Acts 18:25 Cross References - Coverdale

²⁵ the same was infourmed in the waye of the LORDE, and spake feruently in the sprete, and taughte diligently the thinges of the LORDE, and knewe but the baptyme off Ihon onely.

¹⁹ For I knewe him that he wil comaunde his children and his housholde after him, to kepe the waye of ye LORDE, and to do after right and conscience, that the LORDE maye bringe vpo Abraham what he hath promised him.

²² that by them I maye proue Israel, whether they wil kepe the waye of the LORDE, to walke therin, as their fathers dyd, or not.

²³ But God forbyd that I shulde synne so vnto the LORDE, to ceasse from prayenge for you, and from teachinge you the good & righteous waye.

⁸ O how fredly & rightuous is the LORDE, therfore wil he teach synners in the waye. ⁹ He ledeth the symple a right, and soch as be meke the lerneth he his wayes.

¹ Blessed are those yt be vndefiled in the waye: which walke in the lawe of ye LORDE.

³ A voyce crieth: Prepare ye waye for the LORDE in the wyldernesse, make straight ye path for oure God in the deserte.

¹⁶ Thus saieth the LORDE: go into the stretes, considre and make inquisicion for the olde waye: and yf it be the good and right waye, then go therin, that ye maye fynde rest for youre soules. (But they saye: we will not walke therin)

⁹ Who so is wyse, shal vnderstonde this: & he yt is right enstructe, wil regarde it. For ye wayes of the LORDE are rightuous, soch as be godly wil walke in them: As for the wicked, they wil stomble therin.

¹ In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury, ² saynge: Amede youre selues, the kyngdome of heuen is at honde. ³ This is he, of whom it is spoke by ye Prophet Esay, which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in ye wyldernes, prepare the LORDES waye, and make his pathes straight. ⁴ This Ihon had his garment of camels heer, and a lethre gerdell aboute his loynes. Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony. ⁵ Then went out to hym Ierusalem, and all Iury, and all the region rounde aboute Iordan, ⁶ and were baptised of him in Iordan, cofessynge their synnes. ⁷ Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim, he sayde vnto them: ye generacio of vipers, who hath certified you, that ye shal escape ye vengeaunce to come? ⁸ Bewarre, brynge forth due frutes of pennaunce. ⁹ Thinke not now, to saye in your selues, we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham. ¹⁰ Euen now is the axe put vnto ye rote of the trees: therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute, shalbe hewe downe, and cast into the fyre. ¹¹ I baptise you with water to repentaunce: but he that cometh after me, is myghtier the I, whose shues I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with ye holy goost & wt fyre: ¹² which hath also his fan in his hond, and will pourge his floore, and gadre the wheet into his garner, & will burne ye chaffe with vnquencheable fyre. ¹³ Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan, vnto Ihon, to be baptised of hym. ¹⁴ But Iho forbade hym, saynge: I haue nede to be baptysed of the: and commest thou to me? ¹⁵ Iesus answered & sayd vnto hym: Let it be so now. For thus it be commeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes. Then he suffred hym. ¹⁶ And Iesus assone as he was baptised, came straight out of the water. And lo, heue was ope ouer hym: and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue, and lyght vpon hym. ¹⁷ And lo, there came a voyce fro heue sayng: Thys ys that my beloued sonne, in whom is my delyte.

³ The voyce of a cryer is in the wyldernes: Prepare the waye of the LORDE, make his pathes straight.

¹⁴ And they came, and sayde vnto hi: Master, we knowe that thou art true and carest for no man. For thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of men, but teachest ye waye of God truly. Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure, or not?

¹ In the fiftenth yeare of the raigne of Tiberius the Emperoure, wha Pontius Pilate was leftenaut in Iewry and Herode one of the foure princes in Galile, and his brother Philippe one of the foure prynces in Iturea, & in the coastes of Traconites, and Lysanias one of the foure princes of Abilene, ² when Hannas and Caiphas were hye prestes, the came ye worde of God vnto Ihon the sonne of Zachary in the wyldernes. ³ And he came in to all ye coastes aboute Iordan, and preached the baptyme of repetaunce for the remyssion of synnes. ⁴ As it is wrytte in ye boke of ye sayenges of Esaye the prophet, which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes: prepare the waye of the LORDE, and make his pathes straight. ⁵ Euery valley shalbe fylled, and euery mountayne & hyll shalbe brought lowe. And what so is croked, shalbe made straight: and what rough is, shalbe made smooth, ⁶ and all flesh shal se the Sauioure of God. ⁷ Then sayde he vnto the people, yt wente out to be baptysed of him: Ye generacion of vipers, who hath certified you, that ye shal escape ye wrath to come? ⁸ Take hede, brynge forth due frutes of repetauce, & begynne not to saye: We haue Abraha to or father. For I saye vnto you: God is able of these stones to rayse vp children vnto Abraham. ⁹ The axe is put vnto the tre allready: so that euery tre which bryngeth not forth good frute, shalbe hewen downe, and cast in to the fyre. ¹⁰ And the people axed him, and sayde: What shal we do then? ¹¹ He answered, & sayde vnto the: He that hath two coates, let him parte wt him yt hath none: and he that hath meate, let him do likewyse. ¹² The publicans came also, to be baptysed and sayde vnto him: Master, what shal we do? ¹³ He sayde vnto them: Requyre nomore, then is appoynted you. ¹⁴ Then ye soudyours axed him likewyse, and sayde: What shal we do then? And he sayde vnto the: Do no man violence ner wronge, and be content with youre wages. ¹⁵ But whan the people were in a doute, & thought all in their hertes, whether he were Christ, ¹⁶ Ihon answered, and sayde vnto the all: I baptyse you with water, but after me there cometh one stronger the I, whose shue lachet I am not worthy to lowse: he shal baptyse you with the holy goost and with fyre. ¹⁷ Whose fanne is in his hande, and he shal pourge his floore, and shal gather ye wheate in to his barne, and shal burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre. ¹⁸ And many other thynges more exorted he, & preached vnto the people. ¹⁹ But Herode the Tetrarcha (wha he was rebuked of him because of Herodias his brothers wife, and for all the euels that Herode dyd) ²⁰ besydes all this he layed Iho in preson. ²¹ And it fortuned whan all the people receaued baptyme, and whan Iesus also was baptysed and prayed, that heauen opened, ²² and the holy goost came downe in a bodely shappe like a doue vpon him. And out of heauen there came a voyce, which sayde: Thou art my deare sonne, in who I delyte. ²³ And Iesus was aboute thirtie yeares whan he beganne. And he was taken for the sonne of Ioseph, which was the sonne of Eli, ²⁴ which was the sonne of Mathat. Which was the sonne of Leui. Which was the sonne of Melchi. Which was the sonne of Ianna. Which was the sonne of Ioseph. ²⁵ Which was the sonne of Mathathias. Which was the sonne of Amos. Which was the sonne of Nahum. Which was the sonne of Essli. Which was the sonne of Nange. ²⁶ Which was the sonne of Maath. Which was the sonne of Mathathias. Which was the sonne of Simei. Which was the sonne of Ioseph. Which was the sonne of Iuda. ²⁷ Which was the sonne of Iohanna. Which was the sonne of Resia. Which was the sonne of Zorobabel. Which was the sonne of Salathiel. Which was the sonne of Neri. ²⁸ Which was the sonne of Melchi. Which was the sonne of Abdi. Which was the sonne of Cosam. Which was the sonne of Elmadam. Which was the sonne of Her. ²⁹ Which was the sonne of Ieso. Which was the sonne of Eliezer. Which was the sonne of Iorem. Which was the sonne of Mattha. Which was the sonne of Leui. ³⁰ Which was the sonne of Simeon. Which was the sonne of Iuda. Which was the sonne of Ioseph. Which was the sonne of Ionam. Which was the sonne of Eliachim. ³¹ Which was the sonne of Melca. Which was the sonne of Menam. Which was the sonne of Mathathan. Which was the sonne of Nathan. Which was the sonne of Dauid. ³² Which was the sonne of Iesse. Which was the sonne of Obed. Which was the sonne of Boos. Which was the sonne of Salmon. Which was the sonne of Naasson. ³³ Which was the sonne of Aminadab. Which was the sonne of Aram. Which was the sonne of Esrom. Which was the sonne of Phares. Which was the sonne of Iuda. ³⁴ Which was the sonne of Iacob. Which was the sonne of Isaac. Which was the sonne of Abraham. Which was the sonne of Thara. Which was the sonne of Nahor. ³⁵ Which was the sonne of Serug. Which was the sonne of Regu. Which was the sonne of Peleg. Which was the sonne of Eber. Which was the sonne of Salah. ³⁶ Which was the sonne of Caynan. Which was the sonne of Arphachsad. Which was the sonne of Sem. Which was the sonne of Noe. Which was the sonne of Lamech. ³⁷ Which was the sonne of Mathusalah. Which was the sonne of Henoch. Which was the sonne of Iared. Which was the sonne of Mahaleel. Which was the sonne of Renan. ³⁸ Which was the sonne of Enos. Which was the sonne of Seth. Which was the sonne of Adam. Which was the sonne of God.

