,from www4ebible4org with slight reformatting by ,martin ,ward4 ,book #dd ,acts #jja3jja ,the first book ,i wrote1 ,theophilus1 concerned all that ,jesus began both to do and to teach1 #jja3jjb until the day in which he was received up1 after he had given commandment through the ,holy ,spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen4 #jja3jjc ,to these he also showed himself alive after he suffered1 by many proofs1 appearing to them over a period of forty days1 and speaking about ,god's ,kingdom4 #jja3jjd ,being assembled together with them1 he charged them1 ,don't depart from ,jerusalem1 but wait for the promise of the ,father1 which you heard from me4 #jja3jje ,for ,john indeed baptized in water1 but you will be baptized in the ,holy ,spirit not many days from now4 #jja3jjf ,therefore1 when they had come together1 they asked him1 ,lord1 are you now restoring the kingdom to ,israel8 #jja3jjg ,he said to them1 ,it isn't for you to know times or seasons which the ,father has set within his own authority4 #jja3jjh ,but you will receive power when the ,holy ,spirit has come upon you4 ,you will be witnesses to me in ,jerusalem1 in all ,judea and ,samaria1 and to the uttermost parts of the earth4 #jja3jji ,when he had said these things1 as they were looking1 he was taken up1 and a cloud received him out of their sight4 #jja3jaj ,while they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went1 behold1 two men stood by them in white clothing1 #jja3jaa who also said1 ,you men of ,galilee1 why do you stand looking into the sky8 ,this ,jesus1 who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky4 #jja3jab ,then they returned to ,jerusalem from the mountain called ,olivet1 which is near ,jerusalem1 a ,sabbath day's journey away4 #jja3jac ,when they had come in1 they went up into the upper room1 where they were staying2 that is ,peter1 ,john1 ,james1 ,andrew1 ,philip1 ,thomas1 ,bartholomew1 ,matthew1 ,james the son of ,alphaeus1 ,simon the ,zealot1 and ,judas the son of ,james4 #jja3jad ,all these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication1 along with the women1 and ,mary the mother of ,jesus1 and with his brothers4 #jja3jae ,in these days1 ,peter stood up in the midst of the disciples 7and the number of names was about one hundred twenty71 and said1 #jja3jaf ,brothers1 it was necessary that this ,scripture should be fulfilled1 which the ,holy ,spirit spoke before by the mouth of ,david concerning ,judas1 who was guide to those who took ,jesus4 #jja3jag ,for he was numbered with us1 and received his portion in this ministry4 #jja3jah ,now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness1 and falling headlong1 his body burst open1 and all his intestines gushed out4 #jja3jai ,it became known to everyone who lived in ,jerusalem that in their language that field was called ',akeldama1' that is1 ',the field of blood4' #jja3jbj ,for it is written in the book of ,psalms1 ',let his habitation be made desolate4 ,let no one dwell therein2',psalm #fi3be and1 ',let another take his office4',psalm #aji3h #jja3jba ,of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the ,lord ,jesus went in and out among us1 #jja3jbb beginning from the baptism of ,john1 to the day that he was received up from us1 of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection4 #jja3jbc ,they put forward two1 ,joseph called ,barsabbas1 who was surnamed ,justus1 and ,matthias4 #jja3jbd ,they prayed1 and said1 ,you1 ,lord1 who know the hearts of all men1 show which one of these two you have chosen #jja3jbe to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which ,judas fell away1 that he might go to his own place4 #jja3jbf ,they drew lots for them1 and the lot fell on ,matthias1 and he was numbered with the eleven apostles4 #jjb3jja ,now when the day of ,pentecost had come1 they were all with one accord in one place4 #jjb3jjb ,suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind1 and it filled all the house where they were sitting4 #jjb3jjc ,tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them1 and one sat on each of them4 #jjb3jjd ,they were all filled with the ,holy ,spirit1 and began to speak with other languages1 as the ,spirit gave them the ability to speak4 #jjb3jje ,now there were dwelling in ,jerusalem ,jews1 devout men1 from every nation under the sky4 #jjb3jjf ,when this sound was heard1 the multitude came together1 and were bewildered1 because everyone heard them speaking in his own language4 #jjb3jjg ,they were all amazed and marveled1 saying to one another1 ,behold1 aren't all these who speak ,galileans8 #jjb3jjh ,how do we hear1 everyone in our own native language8 #jjb3jji ,parthians1 ,medes1 ,elamites1 and people from ,mesopotamia1 ,judea1 ,cappadocia1 ,pontus1 ,asia1 #jjb3jaj ,phrygia1 ,pamphylia1 ,egypt1 the parts of ,libya around ,cyrene1 visitors from ,rome1 both ,jews and proselytes1 #jjb3jaa ,cretans and ,arabians3 we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of ,god6 #jjb3jab ,they were all amazed1 and were perplexed1 saying one to another1 ,what does this mean8 #jjb3jac ,others1 mocking1 said1 ,they are filled with new wine4 #jjb3jad ,but ,peter1 standing up with the eleven1 lifted up his voice1 and spoke out to them1 ,you men of ,judea1 and all you who dwell at ,jerusalem1 let this be known to you1 and listen to my words4 #jjb3jae ,for these aren't drunken1 as you suppose1 seeing it is only the third hour of the dayabout #i3jj ,,am4 #jjb3jaf ,but this is what has been spoken through the prophet ,joel3 #jjb3jag ',it will be in the last days1 says ,god1 that ,i will pour out my ,spirit on all flesh4 ,your sons and your daughters will prophesy4 ,your young men will see visions4 ,your old men will dream dreams4 #jjb3jah ,yes1 and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days1 ,i will pour out my ,spirit1 and they will prophesy4 #jjb3jai ,i will show wonders in the sky above1 and signs on the earth beneath2 blood1 and fire1 and billows of smoke4 #jjb3jbj ,the sun will be turned into darkness1 and the moon into blood1 before the great and glorious day of the ,lord comes4 #jjb3jba ,it will be1 that whoever will call on the name of the ,lord will be saved4',joel #b3bh-cb #jjb3jbb ,men of ,israel1 hear these words6 ,jesus of ,nazareth1 a man approved by ,god to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which ,god did by him in the midst of you1 even as you yourselves know1 #jjb3jbc him1 being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of ,god1 you have taken by the hand of lawless men1 crucified and killed2 #jjb3jbd whom ,god raised up1 having freed him from the agony of death1 because it was not possible that he should be held by it4 #jjb3jbe ,for ,david says concerning him1 ',i saw the ,lord always before my face1 ,for he is on my right hand1 that ,i should not be moved4 #jjb3jbf ,therefore my heart was glad1 and my tongue rejoiced4 ,moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope2 #jjb3jbg because you will not leave my soul in ,hadesor1 ,hell1 neither will you allow your ,holy ,one to see decay4 #jjb3jbh ,you made known to me the ways of life4 ,you will make me full of gladness with your presence4',psalm #af3h-aa #jjb3jbi ,brothers1 ,i may tell you freely of the patriarch ,david1 that he both died and was buried1 and his tomb is with us to this day4 #jjb3jcj ,therefore1 being a prophet1 and knowing that ,god had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body1 according to the flesh1 he would raise up the ,christ to sit on his throne1 #jjb3jca he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the ,christ1 that neither was his soul left in ,hadesor1 ,hell1 nor did his flesh see decay4 #jjb3jcb ,this ,jesus ,god raised up1 to which we all are witnesses4 #jjb3jcc ,being therefore exalted by the right hand of ,god1 and having received from the ,father the promise of the ,holy ,spirit1 he has poured out this1 which you now see and hear4 #jjb3jcd ,for ,david didn't ascend into the heavens1 but he says himself1 ',the ,lord said to my ,lord1 ,sit by my right hand1 #jjb3jce until ,i make your enemies a footstool for your feet4',psalm #aaj3a #jjb3jcf ,let all the house of ,israel therefore know certainly that ,god has made him both ,lord and ,christ1 this ,jesus whom you crucified4 #jjb3jcg ,now when they heard this1 they were cut to the heart1 and said to ,peter and the rest of the apostles1 ,brothers1 what shall we do8 #jjb3jch ,peter said to them1 ,repent1 and be baptized1 every one of you1 in the name of ,jesus ,christ for the forgiveness of sins1 and you will receive the gift of the ,holy ,spirit4 #jjb3jci ,for to you is the promise1 and to your children1 and to all who are far off1 even as many as the ,lord our ,god will call to himself4 #jjb3jdj ,with many other words he testified1 and exhorted them1 saying1 ,save yourselves from this crooked generation6 #jjb3jda ,then those who gladly received his word were baptized4 ,there were added that day about three thousand souls4 #jjb3jdb ,they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship1 in the breaking of bread1 and prayer4 #jjb3jdc ,fear came on every soul1 and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles4 #jjb3jdd ,all who believed were together1 and had all things in common4 #jjb3jde ,they sold their possessions and goods1 and distributed them to all1 according as anyone had need4 #jjb3jdf ,day by day1 continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple1 and breaking bread at home1 they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart1 #jjb3jdg praising ,god1 and having favor with all the people4 ,the ,lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved4 #jjc3jja ,peter and ,john were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer1 the ninth hour#c3jj ,,pm4 #jjc3jjb ,a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried1 whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called ,beautiful1 to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple4 #jjc3jjc ,seeing ,peter and ,john about to go into the temple1 he asked to receive gifts for the needy4 #jjc3jjd ,peter1 fastening his eyes on him1 with ,john1 said1 ,look at us4 #jjc3jje ,he listened to them1 expecting to receive something from them4 #jjc3jjf ,but ,peter said1 ,silver and gold have ,i none1 but what ,i have1 that ,i give you4 ,in the name of ,jesus ,christ of ,nazareth1 get up and walk6 #jjc3jjg ,he took him by the right hand1 and raised him up4 ,immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength4 #jjc3jjh ,leaping up1 he stood1 and began to walk4 ,he entered with them into the temple1 walking1 leaping1 and praising ,god4 #jjc3jji ,all the people saw him walking and praising ,god4 #jjc3jaj ,they recognized him1 that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the ,beautiful ,gate of the temple4 ,they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him4 #jjc3jaa ,as the lame man who was healed held on to ,peter and ,john1 all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called ,solomon's1 greatly wondering4 #jjc3jab ,when ,peter saw it1 he responded to the people1 ,you men of ,israel1 why do you marvel at this man8 ,why do you fasten your eyes on us1 as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk8 #jjc3jac ,the ,god of ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 the ,god of our fathers1 has glorified his ,servant ,jesus1 whom you delivered up1 and denied in the presence of ,pilate1 when he had determined to release him4 #jjc3jad ,but you denied the ,holy and ,righteous ,one1 and asked for a murderer to be granted to you1 #jjc3jae and killed the ,prince of life1 whom ,god raised from the dead1 to which we are witnesses4 #jjc3jaf ,by faith in his name has his name made this man strong1 whom you see and know4 ,yes1 the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all4 #jjc3jag ,now1 brothers,the word for brothers here may be also correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings41 ,i know that you did this in ignorance1 as did also your rulers4 #jjc3jah ,but the things which ,god announced by the mouth of all his prophets1 that ,christ should suffer1 he thus fulfilled4 #jjc3jai ,repent therefore1 and turn again1 that your sins may be blotted out1 so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the ,lord1 #jjc3jbj and that he may send ,christ ,jesus1 who was ordained for you before1 #jjc3jba whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things1 which ,god spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets4 #jjc3jbb ,for ,moses indeed said to the fathers1 ',the ,lord ,god will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers1 like me4 ,you shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you4 #jjc3jbc ,it will be1 that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people4',deuteronomy #ah3ae1ah-ai #jjc3jbd ,yes1 and all the prophets from ,samuel and those who followed after1 as many as have spoken1 they also told of these days4 #jjc3jbe ,you are the children of the prophets1 and of the covenant which ,god made with our fathers1 saying to ,abraham1 ',in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed4',genesis #bb3ah2 #bf3d #jjc3jbf ,god1 having raised up his servant1 ,jesus1 sent him to you first1 to bless you1 in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness4 #jjd3jja ,as they spoke to the people1 the priests and the captain of the temple and the ,sadducees came to them1 #jjd3jjb being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in ,jesus the resurrection from the dead4 #jjd3jjc ,they laid hands on them1 and put them in custody until the next day1 for it was now evening4 #jjd3jjd ,but many of those who heard the word believed1 and the number of the men came to be about five thousand4 #jjd3jje ,it happened in the morning1 that their rulers1 elders1 and scribes were gathered together in ,jerusalem4 #jjd3jjf ,annas the high priest was there1 with ,caiaphas1 ,john1 ,alexander1 and as many as were relatives of the high priest4 #jjd3jjg ,when they had stood them in the middle of them1 they inquired1 ,by what power1 or in what name1 have you done this8 #jjd3jjh ,then ,peter1 filled with the ,holy ,spirit1 said to them1 ,you rulers of the people1 and elders of ,israel1 #jjd3jji if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man1 by what means this man has been healed1 #jjd3jaj be it known to you all1 and to all the people of ,israel1 that in the name of ,jesus ,christ of ,nazareth1 whom you crucified1 whom ,god raised from the dead1 in him does this man stand here before you whole4 #jjd3jaa ,he is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you1 the builders1 which has become the head of the corner4',psalm #aah3bb #jjd3jab ,there is salvation in none other1 for neither is there any other name under heaven1 that is given among men1 by which we must be saved6 #jjd3jac ,now when they saw the boldness of ,peter and ,john1 and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men1 they marveled4 ,they recognized that they had been with ,jesus4 #jjd3jad ,seeing the man who was healed standing with them1 they could say nothing against it4 #jjd3jae ,but when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council1 they conferred among themselves1 #jjd3jaf saying1 ,what shall we do to these men8 ,because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them1 as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in ,jerusalem1 and we can't deny it4 #jjd3jag ,but so that this spreads no further among the people1 let's threaten them1 that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name4 #jjd3jah ,they called them1 and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of ,jesus4 #jjd3jai ,but ,peter and ,john answered them1 ,whether it is right in the sight of ,god to listen to you rather than to ,god1 judge for yourselves1 #jjd3jbj for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard4 #jjd3jba ,when they had further threatened them1 they let them go1 finding no way to punish them1 because of the people2 for everyone glorified ,god for that which was done4 #jjd3jbb ,for the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old4 #jjd3jbc ,being let go1 they came to their own company1 and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them4 #jjd3jbd ,when they heard it1 they lifted up their voice to ,god with one accord1 and said1 ,o ,lord1 you are ,god1 who made the heaven1 the earth1 the sea1 and all that is in them2 #jjd3jbe who by the mouth of your servant1 ,david1 said1 ',why do the nations rage1 and the peoples plot a vain thing8 #jjd3jbf ,the kings of the earth take a stand1 and the rulers take council together1 against the ,lord1 and against his ,christ,christ 7,greek7 and ,messiah 7,hebrew7 both mean ,anointed ,one44',psalm #b3a-b #jjd3jbg ,for truly1 in this city against your holy servant1 ,jesus1 whom you anointed1 both ,herod and ,pontius ,pilate1 with the ,gentiles and the people of ,israel1 were gathered together #jjd3jbh to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen4 #jjd3jbi ,now1 ,lord1 look at their threats1 and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness1 #jjd3jcj while you stretch out your hand to heal2 and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy ,servant ,jesus4 #jjd3jca ,when they had prayed1 