23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul,

and brought

[him] by night to Antipatris.

AC-23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him,

and returned to

the castle:

AC-23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the

epistle to the

governor, presented Paul also before him.

AC-23:34 And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked

of what

province he was. And when he understood that [he was] of Cilicia;

AC-23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are

also come. And he

commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

==== <AC24>

AC-24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended

with the elders,

and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who informed the

governor

against Paul.

AC-24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse

[him], saying,

Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very

worthy deeds are

done unto this nation by thy providence,

AC-24:3 We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble

Felix, with all

thankfulness.

AC-24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto

thee, I pray thee

that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.

AC-24:5 For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and

a mover of

sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a

ringleader of the sect

of the Nazarenes:

AC-24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we

took, and

would have judged according to our law.

AC-24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with

great violence

took [him] away out of our hands,

AC-24:8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining

of whom

thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we

accuse him.

AC-24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things

were so.

AC-24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto

him to speak,

answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years

a judge unto

this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

AC-24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are

yet but twelve

days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

AC-24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with

any man,

neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in

the city:

AC-24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now

accuse me.

AC-24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which

they call

heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things

which are

written in the law and in the prophets:

AC-24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also

allow, that

there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and

unjust.

AC-24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a

conscience void of

offence toward God, and [toward] men.

AC-24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation,

and

offerings.

AC-24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in

the temple,

neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

AC-24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object,

if they had

ought against me.

AC-24:20 Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found

any evil doing

in me, while I stood before the council,

AC-24:21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing

among them,

Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by

you this day.

AC-24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect

knowledge of

[that] way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief

captain shall

come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

AC-24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let

[him] have

liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to

minister or come

unto him.

AC-24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife

Drusilla, which

was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the

faith in Christ.

AC-24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and

judgment to

come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time;

when I have a

convenient season, I will call for thee.

AC-24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of

Paul, that he

might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and

communed with him.

AC-24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix'

room: and Felix,

willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

==== <AC25>

AC-25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three

days he

ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

AC-25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed

him against

Paul, and besought him,

AC-25:3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for

him to

Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

AC-25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at

Caesarea, and that he

himself would depart shortly [thither].

AC-25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able,

go down with

[me], and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

AC-25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days,

he went down

unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat

commanded Paul to

be brought.

AC-25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from

Jerusalem stood

round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul,

which they

could not prove.

AC-25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law

of the Jews,

neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I

offended any thing

at all.

AC-25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered

Paul, and

said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these

things before

me?

AC-25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat,

where I ought to

be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well

knowest.

AC-25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing

worthy of death,

I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things

whereof these accuse

me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

AC-25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,

answered, Hast

thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

AC-25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came

unto Caesarea to

salute Festus.

AC-25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus

declared Paul's cause

unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by

Felix:

AC-25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests

and the elders

of the Jews informed [me], desiring [to have] judgment against

him.

AC-25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans

to deliver any

man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers

face to face, and

have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid

against him.

AC-25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any

delay on the

morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be

brought forth.

AC-25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought

none accusation

of such things as I supposed:

AC-25:19 But had certain questions against him of their own

superstition, and

of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

AC-25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I

asked [him]

whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these

matters.

AC-25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the

hearing of

Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to

Caesar.

AC-25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the

man myself. To

morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

AC-25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice,

with great

pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief

captains, and

principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was

brought forth.

AC-25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are

here present

with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the

Jews have dealt

with me, both at Jerusalem, and [also] here, crying that he

ought not to live

any longer.

AC-25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy

of death, and

that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to

send him.

AC-25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord.

Wherefore I

have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O

king Agrippa,

that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.

AC-25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner,

and not withal

to signify the crimes [laid] against him.

==== <AC26>

AC-26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to

speak for thyself.

Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

AC-26:2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall

answer for myself

this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am

accused of the Jews:

AC-26:3 Especially [because I know] thee to be expert in all

customs and

questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to

hear me

patiently.

AC-26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first

among mine own

nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

AC-26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify,

that after

the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

AC-26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the

promise made of God

unto our fathers:

AC-26:7 Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly

serving [God] day

and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I

am accused of

the Jews.

AC-26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,

that God should

raise the dead?

AC-26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many

things contrary

to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

AC-26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the

saints did I

shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief

priests; and when

they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].

AC-26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and

compelled [them] to

blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted

[them] even

unto strange cities.

AC-26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and

commission from

the chief priests,

AC-26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from

heaven, above the

brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which

journeyed with me.

AC-26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a

voice speaking

unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why

persecutest thou me?

[it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

AC-26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am

Jesus whom thou

persecutest.

AC-26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared

unto thee for

this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of

these things which

thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear

unto thee;

AC-26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the

Gentiles, unto whom

now I send thee,

AC-26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness

to light, and

[from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive

forgiveness of sins,

and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is

in me.

AC-26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto

the heavenly

vision:

AC-26:20 But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at

Jerusalem, and

throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles,

that they

should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

AC-26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and

went about to

kill [me].

AC-26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto

this day,

witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things

than those which

the prophets and Moses did say should come:

AC-26:23 That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the

first that

should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people,

and to the

Gentiles.

AC-26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a

loud voice,

Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

AC-26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but

speak forth the

words of truth and soberness.

AC-26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also

I speak

freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden

from him; for

this thing was not done in a corner.

