Then Festus replied [that] Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and [he] himself was about to go [there] in a short time.

But Agrippa [said] to Paul, "In a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"

And Paul [replied], "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such [people] as I also am, except for these bonds!"

But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

A short time after this King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan of God.

if you will move it then to the tribune in the name of the Sanhedrim, to send him here to-morrow, under colour of examining his affair with more solemnity, we shall take care to dispatch him, and make a short end of his journey."

So they set out, being accompanied for a short distance by some other members of the Church; and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the whole story of the conversion of the Gentiles and inspired all the brethren with great joy.

So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.

The jailor, who was awakened from sleep [by the commotion] saw the jail doors open so drew his [short] sword and prepared to kill himself, assuming that all the prisoners had escaped. [Note: He would have faced a humiliating execution himself if he had allowed capital offense criminals to escape. With that prospect in view, it was considered honorable by the Romans for a person to commit suicide].

But a short time later, a violent northeasterly wind they called "Euraquilo" swept down,

When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

Now Paul stayed a considerable time longer in Corinth, and then bade the brothers goodbye and set sail for Syria, accompanied by Aquila and Priscilla. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut, for he was under a vow.

Are you not the Egyptian who sometime ago raised a mob of four thousand cut-throats and led them out into the desert?"

Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the boat and let it drift away.

So they cut the anchors free and left them in the sea. At the same time they untied the ropes that held the steering oars, raised the foresail to the wind, and headed for the beach.

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

And he cut off James, the brother of John, with the sword.

And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.