Acts 21 Cross References - ABU

¹ AND it came to pass, that after we had torn ourselves from them, and had put to sea, we came with a straight course to Coos, and the day following to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara. ² And finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and put to sea. ³ And bringing Cyprus in sight, and leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unlade her burden. ⁴ And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. ⁵ And when we had completed the days, we departed and went our way; they all accompanying us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city; and we kneeled down on the beach, and prayed. ⁶ And having embraced one another, we went on board the ship; and they returned to their homes. ⁷ And we, completing the voyage, came down from Tyre to Ptolemais; and having embraced the brethren, we remained with them one day. ⁸ And on the morrow we departed, and came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, being one of the Seven, we abode with him. ⁹ And this man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied. ¹⁰ And while we were remaining several days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. ¹¹ And coming to us, he took off Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, whose this girdle is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. ¹² And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ Then answered Paul: What mean ye, to weep and to break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying: The will of the Lord be done. ¹⁵ And after those days, having packed up our baggage, we went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁶ There went with us also some of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing us to Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. ¹⁷ And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. ¹⁸ And on the following day, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present. ¹⁹ And having embraced them, he recounted particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry. ²⁰ And they, hearing it, glorified the Lord. And they said to him: Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe; and they are all zealots for the law. ²¹ And they were informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk after the customs. ²² What is it therefore? A multitude must surely come together; for they will hear that thou hast come. ²³ Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men who have a vow on them; ²⁴ these take with thee, and purify thyself with them, and bear the charges for them, that they may shave their heads; and all will know that those things, of which they have been informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law. ²⁵ But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote to them, deciding that they should observe no such thing, except that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication. ²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having purified himself with them, entered into the temple, announcing the completion of the days of the purification, until the offering was brought for each one of them. ²⁷ And as the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having observed him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, ²⁸ crying out: Men of Israel, help. This is the man who teaches all, everywhere, against the people, and the law, and this place; and further also, he brought Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place. ²⁹ For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul brought into the temple. ³⁰ And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and laying hold of Paul, they dragged him out of the temple; and forthwith the doors were shut. ³¹ And while they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar; ³² who immediately took with him soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them; and they, seeing the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul. ³³ Then the chief captain came near, and took hold of him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done. ³⁴ And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude; and not being able to know the certainty on account of the tumult, he commanded him to be led into the castle. ³⁵ And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the people. ³⁶ For the multitude of the people followed after, crying: Away with him. ³⁷ And as he was about to be led into the castle, Paul says to the chief captain: May I speak to thee? And he said: Canst thou speak Greek? ³⁸ Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins? ³⁹ And Paul said: I am a Jew of Tarsus, a citizen of no obscure city of Cilicia; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people. ⁴⁰ And he having given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand to the people. And a great silence ensuing, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:

⁴ And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the deep; and do ye let down your nets for a draught.

²² And it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples. And he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

¹⁰ And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to publish the good news to them. ¹¹ Therefore setting sail from Troas, we ran with a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis;

³⁷ And they all wept sorely, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him; ³⁸ sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

² And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, about to sail along the coasts of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

⁴ And thence having put to sea, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary,

¹⁷ But we, brethren, having been severed from you for a short time, in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face, with great desire.

¹⁹ Now they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that arose on account of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews.

³ They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

⁶ And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy; and he put us on board of it.

²⁴ And his fame went forth into all Syria; and they brought to him all that were sick, taken with divers diseases and torments, and possessed with demons, and lunatic, and palsied; and he healed them.

²¹ Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles, that were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

² This registering was the first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.

¹³ Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

³⁶ And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, born in Cyprus,

²⁰ And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians. 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 that of the king.

⁴ They therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, came down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed away to Cyprus.

²³ And they wrote by them thus: The apostles and the elders and the brethren, to the brethren from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

³⁹ And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.

⁴¹ And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

¹⁸ And Paul having remained yet many days, took leave of the brethren, and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shaven his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.

¹⁶ There went with us also some of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing us to Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

¹¹ And into whatever city or village ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

²⁶ and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they came together in the church, and taught a great multitude; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

¹ AND it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper districts came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples,

⁶ But we sailed forth from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. ⁷ And on the first day of the week, we having come together to break bread, Paul discoursed to them (being about to depart on the morrow), and continued the discourse until midnight.

