Acts 24 Cross References - Darby

¹ And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor. ² And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought, ³ we receive [it] always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. ⁴ But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness. ⁵ For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans; ⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law; ⁷ but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands, ⁸ having commanded his accusers to come to thee;] of whom thou canst thyself, in examining [him], know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against [Paul], saying that these things were so. ¹⁰ But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself. ¹¹ As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem, ¹² and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; ¹³ neither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me. ¹⁴ But this I avow to thee, that in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers` God, believing all things which are written throughout the law, and in the prophets; ¹⁵ having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust. ¹⁶ For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men. ¹⁷ And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings. ¹⁸ Whereupon they found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult. But it was certain Jews from Asia, ¹⁹ who ought to appear before thee and accuse, if they have anything against me; ²⁰ or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council, ²¹ [other] than concerning this one voice which I cried standing amongst them: I am judged this day by you touching [the] resurrection of [the] dead. ²² And Felix, knowing accurately the things concerning the way, adjourned them, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch is come down I will determine your affair; ²³ ordering the centurion to keep him, and that he should have freedom, and to hinder none of his friends to minister to him. ²⁴ And after certain days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. ²⁵ And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee; ²⁶ hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him. ²⁷ But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound.

¹⁵ And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

² Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment].

⁸ And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

¹⁸ and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,

²⁵ If one man sin against another, God will judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, for Jehovah was minded to slay them.

³ And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

³ Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.

⁷ And now stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah of all the righteous acts of Jehovah which he did to you and to your fathers.

⁷ Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give every one of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, ⁸ that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made [a covenant] with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day? ⁹ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

³ The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

¹⁷ And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel? ¹⁸ And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father`s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baals.

²⁷ And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

²⁶ And the king of Israel said, Take Micah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king`s son; ²⁷ and thou shalt say, Thus says the king: Put this [man] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

¹⁹ Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.

¹⁸ Jehovah, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and direct their hearts to thee!

⁷ And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.

¹² Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and they complete the walls and join up the foundations. ¹³ Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they will not pay tribute, tax, and toll, and in the end it will bring damage to the kings. ¹⁴ Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king`s injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king; ¹⁵ that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed. ¹⁶ We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. ¹⁷ The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and the other places beyond the river: Peace, and so forth. ¹⁸ The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly. ¹⁹ And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has made insurrection against the kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been raised therein.

³ And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of [my] lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

⁹ Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.

⁵ Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand, ⁶ in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king. ⁷ And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem saying, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. ⁸ And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

⁸ And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king`s laws; and it is not for the king`s profit to suffer them.

³⁴ For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

²⁵ And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth; ²⁶ And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;

¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.

² Ye sons of men, till when is my glory [to be put] to shame? [How long] will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

³ For the wicked boasteth of his soul`s desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

² For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

⁷ For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.

² They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak. ³ Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

⁹ Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; ¹⁰ In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

⁷ Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

³ Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. ⁴ He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

¹ {To the chief Musician. `Destroy not.` Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men? ² Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence? ⁴ They only consult to thrust [him] down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.

² Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity, ³ Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word; ⁴ That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. ⁵ They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them? ⁶ They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one`s inward [thought] and heart is deep. ⁷ But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded; ⁸ By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

² He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the assembly of ?God, he judgeth among the gods. ² How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah. ³ Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute; ⁴ Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

¹ Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.

⁴⁶ And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;

¹²⁰ My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

²⁴ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded; ²⁵ and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: ²⁶ I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh; ²⁷ when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you: ²⁸ -- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me. ²⁹ Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah; ³⁰ they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: ³¹ therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices. ³² For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

¹⁶ For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids: ⁵ deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁷ When a man`s ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

¹² It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.

⁸ A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.

²³ A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

⁶ Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.

²⁸ A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

⁴ A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it. ⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.

²⁵ The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his confidence in Jehovah is protected.

³ Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings. ⁴ It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is the strong drink? ⁵ -- lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.

¹⁶ And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there. ¹⁷ I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

⁸ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

¹⁶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! ¹⁷ Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in [due] season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

⁹ Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

¹⁸ Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

²¹ How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.

²³ thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.

³ the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.

⁵ And a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.

⁶ and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. ⁷ But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled [in] judgment.

¹¹ Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on your loins!

¹⁵ -- He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:

²¹ Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forward your arguments, saith the King of Jacob.

