And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

And while we were waiting there for some days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judaea.

And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles.

And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.

And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;

For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!

And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.

And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to deat

But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.

This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.

So the armed men, as they were ordered, took Paul and came by night to Antipatris.

And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him.

And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul.

Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;

Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:

But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.

Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.

And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land.

But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.

For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.

But when Paul had got some sticks together and put them on the fire, a snake came out, because of the heat, and gave him a bite on the hand.

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

And when this took place, all the others in the island who had diseases came and were made well.

And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli:

Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,

Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.

For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:

Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.

So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.

And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:

We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.

In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.

And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.

And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ.

But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;

And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.

For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ:

For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.

I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;