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But all that heard him were
amazed, and
said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came
hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
All who heard him were
astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who
wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the
saints which dwelt at
Lydda.
As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the
saints in
Lydda.
And Peter
said unto him,
Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
“
Aeneas,” Peter
said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately
Aeneas got up,
But Peter put them all forth, and
kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body
said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He
knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he
said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him,
Cornelius.
One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and
said, “
Cornelius!”
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and
said, What is it, Lord? And he
said unto him, Thy prayers and thine
alms are come up for a
memorial before God.
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a
memorial offering before God.
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
As Peter continued to
reflect on the vision, the Spirit
said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from
Cornelius; and
said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
And they
said,
Cornelius the
centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was
warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
“
Cornelius the
centurion has sent us,” they
said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel
instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
And he
said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a
Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
He
said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a
Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
And
Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in
radiant clothing stood before me
and
said, ‘
Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show
favoritism,
For they heard them speak with tongues, and
magnify God. Then answered Peter,
For they heard them speaking in tongues and
exalting God. Then Peter
said,
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and
said unto him, Send men to
Joppa, and call for Simon, whose
surname is Peter;
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to
Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he
said, John indeed
baptized with water; but ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John
baptized with water, but you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
And the angel
said unto him,
Gird thyself, and bind on thy
sandals. And so he did. And he
saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
“Get dressed and put on your
sandals,”
said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “
Wrap your
cloak around you and follow me.”
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 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 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.
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.”
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia; and from thence they
sailed to
Cyprus.
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?
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.
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!
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.’
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.’
Wherefore he
saith also in another
psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
So also, He says in another
Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
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.
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.
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 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.”
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.
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
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.
And
Judas and
Silas, being prophets also themselves,
exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
And some days after Paul
said unto
Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Some time later Paul
said to
Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company.
Barnabas took Mark and
sailed for
Cyprus,
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 this did she many days. But Paul, being
grieved, turned and
said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so
aggravated that he turned and
said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
They brought them to the magistrates and
said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into
turmoil And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
But Paul
said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out
privily?
nay verily; but let them come themselves and
fetch us out.
But Paul
said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and
escort us out!”
Then certain philosophers of the
Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him. And some
said, What will this
babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a
setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Some
Epicurean and
Stoic philosophers also began to
debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this
babbler trying to say?” Others
said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They
said this because Paul was
proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
Then Paul stood in the midst of
Mars’ hill, and
said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
superstitious.
Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the
Areopagus and
said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
mocked: and others
said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to
mock him, but others
said, “We want to hear you again on this
topic.”
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.”
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
“This man is
persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they
said.
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth,
Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked
lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
But just as Paul was about to speak,
Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a
wrongdoing or
vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your
complaint.
And Paul after this
tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and
sailed thence into Syria, and with him
Priscilla and
Aquila; having
shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a
vow.
Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head
shaved in Cenchrea to keep a
vow he had made, and then he
sailed for Syria, accompanied by
Priscilla and
Aquila.
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.
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
And he
said unto them, Unto what then were ye
baptized? And they
said, Unto John’s baptism.
“Into what, then, were you
baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
Then
said Paul, John
verily baptized with the baptism of
repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of
repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through
Macedonia and
Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through
Macedonia and
Achaia. “After I have been there,” he
said, “I must see Rome as well.”
Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
Demetrius assembled the
craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he
said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
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 when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
And after the
uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into
Macedonia.
When the
uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after
encouraging them, he
said goodbye to them and left for
Macedonia.
And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to
sail into Syria, he purposed to return through
Macedonia.
where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to
sail for Syria, he decided to go back through
Macedonia.
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 Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him
said, Trouble not
yourselves; for his life is in him.
But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be
alarmed!” he
said. “He is still alive!”
And we went before to ship, and
sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go
afoot.
We went on
ahead to the ship and
sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul
aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
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.
For Paul had determined to
sail by Ephesus, because he would not
spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of
Pentecost.
Paul had decided to
sail past Ephesus to avoid
spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a
hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of
Pentecost.
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.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
And when he had thus spoken, he
kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
When Paul had
said this, he
knelt down with all of them and prayed.
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 finding a ship
sailing over unto
Phenicia, we went
aboard, and set forth.
Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
Now when we had discovered
Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and
sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to
unlade her burden.
After sighting
Cyprus and passing south of it, we
sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its
cargo.
And finding disciples, we
tarried there seven days: who
said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
And after we had
said our farewells, we went
aboard the ship, and they returned home.
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s
girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and
said, Thus
saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this
girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
When he would not be
dissuaded, we fell silent and
said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
And when they heard it, they
glorified the Lord, and
said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all
zealous of the law:
When they heard this, they
glorified God. Then they
said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are
zealous for the law.
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
As they were about to take Paul into the
barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
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.”
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he
said unto me, I am Jesus of
Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
And I
said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every
synagogue them that believed on thee:
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one
synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
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!”
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul
said unto the
centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to
scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
But as they stretched him out to
strap him down, Paul
said to the
centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to
flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
When the
centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take
heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
On hearing this, the
centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he
said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
Then the chief captain came, and
said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He
said,
Yea.
The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “
Yes,” he answered.