So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,

For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.

Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.

And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;

And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together.

And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.

And while we were waiting there for some days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judaea.

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:

Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;

Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.

For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.

For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!

Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?

Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.

And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?

And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.

Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.

For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.

So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.

But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order

And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:

And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin: