and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, 'Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

And God who knows men's hearts testifies for them by giving them the Holy Spirit, as He did us,

and did put no difference also between us and them, by the faith having purified their hearts;

And all the multitude did keep silence, and were hearkening to Barnabas and Paul, declaring as many signs and wonders as God did among the nations through them;

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

seeing we have heard that certain having gone forth from us did trouble you with words, subverting your souls, saying to be circumcised and to keep the law, to whom we did give no charge,

They then, indeed, having been let go, went to Antioch, and having brought the multitude together, did deliver the epistle,

and they having read, did rejoice for the consolation;

Judas also and Silas, being themselves also prophets, through much discourse did exhort the brethren, and confirm,

Both Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch to teach and proclaim the word of the Lord, as did many others.

Paul, however, did not consider such a man fit to take along with them, the man who deserted them in Pamphylia and did not go on with them to the work.

there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,

this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father -- that he was a Greek.

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

having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,

and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,

And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

And, at midnight, Paul and Silas, being at prayer, began singing praise unto God; and the prisoners unto them, did hearken.

and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe them from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

and Paul said to them, 'Having beaten us publicly uncondemned -- men, Romans being -- they did cast us to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'

And went to the prison, and did their best to conciliate them. Then they took them out, and begged them to leave the city.

So Paul, as he usually did, went to the synagogue, and for three sabbaths discussed with them the Scriptures,

And certain of them did believe, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also of the worshipping Greeks a great multitude, of the principal women also not a few.

When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, "These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,

many, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few.

And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,

'God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,

to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, -- though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'

and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom is also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.

and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft;

But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, and so did all his family, and from time to time many of the Corinthians heard, believed, and were baptized.

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him even before the tribunal: but Gallio did not concern himself about the matter.

and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:

and they having requested him to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

this one also began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Aquilas and Priscilla having heard of him, took him to them, and did more exactly expound to him the way of God,

and he being minded to go through into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, having exhorted them to receive him, who having come, did help them much who have believed through the grace,

and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered him, "So far from that, we never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

And Paul said, 'John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe -- that is, in the Christ -- Jesus;'

and when certain were hardened and were disbelieving, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, having departed from them, he did separate the disciples, every day reasoning in the school of a certain Tyrannus.

And this happened for two years so that all those dwelling in Asia did hear the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks,

And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:

And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that naked and wounded they did flee out of that house,

many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,

So mightily did the word of the Lord increase and prevail.

whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, 'Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;

and ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, did turn away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods who are made by hands;

And Paul wishing to go in to the people, the disciples did not permit him;

So they kept on shouting, some one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority of them did not know why they had met.

No sooner, however, did they see that he was a Jew, than there arose from them all one roar of shouting, lasting about two hours. "Great is the Ephesian Diana," they said.

these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,

And we having gone before unto the ship, did sail to Assos, thence intending to take in Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot;

Serving the Lord, as I did, in all humility, amid the tears and trials which fell to my lot through the plots of the Jews.

how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,

And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, -- ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

'The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;

and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands;

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth us to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray,

and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.

And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us,

and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,

who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.

art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?'

And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying:

In my persecution of this Cause I did not stop even at the taking of life. I put in chains, and imprisoned, men and women alike--

The men who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of Him who was speaking to me.

'And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

came to see me, and standing by my side said to me, 'Saul, my brother, recover your sight!' Then instantly I did recover it and looked at him,

and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

and the chief captain answered, 'I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;' but Paul said, 'But I have been even born so.'

and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set him before them.

Paul answered, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You must not speak evil against any ruler of your people.'"

So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teaches of the Law belonging to the Pharisees' party stood up and hotly protested: "We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel--"

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, 'With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves -- to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.'

those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.

who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,

and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

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

unless it be, that I did indeed break out into this expression, it "is for the resurrection of the dead, that I am now call'd into question."

this he frequently did, and convers'd with him upon the presumption that Paul would have

he making defence -- 'Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar -- did I commit any sin.'

and Paul said, 'At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know;

They, therefore, having come together -- I, making no delay, on the succeeding day having sat upon the tribunal, did command the man to be brought,

But when his accusers appeared before me, they did not charge him with the crimes of which I had been suspecting him.

but Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I did command him to be kept till I might send him unto Caesar.'

And Festus said, 'King Agrippa, and all men who are present with us, ye see this one, about whom all the multitude of the Jews did deal with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out, He ought not to live any longer;

I myself too once thought myself oblig'd strenuously to oppose the professors of Jesus the Nazarene, as I actually did at Jerusalem,