⁶ Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

¹¹ and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:

⁴ none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. ⁵ They hatch serpents` eggs, and weave the spider`s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. ⁶ Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. ⁷ Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;

⁸ For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

² Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.

³ And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah. ⁴ Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander. ⁵ And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing. ⁶ Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

³ Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.

¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him. ¹⁶ He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. ¹⁷ But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

²⁹ Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

¹⁷ king Zedekiah sent and took him out. And the king asked of him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is; and he said, Thou shalt be given into the hand of the king of Babylon. ¹⁸ And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in the prison? ¹⁹ And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? ²⁰ And now hear, I pray thee, my lord, O king: let my supplication, I pray thee, come before thee; and cause me not to return into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. ²¹ Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers` street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.

⁴ And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

¹⁴ And king Zedekiah sent and took the prophet Jeremiah unto him, into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah; and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing: hide nothing from me. ¹⁵ And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare [it] unto thee, wilt thou not certainly put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me. ¹⁶ And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [As] Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. ¹⁷ And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon`s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house. <sup>18</sup> But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon`s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. ¹⁹ And king Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me over into their hand, and they mock me. ²⁰ And Jeremiah said, They shall not give [thee] over. Hearken, I beseech thee, unto the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. ²¹ But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me: ²² Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah`s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon`s princes; and they shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back. ²³ And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand; for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. ²⁴ And Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. ²⁵ And if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; and what hath the king said unto thee? ²⁶ then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan`s house, to die there. ²⁷ -- And all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. And they withdrew quietly from him; for the matter was not reported. ²⁸ And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

²⁷ Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

²⁷ Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. ²⁸ And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

³¹ And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.

⁹ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²⁷ Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

¹ Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand. ² Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them. ³ Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them. ⁴ They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

³⁰ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

² And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.

¹⁸ Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.

⁵ In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.

⁴ They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.

¹² Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

⁷ [He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress. ⁸ And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

⁶ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; ⁷ panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name.

²⁴ but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

¹² Shall horses run upon the rock? will [men] plough [thereon] with oxen? For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

¹⁴ they that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, [As] thy god, O Dan, liveth! and, [As] the way of Beer-sheba liveth! even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

¹¹ The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

² And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah`s word from Jerusalem.

¹² For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. ¹³ Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

² The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net. ³ Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge [is there] for a reward; and the great [man] uttereth his soul`s greed: and [together] they combine it.

³ Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge [is there] for a reward; and the great [man] uttereth his soul`s greed: and [together] they combine it.

¹⁶ I heard, and my belly trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, That I might rest in the day of distress, When their invader shall come up against the people.

² Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that Jehovah`s house should be built.

²³ and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth; so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, He shall be called a Nazaraean.

¹¹ Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake. ¹² Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

¹² Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

²⁵ [It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

³² Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

⁵ And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet. ⁶ But when Herod`s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod; ⁷ whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask. ⁸ But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist. ⁹ And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given. ¹⁰ And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

⁵ But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.

³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, ³² *I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of [the] dead, but of [the] living.

⁴⁰ On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.

¹ Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were prudent and five foolish. ³ They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them; ⁴ but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches. ⁵ Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept. ⁶ But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches. ⁸ And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out. ⁹ But the prudent answered saying, [We cannot,] lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the [ones that were] ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

³¹ But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory, ³² and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; ³³ and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on [his] left. ³⁴ Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [the] world`s foundation: ³⁵ for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink? ³⁸ and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me. ⁴¹ Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: ⁴² for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me. ⁴⁴ Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee? ⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.

⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death. ⁶⁰ And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward

¹⁸ For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother. ¹⁹ But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not: ²⁰ for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

²⁰ for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly. ²¹ And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief [men] of Galilee; ²² and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in, and danced, pleased Herod and those that were with [him] at table; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give it thee. ²³ And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom. ²⁴ And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.

¹⁵ And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.

³ it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

⁷⁰ as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

¹⁴ But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?

²⁴ Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. ²⁵ From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:

¹⁶ The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

²⁹ But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

²⁶ And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man: ²⁷ they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all [of them]; ²⁸ and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; ²⁹ but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all [of them]:

² saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God and not respecting man:

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was little in stature.

² And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

⁵ But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.

⁸ And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;

¹⁹ who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and [for] murder, had been cast into prison.

²⁴ And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place. ²⁵ And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will.

²⁵ And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will.

²⁷ And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.

⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.

