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.

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.

And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

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 some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection to them.

And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: I am pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

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

But as Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed it was some wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, of reason I should have borne with you;

he said to them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they said to him, We did not even hear if the Holy Spirit was come.

And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

And Paul said, John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

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

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 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?

And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding him in his arms, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.

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,

I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And having said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

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.

And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

and coming to us and taking the girdle of Paul, and having bound his own hands and feet, said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose this girdle is shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver him up into the hands of the Gentiles.

And they having heard it glorified God, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of the Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law.

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.

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom thou persecutest.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.

coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And I, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him.

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

And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.

But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?

And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.

And the chiliarch answered, I, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was also free born.

And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And thou, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?

And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.

and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.

And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.

And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.

But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?

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.

And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things?

And Agrippa said to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against him that he ought not to live any longer.

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

Having therefore met with the help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,

But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness;

And Agrippa said to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

And Paul said, I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bonds.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.

But the centurion believed rather the helmsman and the shipowner than what was said by Paul.

And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss.

Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.

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

And, having said these things and taken a loaf, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it began to eat.

And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer, whom, though saved out of the sea, Nemesis has not allowed to live.

But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, I having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.

And some were persuaded of the things which were said, but some disbelieved.

And he having said this, the Jews went away, having great reasoning among themselves.

What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;

it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

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

And according as Esaias said before, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.

and having given thanks broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.

and what agreement of God's temple with idols? for ye are the living God's temple; according as God has said, I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be to me a people.

I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.

But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;

that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.

And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.

As we have said before, now also again I say, If any one announce to you as glad tidings anything besides what ye have received, let him be accursed.

But when I saw that they do not walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, I said these things to you?

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

For to which of the angels said he ever, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him for father, and he shall be to me for son?

But as to which of the angels said he ever, Sit at my right hand until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet?

Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways;

in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;

For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from the foundation of the world.

For he has said somewhere of the seventh day thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works:

again he determines a certain day, saying, in David, 'To-day,' after so long a time; (according as it has been said before), To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Thus the Christ also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, Thou art my Son, I have to-day begotten thee.

For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has ever been attached to the service of the altar.

(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent of it, Thou art priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec;)

Then I said, Lo, I come (in the roll of the book it is written of me) to do, O God, thy will.

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