"But God has thus fulfilled what he foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

"whom the heavens must receive until the time of restoration of all things. "God spoke of this ages ago, through the mouth of his holy prophets.

Now the portion of Scripture which he was reading was as follows. He was led a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, So he opened not his mouth.

"'Not so, my Lord' said I, 'for nothing common or unclean has ever gone into my mouth.'

"So we have sent Judas and Silas to tell you the same things by word of mouth.

Paul was about to open his mouth, when Gallio said to the Jews. "If it had been some misdemeanor or wicked villainy, it would have been within reason for me to listen to you Jews;

"Then he said: "'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know his will; and to see the righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

Then the High Priest Ananias ordered those who stood near Paul to strike him on the mouth.