²⁹ And all the people that herde him, and ye publicans, iustified God, and were baptysed with the baptyme of Ihon.

¹⁹ And this is the recorde of Ihon, whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites fro Ierusalem, to axe him: Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed and denyed not. And he confessed, and sayde: I am not Christ. ²¹ And they axed him: What the? Art thou Elias? He sayde: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. ²² Then sayde they vnto him: What art thou the, yt we maye geue answere vnto the that sent vs? What sayest thou of yi self? ²³ He sayde: I am ye voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse. Make straight ye waye of the LORDE. As ye prophet Esay sayde: ²⁴ And they that were sent, were of ye Pharises. ²⁵ And they axed him, & sayde vnto him: Why baptysest thou then, yf thou be not Christ, ner Elias, ner a prophet? ²⁶ Ihon answered them, and sayde: I baptyse with water, but there is one come in amonge you, whom ye knowe not. ²⁷ It is he that cometh after me, which was before me: whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse. ²⁸ This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Ihon dyd baptyse. ²⁹ The nexte daye after, Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him, and sayde: Beholde the labe of God, which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde. ³⁰ This is he, of whom I sayde vnto you: After me commeth a man, which was before me. For he was or euer I, ³¹ and I knewe him not: but that he shulde be declared in Israel, therfore am I come to baptyse with water. ³² And Ihon bare recorde, & sayde: I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue, and abode vpon him, ³³ & I knewe him not. But he that sent me to baptyse with water, ye same sayde vnto me: Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him, the same is he, that baptyseth with the holy goost. ³⁴ And I sawe it, and bare recorde, that this is the sonne of God. ³⁵ The nexte daye after, Ihon stode agayne, and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And wha he sawe Iesus walkynge, he sayde: Beholde the labe of God.

² and desyred of him letters to Damascon vnto the synagoges, that yf he foude eny of this waye (whether they were men or wemen) he mighte brynge the bounde vnto Ierusalem.

¹⁰ and sayde: O thou childe of the deuell, full of all futtyltie and all disceatfulnesse, and enemye of all righteousnes, thou ceassest not to peruerte the straight wayes of ye LORDE.

¹⁷ ye same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, and sayde: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vs ye waye of saluacion.

³ He sayde vnto them: Where with then were ye baptysed? They sayde: With the baptyme of Ihon.

⁹ But whan dyuerse waxed herde herted, and beleued not, and spake euell of the waye of the LORDE before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, and disputed daylye in the scole of one called Tyrannus.

²³ At the same tyme there rose no litle a doo aboute that waye.

¹¹ Be not slouthfull in the busynesse that ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the sprete. Applye youre selues vnto the tyme.

²⁸ who we preach, and warne all men, and teach all men in all wyssdome, to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu: ²⁹ Wherin I also laboure, and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me.

⁴ No ma that warreth, tangleth him selfe with wordly busynesses, & that because he wolde please him, which hath chosen him to be a soudyer.

¹⁶ Knowlege youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche, yf it be feruet.