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."

But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee {named} Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, [and] gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.

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.

And having sounded, they found it twenty fathoms; and moving on a short distance, and sounding again, they found it 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,

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.

A short time after this, Agrippa the king and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay a complimentary visit to Festus;

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

who knew me before from the outset of my life, if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.

When he had left them, he went to the house of one Justus a proselyte to Judaism, who lived near the synagogue: however Crispus,

And all the believers lived together and held all they had as common goods to be shared by one another.

At this statement Moses fled, and went and lived in the land of Midian, and became the father of two sons.

But Saul grew stronger and stronger and continued to put to utter confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus, by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

Now, as Peter was going here and there among them all, he finally went down to God's people who lived at Lydda.

Then all the people who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and so they turned to the Lord.

So the disciples decided to send a contribution, each in proportion to his prosperity, to help the brothers who lived in Judea.

When they arrived, he said to them: "You know how I lived among you all the time from the day I first set foot in the province of Asia, and how I continued

There a man named Ananias, a man devout in strict accordance with the law, of good reputation among all the Jews who lived there,

"The kind of life I have lived from my youth up, as spent in my early days among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is well known to all Jews,

So Paul for two whole years lived in a rented house of his own; he continued to welcome everybody who came to see him;

And Paul earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God till this day.

When the people who lived there saw the snake hanging from his hand, they told one another, "This man must be a murderer! He may have escaped from the sea, but Justice won't let him live."

But a certain man, named Simon, lived previously in that city, who practised magic, and astonished the nation of Samaria, giving out himself as an extraordinary great personage:

And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called 'Akeldama,' that is, 'The field of blood.'

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.