²² And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there; ²³ save that the Holy Spirit witnesses to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

¹⁰ And while we were remaining several days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. ¹¹ And coming to us, he took off Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, whose this girdle is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. ¹² And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹⁴ where we found brethren, and were entreated to remain with them seven days; and so we went toward Rome.

¹⁷ but when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day; and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,

²¹ And they who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

⁴⁰ And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.

⁴⁰ But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up.

¹⁰ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Beroea; who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

³⁶ And having thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

³⁸ sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

¹¹ He came to his own, and his own received him not.

⁵³ [And each one went to his house.

³² Behold, an hour is coming, and has come, that ye will be scattered, each one to his own, and will leave me alone; and I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

²⁷ Then he says to the disciple: Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

¹³ I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus?

²² And having landed at Caesarea, and gone up and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

¹⁰ And while we were remaining several days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

¹⁹ And having embraced them, he recounted particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.

¹³ And after certain days, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came to Caesarea to salute Festus.

¹² And landing at Syracuse, we remained three days.

²⁴ Salute all that are your leaders, and all the saints. Those of Italy salute you.

⁵ And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch,

⁵ And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached to them the Christ. ⁶ And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to the things said by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he wrought. ⁷ For out of many who had unclean spirits they went forth, crying with loud voice; and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed. ⁸ And there was great joy in that city. ⁹ But a certain man, named Simon, was in the city before, using sorcery, and bewitching the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one; ¹⁰ to whom all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God. ¹¹ And to him they gave heed, because for a long time they were bewitched by his sorceries. ¹² But when they believed Philip publishing the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women. ¹³ And Simon also himself believed; and having been immersed, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were wrought.

²⁶ But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, and go down to the south, to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is desert. ²⁷ And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, an officer of state of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, ²⁸ was returning, and sitting in his chariot; and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. ³⁰ And Philip ran thither, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet. And he said: Understandest thou then what thou art reading? ³¹ And he said: How could I, except some one should guide me? And he entreated Philip to come up, and sit with him. ³² And the contents of the Scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb dumb before his shearer, So he opens not his mouth. ³³ In his humiliation his judgment was taken away; And his generation who shall fully declare? For his life is taken away from the earth. ³⁴ And the eunuch answering said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom does the prophet speak this? Of himself, or of some other man? ³⁵ And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, made known to him the good news of Jesus. ³⁶ And as they went along the way, they came to a certain water. And the eunuch said: See, here is water; what hinders that I should be immersed? ³⁷ And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And answering he said: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. ³⁸ And he commanded that the chariot should stop. And they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him. ³⁹ And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published the good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

³⁰ And the brethren, learning it, brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

¹ THERE was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band;

¹⁰ And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to publish the good news to them.

¹³ And on the sabbath, we went forth out of the gate by a river side, where was wont to be a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spoke to the women who came together.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain bondmaid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

⁶ But we sailed forth from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

¹³ And we, going forward to the ship, embarked for Assos, intending there to take in Paul; for so he had appointed, intending himself to go on foot.

²³ And calling to him two or three of the centurions, he said: Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night;

¹ AND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

¹¹ And after three months, we put to sea in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

¹⁶ And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commander of the camp; but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with the soldier who guarded him.

¹¹ And he gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers;

⁵ But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish thy ministry.

³⁶ And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

¹⁷ And it shall be in the last days, saith God, That 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;

¹ AND there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

²⁵ Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. ²⁶ I consider therefore that this is good on account of the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be. ²⁷ Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. ²⁸ But if also thou marry, thou sinnedst not; and if a virgin marry, she sinned not. But such shall have affliction in the flesh; but I spare you. ²⁹ But this I say, brethren, the time that remains is short; that both they who have wives may be as though they had none; ³⁰ and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; ³¹ and they that use this world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world is passing away. ³² But I would have you without cares. He that is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; ³³ but he that is married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife. ³⁴ There is a difference also between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that is married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

³⁸ So that both he that gives her in marriage does well, and he that gives her not in marriage does better.

⁴ Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. ⁵ But every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, dishonors her head; for it is one and the same as if she were shaven.

²⁰ But I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things offered to idols.

²⁸ And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great dearth over all the world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

¹⁶ For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

⁴ And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

⁷ And we, completing the voyage, came down from Tyre to Ptolemais; and having embraced the brethren, we remained with them one day.

¹⁸ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹ and will deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify; and on the third day he will rise again.