AC-26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that

thou

believest.

AC-26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me

to be a

Christian.

AC-26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but

also all that

hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am,

except these

bonds.

AC-26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the

governor, and

Bernice, and they that sat with them:

AC-26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between

themselves,

saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

AC-26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have

been set at

liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

==== <AC27>

AC-27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into

Italy, they

delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one] named

Julius, a centurion

of Augustus' band.

AC-27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched,

meaning to sail

by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a Macedonian of

Thessalonica, being

with us.

AC-27:3 And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius

courteously

entreated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto his friends to

refresh

himself.

AC-27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under

Cyprus, because

the winds were contrary.

AC-27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and

Pamphylia, we came

to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.

AC-27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria

sailing into Italy;

and he put us therein.

AC-27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce

were come over

against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete,

over against

Salmone;

AC-27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is

called The fair

havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.

AC-27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now

dangerous,

because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],

AC-27:10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage

will be with

hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also

of our lives.

AC-27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the

owner of the

ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

AC-27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in,

the more part

advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain

to Phenice,

[and there] to winter; [which is] an haven of Crete, and lieth

toward the south

west and north west.

AC-27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that

they had obtained

[their] purpose, loosing [thence], they sailed close by Crete.

AC-27:14 But not long after there arose against it a

tempestuous wind, called

Euroclydon.

AC-27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up

into the wind, we

let [her] drive.

AC-27:16 And running under a certain island which is called

Clauda, we had

much work to come by the boat:

AC-27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps,

undergirding the ship;

and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck

sail, and so

were driven.

AC-27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the

next [day] they

lightened the ship;

AC-27:19 And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the

tackling of

the ship.

AC-27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,

and no small

tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was then

taken away.

AC-27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the

midst of them, and

said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have

loosed from Crete,

and to have gained this harm and loss.

AC-27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there

shall be no loss

of [any man's] life among you, but of the ship.

AC-27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God,

whose I am, and

whom I serve,

AC-27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before

Caesar: and, lo,

God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

AC-27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God,

that it shall

be even as it was told me.

AC-27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

AC-27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were

driven up and down

in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near

to some

country;

AC-27:28 And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when

they had gone a

little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen

fathoms.

AC-27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks,

they cast four

anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

AC-27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,

when they had

let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they

would have cast

anchors out of the foreship,

AC-27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except

these abide in

the ship, ye cannot be saved.

AC-27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and

let her fall

off.

AC-27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them]

all to take

meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have

tarried and continued

fasting, having taken nothing.

AC-27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is

for your

health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of

you.

AC-27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave

thanks to God in

presence of them all: and when he had broken [it], he began to

eat.

AC-27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took

[some] meat.

AC-27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore

and sixteen

souls.

AC-27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the

ship, and cast out

the wheat into the sea.

AC-27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they

discovered a

certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if

it were

possible, to thrust in the ship.

AC-27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed

[themselves]

unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the

mainsail to the

wind, and made toward shore.

AC-27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran

the ship

aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable,

but the hinder

part was broken with the violence of the waves.

AC-27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners,

lest any of them

should swim out, and escape.

AC-27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them

from [their]

purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast

[themselves]

first [into the sea], and get to land:

AC-27:44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken

pieces] of the

ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

==== <AC28>

AC-28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the

island was called

Melita.

AC-28:2 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness:

for they

kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the

present rain, and

because of the cold.

AC-28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid

[them] on the

fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his

hand.

AC-28:4 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang

on his hand,

they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer,

whom, though he

hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

AC-28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no

harm.

AC-28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or

fallen down dead

suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no

harm come to him,

they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

AC-28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man

of the island,

whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three

days courteously.

AC-28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay

sick of a fever

and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and

laid his hands

on him, and healed him.

AC-28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases

in the island,

came, and were healed:

AC-28:10 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we

departed, they

laded [us] with such things as were necessary.

AC-28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of

Alexandria, which had

wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

AC-28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried [there] three days.

AC-28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to

Rhegium: and after

one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:

AC-28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry

with them seven

days: and so we went toward Rome.

AC-28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they

came to meet us

as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw,

he thanked

God, and took courage.

AC-28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the

prisoners to

the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by

himself with a

soldier that kept him.

AC-28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called

the chief of

the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said

unto them, Men

[and] brethren, though I have committed nothing against the

people, or customs

of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into

the hands of

the Romans.

AC-28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let [me] go,

because there

was no cause of death in me.

AC-28:19 But when the Jews spake against [it], I was

constrained to appeal

unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

AC-28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see

[you], and to

speak with [you]: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound

with this

chain.

AC-28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters

out of Judaea

concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or

spake any harm

of thee.

AC-28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for

as concerning

this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

AC-28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many

to him into

[his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of

God,

persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,

and [out of]

the prophets, from morning till evening.

AC-28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and

some believed

not.

AC-28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they

departed, after that

Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias

the prophet unto

our fathers,

AC-28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall

hear, and

shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

AC-28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their

ears are dull

of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should

see with [their]

eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their]

heart, and should

be converted, and I should heal them.

AC-28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of

God is sent

unto the Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it.

AC-28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed,

and had great

reasoning among themselves.

AC-28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house,

and received

all that came in unto him,

AC-28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those

things which concern

the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding

him.