Acts 8 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And Saul was consenting and participating in his death. And there was, in that day, a great persecution against the church that was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed, except the legates, among the villages of Judaea and likewise among the Samaritans. ² And believing men gathered up and buried Stephen. And they lamented over him greatly. ³ And Saul persecuted the church of God, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison. ⁴ And they who were dispersed, travelled about and preached the word of God. ⁵ And Philip went down to a city of the Samaritans, and preached concerning the Messiah. ⁶ And when the people who were there heard his discourse, they gave ear to him, and acquiesced in all that he said; because they saw the signs which he wrought. ⁷ For many who were possessed by unclean spirits, cried with a loud voice, and came out of them: and others, who were paralytic and lame, were healed. ⁸ And there was great joy in that city. ⁹ And there was a certain man there, whose name was Simon, who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and saying, I am a great personage. ¹⁰ And they all inclined towards him, great and small; and they said, This is the mighty power of God. ¹¹ And they acquiesced in him, because for a long time he had astonished them by his sorceries. ¹² But when they gave credence to Philip, as he preached the kingdom of God, in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah; they were baptized, both men and women. ¹³ And Simon himself also believed, and was baptized, and adhered to Philip. And when he saw the signs and mighty deeds which were wrought by his hand, he was surprised and astonished. ¹⁴ And when the legates at Jerusalem, heard that the people of the Samaritans had received the word of God, they sent out to them Simon Cephas and John. ¹⁵ And they went down, and prayed over them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁶ For he was not yet on any one of them; and they had only been baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then they laid the hand on them; and they received the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying: Give me also this prerogative, that he on whom I impose a hand, may receive the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ Simon Cephas said to him: Thy money go with thee to perdition! because thou hast supposed, that the gift of God may be purchased by a worldly substance. ²¹ Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith; because thy heart is not right before God. ²² Nevertheless, repent of this thy wickedness, and entreat of God, if perhaps the guile of thy heart may be forgiven thee. ²³ For I perceive that thou art in the bitter gall and in the bonds of iniquity. ²⁴ Simon answered and said: Intercede ye with God for me, that nothing of which ye have mentioned may come upon me. ²⁵ And Simon and John, when they had testified, and had taught them the word of God, returned to Jerusalem. And they had preached in many villages of the Samaritans. ²⁶ And the angel of the Lord spake with Philip, and said to him: Arise, go to the south, along the desert way that leadeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza. ²⁷ And he arose and went. And there met him a eunuch, who had come from Cush, an officer of Candace, queen of the Cushites, who had charge of all her treasure; and he had come to worship at Jerusalem. ²⁸ And as he turned to go, he was sitting in his chariot, and was reading in Isaiah the prophet. ²⁹ And the Holy Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to the chariot. ³⁰ And when he came near, he heard him reading in Isaiah the prophet; and he said to him: Understandest thou what thou readest? ³¹ And he said: How can I understand, unless some one instruct me? And he requested of Philip, that he would come up and sit with him. ³² And the section of scripture in which he was reading, was this: As a lamb to the slaughter he was led away, and as a sheep before the shearer is silent, so also he in his humility opened not his mouth. ³³ From prison and from judgment he was carried: and his generation, who will declare? for his life is taken away from the earth. ³⁴ And the eunuch said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other person? ³⁵ Then Philip opened his mouth and, from that scripture, began to preach to him concerning our Lord Jesus. ³⁶ And as they proceeded on the way, they came to a certain place in which there was water. And the eunuch said: Lo, here is water; what doth forbid, that I should be baptized? ³⁷ And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, it is allowable. And he answered, and said: I believe that Jesus Messiah is the Son of God. ³⁸ And he commanded the chariot to stop; and they both went down to the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch. ³⁹ And when they came up from the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more; but he went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ And Philip was found at Azotus; and from there he travelled about, and preached in all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

² saying: Where is the king of the Jews that is born? For we have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him. ³ And Herod the king heard, and he was disturbed; and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And he assembled all the chiefs of the priests and the scribes of the people, and inquired of them, Where is the birthplace of the Messiah?

¹ And in those days came John the Baptizer. And he proclaimed in the desert of Judaea, ² and said: Repent; the kingdom of heaven hath approached. ³ For this is he of whom it was said, by Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make smooth his paths.

¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. And heaven was opened to him; and he saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and it came upon him.

²⁴ And his fame spread through all Syria. And they brought to him all them that were very sick with diverse diseases, and them that were afflicted with pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics and paralytics; and he healed them.

² and he opened his mouth, and taught them, and said:

¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth! But if the salt become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned? It is fit for nothing; but to be thrown out, and be trodden under foot by men.

²² The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thy eye shall be sound, thy whole body will be luminous. ²³ But if thy eye shall be diseased, thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness! ²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given to you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸ For, every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

¹ And he called his twelve disciples to him, and gave them authority over unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal every pain and disease.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent forth: and he commanded them and said: Go not in the way of the Gentiles: and enter not the cities of the Samaritans. ⁶ But, go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁸ Heal ye the sick; cleanse the leprous; raise the dead; and cast out demons. Freely ye have received; freely give.

²³ And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another: for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed all the cities of the house of Israel, till the Son of man shall come.

²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple, that he be as his rabbi; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children of his family? ²⁶ Therefore be not afraid of them; for there is nothing covered up, that shall not be exposed; nor concealed, that shall not become known. ²⁷ Whatever I say to you in the dark, that speak ye in the light; and what ye have heard in your ears, proclaim ye on the housetops. ²⁸ And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but be afraid rather of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

⁵ the blind see, and the lame walk, and the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead rise up, and the needy hear good tidings:

⁴² The queen of the south will stand up in the judgment against this generation, and will condemn it: for she came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, a superior to Solomon is here.

¹⁹ Every one that heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the seed sowed in his heart: this is what was sowed by the side of the path.

²³ But that which was sowed on good ground, is he that heareth my word, and understandeth. and beareth fruits, and yieldeth, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.

³⁶ Then Jesus sent away the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, and said: Explain to us the similitude of the tares and the field.

⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that is hid in a field; which when a man findeth, he concealeth it, and, from his joy, he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

⁵¹ Jesus said to them: Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes, our Lord.

¹⁰ And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand.

¹⁵ And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.

¹⁹ For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling.

³⁰ And great multitudes came to him; and with them were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the maimed, and many others: and they laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them. ³¹ So that the multitudes were amazed, when they saw the dumb speaking, and the maimed made whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel.

¹⁶ Simon Cephas answered and said: Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

¹ In that hour the disciples approached Jesus, and said: Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ² And Jesus called a child, and placed him in the midst of them, ³ and said: Verily I say to you, that unless ye be converted, and become like children, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

³ and said: Verily I say to you, that unless ye be converted, and become like children, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ He therefore that shall humble himself like this child, he will be great in the kingdom of heaven.

¹⁹ Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be to them from my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me, to do what I please with what belongeth to me; or is thy eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶ Thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for the called are many, but the chosen are few.

² and said to them: Go into this village which is over against you, and directly ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie and bring them to me. ³ And if any man say ought to you, tell him, That they are needed by our Lord: and at once he will send them hither. ⁴ Now this whole occurrence was, that so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, saying: ⁵ Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh to thee, meek, and riding on an ass, and on a colt the foal of an ass. ⁶ And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them.

⁶ and the rest seized his servants, and abused them, and slew them.

³⁴ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:

¹⁵ And when ye see the abominable sign of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place; then let the reader consider;

⁶² And the high priest rose up and said to him: Respondest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee? ⁶³ And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of God.

³ Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, repented. And he went and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders; ⁴ and said: I have sinned, by betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? See to it thyself. ⁵ And he cast down the silver in the temple, and retiring, went and strangled himself

¹² And when the chief priests and elders accused him, he made no reply. ¹³ Then Pilate said to him: Hearest thou not how much they testify against thee? ¹⁴ But he gave him no answer, not even one word: and therefore Pilate wondered greatly. ¹⁵ And at each festival, the president was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, such as they preferred. ¹⁶ And they had then in bonds a noted prisoner, called Bar Abas. ¹⁷ And when they were assembled, Pilate said to them: Whom will ye, that I release to you, Bar Abas, or Jesus who is called Messiah? ¹⁸ For Pilate knew that it was from enmity they had delivered him up. ¹⁹ And as the president was sitting on his tribunal, his wife sent to him, and said: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered much this I day in a dream because of him. ²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitude that they should demand Bar Abas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹ And the president answered, and said to them: Which of the two, will ye, that I release to you? And they said: Bar Abas. ²² Pilate said to them: And what shall I do to Jesus who is called Messiah? They all replied: Let him be crucified. ²³ The president said to them: But what hath he done, that is evil? And they cried out the more, and said: Let him be crucified. ²⁴ And Pilate, when he saw that it availed nothing, but rather that tumult was produced, took water, and washed his hands before the eyes of the multitude, and said: I am pure from the blood of this just man: see ye to it. ²⁵ And all the people answered, and said His blood be on us, and on our children! ²⁶ Then released he to them Bar Abas; and scourged Jesus with whips and delivered him to be crucified.

¹⁹ Go ye, therefore, and instruct all nations; and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁰ And immediately on his coming from the water, he saw the heavens cleft, and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him.

³ And they came to him and brought to him a paralytic, borne between four persons. ⁴ And as they could not come near him on account of the crowd, they ascended to the roof, and removed the covering of the place where Jesus was, and let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. ⁵ And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee. ⁶ And there were some Scribes and Pharisees there, who sat and reasoned in their hearts: ⁷ Who is this speaking, blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, except God only? ⁸ And Jesus knew, in his spirit, that they thus reasoned in themselves; and he said to them: Why reason ye thus in your heart? ⁹ Which is the easier, to say to a paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk? ¹⁰ But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic, ¹¹ I say to thee, Arise, take thy bed, and go to thy house.

²⁶ And the demon cried out greatly, and bruised him, and came out. And he was as a dead person; so that many would say, he is dead.

¹⁵ Verily I say to you, That whoever doth not receive the kingdom of God, like a little child, shall not enter it.

¹⁴ And when ye see the profane sign of desolation, which was mentioned by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not; (let him that readeth, understand;) then let those that are in Judaea, flee to the mountain:

¹³ And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them: Go ye to the city, and behold, there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water. Go ye after him, ¹⁴ and where he entereth in, say ye to the lord of the house: Our Rabbi saith, Where is the place of refreshment, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples? ¹⁵ And lo, he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. ¹⁶ And his disciples went, and entered the city, and found as he had told them: and they made ready the passover.

¹⁵ And he said to them: Go ye into all the world, and proclaim my tidings in the whole creation. ¹⁶ He that believeth, and is baptized, liveth; but he that believeth not, is condemned.

¹⁶ He that believeth, and is baptized, liveth; but he that believeth not, is condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs shall attend them that believe: In my name, they will cast out demons; and in new tongues will they speak.

¹⁷ And these signs shall attend them that believe: In my name, they will cast out demons; and in new tongues will they speak. ¹⁸ And they will take up serpents; and if they should drink a deadly poison, it will not harm them; and they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.

¹⁰ And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold I announce to you great joy, which will be to all the world. ¹¹ For there is born to you this day a deliverer, who is the Lord Messiah, in the city of David

²⁵ And there was a certain man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. This man was upright and just, and was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

² in the high priesthood of Annas and of Caiaphas; the word of God was upon John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. ³ And he came into all the region about the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet, who said: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and make straight paths in the plain for our God.

⁴ As it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet, who said: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and make straight paths in the plain for our God.

¹⁷ And there was delivered to him the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book, and found the place where it is written:

¹³ And those upon the rock, are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy: but they have no root in them, and their faith is temporary, and in time of temptation they are stumbled.

² And he sent them forth, to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

⁵² And he sent messengers before his face; and they went, and entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare lodgings for him. ⁵³ And they received him not, because he had set his face to go up to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said to him: Our Lord, wilt thou that we speak, and fire come down from heaven, and consume them, as also did Elijah? ⁵⁵ And he turned and rebuked them, and said: Ye know not of what spirit ye are. ⁵⁶ For the Son of man hath not come to destroy souls; but to quicken them. And they went to another village.

⁶⁰ And Jesus said to him: Allow the dead to bury their dead; and go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God.

¹ And after these things, Jesus separated from among his disciples seventy other persons, and sent them, two and two, before his face, to every place and city whither he was to go. ² And he said to them: The harvest is great, and the laborers few: pray ye, therefore, the lord of the harvest that he would send laborers into his harvest.

¹⁷ And the seventy whom he sent forth, returned with great joy, and say to him: Our Lord, even the demons were subject to us, in thy name.

⁹ I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened. ¹¹ For which of you being a father, if his son shall ask him for bread, will he reach to him a stone? Or, if he ask of him a fish, will he, instead of a fish, reach to him a serpent? ¹² Or, if he ask of him an egg, will he reach to him a scorpion? ¹³ And if ye, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

⁴⁹ Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay; ⁵⁰ that from this generation may be required, the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the world was created;

⁷ And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were present, as he noticed how they chose places on the highest couches. ⁸ When thou art invited by any one to a house of feasting, go not and recline on the highest couch; lest there should be invited there, one more honorable than thou; ⁹ and he that invited both him and thee come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and thou be ashamed, when thou risest, and takest a lower couch. ¹⁰ But when thou art invited, go and recline on the lowest couch; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee. ¹¹ For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

⁸ And Jesus sent Cephas and John, and said to them; Go, prepare for us the passover, that we may eat it.

³⁴ And Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting a lot upon them.

²⁷ Then he began from Moses, and from all the prophets, and expounded to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.

⁴⁴ And he said to them: These are the things which I said to you while I was with you, That all things written of me, in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, must be fulfilled.

⁴⁴ And he said to them: These are the things which I said to you while I was with you, That all things written of me, in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, must be fulfilled. ⁴⁵ Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures.

⁴⁵ Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶ And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it was right for Messiah to suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day; ⁴⁷ and that, in his name, repentance for the remission of sins should be preached among all nations, and that the commencement be at Jerusalem.

²⁹ The day after, John saw Jesus coming towards him, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God, that beareth the sin of the world.

⁵ His mother said to the waiters: Whatever he saith to you, do it. ⁶ And there were there six waterpots of stone, set for the purification of Jews, containing each two or three quadrantalia. ⁷ Jesus said to them: Fill those water-pots with water. And they filled them to the top. ⁸ He said to them: Draw now, and carry to the master of the feast. And they carried.

²³ And while Jesus was in Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, many believed on him, because they saw the signs he wrought. ²⁴ But Jesus did not confide himself to them; because he knew all men: ²⁵ And he needed not that any one should testify to him respecting any man; for he himself knew what is in man.

⁵ Jesus replied, and said to him Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

²² After these things, came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he abode with them, and baptized. ²³ And John also was baptizing in 'non, which is near to Salim, because there were many waters there: and the people came, and were baptized.

²³ And John also was baptizing in 'non, which is near to Salim, because there were many waters there: and the people came, and were baptized.

¹ And Jesus knew, that the Pharisees had heard; that he made many disciples, and baptized more than John.

²⁵ The woman said to him: I know that Messiah will come; and when he cometh, he will teach us every thing. ²⁶ Jesus said to her: I, who talk with thee, am he.

³⁴ Jesus said to them: My food is to do the pleasure of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

³⁹ And many Samaritans of that city believed on him, because of the discourse of the woman, who testified, He told me all that I ever did. ⁴⁰ And when these Samaritans came to him, they requested him to tarry with them; and he remained with them two days. ⁴¹ And many believed on him, because of his discourse. ⁴² And they said to the woman: Henceforth we believe in him, not on account of thy word; for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he truly is the Messiah, the Life-Giver of the world.

²⁰ For the Father loveth his Son, and showeth him every thing he doeth: and greater works than these, will he show him, that ye may wonder.

³⁹ Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me.

³⁹ Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me. ⁴⁰ And ye are unwilling to come to me, that life eternal may be yours.

⁴⁴ How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and seek not the glory which cometh from God only?

⁶⁸ Simon Cephas replied, and said: My Lord, to whom shall we go? The words of life eternal are with thee. ⁶⁹ And we believe, and know, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

¹⁸ He that speaketh according to the pleasure of his own mind, seeketh glory for himself: but he who seeketh the glory of him that sent him, is veracious, and evil is not in his heart.

²¹ Jesus replied, and said to them: I have wrought one work, and ye all wonder.

³⁰ And when he had spoken these things, many believed on him. ³¹ And Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye continue in my word, ye will be truly my disciples.

³⁴ Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, That whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.

³⁵ And Jesus heard that they had expelled him; and he found him, and said to him: Believest thou on the Son of God? ³⁶ And he that was healed, answered and said: My Lord, who is he, that I may believe on him? ³⁷ Jesus said to him: Thou hast seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. ³⁸ And he said: My Lord, I believe: and he fell down, and worshipped him.

²⁷ She said to him: Yes, my Lord; I believe, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the world.

³¹ Those Jews also, who were with her in the house and consoled her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed after her; for they supposed, she was going to the grave to weep. ³² And Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him: If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not died. ³³ And when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he was moved in spirit, and was agitated. ³⁴ And he said: Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Our Lord, come, and see. ³⁵ And the tears of Jesus came.

²⁰ And there were also among the people, some who had come up to worship at the feast.

⁴⁸ Whoever rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, there is one to judge him; the word which I speak, will judge him, at the last day.

¹² Verily, verily, I say to you: He that believeth in me, the works which I do, will he also do. And greater than these will he do, because I go unto my Father. ¹³ And what ye shall ask in my name, I will do for you; that the Father may be glorified in his Son. ¹⁴ And if ye shall ask of me, in my name, I will do it.

²⁰ Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours.

²⁷ And do ye also testify; for ye have been with me from the beginning.

² For they will eject you from their synagogues; and the hour will come, that whoever shall kill you, will suppose that he presenteth an offering to God.

²³ And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to you. ²⁴ Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive; that your joy may be complete.

⁹ that the speech might be fulfilled, which he uttered: Of them, whom thou hast given me, I have lost not even one. ¹⁰ And Simon Cephas had upon him a sword; and he drew it, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And the servant's name was Malchus. ¹¹ And Jesus said to Cephas: Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

¹² And for this reason, Pilate was disposed to release him. But the Jews cried out: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend: for whoever maketh himself a king, is the adversary of Caesar. ¹³ And when Pilate heard this declaration, he brought Jesus forth, and sat upon the tribunal, in a place called the pavement of stones; but in Hebrew it is called Gabbatha. ¹⁴ And it was the preparation for the passover; and it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: Behold, your king. ¹⁵ But they cried out: Away with him, away with him; hang him, hang him. Pilate said to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests said to him: We have no king, but Caesar. ¹⁶ Then he delivered him to them, that they might crucify him. And they took Jesus, and led him away,

³¹ But these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that when ye believe, ye may have life eternal by his name.

¹⁷ Again, Jesus said to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas, that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me; and he said to him: My Lord, thou understandest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me.

³ To whom also he showed himself alive after he had suffered, by numerous signs, during forty days, while he was seen by them, and spoke of the kingdom of God.

⁸ But when the Holy Spirit shall come upon you, ye will receive energy, and will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and also among the Samaritans, and unto the ends of the earth.

¹⁸ He purchased a field with the wages of sin; and he fell upon his face on the ground, and burst in the middle, and all his entrails were poured out.

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in diverse languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak. ⁵ Now there were resident at Jerusalem persons who feared God, Jews from all the nations under heaven.

³⁸ Simon said to them: Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission of sins; so that ye may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³⁸ Simon said to them: Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission of sins; so that ye may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar off whom God will call.

⁴¹ And some of them readily received his discourse, and believed, and were baptized. And there were added, on that day, about three thousand souls.

⁴⁷ And they praised God, and had favor with all the people. And our Lord added daily to the assembly those who became alive.

¹ And it occurred, as Simon Cephas and John went together up to the temple, at the time of prayer, being the ninth hour, ² that, lo, those accustomed to bring a man lame from his mother's womb, brought him and laid him at the gate of the temple called Beautiful; that he might ask alms of those going into the temple. ³ This man, when he saw Simon and John going into the temple, asked them to give him alms.

