,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,acts ,,of ,,the ,,apostles ,this ,book1 which1 from the first ages1 hath been called1 ,,the ,,acts ,,of ,,the ,,apostles1 is not to be considered as a history of what was done by all the ,apostles1 who were dispersed into different nations2 but only a short view of the first establishment of the ,christian ,church4 ,a part of the preaching and action of ,st4 ,peter are related in the first twelve chapters2 and a particular account of ,st4 ,paul's apostolical labours in the subsequent chapters4 ,it was written by ,st4 ,luke the ,evangelist1 and the original in ,greek4 ,its history commences from the ,ascension of ,christ our ,lord and ends in the year sixty-three1 being a brief account of the ,church for the space of about thirty years4 ,acts ,chapter #a ,the ascension of ,christ4 ,matthias is chosen in place of ,judas4 #a3a4 ,the former treatise ,i made1 ,o ,theophilus1 of all things which ,jesus began to do and to teach1 #a3b4 ,until the day on which1 giving commandments by the ,holy ,ghost to the apostles whom he had chosen1 he was taken up4 #a3c4 ,to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion1 by many proofs1 for forty days appearing to them1 and speaking of the kingdom of ,god4 #a3d4 ,and eating together with them1 he commanded them1 that they should not depart from ,jerusalem1 but should wait for the promise of the ,father1 which you have heard 7saith he7 by my mouth4 #a3e4 ,for ,john indeed baptized with water3 but you shall be baptized with the ,holy ,ghost1 not many days hence4 #a3f4 ,they therefore who were come together1 asked him1 saying3 ,lord1 wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of ,israel8 #a3g4 ,but he said to them3 ,it is not for you to know the time or moments1 which the ,father hath put in his own power3 #a3h4 ,but you shall receive the power of the ,holy ,ghost coming upon you1 and you shall be witnesses unto me in ,jerusalem1 and in all ,judea1 and ,samaria1 and even to the uttermost part of the earth4 #a3i4 ,and when he had said these things1 while they looked on1 he was raised up3 and a cloud received him out of their sight4 #a3aj4 ,and while they were beholding him going up to heaven1 behold two men stood by them in white garments4 #a3aa4 ,who also said3 ,ye men of ,galilee1 why stand you looking up to heaven8 ,this ,jesus who is taken up from you into heaven1 shall so come as you have seen him going into heaven4 #a3ab4 ,then they returned to ,jerusalem from the mount that is called ,olivet1 which is nigh ,jerusalem1 within a sabbath day's journey4 #a3ac4 ,and when they were come in1 they went up into an upper room1 where abode ,peter and ,john1 ,james and ,andrew1 ,philip and ,thomas1 ,bartholomew and ,matthew1 ,james of ,alpheus and ,simon ,zelotes and ,jude the brother of ,james4 #a3ad4 ,all these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women1 and ,mary the mother of ,jesus1 and with his brethren4 #a3ae4 ,in those days ,peter rising up in the midst of the brethren1 said 7now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty73 #a3af4 ,men1 brethren1 the scripture must needs be fulfilled1 which the ,holy ,ghost spoke before by the mouth of ,david concerning ,judas1 who was the leader of them that apprehended ,jesus3 #a3ag4 ,who was numbered with us1 and had obtained part of this ministry4 #a3ah4 ,and he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity1 and being hanged1 burst asunder in the midst3 and all his bowels gushed out4 #a3ai4 ,and it became known to all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 so that the same field was called in their tongue1 ,haceldama1 that is to say1 ,the field of blood4 #a3bj4 ,for it is written in the book of ,psalms3 ,let their habitation become desolate1 and let there be none to dwell therein4 ,and his bishopric let another take4 #a3ba4 ,wherefore of these men who have companied with us1 all the time that the ,lord ,jesus came in and went out among us1 #a3bb4 ,beginning from the baptism of ,john1 until the day wherein he was taken up from us1 one of these must be made a witness with us of his resurrection4 #a3bc4 ,and they appointed two1 ,joseph1 called ,barsabas1 who was surnamed ,justus1 and ,matthias4 #a3bd4 ,and praying1 they said3 ,thou1 ,lord1 who knowest the heart of all men1 shew whether of these two thou hast chosen1 #a3be4 ,to take the place of this ministry and apostleship1 from which ,judas hath by transgression fallen1 that he might go to his own place4 #a3bf4 ,and they gave them lot1 and the lot fell upon ,matthias1 and he was numbered with the eleven apostles4 ,acts ,chapter #b ,the disciples receive the ,holy ,ghost4 ,peter's sermon to the people4 ,the piety of the first converts4 #b3a4 ,and when the days of the ,pentecost were accomplished1 they were all together in one place3 #b3b4 ,and suddenly there came a sound from heaven1 as of a mighty wind coming3 and it filled the whole house where they were sitting4 #b3c4 ,and there appeared to them parted tongues1 as it were of fire3 and it sat upon every one of them4 #b3d4 ,and they were all filled with the ,holy ,ghost3 and they began to speak with divers tongues1 according as the ,holy ,ghost gave them to speak4 #b3e4 ,now there were dwelling at ,jerusalem1 ,jews1 devout men1 out of every nation under heaven4 #b3f4 ,and when this was noised abroad1 the multitude came together1 and were confounded in mind1 because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue4 #b3g4 ,and they were all amazed1 and wondered1 saying3 ,behold1 are not all these that speak ,galilean8 #b3h4 ,and how have we heard1 every man our own tongue wherein we were born8 #b3i4 ,parthians and ,medes and ,elamites and inhabitants of ,mesopotamia1 ,judea1 and ,cappadocia1 ,pontus and ,asia1 #b3aj4 ,phrygia and ,pamphylia1 ,egypt and the parts of ,libya about ,cyrene1 and strangers of ,rome1 #b3aa4 ,jews also1 and proselytes1 ,cretes1 and ,arabians3 we have heard them speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of ,god4 #b3ab4 ,and they were all astonished1 and wondered1 saying one to another3 ,what meaneth this8 #b3ac4 ,but others mocking1 said3 ,these men are full of new wine4 #b3ad4 ,but ,peter standing up with the eleven1 lifted up his voice1 and spoke to them3 ,ye men of ,judea1 and all you that dwell in ,jerusalem1 be this known to you and with your ears receive my words4 #b3ae4 ,for these are not drunk1 as you suppose1 seeing it is but the third hour of the day3 #b3af4 ,but this is that which was spoken of by the prophet ,joel3 #b3ag4 ,and it shall come to pass1 in the last days1 7saith the ,lord71 ,i will pour out of my ,spirit upon all flesh3 and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy3 and your young men shall see visions1 and your old men shall dream dreams4 #b3ah4 ,and upon my servants indeed and upon my handmaids will ,i pour out in those days of my spirit3 and they shall prophesy4 #b3ai4 ,and ,i will shew wonders in the heaven above1 and signs on the earth beneath3 blood and fire1 and vapour of smoke4 #b3bj4 ,the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood1 before the great and manifest day of the ,lord to come4 #b3ba4 ,and it shalt come to pass1 that whosoever shall call upon the name of the ,lord shall be saved4 #b3bb4 ,ye men of ,israel1 hear these words3 ,jesus of ,nazareth1 a man approved of ,god among you by miracles and wonders and signs1 which ,god did by him1 in the midst of you1 as you also know3 #b3bc4 ,this same being delivered up1 by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of ,god1 you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain4 ,by the determinate1 etc444 ,god delivered up his ,son2 and his ,son delivered up himself1 for the love of us1 and for the sake of our salvation2 and so ,christ's being delivered up was holy1 and was ,god's own determination4 ,but they who betrayed and crucified him1 did wickedly1 following therein their own malice and the instigation of the devil2 not the will and determination of ,god1 who was by no means the author of their wickedness2 though he permitted it2 because he could1 and did draw out of it so great a good1 viz41 the salvation of man4 #b3bd4 ,whom ,god hath raised up1 having loosed the sorrows of hell1 as it was impossible that he should be holden by it4 ,having loosed the sorrow1 etc444 ,having overcome the grievous pains of death and all the power of hell4 #b3be4 ,for ,david saith concerning him3 ,i foresaw the ,lord before my face3 because he is at my right hand1 that ,i may not be moved4 #b3bf4 ,for this my heart hath been glad1 and my tongue hath rejoiced3 moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope4 #b3bg4 ,because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell3 nor suffer thy ,holy ,one to see corruption4 #b3bh4 ,thou hast made known to me the ways of life3 thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance4 #b3bi4 ,ye men1 brethren1 let me freely speak to you of the patriarch ,david3 that he died and was buried2 and his sepulchre is with us to this present say4 #b3cj4 ,whereas therefore he was a prophet and knew that ,god hath sworn to him with an oath1 that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne4 #b3ca4 ,foreseeing this1 he spoke of the resurrection of ,christ4 ,for neither was he left in hell3 neither did his flesh see corruption4 #b3cb4 ,this ,jesus hath ,god raised again1 whereof all we are witnesses4 #b3cc4 ,being exalted therefore by the right hand of ,god and having received of the ,father the promise of the ,holy ,ghost1 he hath poured forth this which you see and hear4 #b3cd4 ,for ,david ascended not into heaven2 but he himself said3 ,the ,lord said to my ,lord3 ,sit thou on my right hand1 #b3ce4 ,until ,i make thy enemies thy footstool4 #b3cf4 ,therefore let all the house of ,israel know most certainly that ,god hath made both ,lord and ,christ1 this same ,jesus1 whom you have crucified4 #b3cg4 ,now when they had heard these things1 they had compunction in their heart and said to ,peter and to the rest of the apostles3 ,what shall we do1 men and brethren8 #b3ch4 ,but ,peter said to them3 ,do penance3 and be baptized every one of you in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 for the remission of your sins4 ,and you shall receive the gift of the ,holy ,ghost4 #b3ci4 ,for the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off1 whomsoever the ,lord our ,god shall call4 #b3dj4 ,and with very many other words did he testify and exhort them1 saying3 ,save yourselves from this perverse generation4 #b3da4 ,they therefore that received his word were baptized3 and there were added in that day about three thousand souls4 #b3db4 ,and they were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles and in the communication of the breaking of bread and in prayers4 #b3dc4 ,and fear came upon every soul4 ,many wonders also and signs were done by the apostles in ,jerusalem3 and there was great fervor in all4 #b3dd4 ,and all they that believed were together and had all things common4 #b3de4 ,their possessions and goods they sold and divided them to all1 according as every one had need4 #b3df4 ,and continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house1 they took their meat with gladness and simplicity of heart3 #b3dg4 ,praising ,god and having favour with all the people4 ,and the ,lord increased daily together such as should be saved4 ,acts ,chapter #c ,the miracle upon the lame man1 followed by the conversion of many4 #c3a4 ,now ,peter and ,john went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer4 #c3b4 ,and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried3 whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple1 which is called ,beautiful1 that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple4 #c3c4 ,he1 when he had seen ,peter and ,john1 about to go into the temple1 asked to receive an alms4 #c3d4 ,but ,peter with ,john1 fastening his eyes upon him1 said3 ,look upon us4 #c3e4 ,but he looked earnestly upon them1 hoping that he should receive something of them4 #c3f4 ,but ,peter said3 ,silver and gold ,i have none2 but what ,i have1 ,i give thee4 ,in the name of ,jesus ,christ of ,nazareth1 arise and walk4 #c3g4 ,and taking him by the right hand1 he lifted him up3 and forthwith his feet and soles received strength4 #c3h4 ,and he leaping up1 stood and walked and went in with them into the temple1 walking and leaping and praising ,god4 #c3i4 ,and all the people saw him walking and praising ,god4 #c3aj4 ,and they knew him1 that it was he who sat begging alms at the ,beautiful gate of the temple3 and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him4 #c3aa4 ,and as he held ,peter and ,john1 all the people ran to them1 to the porch which is called ,solomon's1 greatly wondering4 #c3ab4 ,but ,peter seeing1 made answer to the people3 ,ye men of ,israel1 why wonder you at this8 ,or why look you upon us1 as if by our strength or power we had made this man to walk8 #c3ac4 ,the ,god of ,abraham and the ,god of ,isaac and the ,god of ,jacob1 the ,god of our fathers1 hath glorified his ,son ,jesus1 whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of ,pilate1 when he judged he should be released4 #c3ad4 ,but you denied the ,holy ,one and the ,just3 and desired a murderer to be granted unto you4 #c3ae4 ,but the author of life you killed1 whom ,god hath raised from the dead3 of which we are witnesses4 #c3af4 ,and in the faith of his name1 this man1 whom you have seen and known1 hath his name strengthened4 ,and the faith which is by him hath given this perfect soundness in the sight of you all4 #c3ag4 ,and now1 brethren1 ,i know that you did it through ignorance3 as did also your rulers4 #c3ah4 ,but those things which ,god before had shewed by the mouth of all the prophets1 that his ,christ should suffer1 he hath so fulfilled4 #c3ai4 ,be penitent1 therefore1 and be converted1 that your sins may be blotted out4 #c3bj4 ,that when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the ,lord1 and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you1 ,jesus ,christ4 #c3ba4 ,whom heaven indeed must receive1 until the times of the restitution of all things1 which ,god hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets1 from the beginning of the world4 #c3bb4 ,for ,moses said3 ,a prophet shall the ,lord your ,god raise up unto you of your brethren1 like unto me3 him you shall hear according to all things whatsoever he shall speak to you4 #c3bc4 ,and it shall be1 that every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people4 #c3bd4 ,and all the prophets1 from ,samuel and afterwards1 who have spoken1 have told of these days4 #c3be4 ,you are the children of the prophets and of the testament which ,god made to our fathers1 saying to ,abraham3 ,and in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed4 #c3bf4 ,to you first1 ,god1 raising up his ,son1 hath sent him to bless you3 that every one may convert himself from his wickedness4 ,acts ,chapter #d ,peter and ,john are apprehended4 ,their constancy4 ,the church is increased4 #d3a4 ,and as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the ,sadducees came upon them1 #d3b4 ,being grieved that they taught the people and preached in ,jesus the resurrection from the dead3 #d3c4 ,and they laid hands upon them and put them in hold till the next day3 for it was now evening4 #d3d4 ,but many of them who had heard the word believed3 and the number of the men was made five thousand4 #d3e4 ,and it came to pass on the morrow1 that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in ,jerusalem4 #d3f4 ,and ,annas the high priest and ,caiphas and ,john and ,alexander3 and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest4 #d3g4 ,and setting them in the midst1 they asked3 ,by what power or by what name1 have you done this8 #d3h4 ,then ,peter1 filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 said to them3 ,ye princes of the people and ancients1 hear4 #d3i4 ,if we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man1 by what means he hath been made whole3 #d3aj4 ,be it known to you all and to all the people of ,israel1 that by the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ of ,nazareth1 whom you crucified1 whom ,god hath raised from the dead1 even by him1 this man standeth here before you1 whole4 #d3aa4 ,this is the stone which was rejected by you the builders1 which is become the head of the corner4 #d3ab4 ,neither is there salvation in any other4 ,for there is no other name under heaven given to men1 whereby we must be saved4 #d3ac4 ,now seeing the constancy of ,peter and of ,john1 understanding that they were illiterate and ignorant men1 they wondered3 and they knew them that they had been with ,jesus4 #d3ad4 ,seeing the man also who had been healed1 standing with them1 they could say nothing against it4 #d3ae4 ,but they commanded them to go aside out of the council3 and they conferred among themselves1 #d3af4 ,saying3 ,what shall we do to these men8 ,for indeed a miracle hath been done by them1 known to all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem4 ,it is manifest3 and we cannot deny it4 #d3ag4 ,but that it may be no farther spread among the people1 let us threaten them that they speak no more in this name to any man4 #d3ah4 ,and calling them1 they charged them not to speak at all1 nor teach in the name of ,jesus4 #d3ai4 ,but ,peter and ,john answering1 said to them3 ,if it be just1 in the sight of ,god1 to hear you rather than ,god1 judge ye4 #d3bj4 ,for we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard4 #d3ba4 ,but they1 threatening1 sent them away1 not finding how they might punish them1 because of the people3 for all men glorified what had been done1 in that which had come to pass4 #d3bb4 ,for the man was above forty years old1 in whom that miraculous cure had been wrought4 #d3bc4 ,and being let go1 they came to their own company and related all that the chief priests and ancients had said to them4 #d3bd4 ,who having heard it1 with one accord lifted up their voice to ,god and said3 ,lord1 thou art he that didst make heaven and earth1 the sea and all things that are in them4 #d3be4 ,who1 by the ,holy ,ghost1 by the mouth of our father ,david1 thy servant1 hast said3 ,why did the ,gentiles rage3 and the people meditate vain things8 #d3bf4 ,the kings of the earth stood up3 and the princes assembled together against the ,lord and his ,christ4 #d3bg4 ,for of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child ,jesus1 whom thou hast anointed1 ,herod1 and ,pontius ,pilate1 with the ,gentiles and the people of ,israel1 #d3bh4 ,to do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done4 #d3bi4 ,and now1 ,lord1 behold their threatenings3 and grant unto thy servants that with all confidence they may speak thy word1 #d3cj4 ,by stretching forth thy hand to cures and signs and wonders1 to be done by the name of thy holy ,son1 ,jesus4 #d3ca4 ,and when they had prayed1 the place was moved wherein they were assembled3 and they were all filled with the ,holy ,ghost3 and they spoke the word of ,god with confidence4 #d3cb4 ,and the multitude of believers had but one heart and one soul4 ,neither did any one say that aught of the things which he possessed was his own3 but all things were common unto them4 #d3cc4 ,and with great power did the ,apostles give testimony of the resurrection of ,jesus ,christ our ,lord3 and great grace was in them all4 #d3cd4 ,for neither was there any one needy among them4 ,for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the price of the things they sold1 #d3ce4 ,and laid it down before the feet of the apostles4 ,and distribution was made to every one1 according as he had need4 #d3cf4 ,and ,joseph1 who1 by the apostles1 was surnamed ,barnabas 7which is1 by interpretation1 ,the son of consolation71 a ,levite1 a ,cyprian born1 #d3cg4 ,having land1 sold it and brought the price and laid it at the feet of the ,apostles4 ,acts ,chapter #e ,the judgment of ,god upon ,ananias and ,saphira4 ,the apostles are cast into prison4 #e3a4 ,but a certain man named ,ananias1 with ,saphira his wife1 sold a piece of land1 #e3b4 ,and by fraud kept back part of the price of the land1 his wife being privy thereunto3 and bringing a certain part of it1 laid it at the feet of the apostles4 #e3c4 ,but ,peter said3 ,ananias1 why hath ,satan tempted thy heart1 that thou shouldst lie to the ,holy ,ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land8 #e3d4 ,whilst it remained1 did it not remain to thee8 ,and after it was sold1 was it not in thy power8 ,why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart8 ,thou hast not lied to men1 but to ,god4 #e3e4 ,and ,ananias1 hearing these words1 fell down and gave up the ghost4 ,and there came great fear upon all that heard it4 #e3f4 ,and the young men rising up1 removed him1 and carrying him out1 buried him4 #e3g4 ,and it was about the space of three hours after1 when his wife1 not knowing what had happened1 came in4 #e3h4 ,and ,peter said to her3 ,tell me1 woman1 whether you sold the land for so much8 ,and she said3 ,yea1 for so much4 #e3i4 ,and ,peter said unto her3 ,why have you agreed together to tempt the spirit of the ,lord8 ,behold the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door3 and they shall carry thee out1 #e3aj4 ,immediately1 she fell down before his feet and gave up the ghost4 ,and the young men coming in found her dead3 and carried her out and buried her by her husband4 #e3aa4 ,and there came great fear upon the whole church and upon all that heard these things4 #e3ab4 ,and by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people4 ,and they were all with one accord in ,solomon's porch4 #e3ac4 ,but of the rest no man durst join himself unto them3 but the people magnified them4 #e3ad4 ,and the multitude of men and women who believed in the ,lord was more increased3 #e3ae4 ,insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches1 that1 when ,peter came1 his shadow at the least might overshadow any of them and they might be delivered from their infirmities4 #e3af4 ,and there came also together to ,jerusalem a multitude out of the neighbouring cities1 bringing sick persons and such as were troubled with unclean spirits3 who were all healed4 #e3ag4 ,then the high priest rising up1 and all they that were with him 7which is the heresy of the ,sadducees7 were filled with envy4 #e3ah4 ,and they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison4 #e3ai4 ,but an angel of the ,lord by night1 opening the doors of the prison and leading them out1 said3 #e3bj4 ,go1 and standing speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life4 #e3ba4 ,who having heard this1 early in the morning1 entered into the temple and taught4 ,and the high priest coming1 and they that were with him1 called together the council and all the ancients of the children of ,israel3 and they sent to the prison to have them brought4 #e3bb4 ,but when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there1 they returned and told1 #e3bc4 ,saying3 ,the prison indeed we found shut with all diligence1 and the keepers standing before the door3 but opening it1 we found no man within4 #e3bd4 ,now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words1 they were in doubt concerning them1 what would come to pass4 #e3be4 ,but one came and told them3 ,behold1 the men whom you put in prison are in the temple1 standing and teaching the people4 #e3bf4 ,then went the officer with the ministers and brought them without violence3 for they feared the people1 lest they should be stoned4 #e3bg4 ,and when they had brought them1 they set them before the council4 ,and the high priest asked them1 #e3bh4 ,saying3 ,commanding1 we commanded you that you should not teach in this name4 ,and behold1 you have filled ,jerusalem with your doctrine3 and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us4 #e3bi4 ,but ,peter and the apostles answering1 said3 ,we ought to obey ,god rather than men4 #e3cj4 ,the ,god of our fathers hath raised up ,jesus1 whom you put to death1 hanging him upon a tree4 #e3ca4 ,him hath ,god exalted with his right hand1 to be ,prince and ,saviour4 to give repentance to ,israel and remission of sins4 #e3cb4 ,and we are witnesses of these things3 and the ,holy ,ghost1 whom ,god hath given to all that obey him4 #e3cc4 ,when they had heard these things1 they were cut to the heart3 and they thought to put them to death4 #e3cd4 ,but one in the council rising up1 a ,pharisee1 named ,gamaliel1 a doctor of the law1 respected by all the people1 commanded the men to be put forth a little while4 #e3ce4 ,and he said to them3 ,ye men of ,israel1 take heed to yourselves what you intend to do1 as touching these men4 #e3cf4 ,for before these days rose up ,theodas1 affirming himself to be somebody1 to whom a number of men1 about four hundred1 joined themselves4 ,who was slain3 and all that believed him were scattered and brought to nothing4 #e3cg4 ,after this man1 rose up ,judas of ,galilee1 in the days of the enrolling1 and drew away the people after him4 ,he also perished3 and all1 even as many as consented to him1 were dispersed4 #e3ch4 ,and now1 therefore1 ,i say to you3 ,refrain from these men and let them alone4 ,for if this council or this work be of men1 it will come to nought3 #e3ci4 ,but if it be of ,god1 you cannot overthrow it1 lest perhaps you be found even to fight against ,god4 ,and they consented to him4 #e3dj4 ,and calling in the apostles1 after they had scourged them1 they charged them that they should not speak at all in the name of ,jesus4 ,and they dismissed them4 #e3da4 ,and they indeed went from the presence of the council1 rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of ,jesus4 #e3db4 ,and every day they ceased not1 in the temple and from house to house1 to teach and preach ,christ ,jesus4 ,acts ,chapter #f ,the ordination of the seven deacons4 ,the zeal of ,stephen4 #f3a4 ,and in those days1 the number of the disciples increasing1 there arose a murmuring of the ,greeks against the ,hebrews1 for that their widows were neglected in the daily ministration4 ,greeks444 ,so they called the ,jews that were born and brought up in ,greece4 #f3b4 ,then the twelve1 calling together the multitude of the disciples1 said3 ,it is not reason that we should leave the word of ,god and serve tables4 #f3c4 ,wherefore1 brethren1 look ye out among you seven men of good reputation1 full of the ,holy ,ghost and wisdom1 whom we may appoint over this business4 #f3d4 ,but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word4 #f3e4 ,and the saying was liked by all the multitude4 ,and they chose ,stephen1 a man full of faith and of the ,holy ,ghost1 and ,philip and ,prochorus and ,nicanor1 and ,timon and ,parmenas and ,nicolas1 a proselyte of ,antioch4 #f3f4 ,these they set before the apostles3 and they praying1 imposed hands upon them4 #f3g4 ,and the word of the ,lord increased3 and the number of the disciples was multiplied in ,jerusalem exceedingly4 ,a great multitude also of the priests obeyed the faith4 #f3h4 ,and ,stephen1 full of grace and fortitude1 did great wonders and signs among the people4 #f3i4 ,now there arose some1 of that which is called the synagogue of the ,libertines and of the ,cyrenians and of the ,alexandrians and of them that were of ,cilicia and ,asia1 disputing with ,stephen4 #f3aj4 ,and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke4 #f3aa4 ,then they suborned men to say they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against ,moses and against ,god4 #f3ab4 ,and they stirred up the people and the ancients and the scribes4 ,and running together1 they took him and brought him to the council4 #f3ac4 ,and they set up false witnesses1 who said3 ,this man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law4 #f3ad4 ,for we have heard him say that this ,jesus of ,nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the traditions which ,moses delivered unto us4 #f3ae4 ,and all that sat in the council1 looking on him1 saw his face as if it had been the face of an angel4 ,acts ,chapter #g ,stephen's speech before the council4 ,his martyrdom4 #g3a4 ,then the high priest said3 ,are these things so8 #g3b4 ,who said3 ,ye men1 brethren and fathers1 hear4 ,the ,god of glory appeared to our father ,abraham1 when he was in ,mesopotamia1 before he dwelt in ,charan4 #g3c4 ,and said to him3 ,go forth out of thy country and from thy kindred3 and come into the land which ,i shall shew thee4 #g3d4 ,then he went out of the land of the ,chaldeans and dwelt in ,charan4 ,and from thence1 after his father was dead1 he removed him into this land1 wherein you now dwell4 #g3e4 ,and he gave him no inheritance in it3 no1 not the pace of a foot4 ,but he promised to give it him in possession1 and to his seed after him1 when as yet he had no child4 #g3f4 ,and ,god said to him3 ,that his seed should sojourn in a strange country1 and that they should bring them under bondage and treat them evil four hundred years4 #g3g4 ,and the nation which they shall serve will ,i judge 7said the ,lord73 and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place4 #g3h4 ,and he gave him the covenant of circumcision4 ,and so he begot ,isaac and circumcised him the eighth day3 and ,isaac begot ,jacob3 and ,jacob1 the twelve patriarchs4 #g3i4 ,and the patriarchs1 through envy1 sold ,joseph into ,egypt4 ,and ,god was with him1 #g3aj4 ,and delivered him out of all his tribulations3 and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of ,pharao1 the king of ,egypt4 ,and he appointed him governor over ,egypt and over all his house4 #g3aa4 ,now there came a famine upon all ,egypt and ,chanaan1 and great tribulation3 and our fathers found no food4 #g3ab4 ,but when ,jacob had heard that there was corn in ,egypt1 he sent our fathers first4 #g3ac4 ,and at the second time1 ,joseph was known by his brethren3 and his kindred was made known to ,pharao4 #g3ad4 ,and ,joseph sending1 called thither ,jacob1 his father1 and all his kindred1 seventy-five souls4 #g3ae4 ,so ,jacob went down into ,egypt4 ,and he died1 and our fathers4 #g3af4 ,and they were translated into ,sichem and were laid in the sepulchre that ,abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of ,hemor1 the son of ,sichem4 #g3ag4 ,and when the time of the promise drew near1 which ,god had promised to ,abraham1 the people increased and were multiplied in ,egypt4 #g3ah4 ,till another king arose in ,egypt1 who knew not ,joseph4 #g3ai4 ,this same1 dealing craftily with our race1 afflicted our fathers1 that they should expose their children1 to the end they might not be kept alive4 #g3bj4 ,at the same time was ,moses born3 and he was acceptable to ,god4 ,who was nourished three months in his father's house4 #g3ba4 ,and when he was exposed1 ,pharao's daughter took him up and nourished him for her own son4 #g3bb4 ,and ,moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the ,egyptians3 and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds4 #g3bc4 ,and when he was full forty years old1 it came into his heart to visit his brethren1 the children of ,israel4 #g3bd4 ,and when he had seen one of them suffer wrong1 he defended him3 and striking the ,egyptian1 he avenged him who suffered the injury4 #g3be4 ,and he thought that his brethren understood that ,god by his hand would save them4 ,but they understood it not4 #g3bf4 ,and the day following1 he shewed himself to them when they were at strife and would have reconciled them in peace1 saying3 ,men1 ye are brethren4 ,why hurt you one another8 #g3bg4 ,but he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away1 saying3 ,who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us3 #g3bh4 ,what6 ,wilt thou kill me1 as thou didst yesterday kill the ,egyptian8 #g3bi4 ,and ,moses fled upon this word3 and was a stranger in the land of ,madian1 where he begot two sons4 #g3cj4 ,and when forty years were expired1 there appeared to him1 in the desert of mount ,sina1 an angel in a flame of fire in a bush4 #g3ca4 ,and ,moses seeing it wondered at the sight4 ,and as he drew near to view it1 the voice of the ,lord came unto him1 saying3 #g3cb4 ,i am the ,god of thy fathers3 the ,god of ,abraham1 the ,god of ,isaac and the ,god of ,jacob4 ,and ,moses being terrified durst not behold4 #g3cc4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,loose the shoes from thy feet3 for the place wherein thou standest is holy ground4 #g3cd4 ,seeing1 ,i have seen the affliction of my people which is in ,egypt3 and ,i have heard their groaning and am come down to deliver them4 ,and now come3 and ,i will send thee into ,egypt4 #g3ce4 ,this ,moses1 whom they refused1 saying3 ,who hath appointed thee prince and judge8 ,him ,god sent to be prince and redeemer1 by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush4 #g3cf4 ,he brought them out1 doing wonders and signs in the land of ,egypt and in the ,red ,sea and in the desert1 forty years4 #g3cg4 ,this is that ,moses who said to the children of ,israel3 ,a prophet shall ,god raise up to you of your own brethren1 as myself4 ,him shall you hear4 #g3ch4 ,this is he that was in the church in the wilderness1 with the angel who spoke to him on ,mount ,sina and with our fathers4 ,who received the words of life to give unto us4 #g3ci4 ,whom our fathers would not obey3 but thrust him away and in their hearts turned back into ,egypt1 #g3dj4 ,saying to ,aaron3 ,make us gods to go before us4 ,for as for this ,moses1 who brought us out of the land of ,egypt1 we know not what is become of him4 #g3da4 ,and they made a calf in those days and offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own hands4 #g3db4 ,and ,god turned and gave them up to serve the host of heaven1 as it is written in the books of the prophets3 ,did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years1 in the desert1 ,o house of ,israel8 #g3dc4 ,and you took unto you the tabernacle of ,moloch and the star of your god ,rempham1 figures which you made to adore them4 ,and ,i will carry you away beyond ,babylon4 #g3dd4 ,the tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert1 as ,god ordained for them1 speaking to ,moses1 that he should make it according to the form which he had seen4 #g3de4 ,which also our fathers receiving1 brought in with ,jesus1 into the possession of the ,gentiles3 whom ,god drove out before the face of our fathers1 unto the days of ,david1 ,jesus444 ,that is ,josue1 so called in ,greek4 #g3df4 ,who found grace before ,god and desired to find a tabernacle for the ,god of ,jacob4 #g3dg4 ,but ,solomon built him a house1 #g3dh4 ,yet the most ,high dwelleth not in houses made by hands1 as the prophet saith3 ,dwelleth not in houses1 etc444 ,that is1 so as to stand in need of earthly dwellings1 or to be contained1 or circumscribed by them4 ,though1 otherwise by his immense divinity1 he is in our houses2 and every where else2 and ,christ in his humanity dwelt in houses2 and is now on our altars4 #g3di4 ,heaven is my throne and the earth my footstool4 ,what house will you build me 7saith the ,lord78 ,or what is the place of my resting8 #g3ej4 ,hath not my hand made all these things8 #g3ea4 ,you stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears1 you always resist the ,holy ,ghost4 ,as your fathers did1 so do you also4 #g3eb4 ,which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted8 ,and they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the ,just ,one3 of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers4 #g3ec4 ,who have received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it4 #g3ed4 ,now hearing these things1 they were cut to the heart3 and they gnashed with their teeth at him4 #g3ee4 ,but he1 being full of the ,holy ,ghost1 looking up steadfastly to heaven1 saw the glory of ,god and ,jesus standing on the right hand of ,god4 ,and he said3 ,behold1 ,i see the heavens opened and the ,son of man standing on the right hand of ,god4 #g3ef4 ,and they1 crying out with a loud voice1 stopped their ears and with one accord ran violently upon him4 #g3eg4 ,and casting him forth without the city1 they stoned him4 ,and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man1 whose name was ,saul4 #g3eh4 ,and they stoned ,stephen1 invoking and saying3 ,lord ,jesus1 receive my spirit4 #g3ei4 ,and falling on his knees1 he cried with a loud voice1 saying3 ,lord1 lay not his sin to their charge3 ,and when he had said this1 he fell asleep in the ,lord4 ,and ,saul was consenting to his death4 ,acts ,chapter #h ,philip converts the ,samaritans and baptizes the eunuch4 #h3a4 ,and at that time1 there was raised a great persecution against the church which was at ,jerusalem4 ,and they were all dispersed through the countries of ,judea1 