¹ AND when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death. ² And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate the governor.

¹⁶ for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

² And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, unto the work to which I have called them.

⁶ And having gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, and being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

²³ save that the Holy Spirit witnesses to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

³³ Then the chief captain came near, and took hold of him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

²⁵ And as they stretched him forth with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

²⁷ But after two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and Felix, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, left Paul bound.

²⁹ And Paul said: I could pray God, that with little or much, not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, may become such as I am, except these bonds.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called together those who were the chief men of the Jews; and when they were come together, he said to them: Men, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

²⁰ For this cause therefore I called for you, to see and to speak with you; for on account of the hope of Israel I am compassed with this chain.

²⁵ And disagreeing among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

¹ FOR this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,—

¹ I, THE prisoner in the Lord, exhort you, therefore, to walk worthy of the calling with which ye were called,

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

⁹ in which I endure hardship, even unto bonds, as an evil-doer; but the word of God is not bound.

⁷ Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says: To-day, if ye will hear his voice,

³⁴ For ye sympathized with those in bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and an enduring substance.

¹² to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you they were ministering them, which now have been announced to you, through those who brought you the good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise on the third day. ²² And Peter taking him aside began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far from thee, Lord; this shall not be to thee. ²³ But he turned and said to Peter: Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offense to me; for thou thinkest not the things of God, but those of men.

²² And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there;

⁴¹ They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame.

²⁴ But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.

³⁷ And they all wept sorely, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him;

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ As it is written: For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for slaughter. ³⁷ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

³¹ I protest by my glorying in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

¹⁰ always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that also the life of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. ¹² So that death works in us, but life in you. ¹³ But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I believed, therefore did I speak, we also believe, therefore also speak; ¹⁴ knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up us also with Jesus, and will present us with you. ¹⁵ For all things are for your sakes; that the grace, abounding through the greater number, might make the thanksgiving more abundant, to the glory of God. ¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day: ¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works out for us a far more exceeding, an eternal weight of glory;

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more abundantly, in deaths often; ²⁴ of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one; ²⁵ thrice I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have spent in the deep; ²⁶ by journeyings often, by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren; ²⁷ by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall in nothing be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

¹⁷ But even if I am poured out on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice with you all.

²⁶ For he was longing after you all, and was much distressed, because ye heard that he was sick.

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church;

⁴ longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

⁴ No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier. ⁵ And if a man also contends in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contends lawfully. ⁶ The husbandman that labors must first partake of the fruits.

⁶ For I am now about to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

¹⁴ knowing that I must soon put off my tabernacle, as also our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

¹⁰ Because thou didst keep my word of patient endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which is about to come upon the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

¹¹ And they overcame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life, unto the death.

¹⁰ Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the earth.

³⁹ And going forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me. But yet, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

⁴² Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, saying: My Father, if this can not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

² And he said to them: When ye pray, say; Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

⁴² saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from me! Yet, not my will but thine be done.

¹ FESTUS, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

⁶ And having tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the morrow, sitting on the judgment-seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.

⁹ But Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul, and said: Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these things, before me?

⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published the good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

²⁴ And on the morrow after, they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his kinsmen and near friends.

⁴⁸ And he commanded that they should be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then they entreated him to remain certain days.

³ And bringing Cyprus in sight, and leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unlade her burden. ⁴ And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

⁸ And on the morrow we departed, and came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, being one of the Seven, we abode with him.

⁷ Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

⁹ yet for love's sake I beseech rather; being such a one, as Paul an old man, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ,

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because ye know him that was from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because ye know the Father. ¹⁴ I wrote to you, fathers, because ye know him that was from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

⁴ And having come to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the apostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought with them.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

¹ LET brotherly love continue. ² Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some entertained angels unawares.

⁷ for on behalf of the NAME they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. ⁸ We therefore ought to sustain such persons, that we may become fellow-workers for the truth.

² And the names of the twelve apostles are these; first Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³⁰ which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

¹⁷ And beckoning to them with the hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison. And he said: Go tell these things to James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place.

² Paul and Barnabas having therefore had no little dissension and discussion with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders, about this question.

⁶ And the apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter.

¹³ And after they were silent, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hearken to me.

¹⁷ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

¹⁹ But no other of the apostles did I see, save James, the brother of the Lord.