the place was shaken where they were gathered together4 ,they were all filled with the ,holy ,spirit1 and they spoke the word of ,god with boldness4 #jjd3jcb ,the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul4 ,not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own1 but they had all things in common4 #jjd3jcc ,with great power1 the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the ,lord ,jesus4 ,great grace was on them all4 #jjd3jcd ,for neither was there among them any who lacked1 for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them1 and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold1 #jjd3jce and laid them at the apostles' feet1 and distribution was made to each1 according as anyone had need4 #jjd3jcf ,joses1 who by the apostles was surnamed ,barnabas 7which is1 being interpreted1 ,son of ,encouragement71 a ,levite1 a man of ,cyprus by race1 #jjd3jcg having a field1 sold it1 and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet4 #jje3jja ,but a certain man named ,ananias1 with ,sapphira1 his wife1 sold a possession1 #jje3jjb and kept back part of the price1 his wife also being aware of it1 and brought a certain part1 and laid it at the apostles' feet4 #jje3jjc ,but ,peter said1 ,ananias1 why has ,satan filled your heart to lie to the ,holy ,spirit1 and to keep back part of the price of the land8 #jje3jjd ,while you kept it1 didn't it remain your own8 ,after it was sold1 wasn't it in your power8 ,how is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart8 ,you haven't lied to men1 but to ,god4 #jje3jje ,ananias1 hearing these words1 fell down and died4 ,great fear came on all who heard these things4 #jje3jjf ,the young men arose and wrapped him up1 and they carried him out and buried him4 #jje3jjg ,about three hours later1 his wife1 not knowing what had happened1 came in4 #jje3jjh ,peter answered her1 ,tell me whether you sold the land for so much4 ,she said1 ,yes1 for so much4 #jje3jji ,but ,peter asked her1 ,how is it that you have agreed together to tempt the ,spirit of the ,lord8 ,behold1 the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door1 and they will carry you out4 #jje3jaj ,she fell down immediately at his feet1 and died4 ,the young men came in and found her dead1 and they carried her out and buried her by her husband4 #jje3jaa ,great fear came on the whole assembly1 and on all who heard these things4 #jje3jab ,by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people4 ,they were all with one accord in ,solomon's porch4 #jje3jac ,none of the rest dared to join them1 however the people honored them4 #jje3jad ,more believers were added to the ,lord1 multitudes of both men and women4 #jje3jae ,they even carried out the sick into the streets1 and laid them on cots and mattresses1 so that as ,peter came by1 at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them4 #jje3jaf ,multitudes also came together from the cities around ,jerusalem1 bringing sick people1 and those who were tormented by unclean spirits3 and they were all healed4 #jje3jag ,but the high priest rose up1 and all those who were with him 7which is the sect of the ,sadducees71 and they were filled with jealousy1 #jje3jah and laid hands on the apostles1 and put them in public custody4 #jje3jai ,but an angel of the ,lord opened the prison doors by night1 and brought them out1 and said1 #jje3jbj ,go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life4 #jje3jba ,when they heard this1 they entered into the temple about daybreak1 and taught4 ,but the high priest came1 and those who were with him1 and called the council together1 and all the senate of the children of ,israel1 and sent to the prison to have them brought4 #jje3jbb ,but the officers who came didn't find them in the prison4 ,they returned and reported1 #jje3jbc ,we found the prison shut and locked1 and the guards standing before the doors1 but when we opened them1 we found no one inside6 #jje3jbd ,now when the high priest1 the captain of the temple1 and the chief priests heard these words1 they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this4 #jje3jbe ,one came and told them1 ,behold1 the men whom you put in prison are in the temple1 standing and teaching the people4 #jje3jbf ,then the captain went with the officers1 and brought them without violence1 for they were afraid that the people might stone them4 #jje3jbg ,when they had brought them1 they set them before the council4 ,the high priest questioned them1 #jje3jbh saying1 ,didn't we strictly charge you not to teach in this name8 ,behold1 you have filled ,jerusalem with your teaching1 and intend to bring this man's blood on us4 #jje3jbi ,but ,peter and the apostles answered1 ,we must obey ,god rather than men4 #jje3jcj ,the ,god of our fathers raised up ,jesus1 whom you killed1 hanging him on a tree4 #jje3jca ,god exalted him with his right hand to be a ,prince and a ,savior1 to give repentance to ,israel1 and remission of sins4 #jje3jcb ,we are ,his witnesses of these things2 and so also is the ,holy ,spirit1 whom ,god has given to those who obey him4 #jje3jcc ,but they1 when they heard this1 were cut to the heart1 and determined to kill them4 #jje3jcd ,but one stood up in the council1 a ,pharisee named ,gamaliel1 a teacher of the law1 honored by all the people1 and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while4 #jje3jce ,he said to them1 ,you men of ,israel1 be careful concerning these men1 what you are about to do4 #jje3jcf ,for before these days ,theudas rose up1 making himself out to be somebody2 to whom a number of men1 about four hundred1 joined themselves3 who was slain2 and all1 as many as obeyed him1 were dispersed1 and came to nothing4 #jje3jcg ,after this man1 ,judas of ,galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment1 and drew away some people after him4 ,he also perished1 and all1 as many as obeyed him1 were scattered abroad4 #jje3jch ,now ,i tell you1 withdraw from these men1 and leave them alone4 ,for if this counsel or this work is of men1 it will be overthrown4 #jje3jci ,but if it is of ,god1 you will not be able to overthrow it1 and you would be found even to be fighting against ,god6 #jje3jdj ,they agreed with him4 ,summoning the apostles1 they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of ,jesus1 and let them go4 #jje3jda ,they therefore departed from the presence of the council1 rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for ,jesus' name4 #jje3jdb ,every day1 in the temple and at home1 they never stopped teaching and preaching ,jesus1 the ,christ4 #jjf3jja ,now in those days1 when the number of the disciples was multiplying1 a complaint arose from the ,hellenists,the ,hellenists used ,greek language and culture1 even though they were also of ,hebrew descent4 against the ,hebrews1 because their widows were neglected in the daily service4 #jjf3jjb ,the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said1 ,it is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of ,god and serve tables4 #jjf3jjc ,therefore select from among you1 brothers1 seven men of good report1 full of the ,holy ,spirit and of wisdom1 whom we may appoint over this business4 #jjf3jjd ,but we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word4 #jjf3jje ,these words pleased the whole multitude4 ,they chose ,stephen1 a man full of faith and of the ,holy ,spirit1 ,philip1 ,prochorus1 ,nicanor1 ,timon1 ,parmenas1 and ,nicolaus1 a proselyte of ,antioch2 #jjf3jjf whom they set before the apostles4 ,when they had prayed1 they laid their hands on them4 #jjf3jjg ,the word of ,god increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in ,jerusalem exceedingly4 ,a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith4 #jjf3jjh ,stephen1 full of faith and power1 performed great wonders and signs among the people4 #jjf3jji ,but some of those who were of the synagogue called ,the ,libertines1 and of the ,cyrenians1 of the ,alexandrians1 and of those of ,cilicia and ,asia arose1 disputing with ,stephen4 #jjf3jaj ,they weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the ,spirit by which he spoke4 #jjf3jaa ,then they secretly induced men to say1 ,we have heard him speak blasphemous words against ,moses and ,god4 #jjf3jab ,they stirred up the people1 the elders1 and the scribes1 and came against him and seized him1 and brought him in to the council1 #jjf3jac and set up false witnesses who said1 ,this man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law4 #jjf3jad ,for we have heard him say that this ,jesus of ,nazareth will destroy this place1 and will change the customs which ,moses delivered to us4 #jjf3jae ,all who sat in the council1 fastening their eyes on him1 saw his face like it was the face of an angel4 #jjg3jja ,the high priest said1 ,are these things so8 #jjg3jjb ,he said1 ,brothers and fathers1 listen4 ,the ,god of glory appeared to our father ,abraham1 when he was in ,mesopotamia1 before he lived in ,haran1 #jjg3jjc and said to him1 ',get out of your land1 and from your relatives1 and come into a land which ,i will show you4',genesis #ab3a #jjg3jjd ,then he came out of the land of the ,chaldaeans1 and lived in ,haran4 ,from there1 when his father was dead1 ,god moved him into this land1 where you are now living4 #jjg3jje ,he gave him no inheritance in it1 no1 not so much as to set his foot on4 ,he promised that he would give it to him for a possession1 and to his seed after him1 when he still had no child4 #jjg3jjf ,god spoke in this way3 that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land1 and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years4 #jjg3jjg ',i will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage1' said ,god1 'and after that will they come out1 and serve me in this place4',genesis #ae3ac-ad #jjg3jjh ,he gave him the covenant of circumcision4 ,so ,abraham became the father of ,isaac1 and circumcised him the eighth day4 ,isaac became the father of ,jacob1 and ,jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs4 #jjg3jji ,the patriarchs1 moved with jealousy against ,joseph1 sold him into ,egypt4 ,god was with him1 #jjg3jaj and delivered him out of all his afflictions1 and gave him favor and wisdom before ,pharaoh1 king of ,egypt4 ,he made him governor over ,egypt and all his house4 #jjg3jaa ,now a famine came over all the land of ,egypt and ,canaan1 and great affliction4 ,our fathers found no food4 #jjg3jab ,but when ,jacob heard that there was grain in ,egypt1 he sent out our fathers the first time4 #jjg3jac ,on the second time ,joseph was made known to his brothers1 and ,joseph's race was revealed to ,pharaoh4 #jjg3jad ,joseph sent1 and summoned ,jacob1 his father1 and all his relatives1 seventy-five souls4 #jjg3jae ,jacob went down into ,egypt1 and he died1 himself and our fathers1 #jjg3jaf and they were brought back to ,shechem1 and laid in the tomb that ,abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of ,hamor of ,shechem4 #jjg3jag ,but as the time of the promise came close which ,god had sworn to ,abraham1 the people grew and multiplied in ,egypt1 #jjg3jah until there arose a different king1 who didn't know ,joseph4 #jjg3jai ,the same took advantage of our race1 and mistreated our fathers1 and forced them to throw out their babies1 so that they wouldn't stay alive4 #jjg3jbj ,at that time ,moses was born1 and was exceedingly handsome4 ,he was nourished three months in his father's house4 #jjg3jba ,when he was thrown out1 ,pharaoh's daughter took him up1 and reared him as her own son4 #jjg3jbb ,moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the ,egyptians4 ,he was mighty in his words and works4 #jjg3jbc ,but when he was forty years old1 it came into his heart to visit his brothers,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings41 the children of ,israel4 #jjg3jbd ,seeing one of them suffer wrong1 he defended him1 and avenged him who was oppressed1 striking the ,egyptian4 #jjg3jbe ,he supposed that his brothers understood that ,god1 by his hand1 was giving them deliverance2 but they didn't understand4 #jjg3jbf ,the day following1 he appeared to them as they fought1 and urged them to be at peace again1 saying1 ',sirs1 you are brothers4 ,why do you wrong one another8' #jjg3jbg ,but he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away1 saying1 ',who made you a ruler and a judge over us8 #jjg3jbh ,do you want to kill me1 as you killed the ,egyptian yesterday8',exodus #b3ad #jjg3jbi ,moses fled at this saying1 and became a stranger in the land of ,midian1 where he became the father of two sons4 #jjg3jcj ,when forty years were fulfilled1 an angel of the ,lord appeared to him in the wilderness of ,mount ,sinai1 in a flame of fire in a bush4 #jjg3jca ,when ,moses saw it1 he wondered at the sight4 ,as he came close to see1 a voice of the ,lord came to him1 #jjg3jcb ',i am the ,god of your fathers1 the ,god of ,abraham1 the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob4',exodus #c3f ,moses trembled1 and dared not look4 #jjg3jcc ,the ,lord said to him1 ',take your sandals off of your feet1 for the place where you stand is holy ground4 #jjg3jcd ,i have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in ,egypt1 and have heard their groaning4 ,i have come down to deliver them4 ,now come1 ,i will send you into ,egypt4',exodus #c3e1g-h1aj #jjg3jce ,this ,moses1 whom they refused1 saying1 ',who made you a ruler and a judge8'--,god has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush4 #jjg3jcf ,this man led them out1 having worked wonders and signs in ,egypt1 in the ,red ,sea1 and in the wilderness for forty years4 #jjg3jcg ,this is that ,moses1 who said to the children of ,israel1 ',the ,lord our ,god will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers1 like me4,,tr adds ,you shall listen to him4',deuteronomy #ah3ae #jjg3jch ,this is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on ,mount ,sinai1 and with our fathers1 who received living oracles to give to us1 #jjg3jci to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient1 but rejected him1 and turned back in their hearts to ,egypt1 #jjg3jdj saying to ,aaron1 ',make us gods that will go before us1 for as for this ,moses1 who led us out of the land of ,egypt1 we don't know what has become of him4',exodus #cb3a #jjg3jda ,they made a calf in those days1 and brought a sacrifice to the idol1 and rejoiced in the works of their hands4 #jjg3jdb ,but ,god turned1 and gave them up to serve the army of the sky1 as it is written in the book of the prophets1 ',did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness1 ,o house of ,israel8 #jjg3jdc ,you took up the tent of ,moloch1 the star of your god ,rephan1 the figures which you made to worship4 ,i will carry you away,amos #e3be-bg beyond ,babylon4' #jjg3jdd ,our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness1 even as he who spoke to ,moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen2 #jjg3jde which also our fathers1 in their turn1 brought in with ,joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations1 whom ,god drove out before the face of our fathers1 to the days of ,david1 #jjg3jdf who found favor in the sight of ,god1 and asked to find a habitation for the ,god of ,jacob4 #jjg3jdg ,but ,solomon built him a house4 #jjg3jdh ,however1 the ,most ,high doesn't dwell in temples made with hands1 as the prophet says1 #jjg3jdi 'heaven is my throne1 and the earth a footstool for my feet4 ,what kind of house will you build me8' says the ,lord2 'or what is the place of my rest8 #jjg3jej ,didn't my hand make all these things8',isaiah #ff3a-b #jjg3jea ,you stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears1 you always resist the ,holy ,spirit6 ,as your fathers did1 so you do4 #jjg3jeb ,which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute8 ,they killed those who foretold the coming of the ,righteous ,one1 of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers4 #jjg3jec ,you received the law as it was ordained by angels1 and didn't keep it6 #jjg3jed ,now when they heard these things1 they were cut to the heart1 and they gnashed at him with their teeth4 #jjg3jee ,but he1 being full of the ,holy ,spirit1 looked up steadfastly into heaven1 and saw the glory of ,god1 and ,jesus standing on the right hand of ,god1 #jjg3jef and said1 ,behold1 ,i see the heavens opened1 and the ,son of ,man standing at the right hand of ,god6 #jjg3jeg ,but they cried out with a loud voice1 and stopped their ears1 and rushed at him with one accord4 #jjg3jeh ,they threw him out of the city1 and stoned him4 ,the witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named ,saul4 #jjg3jei ,they stoned ,stephen as he called out1 saying1 ,lord ,jesus1 receive my spirit6 #jjg3jfj ,he kneeled down1 and cried with a loud voice1 ,lord1 don't hold this sin against them6 ,when he had said this1 he fell asleep4 #jjh3jja ,saul was consenting to his death4 ,a great persecution arose against the assembly which was in ,jerusalem in that day4 ,they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of ,judea and ,samaria1 except for the apostles4 #jjh3jjb ,devout men buried ,stephen1 and lamented greatly over him4 #jjh3jjc ,but ,saul ravaged the assembly1 entering into every house1 and dragged both men and women off to prison4 #jjh3jjd ,therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word4 #jjh3jje ,philip went down to the city of ,samaria1 and proclaimed to them the ,christ4 #jjh3jjf ,the multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by ,philip1 when they heard and saw the signs which he did4 #jjh3jjg ,for unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them4 ,they came out1 crying with a loud voice4 ,many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed4 #jjh3jjh ,there was great joy in that city4 #jjh3jji ,but there was a certain man1 ,simon by name1 who used to practice sorcery in the city1 and amazed the people of ,samaria1 making himself out to be some great one1 #jjh3jaj to whom they all listened1 from the least to the greatest1 saying1 ,this man is that great power of ,god4 #jjh3jaa ,they listened to him1 because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries4 #jjh3jab ,but when they believed ,philip preaching good news concerning the ,kingdom of ,god and the name of ,jesus ,christ1 they were baptized1 both men and women4 #jjh3jac ,simon himself also believed4 ,being baptized1 he continued with ,philip4 ,seeing signs and great miracles occurring1 he was amazed4 #jjh3jad ,now when the apostles who were at ,jerusalem heard that ,samaria had received the word of ,god1 they sent ,peter and ,john to them1 #jjh3jae who1 when they had come down1 prayed for them1 that they might receive the ,holy ,spirit2 #jjh3jaf for as yet he had fallen on none of them4 ,they had only been baptized in the name of ,christ ,jesus4 #jjh3jag ,then they laid their hands on them1 and they received the ,holy ,spirit4 #jjh3jah ,now when ,simon saw that the ,holy ,spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands1 he offered them money1 #jjh3jai saying1 ,give me also this power1 that whoever ,i lay my hands on may receive the ,holy ,spirit4 #jjh3jbj ,but ,peter said to him1 ,may your silver perish with you1 because you thought you could obtain the gift of ,god with money6 #jjh3jba ,you have neither part nor lot in this matter1 for your heart isn't right before ,god4 #jjh3jbb ,repent therefore of this1 your wickedness1 and ask ,god if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you4 #jjh3jbc ,for ,i see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity4 #jjh3jbd ,simon answered1 ,pray for me to the ,lord1 that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me4 #jjh3jbe ,they therefore1 when they had testified and spoken the word of the ,lord1 returned to ,jerusalem1 and preached the ,good ,news to many villages of the ,samaritans4 #jjh3jbf ,but an angel of the ,lord spoke to ,philip1 saying1 ,arise1 and go toward the south to the way that goes down from ,jerusalem to ,gaza4 ,this is a desert4 #jjh3jbg ,he arose and went2 and behold1 there was a man of ,ethiopia1 a eunuch of great authority under ,candace1 queen of the ,ethiopians1 who was over all her treasure1 who had come to ,jerusalem to worship4 #jjh3jbh ,he was returning and sitting in his chariot1 and was reading the prophet ,isaiah4 #jjh3jbi ,the ,spirit said to ,philip1 ,go near1 and join yourself to this chariot4 #jjh3jcj ,philip ran to him1 and heard him reading ,isaiah the prophet1 and said1 ,do you understand what you are reading8 #jjh3jca ,he said1 ,how can ,i1 unless someone explains it to me8 ,he begged ,philip to come up and sit with him4 #jjh3jcb ,now the passage of the ,scripture which he was reading was this1 ,he was led as a sheep to the slaughter4 ,as a lamb before his shearer is silent1 so he doesn't open his mouth4 #jjh3jcc ,in his humiliation1 his judgment was taken away4 ,who will declare ,his generation8 ,for his life is taken from the earth4,isaiah #ec3g1h #jjh3jcd ,the eunuch answered ,philip1 ,who is the prophet talking about8 ,about himself1 or about someone else8 #jjh3jce ,philip opened his mouth1 and beginning from this ,scripture1 preached to him ,jesus4 #jjh3jcf ,as they went on the way1 they came to some water1 and the eunuch said1 ,behold1 here is water4 ,what is keeping me from being baptized8 #jjh3jcg ,,tr adds ,philip said1 ',if you believe with all your heart1 you may4' ,he answered1 ',i believe that ,jesus ,christ is the ,son of ,god4' #jjh3jch ,he commanded the chariot to stand still1 and they both went down into the water1 both ,philip and the eunuch1 and he baptized him4 #jjh3jci ,when they came up out of the water1 the ,spirit of the ,lord caught ,philip away1 and the eunuch didn't see him any more1 for he went on his way rejoicing4 #jjh3jdj ,but ,philip was found at ,azotus4 ,passing through1 he preached the ,good ,news to all the cities1 until he came to ,caesarea4 #jji3jja ,but ,saul1 still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the ,lord1 went to the high priest1 #jji3jjb and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of ,damascus1 that if he found any who were of the ,way1 whether men or women1 he might bring them bound to ,jerusalem4 #jji3jjc ,as he traveled1 it happened that he got close to ,damascus1 and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him4 #jji3jjd ,he fell on the earth1 and heard a voice saying to him1 ,saul1 ,saul1 why do you persecute me8 #jji3jje ,he said1 ,who are you1 ,lord8 ,the ,lord said1 ,i am ,jesus1 whom you are persecuting4,,tr adds ,it's hard for you to kick against the goads4 #jji3jjf ,but,,tr omits ,but rise up1 and enter into the city1 and you will be told what you must do4 #jji3jjg ,the men who traveled with him stood speechless1 hearing the sound1 but seeing no one4 #jji3jjh ,saul arose from the ground1 and when his eyes were opened1 he saw no one4 ,they led him by the hand1 and brought him into ,damascus4 #jji3jji ,he was without sight for three days1 and neither ate nor drank4 #jji3jaj ,now there was a certain disciple at ,damascus named ,ananias4 ,the ,lord said to him in a vision1 ,ananias6 ,he said1 ,behold1 it's me1 ,lord4 #jji3jaa ,the ,lord said to him1 ,arise1 and go to the street which is called ,straight1 and inquire in the house of ,judahor1 ,judas for one named ,saul1 a man of ,tarsus4 ,for behold1 he is praying1 #jji3jab and in a vision he has seen a man named ,ananias coming in1 and laying his hands on him1 that he might receive his sight4 #jji3jac ,but ,ananias answered1 ,lord1 ,i have heard from many about this man1 how much evil he did to your saints at ,jerusalem4 #jji3jad ,here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name4 #jji3jae ,but the ,lord said to him1 ,go your way1 for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings1 and the children of ,israel4 #jji3jaf ,for ,i will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake4 #jji3jag ,ananias departed1 and entered into the house4 ,laying his hands on him1 he said1 ,brother ,saul1 the ,lord1 who appeared to you on the road by which you came1 has sent me1 that you may receive your sight1 and be filled with the ,holy ,spirit4 #jji3jah ,immediately something like scales fell from his eyes1 and he received his sight4 ,he arose and was baptized4 #jji3jai ,he took food and was strengthened4 ,saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at ,damascus4 #jji3jbj ,immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the ,christ1 that he is the ,son of ,god4 #jji3jba ,all who heard him were amazed1 and said1 ,isn't this he who in ,jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name8 ,and he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests6 #jji3jbb ,but ,saul increased more in strength1 and confounded the ,jews who lived at ,damascus1 proving that this is the ,christ4 #jji3jbc ,when many days were fulfilled1 the ,jews conspired together to kill him1 #jji3jbd but their plot became known to ,saul4 ,they watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him1 #jji3jbe but his disciples took him by night1 and let him down through the wall1 lowering him in a basket4 #jji3jbf ,when ,saul had come to ,jerusalem1 he tried to join himself to the disciples2 but they were all afraid of him1 not believing that he was a disciple4 #jji3jbg ,but ,barnabas took him1 and brought him to the apostles1 and declared to them how he had seen the ,lord in the way1 and that he had spoken to him1 and how at ,damascus he had preached boldly in the name of ,jesus4 #jji3jbh ,he was with them entering into,,tr and ,,nu add and going out ,jerusalem1 #jji3jbi preaching boldly in the name of the ,lord4 ,he spoke and disputed against the ,hellenists1,the ,hellenists were ,hebrews who used ,greek language and culture4 but they were seeking to kill him4 #jji3jcj ,when the brothers,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 knew it1 they brought him down to ,caesarea1 and sent him off to ,tarsus4 #jji3jca ,so the assemblies throughout all ,judea and ,galilee and ,samaria had peace1 and were built up4 ,they were multiplied1 walking in the fear of the ,lord and in the comfort of the ,holy ,spirit4 #jji3jcb ,it happened1 as ,peter went throughout all those parts1 he came down also to the saints who lived at ,lydda4 #jji3jcc ,there he found a certain man named ,aeneas1 who had been bedridden for eight years1 because he was paralyzed4 #jji3jcd ,peter said to him1 ,aeneas1 ,jesus ,christ heals you4 ,get up and make your bed6 ,immediately he arose4 #jji3jce ,all who lived at ,lydda and in ,sharon saw him1 and they turned to the ,lord4 #jji3jcf ,now there was at ,joppa a certain disciple named ,tabitha1 which when translated1 means ,dorcas4,dorcas is ,greek for ,gazelle4 ,this woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did4 #jji3jcg ,it happened in those days that she fell sick1 and died4 ,when they had washed her1 they laid her in an upper chamber4 #jji3jch ,as ,lydda was near ,joppa1 the disciples1 hearing that ,peter was there1 sent two men,reading from ,,nu1 ,,tr2 ,,mt omits two men to him1 imploring him not to delay in coming to them4 #jji3jci ,peter got up and went with them4 ,when he had come1 they brought him into the upper chamber4 ,all the widows stood by him weeping1 and showing the coats and garments which ,dorcas had made while she was with them4 #jji3jdj ,peter put them all out1 and kneeled down and prayed4 ,turning to the body1 he said1 ,tabitha1 get up6 ,she opened her eyes1 and when she saw ,peter1 she sat up4 #jji3jda ,he gave her his hand1 and raised her up4 ,calling the saints and widows1 he presented her alive4 #jji3jdb ,and it became known throughout all ,joppa1 and many believed in the ,lord4 #jji3jdc ,it happened1 that he stayed many days in ,joppa with one ,simon1 a tanner4 #jaj3jja ,now there was a certain man in ,caesarea1 ,cornelius by name1 a centurion of what was called the ,italian ,regiment1 #jaj3jjb a devout man1 and one who feared ,god with all his house1 who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people1 and always prayed to ,god4 #jaj3jjc ,at about the ninth hour of the day#c3jj ,,pm1 he clearly saw in a vision an angel of ,god coming to him1 and saying to him1 ,cornelius6 #jaj3jjd ,he1 fastening his eyes on him1 and being frightened1 said1 ,what is it1 ,lord8 ,he said to him1 ,your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before ,god4 #jaj3jje ,now send men to ,joppa1 and get ,simon1 who is surnamed ,peter4 #jaj3jjf ,he lodges with one ,simon1 a tanner1 whose house is by the seaside4,,tr adds ,this one will tell you what it is necessary for you to do4 #jaj3jjg ,when the angel who spoke to him had departed1 ,cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually4 #jaj3jjh ,having explained everything to them1 he sent them to ,joppa4 #jaj3jji ,now on the next day as they were on their journey1 and got close to the city1 ,peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon4 #jaj3jaj ,he became hungry and desired to eat1 but while they were preparing1 he fell into a trance4 #jaj3jaa ,he saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him1 like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth1 #jaj3jab in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth1 wild animals1 reptiles1 and birds of the sky4 #jaj3jac ,a voice came to him1 ,rise1 ,peter1 kill and eat6 #jaj3jad ,but ,peter said1 ,not so1 ,lord2 for ,i have never eaten anything that is common or unclean4 #jaj3jae ,a voice came to him again the second time1 ,what ,god has cleansed1 you must not call unclean4 #jaj3jaf ,this was done three times1 and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven4 #jaj3jag ,now while ,peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean1 behold1 the men who were sent by ,cornelius1 having made inquiry for ,simon's house1 stood before the gate1 #jaj3jah and called and asked whether ,simon1 who was surnamed ,peter1 was lodging there4 #jaj3jai ,while ,peter was pondering the vision1 the ,spirit said to him1 ,behold1 three,reading from ,,tr and ,,nu4 ,,mt omits three men seek you4 #jaj3jbj ,but arise1 get down1 and go with them1 doubting nothing2 for ,i have sent them4 #jaj3jba ,peter went down to the men1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i am he whom you seek4 ,why have you come8 #jaj3jbb ,they said1 ,cornelius1 a centurion1 a righteous man and one who fears ,god1 and well spoken of by all the nation of the ,jews1 was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house1 and to listen to what you say4 #jaj3jbc ,so he called them in and lodged them4 ,on the next day ,peter arose and went out with them1 and some of the brothers from ,joppa accompanied him4 #jaj3jbd ,on the next day they entered into ,caesarea4 ,cornelius was waiting for them1 having called together his relatives and his near friends4 #jaj3jbe ,when it happened that ,peter entered1 ,cornelius met him1 fell down at his feet1 and worshiped him4 #jaj3jbf ,but ,peter raised him up1 saying1 ,stand up6 ,i myself am also a man4 #jaj3jbg ,as he talked with him1 he went in and found many gathered together4 #jaj3jbh ,he said to them1 ,you yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a ,jew to join himself or come to one of another nation1 but ,god has shown me that ,i shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean4 #jaj3jbi ,therefore also ,i came without complaint when ,i was sent for4 ,i ask therefore1 why did you send for me8 #jaj3jcj ,cornelius said1 ,four days ago1 ,i was fasting until this hour1 and at the ninth hour1#c3jj ,p4 ,m4 ,i prayed in my house1 and behold1 a man stood before me in bright clothing1 #jaj3jca and said1 ',cornelius1 your prayer is heard1 and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of ,god4 #jaj3jcb ,send therefore to ,joppa1 and summon ,simon1 who is surnamed ,peter4 ,he lodges in the house of ,simon a tanner1 by the seaside4 ,when he comes1 he will speak to you4' #jaj3jcc ,therefore ,i sent to you at once1 and it was good of you to come4 ,now therefore we are all here present in the sight of ,god to hear all things that have been commanded you by ,god4 #jaj3jcd ,peter opened his mouth and said1 ,truly ,i perceive that ,god doesn't show favoritism2 #jaj3jce but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him4 #jaj3jcf ,the word which he sent to the children of ,israel1 preaching good news of peace by ,jesus ,christ--he is ,lord of all-- #jaj3jcg that spoken word you yourselves know1 which was proclaimed throughout all ,judea1 beginning from ,galilee1 after the baptism which ,john preached2 #jaj3jch even ,jesus of ,nazareth1 how ,god anointed him with the ,holy ,spirit and with power1 who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil1 for ,god was with him4 #jaj3jci ,we are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the ,jews1 and in ,jerusalem2 whom they also,,tr omits also killed1 hanging him on a tree4 #jaj3jdj ,god raised him up the third day1 and gave him to be revealed1 #jaj3jda not to all the people1 but to witnesses who were chosen before by ,god1 to us1 who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead4 #jaj3jdb ,he charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by ,god as the ,judge of the living and the dead4 #jaj3jdc ,all the prophets testify about him1 that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins4 #jaj3jdd ,while ,peter was still speaking these words1 the ,holy ,spirit fell on all those who heard the word4 #jaj3jde ,they of the circumcision who believed were amazed1 as many as came with ,peter1 because the gift of the ,holy ,spirit was also poured out on the nations4 #jaj3jdf ,for they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying ,god4 ,then ,peter answered1 #jaj3jdg ,can any man forbid the water1 that these who have received the ,holy ,spirit as well as we should not be baptized8 #jaj3jdh ,he commanded them to be baptized in the name of ,jesus ,christ4 ,then they asked him to stay some days4 #jaa3jja ,now the apostles and the brothers,the word for brothers here and where context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 who were in ,judea heard that the ,gentiles had also received the word of ,god4 #jaa3jjb ,when ,peter had come up to ,jerusalem1 those who were of the circumcision contended with him1 #jaa3jjc saying1 ,you went in to uncircumcised men1 and ate with them6 #jaa3jjd ,but ,peter began1 and explained to them in order1 saying1 #jaa3jje ,i was in the city of ,joppa praying1 and in a trance ,i saw a vision3 a certain container descending1 like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners4 ,it came as far as me4 #jaa3jjf ,when ,i had looked intently at it1 ,i considered1 and saw the four-footed animals of the earth1 wild animals1 creeping things1 and birds of the sky4 #jaa3jjg ,i also heard a voice saying to me1 ',rise1 ,peter1 kill and eat6' #jaa3jjh ,but ,i said1 ',not so1 ,lord1 for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth4' #jaa3jji ,but a voice answered me the second time out of heaven1 ',what ,god has cleansed1 don't you call unclean4' #jaa3jaj ,this was done three times1 and all were drawn up again into heaven4 #jaa3jaa ,behold1 immediately three men stood before the house where ,i was1 having been sent from ,caesarea to me4 #jaa3jab ,the ,spirit told me to go with them1 without discriminating4 ,these six brothers also accompanied me1 and we entered into the man's house4 #jaa3jac ,he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house1 and saying to him1 ',send to ,joppa1 and get ,simon1 whose surname is ,peter1 #jaa3jad who will speak to you words by which you will be saved1 you and all your house4' #jaa3jae ,as ,i began to speak1 the ,holy ,spirit fell on them1 even as on us at the beginning4 #jaa3jaf ,i remembered the word of the ,lord1 how he said1 ',john indeed baptized in water1 but you will be baptized in the ,holy ,spirit4' #jaa3jag ,if then ,god gave to them the same gift as us1 when we believed in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who was ,i1 that ,i could withstand ,god8 #jaa3jah ,when they heard these things1 they held their peace1 and glorified ,god1 saying1 ,then ,god has also granted to the ,gentiles repentance to life6 #jaa3jai ,they therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about ,stephen traveled as far as ,phoenicia1 ,cyprus1 and ,antioch1 speaking the word to no one except to ,jews only4 #jaa3jbj ,but there were some of them1 men of ,cyprus and ,cyrene1 who1 when they had come to ,antioch1 spoke to the ,hellenists1,a ,hellenist is someone who keeps ,greek customs and culture4 preaching the ,lord ,jesus4 #jaa3jba ,the hand of the ,lord was with them1 and a great number believed and turned to the ,lord4 #jaa3jbb ,the report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in ,jerusalem4 ,they sent out ,barnabas to go as far as ,antioch1 #jaa3jbc who1 when he had come1 and had seen the grace of ,god1 was glad4 ,he exhorted them all1 that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the ,lord4 #jaa3jbd ,for he was a good man1 and full of the ,holy ,spirit and of faith1 and many people were added to the ,lord4 #jaa3jbe ,barnabas went out to ,tarsus to look for ,saul4 #jaa3jbf ,when he had found him1 he brought him to ,antioch4 ,it happened1 that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly1 and taught many people4 ,the disciples were first called ,christians in ,antioch4 #jaa3jbg ,now in these days1 prophets came down from ,jerusalem to ,antioch4 #jaa3jbh ,one of them named ,agabus stood up1 and indicated by the ,spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world1 which also happened in the days of ,claudius4 #jaa3jbi ,as any of the disciples had plenty1 each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in ,judea2 #jaa3jcj which they also did1 sending it to the elders by the hands of ,barnabas and ,saul4 #jab3jja ,now about that time1 ,herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly4 #jab3jjb ,he killed ,james1 the brother of ,john1 with the sword4 #jab3jjc ,when he saw that it pleased the ,jews1 he proceeded to seize ,peter also4 ,this was during the days of unleavened bread4 #jab3jjd ,when he had arrested him1 he put him in prison1 and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him1 intending to bring him out to the people after the ,passover4 #jab3jje ,peter therefore was kept in the prison1 but constant prayer was made by the assembly to ,god for him4 #jab3jjf ,the same night when ,herod was about to bring him out1 ,peter was sleeping between two soldiers1 bound with two chains4 ,guards in front of the door kept the prison4 #jab3jjg ,and behold1 an angel of the ,lord stood by him1 and a light shone in the cell4 ,he struck ,peter on the side1 and woke him up1 saying1 ,stand up quickly6 ,his chains fell off from his hands4 #jab3jjh ,the angel said to him1 ,get dressed and put on your sandals4 ,he did so4 ,he said to him1 ,put on your cloak1 and follow me4 #jab3jji ,and he went out and followed him4 ,he didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real1 but thought he saw a vision4 #jab3jaj ,when they were past the first and the second guard1 they came to the iron gate that leads into the city1 which opened to them by itself4 ,they went out1 and went down one street1 and immediately the angel departed from him4 #jab3jaa ,when ,peter had come to himself1 he said1 ,now ,i truly know that the ,lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of ,herod1 and from everything the ,jewish people were expecting4 #jab3jab ,thinking about that1 he came to the house of ,mary1 the mother of ,john whose surname was ,mark1 where many were gathered together and were praying4 #jab3jac ,when ,peter knocked at the door of the gate1 a maid named ,rhoda came to answer4 #jab3jad ,when she recognized ,peter's voice1 she didn't open the gate for joy1 but ran in1 and reported that ,peter was standing in front of the gate4 #jab3jae ,they said to her1 ,you are crazy6 ,but she insisted that it was so4 ,they said1 ,it is his angel4 #jab3jaf ,but ,peter continued knocking4 ,when they had opened1 they saw him1 and were amazed4 #jab3jag ,but he1 beckoning to them with his hand to be silent1 declared to them how the ,lord had brought him out of the prison4 ,he said1 ,tell these things to ,james1 and to the brothers4 ,then he departed1 and went to another place4 #jab3jah ,now as soon as it was day1 there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of ,peter4 #jab3jai ,when ,herod had sought for him1 and didn't find him1 he examined the guards1 and commanded that they should be put to death4 ,he went down from ,judea to ,caesarea1 and stayed there4 #jab3jbj ,now ,herod was very angry with the people of ,tyre and ,sidon4 ,they came with one accord to him1 and1 having made ,blastus1 the king's personal aide1 their friend1 they asked for peace1 because their country depended on the king's country for food4 #jab3jba ,on an appointed day1 ,herod dressed himself in royal clothing1 sat on the throne1 and gave a speech to them4 #jab3jbb ,the people shouted1 ,the voice of a god1 and not of a man6 #jab3jbc ,immediately an angel of the ,lord struck him1 because he didn't give ,god the glory1 and he was eaten by worms and died4 #jab3jbd ,but the word of ,god grew and multiplied4 #jab3jbe ,barnabas and ,saul returned to,,tr reads from instead of to ,jerusalem1 when they had fulfilled their service1 also taking with them ,john whose surname was ,mark4 #jac3jja ,now in the assembly that was at ,antioch there were some prophets and teachers3 ,barnabas1 ,simeon who was called ,niger1 ,lucius of ,cyrene1 ,manaen the foster brother of ,herod the tetrarch1 and ,saul4 #jac3jjb ,as they served the ,lord and fasted1 the ,holy ,spirit said1 ,separate ,barnabas and ,saul for me1 for the work to which ,i have called them4 #jac3jjc ,then1 when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them1 they sent them away4 #jac3jjd ,so1 being sent out by the ,holy ,spirit1 they went down to ,seleucia4 ,from there they sailed to ,cyprus4 #jac3jje ,when they were at ,salamis1 they proclaimed the word of ,god in the ,jewish synagogues4 ,they had also ,john as their attendant4 #jac3jjf ,when they had gone through the island to ,paphos1 they found a certain sorcerer1 a false prophet1 a ,jew1 whose name was ,bar ,jesus1 #jac3jjg who was with the proconsul1 ,sergius ,paulus1 a man of understanding4 ,this man summoned ,barnabas and ,saul1 and sought to hear the word of ,god4 #jac3jjh ,but ,elymas the sorcerer 7for so is his name by interpretation7 withstood them1 seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith4 #jac3jji ,but ,saul1 who is also called ,paul1 filled with the ,holy ,spirit1 fastened his eyes on him1 #jac3jaj and said1 ,full of all deceit and all cunning1 you son of the devil1 you enemy of all righteousness1 will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the ,lord8 #jac3jaa ,now1 behold1 the hand of the ,lord is on you1 and you will be blind1 not seeing the sun for a season6 ,immediately a mist and darkness fell on him4 ,he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand4 #jac3jab ,then the proconsul1 when he saw what was done1 believed1 being astonished at the teaching of the ,lord4 #jac3jac ,now ,paul and his company set sail from ,paphos1 and came to ,perga in ,pamphylia4 ,john departed from them and returned to ,jerusalem4 #jac3jad ,but they1 passing on from ,perga1 came to ,antioch of ,pisidia4 ,they went into the synagogue on the ,sabbath day1 and sat down4 #jac3jae ,after the reading of the law and the prophets1 the rulers of the synagogue sent to them1 saying1 ,brothers1 if you have any word of exhortation for the people1 speak4 #jac3jaf ,paul stood up1 and beckoning with his hand said1 ,men of ,israel1 and you who fear ,god1 listen4 #jac3jag ,the ,god of this people,,tr1 ,,nu add ,israel chose our fathers1 and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of ,egypt1 and with an uplifted arm1 he led them out of it4 #jac3jah ,for a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness4 #jac3jai ,when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of ,canaan1 he gave them their land for an inheritance1 for about four hundred fifty years4 #jac3jbj ,after these things he gave them judges until ,samuel the prophet4 #jac3jba ,afterward they asked for a king1 and ,god gave to them ,saul the son of ,kish1 a man of the tribe of ,benjamin1 for forty years4 #jac3jbb ,when he had removed him1 he raised up ,david to be their king1 to whom he also testified1 ',i have found ,david the son of ,jesse1 a man after my heart1 who will do all my will4' #jac3jbc ,from this man's seed1 ,god has brought salvation,,tr1 ,,nu read a ,savior1 ,jesus instead of salvation to ,israel according to his promise1 #jac3jbd before his coming1 when ,john had first preached the baptism of repentance to ,israel4,,tr1 ,,nu read to all the people of ,israel instead of to ,israel #jac3jbe ,as ,john was fulfilling his course1 he said1 ',what do you suppose that ,i am8 ,i am not he4 ,but behold1 one comes after me the sandals of whose feet ,i am not worthy to untie4' #jac3jbf ,brothers1 children of the stock of ,abraham1 and those among you who fear ,god1 the word of this salvation is sent out to you4 #jac3jbg ,for those who dwell in ,jerusalem1 and their rulers1 because they didn't know him1 nor the voices of the prophets which are read every ,sabbath1 fulfilled them by condemning him4 #jac3jbh ,though they found no cause for death1 they still asked ,pilate to have him killed4 #jac3jbi ,when they had fulfilled all things that were written about him1 they took him down from the tree1 and laid him in a tomb4 #jac3jcj ,but ,god raised him from the dead1 #jac3jca and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from ,galilee to ,jerusalem1 who are his witnesses to the people4 #jac3jcb ,we bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers1 #jac3jcc that ,god has fulfilled the same to us1 their children1 in that he raised up ,jesus4 ,as it is also written in the second psalm1 ',you are my ,son4 ,today ,i have become your father4',psalm #b3g #jac3jcd ,concerning that he raised him up from the dead1 now no more to return to corruption1 he has spoken thus3 ',i will give you the holy and sure blessings of ,david4',isaiah #ee3c #jac3jce ,therefore he says also in another psalm1 ',you will not allow your ,holy ,one to see decay4',psalm #af3aj #jac3jcf ,for ,david1 after he had in his own generation served the counsel of ,god1 fell asleep1 and was laid with his fathers1 and saw decay4 #jac3jcg ,but he whom ,god raised up saw no decay4 #jac3jch ,be it known to you therefore1 brothers,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings41 that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins1 #jac3jci and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things1 from which you could not be justified by the law of ,moses4 #jac3jdj ,beware therefore1 lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets3 #jac3jda ',behold1 you scoffers1 and wonder1 and perish2 for ,i work a work in your days1 a work which you will in no way believe1 if one declares it to you4',habakkuk #a3e #jac3jdb ,so when the ,jews went out of the synagogue1 the ,gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next ,sabbath4 #jac3jdc ,now when the synagogue broke up1 many of the ,jews and of the devout proselytes followed ,paul and ,barnabas2 who1 speaking to them1 urged them to continue in the grace of ,god4 #jac3jdd ,the next ,sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of ,god4 #jac3jde ,but when the ,jews saw the multitudes1 they were filled with jealousy1 and contradicted the things which were spoken by ,paul1 and blasphemed4 #jac3jdf ,paul and ,barnabas spoke out boldly1 and said1 ,it was necessary that ,god's word should be spoken to you first4 ,since indeed you thrust it from you1 and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life1 behold1 we turn to the ,gentiles4 #jac3jdg ,for so has the ,lord commanded us1 saying1 ',i have set you as a light for the ,gentiles1 that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth4',isaiah #di3f #jac3jdh ,as the ,gentiles heard this1 they were glad1 and glorified the word of ,god4 ,as many as were appointed to eternal life believed4 #jac3jdi ,the ,lord's word was spread abroad throughout all the region4 #jac3jej ,but the ,jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city1 and stirred up a persecution against ,paul and ,barnabas1 and threw them out of their borders4 #jac3jea ,but they shook off the dust of their feet against them1 and came to ,iconium4 #jac3jeb ,the disciples were filled with joy with the ,holy ,spirit4 #jad3jja ,it happened in ,iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the ,jews1 and so spoke that a great multitude both of ,jews and of ,greeks believed4 #jad3jjb ,but the disbelievingor1 disobedient ,jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the ,gentiles against the brothers4 #jad3jjc ,therefore they stayed there a long time1 speaking boldly in the ,lord1 who testified to the word of his grace1 granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands4 #jad3jjd ,but the multitude of the city was divided4 ,part sided with the ,jews1 and part with the apostles4 #jad3jje ,when some of both the ,gentiles and the ,jews1 with their rulers1 made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them1 #jad3jjf they became aware of it1 and fled to the cities of ,lycaonia1 ,lystra1 ,derbe1 and the surrounding region4 #jad3jjg ,there they preached the ,good ,news4 #jad3jjh ,at ,lystra a certain man sat1 impotent in his feet1 a cripple from his mother's womb1 who never had walked4 #jad3jji ,he was listening to ,paul speaking1 who1 fastening eyes on him1 and seeing that he had faith to be made whole1 #jad3jaj said with a loud voice1 ,stand upright on your feet6 ,he leaped up and walked4 #jad3jaa ,when the multitude saw what ,paul had done1 they lifted up their voice1 saying in the language of ,lycaonia1 ,the gods have come down to us in the likeness of men6 #jad3jab ,they called ,barnabas ,jupiter1 and ,paul ,mercury1 because he was the chief speaker4 #jad3jac ,the priest of ,jupiter1 whose temple was in front of their city1 brought oxen and garlands to the gates1 and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes4 #jad3jad ,but when the apostles1 ,barnabas and ,paul1 heard of it1 they tore their clothes1 and sprang into the multitude1 crying out1 #jad3jae ,men1 why are you doing these things8 ,we also are men of like passions with you1 and bring you good news1 that you should turn from these vain things to the living ,god1 who made the sky and the earth and the sea1 and all that is in them2 #jad3jaf who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways4 #jad3jag ,yet he didn't leave himself without witness1 in that he did good and gave you,,tr reads us instead of you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons1 filling our hearts with food and gladness4 #jad3jah ,even saying these things1 they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them4 #jad3jai ,but some ,jews from ,antioch and ,iconium came there1 and having persuaded the multitudes1 they stoned ,paul1 and dragged him out of the city1 supposing that he was dead4 #jad3jbj ,but as the disciples stood around him1 he rose up1 and entered into the city4 ,on the next day he went out with ,barnabas to ,derbe4 #jad3jba ,when they had preached the ,good ,news to that city1 and had made many disciples1 they returned to ,lystra1 ,iconium1 and ,antioch1 #jad3jbb confirming the souls of the disciples1 exhorting them to continue in the faith1 and that through many afflictions we must enter into the ,kingdom of ,god4 #jad3jbc ,when they had appointed elders for them in every assembly1 and had prayed with fasting1 they commended them to the ,lord1 on whom they had believed4 #jad3jbd ,they passed through ,pisidia1 and came to ,pamphylia4 #jad3jbe ,when they had spoken the word in ,perga1 they went down to ,attalia4 #jad3jbf ,from there they sailed to ,antioch1 from where they had been committed to the grace of ,god for the work which they had fulfilled4 #jad3jbg ,when they had arrived1 and had gathered the assembly together1 they reported all the things that ,god had done with them1 and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations4 #jad3jbh ,they stayed there with the disciples for a long time4 #jae3jja ,some men came down from ,judea and taught the brothers1 ,unless you are circumcised after the custom of ,moses1 you can't be saved4 #jae3jjb ,therefore when ,paul and ,barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them1 they appointed ,paul and ,barnabas1 and some others of them1 to go up to ,jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question4 #jae3jjc ,they1 being sent on their way by the assembly1 passed through both ,phoenicia and ,samaria1 declaring the conversion of the ,gentiles4 ,they caused great joy to all the brothers4,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 #jae3jjd ,when they had come to ,jerusalem1 they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders1 and they reported all things that ,god had done with them4 #jae3jje ,but some of the sect of the ,pharisees who believed rose up1 saying1 ,it is necessary to circumcise them1 and to charge them to keep the law of ,moses4 #jae3jjf ,the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter4 #jae3jjg ,when there had been much discussion1 ,peter rose up and said to them1 ,brothers1 you know that a good while ago ,god made a choice among you1 that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the ,good ,news1 and believe4 #jae3jjh ,god1 who knows the heart1 testified about them1 giving them the ,holy ,spirit1 just like he did to us4 #jae3jji ,he made no distinction between us and them1 cleansing their hearts by faith4 #jae3jaj ,now therefore why do you tempt ,god1 that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear8 #jae3jaa ,but we believe that we are saved through the grace of the ,lord ,jesus1,,tr adds ,christ just as they are4 #jae3jab ,all the multitude kept silence1 and they listened to ,barnabas and ,paul reporting what signs and wonders ,god had done among the nations through them4 #jae3jac ,after they were silent1 ,james answered1 ,brothers1 listen to me4 #jae3jad ,simeon has reported how ,god first visited the nations1 to take out of them a people for his name4 #jae3jae ,this agrees with the words of the prophets4 ,as it is written1 #jae3jaf ',after these things ,i will return4 ,i will again build the tent of ,david1 which has fallen4 ,i will again build its ruins4 ,i will set it up1 #jae3jag ,that the rest of men may seek after the ,lord2 ,all the ,gentiles who are called by my name1 ,says the ,lord1 who does all these things4,amos #i3aa-ab #jae3jah ,all his works are known to ,god from eternity4' #jae3jai ,therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the ,gentiles who turn to ,god1 #jae3jbj but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols1 from sexual immorality1 from what is strangled1 and from blood4 #jae3jba ,for ,moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him1 being read in the synagogues every ,sabbath4 #jae3jbb ,then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders1 with the whole assembly1 to choose men out of their company1 and send them to ,antioch with ,paul and ,barnabas3 ,judas called ,barsabbas1 and ,silas1 chief men among the brothers4,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 #jae3jbc ,they wrote these things by their hand3 ,the apostles1 the elders1 and the brothers1 to the brothers who are of the ,gentiles in ,antioch1 ,syria1 and ,cilicia3 greetings4 #jae3jbd ,because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words1 unsettling your souls1 saying1 ',you must be circumcised and keep the law1' to whom we gave no commandment2 #jae3jbe it seemed good to us1 having come to one accord1 to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved ,barnabas and ,paul1 #jae3jbf men who have risked their lives for the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #jae3jbg ,we have sent therefore ,judas and ,silas1 who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth4 #jae3jbh ,for it seemed good to the ,holy ,spirit1 and to us1 to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things3 #jae3jbi that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols1 from blood1 from things strangled1 and from sexual immorality1 from which if you keep yourselves1 it will be well with you4 ,farewell4 #jae3jcj ,so1 when they were sent off1 they came to ,antioch4 ,having gathered the multitude together1 they delivered the letter4 #jae3jca ,when they had read it1 they rejoiced over the encouragement4 #jae3jcb ,judas and ,silas1 also being prophets themselves1 encouraged the brothers with many words1 and strengthened them4 #jae3jcc ,after they had spent some time there1 they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles4 #jae3jcd ,some manuscripts add3 ,but it seemed good to ,silas to stay there4 #jae3jce ,but ,paul and ,barnabas stayed in ,antioch1 teaching and preaching the word of the ,lord1 with many others also4 #jae3jcf ,after some days ,paul said to ,barnabas1 ,let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the ,lord1 to see how they are doing4 #jae3jcg ,barnabas planned to take ,john1 who was called ,mark1 with them also4 #jae3jch ,but ,paul didn't think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in ,pamphylia1 and didn't go with them to do the work4 #jae3jci ,then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other4 ,barnabas took ,mark with him1 and sailed away to ,cyprus1 #jae3jdj but ,paul chose ,silas1 and went out1 being commended by the brothers to the grace of ,god4 #jae3jda ,he went through ,syria and ,cilicia1 strengthening the assemblies4 #jaf3jja ,he came to ,derbe and ,lystra3 and behold1 a certain disciple was there1 named ,timothy1 the son of a ,jewess who believed2 but his father was a ,greek4 #jaf3jjb ,the brothers who were at ,lystra and ,iconium gave a good testimony about him4 #jaf3jjc ,paul wanted to have him go out with him1 and he took and circumcised him because of the ,jews who were in those parts2 for they all knew that his father was a ,greek4 #jaf3jjd ,as they went on their way through the cities1 they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at ,jerusalem4 #jaf3jje ,so the assemblies were strengthened in the faith1 and increased in number daily4 #jaf3jjf ,when they had gone through the region of ,phrygia and ,galatia1 they were forbidden by the ,holy ,spirit to speak the word in ,asia4 #jaf3jjg ,when they had come opposite ,mysia1 they tried to go into ,bithynia1 but the ,spirit didn't allow them4 #jaf3jjh ,passing by ,mysia1 they came down to ,troas4 #jaf3jji ,a vision appeared to ,paul in the night4 ,there was a man of ,macedonia standing1 begging him1 and saying1 ,come over into ,macedonia and help us4 #jaf3jaj ,when he had seen the vision1 immediately we sought to go out to ,macedonia1 concluding that the ,lord had called us to preach the ,good ,news to them4 #jaf3jaa ,setting sail therefore from ,troas1 we made a straight course to ,samothrace1 and the day following to ,neapolis2 #jaf3jab and from there to ,philippi1 which is a city of ,macedonia1 the foremost of the district1 a ,roman colony4 ,we were staying some days in this city4 #jaf3jac ,on the ,sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside1 where we supposed there was a place of prayer1 and we sat down1 and spoke to the women who had come together4 #jaf3jad ,a certain woman named ,lydia1 a seller of purple1 of the city of ,thyatira1 one who worshiped ,god1 heard us2 whose heart the ,lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by ,paul4 #jaf3jae ,when she and her household were baptized1 she begged us1 saying1 ,if you have judged me to be faithful to the ,lord1 come into my house1 and stay4 ,so she persuaded us4 #jaf3jaf ,it happened1 as we were going to prayer1 that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us1 who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling4 #jaf3jag ,following ,paul and us1 she cried out1 ,these men are servants of the ,most ,high ,god1 who proclaim to us the way of salvation6 #jaf3jah ,she was doing this for many days4 ,but ,paul1 becoming greatly annoyed1 turned and said to the spirit1 ,i charge you in the name of ,jesus ,christ to come out of her6 ,it came out that very hour4 #jaf3jai ,but when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone1 they seized ,paul and ,silas1 and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers4 #jaf3jbj ,when they had brought them to the magistrates1 they said1 ,these men1 being ,jews1 are agitating our city1 #jaf3jba and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe1 being ,romans4 #jaf3jbb ,the multitude rose up together against them1 and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them1 and commanded them to be beaten with rods4 #jaf3jbc ,when they had laid many stripes on them1 they threw them into prison1 charging the jailer to keep them safely1 #jaf3jbd who1 having received such a charge1 threw them into the inner prison1 and secured their feet in the stocks4 #jaf3jbe ,but about midnight ,paul and ,silas were praying and singing hymns to ,god1 and the prisoners were listening to them4 #jaf3jbf ,suddenly there was a great earthquake1 so that the foundations of the prison were shaken2 and immediately all the doors were opened1 and everyone's bonds were loosened4 #jaf3jbg ,the jailer1 being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open1 drew his sword and was about to kill himself1 supposing that the prisoners had escaped4 #jaf3jbh ,but ,paul cried with a loud voice1 saying1 ,don't harm yourself1 for we are all here6 #jaf3jbi ,he called for lights and sprang in1 and1 fell down trembling before ,paul and ,silas1 #jaf3jcj and brought them out and said1 ,sirs1 what must ,i do to be saved8 #jaf3jca ,they said1 ,believe in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and you will be saved1 you and your household4 #jaf3jcb ,they spoke the word of the ,lord to him1 and to all who were in his house4 #jaf3jcc ,he took them the same hour of the night1 and washed their stripes1 and was immediately baptized1 he and all his household4 #jaf3jcd ,he brought them up into his house1 and set food before them1 and rejoiced greatly1 with all his household1 having believed in ,god4 #jaf3jce ,but when it was day1 the magistrates sent the sergeants1 saying1 ,let those men go4 #jaf3jcf ,the jailer reported these words to ,paul1 saying1 ,the magistrates have sent to let you go2 now therefore come out1 and go in peace4 #jaf3jcg ,but ,paul said to them1 ,they have beaten us publicly1 without a trial1 men who are ,romans1 and have cast us into prison6 ,do they now release us secretly8 ,no1 most certainly1 but let them come themselves and bring us out6 #jaf3jch ,the sergeants reported these words to the magistrates1 and they were afraid when they heard that they were ,romans1 #jaf3jci and they came and begged them4 ,when they had brought them out1 they asked them to depart from the city4 #jaf3jdj ,they went out of the prison1 and entered into ,lydia's house4 ,when they had seen the brothers1 they encouraged them1 and departed4 #jag3jja ,now when they had passed through ,amphipolis and ,apollonia1 they came to ,thessalonica1 where there was a ,jewish synagogue4 #jag3jjb ,paul1 as was his custom1 went in to them1 and for three ,sabbath days reasoned with them from the ,scriptures1 #jag3jjc explaining and demonstrating that the ,christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead1 and saying1 ,this ,jesus1 whom ,i proclaim to you1 is the ,christ4 #jag3jjd ,some of them were persuaded1 and joined ,paul and ,silas1 of the devout ,greeks a great multitude1 and not a few of the chief women4 #jag3jje ,but the unpersuaded ,jews took along,,tr reads ,and the ,jews who were unpersuaded1 becoming envious and taking along instead of ,but the unpersuaded ,jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace1 and gathering a crowd1 set the city in an uproar4 ,assaulting the house of ,jason1 they sought to bring them out to the people4 #jag3jjf ,when they didn't find them1 they dragged ,jason and certain brothers,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 before the rulers of the city1 crying1 ,these who have turned the world upside down have come here also1 #jag3jjg whom ,jason has received4 ,these all act contrary to the decrees of ,caesar1 saying that there is another king1 ,jesus6 #jag3jjh ,the multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things4 #jag3jji ,when they had taken security from ,jason and the rest1 they let them go4 #jag3jaj ,the brothers immediately sent ,paul and ,silas away by night to ,beroea4 ,when they arrived1 they went into the ,jewish synagogue4 #jag3jaa ,now these were more noble than those in ,thessalonica1 in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind1 examining the ,scriptures daily to see whether these things were so4 #jag3jab ,many of them therefore believed2 also of the prominent ,greek women1 and not a few men4 #jag3jac ,but when the ,jews of ,thessalonica had knowledge that the word of ,god was proclaimed by ,paul at ,beroea also1 they came there likewise1 agitating the multitudes4 #jag3jad ,then the brothers immediately sent out ,paul to go as far as to the sea1 and ,silas and ,timothy still stayed there4 #jag3jae ,but those who escorted ,paul brought him as far as ,athens4 ,receiving a commandment to ,silas and ,timothy that they should come to him very quickly1 they departed4 #jag3jaf ,now while ,paul waited for them at ,athens1 his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols4 #jag3jag ,so he reasoned in the synagogue with the ,jews and the devout persons1 and in the marketplace every day with those who met him4 #jag3jah ,some of the ,epicurean and ,stoic philosophers also,,tr omits also were conversing with him4 ,some said1 ,what does this babbler want to say8 ,others said1 ,he seems to be advocating foreign deities1 because he preached ,jesus and the resurrection4 #jag3jai ,they took hold of him1 and brought him to the ,areopagus1 saying1 ,may we know what this new teaching is1 which is spoken by you8 #jag3jbj ,for you bring certain strange things to our ears4 ,we want to know therefore what these things mean4 #jag3jba ,now all the ,athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else1 but either to tell or to hear some new thing4 #jag3jbb ,paul stood in the middle of the ,areopagus1 and said1 ,you men of ,athens1 ,i perceive that you are very religious in all things4 #jag3jbc ,for as ,i passed along1 and observed the objects of your worship1 ,i found also an altar with this inscription3 ',,to ,,an ,,unknown ,,god4' ,what therefore you worship in ignorance1 this ,i announce to you4 #jag3jbd ,the ,god who made the world and all things in it1 he1 being ,lord of heaven and earth1 doesn't dwell in temples made with hands1 #jag3jbe neither is he served by men's hands1 as though he needed anything1 seeing he himself gives to all life and breath1 and all things4 #jag3jbf ,he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth1 having determined appointed seasons1 and the boundaries of their dwellings1 #jag3jbg that they should seek the ,lord1 if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him1 though he is not far from each one of us4 #jag3jbh ',for in him we live1 and move1 and have our being4' ,as some of your own poets have said1 ',for we are also his offspring4' #jag3jbi ,being then the offspring of ,god1 we ought not to think that the ,divine ,nature is like gold1 or silver1 or stone1 engraved by art and design of man4 #jag3jcj ,the times of ignorance therefore ,god overlooked4 ,but now he commands that all people everywhere should repent1 #jag3jca because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained2 of which he has given assurance to all men1 in that he has raised him from the dead4 #jag3jcb ,now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead1 some mocked2 but others said1 ,we want to hear you again concerning this4 #jag3jcc ,thus ,paul went out from among them4 #jag3jcd ,but certain men joined with him1 and believed1 among whom also was ,dionysius the ,areopagite1 and a woman named ,damaris1 and others with them4 #jah3jja ,after these things ,paul departed from ,athens1 and came to ,corinth4 #jah3jjb ,he found a certain ,jew named ,aquila1 a man of ,pontus by race1 who had recently come from ,italy1 with his wife ,priscilla1 because ,claudius had commanded all the ,jews to depart from ,rome4 ,he came to them1 #jah3jjc and because he practiced the same trade1 he lived with them and worked1 for by trade they were tent makers4 #jah3jjd ,he reasoned in the synagogue every ,sabbath1 and persuaded ,jews and ,greeks4 #jah3jje ,but when ,silas and ,timothy came down from ,macedonia1 ,paul was compelled by the ,spirit1 testifying to the ,jews that ,jesus was the ,christ4 #jah3jjf ,when they opposed him and blasphemed1 he shook out his clothing and said to them1 ,your blood be on