And, when we heard these things, both we and those of that place were beseeching him not to go up to Jerusalem.

And, when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

And, on the following day, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

And they, hearing it, were glorifying God, and said to him, "You observe, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed; and they are all zealous for the law.

And they were informed by report concerning you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk after the customs.

And, when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid their hands upon him,

(For they had previously seen with him in the city Trophimus, the Ephesian, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple).

And all the city was moved, and there was a running together of the people; and, laying hold of Paul, they were dragging him out of the temple; and straightway the doors were shut.

And, as they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion;

as also the high priest testifies for me, and all the eldership; from whom, having received letters, I was journeying to Damascus, intending to bring those also who were there bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

And those who were with me beheld, indeed, the light, but they did not understand the voice of Him Who spake to me.

Now they were listening to him up to this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, "Away with such a one from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live!"

And, as they were crying out, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air,

the chief captain gave orders that he should be brought into the castle, saying that he should be examined by scourges, that he might fully know for what cause they were thus clamoring against him.

Straightway, therefore, those who were about to examine him departed from him; and the chief captain also was struck with fear, having ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

And there arose a great clamor, and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees, rising up, were fiercely contending, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but, if a spirit spake to him, or an angel ??"

And there were more than forty, who made this conspiracy;

And, wishing to know clearly the cause for which they were accusing him, I led him down into their Sanhedrin;

And the Jews also assented, affirming that these things were so.

amidst which they found me purified in the temple, neither with a multitude, nor with a tumult; but there were certain Jews from Asia,

But, when two years were completed, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.

and the high priests and chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and were beseeching him,

And, when he presented himself, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and grievous charges, which they were not able to prove;

And, as they were spending several days there, Festus laid before the king the things relating to Paul, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

concerning whom, the accusers, standing up, were bringing no accusation of evils such as I was supposing;

having known me from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

which also I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints also did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the high priests; and, when they were being put to death, I have given a vote against them;

On account of these things, Jews, seizing me in the temple, were attempting to kill me.

and, having withdrawn, they were talking one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

And, thence putting out to sea, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

And, when the south wind was blowing gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, lifting anchor, they were coasting nearer to Crete.

And, the ship being caught, and unable to face the wind, yielding to it, we were borne along.

And, running under a certain small island, called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to secure the boat;

which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, lowering the sail, so they were borne along.

And, we being violently tempest-tossed, the next day they were making an overthrow of the cargo;

And, when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven along the Adria, about midnight the sailors were surmising that some country was approaching them;

And, fearing lest perhaps we might wreck against rocky places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were praying that day would come.

And, when the sailors were seeking to escape out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, by pretext, as though they were about to cast anchors out of the prow,

And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls.

And, having been satisfied with food, they were lightening the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

And, when it was day, they were not recognizing the land; but they were observing a certain bay, having a beach, into which they purposed, if they might be able, to thrust the ship.

And, casting off the anchors, they let them go into the sea; at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders, and hoisting the fore-sail to the breeze, they were holding their course towards the beach.

And the barbarians were extending to us no ordinary kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

but they were expecting that he would surely become swollen, or suddenly fall down dead; but, after looking a great while, and observing nothing unusual happening to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

Now, in the districts round about that place, were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius; who, receiving us, entertained us hospitably three days.

And, when this happened, the others also, who had diseases in the island, were coming to him, and being healed;

who also honored us with many honors; and, when we were setting sail, they placed on board the things suited to our needs.

where, finding brethren, we were entreated to remain with them seven days; and so we came towards Rome.

And it came to pass, after three days, that he called together those who were chief men of the Jews; and, when they came together, he said to them, "Brethren, having done nothing contrary to the people, or to our ancestral customs, I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

who, indeed, having examined me, were disposed to release me, because there was in me no cause of death.

And some were believing the things spoken, and some were disbelieving.

And, disagreeing among themselves, they were departing, when Paul uttered one declaration, "Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah, the prophet, to your fathers,

Much every way: first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

"Happy are those whose iniquities were forgiven, and whose sins were covered.

(as it has been written, "A father of many nations have I made you"), before God Whom he believed, Who maketh alive the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were;

For, while we were yet weak, Christ, in due season, died for the ungodly.

But God commendeth His own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son; much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by His life;

For as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners; so also through the obedience of the One, shall the many be constituted righteous.

Or are ye ignorant, that all we who were immersed into Christ Jesus were immersed into His death?

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

But thanks be to God that, though ye were slaves of sin, ye did, however, obey from the heart that form of teaching unto which ye were delivered;

and, having been made free from sin, ye were made slaves of righteousness.

For, when ye were slaves of sin, ye were free as to righteousness.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye might be joined to another??o Him Who was raised from the dead??hat we might bear fruit to God.

For, when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were through the law, were working in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

But now we have been fully discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

For by hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for that which he sees?

What, then, shall we say? that gentiles who were not following after righteous obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;

Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the Stone of stumbling;

What, then? What Israel is seeking for, this he did not obtain; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

And, if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became a joint-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the Olive tree;

You will say, then, "The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, but you have been standing by faith. Do not cherish lofty thoughts; but fear.

For, if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

For whatsoever things were written in former times were written for our instruction, that we through patience and through consolation of the Scriptures may have hope.

For Macedonia and Achaia were well pleased to make a certain contribution to the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem.

Indeed, they were well pleased, and their debtors they are; for, if the gentiles were partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in carnal things.

that in everything ye were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge;

God is faithful, through Whom ye were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Hath Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye immersed into the name of Paul?

lest some one should say that ye were immersed into my name.

And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;

I fed you with milk, and not solid food; for not yet were ye able to bear it; nay, nor even now are ye able;

being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you;

And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

For ye were bought with a price; glorify God, therefore, in your body.

Were you called, being a slave? care not for it; but, even if you can become free, use it rather.

Ye were bought with a price; become not slaves of men.

But I have used none of these things; and I wrote not these things, that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any one should make my glorying void.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

and were all immersed unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was the Christ.

But in the most of them God took no pleasure; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Neither become ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it has been written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."

Now these things were happening to them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have come.

But every woman, praying or prophesying with her head unveiled, dishonors her head; for it is one and the same, as if she were shaven.

Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led.

for, indeed, in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.