Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.

I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And having said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.

And when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

And having saluted them, he related one by one the things which God had wrought among the nations by his ministry.

And they having heard it glorified God, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of the Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law.

Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.

But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.

But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom thou persecutest.

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;

And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.

And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.

Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty of the matter why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.

And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?

And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.

Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.

And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

And he ordered them to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry him safe through to Felix the governor,

This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out of their hands, having learned that he was a Roman.

And having read it, and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that he was of Cilicia,

he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.

And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought,

ordering the centurion to keep him, and that he should have freedom, and to hinder none of his friends to minister to him.

And after certain days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee;

hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him.

asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.

Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.

And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:

to whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.

And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things?

And Agrippa said to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against him that he ought not to live any longer.

But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this man himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him;

namely, whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of the dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.

and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, he made us go on board her.

And, having said these things and taken a loaf, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it began to eat.

He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

And thence the brethren, having heard about us, came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Tres Tabernae, whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.

And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, I having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening.

And he having said this, the Jews went away, having great reasoning among themselves.

And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him,