⁶ Simon said to him: Gold and silver, I have not; but what I have, I give to thee; in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, the Nazarean, rise up and walk. ⁷ And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up: and forthwith, his feet and his heels recovered strength.

¹⁰ And they knew that he was the beggar, who sat daily and asked alms, at the gate called Beautiful: and they were filled with wonder and admiration at what had occurred.

¹⁹ Repent, therefore, and be converted; that so your sins may be blotted out, ²⁰ and times of rest may come to you from before the face of the Lord; and he may send to you him, who was made ready for you, Jesus the Messiah:

¹⁴ And the more were those added who feared the Lord, a multitude both of men and of women.

¹⁶ And many came to them from other cities around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who had unclean spirits; and they were all cured.

¹⁸ And they laid hands on the legates, and took and bound them in prison. ¹⁹ Then the angel of the Lord, by night, opened the door of the prison, and let them out; and said to them: ²⁰ Go, stand in the temple, and speak to the people all these words of life.

³³ And when they heard these things, they burned with indignation, and thought of putting them to death.

³⁶ For before this time, rose up Theudas, and said of himself, that he was some great one; and there went after him about four hundred men. And he was slain; and they who went after him, were dispersed and became as nothing.

⁴⁰ And they called the legates, and scourged them, and commanded them not to teach in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

⁴² And they ceased not to teach daily, in the temple and at home, and to preach concerning our Lord Jesus Messiah.

⁵ And this proposal was acceptable before all the people. And they elected Stephen, a man who was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas an Antiochian proselyte. ⁶ These stood before the legates; and when they had prayed, they laid the hand on them.

³⁸ He it was, who was in the congregation in the wilderness, with the angel that conversed with him and with our fathers at mount Sinai; and he it was, received the living words to give them to us.

⁵⁴ And when they heard these things, they were filled with rage in their souls; and they gnashed their teeth against him.

⁵⁸ And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain young man who was called Saul.

¹ And Saul was consenting and participating in his death. And there was, in that day, a great persecution against the church that was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed, except the legates, among the villages of Judaea and likewise among the Samaritans.

⁴ And they who were dispersed, travelled about and preached the word of God.

⁶ And when the people who were there heard his discourse, they gave ear to him, and acquiesced in all that he said; because they saw the signs which he wrought. ⁷ For many who were possessed by unclean spirits, cried with a loud voice, and came out of them: and others, who were paralytic and lame, were healed. ⁸ And there was great joy in that city. ⁹ And there was a certain man there, whose name was Simon, who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and saying, I am a great personage.

⁹ And there was a certain man there, whose name was Simon, who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and saying, I am a great personage. ¹⁰ And they all inclined towards him, great and small; and they said, This is the mighty power of God. ¹¹ And they acquiesced in him, because for a long time he had astonished them by his sorceries.

¹¹ And they acquiesced in him, because for a long time he had astonished them by his sorceries. ¹² But when they gave credence to Philip, as he preached the kingdom of God, in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah; they were baptized, both men and women. ¹³ And Simon himself also believed, and was baptized, and adhered to Philip. And when he saw the signs and mighty deeds which were wrought by his hand, he was surprised and astonished. ¹⁴ And when the legates at Jerusalem, heard that the people of the Samaritans had received the word of God, they sent out to them Simon Cephas and John.

¹⁴ And when the legates at Jerusalem, heard that the people of the Samaritans had received the word of God, they sent out to them Simon Cephas and John. ¹⁵ And they went down, and prayed over them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ Then they laid the hand on them; and they received the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

²⁰ Simon Cephas said to him: Thy money go with thee to perdition! because thou hast supposed, that the gift of God may be purchased by a worldly substance. ²¹ Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith; because thy heart is not right before God. ²² Nevertheless, repent of this thy wickedness, and entreat of God, if perhaps the guile of thy heart may be forgiven thee.

²⁵ And Simon and John, when they had testified, and had taught them the word of God, returned to Jerusalem. And they had preached in many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁷ And he arose and went. And there met him a eunuch, who had come from Cush, an officer of Candace, queen of the Cushites, who had charge of all her treasure; and he had come to worship at Jerusalem.

³⁵ Then Philip opened his mouth and, from that scripture, began to preach to him concerning our Lord Jesus.

³⁵ Then Philip opened his mouth and, from that scripture, began to preach to him concerning our Lord Jesus. ³⁶ And as they proceeded on the way, they came to a certain place in which there was water. And the eunuch said: Lo, here is water; what doth forbid, that I should be baptized?

³⁶ And as they proceeded on the way, they came to a certain place in which there was water. And the eunuch said: Lo, here is water; what doth forbid, that I should be baptized? ³⁷ And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, it is allowable. And he answered, and said: I believe that Jesus Messiah is the Son of God. ³⁸ And he commanded the chariot to stop; and they both went down to the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch. ³⁹ And when they came up from the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more; but he went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ And Philip was found at Azotus; and from there he travelled about, and preached in all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

¹ And Saul was still full of threats and deadly hatred against the disciples of our Lord. ² And he requested that a letter from the high priest might be given him unto Damascus to the synagogues; that if he should find persons pursuing this course, men or women, he might bind and bring them to Jerusalem. ³ And as he was going, and began to approach Damascus, suddenly there was poured upon him a light from heaven. ⁴ And he fell to the ground; and he heard a voice which said to him: Saul! Saul! why persecutest thou me? It will be hard for thee to kick against the goads. ⁵ He replied, and said: Who art thou, my Lord? And our Lord said: I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest. ⁶ But arise and go into the city, and there it will be told thee what thou oughtest to do. ⁷ And the men who travelled with him in the way, stood amazed; for they heard merely the voice, and no one was visible to them. ⁸ And Saul arose from the ground; and nothing was visible to him, with his eyes opened. And they took him by the hand, and led him into Damascus. ⁹ And he had no sight for three days; and he neither ate nor drank. ¹⁰ And there was in Damascus a certain disciple, whose name was Ananias. And the Lord said to him, in a vision: Ananias! And he said: Lo, I am here, my Lord. ¹¹ And our Lord said to him: Arise, go to the street which is called Straight; and inquire in the house of Judas, for Saul who is from the city of Tarsus: for, lo, while he prayed,

¹¹ And our Lord said to him: Arise, go to the street which is called Straight; and inquire in the house of Judas, for Saul who is from the city of Tarsus: for, lo, while he prayed, ¹² he saw in vision a man named Ananias, who came and laid his hand upon him, that his eyes might be opened. ¹³ And Ananias said: My Lord, I have heard of this man, from many, how much evil he hath perpetrated towards thy saints at Jerusalem.

