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                        ACTS 1
 1:1  The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do and teach,
 1:2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he
through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles
whom he had chosen:
 1:3  To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by
many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and
speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
 1:4  And, being assembled together with [them], commanded them
that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.
 1:5  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
 1:6  When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel?
 1:7  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own
power.
 1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is
come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost part of the earth.
 1:9  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,
he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
 1:10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he
went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
 1:11  Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing
up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you
into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him
go into heaven.
 1:12  Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called
Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
 1:13  And when they were come in, they went up into an upper
room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew,
Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son]
of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of
James.
 1:14  These all continued with one accord in prayer and
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and
with his brethren.
 1:15  And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the
disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about
an hundred and twenty,)
 1:16  Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been
fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake
before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took
Jesus.
 1:17  For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of
this ministry.
 1:18  Now this man purchased a field with the reward of
iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst,
and all his bowels gushed out.
 1:19  And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem;
insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue,
Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
 1:20  For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his
habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his
bishopric let another take.
 1:21  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all
the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
 1:22  Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day
that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a
witness with us of his resurrection.
 1:23  And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
 1:24  And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the
hearts of all [men], show whether of these two thou hast
chosen,
 1:25  That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,
from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his
own place.
 1:26  And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon
Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

                        ACTS 2
 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were
all with one accord in one place.
 2:2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a
rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they
were sitting.
 2:3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of
fire, and it sat upon each of them.
 2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
 2:5  And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven.
 2:6  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, and were confounded, because that every man heard
them speak in his own language.
 2:7  And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to
another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
 2:8  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we
were born?
 2:9  Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and
Asia,
 2:10  Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
 2:11  Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our
tongues the wonderful works of God.
 2:12  And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one
to another, What meaneth this?
 2:13  Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
 2:14  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his
voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that
dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my
words:
 2:15  For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is
[but] the third hour of the day.
 2:16  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
 2:17  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I
will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
 2:18  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out
in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
 2:19  And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in
the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
 2:20  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
 2:21  And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call
on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
 2:22  Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and
signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye
yourselves also know:
 2:23  Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain:
 2:24  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of
death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of
it.
 2:25  For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord
always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I
should not be moved:
 2:26  Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
 2:27  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
 2:28  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt
make me full of joy with thy countenance.
 2:29  Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
sepulchre is with us unto this day.
 2:30  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his
throne;
 2:31  He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of
Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh
did see corruption.
 2:32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
witnesses.
 2:33  Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and
having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he
hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
 2:34  For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith
himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
 2:35  Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
 2:36  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified,
both Lord and Christ.
 2:37  Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men
[and] brethren, what shall we do?
 2:38  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
 2:39  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and
to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God
shall call.
 2:40  And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
 2:41  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
and the same day there were added [unto them] about three
thousand souls.
 2:42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
 2:43  And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and
signs were done by the apostles.
 2:44  And all that believed were together, and had all things
common;
 2:45  And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to
all [men], as every man had need.
 2:46  And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their
meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
 2:47  Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And
the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

                        ACTS 3
 3:1  Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at
the hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].
 3:2  And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was
carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which
is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the
temple;
 3:3  Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple
asked an alms.
 3:4  And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said,
Look on us.
 3:5  And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive
something of them.
 3:6  Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as
I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
rise up and walk.
 3:7  And he took him by the right hand, and lifted [him] up:
and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
 3:8  And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with
them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
 3:9  And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
 3:10  And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the
Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder
and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
 3:11  And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and
John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that
is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
 3:12  And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people, Ye
men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so
earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had
made this man to walk?
 3:13  The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God
of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered
up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was
determined to let [him] go.
 3:14  But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a
murderer to be granted unto you;
 3:15  And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from
the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
 3:16  And his name through faith in his name hath made this
man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by
him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of
you all.
 3:17  And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did
[it], as [did] also your rulers.
 3:18  But those things, which God before had showed by the
mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath
so fulfilled.
 3:19  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord;
 3:20  And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
 3:21  Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth
of all his holy prophets since the world began.
 3:22  For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall
the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto
me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say
unto you.
 3:23  And it shall come to pass, [that] every soul, which will
not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the
people.
 3:24  Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that
follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of
these days.
 3:25  Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant
which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in
thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
 3:26  Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent
him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his
iniquities.

                        ACTS 4
 4:1  And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the
captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
 4:2  Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached
through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
 4:3  And they laid hands on them, and put [them] in hold unto
the next day: for it was now eventide.
 4:4  Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and
the number of the men was about five thousand.
 4:5  And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and
elders, and scribes,
 4:6  And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and
Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high
priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
 4:7  And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By
what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
 4:8  Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them,
Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
 4:9  If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the
impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
 4:10  Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of
Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth
this man stand here before you whole.
 4:11  This is the stone which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head of the corner.
 4:12  Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is
none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must
be saved.
 4:13  Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and
perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been
with Jesus.
 4:14  And beholding the man which was healed standing with
them, they could say nothing against it.
 4:15  But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the
council, they conferred among themselves,
 4:16  Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a
notable miracle hath been done by them [is] manifest to all
them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny [it].
 4:17  But that it spread no further among the people, let us
straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in
this name.
 4:18  And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at
all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
 4:19  But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether
it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than
unto God, judge ye.
 4:20  For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen
and heard.
 4:21  So when they had further threatened them, they let them
go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the
people: for all [men] glorified God for that which was done.
 4:22  For the man was above forty years old, on whom this
miracle of healing was showed.
 4:23  And being let go, they went to their own company, and
reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto
them.
 4:24  And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to
God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
 4:25  Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did
the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
 4:26  The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were
gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
 4:27  For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou
hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the
Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
 4:28  For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined
before to be done.
 4:29  And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto
thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
 4:30  By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs
and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
 4:31  And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where
they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
 4:32  And the multitude of them that believed were of one
heart and of one soul: neither said any [of them] that ought of
the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all
things common.
 4:33  And with great power gave the apostles witness of the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them
all.
 4:34  Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as
many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and
brought the prices of the things that were sold,
 4:35  And laid [them] down at the apostles' feet: and
distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
 4:36  And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas,
(which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a
Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,
 4:37  Having land, sold [it], and brought the money, and laid
[it] at the apostles' feet.

                        ACTS 5
 5:1  But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife,
sold a possession,
 5:2  And kept back [part] of the price, his wife also being
privy [to it], and brought a certain part, and laid [it], at
the apostles' feet.
 5:3  But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the
price of the land?
 5:4  Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it
was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou
conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto
men, but unto God.
 5:5  And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up
the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these
things.
 5:6  And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried [him]
out, and buried [him].
 5:7  And it was about the space of three hours after, when his
wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
 5:8  And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the
land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
 5:9  Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed
together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of
them which have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and shall
carry thee out.
 5:10  Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded
up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead,
and, carrying [her] forth, buried [her] by her husband.
 5:11  And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as
many as heard these things.
 5:12  And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and
wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one
accord in Solomon's porch.
 5:13  And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but
the people magnified them.
 5:14  And believers were the more added to the Lord,
multitudes both of men and women.)
 5:15  Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the
streets, and laid [them] on beds and couches, that at the least
the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
 5:16  There came also a multitude [out] of the cities round
about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were
vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
 5:17  Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were
with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled
with indignation,
 5:18  And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in
the common prison.
 5:19  But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison
doors, and brought them forth, and said,
 5:20  Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the
words of this life.
 5:21  And when they heard [that], they entered into the temple
early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and
they that were with him, and called the council together, and
all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the
prison to have them brought.
 5:22  But when the officers came, and found them not in the
prison, they returned, and told,
 5:23  Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety,
and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we
had opened, we found no man within.
 5:24  Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple
and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them
whereunto this would grow.
 5:25  Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men
whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching
the people.
 5:26  Then went the captain with the officers, and brought
them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they
should have been stoned.
 5:27  And when they had brought them, they set [them] before
the council: and the high priest asked them,
 5:28  Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should
not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem
with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon
us.
 5:29  Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said,
We ought to obey God rather than men.
 5:30  The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and
hanged on a tree.
 5:31  Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a
Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and
forgiveness of sins.
 5:32  And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is]
also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
 5:33  When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart],
and took counsel to slay them.
 5:34  Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee,
named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among
all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a
little space;
 5:35  And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to
yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
 5:36  For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself
to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred,
joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed
him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
 5:37  After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of
the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also
perished; and all, [even] as many as obeyed him, were
dispersed.
 5:38  And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let
them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will
come to nought:
 5:39  But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply
ye be found even to fight against God.
 5:40  And to him they agreed: and when they had called the
apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should
not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
 5:41  And they departed from the presence of the council,
rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his
name.
 5:42  And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased
not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

                        ACTS 6
 6:1  And in those days, when the number of the disciples was
multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the
Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily
ministration.
 6:2  Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples
[unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave
the word of God, and serve tables.
 6:3  Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of
honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business.
 6:4  But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to
the ministry of the word.
 6:5  And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they
chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and
Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
 6:6  Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had
prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.
 6:7  And the word of God increased; and the number of the
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company
of the priests were obedient to the faith.
 6:8  And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders
and miracles among the people.
 6:9  Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is
called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and
Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing
with Stephen.
 6:10  And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the
spirit by which he spake.
 6:11  Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him
speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.
 6:12  And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the
scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him]
to the council,
 6:13  And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth
not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the
law:
 6:14  For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth
shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which
Moses delivered us.
 6:15  And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on
him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

                        ACTS 7
 7:1  Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
 7:2  And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God
of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in
Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
 7:3  And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from
thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
 7:4  Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt
in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he
removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
 7:5  And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much
as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it
to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as
yet] he had no child.
 7:6  And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn
in a strange land; and that they should bring them into
bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.
 7:7  And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I
judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and
serve me in this place.
 7:8  And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so
[Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and
Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
 7:9  And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into
Egypt: but God was with him,
 7:10  And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave
him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt;
and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
 7:11  Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and
Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no
sustenance.
 7:12  But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he
sent out our fathers first.
 7:13  And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his
brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
 7:14  Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him],
and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
 7:15  So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our
fathers,
 7:16  And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the
sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of
Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
 7:17  But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God
had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
 7:18  Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
 7:19  The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil
entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young
children, to the end they might not live.
 7:20  In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair,
and nourished up in his father's house three months:
 7:21  And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him
up, and nourished him for her own son.
 7:22  And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
 7:23  And when he was full forty years old, it came into his
heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
 7:24  And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended
[him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the
Egyptian:
 7:25  For he supposed his brethren would have understood how
that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood
not.
 7:26  And the next day he showed himself unto them as they
strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye
are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
 7:27  But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away,
saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
 7:28  Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian
yesterday?
 7:29  Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in
the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
 7:30  And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him
in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame
of fire in a bush.
 7:31  When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight: and as he
drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came unto him,
 7:32  [Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses
trembled, and durst not behold.
 7:33  Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy
feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
 7:34  I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people
which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come
down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into
Egypt.
 7:35  This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a
ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a
deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the
bush.
 7:36  He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders
and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the
wilderness forty years.
 7:37  This is that Moses, which said unto the children of
Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of
your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
 7:38  This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness
with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with]
our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
 7:39  To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him]
from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
 7:40  Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as
for] this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we
wot not what is become of him.
 7:41  And they made a calf in those days, and offered
sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own
hands.
 7:42  Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of
heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye
house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and
sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?
 7:43  Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star
of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and
I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
 7:44  Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the
wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he
should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
 7:45  Which also our fathers that came after brought in with
Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out
before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
 7:46  Who found favour before God, and desired to find a
tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
 7:47  But Solomon built him an house.
 7:48  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with
hands; as saith the prophet,
 7:49  Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what
house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place
of my rest?
 7:50  Hath not my hand made all these things?
 7:51  Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye
do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do]
ye.
 7:52  Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?
and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of
the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and
murderers:
 7:53  Who have received the law by the disposition of angels,
and have not kept [it].
 7:54  When they heard these things, they were cut to the
heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
 7:55  But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up
stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing on the right hand of God,
 7:56  And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son
of man standing on the right hand of God.
 7:57  Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their
ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
 7:58  And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and
the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet,
whose name was Saul.
 7:59  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying,
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
 7:60  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord,
lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he
fell asleep.

                        ACTS 8
 8:1  And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time
there was a great persecution against the church which was at
Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the
regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
 8:2  And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made
great lamentation over him.
 8:3  As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into
every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to
prison.
 8:4  Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every
where preaching the word.
 8:5  Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
preached Christ unto them.
 8:6  And the people with one accord gave heed unto those
things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did.
 8:7  For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of
many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with
palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
 8:8  And there was great joy in that city.
 8:9  But there was a certain man, called Simon, which
beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the
people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
 8:10  To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the
greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
 8:11  And to him they had regard, because that of long time he
had bewitched them with sorceries.
 8:12  But when they believed Philip preaching the things
concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ,
they were baptized, both men and women.
 8:13  Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was
baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the
miracles and signs which were done.
 8:14  Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that
Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter
and John:
 8:15  Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that
they might receive the Holy Ghost:
 8:16  (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they
were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
 8:17  Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received
the Holy Ghost.
 8:18  And when Simon saw that through laying on of the
apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them
money,
 8:19  Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I
lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
 8:20  But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee,
because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased
with money.
 8:21  Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy
heart is not right in the sight of God.
 8:22  Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God,
if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
 8:23  For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness,
and [in] the bond of iniquity.
 8:24  Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for
me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon
me.
 8:25  And they, when they had testified and preached the word
of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in
many villages of the Samaritans.
 8:26  And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying,
Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down
from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
 8:27  And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia,
an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the
Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
come to Jerusalem for to worship,
 8:28  Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias
the prophet.
 8:29  Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join
thyself to this chariot.
 8:30  And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the
prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
 8:31  And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?
And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
 8:32  The place of the scripture which he read was this, He
was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb
before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
 8:33  In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who
shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the
earth.
 8:34  And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee,
of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other
man?
 8:35  Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same
scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
 8:36  And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a
certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what
doth hinder me to be baptized?
 8:37  And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart,
thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God.
 8:38  And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they
went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and
he baptized him.
 8:39  And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit
of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no
more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
 8:40  But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he
preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

