And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know in what manner I have conversed among you, all the time from the first day I came into Asia,

And they all wept sore, and falling on Paul's neck kissed him,

Sorrowing most for that word which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they conducted him to the ship.

But when we had finished these days, we departed and went our way; and they all attended us out of the city, with their wives and children: and kneeling down on the sea-shore we prayed.

And having embraced each other we took ship, and they returned home.

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of the place, besought him, not to go up to Jerusalem.

And having heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of believing Jews there are, and they are all zealous for the law.

But they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest the Jews who are among the Gentiles, to apostatize from Moses, telling them, not to circumcise their children, nor to walk after the customs.

What is it therefore? The multitude must needs come together; for they will hear that thou art come.

Take them and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all will know, that there is nothing of those things which they have heard of thee; but that thou thyself walkest orderly, keeping the law.

As touching the Gentiles that believe, we have written and determined, that they should observe no such thing; save only that they keep themselves from what is offered to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.

For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed Paul had brought into the temple.

And the whole city was moved, and the people ran together; and laying hold on Paul, they dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the gates were shut.

And as they went about to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar:

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they ceased from beating Paul.

(And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence:

And they that were with me, saw the light, and were terrified; but they did not hear the voice of him that spake to me, And I said, What shall I do, Lord?

I was in a trance, And saw him saying to me, Make haste and depart quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee.

And they heard him to this word, and then lifted up their voice and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.

And as they cried out, and rent their garments, and cast dust into the air,

The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be examined by scourging, that he might know, for what cause they cried so against him.

And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a Roman, even uncondemned?

And Paul said, But I was free-born. Then they who were going to examine him, immediately departed from him: and the tribune was afraid, after he knew he was a Roman, because he had bound him.

But they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?

And when it was day, some of the Jews entering into a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, That they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul.

And they were more than forty, who had made this confederacy.

And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves by a solemn curse, not to taste anything, till we have killed Paul.

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee, to bring down Paul to-morrow to the council, as if they would enquire something concerning him more accurately.

But do not yield to them; for there are more than forty of them lie in wait, who have bound themselves with a curse, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, expecting a promise from thee.

And desiring to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him before their council: Whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law,

And when it was shewn me, that an ambush was about to be laid for the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to thee, commanding his accusers also, to say before thee what they have against him. Farewel.

On the morrow they returned to the castle, leaving the horsemen to go with him:

And they neither found me disputing with any man in the temple, nor making an insurrection among the people, either in the synagogues or in the city.

Nor can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. But this I confess unto thee,

that after the way, which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

Having hope in God, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust, which they themselves also expect.

Who ought to have been present before thee, and to accuse me, if they had any thing against me.

Or let these themselves say, what crime they found in me, when I stood before the council,

And when he was come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem, stood round about him, bringing many and heavy accusations against Paul, which they were not able to prove:

And when they had been there many days, Festus declared the case of Paul to the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix,

When therefore they were come hither, I without any delay sat at the judgment seat the next day, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed,

all the Jews know, Who knew me from the first, (if they would testify) that I lived a Pharisee, after the strictest sect of our religion.

Which also I did in Jerusalem: and having received authority from the chief priests, I shut up many of the saints in prisons, and when they were killed, I gave my vote against them.

and the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee, To open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; that they may receive through faith which is in me, forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified.

But first to them at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles I declare, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

And as he said this, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them.

And as they were going away, they spake one to another, saying, This man doth nothing worthy of death, or of bonds.

And as soon as it was determined, that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul, and certain other prisoners, to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan Cohort.

And as the haven was not convenient to winter in, the greater part advised to set sail from thence also, if by any means they might reach Phenice, to winter there, which is an haven of Crete looking to the south-west and north-west.

And as the south wind blew gently, supposing they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor, and sailed on close by Crete.

Which having taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they struck sail, and so were driven.

And as we were in an exceeding great storm, the next day they lightened the ship.

And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, the sailors suspected, that they drew nigh some land.

And sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and having gone a little farther, sounding again, they found fifteen fathoms.

And fearing lest they should fall upon some rocky ground, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

But when the sailors were attempting to flee out of the ship, and had let down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were going to carry out anchors from the ship-head,

Then were they all incouraged, and they also took meat.

And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.

And when it was day, they did not know the land; but they observed a certain creek having a shore, into which they were minded, if possible, to thrust the ship:

And having taken up the anchors, they committed it to the sea, at the same time loosing the rudder-bands, and hoisting up the stay-sail to the wind, they made for the shore.

But falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship a ground; and the fore-part sticking fast, remained immovable, but the hinder-part was broken by the force of the waves.

And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship; and so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to land.

And the barbarians shewed us uncommon kindness; for having kindled a fire, they brought us all to it, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

And when the barbarians saw the venomous animal hanging on his hand, they said one to another, Doubtless this man is a murderer, whom though he hath escaped the sea, vengeance hath not suffered to live.

However they expected, that he would have swollen, or suddenly fallen down dead: but after having waited a considerable time, seeing no mischief befall him, they changed their minds and said, that he was a god.

And after three days, Paul called the chief of the Jews together. And when they were come together, he said to them, Brethren, though I have done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet have I been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, nor hath any of the brethren coming hither, related or spoke any evil of thee.

And not agreeing with each other, they brake up the assembly, after Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear.

For those things of him which are invisible, both his eternal power and Godhead, are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things which are made, so that they are without excuse:

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

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

And as they were not careful to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind, to do things not expedient, Filled with all injustice, maliciousness, covetousness, wickedness:

Who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in those that do them.

Much every way; chiefly in that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

What then? Are we better than they? In no wise: for we have before proved all, both Jews and Gentiles, to be under sin.

They have all turned aside; they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doth good, no not one.

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

And they have not known the way of peace:

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

For if they who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise of no effect.

I have made thee a father of many nations) before God in whom he believed, as quickning the dead, and calling the things that are not, as though they were:

For if through one man's offence death reigned by one, they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall much more reign in life, by one, even Jesus Christ.

They that are after the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

So then they who are in the flesh cannot please God.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God.

And not only they, but even we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children, but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

And it shall come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

Wherefore? Because they sought it, not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law: for they stumbled at that stumbling stone;

Brethren, the desire of my heart, and my prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.

For I bear them record, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For they being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

But how shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

But how shall they preach, unless they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them who bring the good tidings of peace, who bring the glad tidings of good things!

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily; their voice is gone into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.