¹⁷ Then Ananias went to the house to him; and he laid his hand upon him, and said to him: Saul, my brother, our Lord Jesus, he who appeared to thee by the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thy eyes might be opened, and thou be filled with the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ And forthwith he announced Jesus, in the synagogues of the Jews, that he is the Son of God. ²¹ And all they that heard him were amazed; and they said: Is not this he, who persecuted all them that call on this name in Jerusalem? And lo, for this very thing also, was he sent hither, that he might bind and carry them to the chief priests.

³¹ Moreover the church, in all Judaea, and in Galilee, and in Samaria, had peace and was edified; and it walked in the fear of God, and abounded in the consolation of the Holy Spirit.

³³ And he found a certain man whose name was 'neas, who had lain on a bed and been paralytic eight years. ³⁴ And Simon said to him: 'neas, Jesus the Messiah doth heal thee; arise, and spread thy bed. And he rose up immediately.

¹ And there was a certain man in Caesarea, whose name was Cornelius, a centurion of the regiment called the Italian. ² And he was righteous, and feared God, he and all his house; and he did much alms among the people, and prayed to God at all times.

⁷ And when the angel that talked with him was gone, he called two of his household, and a soldier who feared God and was obedient to him.

¹⁹ And while Simon was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him: Lo, three men are inquiring for thee.

²² They say to him: A certain man whose name is Cornelius, a centurion fearing God, and of whom all the people of the Jews bear good report, was told in vision, by a holy angel, to send and bring thee to his house, that he might hear discourse from thee.

²⁴ And the next day, they entered Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them: and all the kindred of his family, and also such intimate friends as he had, were assembled with him.

³⁴ And Simon opened his mouth, and said: Truly I discover that God is no respecter of persons.

⁴⁴ And while Simon was uttering these things, the Holy Spirit overshadowed all them that were hearing the word. ⁴⁵ And the circumcised brethren who came with him, were amazed and astonished, that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Gentiles also.

⁴⁵ And the circumcised brethren who came with him, were amazed and astonished, that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Gentiles also. ⁴⁶ For they heard them speak with diverse tongues, and magnify God. ⁴⁷ And Simon said: Can any one forbid water, that those should not be baptized, they who have received, lo, the Holy Spirit, as well as we?

⁴⁷ And Simon said: Can any one forbid water, that those should not be baptized, they who have received, lo, the Holy Spirit, as well as we? ⁴⁸ Then he commanded them to be baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah. And they requested him to remain with them some days.

¹ And it was reported to the legates and the brethren in Judaea, that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

¹² And the Spirit said to me: Go with them, without hesitation. And these six brethren went also with me, and we entered the man's house.

¹⁵ And when I there commenced speaking, the Holy Spirit overshadowed them, as it did us from the beginning. ¹⁶ And I remembered the word of our Lord, when he said: John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ If then God equally gave the gift to the Gentiles that believed in our Lord Jesus Messiah, as he did to us: who was I, that I could forbid God?

¹⁷ If then God equally gave the gift to the Gentiles that believed in our Lord Jesus Messiah, as he did to us: who was I, that I could forbid God?

¹⁹ And they who were dispersed, by the oppression which occurred on account of Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and even to the country of Cyprus, and to Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only.

¹⁹ And they who were dispersed, by the oppression which occurred on account of Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and even to the country of Cyprus, and to Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only. ²⁰ And there were some of them from Cyprus and from Cyrene, who went up to Antioch, and spoke to the Greeks, and preached concerning our Lord Jesus.

²⁰ And there were some of them from Cyprus and from Cyrene, who went up to Antioch, and spoke to the Greeks, and preached concerning our Lord Jesus. ²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them; and many believed, and turned to the Lord. ²² And this came to the ears of the sons of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

⁸ And the angel said to him: Gird thy loins, and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And again he said to him: Wrap thyself in thy cloak, and come after me. ⁹ And he went out and followed him, not knowing that what had been done by the angel was a reality; for he supposed, that he saw a vision. ¹⁰ And when the first ward was passed and the second, they came to the iron gate, and it opened to them of its own accord. And when they had gone out, and had passed one street, the angel departed from him. ¹¹ Then Simon recognized where he was; and he said: Now I know, in reality, that God hath sent his angel, and delivered me from the hand of Herod the king, and from what the Jews were devising against me.

¹⁹ And Herod, when he sought him, and could not find him, arraigned the keepers, and sentenced them to die. And he went from Judaea, and resided at Caesarea.

²³ And, because he gave not the glory to God, immediately the angel of God smote him; and he was eaten of worms, and died.

¹ Now there were in the church at Antioch, several prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius who was from the city Cyrene, and Menaen, a son of the guardians of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. ² And while they were fasting and making supplication to God, the Holy Spirit said to them: Separate to me Saul and Barnabas, for the work to which I have called them. ³ And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid the hand on them, and sent them away.

³ And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid the hand on them, and sent them away. ⁴ And they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they went by sea as far as Cyprus.

⁶ And when they had travelled over the whole island as far as the city Paphos, they found a certain man, a sorcerer, a Jew, who was a false prophet, and whose name was Bar-Suma.

⁴⁴ And the next sabbath, the whole city assembled to hear the word of God.

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified God. And those believed, who were appointed to life eternal.

⁵² And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.

² But Jews of the class of unbelievers, excited the Gentiles, to maltreat the brethren. ³ And they continued there a long time, and spoke openly concerning the Lord; and he gave testimony to the word of his grace, by the signs and prodigies which he wrought by their hands. ⁴ And the whole multitude of the city was divided; and a part were with the Jews, and a part adhered to the legates. ⁵ And an assault was made on them, by the Gentiles, and by the Jews and their chiefs, to insult them, and to stone them with stones. ⁶ And when they knew it, they departed and fled to the cities of Lycaonia and Lystra and Derbe, and to the villages around them; ⁷ and there they preached. ⁸ And a certain man dwelt in the city Lystra, who was afflicted in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked. ⁹ He heard Paul speak: and when Paul saw him, and knew that he had faith to live; ¹⁰ he said to him, with a loud voice: In the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, I say to thee, Rise upon thy feet. And he sprang up, stood, and walked. ¹¹ And the assembly of people, when they saw what Paul had done, raised their voice, and said, in the language of the country: The gods have assumed the likeness of men, and have come down to us.

⁴ And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the Elders, and by the legates; and they recounted all that God had wrought by them.

³⁵ Paul also and Barnabas remained at Antioch; and they taught and proclaimed, with many others, the word of God.

⁶ And they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Holy Spirit forbid them to speak the word of God in Asia. ⁷ And when they came into the region of Mysia, they were disposed to go from there into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not.

¹⁴ And a certain woman who feared God, a seller of purple, whose name was Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, was there. Her heart our Lord opened, and she hearkened to what Paul spake. ¹⁵ And she was baptized, and her household. And she entreated us, saying: If ye are really persuaded that I have believed in our Lord, come and take lodging in my house. And she urged us much. ¹⁶ And it occurred that, as we were going to the house of prayer, a certain maid met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who procured for her lords great gain by the divination which she performed. ¹⁷ And she followed after Paul and us, and cried, saying: These men are the servants of the Most High God, and they announce to you the way of life. ¹⁸ And this she did many days. And Paul was indignant; and he said to that spirit, I command thee, in the name of Jesus Messiah, that thou come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

³¹ And they said to him: Believe on the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, and thou wilt have life, thou and thy house. ³² And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all the members of his house. ³³ And the same hour of the night, he took and washed them from their stripes; and he was baptized immediately, he and all the members of his house. ³⁴ And he took them and brought them into his house, and set a table for them; and he rejoiced in the faith of God, he and all the members of his house.

³⁴ And he took them and brought them into his house, and set a table for them; and he rejoiced in the faith of God, he and all the members of his house.

² And Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and during three sabbaths he discoursed with them from the scriptures; ³ expounding and showing, that the Messiah was to suffer, and to arise from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I announce to you is the Messiah.

¹¹ For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews of Thessalonica; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so.

¹¹ For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews of Thessalonica; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so. ¹² And many of them believed; and so likewise of the Greeks, many men, and women of note.

¹⁸ And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.

³⁰ And the times of this error God hath made to pass away; and at the present time, he commandeth all men, that each individual, in every place, should repent.

⁵ And when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was impeded in discourse, because the Jews stood up against him, and reviled, as he testified to them that Jesus is the Messiah.

⁸ And Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed on our Lord, he and all the members of his house. And many Corinthians gave ear, and believed in God and were baptized.

²⁸ For he reasoned powerfully against the Jews, before the congregation; and showed from the scriptures, respecting Jesus, that he is the Messiah.

² Have ye received the Holy Spirit, since ye believed? They answered and said to him: If there be a Holy Spirit, it hath not come to our hearing.

⁵ And when they heard these things, they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah. ⁶ And Paul laid his hand on them; and the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in various tongues, and prophesied.

⁶ And Paul laid his hand on them; and the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in various tongues, and prophesied.

¹¹ And God wrought very great miracles by the hand of Paul:

¹³ And moreover certain Jews, who went: about exorcising demons, were disposed to exorcise in the name of our Lord Jesus over those who had unclean spirits, by saying: We adjure you, in the name of that Jesus whom Paul announceth.

¹⁸ And many of them that believed, came and narrated their faults, and confessed what they had done. ¹⁹ And also many magicians collected their books, and brought and burned them before every body: and they computed the cost of them, and it amounted to fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰ And thus with great power was the faith of God strengthened and increased.

²¹ while I testified to Jews and to Gentiles, as to repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Messiah. ²² And now I am bound in spirit, and I go to Jerusalem; and I know not what will befall me there; ²³ except that the Holy Spirit in every city, testifieth to me and saith: Bonds and afflictions await thee.

²⁵ And now, I know that ye will see my face no more, all of you among whom I have travelled and preached the kingdom of God.

⁸ And the next day, we departed and came to Cesarea; and we went in and put up in the house of Philip the Evangelist, who was one of the seven.

¹¹ And he came in to us, and took the girdle of Paul's loins, and bound his own feet and hands, and said: Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man, who owns this girdle; and they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

¹⁶ And some disciples of Caesarea went along with us, taking with them a brother from among the earlier disciples, whose name was Mnason, and who was from Cyprus; that he might entertain us at his house.

³ I am a man who am a Jew; and I was born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but was brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed perfectly in the law of our fathers; and I was zealous for God, as ye also all are. ⁴ And I persecuted this way, even to death; for I bound, and delivered up to prison, both men and women.

¹⁹ And I said: My Lord, they well know that I have delivered up to prison, and have scourged in all synagogues, those who believed in thee. ²⁰ And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing with them, and performed the pleasure of his slayers, and took charge of the garments of those that stoned him.

²³ And he called two centurions, and said to them: Go and prepare two hundred Romans to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and shooters with the right hand two hundred; and let them set out at the third hour of the night.

³³ And they brought him to Caesarea: and they delivered the letter to the governor, and set Paul before him.

¹ And when Festus arrived at Caesarea, he, after three days, went up to Jerusalem.

⁴ But Festus made answer: Paul is in custody at Caesarea, whither I am in haste to go.

⁶ And when he had been there eight or ten days, he came down to Caesarea. And the next day, he sat on the tribunal, and commanded Paul to be brought.

¹³ And when some days had passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea to salute Festus.

⁹ For I myself, at first, resolved in my own mind, that I would perpetrate many adverse things against the name of Jesus the Nazarean. ¹⁰ Which I also did at Jerusalem; and by the authority I received from the chief priests, I cast many of the saints into prison and when they were put to death by them, I took part with those that condemned them. ¹¹ And in every synagogue I tortured them, while I pressed them to become revilers of the name of Jesus. And in the great wrath, with which I was filled against them, I also went to other cities to persecute them.

²² But unto this day God hath helped me; and lo, I stand and bear testimony, to the small and to the great; yet saying nothing aside from Moses and the prophets, but the very things which they declared were to take place: ²³ namely, that Messiah would suffer, and would become the first fruits of the resurrection from the dead; and that he would proclaim light to the people and to the Gentiles.

²³ For there appeared to me this night, the angel of that God whose I am, and whom I serve;

⁶ And the barbarians expected, that he would suddenly swell, and fall dead on the ground. And when they had looked a long time, and saw that he received no harm; they changed their language, and said, that he was a god.

²³ And they appointed him a day; and many assembled, and came to him at his lodgings. And he explained to them respecting the kingdom of God, testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

²⁵ And they went out from him, disagreeing among themselves. And Paul addressed to them this speech: Well did the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of Isaiah the prophet, speak concerning your fathers,

²⁸ Therefore, be this known to you, that to the Gentiles is this redemption of God sent: and, moreover, they will hear it.

³¹ And he preached concerning the kingdom of God, and taught boldly concerning our Lord Jesus Messiah, without hinderance. Completion of the Acts of the blessed Legates; that is, their Histories.

¹¹ For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;

⁴ Or wilt thou abuse the riches of his benevolence, and his long suffering, and the opportunity which he giveth thee? And dost thou not know, that the benevolence of God should bring thee to repentance?

² By whom we are brought by faith into this grace, in which we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that ye were once the servants of sin but have now from the heart obeyed that form of doctrine to which ye are devoted. ¹⁸ And when ye were emancipated from sin, ye became servants to righteousness. ¹⁹ -(I speak as among men, because of the infirmity of your flesh.)-As ye once gave up your members to the servitude of pollution and iniquity, so also now give ye up your members to the servitude of righteousness and sanctity. ²⁰ For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were emancipated from righteousness. ²¹ And what harvest had ye then, in that of which ye are now ashamed? For the result thereof is death. ²² And now, as ye have been emancipated from sin, and have become servants to God, your fruits are holy; and the result thereof is life everlasting.

³⁶ As it is written: For thy sake, we die daily: and, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

¹⁰ For the heart that believeth in him, is justified; and the mouth that confesseth him, is restored to life.

¹⁴ How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or, how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? Or, how shall they hear, without a preacher?

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercies upon them, as it is written: I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing psalms. ¹⁰ And again he said: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹⁰ And again he said: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ And again he said: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye nations.

¹¹ And again he said: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye nations. ¹² And again Isaiah said: There will be a root of Jesse; and he that shall arise, will be a prince for the Gentiles; and in him will the Gentiles hope.

¹² And again Isaiah said: There will be a root of Jesse; and he that shall arise, will be a prince for the Gentiles; and in him will the Gentiles hope. ¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, by faith; that ye may abound in his hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem I have made a circuit quite to Illyricum, and have fulfilled the announcement of the Messiah;

¹³ Now was Messiah divided? Or was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? ¹⁴ I thank my God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius; ¹⁵ lest any one should say, that I baptized in my own name.

²³ But we preach Messiah as crucified; which is a stumbling-block to the Jews, and foolishness to the Gentiles; ²⁴ but to them who are called, both Jews and Gentiles, Messiah is the energy of God, and the wisdom of God.

² And I did not govern myself among you, as if I knew any thing, except only Jesus Messiah; and him also as crucified.

¹¹ For any other foundation can no man lay, different from that which is laid, which is Jesus Messiah.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. Whoever among you thinketh that he is wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

² And if any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know it.

¹¹ Nevertheless, the man is not without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in our Lord.

³ I therefore inform you, that there is no man, that speaketh by the Spirit of God, who saith that Jesus is accursed: neither can a man say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

¹¹ But all these, worketh that one Spirit; and he distributeth to every one as he pleaseth.

¹⁹ But in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others, than a myriad of words in a tongue.

³⁶ What! was it from you that the word of God came forth? Or did it reach only to you? ³⁷ And if any one among you thinketh that he is a prophet, or that he is spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, as being the precepts of our Lord.

⁸ And last of them all, he was seen by me, as it were by an abortion. ⁹ I am the least of the legates; and am not worthy to be called a legate; because I persecuted the church of God.

⁹ I am the least of the legates; and am not worthy to be called a legate; because I persecuted the church of God.

¹¹ O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened towards you, and our heart expanded.

¹⁹ For ye hear with indulgence them who lack reason, seeing ye are wise.

² I knew a man in the Messiah fourteen years ago, (but whether in a body, or whether out of a body, I know not; God knoweth :) who was caught up to the third region of heaven. ³ And I knew this same man; (but whether in a body, or out of a body, I know not; God knoweth;) ⁴ and he was caught up to Paradise, and heard ineffable words, which it is not permitted a man to utter.

¹³ For ye have heard of my former course of life in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God exceedingly, and destroyed it:

⁹ And James, Cephas, and John, who were accounted pillars, when they perceived the grace that was given to me, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship; that we should labor among the Gentiles, and they among the circumcision.

¹ O ye Galatians, deficient in understanding! Who hath fascinated you? For lo, Jesus the Messiah hath been portrayed as in a picture, crucified before your eyes. ² This only would I learn from you, Was it by works of the law, that ye received the Spirit? or by the hearing of faith? ³ Are ye so foolish, that having begun in the Spirit, ye now would consummate in the flesh? ⁴ And have ye borne all these things in vain? And I would, it were in vain! ⁵ He therefore who giveth the Spirit in you, and who worketh miracles among you, doth he these things by the deeds of the law? or by the hearing of faith?

²⁷ For they who have been baptized into the Messiah, have put on the Messiah. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free-born, neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁴ and that we might not be children, agitated and turned about by every wind of the crafty doctrines of men who plot to seduce by their subtilty:

²¹ if ye have truly heard him, and by him have learned as the truth is in Jesus.

¹⁷ Therefore, be not lacking in understanding; but understand ye what is the pleasure of God.

¹² And I would that ye might know, my brethren, that the transaction in regard to me, hath eventuated rather for the furtherance of the gospel;

¹⁹ For I know, that these things will be found conducive to my life, through your prayers and the gift of the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah.

⁸ and he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. ⁹ Wherefore, also, God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is more excellent than all names;

³ For we are the real circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and glory in Jesus the Messiah, and place no reliance on the flesh.

⁶ as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; and as to the righteousness of the law, I was without fault.

⁴ Rejoice ye in our Lord, at all times; and again I say, Rejoice.

¹⁶ And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God.

² but we first suffered and were treated with indignity, as ye know, at Philippi; and then, in a great agony, with confidence in our God, we addressed to you the gospel of the Messiah.

¹³ Therefore also we give thanks unceasingly to God, that the word of God which ye received from us, ye did not receive as the word of men, but as being truly the word of God, which worketh efficiently in you and in them that believe.

² and to send to you Timothy our brother, a servant of God, and our assistant in the announcement of the Messiah; that he might strengthen you, and inquire of you respecting your faith:

⁴ who is an opposer, and exalteth himself above all that is called God and Worshipful; so that he also sitteth in the temple of God, as a God, and displayeth himself, as if he were God.

¹⁰ and with all the deceptiveness of iniquity, in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, by which they might have life.

¹³ me I say, who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a reviler; but I obtained mercy, because I did it while ignorant and without faith.

¹ But the Spirit saith explicitly, that in the latter times, some will depart from the faith; and will go after deceptive spirits, and after the doctrine of demons.

¹⁴ Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, and by the laying on of the hand of the eldership.

²² Lay not the hand hastily on any man; and participate not in the sins of others; keep thyself pure.

⁵ and the disputation of men, whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth, and who suppose that gain is godliness. But from these stand thou aloof.

⁹ But they who desire to become rich, fall into temptations, and into snares, and into many lusts which are foolish and hurtful, and which drown men in destruction and perdition:

⁶ Wherefore I remind thee, that thou excite the gift of God, that is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

²⁵ that with mildness he may enlighten those who dispute against him, if perhaps God may give them repentance, and they may acknowledge the truth, ²⁶ and may recollect themselves, and may escape out of the snare of Satan, at whose pleasure they have been held ensnared.

² and men will be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, boasters, proud, censorious, unyielding towards their own people, denyers of grace, wicked,

⁵ having a form of respect for God, but wide from the power of God. Them who are such, repel from thee.

⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these withstand the truth: men whose mind is corrupted, and they reprobates from the faith. ⁹ But they will not make progress, for their infatuation will be understood by every one, as theirs also was understood.

¹⁵ because from thy childhood, thou wast taught the holy books, which can make thee wise unto life, by faith in Jesus the Messiah. ¹⁶ All scripture that was written by the Spirit, is profitable for instruction, and for confutation, and for correction, and for erudition in righteousness; ¹⁷ that the man of God may become perfect, and complete for every good work.

³ For we also were formerly reckless, and disobedient, and erring, and serving divers lusts, and living in malice and envy, and were hateful and also hating one another.

⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy, he vivified us, by the washing of the new birth, and by the renovation of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ which he shed on us abundantly, by Jesus the Messiah our Life-giver:

¹⁴ Are they not all spirits of ministration, who are sent to minister on account of them that are to inherit life?

⁴ while God gave testimony concerning them, by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit, which were given according to his pleasure?

¹² For the word of God is living, and all-efficient, and sharper than a two-edged sword, and entereth even to the severance of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow and the bones, and judgeth the thoughts and reasonings of the heart: ¹³ neither is there any creature, which is concealed from before him; but every thing is naked and manifest before his eyes, to whom we are to give account.

² and for the doctrine of baptism, and for the laying on of a hand, and for the resurrection from the dead, and for the eternal judgment?

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed, and departed to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance: and he departed, while he knew not whither he was going.

²⁷ By faith, he left Egypt, and was not terrified by the wrath of the king; and he continued to hope, just as if he saw the invisible God.

¹⁵ And be careful, lest any be found among you destitute of the grace of God; or lest some root of bitterness shoot forth germs, and trouble you; and thereby many be defiled:

⁹ And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away.

¹⁰ and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away.

²¹ Wherefore, remove far from you all impurity, and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is implanted in our nature, which is able to vivify these your souls.

⁶ But ye have despised the poor man. Do not rich men exalt themselves over you, and drag you before the tribunals?

¹⁹ Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well; the demons also believe, and tremble. ²⁰ Wouldst thou know, O frail man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Abraham our father, was not he justified by works, in offering his son Isaac upon the altar? ²² Seest thou, that his faith aided his works; and that by the works his faith was rendered complete? ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: Abraham believed in God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness, and he was called the Friend of God. ²⁴ Thou seest, that by works a man is justified, and not by faith alone. ²⁵ So also Rahab, the harlot, was not she justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and sent them forth by another way? ²⁶ As the body without the spirit, is dead; so faith without works, is dead also.

¹⁶ They glory in their vaunting. All such glorying is evil.

³ and your gold and your silver have contracted rust; and the rust of them will be testimony against you; and it will eat your flesh. Ye have heaped up a fire to you against the latter days.

¹⁶ And confess ye your faults one to another, and pray ye one for another, that ye may be healed; for great is the efficacy of the prayer which a righteous man prayeth.

¹¹ And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Messiah dwelling in them did show and testify, when the sufferings of the Messiah were to occur, and his subsequent glory. ¹² And it was revealed to them, in regard to all they were searching, that, not for themselves were they inquiring, but for us they were prophesying of those things, which are now manifested to you by means of the things we have announced to you, by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things the angels also desire to look into.

¹⁹ but with the precious blood of that Lamb in which is no spot nor blemish, namely, the Messiah:

¹ Therefore, cease ye from all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envy, and backbiting. ² And be like infant children; and crave the word, as being the pure spiritual milk by which ye are nourished up to life;

²¹ For unto this were ye called; because the Messiah also died for us, and left us this pattern, that ye should walk in his steps. ²² He did no sin; neither was guile found in his mouth. ²³ When he was reviled, be reviled not; and he suffered and threatened not, but committed his cause to the Judge of righteousness. ²⁴ And he took away all our sins, and, in his body, lifted them to the cross; that we, when dead to sin, might live by his righteousness: for by his wounds, ye are healed.

²¹ And ye also, by a like figure, are made alive by baptism, (not when ye wash your bodies from filth, but when ye confess God with a pure conscience,) and by the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah;

¹² These as I account them few things, I have written to you by Sylvanus, a faithful brother. And I would persuade, and would testify, that this is the true grace of God, this in which ye stand.

² And many will go after their profaneness; on account of whom, the way of truth will be reproached.

⁴ For, if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to the infernal regions in chains of darkness, and delivered them up to be kept unto the judgment of torture,

¹⁴ having eyes that are full of adultery, and sins that never end; seducing unstable souls; and having a heart exercised in cupidity; children of malediction: ¹⁵ and, having left the way of rectitude, they have wandered and gone in the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity, ¹⁶ and who had for the reprover of his transgression a dumb ass, which, speaking with the speech of men, rebuked the madness of the prophet. ¹⁷ These are wells without water, clouds driven by a tempest, persons for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness. ¹⁸ For, while they utter astonishing vanity, they seduce, with obscene lusts of the flesh, them who have almost abandoned these that walk in error. ¹⁹ And they promise them liberty, while they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for, by whatever thing a man is vanquished, to that is he enslaved.

¹⁵ Whoever confesseth Jesus to be the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he abideth in God.

¹ Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God. And whoever loveth the begetter, loveth him also that is begotten of him.

⁵ For who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? ⁶ This is he who came by the water and the blood. Jesus the Messiah; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit testifieth; because the Spirit is truth.

¹⁰ Whoever believeth in the Son of God, hath this testimony in himself. And whoever believeth not God, hath made him a liar, by not believing the testimony which God hath testified concerning his Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Every one that taketh hold of the Son, taketh hold of life; and every one that taketh not hold of the Son, hath not life. ¹³ These things have I written to you, that ye may know that ye have life eternal, ye who believe in the name of the Son of God.

⁹ I was desirous of writing to the church; but he who loveth to be foremost among them, Diotrephes, receiveth us not.

²¹ And I gave her a season for repentance, and she is not disposed to repent of her whoredom.

²³ And her children will I slay with death: and all the churches shall know, that I am he who searcheth reins and hearts; and I will render to each of you according to your works.

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich and affluent, and have no want of any thing; and thou knowest not, that thou art impotent, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked; ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white raiment, to be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be seen; and put eye-salve on thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

³ And one of his heads was wounded as it were to death; and his deadly wound was healed. And all the earth wondered after the beast of prey.

¹³ And he wrought great signs, even so as to make fire come down from heaven upon the earth, before men. ¹⁴ And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, to erect an image to the beast of prey who had the wound from a sword and recovered.

¹⁸ Here is wisdom: let him that hath intelligence, compute the number of the beast of prey; for it is the number of a man: and its number is six hundred and sixty and six.

¹⁵ And they who were enriched from her, will stand afar off, for fear of her torment; and will weep and mourn,

⁶ Blessed and holy is he that hath part in this first resurrection: over them the second death hath no dominion; but they shall be, nay are, priests of God and of his Messiah; and they will reign with him the thousand years.

¹⁵ Without will be dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and manslayers, and idolaters, and every one that loveth and doeth falsehood.

¹⁹ And if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his portion from the tree of life, and from the holy city, which are described in this book.