And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

And having removed him, he raised up David for a king to them, also about whom he said, when he testified, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will do all my purposes.

From this man's seed according to promise, God brought salvation to Israel,

Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation was sent.

Therefore also he says in another, Thou will not give thy Holy man to see decay.

Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.

And from all things of which ye could not be make righteous by the Law of Moses, in this man every man who believes is made righteous.

Behold, ye scoffers, and wonder, and perish, because I work a work in your days, which ye would, no, not believe, if some man should fully narrate it to you.

But the Jews incited the religious women, and the prominent women, and the principle men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they threw them out of their boundaries.

And a certain man was sitting in Lystra, disabled in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's belly, who had never walked.

This man was listening to Paul speaking, who, having gazed at him, and having seen that he has faith to be healed,

And the multitudes who saw what Paul did, lifted up their voice, speaking Lycaonian, The gods came down to us, having become like men.

And they actually called Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the man who led the word.

and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good-news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the thi

And certain men, who came down from Judea, taught the brothers, Unless ye will be circumcised in the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Therefore, no small dissension and debate having developed with Paul and Barnabus against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some other men from them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about thi

But some of the men who believed from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

And when much debate occurred, Peter having risen up, he said to them, Men, brothers, ye know that from past days among us, God chose the Gentiles to hear through my mouth the word of the good-news, and to believe.

But through the grace of the Lord Jesus, we believe to be saved, in the same way as those men also.

And after they were quiet, James answered, saying, Men, brothers, hear me.

so that the rest of men might seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called upon them, says the Lord, who does these things.

Then it was decided by the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to send men chosen from them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

Since we have heard that certain men who went out from us have troubled you with words, disturbing your souls, saying to be circumcised, and to keep the law, to whom we did not command,

it was decided by us, having become unanimous, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

men who have given over their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But Paul thought it not worthy to bring along this man who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and not having gone with them to the work.

Paul wanted this man to go forth with him. And having taken him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those regions, for they had all seen that his father was a Greek.

And a vision appeared to Paul during the night. A certain Macedonian man was standing, imploring him, and saying, After crossing over into Macedonia, help us.

This woman having followed Paul and us was crying out, saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.

And after bringing them to the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, disturb our city,

And suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so as for the foundations of the prison to shake. And immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all the men were unfastened.

But when it became day, the magistrates sent out the police, saying, Release those men.

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, uncondemned men, being Romans, they cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out privately? Certainly not, but after coming, they shall lead us out.

But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace.

And not having found them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the city rulers, shouting, The men who have agitated the world, these are present here also,

whom Jason has received. And all these men are acting against the decrees of Caesar, asserting another man to be king, Jesus.

And after taking bond from Jason and the other men, they released them.

Indeed therefore many of them believed, also of the prominent Greek women, and of men, not a few.

And having stood in the middle of the Areopagus, Paul said, Athenian men, I perceive you as deity-fearing in all things.

nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things.

And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,

Being therefore offspring of God, we ought not think the Divine to be like gold, or silver, or stone handiwork of the skill and thought of man.

Indeed therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands for all men everywhere to repent.

Because he appointed a day during which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he appointed, having provided assurance to all men because he raised him from the dead.

But some men, having joined with him, believed, among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by origin, who recently came from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius arranged for all the Jews to separate from Rome, he came to them.

And having departed from there, he went into the house of a certain man named Justus, who worships God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue.

because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.

saying, This man is persuading men to worship God against the law.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by origin, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.

This was a man who was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in the Spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about the Lord, knowing only the immersion of John.

And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside, and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.

And all the men were about twelve.

And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping on them, and having overpowered them, he prevailed against them, so as for them to flee out of that house naked and wounded.

to whom also (having assembled the workmen about such things) he said, Men, ye know that our prosperity is from this work.

And ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this man Paul, having persuaded them, turned away a considerable multitude, saying that there are no gods made by hands.

And when the town clerk calmed the multitude, he says, Ephesian men, now who is the man who does not know the city of the Ephesians being temple-guardian of the great goddess Artemis, and of what fell from Zeus?

For ye brought these men, who are neither sacrilegious nor blaspheming your goddess.

Indeed therefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen with him, have a matter against any man, forums are brought, and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse each other.

These men, who went ahead, awaited us at Troas.

And a certain young man named Eutychus sitting in the window, being carried away by deep sleep (Paul discoursing on more), being carried away by sleep, he fell down below from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

Therefore I solemnly declare to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.

And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

And having bid farewell to each other, we went up in the ship, and those men returned to their own things.

Now four virgin daughters who prophesied were with this man.

And having come to us, and having taken Paul's belt, having bound both his feet and hands, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things: Thus the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the h

And when we heard these things, both we and those local men urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law.

Therefore do this that we say to thee. Four men are with us who have a vow on themselves.

Then Paul, having taken the men on the following day, having been purified with them, entered into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for each one of them.

crying out, Men, Israelites, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. And besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place.

For they were men who saw Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul brought into the temple.

Then thou are not the Egyptian who revolted before these days, and who led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?

But Paul said, I am really a Jewish man of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. And I beg thee, allow me to speak to the people.

Men, brothers, and fathers, hear now my defense to you.

I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but reared in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, reared accurately in the paternal law, being a zealot of God, as ye all are today.

And I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there,

And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous man, and to hear a voice from his mouth,

because thou will be a witness for him to all men of the things that thou have seen and heard.

And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.

And as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it permitted for you to scourge a Roman man, and uncondemned?

And when the centurion heard, having come to the chief captain, he reported, saying, Look! What are thou about to do? For this man is a Roman.

And Paul, after looking intently at the council, said, Men, brothers, I have been a citizen in all good conscience to God until this day.

But when Paul ascertained that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, son of a Pharisee. About the hope and resurrection of the dead I am judged.

And there developed a great clamor. And some of the scholars of the Pharisees part having risen, they argued vehemently, saying, We find nothing wrong in this man. But if a spirit spoke to him, or a heavenly agent, we should not fi

And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to inform him.

Indeed therefore having taken him, he brought him to the chief captain, and says, Paul the prisoner, having called me, asked me to bring this young man to thee, who has something to say to thee.

Therefore thou should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them wait to ambush him, who have put themselves under an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now are they ready, expecting the p

Indeed therefore the chief captain dismissed the young man, having ordered, Tell no man that thou have shown these things to me.

This man who was seized by the Jews, and was going to be killed by them, having stood by with the soldiers, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman.

And when it was reported to me of a plot going to be against the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to thee, also having commanded the accusers to speak before thee the things against him. Be strong.

For we have found this man a plague, who even instigates sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

And they found me neither in the temple disputing against any man, nor making a gang of a group, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.

And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always nonstumbling before God and men.

Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me, having stood before the council,

He also arranged for the centurion to guard Paul, and to have reduced confinement, and to forbid none of his own men to serve or to come to him.

He also hoped simultaneously that money would be given him by Paul so that he might free him. And so, summoning him more frequently, he conversed with him.

And the high priest and the principal men of the Jews appeared to him against Paul, and urged him,