                        ACTS 9
 9:1  And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
 9:2  And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues,
that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or
women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
 9:3  And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly
there shined round about him a light from heaven:
 9:4  And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto
him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
 9:5  And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am
Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick
against the pricks.
 9:6  And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do? And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go
into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
 9:7  And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,
hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
 9:8  And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were
opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and
brought [him] into Damascus.
 9:9  And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat
nor drink.
 9:10  And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named
Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he
said, Behold, I [am here], Lord.
 9:11  And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the
street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of
Judas for [one] called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he
prayeth,
 9:12  And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in,
and putting [his] hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
 9:13  Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of
this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at
Jerusalem:
 9:14  And here he hath authority from the chief priests to
bind all that call on thy name.
 9:15  But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a
chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and
kings, and the children of Israel:
 9:16  For I will show him how great things he must suffer for
my name's sake.
 9:17  And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house;
and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord,
[even] Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou
camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and
be filled with the Holy Ghost.
 9:18  And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
baptized.
 9:19  And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then
was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at
Damascus.
 9:20  And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues,
that he is the Son of God.
 9:21  But all that heard [him] were amazed, and said; Is not
this he that destroyed them which called on this name in
Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring
them bound unto the chief priests?
 9:22  But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded
the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very
Christ.
 9:23  And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took
counsel to kill him:
 9:24  But their laying await was known of Saul. And they
watched the gates day and night to kill him.
 9:25  Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him] down
by the wall in a basket.
 9:26  And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join
himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and
believed not that he was a disciple.
 9:27  But Barnabas took him, and brought [him] to the
apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in
the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached
boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
 9:28  And he was with them coming in and going out at
Jerusalem.
 9:29  And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
 9:30  [Which] when the brethren knew, they brought him down to
Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
 9:31  Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and
Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear
of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were
multiplied.
 9:32  And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all
[quarters], he came down also to the saints which dwelt at
Lydda.
 9:33  And there he found a certain man named AEneas, which had
kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
 9:34  And Peter said unto him, AEneas, Jesus Christ maketh
thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
 9:35  And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and
turned to the Lord.
 9:36  Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha,
which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full
of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
 9:37  And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick,
and died: whom when they had washed, they laid [her] in an
upper chamber.
 9:38  And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the
disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him
two men, desiring [him] that he would not delay to come to
them.
 9:39  Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come,
they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows
stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which
Dorcas made, while she was with them.
 9:40  But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and
prayed; and turning [him] to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And
she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
 9:41  And he gave her [his] hand, and lifted her up, and when
he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
 9:42  And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed
in the Lord.
 9:43  And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa
with one Simon a tanner.

                        ACTS 10
 10:1  There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a
centurion of the band called the Italian [band],
 10:2  [A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his
house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God
alway.
 10:3  He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the
day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him,
Cornelius.
 10:4  And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What
is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms
are come up for a memorial before God.
 10:5  And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon,
whose surname is Peter:
 10:6  He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by
the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
 10:7  And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was
departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout
soldier of them that waited on him continually;
 10:8  And when he had declared all [these] things unto them,
he sent them to Joppa.
 10:9  On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew
nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray
about the sixth hour:
 10:10  And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but
while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
 10:11  And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending
unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four
corners, and let down to the earth:
 10:12  Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the
earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the
air.
 10:13  And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and
eat.
 10:14  But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten
any thing that is common or unclean.
 10:15  And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time,
What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
 10:16  This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up
again into heaven.
 10:17  Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision
which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent
from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood
before the gate,
 10:18  And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed
Peter, were lodged there.
 10:19  While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto
him, Behold, three men seek thee.
 10:20  Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them,
doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
 10:21  Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto
him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek:
what [is] the cause wherefore ye are come?
 10:22  And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and
one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation
of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for
thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
 10:23  Then called he them in, and lodged [them]. And on the
morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from
Joppa accompanied him.
 10:24  And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And
Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen
and near friends.
 10:25  And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell
down at his feet, and worshipped [him].
 10:26  But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also
am a man.
 10:27  And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many
that were come together.
 10:28  And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an
unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come
unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I
should not call any man common or unclean.
 10:29  Therefore came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as soon
as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent
for me?
 10:30  And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until
this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and,
behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
 10:31  And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine
alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
 10:32  Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose
surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of [one] Simon a
tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto
thee.
 10:33  Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast
well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here
present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee
of God.
 10:34  Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
 10:35  But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh
righteousness, is accepted with him.
 10:36  The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel,
preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
 10:37  That word, [I say], ye know, which was published
throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the
baptism which John preached;
 10:38  How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost
and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that
were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
 10:39  And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in
the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and
hanged on a tree:
 10:40  Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;
 10:41  Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before
of God, [even] to us, who did eat and drink with him after he
rose from the dead.
 10:42  And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to
testify that it is he which was ordained of God [to be] the
Judge of quick and dead.
 10:43  To him give all the prophets witness, that through his
name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of
sins.
 10:44  While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell
on all them which heard the word.
 10:45  And they of the circumcision which believed were
astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the
Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
 10:46  For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify
God. Then answered Peter,
 10:47  Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
 10:48  And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the
Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

                        ACTS 11
 11:1  And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard
that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
 11:2  And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were
of the circumcision contended with him,
 11:3  Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst
eat with them.
 11:4  But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning, and
expounded [it] by order unto them, saying,
 11:5  I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I
saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great
sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even
to me:
 11:6  Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I
considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
 11:7  And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay
and eat.
 11:8  But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean
hath at any time entered into my mouth.
 11:9  But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God
hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
 11:10  And this was done three times: and all were drawn up
again into heaven.
 11:11  And, behold, immediately there were three men already
come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
 11:12  And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting.
Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into
the man's house:
 11:13  And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house,
which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for
Simon, whose surname is Peter;
 11:14  Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy
house shall be saved.
 11:15  And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them,
as on us at the beginning.
 11:16  Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he
said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost.
 11:17  Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as [he
did] unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was
I, that I could withstand God?
 11:18  When they heard these things, they held their peace,
and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles
granted repentance unto life.
 11:19  Now they which were scattered abroad upon the
persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as
Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none
but unto the Jews only.
 11:20  And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which,
when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians,
preaching the Lord Jesus.
 11:21  And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great
number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
 11:22  Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the
church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas,
that he should go as far as Antioch.
 11:23  Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was
glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they
would cleave unto the Lord.
 11:24  For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and
of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
 11:25  Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
 11:26  And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch.
And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled
themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the
disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
 11:27  And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto
Antioch.
 11:28  And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and
signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of
Claudius Caesar.
 11:29  Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,
determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in
Judaea:
 11:30  Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the
hands of Barnabas and Saul.