and ,samaria1 except the apostles4 #h3b4 ,and devout men took order for ,stephen's funeral and made great mourning over him4 #h3c4 ,but ,saul made havock of the church1 entering in from house to house3 and dragging away men and women1 committed them to prison4 #h3d4 ,they therefore that were dispersed went about preaching the word of ,god4 #h3e4 ,and ,philip1 going down to the city of ,samaria1 preached ,christ unto them4 #h3f4 ,and the people with one accord were attentive to those things which were said by ,philip1 hearing1 and seeing the miracles which he did4 #h3g4 ,for many of them who had unclean spirits1 crying with a loud voice1 went out4 #h3h4 ,and many1 taken with the palsy1 and that were lame1 were healed4 #h3i4 ,there was therefore great joy in that city4 ,now there was a certain man named ,simon who before had been a magician in that city1 seducing the people of ,samaria1 giving out that he was some great one3 #h3aj4 ,to whom they all gave ear1 from the least to the greatest1 saying3 ,this man is the power of ,god1 which is called great4 #h3aa4 ,and they were attentive to him1 because1 for a long time1 he had bewitched them with his magical practices4 #h3ab4 ,but when they had believed ,philip preaching of the kingdom of ,god1 in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 they were baptized1 both men and women4 #h3ac4 ,then ,simon himself believed also and1 being baptized1 he adhered to ,philip4 ,and being astonished1 wondered to see the signs and exceeding great miracles which were done4 #h3ad4 ,now1 when the apostles1 who were in ,jerusalem1 had heard that ,samaria had received the word of ,god1 they sent unto them ,peter and ,john4 #h3ae4 ,who1 when they were come1 prayed for them that they might receive the ,holy ,ghost4 #h3af4 ,for he was not as yet come upon any of them3 but they were only baptized in the name of the ,lord ,jesus4 #h3ag4 ,then they laid their hands upon them3 and they received the ,holy ,ghost4 ,they laid their hands upon them1 etc444 ,the apostles administered the sacrament of confirmation1 by imposition of hands1 and prayer2 and the faithful thereby received the ,holy ,ghost4 ,not but they had received the grace of the ,holy ,ghost at their baptism3 yet not that plenitude of grace and those spiritual gifts which they afterwards received from bishops in the sacrament of confirmation1 which strengthened them to profess their faith publicly4 #h3ah4 ,and when ,simon saw that1 by the imposition of the hands of the apostles1 the ,holy ,ghost was given1 he offered them money1 #h3ai4 ,saying3 ,give me also this power1 that on whomsoever ,i shall lay my hands1 he may receive the ,holy ,ghost4 ,but ,peter said to him3 #h3bj4 ,keep thy money to thyself1 to perish with thee3 because thou hast thought that the gift of ,god may be purchased with money4 #h3ba4 ,thou hast no part nor lot in this matter4 ,for thy heart is not right in the sight of ,god4 #h3bb4 ,do penance therefore for this thy wickedness3 and pray to ,god1 that perhaps this thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee4 #h3bc4 ,for ,i see thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity4 #h3bd4 ,then ,simon answering1 said3 ,pray you for me to the ,lord that none of these things which you have spoken may come upon me4 #h3be4 ,and they indeed1 having testified and preached the word of the ,lord1 returned to ,jerusalem3 and preached the gospel to many countries of the ,samaritans4 #h3bf4 ,now an angel of the ,lord spoke to ,philip1 saying3 ,arise1 go towards the south1 to the way that goeth down from ,jerusalem into ,gaza3 this is desert4 #h3bg4 ,and rising up1 he went4 ,and behold1 a man of ,ethiopia1 an eunuch1 of great authority under ,candace the queen of the ,ethiopians1 who had charge over all her treasures1 had come to ,jerusalem to adore4 #h3bh4 ,and he was returning1 sitting in his chariot and reading ,isaias the prophet4 #h3bi4 ,and the ,spirit said to ,philip3 ,go near and join thyself to this chariot4 #h3cj4 ,and ,philip running thither1 heard him reading the prophet ,isaias4 ,and he said3 ,thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest8 #h3ca4 ,who said3 ,and how can ,i1 unless some man shew me8 ,and he desired ,philip that he would come up and sit with him4 #h3cb4 ,and the place of the scripture which he was reading was this3 ,he was led as a sheep to the slaughter3 and like a lamb without voice before his shearer1 so openeth he not his mouth4 #h3cc4 ,in humility his judgment was taken away4 ,his generation who shall declare1 for his life shall be taken from the earth8 #h3cd4 ,and the eunuch answering ,philip1 said3 ,i beseech thee1 of whom doth the prophet speak this8 ,of himself1 or of some other man8 #h3ce4 ,then ,philip1 opening his mouth and beginning at this scripture1 preached unto him ,jesus4 #h3cf4 ,and as they went on their way1 they came to a certain water4 ,and the eunuch said3 ,see1 here is water3 ,what doth hinder me from being baptized8 #h3cg4 ,and ,philip said3 ,if thou believest with all thy heart1 thou mayest4 ,and he answering1 said3 ,i believe that ,jesus ,christ is the ,son of ,god4 ,if thou believest with all thy heart444 ,the scripture many times mentions only one disposition1 as here belief1 when others equally necessary are not expressed1 viz41 a sorrow for sins1 a firm hope1 and the love of ,god4 ,moreover1 believing with the whole heart signifies a belief of every thing necessary for salvation4 #h3ch4 ,and he commanded the chariot to stand still4 ,and they went down into the water1 both ,philip and the eunuch4 ,and he baptized him4 #h3ci4 ,and when they were come up out of the water1 the ,spirit of the ,lord took away ,philip3 and the eunuch saw him no more4 ,and he went on his way rejoicing4 #h3dj4 ,but ,philip was found in ,azotus3 and passing through1 he preached the gospel to all the cities1 till he came to ,caesarea4 ,acts ,chapter #i ,paul's conversion and zeal4 ,peter heals ,eneas and raises up ,tabitha to life4 #i3a4 ,and ,saul1 as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the ,lord1 went to the high priest #i3b4 ,and asked of him letters to ,damascus1 to the synagogues3 that if he found any men and women of this way1 he might bring them bound to ,jerusalem4 #i3c4 ,and as he went on his journey1 it came to pass that he drew nigh to ,damascus4 ,and suddenly a light from heaven shined round about him4 #i3d4 ,and falling on the ground1 he heard a voice saying to him3 ,saul1 ,saul1 why persecutest thou me8 #i3e4 ,who said3 ,who art thou1 ,lord8 ,and he3 ,i am ,jesus whom thou persecutest4 ,it is hard for thee to kick against the goad4 #i3f4 ,and he1 trembling and astonished1 said3 ,lord1 what wilt thou have me to do8 #i3g4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,arise and go into the city2 and there it shall be told thee what thou must do4 ,now the men who went in company with him stood amazed1 hearing indeed a voice but seeing no man4 #i3h4 ,and ,saul arose from the ground3 and when his eyes were opened1 he saw nothing4 ,but they1 leading him by the hands1 brought him to ,damascus4 #i3i4 ,and he was there three days without sight3 and he did neither eat nor drink4 #i3aj4 ,now there was a certain disciple at ,damascus1 named ,ananias4 ,and the ,lord said to him in a vision3 ,ananias1 ,and he said3 ,behold ,i am here1 ,lord4 #i3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,arise and go into the street that is called ,strait and seek in the house of ,judas1 one named ,saul of ,tarsus4 ,for behold he prayeth4 #i3ab4 7,and he saw a man named ,ananias coming in and putting his hands upon him1 that he might receive his sight47 #i3ac4 ,but ,ananias answered3 ,lord1 ,i have heard by many of this man1 how much evil he hath done to thy saints in ,jerusalem4 #i3ad4 ,and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name4 #i3ae4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,go thy way3 for this man is to me a vessel of election1 to carry my name before the ,gentiles and kings and the children of ,israel4 #i3af4 ,for ,i will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake4 #i3ag4 ,and ,ananias went his way and entered into the house4 ,and laying his hands upon him1 he said3 ,brother ,saul1 the ,lord ,jesus hath sent me1 he that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest1 that thou mayest receive thy sight and be filled with the ,holy ,ghost4 #i3ah4 ,and immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales3 and he received his sight4 ,and rising up1 he was baptized4 #i3ai4 ,and when he had taken meat1 he was strengthened4 ,and he was with the disciples that were at ,damascus1 for some days4 #i3bj4 ,and immediately he preached ,jesus in the synagogues1 that he is the son of ,god4 #i3ba4 ,and all that heard him were astonished and said3 ,is not this he who persecuted in ,jerusalem those that called upon this name and came hither for that intent1 that he might carry them bound to the chief priests8 #i3bb4 ,but ,saul increased much more in strength and confounded the ,jews who dwelt at ,damascus1 affirming that this is the ,christ4 #i3bc4 ,and when many days were passed1 the ,jews consulted together to kill him4 #i3bd4 ,but their lying in wait was made known to ,saul4 ,and they watched the gates also day and night1 that they might kill him4 #i3be4 ,but the disciples1 taking him in the night1 conveyed him away by the wall1 letting him down in a basket4 #i3bf4 ,and when he was come into ,jerusalem1 he essayed to join himself to the disciples3 and they all were afraid of him1 not believing that he was a disciple4 #i3bg4 ,but ,barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and told them how he had seen the ,lord1 and that he had spoken to him3 and how in ,damascus he had dealt confidently in the name of ,jesus4 #i3bh4 ,and he was with them1 coming in and going out in ,jerusalem and dealing confidently in the name of the ,lord4 #i3bi4 ,he spoke also to the ,gentiles and disputed with the ,greeks4 ,but they sought to kill him4 #i3cj4 ,which when the brethren had known1 they brought him down to ,caesarea and sent him away to ,tarsus4 #i3ca4 ,now1 the church had peace throughout all ,judea and ,galilee and ,samaria3 and was edified1 walking in the fear of the ,lord3 and was filled with the consolation of the ,holy ,ghost4 #i3cb4 ,and it came to pass that ,peter1 as he passed through1 visiting all1 came to the saints who dwelt at ,lydda4 #i3cc4 ,and he found there a certain man named ,eneas1 who had kept his bed for eight years1 who was ill of the palsy4 #i3cd4 ,and ,peter said to him3 ,eneas1 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ healeth thee4 ,arise and make thy bed4 ,and immediately he arose4 #i3ce4 ,and all that dwelt at ,lydda and ,saron saw him3 who were converted to the ,lord4 #i3cf4 ,and in ,joppe there was a certain disciple named ,tabitha1 which by interpretation is called ,dorcas4 ,this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did4 #i3cg4 ,and it came to pass in those days that she was sick and died4 ,whom when they had washed1 they laid her in an upper chamber4 #i3ch4 ,and forasmuch as ,lydda was nigh to ,joppe1 the disciples1 hearing that ,peter was there1 sent unto him two men1 desiring him that he would not be slack to come unto them4 #i3ci4 ,and ,peter rising up went with them4 ,and when he was come1 they brought him into the upper chamber4 ,and all the widows stood about him1 weeping and shewing him the coats and garments which ,dorcas made them4 #i3dj4 ,and they all being put forth1 ,peter1 kneeling down1 prayed4 ,and turning to the body1 he said3 ,tabitha1 arise4 ,and she opened her eyes and1 seeing ,peter1 sat up4 #i3da4 ,and giving her his hand1 he lifted her up4 ,and when he had called the saints and the widows1 he presented her alive4 #i3db4 ,and it was made known throughout all ,joppe4 ,and many believed in the ,lord4 #i3dc4 ,and it cane to pass that he abode many days in ,joppe1 with one ,simon a tanner4 ,acts ,chapter #aj ,cornelius is received into the church4 ,peter's vision4 #aj3a4 ,and there was a certain man in ,caesarea1 named ,cornelius1 a centurion of that which is called the ,italian band3 #aj3b4 ,a religious man1 and fearing ,god with all his house1 giving much alms to the people and always praying to ,god4 #aj3c4 ,this man saw in a vision manifestly1 about the ninth hour of the day1 an angel of ,god coming in unto him and saying to him3 ,cornelius4 #aj3d4 ,and he1 beholding him1 being seized with fear1 said3 ,what is it1 ,lord8 ,and he said to him3 ,thy prayers and thy alms are ascended for a memorial in the sight of ,god4 #aj3e4 ,and now send men to ,joppe3 and call hither one ,simon1 who is surnamed ,peter4 #aj3f4 ,he lodgeth with one ,simon a tanner1 whose house is by the sea side4 ,he will tell thee what thou must do4 #aj3g4 ,and when the angel who spoke to him was departed1 he called two of his household servants and a soldier who feared the ,lord1 of them that were under him4 #aj3h4 ,to whom when he had related all1 he sent them to ,joppe4 #aj3i4 ,and on the next day1 whilst they were going on their journey and drawing nigh to the city1 ,peter went up to the higher parts of the house to pray1 about the sixth hour4 #aj3aj4 ,and being hungry1 he was desirous to taste somewhat4 ,and as they were preparing1 there came upon him an ecstasy of mind4 #aj3aa4 ,and he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending1 as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven to the earth3 #aj3ab4 ,wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and fowls of the air4 #aj3ac4 ,and there came a voice to him3 ,arise1 ,peter4 ,kill and eat4 #aj3ad4 ,but ,peter said3 ,far be it from me4 ,for ,i never did eat any thing that is common and unclean4 #aj3ae4 ,and the voice spoke to him again the second time3 ,that which ,god hath cleansed1 do not thou call common4 #aj3af4 ,and this was done thrice4 ,and presently the vessel was taken up into heaven4 #aj3ag4 ,now1 whilst ,peter was doubting within himself what the vision that he had seen should mean1 behold the men who were sent from ,cornelius1 inquiring for ,simon's house1 stood at the gate4 #aj3ah4 ,and when they had called1 they asked if ,simon1 who is surnamed ,peter1 were lodged there4 #aj3ai4 ,and as ,peter was thinking of the vision1 the ,spirit said to him3 ,behold three men seek thee4 #aj3bj4 ,arise1 therefore3 get thee down and go with them1 doubting nothing3 for ,i have sent them4 #aj3ba4 ,then ,peter1 going down to the men1 said3 ,behold1 ,i am he whom you seek4 ,what is the cause for which you are come8 #aj3bb4 ,who said3 ,cornelius1 a centurion1 a just man and one that feareth ,god1 and having good testimony from all the nation of the ,jews1 received an answer of an holy angel1 to send for thee into his house ,and to hear words of thee4 #aj3bc4 ,then bringing them in1 he lodged them4 ,and the day following1 he arose and went with them3 and some of the brethren from ,joppe accompanied him4 #aj3bd4 ,and the morrow after1 he entered into ,caesarea4 ,and ,cornelius waited for them1 having called together his kinsmen and special friends4 #aj3be4 ,and it came to pass that when ,peter was come in1 ,cornelius came to meet him and falling at his feet adored4 #aj3bf4 ,but ,peter lifted him up1 saying3 ,arise3 ,i myself also am a man4 #aj3bg4 ,and talking with him1 he went in and found many that were come together4 #aj3bh4 ,and he said to them3 you know how abominable it is for a man that is a ,jew to keep company or to come unto one of another nation3 but ,god hath shewed to me1 to call no man common or unclean4 #aj3bi4 ,for which cause1 making no doubt1 ,i came when ,i was sent for4 ,i ask1 therefore1 for what cause you have sent for me8 #aj3cj4 ,and ,cornelius said3 ,four days ago1 unto this hour1 ,i was praying in my house1 at the ninth hour and behold a man stood before me in white apparel and said3 #aj3ca4 ,cornelius1 thy prayer is heard and thy alms are had in remembrance in the sight of ,god4 #aj3cb4 ,send therefore to ,joppe3 and call hither ,simon1 who is surnamed ,peter4 ,he lodgeth in the house of ,simon a tanner1 by the sea side4 #aj3cc4 ,immediately therefore ,i sent to thee3 and thou hast done well in coming4 ,now1 therefore1 all we are present in thy sight to hear all things whatsoever are commanded thee by the ,lord4 #aj3cd4 ,and ,peter opening his mouth1 said3 in very deed ,i perceive that ,god is not a respecter of persons4 #aj3ce4 ,but in every nation1 he that feareth him and worketh justice is acceptable to him4 ,in every nation1 etc444 ,that is to say1 not only ,jews1 but ,gentiles also1 of what nation soever1 are acceptable to ,god1 if they fear him and work justice4 ,but then true faith is always to be presupposed1 without which 7saith ,st4 ,paul1 ,heb4 #aa4 #f7 it is impossible to please ,god4 ,beware then of the error of those1 who would infer from this passage1 that men of all religions may be pleasing to ,god4 ,for since none but the true religion can be from ,god1 all other religions must be from the father of lies1 and therefore highly displeasing to the ,god of truth4 #aj3cf4 ,god sent the word to the children of ,israel1 preaching peace by ,jesus ,christ 7,he is ,lord of all74 #aj3cg4 ,you know the word which hath been published through all ,judea3 for it began from ,galilee1 after the baptism which ,john preached4 #aj3ch4 ,jesus of ,nazareth3 how ,god anointed him with the ,holy ,ghost and with power1 who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil1 for ,god was with him4 #aj3ci4 ,and we are witnesses of all things that he did in the land of the ,jews and in ,jerusalem3 whom they killed1 hanging him upon a tree4 #aj3dj4 ,him ,god raised up the third day and gave him to be made manifest1 #aj3da4 ,not to all the people1 but to witnesses preordained by ,god1 even to us1 who did eat and drink with him1 after he arose again from the dead4 #aj3db4 ,and he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is he who was appointed by ,god to be judge of the living and of the dead4 #aj3dc4 ,to him all the prophets give testimony1 that by his name all receive remission of sins1 who believe in him4 #aj3dd4 ,while ,peter was yet speaking these words1 the ,holy ,ghost fell on all them that heard the word4 #aj3de4 ,and the faithful of the circumcision1 who came with ,peter1 were astonished for that the grace of the ,holy ,ghost was poured out upon the ,gentiles also4 #aj3df4 ,for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying ,god4 #aj3dg4 ,then ,peter answered3 ,can any man forbid water1 that these should not be baptized1 who have received the ,holy ,ghost1 as well as we8 #aj3dh4 ,and he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,then they desired him to tarry with them some days4 ,acts ,chapter #aa ,peter defends his having received the ,gentiles into the church4 #aa3a4 ,and the apostles and brethren1 who were in ,judea1 heard that the ,gentiles also had received the word of ,god4 #aa3b4 ,and when ,peter was come up to ,jerusalem1 they that were of the circumcision contended with him1 #aa3c4 ,saying3 ,why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them8 #aa3d4 ,but ,peter began and declared to them the matter in order1 saying3 #aa3e4 ,i was in the city of ,joppe praying3 and ,i saw in an ecstasy of mind a vision1 a certain vessel descending1 as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners4 ,and it came even unto me4 #aa3f4 ,into which looking1 ,i considered and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth and beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air4 #aa3g4 ,and ,i heard also a voice saying to me3 ,arise1 ,peter4 ,kill and eat4 #aa3h4 ,and ,i said3 ,not so1 ,lord3 for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth4 #aa3i4 ,and the voice answered again from heaven3 ,what ,god hath made clean1 do not thou call common4 #aa3aj4 ,and this was done three times4 ,and all were taken up again into heaven4 #aa3aa4 ,and behold1 immediately there were three men come to the house wherein ,i was1 sent to me from ,caesarea4 #aa3ab4 ,and the ,spirit said to me that ,i should go with them1 nothing doubting4 ,and these six brethren went with me also3 and we entered into the man's house4 #aa3ac4 ,and he told us how he had seen an angel in his house1 standing and saying to him3 ,send to ,joppe and call hither ,simon1 who is surnamed ,peter1 #aa3ad4 ,who shall speak to thee words whereby thou shalt be saved1 and all thy house4 #aa3ae4 ,and when ,i had begun to speak1 the ,holy ,ghost fell upon them1 as upon us also in the beginning4 #aa3af4 ,and ,i remembered the word of the ,lord1 how that he said3 ,john indeed baptized with water but you shall be baptized with the ,holy ,ghost4 #aa3ag4 ,if then ,god gave them the same grace as to us also who believed in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 who was ,i1 that could withstand ,god8 #aa3ah4 ,having heard these things1 they held their peace and glorified ,god1 saying3 ,god then hath also to the ,gentiles given repentance1 unto life4 #aa3ai4 ,now they who had been dispersed by the persecution that arose on occasion of ,stephen went about as far as ,phenice and ,cyprus and ,antioch1 speaking the word to none1 but to the ,jews only4 #aa3bj4 ,but some of them were men of ,cyprus and ,cyrene1 who1 when they were entered into ,antioch1 spoke also to the ,greeks1 preaching the ,lord ,jesus4 #aa3ba4 ,and the hand of he ,lord was with them3 and a great number believing1 were converted to the ,lord4 #aa3bb4 ,and the tidings came to the ears of the church that was at ,jerusalem1 touching these things3 and they sent ,barnabas as far as ,antioch4 #aa3bc4 ,who1 when he was come and had seen the grace of ,god1 rejoiced4 ,and he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the ,lord4 #aa3bd4 ,for he was a good man and full of the ,holy ,ghost and of faith4 ,and a great multitude was added to the ,lord4 #aa3be4 ,and ,barnabas went to ,tarsus to seek ,saul3 whom1 when he had found1 he brought to ,antioch4 #aa3bf4 ,and they conversed there in the church a whole year3 and they taught a great multitude1 so that at ,antioch the disciples were first named ,christians4 #aa3bg4 ,and in these days there came prophets from ,jerusalem to ,antioch4 #aa3bh4 ,and one of them named ,agabus1 rising up1 signified by the ,spirit that there should be a great famine over the whole world1 which came to pass under ,claudius4 #aa3bi4 ,and the disciples1 every man according to his ability1 purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in ,judea4 #aa3cj4 ,which also they did1 sending it to the ancients1 by the hands of ,barnabas and ,saul4 ,acts ,chapter #ab ,herod's persecution4 ,peter's deliverance by an angel4 ,herod's punishment4 #ab3a4 ,and at the same time1 ,herod the king stretched forth his hands1 to afflict some of the church4 #ab3b4 ,and he killed ,james1 the brother of ,john1 ,with the sword4 #ab3c4 ,and seeing that it pleased the ,jews1 he proceeded to take up ,peter also4 ,now it was in the days of the ,azymes4 ,azymes444 ,the festival of the unleavened bread1 or the pasch1 which answers to our ,easter4 #ab3d4 ,and when he had apprehended him1 he cast him into prison1 delivering him to four files of soldiers1 to be kept1 intending1 after the pasch1 to bring him forth to the people4 #ab3e4 ,peter therefore was kept in prison4 ,but prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto ,god for him4 #ab3f4 ,and when ,herod would have brought him forth1 the same night1 ,peter was sleeping between two soldiers1 bound with two chains3 and the keepers before the door kept the prison4 #ab3g4 ,and behold an angel of the ,lord stood by him and a light shined in the room4 ,and he1 striking ,peter on the side1 raised him up1 saying3 ,arise quickly4 ,and the chains fell off from his hands4 #ab3h4 ,and the angel said to him3 ,gird thyself and put on thy sandals4 ,and he did so4 ,and he said to him3 ,cast thy garment about thee and follow me1 #ab3i4 ,and going out1 he followed him4 ,and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel3 but thought he saw a vision4 #ab3aj4 ,and passing through the first and the second ward1 they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city which of itself opened to them4 ,and going out1 they passed on through one street4 ,and immediately the angel departed from him4 #ab3aa4 ,and ,peter coming to himself1 said3 ,now ,i know in very deed that the ,lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of ,herod and from all the expectation of the people of the ,jews4 #ab3ab4 ,and considering1 he came to the house of ,mary the mother of ,john1 who was surnamed ,mark1 where many were gathered together and praying4 #ab3ac4 ,and when he knocked at the door of the gate1 a damsel came to hearken whose name was ,rhode4 #ab3ad4 ,and as soon as she knew ,peter's voice1 she opened not the gate for joy3 but running in she told that ,peter stood before the gate4 #ab3ae4 ,but they said to her3 ,thou art mad4 ,but she affirmed that it was so4 ,then said they3 ,it is his angel4 #ab3af4 ,but ,peter continued knocking4 ,and when they had opened1 they saw him and were astonished4 #ab3ag4 ,but he1 beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace1 told how the ,lord had brought him out of prison4 ,and he said3 ,tell these things to ,james and to the brethren4 ,and going out1 he went into another place4 #ab3ah4 ,now when day was come1 there was no small stir among the soldiers1 what was become of ,peter4 #ab3ai4 ,and when ,herod had sought for him and found him not1 having examined the keepers1 he commanded they should be put to death4 ,and going down from ,judea to ,caesarea1 he abode there4 #ab3bj4 ,and he was angry with the ,tyrians and the ,sidonians4 ,but they with one accord came to him3 and1 having gained ,blastus who was the king's chamberlain1 they desired peace1 because their countries were nourished by him4 #ab3ba4 ,and upon a day appointed1 ,herod being arrayed in kingly apparel1 sat in the judgment seat and made an oration to them4 #ab3bb4 ,and the people made acclamation1 saying3 ,it is the voice of a god1 and not of a man4 #ab3bc4 ,and forthwith an angel of the ,lord struck him1 because he had not given the honour to ,god3 and1 being eaten up by worms1 he gave up the ghost4 #ab3bd4 ,but the word of the ,lord increased and multiplied4 #ab3be4 ,and ,barnabas and ,saul1 returned from ,jerusalem1 having fulfilled their ministry1 taking with them ,john who was surnamed ,mark4 ,acts ,chapter #ac ,saul and ,barnabas are sent forth by the ,holy ,ghost4 ,they preach in ,cyprus and in ,antioch of ,pisidia4 #ac3a4 ,now there were in the church which was at ,antioch prophets and doctors1 among whom was ,barnabas and ,simon who was called ,niger1 and ,lucius of ,cyrene and ,manahen who was the foster brother of ,herod the tetrarch1 and ,saul4 #ac3b4 ,and as they were ministering to the ,lord and fasting1 the ,holy ,ghost said to them3 ,separate me ,saul and ,barnabas1 for the work whereunto ,i have taken them4 #ac3c4 ,then they fasting and praying and imposing their hands upon them1 sent them away4 #ac3d4 ,so they1 being sent by the ,holy ,ghost1 went to ,seleucia3 and from thence they sailed to ,cyprus4 #ac3e4 ,and when they were come to ,salamina1 they preached the word of ,god in the synagogues of the ,jews4 ,and they had ,john also in the ministry4 #ac3f4 ,and when they had gone through the whole island1 as far as ,paphos1 they found a certain man1 a magician1 a false prophet1 a ,jew1 whose name was ,bar-,jesu3 #ac3g4 ,who was with the proconsul ,sergius ,paulus1 a prudent man4 ,he1 sending for ,barnabas and ,saul1 desired to hear the word of ,god4 #ac3h4 ,but ,elymas the magician 7for so his name is interpreted7 withstood them1 seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith4 #ac3i4 ,then ,saul1 otherwise ,paul1 filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 looking upon him1 #ac3aj4 ,said3 ,o full of all guile and of all deceit1 child of the devil1 enemy of all justice1 thou ceases not to pervert the right ways of the ,lord4 #ac3aa4 ,and now behold1 the hand of the ,lord is upon thee3 and thou shalt be blind1 not seeing the sun for a time4 ,and immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him3 and going about1 he sought some one to lead him by the hand4 #ac3ab4 ,then the proconsul1 when he had seen what was done1 believed1 admiring at the doctrine of the ,lord4 #ac3ac4 ,now when ,paul and they that were with him had sailed from ,paphos1 they came to ,perge in ,pamphylia4 ,and ,john departing from them1 returned to ,jerusalem4 #ac3ad4 ,but they1 passing through ,perge1 came to ,antioch in ,pisidia3 and1 entering into the ,synagogue on the sabbath day1 they sat down4 #ac3ae4 ,and after the reading of the law and the prophets1 the rulers of the synagogue sent to them1 saying3 ,ye men1 brethren1 if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people1 speak4 #ac3af4 ,then ,paul rising up and with his hand bespeaking silence1 said3 ,ye men of ,israel and you that fear ,god1 give ear4 #ac3ag4 ,the ,god of the people of ,israel chose our fathers and exalted the people when they were sojourners in the land of ,egypt3 ,and with an high arm brought them out from thence3 #ac3ah4 ,and for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert3 #ac3ai4 ,and1 destroying seven nations in the land of ,chaanan1 divided their land among them by lot4 #ac3bj4 ,as it were1 after four hundred and fifty years4 ,and after these things1 he gave unto them judges1 until ,samuel the prophet4 #ac3ba4 ,and after that they desired a king3 and ,god gave them ,saul the son of ,cis1 a man of the tribe of ,benjamin1 forty years4 #ac3bb4 ,and when he had removed him1 he raised them up ,david to be king3 to whom giving testimony1 he said3 ,i have found ,david1 the son of ,jesse1 a man according to my own heart1 who shall do all my wills4 #ac3bc4 ,of this man's seed1 ,god1 according to his promise1 hath raised up to ,israel a ,saviour ,jesus3 #ac3bd4 ,john first preaching1 before his coming1 the baptism of penance to all the people of ,israel4 #ac3be4 ,and when ,john was fulfilling his course1 he said3 ,i am not he whom you think me to be4 ,but behold1 there cometh one after me1 whose shoes of his feet ,i am not worthy to loose4 #ac3bf4 ,men1 brethren1 children of the stock of ,abraham1 and whosoever among you fear ,god3 to you the word of this salvation is sent4 #ac3bg4 ,for they that inhabited ,jerusalem and the rulers thereof1 not knowing him1 nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath1 judging him1 have fulfilled them4 #ac3bh4 ,and finding no cause of death in him1 they desired of ,pilate that they might kill him4 #ac3bi4 ,and when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him1 taking him down from the tree1 they laid him in a sepulchre4 #ac3cj4 ,but ,god raised him up from the dead the third day4 #ac3ca4 ,who was seen for many days by them who came up with him from ,galilee to ,jerusalem1 who to this present are his witnesses to the people4 #ac3cb4 ,and we declare unto you that the promise which was made to our fathers1 #ac3cc4 ,this same ,god hath fulfilled to our children1 raising up ,jesus1 as in the second psalm also is written3 ,thou art my ,son3 this day have ,i begotten thee4 #ac3cd4 ,and to shew that he raised him up from the dead1 not to return now any more to corruption1 he said thus3 ,i will give you the holy things of ,david1 faithful4 ,i will give you the holy1 etc444 ,these are the words of the prophet ,isaias1 #ee4 #c4 ,according to the ,septuagint1 the sense is3 ,i will faithfully fulfil the promises ,i made to ,david4 #ac3ce4 ,and therefore1 in another place also1 he saith3 ,thou shalt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption4 #ac3cf4 ,for ,david1 when he had served in his generation1 according to the will of ,god1 slept3 and was laid unto his fathers and saw corruption4 #ac3cg4 ,but he whom ,god hath raised from the dead saw no corruption4 #ac3ch4 ,be it known therefore to you1 men1 brethren1 that through him forgiveness of sins is preached to you3 and from all the things from which you could not be justified by the law of ,moses4 #ac3ci4 ,in him every one that believeth is justified4 #ac3dj4 ,beware1 therefore1 lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets3 #ac3da4 ,behold1 ye despisers1 and wonder and perish3 for ,i work a work in your days1 a work which you will not believe1 if any man shall tell it you4 #ac3db4 ,and as they went out1 they desired them that on the next sabbath they would speak unto them these words4 #ac3dc4 ,and when the synagogue was broken up1 many of the ,jews and of the strangers who served ,god followed ,paul and ,barnabas3 who1 speaking to them1 persuaded them to continue in the grace of ,god4 #ac3dd4 ,but the next sabbath day1 the whole city almost came together1 to hear the word of ,god4 #ac3de4 ,and the ,jews1 seeing the multitudes1 were filled with envy and contradicted those things which were said by ,paul1 blaspheming4 #ac3df4 ,then ,paul and ,barnabas said boldly3 ,to you it behoved us first to speak the word of ,god3 but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life1 behold we turn to the ,gentiles4 #ac3dg4 ,for so the ,lord hath commanded us3 ,i have set thee to be the light of the ,gentiles3 that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of the earth4 #ac3dh4 ,and the ,gentiles hearing it were glad and glorified the word of the ,lord3 and as many as were ordained to life everlasting believed4 #ac3di4 ,and the word of the ,lord was published throughout the whole country4 #ac3ej4 ,but the ,jews stirred up religious and honourable women and the chief men of the city3 and raised persecution against ,paul and ,barnabas3 and cast them out of their coasts4 #ac3ea4 ,but they1 shaking off the dust of their feet against them1 came to ,iconium4 #ac3eb4 ,and the disciples were filled with joy and with the ,holy ,ghost4 ,acts ,chapter #ad ,paul and ,barnabas preach in ,iconium and ,lystra4 ,paul heals a cripple4 ,they are taken for gods4 ,paul is stoned4 ,they preach in ,derbe and ,perge4 #ad3a4 ,and it came to pass in ,iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the ,jews and so spoke that a very great multitude both of the ,jews and of the ,greeks did believe4 #ad3b4 ,but the unbelieving ,jews stirred up and incensed the minds of the ,gentiles against the brethren4 #ad3c4 ,a long time therefore they abode there1 dealing confidently in the ,lord1 who gave testimony to the word of his grace1 granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands4 #ad3d4 ,and the multitude of the city was divided4 ,and some of them indeed held with the ,jews1 but some with the apostles4 #ad3e4 ,and when there was an assault made by the ,gentiles and the ,jews with their rulers1 to use them contumeliously and to stone them3 #ad3f4 ,they1 understanding it1 fled to ,lystra and ,derbe1 cities of ,lycaonia1 and to the whole country round about3 and were there preaching the gospel4 #ad3g4 ,and there sat a certain man at ,lystra1 impotent in his feet1 a cripple from his mother's womb1 who never had walked4 #ad3h4 ,this same heard ,paul speaking4 ,who looking upon him and seeing that he had faith to be healed1 #ad3i4 ,said with a loud voice3 ,stand upright on thy feet4 ,and he leaped up and walked4 #ad3aj4 ,and when the multitudes had seen what ,paul had done1 they lifted up their voice in the ,lycaonian tongue1 saying3 ,the gods are come down to us in the likeness of men4 #ad3aa4 ,and they called ,barnabas1 ,jupiter3 but ,paul1 ,mercury3 because he was chief speaker4 #ad3ab4 ,the priest also of ,jupiter that was before the city1 bringing oxen and garlands before the gate1 would have offered sacrifice with the people4 #ad3ac4 ,which1 when the apostles ,barnabas and ,paul had heard1 rending their clothes1 they leaped out among the people1 crying1 #ad3ad4 ,and saying3 ,ye men1 why do ye these things8 ,we also are mortals1 men like unto you1 preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living ,god1 who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them3 #ad3ae4 ,who in times past1 suffered all nations to walk in their own ways4 #ad3af4 ,nevertheless he left not himself without testimony1 doing good from heaven1 giving rains and fruitful ,seasons1 filling our hearts with food and gladness4 #ad3ag4 ,and speaking these things1 they scarce restrained the people from sacrificing to them4 #ad3ah4 ,now there came thither certain ,jews from ,antioch and ,iconium3 and1 persuading the multitude and stoning ,paul1 drew him out of the city1 thinking him to be dead4 #ad3ai4 ,but as the disciples stood round about him1 he rose up and entered into the city3 and the next day he departed with ,barnabas to ,derbe4 #ad3bj4 ,and when they had preached the gospel to that city and had taught many1 they returned again to ,lystra and to ,iconium and to ,antioch3 #ad3ba4 ,confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith3 and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of ,god4 #ad3bb4 ,and when they had ordained to them priests in every church and had prayed with fasting1 they commended them to the ,lord1 in whom they believed4 #ad3bc4 ,and passing through ,pisidia1 they came into ,pamphylia4 #ad3bd4 ,and having spoken the word of the ,lord in ,perge1 they went down into ,attalia4 #ad3be4 ,and thence they sailed to ,antioch1 from whence they had been delivered to the grace of ,god1 unto the work which they accomplished4 #ad3bf4 ,and when they were come and had assembled the church1 they related what great things ,god had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the ,gentiles4 #ad3bg4 ,and they abode no small time with the disciples4 ,acts ,chapter #ae ,a dissension about circumcision4 ,the decision and letter of the council of ,jerusalem4 #ae3a4 ,and some1 coming down from ,judea1 taught the brethren3 ,that1 except you be circumcised after the manner of ,moses1 you cannot be saved4 #ae3b4 ,and when ,paul and ,barnabas had no small contest with them1 they determined that ,paul and ,barnabas and certain others of the other side should go up to the apostles and priests to ,jerusalem1 about this question4 #ae3c4 ,they therefore1 being brought on their way by the church1 passed through ,phenice and ,samaria1 relating the conversion of the ,gentiles4 ,and they caused great joy to all the brethren4 #ae3d4 ,and when they were come to ,jerusalem1 they were received by the church and by the apostles and ancients1 declaring how great things ,god had done with them4 #ae3e4 ,but there arose of the sect of the ,pharisees some that believed1 saying3 ,they must be circumcised and be commanded to observe the law of ,moses4 #ae3f4 ,and the apostles and ancients assembled to consider of this matter4 #ae3g4 ,and when there had been much disputing1 ,peter1 rising up1 said to them3 ,men1 brethren1 you know that in former days ,god made choice among us1 that by my mouth the ,gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe4 #ae3h4 ,and ,god1 who knoweth the hearts1 gave testimony1 giving unto them the ,holy ,ghost1 as well as to us3 #ae3i4 ,and put no difference between us and them1 purifying their hearts by faith4 #ae3aj4 ,now therefore1 why tempt you ,god to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear8 #ae3aa4 ,but by the grace of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 we believe to be saved1 in like manner as they also4 #ae3ab4 ,and all the multitude held their peace3 and they heard ,barnabas and ,paul telling what great signs and wonders ,god had wrought among the ,gentiles by them4 #ae3ac4 ,and after they had held their peace1 ,james answered1 saying3 ,men1 brethren1 hear me4 #ae3ad4 ,simon hath related how ,god first visited to take to the ,gentiles1 a people to his name4 #ae3ae4 ,and to this agree the words of the prophets1 as it is written3 #ae3af4 ,after these things ,i will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of ,david1 which is fallen down3 and the ruins thereof ,i will rebuild4 ,and ,i will set it up3 #ae3ag4 ,that the residue of men may seek after the ,lord1 and all nations upon whom my name is invoked1 saith the ,lord1 who doth these things4 #ae3ah4 ,to the ,lord was his own work known from the beginning of the world4 #ae3ai4 ,for which cause1 judge that they who from among the ,gentiles are converted to ,god are not to be disquieted3 #ae3bj4 ,but that we write unto them1 that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood4 #ae3ba4 ,for ,moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him in the synagogues1 where he is read every sabbath4 #ae3bb4 ,then it pleased the apostles and ancients1 with the whole church1 to choose men of their own company and to send to ,antioch with ,paul and ,barnabas1 namely1 ,judas1 who was surnamed ,barsabas1 and ,silas1 chief men among the brethren4 #ae3bc4 ,writing by their hands3 ,the apostles and ancients1 brethren1 to the brethren of the ,gentiles that are at ,antioch and in ,syria and ,cilicia1 greeting4 #ae3bd4 ,forasmuch as we have heard that some going out from us have troubled you with words1 subverting your souls1 to whom we gave no commandment3 #ae3be4 ,it hath seemed good to us1 being assembled together1 to choose out men and to send them unto you1 with our well beloved ,barnabas and ,paul3 #ae3bf4 ,men that have given their lives for the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #ae3bg4 ,we have sent therefore ,judas and ,silas1 who themselves also will1 by word of mouth1 tell you the same things4 #ae3bh4 ,for it hath seemed good to the ,holy ,ghost and to us to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things3 #ae3bi4 ,that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication3 from which things keeping yourselves1 you shall do well4 ,fare ye well4 ,from blood1 and from things strangled444 ,the use of these things1 though of their own nature indifferent1 was here prohibited1 to bring the ,jews more easily to admit of the society of the ,gentiles2 and to exercise the latter in obedience4 ,but this prohibition was but temporary1 and has long since ceased to oblige2 more especially in the western churches4 #ae3cj4 ,they therefore1 being dismissed1 went down to ,antioch and1 gathering together the multitude1 delivered the epistle4 #ae3ca4 ,which when they had read1 they rejoiced for the consolation4 #ae3cb4 ,but ,judas and ,silas1 being prophets also themselves1 with many words comforted the brethren and confirmed them4 #ae3cc4 ,and after they had spent some time there1 they were let go with peace by the brethren unto them that had sent them4 #ae3cd4 ,but it seemed good unto ,silas to remain there3 and ,judas alone departed to ,jerusalem4 #ae3ce4 ,and ,paul and ,barnabas continued at ,antioch1 teaching and preaching1 with many others1 the word of the ,lord4 #ae3cf4 ,and after some days1 ,paul said to ,barnabas3 ,let us return and visit our brethren in all the cities wherein we have preached the word of the ,lord1 to see how they do4 #ae3cg4 ,and ,barnabas would have taken with them ,john also1 that was surnamed ,mark4 #ae3ch4 ,but ,paul desired that he 7as having departed from them out of ,pamphylia and not gone with them to the work7 might not be received4 #ae3ci4 ,and there arose a dissension so that they departed one from another4 ,and ,barnabas indeed1 taking ,mark1 sailed to ,cyprus4 #ae3dj4 ,but ,paul1 choosing ,silas1 departed1 being delivered by the brethren to the grace of ,god4 #ae3da4 ,and he went through ,syria and ,cilicia1 confirming the churches1 commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients4 ,acts ,chapter #af ,paul visits the churches4 ,he is called to preach in ,macedonia4 ,he is scourged at ,philippi4 #af3a4 ,and he came to ,derbe and ,lystra4 ,and behold1 there was a certain disciple there named ,timothy1 the son of a ,jewish woman that believed3 but his father was a ,gentile4 #af3b4 ,to this man the brethren that were in ,lystra and ,iconium gave a good testimony4 #af3c4 ,him ,paul would have to go along with him3 and taking him1 he circumcised him1 because of the ,jews who were in those places4 ,for they all knew that his father was a ,gentile4 #af3d4 ,and as they passed through the cities1 they delivered unto them the decrees for to keep1 that were decreed by the apostles and ancients who were at ,jerusalem4 #af3e4 ,and the churches were confirmed in faith and increased in number daily4 #af3f4 ,and when they had passed through ,phrygia and the country of ,galatia1 they were forbidden by the ,holy ,ghost to preach the word in ,asia4 #af3g4 ,and when they were come into ,mysia1 they attempted to go into ,bithynia3 and the ,spirit of ,jesus suffered them not4 #af3h4 ,and when they had passed through ,mysia1 they went down to ,troas4 #af3i4 ,and a vision was shewed to ,paul in the night1 which was a man of ,macedonia standing and beseeching him and saying3 ,pass over into ,macedonia and help us4 #af3aj4 ,and as soon as he had seen the vision1 immediately we sought to go into ,macedonia3 being assured that ,god had called us to preach the gospel to them4 #af3aa4 ,and sailing from ,troas1 we came with a straight course to ,samothracia1 and the day following to ,neapolis4 #af3ab4 ,and from thence to ,philippi1 which is the chief city of part of ,macedonia1 a colony4 ,and we were in this city some days conferring together4 #af3ac4 ,and upon the ,sabbath day1 we went forth without the gate by a river side1 where it seemed that there was prayer3 and sitting down1 we spoke to the women that were assembled4 #af3ad4 ,and a certain woman named ,lydia1 a seller of purple1 of the city of ,thyatira1 one that worshipped ,god1 did hear3 whose heart the ,lord opened to attend to those things which were said by ,paul4 #af3ae4 ,and when she was baptized1 and her household1 she besought us1 saying3 ,if you have judged me to be faithful to the ,lord1 come into my house and abide there4 ,and she constrained us4 #af3af4 ,and it came to pass1 as we went to prayer1 a certain girl having a pythonical spirit met us1 who brought to her masters much gain by divining4 ,a pythonical spirit444 ,that is1 a spirit pretending to divine1 and tell fortunes4 #af3ag4 ,this same following ,paul and us1 cried out1 saying3 ,these men are the servants of the ,most ,high ,god1 who preach unto you the way of salvation4 #af3ah4 ,and this she did many days4 ,but ,paul being grieved1 turned and said to the spirit3 ,i command thee1 in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 to go from her4 ,and he went out the same hour4 #af3ai4 ,but her masters1 seeing that the hope of their gain was gone1 apprehending ,paul and ,silas1 brought them into the market place to the rulers4 #af3bj4 ,and presenting them to the magistrates1 they said3 ,these men disturb our city1 being ,jews3 #af3ba4 ,and preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe1 being ,romans4 #af3bb4 ,and the people ran together against them3 and the magistrates1 rending off their clothes1 commanded them to be beaten with rods4 #af3bc4 ,and when they had laid many stripes upon them1 they cast them into prison1 charging the gaoler to keep them diligently4 #af3bd4 ,who having received such a charge1 thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks4 #af3be4 ,and at midnight1 ,paul and ,silas1 praying1 praised ,god4 ,and they that were in prison heard them4 #af3bf4 ,and suddenly there was a great earthquake1 so that the foundations of the prison were shaken4 ,and immediately all the doors were opened and the bands of all were loosed4 #af3bg4 ,and the keeper of the prison1 awakening out of his sleep and seeing the doors of the prison open1 drawing his sword1 would have killed himself1 supposing that the prisoners had been fled4 #af3bh4 ,but ,paul cried with a loud voice1 saying3 ,do thyself no harm1 for we all are here4 #af3bi4 ,then calling for a light1 he went in3 and trembling1 fell down at the feet of ,paul and ,silas4 #af3cj4 ,and bringing them out1 he said3 ,masters1 what must ,i do1 that ,i may be saved8 #af3ca4 ,but they said3 believe in the ,lord ,jesus3 and thou shalt be saved1 and thy house4 #af3cb4 ,and they preached the word of the ,lord to him and to all that were in his house4 #af3cc4 ,and he1 taking them the same hour of the night1 washed their stripes3 and himself was baptized1 and all his house immediately4 #af3cd4 ,and when he had brought them into his own house1 he laid the table for them3 and rejoiced with all his house1 believing ,god4 #af3ce4 ,and when the day was come1 the magistrates sent the serjeants1 saying3 ,let those men go4 #af3cf4 ,and the keeper of the prison told these words to ,paul3 ,the magistrates have sent to let you go4 ,now therefore depart4 ,and go in peace4 #af3cg4 ,but ,paul said to them3 ,they have beaten us publicly1 uncondemned1 men that are ,romans1 and have cast us into prison4 ,and now do they thrust us out privately8 ,not so3 but let them come4 #af3ch4 ,and let us out themselves4 ,and the serjeants told these words to the magistrates4 ,and they were afraid3 hearing that they were ,romans4 #af3ci4 ,and coming1 they besought them3 and bringing them out1 they desired them to depart out of the city4 #af3dj4 ,and they went out of the prison and entered into the house of ,lydia3 and having seen the brethren1 they comforted them and departed4 ,acts ,chapter #ag ,paul preaches to the ,thessalonians and ,bereans4 ,his discourse to the ,athenians4 #ag3a4 ,and when they had passed through ,amphipolis and ,apollonia1 they came to ,thessalonica1 where there was a synagogue of the ,jews4 #ag3b4 ,and ,paul1 according to his custom1 went in unto them4 ,and for three sabbath days he reasoned with them out of the scriptures3 #ag3c4 ,declaring and insinuating that the ,christ was to suffer and to rise again from the dead2 and that this is ,jesus ,christ1 whom ,i preach to you4 #ag3d4 ,and some of them believed and were associated to ,paul and ,silas3 and of those that served ,god and of the ,gentiles a great multitude3 and of noble women not a few4 #ag3e4 ,but the ,jews1 moved with envy and taking unto them some wicked men of the vulgar sort and making a tumult1 set the city in an uproar3 and besetting ,jason's house1 sought to bring them out unto the people4 #ag3f4 ,and not finding them1 they drew ,jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city1 crying3 ,they that set the city in an uproar are come hither also3 ,city4 ,urbem444 ,in the ,greek1 the world4 #ag3g4 ,whom ,jason hath received4 ,and these all do contrary to the decrees of ,caesar1 saying that there is another king1 ,jesus4 #ag3h4 ,and they stirred up the people3 and the rulers of the city1 hearing these things1 #ag3i4 ,and having taken satisfaction of ,jason and of the rest1 they let them go4 #ag3aj4 ,but the brethren immediately sent away ,paul and ,silas by night unto ,berea4 ,who1 when they were come thither1 went into the synagogue of the ,jews4 #ag3aa4 ,now these were more noble than those in ,thessalonica1 who received the word with all eagerness1 daily searching the scriptures1 whether these things were so4 ,more noble444 ,the ,jews of ,berea are justly commended1 for their eagerly embracing the truth1 and searching the scriptures1 to find out the texts alleged by the apostle3 which was a far more generous proceeding than that of their countrymen at ,thessalonica1 who persecuted the preachers of the gospel1 without examining the grounds they alleged for what they taught4 #ag3ab4 ,and many indeed of them believed3 and of honourable women that were ,gentiles and of men1 not a few4 #ag3ac4 ,and when the ,jews of ,thessalonica had knowledge that the word of ,god was also preached by ,paul at ,berea1 they came thither also1 stirring up and troubling the multitude4 #ag3ad4 ,and then immediately the brethren sent away ,paul1 to go unto the sea3 but ,silas and ,timothy remained there4 #ag3ae4 ,and they that conducted ,paul brought him as far as ,athens3 and receiving a commandment from him to ,silas and ,timothy1 that they should come to him with all speed1 they departed4 #ag3af4 ,now whilst ,paul waited for them at ,athens1 his spirit was stirred within him1 seeing the city wholly given to idolatry4 #ag3ag4 ,he disputed1 therefore1 in the synagogue with the ,jews and with them that served ,god3 and in the market place1 every day1 with them that were there4 #ag3ah4 ,and certain philosophers of the ,epicureans and of the ,stoics disputed with him4 ,and some said3 ,what is it that this word sower would say8 ,but others3 ,he seemeth to be a setter forth of new gods4 ,because he preached to them ,jesus and the resurrection4 #ag3ai4 ,and taking him1 they brought him to the ,areopagus1 saying3 ,may we know what this new doctrine is1 which thou speakest of8 #ag3bj4 ,for thou bringest in certain new things to our ears4 ,we would know therefore what these things mean4 #ag3ba4 7,now all the ,athenians and strangers that were there employed themselves in nothing else1 but either in telling or in hearing some new thing47 #ag3bb4 ,but ,paul1 standing in the midst of the ,areopagus1 said3 ,ye men of ,athens1 ,i perceive that in all things you are too superstitious4 #ag3bc4 ,for passing by and seeing your idols1 ,i found an altar also1 on which was written3 ,to the ,unknown ,god4 ,what therefore you worship without knowing it1 that ,i preach to you3 #ag3bd4 ,god1 who made the world and all things therein1 he being ,lord of heaven and earth1 dwelleth not in temples made with hands4 ,dwelleth not in temples444 ,god is not contained in temples2 so as to need them for his dwelling1 or any other uses1 as the heathens imagined4 ,yet by his omnipresence1 he is both there and everywhere4 #ag3be4 ,neither is he served with men's hands1 as though he needed any thing3 seeing it is he who giveth to all life and breath and all things3 #ag3bf4 ,and hath made of one1 all mankind1 to dwell upon the whole face of the earth1 determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation4 #ag3bg4 ,that they should seek ,god1 if haply they may feel after him or find him1 although he be not far from every one of us4 #ag3bh4 ,for in him we live and move and are3 as some also of your own poets said3 ,for we are also his offspring4 #ag3bi4 ,being therefore the offspring of ,god1 we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold or silver or stone1 the graving of art and device of man4 #ag3cj4 ,and ,god indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance1 now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance4 #ag3ca4 ,because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity1 by the man whom he hath appointed3 giving faith to all1 by raising him up from the dead4 #ag3cb4 ,and when they had heard of the resurrection of the dead1 some indeed mocked4 ,but others said3 ,we will hear thee again concerning this matter4 #ag3cc4 ,so ,paul went out from among them4 #ag3cd4 ,but certain men1 adhering to him1 did believe3 among whom was also ,dionysius the ,areopagite and a woman named ,damaris and others with them4 ,acts ,chapter #ah ,paul founds the church of ,corinth and preaches at ,ephesus and in other places4 ,apollo goes to ,corinth4 #ah3a4 ,after these things1 departing from ,athens1 he came to ,corinth4 #ah3b4 ,and finding a certain ,jew1 named ,aquila1 born in ,pontus1 lately come from ,italy1 with ,priscilla his wife 7because that ,claudius had commanded all ,jews to depart from ,rome71 he came to them4 #ah3c4 ,and because he was of the same trade1 he remained with them and wrought4 7,now they were tentmakers by trade47 #ah3d4 ,and he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath1 bringing in the name of the ,lord ,jesus4 ,and he persuaded the ,jews and the ,greeks4 #ah3e4 ,and when ,silas and ,timothy were come from ,macedonia1 ,paul was earnest in preaching1 testifying to the ,jews that ,jesus is the ,christ4 #ah3f4 ,but they gainsaying and blaspheming1 he shook his garments and said to them3 ,your blood be upon your own heads3 ,i am clean4 ,from henceforth ,i will go unto the ,gentiles4 #ah3g4 ,and departing thence1 he entered into the house of a certain man1 named ,titus ,justus1 one that worshipped ,god1 whose house was adjoining to the synagogue4 #ah3h4 ,and ,crispus1 the ruler of the synagogue1 believed in the ,lord1 with all his house4 ,and many of the ,corinthians hearing1 believed and were baptized4 #ah3i4 ,and the ,lord said to ,paul in the night1 by a vision3 ,do not fear1 but speak4 ,and hold not thy peace1 #ah3aj4 ,because ,i am with thee and no man shall set upon thee1 to hurt thee4 ,for ,i have much people in this city4 #ah3aa4 ,and he stayed there a year and six months1 teaching among them the word of ,god4 #ah3ab4 ,but when ,gallio was proconsul of ,achaia1 the ,jews with one accord rose up against ,paul and brought him to the judgment seat1 #ah3ac4 ,saying3 ,this man persuadeth men to worship ,god contrary to the law4 #ah3ad4 ,and when ,paul was beginning to open his mouth1 ,gallio said to the ,jews3 ,if it were some matter of injustice or an heinous deed1 ,o ,jews1 ,i should with reason bear with you4 #ah3ae4 ,but if they be questions of word and names and of your law1 look you to it4 ,i will not be judge of such things4 #ah3af4 ,and he drove them from the judgment seat4 #ah3ag4 ,and all laying hold on ,sosthenes1 the ruler of the synagogue1 beat him before the judgment seat4 ,and ,gallio cared for none of those things4 #ah3ah4 ,but ,paul1 when he had stayed yet many days1 taking his leave of the brethren1 sailed thence into ,syria 7and with him ,priscilla and ,aquila71 having shorn his head in ,cenchrae4 ,for he had a vow4 #ah3ai4 ,and he came to ,ephesus and left them there4 ,but he himself1 entering into the synagogue1 disputed with the ,jews4 #ah3bj4 ,and when they desired him that he would tarry a longer time1 he consented not3 #ah3ba4 ,but taking his leave and saying3 ,i will return to you again1 ,god willing1 he departed from ,ephesus4 #ah3bb4 ,and going down to ,caesarea1 he went up to ,jerusalem and saluted the church3 and so came down to ,antioch4 #ah3bc4 ,and after he had spent some time there1 he departed and went through the country of ,galatia and ,phrygia1 in order1 confirming all the disciples4 #ah3bd4 ,now a certain ,jew1 named ,apollo1 born at ,alexandria1 an eloquent man1 came to ,ephesus1 one mighty in the scriptures4 #ah3be4 ,this man was instructed in the way of the ,lord3 and being fervent in spirit1 spoke and taught diligently the things that are of ,jesus1 knowing only the baptism of ,john4 #ah3bf4 ,this man therefore began to speak boldly in the synagogue4 ,whom when ,priscilla and ,aquila had heard1 they took him to them and expounded to him the way of the ,lord more diligently4 #ah3bg4 ,and whereas he was desirous to go to ,achaia1 the brethren exhorting wrote to the disciples to receive him4 ,who1 when he was come1 helped them much who had believed4 #ah3bh4 ,for with much vigour he convinced the ,jews openly1 shewing by the scriptures that ,jesus is the ,christ4 ,acts ,chapter #ai ,paul establishes the church at ,ephesus4 ,the tumult of the silversmiths4 #ai3a4 ,and it came to pass1 while ,apollo was at ,corinth1 that ,paul1 having passed through the upper coasts1 came to ,ephesus and found certain disciples4 #ai3b4 ,and he said to them3 ,have you received the ,holy ,ghost since ye believed8 ,but they said to him3 ,we have not so much as heard whether there be a ,holy ,ghost4 #ai3c4 ,and he said3 ,in what then were you baptized8 ,who said3 ,in ,john's baptism4 #ai3d4 ,then ,paul said3 ,john baptized the people with the baptism of penance saying3 ,that they should believe in him1 who was to come after him1 that is to say1 in ,jesus4 #ai3e4 ,having heard these things1 they were baptized in the name of the ,lord ,jesus4 #ai3f4 ,and when ,paul had imposed his hands on them1 the ,holy ,ghost came upon them3 and they spoke with tongues and prophesied4 #ai3g4 ,and all the men were about twelve4 #ai3h4 ,and entering into the synagogue1 he spoke boldly for the space of three months1 disputing and exhorting concerning the kingdom of ,god4 #ai3i4 ,but when some were hardened and believed not1 speaking evil of the way of the ,lord before the multitude1 departing from them1 he separated the disciples1 disputing daily in the school of one ,tyrannus4 #ai3aj4 ,and this continued for the space of two years1 so that all who dwelt in ,asia heard the word of the ,lord1 both ,jews and ,gentiles4 #ai3aa4 ,and ,god wrought by the hand of ,paul more than common miracles4 #ai3ab4 ,so that even there were brought from his body to the sick1 handkerchiefs and aprons3 and the diseases departed from them3 and the wicked spirits went out of them4 #ai3ac4 ,now some also of the ,jewish exorcists1 who went about1 attempted to invoke over them that had evil spirits the name of the ,lord ,jesus1 saying3 ,i conjure you by ,jesus1 whom ,paul preacheth4 #ai3ad4 ,and there were certain men1 seven sons of ,sceva1 a ,jew1 a chief priest1 that did this4 #ai3ae4 ,but the wicked spirit1 answering1 said to them3 ,jesus ,i know3 and ,paul ,i know4 ,but who are you8 #ai3af4 ,and the man in whom the wicked spirit was1 leaping upon them and mastering them both1 prevailed against them1 so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded4 #ai3ag4 ,and this became known to all the ,jews and the ,gentiles that dwelt a ,ephesus4 ,and fear fell on them all3 and the name of the ,lord ,jesus was magnified4 #ai3ah4 ,and many of them that believed came1 confessing and declaring their deeds4 #ai3ai4 ,and many of them who had followed curious arts brought together their books and burnt them before all4 ,and1 counting the price of them1 they found the money to be fifty thousand pieces of silver4 #ai3bj4 ,so mightily grew the word of ,god and was confirmed4 #ai3ba4 ,and when these things were ended1 ,paul purposed in the spirit1 when he had passed through ,macedonia and ,achaia1 to go to ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,after ,i have been there1 ,i must see ,rome also4 #ai3bb4 ,and sending into ,macedonia two of them that ministered to him1 ,timothy and ,erastus1 he himself remained for a time in ,asia4 #ai3bc4 ,now at that time there arose no small disturbance about the way of the ,lord4 #ai3bd4 ,for a certain man named ,demetrius1 a silversmith1 who made silver temples for ,diana1 brought no small gain to the craftsmen4 #ai3be4 ,whom he calling together with the workmen of like occupation1 said3 ,sirs1 you know that our gain is by this trade4 #ai3bf4 ,and you see and hear that this ,paul1 by persuasion hath drawn away a great multitude1 not only of ,ephesus1 but almost of all ,asia1 saying3 they are not gods which are made by hands4 #ai3bg4 ,so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought1 but also the temple of great ,diana shall be reputed for nothing6 ,yea1 and her majesty shall begin to be destroyed1 whom all ,asia and the world worshippeth4 #ai3bh4 ,having heard these things1 they were full of anger and cried out1 saying3 ,great is ,diana of the ,ephesians6 #ai3bi4 ,and the whole city was filled with confusion4 ,and having caught ,gaius and ,aristarchus1 men of ,macedonia1 ,paul's companions1 they rushed with one accord into the theatre4 #ai3cj4 ,and when ,paul would have entered in unto the people1 the disciples suffered him not4 #ai3ca4 ,and some also of the rulers of ,asia1 who were his friends1 sent unto him1 desiring that he would not venture himself into the theatre4 #ai3cb4 ,now some cried one thing1 some another4 ,for the assembly was confused3 and the greater part knew not for what cause they were come together4 #ai3cc4 ,and they drew forth ,alexander out of the multitude1 the ,jews thrusting him forward4 ,and ,alexander1 beckoning with his hand for silence1 would have given the people satisfaction1 #ai3cd4 ,but as soon as they perceived him to be a ,jew1 all with one voice1 for the space of about two1 hours1 cried out3 ,great is ,diana of the ,ephesians6 #ai3ce4 ,and when the town clerk had appeased the multitudes1 he said3 ,ye men of ,ephesus1 what man is there that knoweth not that the city of the ,ephesians is a worshipper of the great ,diana and of ,jupiter's offspring8 #ai3cf4 ,for as much therefore as these things cannot be contradicted1 you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rashly4 #ai3cg4 ,for you have brought hither these men1 who are neither guilty of sacrilege nor of blasphemy against your goddess4 #ai3ch4 ,but if ,demetrius and the craftsmen that are with him have a matter against any man1 the courts of justice are open3 and there are proconsuls4 ,let them accuse one another4 #ai3ci4 ,and if you inquire after any other matter1 it may be decided in a lawful assembly4 #ai3dj4 ,for we are even in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar1 there being no man guilty 7of whom we may give account7 of this concourse4 ,and when he had said these things1 he dismissed the assembly4 ,acts ,chapter #bj ,paul passes through ,macedonia and ,greece4 ,he raises a dead man to life at ,troas4 ,his discourse to the clergy of ,ephesus4 #bj3a4 ,and after the tumult was ceased1 ,paul calling to him the disciples and exhorting them1 took his leave and set forward to go into ,macedonia4 #bj3b4 ,and when he had gone over those parts and had exhorted them with many words1 he came into ,greece3 #bj3c4 ,where1 when he had spent three months1 the ,jews laid wait for him1 as he was about to sail into ,syria4 ,so he took a resolution to return through ,macedonia4 #bj3d4 ,and there accompanied him ,sopater1 the son of ,pyrrhus1 of ,berea3 and of the ,thessalonians1 ,aristarchus and ,secundus3 and ,gaius of ,derbe and ,timothy3 and of ,asia1 ,tychicus and ,trophimus4 #bj3e4 ,these1 going before1 stayed for us at ,troas4 #bj3f4 ,but we sailed from ,philippi after the days of the azymes and came to them to ,troas in five days1 where we abode seven days4 #bj3g4 ,and on the first day of the week1 when we were assembled to break bread1 ,paul discoursed with them1 being to depart on the morrow4 ,and he continued his speech until midnight4 ,and on the first day of the week444 ,here ,st4 ,chrysostom and many other interpreters of the scripture explain1 that the ,christians even at this time1 must have changed the sabbath into the first day of the week1 7the ,lord's day17 as all ,christians now keep it4 ,this change was undoubtedly made by the authority of the church2 hence the exercise of the power1 which ,christ had given to her3 for he is ,lord of the sabbath4 #bj3h4 ,and there were a great number of lamps in the upper chamber where we were assembled4 #bj3i4 ,and a certain young man named ,eutychus1 sitting on the window1 being oppressed with a deep sleep 7as ,paul was long preaching71 by occasion of his sleep fell from the third loft down and was taken up dead4 #bj3aj4 ,to whom1 when ,paul had gone down1 he laid himself upon him and1 embracing him1 said3 ,be not troubled1 for his soul is in him4 #bj3aa4 ,then going up and breaking bread and tasting and having talked a long time to them1 until daylight1 so he departed4 #bj3ab4 ,and they brought the youth alive and were not a little comforted4 #bj3ac4 ,but we going aboard the ship1 sailed to ,assos1 being there to take in ,paul4 ,for so he had appointed1 himself purposing to travel by land4 #bj3ad4 ,and when he had met with us at ,assos1 we took him in and came to ,mitylene4 #bj3ae4 ,and sailing thence1 the day following we came over against ,chios3 and the next day we arrived at ,samos3 and the day following we came to ,miletus4 #bj3af4 ,for ,paul had determined to sail by ,ephesus1 lest he should be stayed any time in ,asia4 ,for he hasted1 if it were possible for him1 to keep the day of ,pentecost at ,jerusalem4 #bj3ag4 ,and sending from ,miletus to ,ephesus1 he called the ancients of the church4 #bj3ah4 ,and when they were come to him and were together1 he said to them3 ,you know from the first day that ,i came into ,asia1 in what manner ,i have been with you1 for all the time4 #bj3ai4 ,serving the ,lord with all humility and with tears and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the ,jews3 #bj3bj4 ,how ,i have kept back nothing that was profitable to you1 but have preached it to you1 and taught you publicly1 and from house to house1 #bj3ba4 ,testifying both to ,jews and ,gentiles penance towards ,god and faith in our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #bj3bb4 ,and now1 behold1 being bound in the spirit1 ,i go to ,jerusalem3 not knowing the things which shall befall me there3 #bj3bc4 ,save that the ,holy ,ghost in every city witnesseth to me1 saying3 ,that bands and afflictions wait for me at ,jerusalem4 #bj3bd4 ,but ,i fear none of these things1 neither do ,i count my life more precious than myself1 so that ,i may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which ,i received from the ,lord ,jesus1 to testify the gospel of the grace of ,god4 #bj3be4 ,and now behold1 ,i know that all you1 among whom ,i have gone preaching the kingdom of ,god1 shall see my face no more4 #bj3bf4 ,wherefore ,i take you to witness this day that ,i am clear from the blood of all men4 #bj3bg4 ,for ,i have not spread to declare unto you all1 the counsel of ,god4 #bj3bh4 ,take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock1 wherein the ,holy ,ghost hath placed you bishops1 to rule the ,church of ,god which he hath purchased with his own blood4 #bj3bi4 ,i know that after my departure ravening wolves will enter in among you1 not sparing the flock4 #bj3cj4 ,and of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things1 to draw away disciples after them4 #bj3ca4 ,therefore watch1 keeping in memory that for three years ,i ceased not with tears to admonish every one of you1 night and day4 #bj3cb4 ,and now ,i commend you to ,god and to the word of his grace1 who is able to build up and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified4 #bj3cc4 ,i have not coveted any man's silver1 gold or apparel1 as #bj3cd4 ,you yourselves know4 ,for such things as were needful for me and them that are with me1 these hands have furnished4 #bj3ce4 ,i have shewed you all things1 how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the ,lord ,jesus1 how he said3 ,it is a more blessed thing to give1 rather than to receive4 #bj3cf4 ,and when he had said these things1 kneeling down1 he prayed with them all4 #bj3cg4 ,and there was much weeping among them all4 ,and falling on the neck of ,paul1 they kissed him1 #bj3ch4 ,being grieved most of all for the word which he had said1 that they should see his face no more4 ,and they brought him on his way to the ship4 ,acts ,chapter #ba ,paul goes up to ,jerusalem4 ,he is apprehended by the ,jews in the temple4 #ba3a4 ,and when it came to pass that1 being parted from them1 we set sail1 we came with a straight course to ,coos1 and the day following to ,rhodes3 and from thence to ,patara4 #ba3b4 ,and when we had found a ship sailing over to ,phenice1 we went aboard and set forth4 #ba3c4 ,and when we had discovered ,cyprus1 leaving it on the left hand1 we sailed into ,syria1 and came to ,tyre3 for there the ship was to unlade her burden4 #ba3d4 ,and finding disciples1 we tarried there seven days3 who said to ,paul1 through the ,spirit1 that he should not go up to ,jerusalem4 #ba3e4 ,and the days being expired1 departing we went forward1 they all bringing us on our way1 with their wives and children1 till we were out of the city4 ,and we kneeled down on the shore3 and we prayed4 #ba3f4 ,and when we had bid one another farewell1 we took ship4 ,and they returned home4 #ba3g4 ,but we1 having finished the voyage by sea1 from ,tyre came down to ,ptolemais3 and saluting the brethren1 we abode one day with them4 #ba3h4 ,and the next day departing1 we came to ,caesarea4 ,and entering into the house of ,philip the evangelist1 who was one of the seven1 we abode with him4 ,the evangelist444 ,that is1 the preacher of the gospel2 the same that before converted the ,samaritans1 and baptized the eunuch1 chap4 #h41 being one of the first seven deacons4 #ba3i4 ,and he had four daughters1 virgins1 who did prophesy4 #ba3aj4 ,and as we tarried there for some days1 there came from ,judea a certain prophet1 named ,agabus4 #ba3aa4 ,who1 when he was come to us1 took ,paul's girdle3 and binding his own feet and hands1 he said3 ,thus saith the ,holy ,ghost3 ,the man whose girdle this is1 the ,jews shall bind in this manner in ,jerusalem and shall deliver him into the hands of the ,gentiles4 #ba3ab4 ,which when we had heard1 both we and they that were of that place desired him that he would not go up to ,jerusalem4 #ba3ac4 ,then ,paul answered and said3 ,what do you mean1 weeping and afflicting my heart8 ,for ,i am ready not only to be bound1 but to die also in ,jerusalem1 for the name of the ,lord ,jesus4 #ba3ad4 ,and when we could not persuade him1 we ceased1 saying3 ,the will of the ,lord be done4 #ba3ae4 ,and after those days1 being prepared1 we went up to ,jerusalem4 #ba3af4 ,and there went also with us some of the disciples from ,caesarea1 bringing with them one ,mnason a ,cyprian1 an old disciple1 with whom we should lodge4 #ba3ag4 ,and when we were come to ,jerusalem1 the brethren received us gladly4 #ba3ah4 ,and the day following1 ,paul went in with us unto ,james3 and all the ancients were assembled4 #ba3ai4 ,whom when he had saluted1 he related particularly what things ,god had wrought among the ,gentiles by his ministry4 #ba3bj4 ,but they hearing it1 glorified ,god and said to him3 ,thou seest1 brother1 how many thousands there are among the ,jews that have believed3 and they are all zealous for the law4 #ba3ba4 ,now they have heard of thee that thou teachest those ,jews1 who are among the ,gentiles to depart from ,moses3 saying that they ought not to circumcise their children1 nor walk according to the custom4 #ba3bb4 ,what is it therefore8 ,the multitude must needs come together3 for they will hear that thou art come4 #ba3bc4 ,do therefore this that we say to thee4 ,we have four men1 who have a vow on them4 #ba3bd4 ,take these and sanctify thyself with them3 and bestow on them1 that they may shave their heads4 ,and all will know that the things which they have heard of these are false3 but that thou thyself also walkest keeping the law4 ,keeping the law444 ,the law1 though now no longer obligatory1 was for a time observed by the ,christian ,jews3 to bury1 as it were1 the synagogue with honour4 #ba3be4 ,but1 as touching the ,gentiles that believe1 we have written1 decreeing that they should only refrain themselves from that which has been offered to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication4 #ba3bf4 ,then ,paul took the men and1 the next day being purified with them1 entered into the temple1 giving notice of the accomplishment of the days of purification1 until an oblation should be offered for every one of them4 #ba3bg4 ,but when the seven days were drawing to an end1 those ,jews that were of ,asia1 when they saw him in the temple1 stirred up all the people and laid hands upon him1 crying out3 #ba3bh4 ,men of ,israel1 help3 ,this is the man that teacheth all men every where against the people and the law and this place2 and moreover hath brought in ,gentiles into the temple and hath violated this holy place4 #ba3bi4 7,for they had seen ,trophimus the ,ephesian in the city with him4 whom they supposed that ,paul had brought into the temple47 #ba3cj4 ,and he whole city was in an uproar3 and the people ran together4 ,and taking ,paul1 they drew him out of the temple3 and immediately the doors were shut4 #ba3ca4 ,and as they went about to kill him1 it was told the tribune of the band that all ,jerusalem was in confusion4 #ba3cb4 ,who1 forthwith taking with him soldiers and centurions1 ran down to them4 ,and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers1 they left off beating ,paul4 #ba3cc4 ,then the tribune1 coming near1 took him and commanded him to be bound with two chains3 and demanded who he was and what he had done4 #ba3cd4 ,and some cried one thing1 some another1 among the multitude4 ,and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult1 he commanded him to be carried into the castle4 #ba3ce4 ,and when he was come to the stairs1 it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers1 because of the violence of the people4 #ba3cf4 ,for the multitude of the people followed after1 crying3 ,away with him6 #ba3cg4 ,and as ,paul was about to be brought into the castle1 he saith to the tribune3 ,may ,i speak something to thee8 ,who said3 ,canst thou speak ,greek8 #ba3ch4 ,art not thou that ,egyptian who before these days didst raise a tumult and didst lead forth into the desert four thousand men that were murderers8 #ba3ci4 ,but ,paul said to him3 ,i am a ,jew of ,tarsus in ,cilicia1 a citizen of no mean city4 ,and ,i beseech thee1 suffer me to speak to the people4 #ba3dj4 ,and when he had given him leave1 ,paul standing on the stairs1 beckoned with his hand to the people4 ,and a great silence being made1 he spoke unto them in the ,hebrew tongue1 saying3 ,acts ,chapter #bb ,paul declares to the people the history of his conversion4 ,he escapes scourging by claiming the privilege of a ,roman citizen4 #bb3a4 ,men1 brethren and fathers1 hear ye the account which ,i now give unto you4 #bb3b4 7,and when they heard that he spoke to them in the ,hebrew tongue1 they kept the more silence47 #bb3c4 ,and he saith3 ,i am a ,jew1 born at ,tarsus in ,cilicia1 but brought up in this city1 at the feet of ,gamaliel1 taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers1 zealous for the law1 as also all you are this day3 #bb3d4 ,who persecuted this way unto death1 binding and delivering into prisons both men and women1 #bb3e4 ,as the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients4 ,from whom also receiving letters to the brethren1 ,i went to ,damascus1 that ,i might bring them bound from thence to ,jerusalem to be punished4 #bb3f4 ,and it came to pass1 as ,i was going and drawing nigh to ,damascus1 at mid-day1 that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light3 #bb3g4 ,and falling on the ground1 ,i heard a voice saying to me3 ,saul1 ,saul1 why persecutest thou me8 #bb3h4 ,and ,i answered3 ,who art thou1 ,lord8 ,and he said to me3 ,i am ,jesus of ,nazareth1 whom thou persecutest4 #bb3i4 ,and they that were with me saw indeed the light3 but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me4 ,heard not the voice444 ,that is1 they distinguished not the words2 though they heard the voice4 ,acts #i4 #g4 #bb3aj4 ,and ,i said3 ,what shall ,i do1 ,lord8 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,arise and go to ,damascus2 and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou must do4 #bb3aa4 ,and whereas ,i did not see for the brightness of that light1 being led by the hand by my companions1 ,i came to ,damascus1 #bb3ab4 ,and one ,ananias1 a man according to the law1 having testimony of all the ,jews who dwelt there1 #bb3ac4 ,coming to me and standing by me1 said to me3 ,brother ,saul1 look up4 ,and ,i1 the same hour1 looked upon him4 #bb3ad4 ,but he said3 ,the ,god of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will and see the ,just ,one and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth4 ,just ,one444 ,our ,saviour1 who appeared to ,st4 ,paul1 ,acts #i4 #ag4 #bb3ae4 ,for thou shalt be his witness to all men of those things which thou hast seen and heard4 #bb3af4 ,and now why tarriest thou8 ,rise up and be baptized and wash away thy sins1 invoking his name4 #bb3ag4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,i was come again to ,jerusalem and was praying in the temple1 that ,i was in a trance1 #bb3ah4 ,and saw him saying unto me3 ,make haste and get thee quickly out of ,jerusalem3 because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me4 #bb3ai4 ,and ,i said3 ,lord1 they know that ,i cast into prison and beat in every synagogue them that believed in thee4 #bb3bj4 ,and when the blood of ,stephen thy witness was shed1 ,i stood by and consented3 and kept the garments of them that killed him4 #bb3ba4 ,and he said to me3 ,go1 for unto the ,gentiles afar off will ,i send thee4 #bb3bb4 ,and they heard him until this word and then lifted up their voice1 saying3 ,away with such an one from the earth4 ,for it is not fit that he should live4 #bb3bc4 ,and as they cried out and threw off their garments and cast dust into the air1 #bb3bd4 ,the tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle1 and that he should be scourged and tortured3 to know for what cause they did so cry out against him4 #bb3be4 ,and when they had bound him with thongs1 ,paul saith to the centurion that stood by him3 ,is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a ,roman and uncondemned8 #bb3bf4 ,which the centurion hearing1 went to the tribune and told him1 saying3 ,what art thou about to do8 ,for this man is a ,roman citizen4 #bb3bg4 ,and the tribune coming1 said to him3 ,tell me4 ,art thou a ,roman8 ,but he said3 ,yea4 #bb3bh4 ,and the tribune answered3 ,i obtained the being free of this city with a great sum4 ,and ,paul said3 ,but ,i was born so4 #bb3bi4 ,immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him4 ,the tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a ,roman citizen and because he had bound him4 #bb3cj4 ,but on the next day1 meaning to know more diligently for what cause he was accused by the ,jews1 he loosed him and commanded the priests to come together and all the council3 and1 bringing forth ,paul1 he set him before them4 ,acts ,chapter #bc ,paul stands before the council4 ,the ,jews conspire his death4 ,he is sent away to ,cesarea4 #bc3a4 ,and ,paul1 looking upon the council1 said3 ,men1 brethren1 ,i have conversed with all good conscience before ,god until this present day4 #bc3b4 ,and the high priest1 ,ananias1 commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth4 #bc3c4 ,then ,paul said to him3 ,god shall strike thee1 thou whited wall4 ,for1 sittest thou to judge me according to the law and1 contrary to the law1 commandest me to be struck8 #bc3d4 ,and they that stood by said3 ,dost thou revile the high priest of ,god8 #bc3e4 ,and ,paul said3 ,i knew not1 brethren1 that he is the high priest4 ,for it is written3 ,thou shalt not speak evil of the prince of thy people4 #bc3f4 ,and ,paul1 knowing that the one part were ,sadducees and the other ,pharisees1 cried out in the council3 ,men1 brethren1 ,i am a ,pharisee1 the son of ,pharisees3 concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead ,i am called in question4 #bc3g4 ,and when he had so said1 there arose a dissension between the ,pharisees and the ,sadducees4 ,and the multitude was divided4 #bc3h4 ,for the ,sadducees say that there is no resurrection1 neither angel1 nor spirit3 but the ,pharisees confess both4 #bc3i4 ,and there arose a great cry4 ,and some of the ,pharisees rising up1 strove1 saying3 ,we find no evil in this man4 ,what if a spirit hath spoken to him1 or an angel8 #bc3aj4 ,and when there arose a great dissension1 the tribune1 fearing lest ,paul should be pulled in pieces by them1 commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force from among them and to bring him into the castle4 #bc3aa4 ,and the night following1 the ,lord standing by him1 said3 ,be constant3 for as thou hast testified of me in ,jerusalem1 so must thou bear witness also at ,rome4 #bc3ab4 ,and when day was come1 some of the ,jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse1 saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed ,paul4 #bc3ac4 ,and they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy4 #bc3ad4 ,who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said3 ,we have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain ,paul4 #bc3ae4 ,now therefore do you with the council signify to the tribune1 that he bring him forth to you1 as if you meant to know something more certain touching him4 ,and we1 before he come near1 are ready to kill him4 #bc3af4 ,which when ,paul's sister's son had heard1 of their lying in wait1 he came and entered into the castle and told ,paul4 #bc3ag4 ,and ,paul1 calling to him one of the centurions1 said3 ,bring this young man to the tribune3 for he hath some thing to tell him4 #bc3ah4 ,and he1 taking him1 brought him to the tribune and said3 ,paul1 the prisoner1 desired me to bring this young man unto thee1 who hath some thing to say to thee4 #bc3ai4 ,and the tribune1 taking him by the hand1 went aside with him privately and asked him3 ,what is it that thou hast to tell me8 #bc3bj4 ,and he said3 ,the ,jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth ,paul to-morrow into the council1 as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him4 #bc3ba4 ,but do not thou give credit to them3 for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them1 who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink1 till they have killed him4 ,and they are now ready1 looking for a promise from thee4 #bc3bb4 ,the tribune therefore dismissed the young man1 charging him that he should tell no man that he had made known these things unto him4 #bc3bc4 ,then having called two centurions1 he said to them3 ,make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as ,caesarea3 and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen1 for the third hour of the night4 #bc3bd4 ,and provide beasts1 that they may set ,paul on and bring him safe to ,felix the governor4 #bc3be4 7,for he feared lest perhaps the ,jews might take him away by force and kill him3 and he should afterwards be slandered1 as if he was to take money47 ,and he wrote a letter after this manner3 #bc3bf4 ,claudius ,lysias to the most excellent governor1 ,felix1 greeting3 #bc3bg4 ,this man1 being taken by the ,jews and ready to be killed by them1 ,i rescued1 coming in with an army1 understanding that he is a ,roman4 #bc3bh4 ,and meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him1 ,i brought him forth into their council4 #bc3bi4 ,whom ,i found to be accused concerning questions of their law2 but having nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bands4 #bc3cj4 ,and when ,i was told of ambushes that they had prepared for him1 ,i sent him to thee1 signifying also to his accusers to plead before thee4 ,farewell4 #bc3ca4 ,then the soldiers1 according as it was commanded them1 taking ,paul1 brought him by night to ,antipatris4 #bc3cb4 ,and the next day1 leaving the horsemen to go with him1 they returned to the castle4 #bc3cc4 ,who1 when they were come to ,caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor1 did also present ,paul before him4 #bc3cd4 ,and when he had read it and had asked of what province he was and understood that he was of ,cilicia3 #bc3ce4 ,i will hear thee1 said he1 when thy accusers come4 ,and he commanded him to be kept in ,herod's judgment hall4 ,acts ,chapter #bd ,paul defends his innocence before ,felix the governor4 ,he preaches the faith to him4 #bd3a4 ,and after five days1 the high priest1 ,ananias1 came down with some ancients and one ,tertullus1 an orator1 who went to the governor against ,paul4 #bd3b4 ,and ,paul being called for1 ,tertullus began to accuse him1 saying3 ,whereas1 through thee we live in much peace and many things are rectified by thy providence1 #bd3c4 ,we accept it always and in all places1 most excellent ,felix1 with all thanksgiving4 #bd3d4 ,but that ,i be no further tedious to thee1 ,i desire thee of thy clemency to hear us in a few words4 #bd3e4 ,we have found this to be a pestilent man and raising seditions among all the ,jews throughout the world3 and author of the sedition of the sect of the ,nazarenes4 #bd3f4 ,who also hath gone about to profane the temple3 whom1 we having apprehended1 would also have judged according to our law4 #bd3g4 ,but ,lysias the tribune1 coming upon us with great violence1 took him away out of our hands2 #bd3h4 ,commanding his accusers to come to thee4 ,of whom thou mayest thyself1 by examination1 have knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him4 #bd3i4 ,and the ,jews also added and said that these things were so4 #bd3aj4 ,then ,paul answered 7the governor making a sign to him to speak73 ,knowing that for many years thou hast been judge over this nation1 ,i will with good courage answer for myself4 #bd3aa4 ,for thou mayest understand that there are yet but twelve days since ,i went up to adore in ,jerusalem3 #bd3ab4 ,and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or causing any concourse of the people3 neither in the synagogues1 nor in the city4 #bd3ac4 ,neither can they prove unto thee the things whereof they now accuse me4 #bd3ad4 ,but this ,i confess to thee that according to the way which they call a heresy1 so do ,i serve the ,father and my ,god1 believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets3 #bd3ae4 ,having hope in ,god1 which these also themselves look for1 that there shall be a resurrection of the just and unjust4 #bd3af4 ,and herein do ,i endeavour to have always a conscience without offence1 towards ,god and towards men4 #bd3ag4 ,now after many years1 ,i came to bring alms to my nation and offerings and vows4 #bd3ah4 ,in which ,i was found purified in the temple3 neither with multitude nor with tumult4 #bd3ai4 ,but certain ,jews of ,asia1 who ought to be present before thee and to accuse1 if they had anything against me3 #bd3bj4 ,or let these men themselves say if they found in me any iniquity1 when standing before the council1 #bd3ba4 ,except it be for this one voice only that ,i cried1 standing among them3 ,concerning the resurrection of the dead am ,i judged this day by you4 #bd3bb4 ,and ,felix put them off1 having most certain knowledge of this way1 saying3 ,when ,lysias the tribune shall come down1 ,i will hear you4 #bd3bc4 ,and he commanded a centurion to keep him3 and that he should be easy and that he should not prohibit any of his friends to minister unto him4 #bd3bd4 ,and after some days1 ,felix1 coming with ,drusilla his wife1 who was a ,jew1 sent for ,paul and heard of him the faith that is in ,christ ,jesus4 #bd3be4 ,and as he treated of justice and chastity and of the judgment to come1 ,felix1 being terrified1 answered3 ,for this time1 go thy way3 but when ,i have a convenient time1 ,i will send for thee4 #bd3bf4 ,hoping also withal that money should be given him by ,paul3 for which cause also oftentimes sending for him1 he spoke with him4 #bd3bg4 ,but when two years were ended1 ,felix had for successor ,portius ,festus4 ,and ,felix being willing to shew the ,jews a pleasure1 left ,paul bound4 ,acts ,chapter #be ,paul appeals to ,caesar4 ,king ,agrippa desires to hear him4 #be3a4 ,now when ,festus was come into the province1 after three days1 he went up to ,jerusalem from ,cesarea4 #be3b4 ,and the chief priests and principal men of the ,jews went unto him against ,paul3 and they besought him1 #be3c4 ,requesting favour against him1 that he would command him to be brought to ,jerusalem1 laying wait to kill him in the way4 #be3d4 ,but ,festus answered3 ,that ,paul was kept in ,caesarea3 and that he himself would very shortly depart thither4 #be3e4 ,let them1 therefore1 saith he1 among you that are able1 go down with me and accuse him1 if there be any crime in the man4 #be3f4 ,and having tarried among them no more than eight or ten days1 he went down to ,caesarea4 ,and the next day1 he sat in the judgment seat and commanded ,paul to be brought4 #be3g4 ,who being brought1 the ,jews stood about him1 who were come down from ,jerusalem1 objecting many and grievious causes1 which they could not prove3 #be3h4 ,paul making answer for himself3 ,neither against the law of the ,jews1 nor against the temple1 nor against ,caesar1 have ,i offended in any thing4 #be3i4 ,but ,festus1 willing to shew the ,jews a pleasure1 answering ,paul1 said3 ,wilt thou go up to ,jerusalem and there be judged of these things before me8 #be3aj4 ,then ,paul said3 ,i stand at ,caesar's judgment seat1 where ,i ought to be judged4 ,to the ,jews ,i have done no injury1 as thou very well knowest4 #be3aa4 ,for if ,i have injured them or have committed any thing worthy of death1 ,i refuse not to die4 ,but if there be none of these things whereof they accuse me1 no man may deliver me to them4 ,i appeal to ,caesar4 #be3ab4 ,then ,festus1 having conferred with the council1 answered3 ,hast thou appealed to ,caesar8 ,to ,caesar shalt thou go4 #be3ac4 ,and after some days1 king ,agrippa and ,bernice came down to ,caesarea1 to salute ,festus4 #be3ad4 ,and as they tarried there many days1 ,festus told the king of ,paul1 saying3 ,a certain man was left prisoner by ,felix4 #be3ae4 ,about whom1 when ,i was at ,jerusalem1 the chief priests and the ancients of the ,jews came unto me1 desiring condemnation against him4 #be3af4 ,to whom ,i answered3 it is not the custom of the ,romans to condemn any man1 before that he who is accused have his accusers present and have liberty to make his answer1 to clear himself of the things laid to his charge4 #be3ag4 ,when therefore they were come hither1 without any delay1 on the day following1 sitting in the judgment seat1 ,i commanded the man to be brought4 #be3ah4 ,against whom1 when the accusers stood up1 they brought no accusation of this which ,i thought ill of3 #be3ai4 ,but had certain questions of their own superstition against him1 and of one ,jesus deceased1 whom ,paul affirmed to be alive4 #be3bj4 ,i therefore being in a doubt of this manner of question1 asked him whether he would go to ,jerusalem and there be judged of these things4 #be3ba4 ,but ,paul1 appealing to be reserved unto the hearing of ,augustus1 ,i commanded him to be kept1 till ,i might send him to ,caesar4 #be3bb4 ,and ,agrippa said to ,festus3 ,i would also hear the man1 myself4 ,to-morrow1 said he1 thou shalt hear him4 #be3bc4 ,and on the next day1 when ,agrippa and ,bernice were come with great pomp and had entered into the hall of audience with the tribunes and principal men of the city1 at ,festus' commandment1 ,paul was brought forth4 #be3bd4 ,and ,festus saith3 ,king ,agrippa and all ye men who are here present with us1 you see this man1 about whom all the multitude of the ,jews dealt with me at ,jerusalem1 requesting and crying out that he ought not to live any longer4 #be3be4 ,yet have ,i found nothing that he hath committed worthy of death4 ,but forasmuch as he himself hath appealed to ,augustus1 ,i have determined to send him4 #be3bf4 ,of whom ,i have nothing certain to write to my lord4 ,for which cause1 ,i have brought him forth before you1 and especially before thee1 ,o king ,agrippa1 that1 examination being made1 ,i may have what to write4 #be3bg4 ,for it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to signify the things laid to his charge4 ,acts ,chapter #bf ,paul gives an account to ,agrippa of his life1 conversion and calling4 #bf3a4 ,then ,agrippa said to ,paul3 ,thou art permitted to speak for thyself4 ,then ,paul1 stretching forth his hand1 began to make his answer4 #bf3b4 ,i think myself happy1 ,o king ,agrippa1 that ,i am to answer for myself this day before thee1 touching all the things whereof ,i am accused by the ,jews4 #bf3c4 ,especially as thou knowest all1 both customs and questions1 that are among the ,jews4 ,wherefore ,i beseech thee to hear me patiently4 #bf3d4 ,and my life indeed from my youth1 which was from the beginning among my own nation in ,jerusalem1 all the ,jews do know3 #bf3e4 ,having known me from the beginning 7if they will give testimony7 that according to the most sure sect of our religion ,i lived1 a ,pharisee4 #bf3f4 ,and now for the hope of the promise that was made by ,god to the fathers1 do ,i stand subject to judgment3 #bf3g4 ,unto which1 our twelve tribes1 serving night and day1 hope to come4 ,for which hope1 ,o king1 ,i am accused by the ,jews4 #bf3h4 ,why should it be thought a thing incredible that ,god should raise the dead8 #bf3i4 ,and ,i indeed did formerly think that ,i ought to do many things contrary to the name of ,jesus of ,nazareth4 #bf3aj4 ,which also ,i did at ,jerusalem3 and many of the saints did ,i shut up in prison1 having received authority of the chief priests4 ,and when they were put to death1 ,i brought the sentence4 #bf3aa4 ,and oftentimes punishing them1 in every synagogue1 ,i compelled them to blaspheme3 and being yet more mad against them1 ,i persecuted them even unto foreign cities4 #bf3ab4 ,whereupon1 when ,i was going to ,damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest1 #bf3ac4 ,at midday1 ,o king1 ,i saw in the way a light from heaven1 above the brightness of the sun1 shining round about me and them that were in company with me4 #bf3ad4 ,and when we were all fallen down on the ground1 ,i heard a voice speaking to me in the ,hebrew tongue3 ,saul1 ,saul1 why persecutest thou me8 ,it is hard for thee to kick against the good4 #bf3ae4 ,and ,i said3 ,who art thou1 ,lord8 ,and the ,lord answered3 ,i am ,jesus whom thou persecutest4 #bf3af4 ,but rise up and stand upon thy feet3 for to this end have ,i appeared to thee1 that ,i may make thee a minister and a witness of those things which thou hast seen and of those things wherein ,i will appear to thee1 #bf3ag4 ,delivering thee from the people and from the nations unto which now ,i send thee3 #bf3ah4 ,to open their eyes1 that they may be converted from darkness to light and from the power of ,satan to ,god1 that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a lot among the saints1 by the faith that is in me4 #bf3ai4 ,whereupon1 ,o king ,agrippa1 ,i was not incredulous to the heavenly vision4 #bf3bj4 ,but to them first that are at ,damascus and at ,jerusalem1 and unto all the country of ,judea1 and to the ,gentiles did ,i preach1 that they should do penance and turn to ,god1 doing works worthy of penance4 #bf3ba4 ,for this cause1 the ,jews1 when ,i was in the temple1 having apprehended me1 went about to kill me4 #bf3bb4 ,but being aided by the help of ,god1 ,i stand unto this day1 witnessing both to small and great1 saying no other thing than those which the prophets and ,moses did say should come to pass3 #bf3bc4 ,that ,christ should suffer and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead and should shew light to the people and to the ,gentiles4 #bf3bd4 ,as he spoke these things and made his answer1 ,festus said with a loud voice3 ,paul1 thou art beside thyself3 much learning doth make thee mad4 #bf3be4 ,and ,paul said3 ,i am not mad1 most excellent ,festus1 but ,i speak words of truth and soberness4 #bf3bf4 ,for the king knoweth of these things1 to whom also ,i speak with confidence4 ,for ,i am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him4 ,for neither was any of these things done in a corner4 #bf3bg4 ,believest thou the prophets1 ,o king ,agrippa8 ,i know that thou believest4 #bf3bh4 ,and ,agrippa said to ,paul3 ,in a little thou persuadest me to become a ,christian4 #bf3bi4 ,and ,paul said3 ,i would to ,god that both in a little and in much1 not only thou1 but also all that hear me this day1 should become such as ,i also am1 except these bands4 #bf3cj4 ,and the king rose up1 and the governor and ,bernice and they that sat with them4 #bf3ca4 ,and when they were gone aside1 they spoke among themselves1 saying3 ,this man hath done nothing worthy of death or of bands4 #bf3cb4 ,and ,agrippa said to ,festus3 ,this man might have been set at liberty1 if he had not appealed to ,caesar4 ,acts ,chapter #bg ,paul is shipped for ,rome4 ,his voyage and shipwreck4 #bg3a4 ,and when it was determined that he should sail into ,italy and that ,paul1 with the other prisoners1 should be delivered to a centurion1 named ,julius1 of the band ,augusta1 #bg3b4 ,going on board a ship of ,adrumetum1 we launched1 meaning to sail by the coasts of ,asia1 ,aristarchus1 the ,macedonian of ,thessalonica1 continuing with us4 #bg3c4 ,and the day following1 we came to ,sidon4 ,and ,julius1 treating ,paul courteously1 permitted him to go to his friends and to take care of himself4 #bg3d4 ,and when we had launched from thence1 we sailed under ,cyprus1 because the winds were contrary4 #bg3e4 ,and sailing over the sea of ,cilicia and ,pamphylia1 we came to ,lystra1 which is in ,lycia4 #bg3f4 ,and there1 the centurion1 finding a ship of ,alexandria sailing into ,italy1 removed us into it4 #bg3g4 ,and when for many days we had sailed slowly and were scarce come over against ,gnidus1 the wind not suffering us1 we sailed near ,crete by ,salmone4 #bg3h4 ,and with much ado sailing by it1 we came into a certain place1 which is called ,good-havens1 nigh to which was the city of ,thalassa4 #bg3i4 ,and when much time was spent and when sailing now was dangerous1 because the fast was now past1 ,paul comforted them1 #bg3aj4 ,saying to them3 ,ye men1 ,i see that the voyage beginneth to be with injury and much damage1 not only of the lading and ship1 but also of our lives4 #bg3aa4 ,but the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship1 more than those things which were said by ,paul4 #bg3ab4 ,and whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in1 the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence1 if by any means they might reach ,phenice1 to winter there1 which is a haven of ,crete1 looking towards the southwest and northwest4 #bg3ac4 ,and the south wind gently blowing1 thinking that they had obtained their purpose1 when they had loosed from ,asson1 they sailed close by ,crete4 #bg3ad4 ,but not long after1 there arose against it a tempestuous wind1 called ,euroaquilo4 #bg3ae4 ,and when the ship was caught and could not bear up against the wind1 giving up the ship to the winds1 we were driven4 #bg3af4 ,and running under a certain island that is called ,cauda1 we had much work to come by the boat4 #bg3ag4 ,which being taken up1 they used helps1 undergirding the ship3 and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands1 they let down the sail yard and so were driven4 #bg3ah4 ,and we1 being mightily tossed with the tempest1 the next day they lightened the ship4 #bg3ai4 ,and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship4 #bg3bj4 ,and when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and no small storms lay on us1 all hope of our being saved was now taken away4 #bg3ba4 ,and after they had fasted a long time1 ,paul standing forth in the midst of them1 said3 ,you should indeed1 ,o ye men1 have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from ,crete and have gained this harm and loss4 #bg3bb4 ,and now ,i exhort you to be of good cheer4 ,for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you1 but only of the ship4 #bg3bc4 ,for an angel of ,god1 whose ,i am and whom ,i serve1 stood by me this night1 #bg3bd4 ,saying3 ,fear not1 ,paul1 thou must be brought before ,caesar2 and behold1 ,god hath given thee all them that sail with thee4 #bg3be4 ,wherefore1 sirs1 be of good cheer3 for ,i believe ,god1 that it shall so be1 as it hath been told me4 #bg3bf4 ,and we must come unto a certain island4 #bg3bg4 ,but after the fourteenth night was come1 as we were sailing in ,adria1 about midnight1 the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country4 #bg3bh4 ,who also sounding1 found twenty fathoms3 and going on a little further1 they found fifteen fathoms4 #bg3bi4 ,then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places1 they cast four anchors out of the stern3 and wished for the day4 #bg3cj4 ,but as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship1 having let down the boat into the sea1 under colour1 as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship1 #bg3ca4 ,paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers3 ,except these stay in the ship1 you cannot be saved4 #bg3cb4 ,then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off4 #bg3cc4 ,and when it began to be light1 ,paul besought them all to take meat1 saying3 ,this day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting1 taking nothing4 #bg3cd4 ,wherefore1 ,i pray you to take some meat for your health's sake3 for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish4 #bg3ce4 ,and when he had said these things1 taking bread1 he gave thanks to ,god in the sight of them all4 ,and when he had broken it1 he began to eat4 #bg3cf4 ,then were they all of better cheer3 and they also took some meat4 #bg3cg4 ,and we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls4 #bg3ch4 ,and when they had eaten enough1 they lightened the ship1 casting the wheat into the sea4 #bg3ci4 ,and when it was day1 they knew not the land4 ,but they discovered a certain creek that had a shore1 into which they minded1 if they could1 to thrust in the ship4 #bg3dj4 ,and when they had taken up the anchors1 they committed themselves to the sea1 loosing withal the rudder bands4 ,and hoisting up the mainsail to the wind1 they made towards shore4 #bg3da4 ,and when we were fallen into a place where two seas met1 they run the ship aground4 ,and the forepart indeed1 sticking fast1 remained unmoveable3 but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the sea4 #bg3db4 ,and the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners1 lest any of them1 swimming out should escape4 #bg3dc4 ,but the centurion1 willing to save ,paul1 forbade it to be done4 ,and he commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and save themselves and get to land4 #bg3dd4 ,and the rest1 some they carried on boards and some on those things that belonged to the ship4 ,and so it came to pass that every soul got safe to land4 ,acts ,chapter #bh ,paul1 after three months' stay in ,melita1 continues his voyage and arrives at ,rome4 ,his conference there with the ,jews4 #bh3a4 ,and when we had escaped1 then we knew that the island was called ,melita4 ,but the barbarians shewed us no small courtesy4 #bh3b4 ,for kindling a fire1 they refreshed us all1 because of the present rain and of the cold4 #bh3c4 ,and when ,paul had gathered together a bundle of sticks and had laid them on the fire1 a viper1 coming out of the heat1 fastened on his hand4 #bh3d4 ,and when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand1 they said one to another3 ,undoubtedly this man is a murderer1 who1 though he hath escaped the sea1 yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live4 #bh3e4 ,and he indeed1 shaking off the beast into the fire1 suffered no harm4 #bh3f4 ,but they supposed that he would begin to swell up and that he would suddenly fall down and die4 ,but expecting long and seeing that there came no harm to him1 changing their minds1 they said that he was a god4 #bh3g4 ,now in these places were possessions of the chief man of the island1 named ,publius3 who1 receiving us for three days1 entertained us courteously4 #bh3h4 ,and it happened that the father of ,publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux4 ,to whom ,paul entered in4 ,and when he had prayed and laid his hands on him1 he healed him4 #bh3i4 ,which being done1 all that had diseases in the island came and were healed4 #bh3aj4 ,who also honoured us with many honours3 and when we were to set sail1 they laded us with such things as were necessary4 #bh3aa4 ,and after three months1 we sailed in a ship of ,alexandria1 that had wintered in the island1 whose sign was the ,castors4 #bh3ab4 ,and when we were come to ,syracusa1 we tarried there three days4 #bh3ac4 ,from thence1 compassing by the shore1 we came to ,rhegium3 and after one day1 the south wind blowing1 we came the second day to ,puteoli3 #bh3ad4 ,where1 finding brethren1 we were desired to tarry with them seven days4 ,and so we went to ,rome4 #bh3ae4 ,and from thence1 when the brethren had heard of us1 they came to meet us as far as ,appii ,forum and the ,three ,taverns4 ,whom when ,paul saw1 he gave thanks to ,god and took courage4 #bh3af4 ,and when we were come to ,rome1 ,paul was suffered to dwell by himself1 with a soldier that kept him4 #bh3ag4 ,and after the third day1 he called together the chief of the ,jews4 ,and when they were assembled1 he said to them3 ,men1 brethren1 ,i1 having done nothing against the people or the custom of our fathers1 was delivered prisoner from ,jerusalem into the hands of the ,romans4 #bh3ah4 ,who1 when they had examined me1 would have released me1 for that there was no cause of death in me4 #bh3ai4 ,but the ,jews contradicting it1 ,i was constrained to appeal unto ,caesar3 not that ,i had anything to accuse my nation of4 #bh3bj4 ,for this cause therefore ,i desired to see you and to speak to you4 ,because that for the hope of ,israel1 ,i am bound with this chain4 #bh3ba4 ,but they said to him3 ,we neither received letters concerning thee from ,judea3 neither did any of the brethren that came hither relate or speak any evil of thee4 #bh3bb4 ,but we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest3 for as concerning this sect1 we know that it is every where contradicted4 #bh3bc4 ,and when they had appointed him a day1 there came very many to him unto his lodgings4 ,to whom he expounded1 testifying the kingdom of ,god and persuading them concerning ,jesus1 out of the law of ,moses and the prophets1 from morning until evening4 #bh3bd4 ,and some believed the things that were said3 but some believed not4 #bh3be4 ,and when they agreed not among themselves1 they departed1 ,paul speaking this one word3 ,well did the ,holy ,ghost speak to our fathers by ,isaias the prophet1 #bh3bf4 ,saying3 ,go to this people and say to them3 ,with the ear you shall hear and shall not understand3 and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive4 #bh3bg4 ,for the heart of this people is grown gross1 and with their ears have they heard heavily and their eyes they have shut1 lest perhaps they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and should be converted3 and ,i should heal them4 #bh3bh4 ,be it known therefore to you that this salvation of ,god is sent to the ,gentiles3 and they will hear it4 #bh3bi4 ,and when he had said these things1 the ,jews went out from him1 having much reasoning among themselves4 #bh3cj4 ,and he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging3 and he received all that came in to him1 #bh3ca4 ,preaching the kingdom of ,god and teaching the things which concern the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 with all confidence1 without prohibition4