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But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began
from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
You
yourselves know what has happened throughout
Judea, beginning in
Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen
beforehand, by us who
ate and
drank with Him after He rose
from the dead.
But Peter
rehearsed the matter
from the beginning, and
expounded it by order unto them, saying,
But Peter began and explained to them the whole
sequence of events:
I was in the city of
Joppa praying: and in a
trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down
from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
“I was in the city of
Joppa praying, and in a
trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down
from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
But the voice answered me again
from heaven, What God hath
cleansed, that call not thou common.
But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
And some of them were men of
Cyprus and
Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
But some of them, men
from Cyprus and
Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well,
proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light
shined in the prison: and he
smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off
from his hands.
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light
shone in the cell. He
tapped Peter on the side and
woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
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 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
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.
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia; and
from thence they sailed to
Cyprus.
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.
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.”
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.
Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the
Savior Jesus, as He promised.
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.
But God raised him from the dead:
But God raised Him from the dead,
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 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.’
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
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.
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.
In
Lystra there sat a man
crippled in his feet, who was
lame from birth and had never walked.
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.
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 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.”
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 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.
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
that have been known for ages.’
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
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.”
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and
Barnabas; namely,
Judas surnamed Barsabas, and
Silas, chief men among the brethren:
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men
from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and
Barnabas. They chose
Judas called Barsabbas and
Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out
from us have troubled you with words,
subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be
circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
It has come to our attention that some went out
from us without our
authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
You must
abstain from food sacrificed to idols,
from blood,
from the meat of
strangled animals, and
from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
And after they had
tarried there a space, they were let go in peace
from the brethren unto the apostles.
After
spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers in peace to return to those who had sent them.
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed
from them
from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in
Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company.
Barnabas took Mark and sailed for
Cyprus,
And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of
Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to
preach the word in Asia,
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them
from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and
Galatia.
Therefore loosing
from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
We sailed
from Troas straight to
Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
And
from thence to
Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of
Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city
abiding certain days.
From there we went to the Roman colony of
Philippi, the leading city of that district of
Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
And a certain woman named
Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Among those
listening was a woman named
Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth
from the city of
Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to
respond to Paul’s message.
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
As was his custom, Paul went into the
synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them
from the Scriptures,
Opening and
alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again
from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I
preach unto you, is Christ.
explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise
from the dead. “This Jesus I am
proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
But the Jews which believed not, moved with
envy, took unto them certain
lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an
uproar, and
assaulted the house of
Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
The Jews, however, became
jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers
from the marketplace, formed a
mob, and sent the city into an
uproar. They
raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and
Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
And when they had taken security of
Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
And they collected bond
from Jason and the others, and then released them.
But when the Jews of
Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at
Berea, they came thither also, and
stirred up the people.
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their
habitation;
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
That they should seek the Lord, if
haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far
from every one of us:
God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained;
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him
from the dead.
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to
everyone by raising Him
from the dead.”
So Paul departed from among them.
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
And found a certain
Jew named
Aquila, born in
Pontus, lately come
from Italy, with his wife
Priscilla; (because that
Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart
from Rome:) and came unto them.
There he found a
Jew named
Aquila, a native of
Pontus, who had recently come
from Italy with his wife
Priscilla because
Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
And when they opposed themselves, and
blasphemed, he
shook his
raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean:
from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
But when they opposed and
insulted him, he
shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it.
From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
And he
drave them
from the judgment seat.
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
But
bade them
farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed
from Ephesus.
But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of
Galatia and Phrygia in order,
strengthening all the disciples.
After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled
from place to place throughout the region of
Galatia and Phrygia,
strengthening all the disciples.
For he powerfully
refuted the Jews in public
debate, proving
from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
But when
divers were
hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed
from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one
Tyrannus.
So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
And when the townclerk had
appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the
Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess
Diana, and of the image which fell down
from Jupiter?
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t
everyone know that the city of Ephesus is
guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell
from heaven?
And we sailed away
from Philippi after the days of
unleavened bread, and came unto them to
Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
And after the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, we sailed
from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in
Troas, where we stayed seven days.
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down
from the third
loft, and was taken up dead.
And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound
asleep, he fell
from the third story and was
picked up dead.
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against
Chios; and the next day we arrived at
Samos, and
tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to
Miletus.
Sailing on
from there, we arrived the next day opposite
Chios. The day after that we arrived at
Samos, and on the following day we came to
Miletus.
And
from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
I did not
shrink back
from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and
from house to house,
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life
dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to
testify the gospel of the grace of God.
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received
from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of
testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Therefore I
testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
For I have not
shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
For I did not
shrink back
from declaring to you the whole will of God.
Also of your own
selves shall men arise, speaking
perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Even
from your own number, men will rise up and
distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
And it came to pass, that after we were
gotten from them, and had
launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto
Rhodes, and
from thence unto Patara:
After we had
torn ourselves away
from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to
Rhodes, and
from there to Patara.
And when we had finished our course
from Tyre, we came to
Ptolemais, and
saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
When we had finished our voyage
from Tyre, we landed at
Ptolemais, where we
greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
And as we
tarried there many days, there came down
from Judaea a certain prophet, named
Agabus.
After we had been there several days, a prophet named
Agabus came down
from Judea.
There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of
Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should
lodge.
Some of the disciples
from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the
Cypriot, an early disciple.
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves
from things offered to idols, and
from blood, and
from strangled, and
from fornication.
As for the
Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must
abstain from food sacrificed to idols,
from blood,
from the meat of
strangled animals, and
from sexual immorality.”
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple,
stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews
from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They
stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
But Paul said, I am a man which am a
Jew of
Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I
beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
But Paul answered, “I am a
Jew from Tarsus in
Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I
beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
As also the high priest
doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders:
from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
as the high priest and the whole Council can
testify about me. I even obtained letters
from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to
apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come
nigh unto Damascus about
noon, suddenly there
shone from heaven a great light round about me.
About
noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light
from heaven
flashed around me.
And they gave him
audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow
from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
The crowd
listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and
shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
Then
straightway they departed
from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Then those who were about to
interrogate Paul
stepped back, and the commander himself was
alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
On the
morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him
from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole
Sanhedrin to
assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
And there arose a great cry: and the
scribes that were of the
Pharisees’ part arose, and
strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
A great
clamor arose, and some
scribes from the party of the
Pharisees got up and
contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
And when there arose a great
dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force
from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would
tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the
barracks.
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
Do not let them
persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to
ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now,
awaiting your consent.”