And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading him by the hand they brought him into Damascus.

Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.

Now it came to pass that Peter, passing through all quarters, descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.

And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.

And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did him homage.

And he said to them, Ye know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to me God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast well done in coming. Now therefore we are all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

ye know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached --

And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.

Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

And now behold, the Lord's hand is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.

And having found no cause of death in him, they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.

And they stayed no little time with the disciples.

A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law; to whom we gave no commandment;

For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

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But after certain days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city where we have announced the word of the Lord, and see how they are getting on.

Him would Paul have go forth with him, and took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.

But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.

And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

And having taken hold on him they brought him to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee is?

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

because I am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city.

And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?

And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

For a certain man by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;

whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.

Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.

Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the image which fell down from heaven?

For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this affair of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

And they brought away the boy alive, and were no little comforted.

And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia,

And now, behold, bound in my spirit I go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;

But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

For I know this, that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;

And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give to you an inheritance among all the sanctified.

I have coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one.

Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.

specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.

Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

take these and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may have their heads shaved; and all will know that of those things of which they have been informed about thee nothing is true; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

But concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, deciding that they should observe no such thing, only to keep themselves both from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.

And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.

But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus, citizen of no insignificant city of Cilicia, and I beseech of thee, allow me to speak to the people.

Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;

And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;

And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty of the matter why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.

Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.

The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.

And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him making him worthy of death or of bonds.

having commanded his accusers to come to thee; of whom thou canst thyself, in examining him, know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.

As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

neither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me.

But Paul said, I am standing before the judgment-seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.

If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.

concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as I supposed;

My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,

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.

And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

And much time having now been spent, and navigation being already dangerous, because the fast also was already past, Paul counselled them,

And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there shall be no loss at all of life of any of you, only of the ship.

And when we got safe to land we then knew that the island was called Melita.

But the barbarians shewed us no common kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

Now in the country surrounding that place were the lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius, who received us and gave us hospitality three days in a very friendly way.

always beseeching at my prayers, if any way now at least I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those who do such things.

for there is no acceptance of persons with God.

For when those of the nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;