⁹ and having learned the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas right hands of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

¹ JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

¹⁷ Because he was numbered with us, and obtained the office of this ministry.—

⁴ But Peter rehearsed the matter to them in order, from the beginning, saying: ⁵ I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, let down out of heaven by four corners; and it came even to me. ⁶ On which fixing my eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the air. ⁷ And I heard a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; slay and eat. ⁸ But I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean ever entered into my mouth. ⁹ But a voice answered me a second time out of heaven: What God cleansed, regard not thou as common. ¹⁰ And this was done three times; and all were drawn up again into heaven. ¹¹ And, behold, immediately there stood three men at the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea. ¹² And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no scruple. And these six brethren also went with me, and we entered into the man's house. ¹³ And he told us how he saw the angel in his house, standing and saying to him: Send to Joppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter; ¹⁴ who will speak to thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, and all thy house. ¹⁵ And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as also on us at the beginning; ¹⁶ and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said: John indeed immersed in water, but ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ If therefore God gave the like gift to them as to us, having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who then was I, that I could withstand God? ¹⁸ When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying: So then, to the Gentiles also God gave repentance unto life.

²⁷ And having come, and gathered the church together, they reported how great things God wrought with them, and that he opened to the Gentiles a door of faith.

¹² And all the multitude became silent, and listened to Barnabas and Paul, narrating how great signs and wonders God wrought among the Gentiles through them.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any of the things which Christ wrought not through me, to bring the Gentiles to obedience, by word and deed, ¹⁹ in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the good news of Christ;

⁵ Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each one? ⁶ I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. ⁷ So then neither is he that plants anything, nor he that waters; but God that gives the increase. ⁸ And he that plants and he that waters are one; and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, God's building.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

¹ AND, as workers together with him, we also beseech you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain;

¹² Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs, and wonders, and miracles.

²⁹ to which end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me with power.

³¹ Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field. ³² Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches. ³³ Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

¹ IN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of thousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say to his disciples: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

³ And he spoke this parable to them, saying: ⁴ What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he finds it? ⁵ And having found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me; because I found my sheep which was lost. ⁷ I say to you, that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, who have no need of repentance. ⁸ Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till she finds it? ⁹ And having found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying: Rejoice with me; because I found the piece which I lost. ¹⁰ So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

³² It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad; because this thy brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say to you, except the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone; but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.

⁴¹ They therefore, having received his word, were immersed and on that day there were added about three thousand souls.

⁴ But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.

²¹ And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for that which was done;

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.

¹⁸ When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying: So then, to the Gentiles also God gave repentance unto life.

¹ AND certain men, coming down from Judaea, taught the brethren: Except ye are circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye can not be saved.

⁵ But there arose some of those from the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying: It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

²⁴ Forasmuch as we heard, that some who went out from us troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law, to whom we gave no commandment;

³ And he says: I am a Jew, born indeed in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, taught at the feet of Gamaliel, according to the strictness of the law of the fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day.

² For I bear them witness, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

⁶ that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

⁹ and that the Gentiles should glorify God for his mercy; as it is written: For this cause I will give thee praise among Gentiles. And to thy name will sing. ¹⁰ And again he says: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ And again: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And extol him, all ye peoples. ¹² And again, Isaiah says: There shall be the root of Jesse, And he who rises up to rule the Gentiles; On him will Gentiles hope. ¹³ And the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ and pressed forward in Judaism beyond many companions of the same age in my nation, being more exceedingly a zealot for the traditions of my fathers.

²⁴ and they glorified God in me.

¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believed (because our testimony to you was believed), in that day.

⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying: Alleluia; because the Lord God the Almighty reigns. ⁷ Let us rejoice and exult, and we will give to him the glory; because the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife made herself ready.

¹³ and set up false witnesses, Who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law. ¹⁴ For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

¹⁹ Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not those who from among the Gentiles are turning to God; ²⁰ but that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. ²¹ For Moses of old time has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

³ Him Paul wished to go forth with him, and took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

²⁸ crying out: Men of Israel, help. This is the man who teaches all, everywhere, against the people, and the law, and this place; and further also, he brought Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place.

¹ HIM that is weak in faith receive; not for the decision of disputes. ² For one believes, that he may eat all things; but he that is weak eats herbs. ³ Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats; for God received him. ⁴ Who art thou that judgest another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for God is able to make him stand. ⁵ One man esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶ He that regards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives thanks to God.

¹⁸ Was any one called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has any one been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.

¹⁹ For being free from all men, I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, that I might gain those under law; ²¹ to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law.

¹ STAND fast, therefore, in the liberty with which Christ made us free, and be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage. ² Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. ³ Now I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised, that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. ⁴ Ye are separated from Christ, whoever of you are justified in the law; ye are fallen away from grace. ⁵ For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love.

¹² As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised; only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. ¹³ For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but they desire that ye should be circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. ¹⁴ But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. ¹⁵ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

²² Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, resolved, having chosen men from themselves, to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

³² Some therefore were crying one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not wherefore they had come together.

²⁵ There arose therefore a question, on the part of John's disciples with a Jew, about purification.

⁵⁵ And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having purified himself with them, entered into the temple, announcing the completion of the days of the purification, until the offering was brought for each one of them.

¹⁸ Amidst which they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd, nor with tumult; but certain Jews from Asia [caused it],

²⁰ And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, that I might gain those under law;

¹² For before certain ones came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

¹⁰ only with meats and drinks, and divers immersions, ordinances of the flesh, imposed until the time of reformation. ¹¹ But Christ, having come as a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands (that is, not of this creation), ¹² and not through the blood of goats and calves but through his own blood, entered once for all into the holy places, obtaining eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of goats and bulls, and ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctifies to the purity of the flesh; ¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

¹⁹ Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not those who from among the Gentiles are turning to God; ²⁰ but that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

²⁹ that ye abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, ye will do well. Farewell.

²⁴ these take with thee, and purify thyself with them, and bear the charges for them, that they may shave their heads; and all will know that those things, of which they have been informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

¹² And before all these, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up into synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

³ And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison unto the morrow; for it was now evening.

¹⁸ and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the public prison.

¹² And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes; and coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the council,

⁵⁰ But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out from their borders.

² But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren.

⁵ And when a movement was made, both of the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,

¹⁹ But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people, and stoned Paul, they drew him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

⁵ But the Jews, moved with envy, having taken to them, of the idlers in the market-place, certain vicious men, and having gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them unto the people. ⁶ And not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying: These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.

¹³ But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that also at Beroea the word of God was preached by Paul, they came, stirring up the people there also.

¹² And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul, and brought him before the judgment-seat,

²¹ For these causes the Jews, seizing me in the temple, attempted to kill me.

¹⁵ When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads mark!)

²⁶ Moreover ye see and hear, that this Paul has persuaded and turned aside much people, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are not gods, which are made with hands. ²⁷ And there is danger to us, not only that this branch of business will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be accounted nothing, and her magnificence will be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship. ²⁸ And hearing it, they became full of wrath, and continued crying out, saying: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

²¹ And they were informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk after the customs.

⁵ For we have found this man to be a pest, and exciting disturbance among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes; ⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we took, [and desired to judge according to our law.

²⁰ but to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and unto all the region of Judaea, and to the Gentiles, I announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. ²¹ For these causes the Jews, seizing me in the temple, attempted to kill me.

¹⁹ And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there but entering himself into the synagogue, he reasoned with the Jews.

⁴ And there accompanied him unto Asia, Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, a Beroean; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

²⁰ Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

³ And the king, Herod, hearing it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

¹⁰ And as he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying: Who is this?

²⁹ And they rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, to cast him down headlong.

⁵⁷ And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord; ⁵⁸ and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid off their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul,

¹⁹ And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain departed, laid hold of Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place before the rulers. ²⁰ And having brought them to the magistrates, they said: These men, being Jews, greatly disturb our city; ²¹ and teach customs, which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans. ²² And the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them with rods.

²⁹ And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.

²⁶ by journeyings often, by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren;

⁵ But they said: Not at the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.

² For they said: Not at the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.

² They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, a time is coming, that every one who kills you will think he makes an offering to God.

¹² So the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him,

⁵ But the Jews, moved with envy, having taken to them, of the idlers in the market-place, certain vicious men, and having gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them unto the people.

⁴⁰ For we are in danger of being called in question for this day's riot, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

³⁸ Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?

²² And they heard him unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said: Away with such a one from the earth; for it was not fit that he should live.

¹⁷ Then Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said: Bring this young man to the chief captain; for he has something to tell him.

⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we took, [and desired to judge according to our law.

²² And Felix put them off, knowing the things concerning the Way more accurately, saying: When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will fully inquire into your matters.