                        ACTS 12
 12:1  Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his]
hands to vex certain of the church.
 12:2  And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
 12:3  And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded
further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened
bread.)
 12:4  And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison,
and delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep
him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
 12:5  Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made
without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
 12:6  And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same
night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two
chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
 12:7  And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and
a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side,
and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains
fell off from [his] hands.
 12:8  And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on
thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy
garment about thee, and follow me.
 12:9  And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it
was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a
vision.
 12:10  When they were past the first and the second ward, they
came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which
opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed
on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from
him.
 12:11  And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know
of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath
delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and [from] all the
expectation of the people of the Jews.
 12:12  And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the
house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where
many were gathered together praying.
 12:13  And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel
came to hearken, named Rhoda.
 12:14  And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the
gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before
the gate.
 12:15  And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she
constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is
his angel.
 12:16  But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened
[the door], and saw him, they were astonished.
 12:17  But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their
peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of
the prison. And he said, Go show these things unto James, and
to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
 12:18  Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir
among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
 12:19  And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not,
he examined the keepers, and commanded that [they] should be
put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and
[there] abode.
 12:20  And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and
Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made
Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace;
because their country was nourished by the king's [country].
 12:21  And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat
upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
 12:22  And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice
of a god, and not of a man.
 12:23  And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him,
because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms,
and gave up the ghost.
 12:24  But the word of God grew and multiplied.
 12:25  And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when
they had fulfilled [their] ministry, and took with them John,
whose surname was Mark.

                        ACTS 13
 13:1  Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain
prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called
Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought
up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
 13:2  As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy
Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work
whereunto I have called them.
 13:3  And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their]
hands on them, they sent [them] away.
 13:4  So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed
unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
 13:5  And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of
God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to
[their] minister.
 13:6  And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos,
they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose
name [was] Barjesus:
 13:7  Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius
Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and
desired to hear the word of God.
 13:8  But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy
from the faith.
 13:9  Then Saul, (who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the
Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
 13:10  And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief,
[thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness,
wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
 13:11  And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee,
and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And
immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he
went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
 13:12  Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed,
being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
 13:13  Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they
came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them
returned to Jerusalem.
 13:14  But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch
in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and
sat down.
 13:15  And after the reading of the law and the prophets the
rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, [Ye] men [and]
brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people,
say on.
 13:16  Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
 13:17  The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and
exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of
Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
 13:18  And about the time of forty years suffered he their
manners in the wilderness.
 13:19  And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of
Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
 13:20  And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the
space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the
prophet.
 13:21  And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto
them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by
the space of forty years.
 13:22  And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them
David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and
said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine
own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
 13:23  Of this man's seed hath God according to [his] promise
raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
 13:24  When John had first preached before his coming the
baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
 13:25  And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think
ye that I am? I am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one
after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.
 13:26  Men [and] brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,
and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this
salvation sent.
 13:27  For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers,
because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets
which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled [them] in
condemning [him].
 13:28  And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet
desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
 13:29  And when they had fulfilled all that was written of
him, they took [him] down from the tree, and laid [him] in a
sepulchre.
 13:30  But God raised him from the dead:
 13:31  And he was seen many days of them which came up with
him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the
people.
 13:32  And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the
promise which was made unto the fathers,
 13:33  God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in
that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in
the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
thee.
 13:34  And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead,
[now] no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I
will give you the sure mercies of David.
 13:35  Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt
not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
 13:36  For David, after he had served his own generation by
the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers,
and saw corruption:
 13:37  But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
 13:38  Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren,
that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of
sins:
 13:39  And by him all that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of
Moses.
 13:40  Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is
spoken of in the prophets;
 13:41  Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I
work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise
believe, though a man declare it unto you.
 13:42  And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the
Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them
the next sabbath.
 13:43  Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the
Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who,
speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of
God.
 13:44  And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city
together to hear the word of God.
 13:45  But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled
with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by
Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
 13:46  Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was
necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to
you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
 13:47  For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set
thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for
salvation unto the ends of the earth.
 13:48  And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to
eternal life believed.
 13:49  And the word of the Lord was published throughout all
the region.
 13:50  But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable
women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution
against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their
coasts.
 13:51  But they shook off the dust of their feet against them,
and came unto Iconium.
 13:52  And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the
Holy Ghost.

                        ACTS 14
 14:1  And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both
together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a
great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks
believed.
 14:2  But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and
made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
 14:3  Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the
Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and
granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
 14:4  But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held
with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
 14:5  And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles,
and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use [them]
despitefully, and to stone them,
 14:6  They were ware of [it], and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,
cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
 14:7  And there they preached the gospel.
 14:8  And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his
feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had
walked:
 14:9  The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him,
and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
 14:10  Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And
he leaped and walked.
 14:11  And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted
up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are
come down to us in the likeness of men.
 14:12  And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,
because he was the chief speaker.
 14:13  Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their
city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have
done sacrifice with the people.
 14:14  [Which] when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard
[of], they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people,
crying out,
 14:15  And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are
men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye
should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are
therein:
 14:16  Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their
own ways.
 14:17  Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in
that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful
seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
 14:18  And with these sayings scarce restrained they the
people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
 14:19  And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch and
Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul,
drew [him] out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
 14:20  Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he
rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed
with Barnabas to Derbe.
 14:21  And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and
had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and [to]
Iconium, and Antioch,
 14:22  Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting
them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much
tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
 14:23  And when they had ordained them elders in every church,
and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord,
on whom they believed.
 14:24  And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came
to Pamphylia.
 14:25  And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went
down into Attalia:
 14:26  And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been
recommended to the grace of God for the work which they
fulfilled.
 14:27  And when they were come, and had gathered the church
together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and
how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
 14:28  And there they abode long time with the disciples.

