and they proclaimed customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, or to do, being Romans.

And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them safely:

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou and thy household shall be saved.

And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, along with all who were in his house.

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Roman men, they cast us into prison, and now do they cast us out privately? for no; but having come themselves let them lead us out.

And the lictors proclaimed these words to the magistrates. And hearing that they are Romans, they were alarmed;

and having come they called for them, and leading them out, requested them to go away from their city.

And having come out from the prison they came to Lydia, and seeing the brethren, comforted them, and departed.

And having traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came into Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

But the Jews giving away to jealousy, and receiving to themselves certain wicked men of those around the forum, and raising a mob, continued to put the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking to lead them out to the people:

but not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, roaring that, These who have turned the world upside down are also come hither;

And they excited the rabble and the city rulers hearing these things;

and having received satisfaction from Jason and the others they sent them away.

but when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea, they came thither also, agitating and stirring up the rabbles.

But having embarked Paul, they led him even to Athens: and receiving commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed from him.

And taking him, they led him to the Areopagus, saying; Are we able to know what is this new teaching, spoken by thee?

that they should seek God, if perhaps indeed they might feel after him, and find him, though not being far from each one of you.

and because they were of the same craft, abode with them, and they labored: for they were tentmakers by trade.

And they opposing, and blaspheming, shaking his garments, he said to them, Your blood be upon your own head; I am pure: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

And they arrived in Ephesus, and he left them there: and himself, having gone into the synagogue, spoke to the Jews.

And they asking him to remain a longer time, he did not consent;

and said to them, Have you received the Holy Ghost, having believed? And they said to him, But we have not heard if the Holy Ghost is (given).

And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into the baptism of John.

And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on the one coming after him, that is Jesus.

And they, having heard, were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;

and Paul having laid his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they continued to speak with tongues, and prophesy.

And they were all about twelve men.

And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping on them, domineering over both of them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And many of those practicing curious arts, having brought their books, burnt them before all: and they estimated the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

And not only is this interest in danger to us to come into disrepute; but even the temple of the great goddess Diana to be considered for nought, and they are about even to despise the majesty of her, whom all Asia and the world worships.

And hearing and being filled with rage, they continued to cry out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

And the city was filled with commotion: and they rushed of one accord into the theatre, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians, the companions of Paul.

Then indeed they continued to cry out some one thing, and some another: for the church was confused; and the most of them did not know on account of what they had come together.

For you have led in these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor are they blaspheming your goddess.

And they led up the boy alive, and were comforted exceedingly.

And when they came to him, he said to them, You know, that from the first day from which I came unto Asia, how I was with you all the time,

And the weeping of all was great, and falling on the neck of Paul, they continued to kiss him copiously,

being especially grieved at the word which he had spoken, that they were about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

And hearing that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept silent the more.

as the high priest also, and all the eldership, witnessed me: from whom having also received letters from the brethren in Damascus, I was on my way, being about to lead them also hither into Jerusalem bound, that they might be punished.

and I saw Him speaking to me, Hasten, and depart quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and binding those believing on thee throughout the synagogue;

And they continued to hear him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Take away such a one from the earth: for it is not appropriate for him to live.

And they crying out, and rending their garments, and throwing dust into the air,

the chiliarch commanded that he should be led into the castle, saying that he should be tested by scourges, in order that he might know on account of what cause they continued so to cry out against him.

And when they were extending him to the scourges, Paul said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?

And it being day, the Jews having formed a conspiracy, obligated themselves by an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they might kill Paul.

Therefore do not be persuaded by them: for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, who have obligated themselves by an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they may kill him: and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.

And having called a certain two of the centurions, he said, Get ready two hundred soldiers that they may go unto Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;

and wishing to know the cause on account of which they clamored against him, I led him into their sanhedrim:

And on the following day letting the cavalry go on with him, they returned to the castle.

Neither did they find me in the temple disputing with any one, or causing an excitement of the multitude, neither in the synagogues, nor throughout the city:

neither are they able to prove before you the things which they are now accusing me.

But I confess this to you, that according to the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of our fathers, believing all things which have been written in the law and in the prophets:

having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is going to be a resurrection, both of the just and unjust.

in which they found me having been purified in the temple, not with rabble, nor with an uproar; and were certain Jews from Asia,

whom it behooves to be present before me, and accuse me, if they should have anything against me.

Or let them tell what injustice they found, while I was standing before the sanhedrim,

And he being present, the Jews having come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him charges many and heavy, which they were not able to prove.

If therefore I indeed am guilty of unrighteousness, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not ask not to die: but if nothing of these things of which they accuse me is true, no man is able to gratify them (by my death): I appeal unto Caesar.

And while they were spending many days there, Festus expounded to the king the matters appertaining to Paul, saying, A certain man has been left a prisoner by Felix:

Then they, having come together to this place, making no delay, immediately sitting on the judgment-seat, I commanded that the man should be led forth;

but they had certain questions against him concerning their own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who is dead, whom Paul was saying that He is alive.

knowing me originally, if they may be willing to testify, that according to the most rigid sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them;

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.

and having gone away, they were talking to one another, saying, that This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

And when it was determined that we should sail away into Italy, they committed both Paul and certain other prisoners to the centurion, Julius by name, of the band of Augustus.

And the harbor being unsafe for spending the winter, most of them projected to the council to depart thence, if perchance they might be able, having arrived into Phoenix, to spend the winter there; a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southeast and the northeast.

And the south wind blowing, thinking they could achieve their purpose, lifting up a sail, they went coasting along near Crete.

which lifting up they used helps, under-girding the ship; and fearing lest they might fall into Syrtis, lowering the gear, they were thus carried along.

And we being tossed violently by the storm, they were successively making the casting out,

and on the third day with their own hands they threw overboard the tackling of the ship;

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

and fearing lest they may fall out against rough places, casting four anchors from the stern, they were praying that the day should come.

And having been revived by the food, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat over into the sea.

And when it was day, they did not recognize the land: but discovered a certain gulf having a shore, into which they determined, if possible, to thrust out the ship.

And having knocked off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders, and raising up the main sail to the blowing wind, they made for the shore.

And having fallen into a place where two seas met, they broke the ship, and indeed the prow, sticking fast, remained motionless, but the stern was torn off by the violence (of the wind).

And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest some one, having outswum them, might escape:

And the barbarians extended no small philanthropy to us: for, having kindled a fire, they received us all to it, on account of the recent rain and cold.

But when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, Surely this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved from the sea, justice did not permit to live.

and they were looking for him to be about to swell up and suddenly fall down dead. But having looked a long time, and seeing nothing out of place come to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

And it came to pass, after three days, he called together those who were first of the Jews; and they having assembled, he said to them, I, men, brethren, having done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, was committed a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

And they said to him, Neither have we received letters from Judea concerning you, neither has any one of the brethren coming, proclaimed or spoken anything evil concerning you.

and they being disharmonious to one another, dispersed, Paul saying one word, that truly the Holy Ghost spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, saying,

for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard with their ears heavily, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I shall heal them.

Therefore let it be known unto you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear.

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse:

because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Saying that they were wise, they became fools,

And as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are inappropriate;

who, knowing the rightfulness of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but they even delight in those who are doing them.

For when the Gentiles, not having the law, may by nature do the things of the law, they, not having the law, are a law unto themselves:

all have gone away, they have all together become unprofitable; there is no one who is doing good, there is not one.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.

and they have not known the way of peace.

Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

and it shall come to pass, in the place in which it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called the sons of the living God: