But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons.

For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring.

But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this.

But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles.

And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent,

And when Paul was about to open his mouth Gallio said to the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil imposition, O Jews, I would bear with you in a reasonable manner;

and he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not heard that there is a Holy Spirit.

And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism.

Paul said, John indeed baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, on Jesus.

But the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?

assembling them together and laborers of like employments, said, Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this employment,

And the clerk having stilled the multitude, said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana, and of the Jove descended [image]?

And having said these words he dismissed the assembly.

But Paul going down fell on him, and embracing him, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.

And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was with you at all times,

I have showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And having said these words he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

grieving most of all for the word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

and coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he said, These things, says the Holy Spirit; Thus will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.

and having heard, they glorified God, and said to him, You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are of those who have believed, among the Jews, and all are zealots of the law;

And being about to be carried into the fortress, Paul said to the chiliarch, May I have permission to speak to you? And he said, Do you understand Greek?

And Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of a not undistinguished city, I beg of you, permit me to speak to the people.

And he giving him permission, Paul stood up on the steps, and motioned with his hand to the people; and when there was great silence, he spoke in the Hebrew language, and said,

And he said, I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, instructed at the feet of Gamaliel in the accurate interpretation of the law of our fathers, and am a zealous worshipper of God as you all are to-day;

And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazoraean, whom you persecute.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told you of all things which are appointed for you to do.

coming and standing by, said to me, Brother Saul, Receive your sight. And in that hour I looked upon him.

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth,

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in the synagogues those who believed on you;

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you to nations far away.

But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned?

And the chiliarch came to him and said, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one].

And Paul looking steadily at the Sanhedrim, said, Men and brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience to this day.

Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, whitewashed wall; and do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?

And those standing by said, Do you revile God's chief priest?

And Paul said, I knew not brothers that he was a chief priest; for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.

And having said this, there was a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude were divided.

And on the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good courage, for as you have testified of me at Jerusalem, so you must also testify at Rome.

who came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing till we kill Paul.

And Paul calling one of the centurions, said, Lead this young man to the chiliarch, for he has something to tell him.

He therefore took him and led him to the chiliarch, and said, Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to lead this young man to you, who has something to tell you.

And he said, The Jews have entered into a compact to ask you to bring down Paul to the Sanhedrim to-morrow, as if about to learn more accurately of something concerning him.

And calling two of the centurions he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred light armed troops, after the third hour of the night.

I will hear you, he said, when your accusers have come; and he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.

and then, he said, the principal men among you may go down with me; if there is any thing against this man they may prosecute him.

But Festus wishing to gratify the Jews, answered Paul and said, Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be tried by me for these things?

And Paul said, I stand at the tribunal of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have not injured the Jews, as you also know very well.

but had certain questions with him concerning their religion, and concerning one Jesus that was dead, who Paul said was alive.

And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I should like to hear the man also myself. And he said, To-morrow you shall hear him.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all the men present with us, you see this man, of whom all the multitude of the Jews besought me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought no longer to live.

And Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.

And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

Having obtained therefore help from God, I have continued to this day, testifying to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said should take place;

And when Paul had said these words, Festus said with a loud voice, You are mad, Paul; much learning has driven you to madness.

But he said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and sobriety.

And Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to be a Christian.

And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

And Agrippa said to Festus, If he had not appealed to Caesar, this man might be released.

Then there having been long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, You ought, men, taking my advice, not to have sailed from Crete, and to have saved this injury and loss.

and said, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar, and behold, God has given you all that sail with you.

Paul said to the centurion and soldiers, Unless these continue in the ship you cannot be saved.

And having said these things, and taken bread, he thanked God before all, and having broken began to eat.

And when the barbarians saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, This man is undoubtedly a murderer, whom though saved from the sea justice has not permitted to live.

but they expected that he would swell up, or suddenly fall down dead. And waiting a long time, and seeing nothing extraordinary happen to him, they thought differently, and said, He is a god.

And after three days he called the chief men of the Jews together; and when they had convened, said to them, Men and brothers, having done nothing contrary to the people or to the customs of the fathers, I was delivered up from Jerusalem a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,

And they said to him, We have neither received letters concerning you from Judea, nor has any one of the brothers come and reported or told any evil of you.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. On the contrary I knew not sin except through the law; for I had not known inordinate desire, unless the law had said, You shall not desire inordinately.

And not only this, but Rebecca also being with child by one, by our father Isaac??11 for the children not yet being born, nor having done any thing good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might continue, not of works but of him that calls,??12 it was said to her that the older shall serve the younger;

and in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called children of the living God.

As also Isaiah said before, Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a posterity, we should have been like Sodom, and should have resembled Gomorrah.

and giving thanks broke, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me.

and what agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God; as God said, I will dwell in them, and I will walk in them, and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people.

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts both to die and live together.

for if I had boasted of you to him I was not ashamed, but as we said all things to you in truth, so also the boasting of you to Titus was truth.

But I sent the brothers, that our boasting of you may not be in vain in this respect, as I said you were prepared,

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; for power is perfected in weakness.

I have said before, and I now foretell as if present a second time, although absent, to those who have already sinned and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare;

As we said before I now also say again, If any one preaches you a gospel contrary to what you have received let him be accursed.

But when I saw that they walked not correctly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you being a Jew live after the manner of the gentiles, and not after the manner of the Jews, why do you compel the gentiles to practise Judaism?

The promises were spoken to Abraham and his offspring. He said not, And to offsprings, as of many, but as of one, And to your offspring, which is Christ.

A certain one of them, their own poet, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gormandizers.

For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, to-day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son?

And to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool?

Wherefore I was displeased with that generation and said, They always err in mind, and they did not know my ways,

It was said, To-day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation;

For we enter into the rest who believed, as he said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, although of works made from the foundation of the world.

again he defines a certain day, To-day, saying in David, after so long a time, as it was said before, To-day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

So also Christ did not put on himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee;

For he of whom these things are said belonged to another tribe, of which no one attended to the altar;

for it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, in respect to which tribe Moses said nothing concerning priests.

BUT the chief thing in addition to what has been said is, that we have such a chief priest who sat on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens,

then I said, Behold, I come,??n the volume of the book it is written of me,??o do thy will, O God.

then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

The Holy Spirit also testifies [this] to us; for after it had said before,

For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

By faith Enoch was translated without seeing death, and was not found because God translated him. For before the translation he was said to have pleased God;

of whom it was said, In Isaac shall your posterity be called,