²⁸ Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice, ²⁹ and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.

³⁹ Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me; ⁴⁰ and ye will not come to me that ye might have life. ⁴¹ I do not receive glory from men, ⁴² but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. ⁴³ I am come in my Father`s name, and ye receive me not; if another come in his own name, him ye will receive. ⁴⁴ How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [comes] from God alone? ⁴⁵ Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is [one] who accuses you, Moses, on whom ye trust; ⁴⁶ for if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me. ⁴⁷ But if ye do not believe his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

⁴⁴ Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

⁸ And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

³¹ Pilate therefore said to them, Take him, ye, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted to us to put any one to death;

⁷ The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to [our] law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God. ⁸ When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was the rather afraid,

³⁷ And having heard [it] they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

¹³ The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom *ye* delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when *he* had judged that he should be let go.

²² Moses indeed said, A prophet shall [the] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you. ²³ And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people. ²⁴ And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after [him], as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

² being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;

¹⁷ And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,

³⁰ The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom *ye* have slain, having hanged on a cross.

¹¹ Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God. ¹² And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council. ¹³ And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

¹³ And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

³² *I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider [it].

² and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound to Jerusalem.

⁶ But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

⁴² And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that *he* it is who was determinately appointed of God [to be] judge of living and dead. ⁴³ To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.

²⁹ And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them]; ³⁰ which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

³ And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)

¹⁷ And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, he related [to them] how the Lord had brought him out of prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and went to another place.

²¹ And on a set day, clothed in royal apparel and sitting on the elevated seat [of honour], Herod made a public oration to them.

¹⁵ And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak. ¹⁶ And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.

⁵ And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among [them], saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

²⁰ and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews, ²¹ and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

²⁹ And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas. ³⁰ And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved? ³¹ And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

³¹ And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house. ³² And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house. ³³ And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway. ³⁴ And having brought them into his house he laid the table [for them], and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

² And according to Paul`s custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

⁶ and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also, ⁷ whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

¹³ But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

³² And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

¹⁵ but if it be questions about words, and names, and the law that ye have, see to it yourselves; [for] *I* do not intend to be judge of these things.

²⁰ And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time [with them] he did not accede,

⁹ But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

²³ And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

³³ But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

³⁷ For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

¹⁶ for Paul thought it desirable to sail by Ephesus, so that he might not be made to spend time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.

²¹ testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.

³¹ Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one [of you] with tears.

⁸ And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him. ⁹ Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. ¹⁰ And as we stayed there many days, a certain man, by name Agabus, a prophet, came down from Judaea, ¹¹ and coming to us and taking the girdle of Paul, and having bound his own hands and feet, said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose this girdle is shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver him up into the hands of [the] Gentiles. ¹² And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place besought [him] not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking 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 were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

¹⁸ And on the morrow Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came there.

²⁶ Then Paul, taking the men, on the next day, having been purified, entered with them into the temple, signifying the time the days of the purification would be fulfilled, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

²⁶ Then Paul, taking the men, on the next day, having been purified, entered with them into the temple, signifying the time the days of the purification would be fulfilled, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

²⁶ Then Paul, taking the men, on the next day, having been purified, entered with them into the temple, signifying the time the days of the purification would be fulfilled, until the offering was offered for every one of them. ²⁷ And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,

²⁷ And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,

²⁷ And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,

²⁷ And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him, ²⁸ crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.

²⁸ crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.

²⁸ crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place. ²⁹ For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

²⁹ For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple. ³⁰ And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

³⁰ And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

³¹ And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult; ³² who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

³² who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul. ³³ Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

³⁵ But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.

⁴⁰ And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;

²² And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live. ²³ And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,

³⁰ And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

¹ And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day. ² But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.

⁶ But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, *I* am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: *I* am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead.

⁶ But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, *I* am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: *I* am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead. ⁷ And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided. ⁸ For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.

¹⁰ And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the fortress.

¹⁰ And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the fortress. ¹¹ But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.

¹¹ But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also. ¹² And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul. ¹³ And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath; ¹⁴ and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him. ¹⁶ But Paul`s sister`s son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.

²³ And having called to [him] certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

²³ And having called to [him] certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night. ²⁴ And [he ordered them] to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry [him] safe through to Felix the governor,

²⁴ And [he ordered them] to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry [him] safe through to Felix the governor, ²⁵ having written a letter, couched in this form: ²⁶ Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.

²⁶ Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting. ²⁷ This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out [of their hands], having learned that he was a Roman. ²⁸ And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council; ²⁹ whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him [making him] worthy of death or of bonds. ³⁰ But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man [by the Jews], I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. [Farewell.]

³⁰ But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man [by the Jews], I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. [Farewell.] ³¹ The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris, ³² and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.

³² and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress. ³³ And these, having entered into Caesarea, and given up the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him.

³⁵ he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod`s praetorium.

¹ And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor. ² And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought, ³ we receive [it] always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

⁵ For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans; ⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law;

¹⁰ But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself. ¹¹ As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem, ¹² and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

¹⁴ But this I avow to thee, that in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers` God, believing all things which are written throughout the law, and in the prophets; ¹⁵ having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.

¹⁷ And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings. ¹⁸ Whereupon they found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult. But it was certain Jews from Asia,

²¹ [other] than concerning this one voice which I cried standing amongst them: I am judged this day by you touching [the] resurrection of [the] dead. ²² And Felix, knowing accurately the things concerning the way, adjourned them, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch is come down I will determine your affair;

²⁴ And after certain days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

²⁶ hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him.

²⁶ hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him. ²⁷ But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound.

¹ Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. ² And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,

⁴ Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly. ⁵ Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.

⁷ And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove: ⁸ Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything. ⁹ But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?

¹⁴ And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix, ¹⁵ concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him:

¹⁵ concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him: ¹⁶ to whom I answered, It is not [the] custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.

¹⁶ to whom I answered, It is not [the] custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.

²⁶ concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, so that an examination having been gone into I may have something to write:

¹ And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

³ especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

⁵ who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. ⁶ And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

⁶ And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

⁶ And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, ⁷ to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.

⁷ to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews. ⁸ Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead?

²¹ On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me. ²² Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,

²⁴ And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness. ²⁵ But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;

²⁵ But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;

²⁷ King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. ²⁸ And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

³² And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.

³ And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and suffered him to go to his friends and refresh himself.

¹⁶ And when we came to Rome, [the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but] Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier who kept him. ¹⁷ And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, *I* having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

²⁰ For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.

²⁰ For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me. ²¹ And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee. ²² But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against.

²² But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against. ²³ And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening.

²³ And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening. ²⁴ And some were persuaded of the things which were said, but some disbelieved. ²⁵ And being disagreed among themselves they left; Paul having spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Esaias the prophet to our fathers, ²⁶ saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people has become fat, and they hear heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. ²⁸ Be it known to you therefore, that this salvation of God has been sent to the nations; *they* also will hear [it]. ²⁹ [And he having said this, the Jews went away, having great reasoning among themselves.] ³⁰ And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him,

³⁰ And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him, ³¹ preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all freedom unhinderedly.

³¹ preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all freedom unhinderedly.

¹⁵ who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing themselves between themselves;) ¹⁶ in [the] day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my glad tidings, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God. ²⁰ Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him; for by law [is] knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets;

¹ I say [the] truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in [the] Holy Spirit,

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your intelligent service.

¹² So then each of us shall give an account concerning himself to God.

²⁵ but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints; ²⁶ for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem. ²⁷ They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them. ²⁸ Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain.

³¹ that I may be saved from those that do not believe in Judaea; and that my ministry which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

¹ And *I*, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

⁴ and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of [the] Spirit and of power;

⁴ For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord. ⁵ So that do not judge anything before [the] time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have [his] praise from God.

¹³ insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.

⁹ Do ye not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,

¹⁹ For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

²⁴ But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or simple [person] come in, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all; ²⁵ the secrets of his heart are manifested; and thus, falling upon [his] face, he will do homage to God, reporting that God is indeed amongst you.

¹² Now if Christ is preached that he is raised from among [the] dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of [those that are] dead? ¹³ But if there is not a resurrection of [those that are] dead, neither is Christ raised: ¹⁴ but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith. ¹⁵ And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed [those that are] dead are not raised. ¹⁶ For if [those that are] dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised; ¹⁷ but if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins. ¹⁸ Then indeed also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men. ²⁰ (But now Christ is raised from among [the] dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep. ²¹ For since by man [came] death, by man also resurrection of [those that are] dead. ²² For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive. ²³ But each in his own rank: [the] first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ`s at his coming. ²⁴ Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him [who is] God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵ For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet. ²⁶ [The] last enemy [that] is annulled [is] death. ²⁷ For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, [it is] evident that [it is] except him who put all things in subjection to him.