²³ On the morrow, therefore, Agrippa and Bernice having come with great pomp, and entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains and principal men of the city, at Festus' command Paul was brought forth.

⁹ I therefore thought to myself, that I ought to do many hostile things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene. ¹⁰ Which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I myself shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more abundantly, in deaths often; ²⁴ of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one; ²⁵ thrice I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have spent in the deep; ²⁶ by journeyings often, by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren; ²⁷ by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. ²⁸ Beside those things that are without, there is that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches. ²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I do not burn? ³⁰ If I must needs boast, I will boast of things which belong to my infirmity. ³¹ God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forevermore, knows that I lie not. ³² In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king kept guard over the city of the Damascenes, wishing to apprehend me; ³³ and through a window I was let down in a basket through the wall, and escaped his hands.

⁴⁰ And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they scourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

¹⁷ But having all seized upon Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

¹⁹ And I said: Lord, they well know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believe on thee;

²³ And calling to him two or three of the centurions, he said: Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night; ²⁴ and let them provide beasts, that they may set Paul thereon, and bring him safe to Felix the governor.

²⁷ This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them; but I came upon them with the soldiery, and rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman.

²⁹ Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation do ye bring against this man? ³⁰ They answered and said to him: If this man were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.

⁶ And when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and keepers before the door were guarding the prison.

¹¹ And coming to us, he took off Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, whose this girdle is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

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 for what charge they were thus crying out against him. ²⁵ And as they stretched him forth with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

²⁹ Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who were about to examine him; and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

¹⁶ To whom I answered: It is not a custom for Romans to give up any man, before the accused has the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

¹⁶ The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; because he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

³⁷ And as he was about to be led into the castle, Paul says to the chief captain: May I speak to thee? And he said: Canst thou speak Greek?

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 for what charge they were thus crying out against him.

³⁰ On the morrow, wishing to know the certainty, wherefore he was accused by the Jews, he released him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together; and he brought Paul down, and set him before them.

¹⁰ And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiery to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

¹⁶ And the son of Paul's sister, hearing of their lying in wait, went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

³² But on the morrow, leaving the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the castle;

²⁶ Of whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore I brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, in order that, the examination having been made, I may have something to write.

⁴⁰ And he having given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand to the people. And a great silence ensuing, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:

¹⁸ And they cried out all at once, saying: Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas!

¹⁵ But they cried out: Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar.

⁵⁴ Hearing these things, they were enraged in their hearts, and gnashed their teeth against him.

¹³ being defamed, we entreat; we have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things unto this day.

¹⁸ and before governors also and kings will ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take not thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. ²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.

¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or withstand.

³⁰ And Paul wishing to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

³⁴ And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude; and not being able to know the certainty on account of the tumult, he commanded him to be led into the castle.

¹¹ Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you falsely, for my sake.

²⁶ If therefore they say to you: Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; Behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not.

³⁶ For before these days arose 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 naught. ³⁷ After this man arose Judas the Galilaean, in the days of the registering, and drew away much people after him; he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

⁹ And there arose certain ones of the synagogue so called of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

¹¹ And the Lord said to 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 prays;

³⁷ But Paul said to them: They beat us openly, uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they send us forth secretly? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

²⁵ And as they stretched him forth with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? ²⁶ The centurion, hearing it, he went and told the chief captain, saying: What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman. ²⁷ And the chief captain came, and said to him: Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said: Yes. ²⁸ And the chief captain answered: For a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said: But I was born free. ²⁹ Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who were about to examine him; and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

³⁴ And having read it, he asked of what province he was. And learning that he was from Cilicia,

¹⁵ but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always to give an answer to every one that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters; ¹⁶ but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.

³⁸ And there was an inscription written over him: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

² And there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

¹³ When therefore Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down on the judgment-seat in a place called the Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

¹⁷ And bearing his cross he went forth into the place called Place of a skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha;

²⁰ This title therefore many of the Jews read; because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

¹ AND in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

¹⁶ And Paul arose, and beckoning with the hand, said: Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.

³³ And they brought forward Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews thrusting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, desiring to make his defense to the people.

³⁵ And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the people.

² And hearing that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.

¹⁴ And we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

¹¹ They have over them a king, the angel of the abyss. His name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon; but in the Greek tongue he has for a name, Apollyon.

¹⁶ And they gathered them into the place called in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon.