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.

Having taken these, be purified with them. And pay expenses for them, so that they may shave the head. And all may know, that things of which they have been informed about thee, are nothing, but thou thyself also walk orderly, keep

And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people and threw hands on him,

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

And immediately after taking soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them. And they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

As also the high priest testifies about me, and all the senior council, from whom also having received letters to the brothers in Damascus, I was going to bring bound even those who were there to Jerusalem so that they might be pun

And those who were with me indeed saw the light and became afraid, but they heard not the voice of him who spoke to me.

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,

And I saw him saying to me, Hurry and depart in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept thy testimony about me.

the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

And the chief captain answered, Of a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But then I was born so.

And those who stood by said, Thou revile God's high priest?

For in fact Sadducees say to be no resurrection nor heavenly agent nor spirit, but Pharisees acknowledge them all.

And the following night the Lord, having stood by him, said, Cheer up, Paul, for as thou have testified these things about me at Jerusalem, so thou must testify also at Rome.

But the son of Paul's sister, having heard of the ambush, having come and entered into the fort, he informed Paul.

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.

And provide beasts, so that after mounting Paul, they may bring him safely to Felix the governor,

But this I confess to thee, that according to the Way that they call a sect, so serve I the paternal God, believing all things written according to the law and the prophets,

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

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 Festus says, King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting he ought not to live any longer.

About whom I do not have anything certain to write to the lord. Therefore I brought him before you, and especially before thee, king Agrippa, so that, an examination having occurred, I may have something to write.

at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, which shone around me and those who went with me.

But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,

Therefore men, cheer up, for I believe God, that it will be so in that way it has been told to me.

And when it became the fourteenth night, as we were driven about in the Adriatic sea, toward midnight the sailors suspected some region to come near them.

And since the sailors sought to flee out of the ship, and having lowered the skiff into the sea in pretense as going to stretch out anchors from the bow,

And after being filled of food, they unloaded the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

And having cast off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time unfastening the bands of the rudders. And having hoisted up the foresail to the wind, they held firm for the shore.

and the remaining, some on boards, and some on any of the things from the ship. And so it came to pass for all to be saved to the land.

And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, Justice did not allow to live.

who also honored us with many honorariums. And while putting out to sea, they furnished the things for our necessities.

where, having found brothers, we were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.

And from there the brothers, who heard these things about us, came for a meeting with us as far as Appius Forum and The Three Taverns, whom, when Paul saw, having expressed thanks to God, he took courage.

Because of this reason therefore I summoned you to see and to speak with me, for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

saying, Go thou to this people, and say, Hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive.

For this people's heart was made fat, and they hear heavily with the ears. And they shut their eyes, lest they may perceive with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should turn, and I would heal the

For I long to see you, so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to establish you,

and that is, to be mutually encouraged among you through each other's faith, both yours and mine.

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.

So the willingness is in me to preach the good-news also to you in Rome.

Thou who say not to commit adultery, do thou commit adultery? Thou who abhor idols, do thou rob temples?

But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous inflicting wrath? (I speak according to a man.)

and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come (whose condemnation is just)?

Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.

What then will we say Abraham, our father according to flesh, to have found?

For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.

Is this blessedness therefore upon men of circumcision, or also upon men of uncircumcision? For we say, Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

Who, against hope, believed in hope, in order for him to become father of many nations according to that which was spoken, So thy seed will be.

And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,

And not only so, but also taking pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of the coming man.

So then, as through an offense of one man was for condemnation for all men, so also through a righteousness of one man was for justification of life for all men.

For as through the one man's disobedience the many were led sinful, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be led righteous.

And the law entered so that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,

so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign, through righteousness, for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What will we say then? We continue in sin so that grace may abound?

We were buried therefore with him through the immersion into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may walk in newness of life.

Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be inactivated, no longer to enslave us to sin.

So also ye, reckon yourselves to be indeed dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(I speak man-like because of the weakness of your flesh). For as ye presented your body-parts servile to uncleanness, and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present your body-parts servile to righteousness for sanctification.

So then, of the living husband, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes to another man, but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, for her not to be an adulteress having become to another man.

Therefore, my brothers, ye also became dead to the law through the body of Christ in order for ye to become to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we would bear fruit to God.

But now we have been released from the law, having died to what we were held, so as for us to serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of a document.

What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.

So the law is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Has therefore what is good become death to me? May it not happen! Instead, it is sin, so that it might be revealed, sin working death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful to extreme.

but I see a different law in my body-parts, warring against the law of my mind, and taking me captive in the law of sin, which is in my body-parts.

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, I of myself in the mind indeed serve a law of God, but in the flesh a law of sin.

so that the justice of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to flesh, but according to Spirit.

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to flesh.

And if children, also heirs, heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer jointly, so that we may also be glorified jointly.

And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience.

What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,

nor, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee.

And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac

What will we say then? Is there injustice from God? May it not happen!

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who is merciful.

So then he is merciful to whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.

Thou will say to me therefore, Why does he still find fault? For who has resisted his purpose?

Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved.

What will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith.

Brothers, truly my heart's desire and my supplication to God for Israel is for salvation.

But the righteousness from faith says thus: Thou should not say in thy heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down)

But what does it say? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, the word of faith that we preach:

So faith is from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But I say, did they, no, not hear? Rather, Their voice went forth into all the earth, and their sayings to the limits of the inhabited world.

But I say, did Israel, no, not know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy toward a non-nation. Toward a foolish nation, I will make you angry.

I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.

So then also at this present time there has become a remnant according to the selection of grace.

just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.

Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.