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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.
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
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.
Then Peter came to himself
and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel
and rescued me from Herod’s
grasp and from everything the Jewish people were
anticipating.”
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.
And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
He
knocked at the outer gate,
and a servant
girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
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.
When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she
forgot to open the gate, but ran inside
and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
And they said unto her, Thou art
mad. But she constantly
affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept
insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
But Peter continued
knocking:
and when they had opened the door,
and saw him, they were
astonished.
But Peter kept on
knocking,
and when they opened the door
and saw him, they were
astounded.
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
shew these things unto James,
and to the brethren.
And he departed,
and went into another place.
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
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.
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards
and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from
Judea to Caesarea
and spent some time there.
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.
Now Herod was in a
furious dispute with the people of Tyre
and Sidon,
and they
convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s
chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
On the appointed day, Herod
donned his royal robes, sat on his throne,
and addressed the people.
And the people gave a
shout, saying, It is the voice of a god,
and not of a man.
And they began to
shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
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.
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
But the word of God grew and multiplied.
But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry,
and took with them John, whose
surname was Mark.
When
Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
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.
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.
While they were worshiping the Lord
and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia;
and from thence they sailed to
Cyprus.
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.
When they arrived at
Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.
And John was with them as their helper.
And when they had gone through the isle unto
Paphos, they found a certain
sorcerer, a false prophet, a
Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
They traveled through the whole island as far as
Paphos, where they found a Jewish
sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
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.
But Elymas the
sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)
withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
But Elymas the
sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them
and tried to turn the
proconsul from the faith.
And said, O full of all
subtilty 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?
and said, “O child of the devil
and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of
deceit and trickery! Will you never stop
perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
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.
Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you,
and for a time you will be blind
and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately
mist and darkness came over him,
and he
groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
Now when Paul
and his company loosed from
Paphos, they came to Perga in
Pamphylia:
and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
After setting sail from
Paphos, Paul
and his companions came to Perga in
Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in
Pisidia,
and went into the
synagogue on the sabbath day,
and sat down.
And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the
synagogue on the Sabbath
and sat down.
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.
After the reading from the Law
and the Prophets, the
synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”
Then Paul stood up,
and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel,
and ye that fear God, give
audience.
Paul stood up, motioned with his hand,
and began to speak: “Men of Israel
and you Gentiles who fear God,
listen to me!
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.
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt,
and with an
uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
He
endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
And having
vanquished seven nations in
Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
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.
Then the people asked for a king,
and God gave them forty years under Saul son of
Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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.
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king
and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of
Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its
entirety.’
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.
As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose
sandals I am not worthy to
untie.’
Men
and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,
and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
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.
The people of Jerusalem
and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in
condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they
Pilate that he should be slain.
And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked
Pilate to have Him executed.
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree,
and laid him in a
sepulchre.
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from
Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from
Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
And we declare unto you
glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
And now we
proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
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.
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
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:
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell
asleep. His body was buried with his fathers
and saw decay.
Be it known unto you therefore, men
and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins:
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the
forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Through Him
everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
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.
‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles
besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
As Paul
and Barnabas were leaving the
synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
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.
After the
synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews
and devout converts to
Judaism followed Paul
and Barnabas, who spoke to them
and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
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.
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.
Then Paul
and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you
reject it
and do not consider
yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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.
When the Gentiles heard this, they
rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord,
and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
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.
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence
and the leading men of the city. They
stirred up persecution against Paul
and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
But they
shook off the dust of their feet against them,
and came unto
Iconium.
And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
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.
At
Iconium, Paul
and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish
synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews
and Greeks believed.
But the unbelieving Jews
stirred up the Gentiles,
and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
But the unbelieving Jews
stirred up the Gentiles
and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
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.
So Paul
and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who
affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs
and wonders.
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
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,
But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
They were ware of it,
and fled unto
Lystra and Derbe, cities of
Lycaonia,
and unto the region that lieth round about:
they found out about it
and fled to the Lycaonian cities of
Lystra and Derbe
and to the surrounding region,
And there they preached the gospel.
where they continued to
preach the gospel.
In
Lystra there sat a man
crippled in his feet, who was
lame from birth
and had never walked.
The same heard Paul speak: who
stedfastly beholding him,
and perceiving that he had faith to be
healed,
This man was
listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him
and saw that he had faith to be
healed.
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet.
And he
leaped and walked.
In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!”
And the man
jumped up
and began to walk.
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.
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
And they called
Barnabas, Jupiter;
and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Barnabas they called Zeus,
and Paul they called
Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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.
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls
and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
Which when the apostles,
Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes,
and ran in among the people, crying out,
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:
“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
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.
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven
and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food
and gladness.”
And with these sayings
scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
Even with these words, Paul
and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
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.
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch
and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul
and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
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.
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up
and went back into the city.
And the next day he left with
Barnabas for Derbe.
And when they had preached the gospel to that city,
and had taught many, they returned again to
Lystra,
and to
Iconium,
and Antioch,
They preached the gospel to that city
and made many disciples. Then they returned to
Lystra,
Iconium,
and Antioch,
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.
strengthening the souls of the disciples
and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must
endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
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.
Paul
and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying
and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into
Attalia:
And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to
Attalia.
And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
From
Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been
commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.
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.
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
And there they abode long time with the disciples.
And they spent a long time there with the disciples.
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.
Then some men came down from
Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are
circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
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.
And after
engaging these men in sharp
debate, Paul
and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles
and elders about this question.
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.
Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
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.
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were
welcomed by the church
and apostles
and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
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.
But some believers from the party of the
Pharisees stood up
and declared, “The Gentiles must be
circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
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.
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
And God, who knows the heart, showed His
approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
And put no difference between us
and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.
He made no distinction between us
and them, for He
cleansed their hearts by faith.
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.
The whole assembly fell silent as they
listened to
Barnabas and Paul describing the signs
and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men
and brethren,
hearken unto me:
When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers,
listen to me!
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
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:
‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
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.
so that the
remnant of men may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
But that we write unto them, that they
abstain from pollutions of idols,
and from
fornication,
and from things
strangled,
and from blood.
Instead, we should write
and tell them to
abstain from food
polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of
strangled animals,
and from blood.
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that
preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”