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And the soldiers also
mocked him, coming to him, and offering him
vinegar,
The soldiers also
mocked Him and came up to offer Him
sour wine.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the
sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its
sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with
everyone born of the Spirit.”
And therefore did the Jews
persecute Jesus, and
sought to
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to
persecute Him.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
After these things Jesus walked in
Galilee: for he would not walk in
Jewry, because the Jews
sought to kill him.
After this, Jesus traveled throughout
Galilee. He did not want to travel in
Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their
grasp.
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
“
Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
And from
thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews
cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend:
whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
From then on,
Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept
shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar.
Anyone who declares himself a king is
defying Caesar.”
Now there was set a vessel full of
vinegar: and they filled a
spunge with
vinegar, and put it upon
hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
When Jesus therefore had received the
vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
When Jesus had received the
sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
And suddenly there came a
sound from heaven as of a
rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Suddenly a
sound like a mighty
rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
And when this
sound rang out, a crowd came together in
bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
Because thou
wilt not leave my
soul in
hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
because You will not
abandon my
soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his
soul was not left in
hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Then they that
gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls.
Those who embraced his message were
baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
A sense of
awe came over
everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know:
yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect
soundness in the presence of you all.
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete
healing in your presence.
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Everyone who does not
listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred,
threescore and fifteen
souls.
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the
south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto
Gaza, which is desert.
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go
south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to
Gaza.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 because the
haven was not
commodious to winter in, the more part
advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an
haven of
Crete, and lieth toward the
south west and north west.
And when the
south wind
blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by
Crete.
When a gentle
south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they
weighed anchor and sailed along,
hugging the coast of
Crete.
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
They took
soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of
soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
And we were in all in the ship two hundred
threescore and sixteen
souls.
In all, there were 276 of us on board.
And from thence we
fetched a compass, and came to
Rhegium: and after one day the
south wind
blew, and we came the next day to
Puteoli:
From there we
weighed anchor and came to
Rhegium. After one day, a
south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at
Puteoli.
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the
Jew, then for the Greek;
Wherefore? Because they
sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they
stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They
stumbled over the
stumbling stone,
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
But I say, Have they not heard?
Yes verily, their
sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Everyone must submit himself to the
governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as
sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing
gong or a
clanging cymbal.
And even things without life giving
sound, whether pipe or
harp, except they give a distinction in the
sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or
harped?
Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the
flute or
harp, how will
anyone recognize the
tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?
For if the
trumpet give an uncertain
sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Again, if the
trumpet sounds a
muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living
soul; the last Adam was made a
quickening spirit.
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump: for the
trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
in an instant, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the
trumpet will
sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Moreover I call God for a record upon my
soul, that to
spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
I call God as my witness that it was in order to
spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be
sober, it is for your cause.
If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
And I will very
gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
And for the sake of your
souls, I will most
gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
For from you
sounded out the word of the Lord not only in
Macedonia and
Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to
Macedonia and
Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
Nor of men
sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been
burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
Nor did we seek praise from you or from
anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
So being
affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own
souls, because ye were
dear unto us.
We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
And the very God of peace
sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and
soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now may the God of peace Himself
sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit,
soul, and body be kept
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For whoremongers, for them that
defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for
perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to
sound doctrine;
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for
anyone else who is
averse to
sound teaching
If thou put the brethren in
remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ,
nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine,
whereunto thou hast attained.
By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus,
nourished by the words of faith and
sound instruction that you have followed.
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to
godliness;
If
anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the
sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
But, when he was in Rome, he
sought me out very
diligently, and found me.
Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched
diligently until he found me.
For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers, having
itching ears;
For the time will come when men will not
tolerate sound doctrine, but with
itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by
sound doctrine both to
exhort and to
convince the gainsayers.
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can
encourage others by
sound teaching and
refute those who
contradict it.
This witness is true. Wherefore
rebuke them sharply, that they may be
sound in the faith;
This testimony is true. Therefore
rebuke them sternly, so that they will be
sound in the faith
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.
That the aged men be
sober, grave, temperate,
sound in faith, in charity, in
patience.
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be
ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
and
wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that
anyone who opposes us will be
ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing
asunder of
soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing
soul and spirit, joints and
marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
Which hope we have as an anchor of the
soul, both sure and
stedfast, and which entereth into that within the
veil;
We have this hope as an anchor for the
soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the
curtain,
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
But we are not of them who draw back unto
perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the
soul.
But we are not of those who
shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their
souls.
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he
sought it carefully with tears.
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to
inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for
repentance, though he
sought the blessing with tears.
And the
sound of a
trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
to a
trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers
beg that no further word be spoken.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your
souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Therefore, get rid of all moral
filth and every expression of evil, and
humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your
souls.
Let him know, that he which converteth the
sinner from the error of his way shall save a
soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
consider this:
Whoever turns a
sinner from the error of his way will save his
soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
now that you are receiving the
goal of your faith, the salvation of your
souls.
Seeing ye have
purified your
souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently:
Since you have
purified your
souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Dearly beloved, I
beseech you as strangers and pilgrims,
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the
soul;
Beloved, I
urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to
abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your
soul.
For ye were as sheep going
astray; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your
souls.
Which
sometime were
disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight
souls were saved by water.
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of
Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight
souls, were saved through water.
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their
souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator.
So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should
entrust their
souls to their faithful
Creator and continue to do good.
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed his righteous
soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was
tormented in his righteous
soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
Having eyes full of
adultery, and that cannot cease from sin;
beguiling unstable
souls: an heart they have exercised with
covetous practices;
cursed children:
Their eyes are full of
adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they
seduce the unstable. They are
accursed children with hearts trained in
greed.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health, even as thy
soul prospereth.
Beloved, I pray that in every way you may
prosper and enjoy good health, as your
soul also prospers.
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the
roar of many waters.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a
penny, and three measures of barley for a
penny; and see thou
hurt not the oil and the wine.
And I heard what
sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A
quart of wheat for a
denarius, and three quarts of barley for a
denarius, and do not
harm the oil and wine.”
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had
upheld.
And the seven angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound.
And the seven angels with the seven
trumpets prepared to
sound them.
The first angel
sounded, and there followed
hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Then the first angel
sounded his
trumpet, and
hail and fire mixed with blood were
hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Then the second angel
sounded his
trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
Then the third angel
sounded his
trumpet, and a great star burning like a
torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
And the fourth angel
sounded, and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was
darkened, and the day
shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Then the fourth angel
sounded his
trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were
darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
And I
beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice,
Woe,
woe,
woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the
trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to
sound!
And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “
Woe!
Woe!
Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the
trumpet blasts about to be
sounded by the remaining three angels!”
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Then the fifth angel
sounded his
trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the
Abyss.
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the
sound of their wings was as the
sound of
chariots of many horses running to battle.
They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the
sound of their wings was like the
roar of many horses and
chariots rushing into battle.
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Then the sixth angel
sounded his
trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