¹ Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so do *ye* do also. ² On [the] first of [the] week let each of you put by at home, laying up [in] whatever [degree] he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come. ³ And when I am arrived, whomsoever ye shall approve, these I will send with letters to carry your bounty to Jerusalem: ⁴ and if it be suitable that *I* also should go, they shall go with me.

¹² For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God`s grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.

² But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

¹⁰ For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body, according to those he has done, whether [it be] good or evil.

² (for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now [is the] well-accepted time; behold, now [the] day of salvation:)

¹ But we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God bestowed in the assemblies of Macedonia; ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their [free-hearted] liberality. ³ For according to [their] power, I bear witness, and beyond [their] power, [they were] willing of their own accord, ⁴ begging of us with much entreaty [to give effect to] the grace and fellowship of the service which [was to be rendered] to the saints.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched.

¹ For concerning the ministration which [is] for the saints, it is superfluous my writing to you. ² For I know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to Macedonians, that Achaia is prepared since a year ago, and the zeal [reported] of you has stimulated the mass [of the brethren].

¹² Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;

¹⁰ For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ`s bondman.

¹⁰ only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.

¹⁶ but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law [nor] but by the faith of Jesus Christ, *we* also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of [the] faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but [in] that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the [faith] of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me.

² This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report of faith?

²² but the scripture has shut up all things under sin, that the promise, on the principle of faith of Jesus Christ, should be given to those that believe.

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

²³ meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

⁵ For this ye are [well] informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

²¹ who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of [the] power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.

¹⁰ *Ye* [are] witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:

¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus. ¹⁵ (For this we say to you in [the] word of [the] Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep; ¹⁶ for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel`s voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

⁷ and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with [the] angels of his power, ⁸ in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰ when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day.

⁵ But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;

¹⁹ maintaining faith and a good conscience; which [last] some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;

⁹ holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

⁹ But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin. ¹⁰ For the love of money is [the] root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

³ I am thankful to God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,

¹ I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

¹⁵ All things [are] pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

¹¹ For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,

¹¹ For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared, ¹² teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,

¹² teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things, ¹³ awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

¹⁰ An heretical man after a first and second admonition have done with,

⁷ Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice, ⁸ harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

¹³ But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

¹ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed [of it].

¹¹ Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word. ¹² For the word of God [is] living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to [the] division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of [the] heart.

² of [the] doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of [the] dead, and of eternal judgment;

¹⁴ how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship [the] living God?

²⁷ And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment;

²² let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water.

³² And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:

²¹ and, so fearful was the sight, Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and full of trembling;)

¹⁸ Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.

¹⁹ *Thou* believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.

¹³ Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ¹⁴ ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

¹¹ searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which [was] in them pointed out, testifying before of the sufferings which [belonged] to Christ, and the glories after these.

¹² having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation. ¹³ Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord`s sake; whether to [the] king as supreme, ¹⁴ or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well. ¹⁵ Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;

¹⁹ For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

¹⁵ but sanctify [the] Lord the Christ in your hearts, and [be] always prepared to [give] an answer [to] every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that [is] in you, but with meekness and fear; ¹⁶ having a good conscience, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ.

²¹ which figure also now saves you, [even] baptism, not a putting away of [the] filth of flesh, but [the] demand as before God of a good conscience, by [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ,

⁴ Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same sink of corruption, speaking injuriously [of you]; ⁵ who shall render account to him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead.

⁶ in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,

¹ But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction; ² and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed. ³ And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse; ¹⁵ having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;

⁷ Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.

¹⁰ In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.

¹ Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.

³ Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.

¹² Here is the endurance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

¹⁰ And I fell before his feet to do him homage. And he says to me, See [thou do it] not. I am thy fellow-bondman, and [the fellow-bondman] of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Do homage to God. For the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

⁶ Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is [that] of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.

¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is [that] of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead which [were] in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which [were] in them; and they were judged each according to their works:

¹³ And the sea gave up the dead which [were] in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which [were] in them; and they were judged each according to their works: ¹⁴ and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.