                        ACTS 15
 15:1  And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the
brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner
of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
 15:2  When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension
and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and
Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem
unto the apostles and elders about this question.
 15:3  And being brought on their way by the church, they
passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of
the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
 15:4  And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received
of the church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they
declared all things that God had done with them.
 15:5  But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees
which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them,
and to command [them] to keep the law of Moses.
 15:6  And the apostles and elders came together for to
consider of this matter.
 15:7  And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up,
and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good
while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my
mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
 15:8  And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness,
giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;
 15:9  And put no difference between us and them, purifying
their hearts by faith.
 15:10  Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the
neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were
able to bear?
 15:11  But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
 15:12  Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience
to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God
had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
 15:13  And after they had held their peace, James answered,
saying, Men [and] brethren, hearken unto me:
 15:14  Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the
Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
 15:15  And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is
written,
 15:16  After this I will return, and will build again the
tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build
again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
 15:17  That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and
all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord,
who doeth all these things.
 15:18  Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of
the world.
 15:19  Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them,
which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
 15:20  But that we write unto them, that they abstain from
pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things
strangled, and [from] blood.
 15:21  For Moses of old time hath in every city them that
preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
 15:22  Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole
church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with
Paul and Barnabas; [namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and
Silas, chief men among the brethren:
 15:23  And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner; The
apostles and elders and brethren [send] greeting unto the
brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and
Cilicia:
 15:24  Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out
from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls,
saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we
gave no [such] commandment:
 15:25  It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one
accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas
and Paul,
 15:26  Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
 15:27  We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also
tell [you] the same things by mouth.
 15:28  For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay
upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
 15:29  That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from
blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from
which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
 15:30  So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and
when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered
the epistle:
 15:31  [Which] when they had read, they rejoiced for the
consolation.
 15:32  And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,
exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].
 15:33  And after they had tarried [there] a space, they were
let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
 15:34  Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
 15:35  Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching
and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
 15:36  And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go
again and visit our brethren in every city where we have
preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.
 15:37  And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose
surname was Mark.
 15:38  But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who
departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to
the work.
 15:39  And the contention was so sharp between them, that they
departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark,
and sailed unto Cyprus;
 15:40  And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended
by the brethren unto the grace of God.
 15:41  And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the
churches.

                        ACTS 16
 16:1  Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain
disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain
woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father [was] a
Greek:
 16:2  Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at
Lystra and Iconium.
 16:3  Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those
quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
 16:4  And as they went through the cities, they delivered them
the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and
elders which were at Jerusalem.
 16:5  And so were the churches established in the faith, and
increased in number daily.
 16:6  Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region
of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the
word in Asia,
 16:7  After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into
Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
 16:8  And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
 16:9  And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood
a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into
Macedonia, and help us.
 16:10  And after he had seen the vision, immediately we
endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the
Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
 16:11  Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight
course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;
 16:12  And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of
that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were in that
city abiding certain days.
 16:13  And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river
side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and
spake unto the women which resorted [thither].
 16:14  And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of
the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose
heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which
were spoken of Paul.
 16:15  And when she was baptized, and her household, she
besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to
the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she
constrained us.
 16:16  And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain
damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which
brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
 16:17  The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These
men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us
the way of salvation.
 16:18  And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved,
turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of
Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
 16:19  And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains
was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them] into the
marketplace unto the rulers,
 16:20  And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men,
being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
 16:21  And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to
receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
 16:22  And the multitude rose up together against them: and
the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat
[them].
 16:23  And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they
cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them
safely:
 16:24  Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into
the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
 16:25  And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises
unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
 16:26  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the
foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the
doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
 16:27  And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep,
and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and
would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had
been fled.
 16:28  But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no
harm: for we are all here.
 16:29  Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
 16:30  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to
be saved?
 16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
 16:32  And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to
all that were in his house.
 16:33  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed
[their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
 16:34  And when he had brought them into his house, he set
meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his
house.
 16:35  And when it was day, the magistrates sent the
serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
 16:36  And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul,
The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart,
and go in peace.
 16:37  But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly
uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast [us] into prison; and
now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them
come themselves and fetch us out.
 16:38  And the serjeants told these words unto the
magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were
Romans.
 16:39  And they came and besought them, and brought [them]
out, and desired [them] to depart out of the city.
 16:40  And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the
house of] Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they
comforted them, and departed.

                        ACTS 17
 17:1  Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and
Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of
the Jews:
 17:2  And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and
three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
 17:3  Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have
suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus,
whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
 17:4  And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and
Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the
chief women not a few.
 17:5  But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took
unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered
a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the
house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
 17:6  And when they found them not, they drew Jason and
certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These
that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
 17:7  Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to
the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one]
Jesus.
 17:8  And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city,
when they heard these things.
 17:9  And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the
other, they let them go.
 17:10  And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas
by night unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the
synagogue of the Jews.
 17:11  These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in
that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and
searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
 17:12  Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable
women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
 17:13  But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that
the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came
thither also, and stirred up the people.
 17:14  And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go
as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there
still.
 17:15  And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens:
and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to
come to him with all speed, they departed.
 17:16  Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit
was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to
idolatry.
 17:17  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews,
and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them
that met with him.
 17:18  Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the
Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler
say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange
gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the
resurrection.
 17:19  And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus,
saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou
speakest, [is]?
 17:20  For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears:
we would know therefore what these things mean.
 17:21  (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there
spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to
hear some new thing.)
 17:22  Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,
[Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
superstitious.
 17:23  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found
an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom
therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
 17:24  God that made the world and all things therein, seeing
that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples
made with hands;
 17:25  Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he
needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and
all things;
 17:26  And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to
dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the
times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
 17:27  That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might
feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every
one of us:
 17:28  For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his
offspring.
 17:29  Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought
not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device.
 17:30  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men every where to repent:
 17:31  Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will
judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath
ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in
that he hath raised him from the dead.
 17:32  And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,
some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this
[matter].
 17:33  So Paul departed from among them.
 17:34  Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among
the which [was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named
Damaris, and others with them.

                        ACTS 18
 18:1  After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came
to Corinth;
 18:2  And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that
Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came
unto them.
 18:3  And because he was of the same craft, he abode with
them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were
tentmakers.
 18:4  And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and
persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
 18:5  And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia,
Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews
[that] Jesus [was] Christ.
 18:6  And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he
shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon
your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto
the Gentiles.
 18:7  And he departed thence, and entered into a certain
[man's] house, named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose
house joined hard to the synagogue.
 18:8  And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed
on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians
hearing believed, and were baptized.
 18:9  Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be
not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
 18:10  For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to
hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
 18:11  And he continued [there] a year and six months,
teaching the word of God among them.
 18:12  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to
the judgment seat,
 18:13  Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God
contrary to the law.
 18:14  And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio
said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked
lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with
you:
 18:15  But if it be a question of words and names, and [of]
your law, look ye [to it]; for I will be no judge of such
[matters].
 18:16  And he drave them from the judgment seat.
 18:17  Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of
the synagogue, and beat [him] before the judgment seat. And
Gallio cared for none of those things.
 18:18  And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while,
and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into
Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn [his]
head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
 18:19  And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he
himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
 18:20  When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them,
he consented not;
 18:21  But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means
keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return
again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
 18:22  And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and
saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
 18:23  And after he had spent some time [there], he departed,
and went over [all] the country of Galatia and Phrygia in
order, strengthening all the disciples.
 18:24  And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
 18:25  This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and
being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the
things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
 18:26  And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom
when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them],
and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
 18:27  And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the
brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who,
when he was come, helped them much which had believed through
grace:
 18:28  For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that]
publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

                        ACTS 19
 19:1  And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth,
Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus:
and finding certain disciples,
 19:2  He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since
ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as
heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
 19:3  And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized?
And they said, Unto John's baptism.
 19:4  Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of
repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on
him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
 19:5  When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.
 19:6  And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy
Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and
prophesied.
 19:7  And all the men were about twelve.
 19:8  And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the
space of three months, disputing and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of God.
 19:9  But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but
spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from
them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the
school of one Tyrannus.
 19:10  And this continued by the space of two years; so that
all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus,
both Jews and Greeks.
 19:11  And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
 19:12  So that from his body were brought unto the sick
handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them,
and the evil spirits went out of them.
 19:13  Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon
them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the
Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
 19:14  And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and]
chief of the priests, which did so.
 19:15  And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know,
and Paul I know; but who are ye?
 19:16  And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them,
and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they
fled out of that house naked and wounded.
 19:17  And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also
dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of
the Lord Jesus was magnified.
 19:18  And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed
their deeds.
 19:19  Many of them also which used curious arts brought their
books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they
counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand
[pieces] of silver.
 19:20  So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
 19:21  After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the
spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go
to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see
Rome.
 19:22  So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered
unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia
for a season.
 19:23  And the same time there arose no small stir about that
way.
 19:24  For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith,
which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto
the craftsmen;
 19:25  Whom he called together with the workmen of like
occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have
our wealth.
 19:26  Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus,
but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and
turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are
made with hands:
 19:27  So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set
at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana
should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed,
whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
 19:28  And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of
wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the
Ephesians.
 19:29  And the whole city was filled with confusion: and
having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's
companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the
theatre.
 19:30  And when Paul would have entered in unto the people,
the disciples suffered him not.
 19:31  And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his
friends, sent unto him, desiring [him] that he would not
adventure himself into the theatre.
 19:32  Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for
the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore
they were come together.
 19:33  And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews
putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and
would have made his defence unto the people.
 19:34  But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one
voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana
of the Ephesians.
 19:35  And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he
said, [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not
how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great
goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?
 19:36  Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against,
ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
 19:37  For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither
robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
 19:38  Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are
with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and
there are deputies: let them implead one another.
 19:39  But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters,
it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
 19:40  For we are in danger to be called in question for this
day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an
account of this concourse.
 19:41  And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

                        ACTS 20
 20:1  And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto [him]
the disciples, and embraced [them], and departed for to go into
Macedonia.
 20:2  And when he had gone over those parts, and had given
them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
 20:3  And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid
wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed
to return through Macedonia.
 20:4  And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea;
and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius
of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
 20:5  These going before tarried for us at Troas.
 20:6  And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of
unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days;
where we abode seven days.
 20:7  And upon the first [day] of the week, when the disciples
came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to
depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
 20:8  And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where
they were gathered together.
 20:9  And there sat in a window a certain young man named
Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the
third loft, and was taken up dead.
 20:10  And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing
[him] said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
 20:11  When he therefore was come up again, and had broken
bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of
day, so he departed.
 20:12  And they brought the young man alive, and were not a
little comforted.
 20:13  And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos,
there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed,
minding himself to go afoot.
 20:14  And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and
came to Mitylene.
 20:15  And we sailed thence, and came the next [day] over
against Chios; and the next [day] we arrived at Samos, and
tarried at Trogyllium; and the next [day] we came to Miletus.
 20:16  For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he
would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were
possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
 20:17  And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the
elders of the church.
 20:18  And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye
know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what
manner I have been with you at all seasons,
 20:19  Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with
many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in
wait of the Jews:
 20:20  [And] how I kept back nothing that was profitable [unto
you], but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and
from house to house,
 20:21  Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
 20:22  And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto
Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
 20:23  Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,
saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
 20:24  But none of these things move me, neither count I my
life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with
joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus,
to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
 20:25  And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have
gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
 20:26  Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am]
pure from the blood of all [men].
 20:27  For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the
counsel of God.
 20:28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the
flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers,
to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own
blood.
 20:29  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous
wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
 20:30  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking
perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 20:31  Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of
three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with
tears.
 20:32  And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the
word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give
you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
 20:33  I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
 20:34  Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have
ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
 20:35  I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye
ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the
Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to
receive.
 20:36  And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and
prayed with them all.
 20:37  And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and
kissed him,
 20:38  Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake,
that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him
unto the ship.

                        ACTS 21
 21:1  And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from
them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto
Coos, and the [day] following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto
Patara:
 21:2  And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went
aboard, and set forth.
 21:3  Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the
left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there
the ship was to unlade her burden.
 21:4  And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who
said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to
Jerusalem.
 21:5  And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and
went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives
and children, till [we were] out of the city: and we kneeled
down on the shore, and prayed.
 21:6  And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took
ship; and they returned home again.
 21:7  And when we had finished [our] course from Tyre, we came
to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one
day.
 21:8  And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company
departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house
of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the seven; and
abode with him.
 21:9  And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did
prophesy.
 21:10  And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down
from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
 21:11  And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle,
and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy
Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth
this girdle, and shall deliver [him] into the hands of the
Gentiles.
 21:12  And when we heard these things, both we, and they of
that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
 21:13  Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break
mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to
die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
 21:14  And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying,
The will of the Lord be done.
 21:15  And after those days we took up our carriages, and went
up to Jerusalem.
 21:16  There went with us also [certain] of the disciples of
Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old
disciple, with whom we should lodge.
 21:17  And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren
received us gladly.
 21:18  And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto
James; and all the elders were present.
 21:19  And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly
what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
 21:20  And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and
said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews
there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
 21:21  And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all
the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying
that they ought not to circumcise [their] children, neither to
walk after the customs.
 21:22  What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come
together: for they will hear that thou art come.
 21:23  Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men
which have a vow on them;
 21:24  Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at
charges with them, that they may shave [their] heads: and all
may know that those things, whereof they were informed
concerning thee, are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also
walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
 21:25  As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written
[and] concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that
they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from
blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
 21:26  Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying
himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the
accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an
offering should be offered for every one of them.
 21:27  And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews
which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up
all the people, and laid hands on him,
 21:28  Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that
teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law,
and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the
temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
 21:29  (For they had seen before with him in the city
Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought
into the temple.)
 21:30  And all the city was moved, and the people ran
together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple:
and forthwith the doors were shut.
 21:31  And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto
the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an
uproar.
 21:32  Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran
down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the
soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
 21:33  Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and
commanded [him] to be bound with two chains; and demanded who
he was, and what he had done.
 21:34  And some cried one thing, some another, among the
multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the
tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
 21:35  And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he
was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
 21:36  For the multitude of the people followed after, crying,
Away with him.
 21:37  And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto
the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou
speak Greek?
 21:38  Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days
madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four
thousand men that were murderers?
 21:39  But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus,
[a city] in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech
thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
 21:40  And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the
stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when
there was made a great silence, he spake unto [them] in the
Hebrew tongue, saying,

                        ACTS 22
 22:1  Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I
make] now unto you.
 22:2  (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue
to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
 22:3  I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a
city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of
Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the
law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day.
 22:4  And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and
delivering into prisons both men and women.
 22:5  As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all
the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters
unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which
were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
 22:6  And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was
come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from
heaven a great light round about me.
 22:7  And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying
unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
 22:8  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me,
I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
 22:9  And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and
were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to
me.
 22:10  And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said
unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be
told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
 22:11  And when I could not see for the glory of that light,
being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into
Damascus.
 22:12  And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law,
having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],
 22:13  Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother
Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon
him.
 22:14  And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee,
that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and
shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
 22:15  For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou
hast seen and heard.
 22:16  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and
wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
 22:17  And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to
Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a
trance;
 22:18  And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee
quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy
testimony concerning me.
 22:19  And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat
in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
 22:20  And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I
also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept
the raiment of them that slew him.
 22:21  And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far
hence unto the Gentiles.
 22:22  And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then]
lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow]
from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
 22:23  And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes,
and threw dust into the air,
 22:24  The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the
castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that
he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
 22:25  And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the
centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
 22:26  When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the
chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man
is a Roman.
 22:27  Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell
me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
 22:28  And the chief captain answered, With a great sum
obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
 22:29  Then straightway they departed from him which should
have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after
he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
 22:30  On the morrow, because he would have known the
certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him
from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their
council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before
them.

                        ACTS 23
 23:1  And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men
[and] brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God
until this day.
 23:2  And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by
him to smite him on the mouth.
 23:3  Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou]
whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and
commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
 23:4  And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high
priest?
 23:5  Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the
high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of
the ruler of thy people.
 23:6  But when Paul perceived that the one part were
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the
council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a
Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called
in question.
 23:7  And when he had so said, there arose a dissension
between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was
divided.
 23:8  For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,
neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
 23:9  And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were]
of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no
evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to
him, let us not fight against God.
 23:10  And when there arose a great dissension, the chief
captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of
them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by
force from among them, and to bring [him] into the castle.
 23:11  And the night following the Lord stood by him, and
said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me
in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
 23:12  And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded
together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they
would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
 23:13  And they were more than forty which had made this
conspiracy.
 23:14  And they came to the chief priests and elders, and
said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will
eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
 23:15  Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief
captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye
would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we,
or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
 23:16  And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in
wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
 23:17  Then Paul called one of the centurions unto [him], and
said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath
a certain thing to tell him.
 23:18  So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain,
and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto [him], and prayed me
to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say
unto thee.
 23:19  Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went
[with him] aside privately, and asked [him], What is that thou
hast to tell me?
 23:20  And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that
thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as
though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
 23:21  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.
 23:22  So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart,
and charged [him, See thou] tell no man that thou hast showed
these things to me.
 23:23  And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make
ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen
threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour
of the night;
 23:24  And provide [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on,
and bring [him] safe unto Felix the governor.
 23:25  And he wrote a letter after this manner:
 23:26  Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix
[sendeth] greeting.
 23:27  This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been
killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him,
having understood that he was a Roman.
 23:28  And when I would have known the cause wherefore they
accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
 23:29  Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their
law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or
of bonds.
 23:30  And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for
the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to
his accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against
him. Farewell.
 23:31  Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul,
and brought [him] by night to Antipatris.
 23:32  On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him,
and returned to the castle:
 23:33  Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the
epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
 23:34  And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked
of what province he was. And when he understood that [he was]
of Cilicia;
 23:35  I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also
come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

                        ACTS 24
 24:1  And after five days Ananias the high priest descended
with the elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus,
who informed the governor against Paul.
 24:2  And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse
[him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness,
and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy
providence,
 24:3  We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble
Felix, with all thankfulness.
 24:4  Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto
thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a
few words.
 24:5  For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a
mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and
a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
 24:6  Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we
took, and would have judged according to our law.
 24:7  But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with
great violence took [him] away out of our hands,
 24:8  Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining
of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things,
whereof we accuse him.
 24:9  And the Jews also assented, saying that these things
were so.
 24:10  Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto
him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been
of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more
cheerfully answer for myself:
 24:11  Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet
but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
 24:12  And they neither found me in the temple disputing with
any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the
synagogues, nor in the city:
 24:13  Neither can they prove the things whereof they now
accuse me.
 24:14  But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which
they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing
all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
 24:15  And have hope toward God, which they themselves also
allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of
the just and unjust.
 24:16  And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a
conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.
 24:17  Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation,
and offerings.
 24:18  Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in
the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
 24:19  Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if
they had ought against me.
 24:20  Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found
any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
 24:21  Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing
among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called
in question by you this day.
 24:22  And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect
knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When
Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the
uttermost of your matter.
 24:23  And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let
[him] have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his
acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
 24:24  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.
 24:25  And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and
judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for
this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for
thee.
 24:26  He hoped also that money should have been given him of
Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the
oftener, and communed with him.
 24:27  But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix'
room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul
bound.

                        ACTS 25
 25:1  Now when Festus was come into the province, after three
days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
 25:2  Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed
him against Paul, and besought him,
 25:3  And desired favour against him, that he would send for
him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
 25:4  But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at
Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly [thither].
 25:5  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.
 25:6  And when he had tarried among them more than ten days,
he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the
judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
 25:7  And when he was come, the Jews which came down from
Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous
complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
 25:8  While he answered for himself, Neither against the law
of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against
Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
 25:9  But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered
Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be
judged of these thgs before me?
 25:10  Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat,
where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong,
as thou very well knowest.
 25:11  For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing
worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of
these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me
unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
 25:12  Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,
answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt
thou go.
 25:13  And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came
unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
 25:14  And when they had been there many days, Festus declared
Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left
in bonds by Felix:
 25:15  About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests
and the elders of the Jews informed [me], desiring [to have]
judgment against him.
 25:16  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.
 25:17  Therefore, when they were come hither, without any
delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded
the man to be brought forth.
 25:18  Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought
none accusation of such things as I supposed:
 25:19  But had certain questions against him of their own
superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul
affirmed to be alive.
 25:20  And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I
asked [him] whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be
judged of these matters.
 25:21  But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the
hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might
send him to Caesar.
 25:22  Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the
man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
 25:23  And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice,
with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing,
with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at
Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
 25:24  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.
 25:25  But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy
of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have
determined to send him.
 25:26  Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord.
Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially
before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I
might have somewhat to write.
 25:27  For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner,
and not withal to signify the crimes [laid] against him.

                        ACTS 26
 26:1  Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak
for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered
for himself:
 26:2  I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall
answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things
whereof I am accused of the Jews:
 26:3  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.
 26:4  My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first
among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
 26:5  Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify,
that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a
Pharisee.
 26:6  And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the
promise made of God unto our fathers:
 26:7  Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly
serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's
sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
 26:8  Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,
that God should raise the dead?
 26:9  I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many
things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
 26:10  Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the
saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from
the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my
voice against [them].
 26:11  And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and
compelled [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad
against them, I persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.
 26:12  Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and
commission from the chief priests,
 26:13  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.
 26:14  And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a
voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick
against the pricks.
 26:15  And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest.
 26:16  But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared
unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a
witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those
things in the which I will appear unto thee;
 26:17  Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
 26:18  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.
 26:19  Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto
the heavenly vision:
 26:20  But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then]
to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and
do works meet for repentance.
 26:21  For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and
went about to kill [me].
 26:22  Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto
this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other
things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should
come:
 26:23  That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the
first that should rise from the dead, and should show light
unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
 26:24  And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a
loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth
make thee mad.
 26:25  But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak
forth the words of truth and soberness.
 26:26  For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also
I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things
are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
 26:27  King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that
thou believest.
 26:28  Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me
to be a Christian.
 26:29  And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but
also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and
altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
 26:30  And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the
governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
 26:31  And when they were gone aside, they talked between
themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or
of bonds.
 26:32  Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been
set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

                        ACTS 27
 27:1  And when it was determined that we should sail into
Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto
[one] named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
 27:2  And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched,
meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a
Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
 27:3  And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius
courteously entreated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto
his friends to refresh himself.
 27:4  And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under
Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
 27:5  And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and
Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.
 27:6  And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria
sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
 27:7  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were
come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed
under Crete, over against Salmone;
 27:8  And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is
called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.
 27:9  Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now
dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul
admonished [them],
 27:10  And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage
will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and
ship, but also of our lives.
 27:11  Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the
owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by
Paul.
 27:12  And because the haven was not commodious to winter in,
the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means
they might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is]
an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north
west.
 27:13  And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that
they had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they
sailed close by Crete.
 27:14  But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous
wind, called Euroclydon.
 27:15  And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up
into the wind, we let [her] drive.
 27:16  And running under a certain island which is called
Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
 27:17  Which when they had taken up, they used helps,
undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into
the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.
 27:18  And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the
next [day] they lightened the ship;
 27:19  And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the
tackling of the ship.
 27:20  And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,
and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be
saved was then taken away.
 27:21  But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst
of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and
not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and
loss.
 27:22  And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there
shall be no loss of [any man's] life among you, but of the
ship.
 27:23  For there stood by me this night the angel of God,
whose I am, and whom I serve,
 27:24  Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before
Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with
thee.
 27:25  Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God,
that it shall be even as it was told me.
 27:26  Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
 27:27  But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were
driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed
that they drew near to some country;
 27:28  And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when
they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found
[it] fifteen fathoms.
 27:29  Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks,
they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the
day.
 27:30  And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,
when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as
though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
 27:31  Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except
these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
 27:32  Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and
let her fall off.
 27:33  And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them]
all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that
ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
 27:34  Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is
for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head
of any of you.
 27:35  And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave
thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken
[it], he began to eat.
 27:36  Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took
[some] meat.
 27:37  And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore
and sixteen souls.
 27:38  And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the
ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
 27:39  And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they
discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they
were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
 27:40  And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed
[themselves] unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and
hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
 27:41  And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran
the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained
unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of
the waves.
 27:42  And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners,
lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
 27:43  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:
 27:44  And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken
pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped
all safe to land.

                        ACTS 28
 28:1  And when they were escaped, then they knew that the
island was called Melita.
 28:2  And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness:
for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of
the present rain, and because of the cold.
 28:3  And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid
[them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and
fastened on his hand.
 28:4  And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang on
his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a
murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance
suffereth not to live.
 28:5  And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no
harm.
 28:6  Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or
fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great
while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds,
and said that he was a god.
 28:7  In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man
of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and
lodged us three days courteously.
 28:8  And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick
of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and
prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
 28:9  So when this was done, others also, which had diseases
in the island, came, and were healed:
 28:10  Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we
departed, they laded [us] with such things as were necessary.
 28:11  And after three months we departed in a ship of
Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was
Castor and Pollux.
 28:12  And landing at Syracuse, we tarried [there] three days.
 28:13  And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to
Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the
next day to Puteoli:
 28:14  Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with
them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
 28:15  And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they
came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns:
whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
 28:16  And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the
prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to
dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
 28:17  And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called
the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come
together, he said unto them, Men [and] brethren, though I have
committed nothing against the people, or customs of our
fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the
hands of the Romans.
 28:18  Who, when they had examined me, would have let [me] go,
because there was no cause of death in me.
 28:19  But when the Jews spake against [it], I was constrained
to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation
of.
 28:20  For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see
[you], and to speak with [you]: because that for the hope of
Israel I am bound with this chain.
 28:21  And they said unto him, We neither received letters out
of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that
came showed or spake any harm of thee.
 28:22  But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for
as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken
against.
 28:23  And when they had appointed him a day, there came many
to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified
the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out
of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning
till evening.
 28:24  And some believed the things which were spoken, and
some believed not.
 28:25  And when they agreed not among themselves, they
departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the
Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
 28:26  Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall
hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
not perceive:
 28:27  For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest
they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears,
and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and
I should heal them.
 28:28  Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of
God is sent unto the Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it.
 28:29  And when he had said these words, the Jews departed,
and had great reasoning among themselves.
 28:30  And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house,
and received all that came in unto him,
 28:31  Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things
which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no
man forbidding him.