And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.

And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.

And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter?

And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.

And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?

And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.

Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.

And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.

And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.

And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,

Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

But Felix, who had a more detailed knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, When Lysias, the chief captain, comes down, I will give attention to your business.

And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him.

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.

And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.

Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.

Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind:

But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.

And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.