And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

And he took him, and led him to the high captain, and said, "Paul the prisoner called me unto him and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, which hath a certain matter to show thee."

And the captain, taking him by the hand, and going aside, began, privately, to ask - What is it which thou hast to report unto me?

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

And provide beasts on which they may set Paul, and take him in safety to Felix the governor.

He also wrote a letter of which these were the contents:

And, being minded to find out the cause for which they were accusing him, I took him down into their High-council,

Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

But an ambush, which was going to be laid for the man by the Jews, being discovered to me, immediately I sent him to thee, telling his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Indeed therefore, the soldiers, according to that which was precisely arranged for them, having taken Paul, they brought him through the night to Antipatris.

Which when they came to Caesarea, they delivered the epistle to the deputy, and presented Paul before him.

After reading the letter, the governor asked which province Paul was from. On learning that he was from Cilicia,

So Paul was sent for, and Tertullus began to impeach him as follows: "Indebted as we are," he said, "to you, most noble Felix, for the perfect peace which we enjoy, and for reforms which your wisdom has introduced to this nation,

"We owe it to your Excellency," he said, "that we are enjoying profound peace, and we owe it to your foresight that this nation is constantly securing reforms--advantages which we very gratefully accept at all times and places.

8 By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."

from whom thou shall be able, thyself, by making examination concerning all these things, to ascertain the things of which, we, are accusing him.

But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself.

thou being able to learn that there are for me not more than twelve days from which I went up to worship in Jerusalem.

neither can they make good the things concerning which they are, now, accusing me.

But I confess, this, unto thee, - That, according to the Way which they call a Sect, so, I am rendering divine service unto my father's God, believing in all the things which, throughout the law, and those which, in the prophets, are written:

Having, hope, towards God, which, even these themselves, do entertain - that, a resurrection, there shall certainly be, both of righteous and of unrighteous:

Now, after many years, intending to do, alms, unto my nation, I arrived, - also to present offerings; among which they found me, purified in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with tumult;

in which certain Jews from Asia did find me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult,

Howbeit, there were certain Jews out of Asia, which ought to be here present before thee, and accuse me, if they had ought against me:

except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them -- Concerning a rising again of the dead I am judged to-day by you.'

And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

He hoped also that money would be given him by Paul; on which account he sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.

So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

And, when he presented himself, the Jews who, from Jerusalem, had come down, stood round about him, many and grievous charges, bringing against him , which they were not able to prove, -

for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

Concerning whom, taking their stand, his accusers, no accusation at all, were bringing, of the evil things which, I, had been suspecting;

But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

But I found that he had not done anything for which he deserved to die; however, as he has himself appealed to his Majesty, I have decided to send him up.

Concerning whom I have nothing definite to write to my lord; therefore I have led him to you, and especially to thee, O king Agrippa, in order that, there being an investigation, I may have something which I shall write;

For me thinketh it unreasonable for to send a prisoner, and not to show the causes, which are laid against him."

Then Agrippa said to Paul, you are at liberty to make your defence. upon which Paul disengaging his hand from his cloak, thus made his plea.

Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I have been counting myself happy, that, before thee, am I about, this day, to be making my defence;

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

My manner of life, then, from my youth, which, from its commencement, was formed among my nation, even in Jerusalem, know all Jews,

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And now for the hope of the promise which is from God to our fathers, I stand being judged:

unto which hope , our twelve-tribed nation, with intensity, night and day, rendering divine service, is hoping to attain - concerning which hope, I am being accused by Jews, O King!

I truly thought within myself [that it was right] to do many things which were opposed to the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

which also I did in Jerusalem, yea and, many of the saints, I myself, in prisons, shut up, - the authority, from the High-priests, having received: and, when they were to be put to death, I brought against them my vote;

Among which things, being on a journey unto Damascus, with the authority and commission of the High-priests,

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

But rise and stand upon thy feet; for, to this end, have I appeared unto thee, - To appoint thee an attendant and a witness, both of the things as to which thou hast seen me, and of those as to which I will appear unto thee:

delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, unto thee which now I send thee,

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

Upon which O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

but, [instead] declared to the people of Damascus first, [then] to the people of Jerusalem, and [finally to those] throughout all of the district of Judea, as well as to the Gentiles [everywhere] that they should repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives] and turn to God, doing deeds which demonstrate their repentance.

So then, having met with, the help that is from God, until this day, do I stand, witnessing to both small and great, nothing else saying, than those things which both the prophets, and Moses, did say should certainly come to pass: -

And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

and, sailing across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra, a city of Lycia.

It took several days of slow sailing for us to come with difficulty off Cnidus; from which point, as the wind did not allow us to get on in the direct course, we ran under the lee of Crete by Salmone.

and, with difficulty coasting it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of Lasea.

But, the centurion, by the master, and by the shipowner, was more persuaded than by the things which, by Paul, were spoken.

And, the harbour being, incommodious, to winter in, the more part, advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they might be able to reach Phoenix, to winter, which was a harbour of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.

but soon after it blew a storm from north-east, which bore so upon the ship,

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

which, hoisting up, they began to use, helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest, on the sand-bank of Africa, they should run aground, lowering the gear, so, were they borne along.

Therefore cheer up, O men: for I believe God, that it shall be according to the manner which He has spoken to me.

Upon that the soldiers cut the ropes which held the boat, and let her drift away.

at which they all took heart and fell a eating likewise,

Now all the souls which were in the ship amounted to two hundred seventy-six:

And, when day came, they could not recognise, the land; but perceived, a certain bay, having a beach, - upon which they were minded, if they could, safely to bring the ship.

So they cut away the anchors and left them in the sea, unloosing at the same time the bands which secured the paddle-rudders. Then, hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

But they chanced on a place, which had the sea on both the sides, and thrust in the ship. And the fore part stuck fast, and moved not, but the hinder part brake with the violence of the waves.

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

After we escaped [from the sinking ship] we became aware that the island [on which we had landed] was Melita [i.e., present-day Malta].

And the barbarians showed us no ordinary humanity; for kindling a fire they received us all, on account of the rain which was falling, and the cold.

There was an estate in the neighbourhood which belonged to a man called Publius, the governor of the island; he welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

And, after three months, we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, whose ensign was The Twin Brothers;

from which place, by coasting about, we came to Rhegium; and one day afterward, the south wind arose; and we came, on the next day, to Puteoli,

where finding some brethren, they desir'd us to stay with them seven days, after which we set out for Rome:

Which, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because they found no cause of death in me.

and the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not having anything for which to accuse my nation.

And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

PAUL, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart to the gospel of God,??2 which he promised by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,??3 concerning his Son born of the posterity of David as to the flesh,

Which he promised beforehand, through his prophets, in holy scriptures -

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

of the which heathen are ye a part also, which are Jesus Christ's by vocation.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, which may be for your confirmation;

or indeed that we may have mutual consolation from the faith which is in common to you and to me.

For I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to them which are no Greeks, unto the learned and also unto the unlearned.

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News; it is the power of God which brings Salvation to every one who believes in Christ, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.

For by it, the righteousness which cometh of God is opened, from faith to faith. As it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness.

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing: