14:1Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith. 14:2But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers. 14:3So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 14:4But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles. 14:5And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned, 14:6Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about: 14:7And went on preaching the good news there. 14:8And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking. 14:9This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 14:10Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about. 14:11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men. 14:12And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker. 14:13And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people. 14:14But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out, 14:15Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them: 14:16Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them. 14:17But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy. 14:18And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them. 14:19But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead. 14:20But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe. 14:21And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch, 14:22Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God. 14:23And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith. 14:24And they went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 14:25And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia; 14:26And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done. 14:27And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles. 14:28And they were with the disciples there for a long time.
15:1Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation. 15:2And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question. 15:3So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers. 15:4And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them. 15:5But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses. 15:6And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question. 15:7And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith. 15:8And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us; 15:9Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith. 15:10Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it? 15:11But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they. 15:12And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them. 15:13And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me: 15:14Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself. 15:15And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said, 15:16After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete: 15:17So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named, 15:18Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times. 15:19For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God; 15:20But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood. 15:21For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath. 15:22Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers: 15:23And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you: 15:24Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order; 15:25It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul, 15:26Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15:27And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth. 15:28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things; 15:29To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy. 15:30So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter. 15:31And after reading it, they were glad of its comfort. 15:32And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith. 15:33And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. 15:34[] 15:35But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others. 15:36And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are. 15:37And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark. 15:38But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work. 15:39And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus; 15:40But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers. 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.
16:1And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek; 16:2Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion. 16:3Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek. 16:4And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them. 16:5So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day. 16:6And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia; 16:7And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them; 16:8And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas. 16:9And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help. 16:10And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them. 16:11So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis; 16:12And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days. 16:13And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together. 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying. 16:15And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come. 16:16And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power. 16:17She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation. 16:18And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour. 16:19But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers; 16:20And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town; 16:21Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans. 16:22And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped. 16:23And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: 16:24And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet. 16:25But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners; 16:26And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off. 16:27And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away. 16:28But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here. 16:29And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas, 16:30And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation? 16:31And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. 16:32And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 16:33And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. 16:34And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family. 16:35But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go. 16:36And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace. 16:37But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out. 16:38And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans; 16:39Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town. 16:40And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.
17:1Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews: 17:2And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, 17:3Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ. 17:4And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women. 17:5But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people. 17:6And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; 17:7Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. 17:8And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled. 17:9And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go. 17:10And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews. 17:11Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. 17:12And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men. 17:13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up. 17:14So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still. 17:15But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly. 17:16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods. 17:17So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there. 17:18And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead. 17:19And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours? 17:20For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. 17:21(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.) 17:22And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. 17:23For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. 17:24The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; 17:25And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things; 17:26And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands, 17:27So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us: 17:28For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring. 17:29If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man. 17:30Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart: 17:31Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead. 17:32Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time. 17:33And so Paul went away from among them. 17:34But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
18:1After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth. 18:2And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them; 18:3And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers. 18:4And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith. 18:5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. 18:6And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles. 18:7And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue. 18:8And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism. 18:9And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching: 18:10For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town. 18:11And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 18:12But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat, 18:13Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law. 18:14But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing: 18:15But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things. 18:16And he sent them away from the judge's seat. 18:17And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things. 18:18And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath. 18:19And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews. 18:20And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No; 18:21And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus. 18:22And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch. 18:23And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith. 18:24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings. 18:25This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism: 18:26And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God. 18:27And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace: 18:28For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.
19:1And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples: 19:2And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit. 19:3And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John. 19:4And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus. 19:5And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus. 19:6And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets. 19:7And there were about twelve of these men. 19:8And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God. 19:9But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus. 19:10And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews. 19:11And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul: 19:12So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out. 19:13But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching. 19:14And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this. 19:15And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you? 19:16And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing. 19:17And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great. 19:18And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts. 19:19And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver. 19:20So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power. 19:21Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome. 19:22And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time. 19:23And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way. 19:24For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen; 19:25Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth. 19:26And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands: 19:27And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position. 19:28And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus. 19:29And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul. 19:30And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him. 19:31And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre. 19:32And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together. 19:33Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer: 19:34But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus. 19:35And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter? 19:36So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise. 19:37For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess. 19:38If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another. 19:39But if any other business is in question, let it be taken up in the regular meeting. 19:40For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. 19:41And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.
20:1And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia. 20:2And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece. 20:3And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia. 20:4And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia. 20:5But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas. 20:6And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days. 20:7And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night. 20:8And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together. 20:9And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead. 20:10And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him. 20:11And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away. 20:12And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted. 20:13But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land. 20:14And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene. 20:15And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus. 20:16For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. 20:17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church. 20:18And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia, 20:19Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews: 20:20And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately, 20:21Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 20:22And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there: 20:23Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me. 20:24But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God. 20:25And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again. 20:26And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men. 20:27For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God. 20:28Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood. 20:29I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock; 20:30And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them. 20:31So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping. 20:32And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints. 20:33I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing. 20:34You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me. 20:35In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting. 20:36And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all. 20:37And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him, 20:38Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.
21:1And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara: 21:2And as there was a ship going to Phoenicia, we went in it. 21:3And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out. 21:4And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem. 21:5And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea, 21:6We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses. 21:7And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day. 21:8And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven. 21:9And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets. 21:10And while we were waiting there for some days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judaea. 21:11And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles. 21:12And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem. 21:13Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 21:14And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done. 21:15And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem. 21:16And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living. 21:17And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us. 21:18And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present. 21:19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles. 21:20And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law: 21:21And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules. 21:22What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come. 21:23Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath; 21:24Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law. 21:25But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body. 21:26Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them. 21:27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him, 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean. 21:29For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple. 21:30And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut. 21:31And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control. 21:32And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul. 21:33Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done. 21:34And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building. 21:35And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people; 21:36For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him! 21:37And when Paul was about to be taken into the building, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Have you a knowledge of Greek? 21:38Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land? 21:39But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people. 21:40And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,
22:1My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you. 22:2And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said, 22:3I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today. 22:4And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison. 22:5Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment. 22:6And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me. 22:7And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? 22:8And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking. 22:9And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears. 22:10And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do. 22:11And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus. 22:12And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion, 22:13Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him. 22:14And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth. 22:15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears. 22:16And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name. 22:17And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear, 22:18And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me. 22:19And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you: 22:20And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death. 22:21And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles. 22:22And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living. 22:23And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air, 22:24The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him. 22:25And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged? 22:26And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman. 22:27And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes. 22:28And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth. 22:29Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him. 22:30But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.
23:1And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day. 23:2And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth. 23:3Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law? 23:4And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest? 23:5And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people. 23:6But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead. 23:7And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting. 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these. 23:9And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit? 23:10And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building. 23:11And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome. 23:12And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death. 23:13And more than forty of them took this oath. 23:14And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death 23:15So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death. 23:16But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul. 23:17And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him. 23:18So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you. 23:19And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me? 23:20And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail. 23:21But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order. 23:22So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things. 23:23And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night: 23:24And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them, and take him safely to Felix, the ruler. 23:25And he sent a letter in these words: 23:26Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you. 23:27This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman. 23:28And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin: 23:29Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death. 23:30And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you. 23:31So the armed men, as they were ordered, took Paul and came by night to Antipatris. 23:32But on the day after, they sent the horsemen on with him, and went back to their place: 23:33And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him. 23:34And after reading it, he said, What part of the country do you come from? And, hearing that he was from Cilicia, 23:35I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.
24:1And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul. 24:2And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation, 24:3In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix. 24:4But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement. 24:5For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes: 24:6Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took, 24:7[] 24:8And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him. 24:9And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so. 24:10Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer: 24:11Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship; 24:12And they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town: 24:13And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now. 24:14But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets: 24:15Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers. 24:16And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men. 24:17Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation: 24:18And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia, 24:19And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me. 24:20Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin, 24:21But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead. 24:22But Felix, who had a more detailed knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, When Lysias, the chief captain, comes down, I will give attention to your business. 24:23And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him. 24:24But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus. 24:25And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you. 24:26For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him. 24:27But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.
25:1So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 25:2And the chief priests and the chief men of the Jews made statements against Paul, 25:3Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way. 25:4But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there. 25:5So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him. 25:6And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul. 25:7And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts. 25:8Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar. 25:9But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things? 25:10And Paul said, I am before the seat of Caesar's authority where it is right for me to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you are well able to see. 25:11If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar. 25:12Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go. 25:13Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus. 25:14And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix: 25:15Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him. 25:16To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him. 25:17So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man. 25:18But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind: 25:19But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living. 25:20And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there. 25:21But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. 25:22And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing. 25:23So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for. 25:24And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer. 25:25But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him. 25:26But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing. 25:27For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.
26:1And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying: 26:2In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me: 26:3The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end. 26:4All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem; 26:5And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law. 26:6And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers; 26:7For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king! 26:8Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again? 26:9For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 26:10And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them. 26:11And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns. 26:12Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests, 26:13In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me. 26:14And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you. 26:15And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking. 26:16But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me; 26:17And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 26:18To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me. 26:19So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven; 26:20But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart. 26:21For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death. 26:22And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about; 26:23That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles. 26:24And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced. 26:25Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise. 26:26For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret. 26:27King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have. 26:28And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian. 26:29And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains. 26:30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up; 26:31And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison. 26:32And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.
27:1And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band. 27:2And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 27:3And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest. 27:4And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us. 27:5And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia. 27:6And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it. 27:7And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone; 27:8And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea. 27:9And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them, 27:10Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves. 27:11But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. 27:12And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east. 27:13And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land. 27:14But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force. 27:15And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it. 27:16And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe: 27:17And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind. 27:18And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship; 27:19And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side. 27:20And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone. 27:21And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss. 27:22But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship. 27:23For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am, 27:24Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you. 27:25And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me. 27:26But we will be sent on to a certain island. 27:27But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land; 27:28And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet. 27:29Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day. 27:30Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship; 27:31But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe. 27:32Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go. 27:33And when dawn was near, Paul gave them all orders to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food. 27:34So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction. 27:35And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread. 27:36Then they all took heart and did the same. 27:37And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons. 27:38And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea. 27:39And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible. 27:40So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet. 27:41And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves. 27:42Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming. 27:43But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land: 27:44And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.
28:1And when we were safe, we made the discovery that the island was named Melita. 28:2And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold. 28:3But when Paul had got some sticks together and put them on the fire, a snake came out, because of the heat, and gave him a bite on the hand. 28:4And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living. 28:5But shaking off the beast into the fire, he got no damage. 28:6But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god. 28:7Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days. 28:8And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well. 28:9And when this took place, all the others in the island who had diseases came and were made well. 28:10Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of. 28:11And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter. 28:12And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days. 28:13And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli: 28:14Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome. 28:15And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart. 28:16And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him. 28:17Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans. 28:18Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me. 28:19But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation. 28:20But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains. 28:21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you. 28:22But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked. 28:23And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening. 28:24And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts. 28:25And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, 28:26Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 28:27For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well. 28:28Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing. 28:29[] 28:30And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him, 28:31Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.
Romans
1:1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news, 1:2Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings, 1:3About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David, 1:4But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord, 1:5Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name: 1:6Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ: 1:7To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world. 1:9For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers, 1:10And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you. 1:11For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong; 1:12That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me. 1:13You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations. 1:14I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning. 1:15For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome. 1:16For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek. 1:17For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith. 1:18For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing; 1:19Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them. 1:20For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing: 1:21Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark. 1:22Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish, 1:23And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth. 1:24For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another: 1:25Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it. 1:26For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural: 1:27And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing. 1:28And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right; 1:29Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others; 1:30Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother, 1:31Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy: 1:32Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.
2:1So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things. 2:2And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things. 2:3But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you? 2:4Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart? 2:5But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness; 2:6Who will give to every man his right reward: 2:7To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life: 2:8But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath, 2:9Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek; 2:10But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek: 2:11For one man is not different from another before God. 2:12All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law; 2:13For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers: 2:14For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves; 2:15Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval; 2:16In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ. 2:17But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God, 2:18And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law, 2:19In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark, 2:20A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true; 2:21You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours? 2:22You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God? 2:23You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law? 2:24For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings. 2:25It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not. 2:26If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision? 2:27And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision. 2:28The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh: 2:29But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
3:1How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision? 3:2Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them. 3:3And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect? 3:4In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged. 3:5But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)? 3:6In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world? 3:7But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner? 3:8Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment. 3:9What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin; 3:10As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness; 3:11Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God; 3:12They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one: 3:13Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: 3:14Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words: 3:15Their feet are quick in running after blood; 3:16Destruction and trouble are in their ways; 3:17And of the way of peace they have no knowledge: 3:18There is no fear of God before their eyes. 3:19Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God: 3:20Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 3:21But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets; 3:22That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another, 3:23For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God; 3:24And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus: 3:25Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; 3:26And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus. 3:27What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith. 3:28For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law. 3:29Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles: 3:30If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision. 3:31Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.
4:1What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got? 4:2For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God. 4:3But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness. 4:4Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt. 4:5But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness. 4:6As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying, 4:7Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered. 4:8Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord. 4:9Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness. 4:10How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it: 4:11And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account; 4:12And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision. 4:13For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 4:14For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power; 4:15For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken. 4:16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 4:17(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were. 4:18Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be. 4:19And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children: 4:20Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God, 4:21And being certain that God was able to keep his word. 4:22For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness. 4:23Now, it was not because of him only that this was said, 4:24But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead, 4:25Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.