that God has fulfilled this to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is written also in the first psalm, You are my son, to-day have I begotten you.

Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins,

and every one who believes is justified by him from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

See then that what is said by the prophets does not come upon you;

For thus has the Lord commanded us; I have set you for a light of nations, that you should be a salvation even to the end of the earth.

And the gentiles hearing this rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed;

And the multitude seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voice in the language of Lycaonia, saying, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men;

But some of those of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed, rose and said, that it is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

And the heart-searching God testified to them, giving to them the Holy Spirit even as to us,

and made no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by the faith.

But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same manner as they.

And with this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written,

Since we heard that some going out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls, to whom we gave no charge,

it seemed good to us, being of one opinion, to send delegates to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put no greater burden upon you except these necessary things;

AND after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.

And passing through Phrygia and the country of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.

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

and thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony. And we spent some days in that city.

And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul.

And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us.

And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining.

She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of salvation;

and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.

But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.

explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.

and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there.

And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry.

And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you?

For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you.

neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;

that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us.

For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring.

because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

And departing thence he came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue.

but if it is a question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things.

for he argued powerfully against the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

and he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not heard that there is a Holy Spirit.

Paul said, John indeed baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, on Jesus.

And this was done for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

And sending two that served him into Macedonia, Timothy and Erastus, he continued a time in Asia.

assembling them together and laborers of like employments, said, Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this employment,

and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but in almost all Asia, this Paul has led away a great multitude by persuasion, saying that things which are made by hands are not gods.

And not only this work of ours is in danger of coming into contempt, but even the temple of the great goddess Diana of being set at nought, and her majesty also which all Asia and the world worships, of being destroyed.

And hearing this they were full of wrath, and cried, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!

and some of the rulers of Asia also, who were friendly to him, sending to him, besought him not to expose himself in the theatre.

But knowing that he was a Jew, there was one voice from all, for about two hours, crying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

And the clerk having stilled the multitude, said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana, and of the Jove descended [image]?

These things therefore being indisputable, it is best to be quiet, and do nothing rashly.

and when he had staid there three months, and a conspiracy was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to sail to Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

And there followed him to Asia, Sopater the son of Pyrrhus of Berea, and of those of Thessalonica, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and those of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus;

these going before waited for us at Troas.

But Paul going down fell on him, and embracing him, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him in and came to Mitylene,

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, that it might not be necessary for him to spend a long time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be at Jerusalem at the day of Pentecost.

And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was with you at all times,

And now I commend you to God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance with all the sanctified.

I have showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And when we had completed the days we went out and proceeded on our journey, they all attending us with their wives and children till without the city, and kneeling down on the shore we prayed,

and coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he said, These things, says the Holy Spirit; Thus will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.

and some of the disciples from Caesarea went up with us, conducting [us] to Mnason a Cyprian, an early disciple with whom we lodged.

And when we arrived at Jerusalem the brothers received us gladly.

And on the following day Paul went with us to James, and all the elders were present.

What then is [to be done]? They will hear everywhere that you have come.

take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may shave their heads, and all will know that the information which they have of you is not correct, but that you walk also yourself keeping the law.

AND when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia seeing him in the temple excited all the multitude, and laid hands on him,

crying, Men of Israel, help; this is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and besides he has brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place.

And he said, I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, instructed at the feet of Gamaliel in the accurate interpretation of the law of our fathers, and am a zealous worshipper of God as you all are to-day;

as the chief priest also bears me witness, and all the eldership, from whom also receiving letters to the brothers I went to Damascus, to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem to be punished.

And they heard him to this word, and lifted up their voice saying, Take away such a man from the earth; it is not fit that he should live.

And as they cried and rent their clothes and cast dust in the air,

But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned?

And the centurion hearing this, went and told the chiliarch, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, whitewashed wall; and do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?

And Paul said, I knew not brothers that he was a chief priest; for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees confess both.

And on the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good courage, for as you have testified of me at Jerusalem, so you must also testify at Rome.

Now, therefore, speak to the chiliarch, with the Sanhedrim, to bring him down to you tomorrow, as if you were about to investigate his case more accurately, and we, before he comes nigh, are ready to kill him.

And the chiliarch taking him by the hand and leading him aside, inquired, What is it that you have to tell me?

And he said, The Jews have entered into a compact to ask you to bring down Paul to the Sanhedrim to-morrow, as if about to learn more accurately of something concerning him.

I went with the soldiery and rescued this man, when he was siezed by the Jews, and about to be killed by them, having learned that he is a Roman;

The soldiers therefore took Paul as they were commanded and brought him by night to Antipatris,

But that I may not further weary you, I beg you to hear us briefly, with your clemency.

you being able to know that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with a tumult,

except in this one statement which I made, as I stood among them, that I am under trial by you to-day concerning the resurrection of the dead.

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

and then, he said, the principal men among you may go down with me; if there is any thing against this man they may prosecute him.

And Paul said, I stand at the tribunal of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have not injured the Jews, as you also know very well.

And when they had staid there many days, Festus proposed the case of Paul to the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,

to whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the accused has the accusers face to face, and is allowed an opportunity to defend himself against the accusation.

concerning whom his accusers standing up brought no charge of such things as I supposed,

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all the men present with us, you see this man, of whom all the multitude of the Jews besought me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought no longer to live.

especially as you are acquainted with all the customs and questions of the Jews; wherefore, I beg you to hear me patiently.

Why is it judged by you incredible that God raises the dead?

and when we had all fallen on the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the goads.

And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.