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.

They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of those of the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.

And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that God had wrought with them.

And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among them, saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they also.

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

They therefore, being let go, came to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude delivered to them the epistle.

And having read it, they rejoiced at the consolation.

And having passed some time there, they were let go in peace from the brethren to those who sent them.

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.

There arose therefore very warm feeling, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away to Cyprus;

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.

And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

and having passed by Mysia they descended to Troas.

And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

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

And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his 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.

And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.

And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.

And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.

And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.

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.

But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

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?

that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

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

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

and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.

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 having all laid hold on Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio troubled himself about none of these things.

And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time with them he did not accede,

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.

And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

And Paul having laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books of charms and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

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.

And having heard this, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.

And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

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.

But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

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 they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,

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 embraced one another, we went on board ship, and they returned home.

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.

And they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews among the nations apostasy from Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk in the customs.

What is it then? a multitude must necessarily come together, for they will hear that thou art come.

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.

For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

But they that were with me beheld the light, and were filled with fear, but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me.

and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

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

And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.

And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

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 when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

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.

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.

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.

And he ordered them to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry him safe through to Felix the governor,

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

and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

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

But this I avow to thee, that in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers' God, believing all things which are written throughout the law, and in the prophets;

having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.

Whereupon they found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult. But it was certain Jews from Asia,

who ought to appear before thee and accuse, if they have anything against me;

or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council,

And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:

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.

And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,

When therefore they had come together here, without putting it off, I sat the next day on the judgment-seat and commanded the man to be brought:

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.

Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

But when it had been determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered up Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion, by name Julius, of Augustus' company.

And the harbour being ill adapted to winter in, the most counselled to set sail thence, if perhaps they might reach Phoenice to winter in, a port of Crete looking north-east and south-east.

And the south wind blowing gently, supposing that they had gained their object, having weighed anchor they sailed close in shore along Crete.

which having hoisted up, they used helps, frapping the ship; and fearing lest they should run into Syrtis and run aground, and having lowered the gear they were so driven.

But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,

and on the third day with their own hands they cast away the ship furniture.

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.

and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;