your own heads6 ,i am clean4 ,from now on1 ,i will go to the ,gentiles6 #jah3jjg ,he departed there1 and went into the house of a certain man named ,justus1 one who worshiped ,god1 whose house was next door to the synagogue4 #jah3jjh ,crispus1 the ruler of the synagogue1 believed in the ,lord with all his house4 ,many of the ,corinthians1 when they heard1 believed and were baptized4 #jah3jji ,the ,lord said to ,paul in the night by a vision1 ,don't be afraid1 but speak and don't be silent2 #jah3jaj for ,i am with you1 and no one will attack you to harm you1 for ,i have many people in this city4 #jah3jaa ,he lived there a year and six months1 teaching the word of ,god among them4 #jah3jab ,but when ,gallio was proconsul of ,achaia1 the ,jews with one accord rose up against ,paul and brought him before the judgment seat1 #jah3jac saying1 ,this man persuades men to worship ,god contrary to the law4 #jah3jad ,but when ,paul was about to open his mouth1 ,gallio said to the ,jews1 ,if indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime1 you ,jews1 it would be reasonable that ,i should bear with you2 #jah3jae but if they are questions about words and names and your own law1 look to it yourselves4 ,for ,i don't want to be a judge of these matters4 #jah3jaf ,he drove them from the judgment seat4 #jah3jag ,then all the ,greeks laid hold on ,sosthenes1 the ruler of the synagogue1 and beat him before the judgment seat4 ,gallio didn't care about any of these things4 #jah3jah ,paul1 having stayed after this many more days1 took his leave of the brothers1,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 and sailed from there for ,syria1 together with ,priscilla and ,aquila4 ,he shaved his head in ,cenchreae1 for he had a vow4 #jah3jai ,he came to ,ephesus1 and he left them there2 but he himself entered into the synagogue1 and reasoned with the ,jews4 #jah3jbj ,when they asked him to stay with them a longer time1 he declined2 #jah3jba but taking his leave of them1 and saying1 ,i must by all means keep this coming feast in ,jerusalem1 but ,i will return again to you if ,god wills1 he set sail from ,ephesus4 #jah3jbb ,when he had landed at ,caesarea1 he went up and greeted the assembly1 and went down to ,antioch4 #jah3jbc ,having spent some time there1 he departed1 and went through the region of ,galatia1 and ,phrygia1 in order1 establishing all the disciples4 #jah3jbd ,now a certain ,jew named ,apollos1 an ,alexandrian by race1 an eloquent man1 came to ,ephesus4 ,he was mighty in the ,scriptures4 #jah3jbe ,this man had been instructed in the way of the ,lord2 and being fervent in spirit1 he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning ,jesus1 although he knew only the baptism of ,john4 #jah3jbf ,he began to speak boldly in the synagogue4 ,but when ,priscilla and ,aquila heard him1 they took him aside1 and explained to him the way of ,god more accurately4 #jah3jbg ,when he had determined to pass over into ,achaia1 the brothers encouraged him1 and wrote to the disciples to receive him4 ,when he had come1 he greatly helped those who had believed through grace2 #jah3jbh for he powerfully refuted the ,jews1 publicly showing by the ,scriptures that ,jesus was the ,christ4 #jai3jja ,it happened that1 while ,apollos was at ,corinth1 ,paul1 having passed through the upper country1 came to ,ephesus1 and found certain disciples4 #jai3jjb ,he said to them1 ,did you receive the ,holy ,spirit when you believed8 ,they said to him1 ,no1 we haven't even heard that there is a ,holy ,spirit4 #jai3jjc ,he said1 ,into what then were you baptized8 ,they said1 ,into ,john's baptism4 #jai3jjd ,paul said1 ,john indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance1 saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him1 that is1 in ,jesus4 #jai3jje ,when they heard this1 they were baptized in the name of the ,lord ,jesus4 #jai3jjf ,when ,paul had laid his hands on them1 the ,holy ,spirit came on them1 and they spoke with other languages and prophesied4 #jai3jjg ,they were about twelve men in all4 #jai3jjh ,he entered into the synagogue1 and spoke boldly for a period of three months1 reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the ,kingdom of ,god4 #jai3jji ,but when some were hardened and disobedient1 speaking evil of the ,way before the multitude1 he departed from them1 and separated the disciples1 reasoning daily in the school of ,tyrannus4 #jai3jaj ,this continued for two years1 so that all those who lived in ,asia heard the word of the ,lord ,jesus1 both ,jews and ,greeks4 #jai3jaa ,god worked special miracles by the hands of ,paul1 #jai3jab so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick1 and the evil spirits went out4 #jai3jac ,but some of the itinerant ,jews1 exorcists1 took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the ,lord ,jesus1 saying1 ,we adjure you by ,jesus whom ,paul preaches4 #jai3jad ,there were seven sons of one ,sceva1 a ,jewish chief priest1 who did this4 #jai3jae ,the evil spirit answered1 ,jesus ,i know1 and ,paul ,i know1 but who are you8 #jai3jaf ,the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them1 and overpowered them1 and prevailed against them1 so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded4 #jai3jag ,this became known to all1 both ,jews and ,greeks1 who lived at ,ephesus4 ,fear fell on them all1 and the name of the ,lord ,jesus was magnified4 #jai3jah ,many also of those who had believed came1 confessing1 and declaring their deeds4 #jai3jai ,many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all4 ,they counted the price of them1 and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver4,the #ej1jjj pieces of silver here probably referred to #ej1jjj drachmas4 ,if so1 the value of the burned books was equivalent to about #afj man-years of wages for agricultural laborers #jai3jbj ,so the word of the ,lord was growing and becoming mighty4 #jai3jba ,now after these things had ended1 ,paul determined in the spirit1 when he had passed through ,macedonia and ,achaia1 to go to ,jerusalem1 saying1 ,after ,i have been there1 ,i must also see ,rome4 #jai3jbb ,having sent into ,macedonia two of those who served him1 ,timothy and ,erastus1 he himself stayed in ,asia for a while4 #jai3jbc ,about that time there arose no small stir concerning the ,way4 #jai3jbd ,for a certain man named ,demetrius1 a silversmith1 who made silver shrines of ,artemis1 brought no little business to the craftsmen1 #jai3jbe whom he gathered together1 with the workmen of like occupation1 and said1 ,sirs1 you know that by this business we have our wealth4 #jai3jbf ,you see and hear1 that not at ,ephesus alone1 but almost throughout all ,asia1 this ,paul has persuaded and turned away many people1 saying that they are no gods1 that are made with hands4 #jai3jbg ,not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute1 but also that the temple of the great goddess ,artemis will be counted as nothing1 and her majesty destroyed1 whom all ,asia and the world worships4 #jai3jbh ,when they heard this they were filled with anger1 and cried out1 saying1 ,great is ,artemis of the ,ephesians6 #jai3jbi ,the whole city was filled with confusion1 and they rushed with one accord into the theater1 having seized ,gaius and ,aristarchus1 men of ,macedonia1 ,paul's companions in travel4 #jai3jcj ,when ,paul wanted to enter in to the people1 the disciples didn't allow him4 #jai3jca ,certain also of the ,asiarchs1 being his friends1 sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater4 #jai3jcb ,some therefore cried one thing1 and some another1 for the assembly was in confusion4 ,most of them didn't know why they had come together4 #jai3jcc ,they brought ,alexander out of the multitude1 the ,jews putting him forward4 ,alexander beckoned with his hand1 and would have made a defense to the people4 #jai3jcd ,but when they perceived that he was a ,jew1 all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out1 ,great is ,artemis of the ,ephesians6 #jai3jce ,when the town clerk had quieted the multitude1 he said1 ,you men of ,ephesus1 what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the ,ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess ,artemis1 and of the image which fell down from ,zeus8 #jai3jcf ,seeing then that these things can't be denied1 you ought to be quiet1 and to do nothing rash4 #jai3jcg ,for you have brought these men here1 who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess4 #jai3jch ,if therefore ,demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone1 the courts are open1 and there are proconsuls4 ,let them press charges against one another4 #jai3jci ,but if you seek anything about other matters1 it will be settled in the regular assembly4 #jai3jdj ,for indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot1 there being no cause4 ,concerning it1 we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion4 #jai3jda ,when he had thus spoken1 he dismissed the assembly4 #jbj3jja ,after the uproar had ceased1 ,paul sent for the disciples1 took leave of them1 and departed to go into ,macedonia4 #jbj3jjb ,when he had gone through those parts1 and had encouraged them with many words1 he came into ,greece4 #jbj3jjc ,when he had spent three months there1 and a plot was made against him by ,jews as he was about to set sail for ,syria1 he determined to return through ,macedonia4 #jbj3jjd ,these accompanied him as far as ,asia3 ,sopater of ,beroea2 ,aristarchus and ,secundus of the ,thessalonians2 ,gaius of ,derbe2 ,timothy2 and ,tychicus and ,trophimus of ,asia4 #jbj3jje ,but these had gone ahead1 and were waiting for us at ,troas4 #jbj3jjf ,we sailed away from ,philippi after the days of ,unleavened ,bread1 and came to them at ,troas in five days1 where we stayed seven days4 #jbj3jjg ,on the first day of the week1 when the disciples were gathered together to break bread1 ,paul talked with them1 intending to depart on the next day1 and continued his speech until midnight4 #jbj3jjh ,there were many lights in the upper chamber where we,,tr reads they instead of we were gathered together4 #jbj3jji ,a certain young man named ,eutychus sat in the window1 weighed down with deep sleep4 ,as ,paul spoke still longer1 being weighed down by his sleep1 he fell down from the third story1 and was taken up dead4 #jbj3jaj ,paul went down1 and fell upon him1 and embracing him said1 ,don't be troubled1 for his life is in him4 #jbj3jaa ,when he had gone up1 and had broken bread1 and eaten1 and had talked with them a long while1 even until break of day1 he departed4 #jbj3jab ,they brought the boy in alive1 and were greatly comforted4 #jbj3jac ,but we who went ahead to the ship set sail for ,assos1 intending to take ,paul aboard there1 for he had so arranged1 intending himself to go by land4 #jbj3jad ,when he met us at ,assos1 we took him aboard1 and came to ,mitylene4 #jbj3jae ,sailing from there1 we came the following day opposite ,chios4 ,the next day we touched at ,samos and stayed at ,trogyllium1 and the day after we came to ,miletus4 #jbj3jaf ,for ,paul had determined to sail past ,ephesus1 that he might not have to spend time in ,asia2 for he was hastening1 if it were possible for him1 to be in ,jerusalem on the day of ,pentecost4 #jbj3jag ,from ,miletus he sent to ,ephesus1 and called to himself the elders of the assembly4 #jbj3jah ,when they had come to him1 he said to them1 ,you yourselves know1 from the first day that ,i set foot in ,asia1 how ,i was with you all the time1 #jbj3jai serving the ,lord with all humility1 with many tears1 and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the ,jews2 #jbj3jbj how ,i didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable1 teaching you publicly and from house to house1 #jbj3jba testifying both to ,jews and to ,greeks repentance toward ,god1 and faith toward our ,lord ,jesus4,,tr adds ,christ #jbj3jbb ,now1 behold1 ,i go bound by the ,spirit to ,jerusalem1 not knowing what will happen to me there2 #jbj3jbc except that the ,holy ,spirit testifies in every city1 saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me4 #jbj3jbd ,but these things don't count2 nor do ,i hold my life dear to myself1 so that ,i may finish my race with joy1 and the ministry which ,i received from the ,lord ,jesus1 to fully testify to the ,good ,news of the grace of ,god4 #jbj3jbe ,now1 behold1 ,i know that you all1 among whom ,i went about preaching the ,kingdom of ,god1 will see my face no more4 #jbj3jbf ,therefore ,i testify to you this day that ,i am clean from the blood of all men1 #jbj3jbg for ,i didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of ,god4 #jbj3jbh ,take heed1 therefore1 to yourselves1 and to all the flock1 in which the ,holy ,spirit has made you overseers1 to shepherd the assembly of the ,lord and,,tr1 ,,nu omit the ,lord and ,god which he purchased with his own blood4 #jbj3jbi ,for ,i know that after my departure1 vicious wolves will enter in among you1 not sparing the flock4 #jbj3jcj ,men will arise from among your own selves1 speaking perverse things1 to draw away the disciples after them4 #jbj3jca ,therefore watch1 remembering that for a period of three years ,i didn't cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears4 #jbj3jcb ,now1 brothers1,the word for brothers here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 ,i entrust you to ,god1 and to the word of his grace1 which is able to build up1 and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified4 #jbj3jcc ,i coveted no one's silver1 or gold1 or clothing4 #jbj3jcd ,you yourselves know that these hands served my necessities1 and those who were with me4 #jbj3jce ,in all things ,i gave you an example1 that so laboring you ought to help the weak1 and to remember the words of the ,lord ,jesus1 that he himself said1 ',it is more blessed to give than to receive4' #jbj3jcf ,when he had spoken these things1 he knelt down and prayed with them all4 #jbj3jcg ,they all wept a lot1 and fell on ,paul's neck and kissed him1 #jbj3jch sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken1 that they should see his face no more4 ,and they accompanied him to the ship4 #jba3jja ,when it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail1 we came with a straight course to ,cos1 and the next day to ,rhodes1 and from there to ,patara4 #jba3jjb ,having found a ship crossing over to ,phoenicia1 we went aboard1 and set sail4 #jba3jjc ,when we had come in sight of ,cyprus1 leaving it on the left hand1 we sailed to ,syria1 and landed at ,tyre1 for there the ship was to unload her cargo4 #jba3jjd ,having found disciples1 we stayed there seven days4 ,these said to ,paul through the ,spirit1 that he should not go up to ,jerusalem4 #jba3jje ,when it happened that we had accomplished the days1 we departed and went on our journey4 ,they all1 with wives and children1 brought us on our way until we were out of the city4 ,kneeling down on the beach1 we prayed4 #jba3jjf ,after saying goodbye to each other1 we went on board the ship1 and they returned home again4 #jba3jjg ,when we had finished the voyage from ,tyre1 we arrived at ,ptolemais4 ,we greeted the brothers1 and stayed with them one day4 #jba3jjh ,on the next day1 we1 who were ,paul's companions1 departed1 and came to ,caesarea4 ,we entered into the house of ,philip the evangelist1 who was one of the seven1 and stayed with him4 #jba3jji ,now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied4 #jba3jaj ,as we stayed there some days1 a certain prophet named ,agabus came down from ,judea4 #jba3jaa ,coming to us1 and taking ,paul's belt1 he bound his own feet and hands1 and said1 ,thus says the ,holy ,spirit3 ',so will the ,jews at ,jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt1 and will deliver him into the hands of the ,gentiles4' #jba3jab ,when we heard these things1 both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to ,jerusalem4 #jba3jac ,then ,paul answered1 ,what are you doing1 weeping and breaking my heart8 ,for ,i am ready not only to be bound1 but also to die at ,jerusalem for the name of the ,lord ,jesus4 #jba3jad ,when he would not be persuaded1 we ceased1 saying1 ,the ,lord's will be done4 #jba3jae ,after these days we took up our baggage and went up to ,jerusalem4 #jba3jaf ,some of the disciples from ,caesarea also went with us1 bringing one ,mnason of ,cyprus1 an early disciple1 with whom we would stay4 #jba3jag ,when we had come to ,jerusalem1 the brothers received us gladly4 #jba3jah ,the day following1 ,paul went in with us to ,james2 and all the elders were present4 #jba3jai ,when he had greeted them1 he reported one by one the things which ,god had worked among the ,gentiles through his ministry4 #jba3jbj ,they1 when they heard it1 glorified ,god4 ,they said to him1 ,you see1 brother1 how many thousands there are among the ,jews of those who have believed1 and they are all zealous for the law4 #jba3jba ,they have been informed about you1 that you teach all the ,jews who are among the ,gentiles to forsake ,moses1 telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs4 #jba3jbb ,what then8 ,the assembly must certainly meet1 for they will hear that you have come4 #jba3jbc ,therefore do what we tell you4 ,we have four men who have taken a vow4 #jba3jbd ,take them1 and purify yourself with them1 and pay their expenses for them1 that they may shave their heads4 ,then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you1 but that you yourself also walk keeping the law4 #jba3jbe ,but concerning the ,gentiles who believe1 we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing1 except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols1 from blood1 from strangled things1 and from sexual immorality4 #jba3jbf ,then ,paul took the men1 and the next day1 purified himself and went with them into the temple1 declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification1 until the offering was offered for every one of them4 #jba3jbg ,when the seven days were almost completed1 the ,jews from ,asia1 when they saw him in the temple1 stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him1 #jba3jbh crying out1 ,men of ,israel1 help6 ,this is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people1 and the law1 and this place4 ,moreover1 he also brought ,greeks into the temple1 and has defiled this holy place6 #jba3jbi ,for they had seen ,trophimus1 the ,ephesian1 with him in the city1 and they supposed that ,paul had brought him into the temple4 #jba3jcj ,all the city was moved1 and the people ran together4 ,they seized ,paul and dragged him out of the temple4 ,immediately the doors were shut4 #jba3jca ,as they were trying to kill him1 news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all ,jerusalem was in an uproar4 #jba3jcb ,immediately he took soldiers and centurions1 and ran down to them4 ,they1 when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers1 stopped beating ,paul4 #jba3jcc ,then the commanding officer came near1 arrested him1 commanded him to be bound with two chains1 and inquired who he was and what he had done4 #jba3jcd ,some shouted one thing1 and some another1 among the crowd4 ,when he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise1 he commanded him to be brought into the barracks4 #jba3jce ,when he came to the stairs1 it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd2 #jba3jcf for the multitude of the people followed after1 crying out1 ,away with him6 #jba3jcg ,as ,paul was about to be brought into the barracks1 he asked the commanding officer1 ,may ,i speak to you8 ,he said1 ,do you know ,greek8 #jba3jch ,aren't you then the ,egyptian1 who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the ,assassins8 #jba3jci ,but ,paul said1 ,i am a ,jew1 from ,tarsus in ,cilicia1 a citizen of no insignificant city4 ,i beg you1 allow me to speak to the people4 #jba3jdj ,when he had given him permission1 ,paul1 standing on the stairs1 beckoned with his hand to the people4 ,when there was a great silence1 he spoke to them in the ,hebrew language1 saying1 #jbb3jja ,brothers and fathers1 listen to the defense which ,i now make to you4 #jbb3jjb ,when they heard that he spoke to them in the ,hebrew language1 they were even more quiet4 ,he said1 #jbb3jjc ,i am indeed a ,jew1 born in ,tarsus of ,cilicia1 but brought up in this city at the feet of ,gamaliel1 instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers1 being zealous for ,god1 even as you all are this day4 #jbb3jjd ,i persecuted this ,way to the death1 binding and delivering into prisons both men and women4 #jbb3jje ,as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify1 from whom also ,i received letters to the brothers1 and traveled to ,damascus to bring them also who were there to ,jerusalem in bonds to be punished4 #jbb3jjf ,it happened that1 as ,i made my journey1 and came close to ,damascus1 about noon1 suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me4 #jbb3jjg ,i fell to the ground1 and heard a voice saying to me1 ',saul1 ,saul1 why are you persecuting me8' #jbb3jjh ,i answered1 ',who are you1 ,lord8' ,he said to me1 ',i am ,jesus of ,nazareth1 whom you persecute4' #jbb3jji ,those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid1 but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me4 #jbb3jaj ,i said1 ',what shall ,i do1 ,lord8' ,the ,lord said to me1 ',arise1 and go into ,damascus4 ,there you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do4' #jbb3jaa ,when ,i couldn't see for the glory of that light1 being led by the hand of those who were with me1 ,i came into ,damascus4 #jbb3jab ,one ,ananias1 a devout man according to the law1 well reported of by all the ,jews who lived in ,damascus1 #jbb3jac came to me1 and standing by me said to me1 ',brother ,saul1 receive your sight6' ,in that very hour ,i looked up at him4 #jbb3jad ,he said1 ',the ,god of our fathers has appointed you to know his will1 and to see the ,righteous ,one1 and to hear a voice from his mouth4 #jbb3jae ,for you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard4 #jbb3jaf ,now why do you wait8 ,arise1 be baptized1 and wash away your sins1 calling on the name of the ,lord4' #jbb3jag ,it happened that1 when ,i had returned to ,jerusalem1 and while ,i prayed in the temple1 ,i fell into a trance1 #jbb3jah and saw him saying to me1 ',hurry and get out of ,jerusalem quickly1 because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you4' #jbb3jai ,i said1 ',lord1 they themselves know that ,i imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you4 #jbb3jbj ,when the blood of ,stephen1 your witness1 was shed1 ,i also was standing by1 and consenting to his death1 and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him4' #jbb3jba ,he said to me1 ',depart1 for ,i will send you out far from here to the ,gentiles4' #jbb3jbb ,they listened to him until he said that2 then they lifted up their voice1 and said1 ,rid the earth of this fellow1 for he isn't fit to live6 #jbb3jbc ,as they cried out1 and threw off their cloaks1 and threw dust into the air1 #jbb3jbd the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks1 ordering him to be examined by scourging1 that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that4 #jbb3jbe ,when they had tied him up with thongs1 ,paul asked the centurion who stood by1 ,is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a ,roman1 and not found guilty8 #jbb3jbf ,when the centurion heard it1 he went to the commanding officer and told him1 ,watch what you are about to do1 for this man is a ,roman6 #jbb3jbg ,the commanding officer came and asked him1 ,tell me1 are you a ,roman8 ,he said1 ,yes4 #jbb3jbh ,the commanding officer answered1 ,i bought my citizenship for a great price4 ,paul said1 ,but ,i was born a ,roman4 #jbb3jbi ,immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him1 and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a ,roman1 because he had bound him4 #jbb3jcj ,but on the next day1 desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the ,jews1 he freed him from the bonds1 and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together1 and brought ,paul down and set him before them4 #jbc3jja ,paul1 looking steadfastly at the council1 said1 ,brothers1 ,i have lived before ,god in all good conscience until this day4 #jbc3jjb ,the high priest1 ,ananias1 commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth4 #jbc3jjc ,then ,paul said to him1 ,god will strike you1 you whitewashed wall6 ,do you sit to judge me according to the law1 and command me to be struck contrary to the law8 #jbc3jjd ,those who stood by said1 ,do you malign ,god's high priest8 #jbc3jje ,paul said1 ,i didn't know1 brothers1 that he was high priest4 ,for it is written1 ',you shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people4',exodus #bb3bh #jbc3jjf ,but when ,paul perceived that the one part were ,sadducees and the other ,pharisees1 he cried out in the council1 ,men and brothers1 ,i am a ,pharisee1 a son of ,pharisees4 ,concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead ,i am being judged6 #jbc3jjg ,when he had said this1 an argument arose between the ,pharisees and ,sadducees1 and the assembly was divided4 #jbc3jjh ,for the ,sadducees say that there is no resurrection1 nor angel1 nor spirit2 but the ,pharisees confess all of these4 #jbc3jji ,a great clamor arose1 and some of the scribes of the ,pharisees part stood up1 and contended1 saying1 ,we find no evil in this man4 ,but if a spirit or angel has spoken to him1 let's not fight against ,god6 #jbc3jaj ,when a great argument arose1 the commanding officer1 fearing that ,paul would be torn in pieces by them1 commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them1 and bring him into the barracks4 #jbc3jaa ,the following night1 the ,lord stood by him1 and said1 ,cheer up1 ,paul1 for as you have testified about me at ,jerusalem1 so you must testify also at ,rome4 #jbc3jab ,when it was day1 some of the ,jews banded together1 and bound themselves under a curse1 saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed ,paul4 #jbc3jac ,there were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy4 #jbc3jad ,they came to the chief priests and the elders1 and said1 ,we have bound ourselves under a great curse1 to taste nothing until we have killed ,paul4 #jbc3jae ,now therefore1 you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow1 as though you were going to judge his case more exactly4 ,we are ready to kill him before he comes near4 #jbc3jaf ,but ,paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait1 and he came and entered into the barracks and told ,paul4 #jbc3jag ,paul summoned one of the centurions1 and said1 ,bring this young man to the commanding officer1 for he has something to tell him4 #jbc3jah ,so he took him1 and brought him to the commanding officer1 and said1 ,paul1 the prisoner1 summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you1 who has something to tell you4 #jbc3jai ,the commanding officer took him by the hand1 and going aside1 asked him privately1 ,what is it that you have to tell me8 #jbc3jbj ,he said1 ,the ,jews have agreed to ask you to bring ,paul down to the council tomorrow1 as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him4 #jbc3jba ,therefore don't yield to them1 for more than forty men lie in wait for him1 who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him4 ,now they are ready1 looking for the promise from you4 #jbc3jbb ,so the commanding officer let the young man go1 charging him1 ,tell no one that you have revealed these things to me4 #jbc3jbc ,he called to himself two of the centurions1 and said1 ,prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as ,caesarea1 with seventy horsemen1 and two hundred men armed with spears1 at the third hour of the nightabout #i3jj ,,pm4 #jbc3jbd ,he asked them to provide animals1 that they might set ,paul on one1 and bring him safely to ,felix the governor4 #jbc3jbe ,he wrote a letter like this3 #jbc3jbf ,claudius ,lysias to the most excellent governor ,felix3 ,greetings4 #jbc3jbg ,this man was seized by the ,jews1 and was about to be killed by them1 when ,i came with the soldiers and rescued him1 having learned that he was a ,roman4 #jbc3jbh ,desiring to know the cause why they accused him1 ,i brought him down to their council4 #jbc3jbi ,i found him to be accused about questions of their law1 but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds4 #jbc3jcj ,when ,i was told that the ,jews lay in wait for the man1 ,i sent him to you immediately1 charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you4 ,farewell4 #jbc3jca ,so the soldiers1 carrying out their orders1 took ,paul and brought him by night to ,antipatris4 #jbc3jcb ,but on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him1 and returned to the barracks4 #jbc3jcc ,when they came to ,caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor1 they also presented ,paul to him4 #jbc3jcd ,when the governor had read it1 he asked what province he was from4 ,when he understood that he was from ,cilicia1 he said1 #jbc3jce ,i will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive4 ,he commanded that he be kept in ,herod's palace4 #jbd3jja ,after five days1 the high priest1 ,ananias1 came down with certain elders and an orator1 one ,tertullus4 ,they informed the governor against ,paul4 #jbd3jjb ,when he was called1 ,tertullus began to accuse him1 saying1 ,seeing that by you we enjoy much peace1 and that excellent measures are coming to this nation1 #jbd3jjc we accept it in all ways and in all places1 most excellent ,felix1 with all thankfulness4 #jbd3jjd ,but1 that ,i don't delay you1 ,i entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words4 #jbd3jje ,for we have found this man to be a plague1 an instigator of insurrections among all the ,jews throughout the world1 and a ringleader of the sect of the ,nazarenes4 #jbd3jjf ,he even tried to profane the temple1 and we arrested him4,,tr adds ,we wanted to judge him according to our law1 #jbd3jjg ,,tr adds but the commanding officer1 ,lysias1 came by and with great violence took him out of our hands1 #jbd3jjh ,,tr adds commanding his accusers to come to you4,by examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him4 #jbd3jji ,the ,jews also joined in the attack1 affirming that these things were so4 #jbd3jaj ,when the governor had beckoned to him to speak1 ,paul answered1 ,because ,i know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years1 ,i cheerfully make my defense1 #jbd3jaa seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since ,i went up to worship at ,jerusalem4 #jbd3jab ,in the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd1 either in the synagogues1 or in the city4 #jbd3jac ,nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me4 #jbd3jad ,but this ,i confess to you1 that after the ,way1 which they call a sect1 so ,i serve the ,god of our fathers1 believing all things which are according to the law1 and which are written in the prophets2 #jbd3jae having hope toward ,god1 which these also themselves look for1 that there will be a resurrection of the dead1 both of the just and unjust4 #jbd3jaf ,herein ,i also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward ,god and men4 #jbd3jag ,now after some years1 ,i came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation1 and offerings2 #jbd3jah amid which certain ,jews from ,asia found me purified in the temple1 not with a mob1 nor with turmoil4 #jbd3jai ,they ought to have been here before you1 and to make accusation1 if they had anything against me4 #jbd3jbj ,or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when ,i stood before the council1 #jbd3jba unless it is for this one thing that ,i cried standing among them1 ',concerning the resurrection of the dead ,i am being judged before you today6' #jbd3jbb ,but ,felix1 having more exact knowledge concerning the ,way1 deferred them1 saying1 ,when ,lysias1 the commanding officer1 comes down1 ,i will decide your case4 #jbd3jbc ,he ordered the centurion that ,paul should be kept in custody1 and should have some privileges1 and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him4 #jbd3jbd ,but after some days1 ,felix came with ,drusilla1 his wife1 who was a ,jewess1 and sent for ,paul1 and heard him concerning the faith in ,christ ,jesus4 #jbd3jbe ,as he reasoned about righteousness1 self-control1 and the judgment to come1 ,felix was terrified1 and answered1 ,go your way for this time1 and when it is convenient for me1 ,i will summon you4 #jbd3jbf ,meanwhile1 he also hoped that money would be given to him by ,paul1 that he might release him4 ,therefore also he sent for him more often1 and talked with him4 #jbd3jbg ,but when two years were fulfilled1 ,felix was succeeded by ,porcius ,festus1 and desiring to gain favor with the ,jews1 ,felix left ,paul in bonds4 #jbe3jja ,festus therefore1 having come into the province1 after three days went up to ,jerusalem from ,caesarea4 #jbe3jjb ,then the high priest and the principal men of the ,jews informed him against ,paul1 and they begged him1 #jbe3jjc asking a favor against him1 that he would summon him to ,jerusalem2 plotting to kill him on the way4 #jbe3jjd ,however ,festus answered that ,paul should be kept in custody at ,caesarea1 and that he himself was about to depart shortly4 #jbe3jje ,let them therefore1 said he1 that are in power among you go down with me1 and if there is anything wrong in the man1 let them accuse him4 #jbe3jjf ,when he had stayed among them more than ten days1 he went down to ,caesarea1 and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat1 and commanded ,paul to be brought4 #jbe3jjg ,when he had come1 the ,jews who had come down from ,jerusalem stood around him1 bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove1 #jbe3jjh while he said in his defense1 ,neither against the law of the ,jews1 nor against the temple1 nor against ,caesar1 have ,i sinned at all4 #jbe3jji ,but ,festus1 desiring to gain favor with the ,jews1 answered ,paul and said1 ,are you willing to go up to ,jerusalem1 and be judged by me there concerning these things8 #jbe3jaj ,but ,paul said1 ,i am standing before ,caesar's judgment seat1 where ,i ought to be tried4 ,i have done no wrong to the ,jews1 as you also know very well4 #jbe3jaa ,for if ,i have done wrong1 and have committed anything worthy of death1 ,i don't refuse to die2 but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of1 no one can give me up to them4 ,i appeal to ,caesar6 #jbe3jab ,then ,festus1 when he had conferred with the council1 answered1 ,you have appealed to ,caesar4 ,to ,caesar you shall go4 #jbe3jac ,now when some days had passed1 ,agrippa the ,king and ,bernice arrived at ,caesarea1 and greeted ,festus4 #jbe3jad ,as he stayed there many days1 ,festus laid ,paul's case before the king1 saying1 ,there is a certain man left a prisoner by ,felix2 #jbe3jae about whom1 when ,i was at ,jerusalem1 the chief priests and the elders of the ,jews informed me1 asking for a sentence against him4 #jbe3jaf ,to whom ,i answered that it is not the custom of the ,romans to give up any man to destruction1 before the accused has met the accusers face to face1 and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him4 #jbe3jag ,when therefore they had come together here1 ,i didn't delay1 but on the next day sat on the judgment seat1 and commanded the man to be brought4 #jbe3jah ,concerning whom1 when the accusers stood up1 they brought no charge of such things as ,i supposed2 #jbe3jai but had certain questions against him about their own religion1 and about one ,jesus1 who was dead1 whom ,paul affirmed to be alive4 #jbe3jbj ,being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things1 ,i asked whether he was willing to go to ,jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters4 #jbe3jba ,but when ,paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor1 ,i commanded him to be kept until ,i could send him to ,caesar4 #jbe3jbb ,agrippa said to ,festus1 ,i also would like to hear the man myself4 ,tomorrow1 he said1 you shall hear him4 #jbe3jbc ,so on the next day1 when ,agrippa and ,bernice had come with great pomp1 and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city1 at the command of ,festus1 ,paul was brought in4 #jbe3jbd ,festus said1 ,king ,agrippa1 and all men who are here present with us1 you see this man1 about whom all the multitude of the ,jews petitioned me1 both at ,jerusalem and here1 crying that he ought not to live any longer4 #jbe3jbe ,but when ,i found that he had committed nothing worthy of death1 and as he himself appealed to the emperor ,i determined to send him4 #jbe3jbf ,of whom ,i have no certain thing to write to my lord4 ,therefore ,i have brought him forth before you1 and especially before you1 ,king ,agrippa1 that1 after examination1 ,i may have something to write4 #jbe3jbg ,for it seems to me unreasonable1 in sending a prisoner1 not to also specify the charges against him4 #jbf3jja ,agrippa said to ,paul1 ,you may speak for yourself4 ,then ,paul stretched out his hand1 and made his defense4 #jbf3jjb ,i think myself happy1 ,king ,agrippa1 that ,i am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that ,i am accused by the ,jews1 #jbf3jjc especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the ,jews4 ,therefore ,i beg you to hear me patiently4 #jbf3jjd ,indeed1 all the ,jews know my way of life from my youth up1 which was from the beginning among my own nation and at ,jerusalem2 #jbf3jje having known me from the first1 if they are willing to testify1 that after the strictest sect of our religion ,i lived a ,pharisee4 #jbf3jjf ,now ,i stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by ,god to our fathers1 #jbf3jjg which our twelve tribes1 earnestly serving night and day1 hope to attain4 ,concerning this hope ,i am accused by the ,jews1 ,king ,agrippa6 #jbf3jjh ,why is it judged incredible with you1 if ,god does raise the dead8 #jbf3jji ,i myself most certainly thought that ,i ought to do many things contrary to the name of ,jesus of ,nazareth4 #jbf3jaj ,this ,i also did in ,jerusalem4 ,i both shut up many of the saints in prisons1 having received authority from the chief priests1 and when they were put to death ,i gave my vote against them4 #jbf3jaa ,punishing them often in all the synagogues1 ,i tried to make them blaspheme4 ,being exceedingly enraged against them1 ,i persecuted them even to foreign cities4 #jbf3jab ,whereupon as ,i traveled to ,damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests1 #jbf3jac at noon1 ,o ,king1 ,i saw on the way a light from the sky1 brighter than the sun1 shining around me and those who traveled with me4 #jbf3jad ,when we had all fallen to the earth1 ,i heard a voice saying to me in the ,hebrew language1 ',saul1 ,saul1 why are you persecuting me8 ,it is hard for you to kick against the goads4' #jbf3jae ,i said1 ',who are you1 ,lord8' ,he said1 ',i am ,jesus1 whom you are persecuting4 #jbf3jaf ,but arise1 and stand on your feet1 for ,i have appeared to you for this purpose3 to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen1 and of the things which ,i will reveal to you2 #jbf3jag delivering you from the people1 and from the ,gentiles1 to whom ,i send you1 #jbf3jah to open their eyes1 that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of ,satan to ,god1 that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me4' #jbf3jai ,therefore1 ,king ,agrippa1 ,i was not disobedient to the heavenly vision1 #jbf3jbj but declared first to them of ,damascus1 at ,jerusalem1 and throughout all the country of ,judea1 and also to the ,gentiles1 that they should repent and turn to ,god1 doing works worthy of repentance4 #jbf3jba ,for this reason the ,jews seized me in the temple1 and tried to kill me4 #jbf3jbb ,having therefore obtained the help that is from ,god1 ,i stand to this day testifying both to small and great1 saying nothing but what the prophets and ,moses said would happen1 #jbf3jbc how the ,christ must suffer1 and how1 by the resurrection of the dead1 he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the ,gentiles4 #jbf3jbd ,as he thus made his defense1 ,festus said with a loud voice1 ,paul1 you are crazy6 ,your great learning is driving you insane6 #jbf3jbe ,but he said1 ,i am not crazy1 most excellent ,festus1 but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness4 #jbf3jbf ,for the king knows of these things1 to whom also ,i speak freely4 ,for ,i am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him1 for this has not been done in a corner4 #jbf3jbg ,king ,agrippa1 do you believe the prophets8 ,i know that you believe4 #jbf3jbh ,agrippa said to ,paul1 ,with a little persuasion are you trying to make me a ,christian8 #jbf3jbi ,paul said1 ,i pray to ,god1 that whether with little or with much1 not only you1 but also all that hear me this day1 might become such as ,i am1 except for these bonds4 #jbf3jcj ,the king rose up with the governor1 and ,bernice1 and those who sat with them4 #jbf3jca ,when they had withdrawn1 they spoke one to another1 saying1 ,this man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds4 #jbf3jcb ,agrippa said to ,festus1 ,this man might have been set free if he had not appealed to ,caesar4 #jbg3jja ,when it was determined that we should sail for ,italy1 they delivered ,paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named ,julius1 of the ,augustan band4 #jbg3jjb ,embarking in a ship of ,adramyttium1 which was about to sail to places on the coast of ,asia1 we put to sea2 ,aristarchus1 a ,macedonian of ,thessalonica1 being with us4 #jbg3jjc ,the next day1 we touched at ,sidon4 ,julius treated ,paul kindly1 and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself4 #jbg3jjd ,putting to sea from there1 we sailed under the lee of ,cyprus1 because the winds were contrary4 #jbg3jje ,when we had sailed across the sea which is off ,cilicia and ,pamphylia1 we came to ,myra1 a city of ,lycia4 #jbg3jjf ,there the centurion found a ship of ,alexandria sailing for ,italy1 and he put us on board4 #jbg3jjg ,when we had sailed slowly many days1 and had come with difficulty opposite ,cnidus1 the wind not allowing us further1 we sailed under the lee of ,crete1 opposite ,salmone4 #jbg3jjh ,with difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called ,fair ,havens1 near the city of ,lasea4 #jbg3jji ,when much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous1 because the ,fast had now already gone by1 ,paul admonished them1 #jbg3jaj and said to them1 ,sirs1 ,i perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss1 not only of the cargo and the ship1 but also of our lives4 #jbg3jaa ,but the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by ,paul4 #jbg3jab ,because the haven was not suitable to winter in1 the majority advised going to sea from there1 if by any means they could reach ,phoenix1 and winter there1 which is a port of ,crete1 looking northeast and southeast4 #jbg3jac ,when the south wind blew softly1 supposing that they had obtained their purpose1 they weighed anchor and sailed along ,crete1 close to shore4 #jbg3jad ,but before long1 a stormy wind beat down from shore1 which is called ,euroclydon4,or1 a northeaster4 #jbg3jae ,when the ship was caught1 and couldn't face the wind1 we gave way to it1 and were driven along4 #jbg3jaf ,running under the lee of a small island called ,clauda1 we were able1 with difficulty1 to secure the boat4 #jbg3jag ,after they had hoisted it up1 they used cables to help reinforce the ship4 ,fearing that they would run aground on the ,syrtis sand bars1 they lowered the sea anchor1 and so were driven along4 #jbg3jah ,as we labored exceedingly with the storm1 the next day they began to throw things overboard4 #jbg3jai ,on the third day1 they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands4 #jbg3jbj ,when neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days1 and no small storm pressed on us1 all hope that we would be saved was now taken away4 #jbg3jba ,when they had been long without food1 ,paul stood up in the middle of them1 and said1 ,sirs1 you should have listened to me1 and not have set sail from ,crete1 and have gotten this injury and loss4 #jbg3jbb ,now ,i exhort you to cheer up1 for there will be no loss of life among you1 but only of the ship4 #jbg3jbc ,for there stood by me this night an angel1 belonging to the ,god whose ,i am and whom ,i serve1 #jbg3jbd saying1 ',don't be afraid1 ,paul4 ,you must stand before ,caesar4 ,behold1 ,god has granted you all those who sail with you4' #jbg3jbe ,therefore1 sirs1 cheer up6 ,for ,i believe ,god1 that it will be just as it has been spoken to me4 #jbg3jbf ,but we must run aground on a certain island4 #jbg3jbg ,but when the fourteenth night had come1 as we were driven back and forth in the ,adriatic ,sea1 about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land4 #jbg3jbh ,they took soundings1 and found twenty fathoms4#bj fathoms #abj feet #cf4f meters ,after a little while1 they took soundings again1 and found fifteen fathoms4#ae fathoms #ij feet #bg4d meters #jbg3jbi ,fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground1 they let go four anchors from the stern1 and wished for daylight4 #jbg3jcj ,as the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship1 and had lowered the boat into the sea1 pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow1 #jbg3jca ,paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers1 ,unless these stay in the ship1 you can't be saved4 #jbg3jcb ,then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat1 and let it fall off4 #jbg3jcc ,while the day was coming on1 ,paul begged them all to take some food1 saying1 ,this day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting1 having taken nothing4 #jbg3jcd ,therefore ,i beg you to take some food1 for this is for your safety2 for not a hair will perish from any of your heads4 #jbg3jce ,when he had said this1 and had taken bread1 he gave thanks to ,god in the presence of all1 and he broke it1 and began to eat4 #jbg3jcf ,then they all cheered up1 and they also took food4 #jbg3jcg ,in all1 we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship4 #jbg3jch ,when they had eaten enough1 they lightened the ship1 throwing out the wheat into the sea4 #jbg3jci ,when it was day1 they didn't recognize the land1 but they noticed a certain bay with a beach1 and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it4 #jbg3jdj ,casting off the anchors1 they left them in the sea1 at the same time untying the rudder ropes4 ,hoisting up the foresail to the wind1 they made for the beach4 #jbg3jda ,but coming to a place where two seas met1 they ran the vessel aground4 ,the bow struck and remained immovable1 but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves4 #jbg3jdb ,the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners1 so that none of them would swim out and escape4 #jbg3jdc ,but the centurion1 desiring to save ,paul1 stopped them from their purpose1 and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land2 #jbg3jdd and the rest should follow1 some on planks1 and some on other things from the ship4 ,so it happened that they all escaped safely to the land4 #jbh3jja ,when we had escaped1 then they,,nu reads we learned that the island was called ,malta4 #jbh3jjb ,the natives showed us uncommon kindness2 for they kindled a fire1 and received us all1 because of the present rain1 and because of the cold4 #jbh3jjc ,but when ,paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire1 a viper came out because of the heat1 and fastened on his hand4 #jbh3jjd ,when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand1 they said one to another1 ,no doubt this man is a murderer1 whom1 though he has escaped from the sea1 yet ,justice has not allowed to live4 #jbh3jje ,however he shook off the creature into the fire1 and wasn't harmed4 #jbh3jjf ,but they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly1 but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him1 they changed their minds1 and said that he was a god4 #jbh3jjg ,now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island1 named ,publius1 who received us1 and courteously entertained us for three days4 #jbh3jjh ,it happened that the father of ,publius lay sick of fever and dysentery4 ,paul entered in to him1 prayed1 and laying his hands on him1 healed him4 #jbh3jji ,then when this was done1 the rest also who had diseases in the island came1 and were cured4 #jbh3jaj ,they also honored us with many honors1 and when we sailed1 they put on board the things that we needed4 #jbh3jaa ,after three months1 we set sail in a ship of ,alexandria which had wintered in the island1 whose sign was ,the ,twin ,brothers4 #jbh3jab ,touching at ,syracuse1 we stayed there three days4 #jbh3jac ,from there we circled around and arrived at ,rhegium4 ,after one day1 a south wind sprang up1 and on the second day we came to ,puteoli1 #jbh3jad where we found brothers1,the word for brothers here and where context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 and were entreated to stay with them for seven days4 ,so we came to ,rome4 #jbh3jae ,from there the brothers1 when they heard of us1 came to meet us as far as ,the ,market of ,appius and ,the ,three ,taverns4 ,when ,paul saw them1 he thanked ,god1 and took courage4 #jbh3jaf ,when we entered into ,rome1 the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard1 but ,paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him4 #jbh3jag ,it happened that after three days ,paul called together those who were the leaders of the ,jews4 ,when they had come together1 he said to them1 ,i1 brothers1 though ,i had done nothing against the people1 or the customs of our fathers1 still was delivered prisoner from ,jerusalem into the hands of the ,romans1 #jbh3jah who1 when they had examined me1 desired to set me free1 because there was no cause of death in me4 #jbh3jai ,but when the ,jews spoke against it1 ,i was constrained to appeal to ,caesar1 not that ,i had anything about which to accuse my nation4 #jbh3jbj ,for this cause therefore ,i asked to see you and to speak with you4 ,for because of the hope of ,israel ,i am bound with this chain4 #jbh3jba ,they said to him1 ,we neither received letters from ,judea concerning you1 nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you4 #jbh3jbb ,but we desire to hear from you what you think4 ,for1 as concerning this sect1 it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against4 #jbh3jbc ,when they had appointed him a day1 many people came to him at his lodging4 ,he explained to them1 testifying about the ,kingdom of ,god1 and persuading them concerning ,jesus1 both from the law of ,moses and from the prophets1 from morning until evening4 #jbh3jbd ,some believed the things which were spoken1 and some disbelieved4 #jbh3jbe ,when they didn't agree among themselves1 they departed after ,paul had spoken one word1 ,the ,holy ,spirit spoke rightly through ,isaiah1 the prophet1 to our fathers1 #jbh3jbf saying1 ',go to this people1 and say1 in hearing1 you will hear1 but will in no way understand4 ,in seeing1 you will see1 but will in no way perceive4 #jbh3jbg ,for this people's heart has grown callous4 ,their ears are dull of hearing4 ,their eyes they have closed4 ,lest they should see with their eyes1 hear with their ears1 understand with their heart1 and would turn again1 and ,i would heal them4',isaiah #f3i-aj #jbh3jbh ,be it known therefore to you1 that the salvation of ,god is sent to the nations4 ,they will also listen4 #jbh3jbi ,when he had said these words1 the ,jews departed1 having a great dispute among themselves4 #jbh3jcj ,paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house1 and received all who were coming to him1 #jbh3jca preaching the ,kingdom of ,god1 and teaching the things concerning the ,lord ,jesus ,christ with all boldness1 without hindrance4