Now the generation of Jesus Christ was attended with these circumstances: His mother Mary being betrothed to Joseph, before they cohabited together, she was found with child from the Holy Spirit.

Then Joseph her husband being a just man, and not willing to expose her publicly, designed to put her away privately.

"A virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel," which is being interpreted, God with us.

But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the stead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither. And being divinely warned in a dream, he retired into the country of Galilee,

Ye broods of vipers, how can ye speak good things, yourselves being wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

And she, being previously urged on by her mother, said, Give me here, in a spacious dish, the head of John the Baptist.

The Pharisees being then assembled, Jesus put a question to them,

and being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the ground: see here, thou hast thine own.

The Son of man indeed is departing, as it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed! well had it been for that man if he had never had a being.

Being therefore gathered around him, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus called Messiah?

And being assembled with the elders, and having held a council, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

And very early (the night being far advanced towards morning) rising up, he went forth, and retired into a desert place, and there prayed.

and not being able to come nigh him because of the crowd, they stripped off the roofing of the house where he was; and having broken a way through, they let down with ropes the couch, on which the paralytic lay.

And taking the hand of the damsel, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi! which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise!

And a favourable day being come for her purpose, when Herod on his birth-day made a supper for his nobles, and military commanders, and the principal personages of Galilee;

IN those days the multitude being exceedingly great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus calling his disciples to him, said unto them,

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him: and after being killed, the third day he shall rise again.

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and looking round about upon all things, it being now even-tide, he departed to Bethany with the twelve.

And they convey him to a place called Golgotha, which is being interpreted, The place of a skull.

And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, for what cause hast thou abandoned me?

Now being arisen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:

Now Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him, on account of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the other wicked actions which he had done,

And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began his ministry, being (as was supposed the son of Joseph) of Heli,

being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards he was hungry.

And he taught in their synagogues, being universally admired.

And the servant of a certain centurion, who was very valuable to him, being seized with an illness, was ready to die.

And all the people when they heard it, and the publicans, glorified God, being baptised with the baptism of John.

But the Pharisees and teachers of the law rejected the counsel of God towards themselves, not being baptised by him.

And a Levite also, in the same way, being near the place, came, and seeing him, kept the opposite side of the road.

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

And that servant returning, informed his master of these things. Then the master of the family, being highly incensed, said to his servant, Go out instantly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

lest haply, after having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish it, all who look upon it begin to ridicule him,

and in hell, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham at a vast distance, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And being asked by one of the Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of God? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

neither can they die any more: for they are like the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

But before all these things, they will lay hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and to prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

And being in an agony, he prayed with greater intenseness: and his sweat was as clots of blood falling on the ground.

And lo! a man named Joseph, being a member of the council, a good man, and a just;

(who had not given his assent to their determination and deed;) being of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who himself also expected the coming of the kingdom of God.

He first finds his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ).

And the wine being exhausted, the mother of Jesus saith to him, They have no more wine.

But he who practices the truth, cometh to the light, that his actions may be evident, as being done for God.

Now he that was cured knew not who he was: for Jesus had slipped away, a crowd being on the spot.

And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man the scriptures, not being a scholar?

Nicodemus saith unto them, (the same person who came to him by night, being one of their body,)

Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham had a being, I Am.

The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely a man, makest thyself God.

Then one particular person of them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing,

And this he spake not from himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

And supper being served, (the devil having now injected into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, that he should betray him;)

I have made known thy name to the persons whom thou gavest me out of the world: for thee they had a being, and to me thou hast given them; and thy word have they kept.

One of the servants of the high-priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see thee in the garden with him?

And after these things Joseph of Arimathea, (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews,) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus and Pilate permitted him. Then he came and took away the body of Jesus.

When the evening therefore was come, on the same first day of the week, and the doors being fastened where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be to you.

to whom also he had shewed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days being frequently seen by them, and speaking of the things which relate to the kingdom of God:

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah to sit upon his throne;

He therefore being exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, hath poured out this, which ye now see and hear.

But they being dismissed, came unto their own friends, and told them all things which the high-priests and elders had said.

And Joses, who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, (which is, being interpreted, A son of consolation,) a Levite, a Cyprian by birth,

and secreted a part of the price paid, his wife also being privy to the transaction, and he brought a part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

But he being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up stedfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

Then Simon also himself believed: and being baptised, he attached himself to Philip, and beholding the signs and great miracles which were performed, he was astonished.

But as they went on the road, they came to some water: and the eunuch said, Here is water, what forbids my being baptised?

Then had the churches peace through all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, being edified; and walking in the fear of God, and in the consolation of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Then looking stedfastly on him, and being terrified, he said, What means this, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

So passing through the first ward and the second, they came to the iron door which leads into the city, which opened to them spontaneously: and being come out, they walked forward through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.

And Herod sought him out earnestly, but not being able to find him, after having examined the guards strictly, he commanded them to be executed. And going down from Jerusalem to Caesarea, took up his abode there.

But instantly the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not the glory to God: and being devoured with worms, he expired.

They then being sent forth indeed by the Holy Ghost, went down to Seleucia; and from thence sailed to Cyprus.

And being at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had John also as their attendant.

Then when the proconsul saw what was done, he believed, being struck with the doctrine of the Lord.

For they who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, being ignorant of him, and the words of the prophets that are read every sabbath-day, by condemning him have fulfilled them.

And there was a certain man at Lystra, who having lost the use of his feet was sitting, being lame from his mother's womb, and who had never been able to walk:

There being therefore no small contention and dispute maintained by Paul and Barnabas against them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of their body, should go up to the apostles and presbyters at Jerusalem, for the decision of this question.

They therefore being sent on their way by the church, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving a particular narrative of the conversion of the Gentiles: and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

For Moses for ages past in every city hath those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

They then being thus dispatched, came to Antioch: and assembling the multitude, they delivered the letter:

Then Judas and Silas, being also themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren, in many a discourse, and established them.

but Paul selecting Silas, departed, being commended by the brethren to the favour of God.

So passing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia,

and presenting them to the magistrates, they said, These are the men that exceedingly disturb the peace of our city, being Jews,

and enjoin customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to practise, being Romans.

Then the jailor being roused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, going to destroy himself, supposing the prisoners had escaped.

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed any creature, himself imparting to all beings life, and breath, and all things.

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divinity is like to gold, or silver, or stone sculptured by human art or contrivance.

Then Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews,

He was instructed in the way of the Lord: and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught very diligently the things concerning the Lord, though knowing only the baptism of John.

On hearing this then, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

These things being then incontrovertible, it becomes you to be quiet, and to do nothing with precipitation.

For we are even in danger of being called to account for this day's insurrection, there being no cause on account of which we can justify this tumultuary concourse:

Then Paul took the men, and the following day being purified with them, he entered into the temple, declaring when the days of their purification would be completed, in order whereunto an oblation was to be offered for every one of them.

So having his permission, Paul standing on the stairs, waved his hand to the people. And profound silence being obtained, he spake to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed accurately in the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day:

But it being discovered to me that a design was forming against the man's [life] by the Jews, immediately I sent him to thee, commanding his accusers also to produce what they have against him before thee. Farewel.

And he being summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Since by thee we enjoy so much peace, and such noble acts are happily performed for this nation by thy provident administration,

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment which is ready to be revealed, Felix being greatly terrified, replied, Go, for the present, I will some time hence take another opportunity of calling for thee.

But being in doubt respecting a question of this sort, I demanded if he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things.

And in every synagogue oftentimes punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly maddened with rage against them, I persecuted them even to the cities that are without.

that the Messiah should suffer, [and] that he being the first who should rise from the dead, should display light to the people, and to the Gentiles.