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This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the
bush.
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and
redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the
bush.
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount
Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for
this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we
wot not what is become of him.
They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they
gnashed on him with their teeth.
Then they
cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one
accord,
At
this they covered their ears,
cried out in a loud voice, and
rushed together at him.
And he
kneeled down, and
cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge. And when he had said
this, he fell
asleep.
Falling on his knees, he
cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold
this sin against them.” And when he had said
this, he fell
asleep.
To whom they all gave
heed, from the least to the greatest, saying,
This man is the great power of God.
and all the people, from the least to the greatest,
heeded his words and said, “
This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
Saying, Give me also
this power, that on
whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
“Give me
this power as well,” he said, “so that
everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
Repent therefore of
this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be
forgiven thee.
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will
forgive you for the intent of your heart.
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join
thyself to
this chariot.
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that
chariot and stay by it.”
The place of the scripture which he read was
this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb
dumb before his
shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
The
eunuch was reading
this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the
shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
And the
eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet
this? of himself, or of some other man?
“Tell me,” said the
eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Then
Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of
this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
But
Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about
this man and all the
harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
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?”
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
But Saul was
empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to
Tarsus.
When the brothers learned of
this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to
Tarsus.
Now there was at
Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas:
this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
In
Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
And it was known throughout all
Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
This became known all over
Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
This was done
thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
Now while Peter doubted in himself what
this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from
Cornelius had made
enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
While Peter was
puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by
Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
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
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
He has sent
this message to the people of Israel,
proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and
glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted
repentance unto life.
When they heard
this, their objections were put to rest, and they
glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles
repentance unto life.”
Then
tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
When news of
this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent
Barnabas to Antioch.
And there stood up one of them named
Agabus, and
signified by the spirit that there should be great
dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of
Claudius Caesar.
One of them named
Agabus stood up and
predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would
sweep across the whole world. (
This happened under
Claudius.)
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of
Barnabas and Saul.
This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with
Barnabas and Saul.
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of
unleavened bread.)
And seeing that
this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of
Unleavened Bread.
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.
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!”
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 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.
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.
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.
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second
psalm, Thou art my Son,
this day have I
begotten thee.
He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second
Psalm: ‘You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.’
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.’
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 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.
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
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.
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.
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.
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 the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
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,
And they wrote letters by them after
this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send
greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and
Cilicia:
and sent them with
this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and
Cilicia: Greetings.
The same followed Paul and us, and
cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which
shew unto us the way of salvation.
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us,
shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are
proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
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.
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
The
jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
So the officers relayed
this message to the magistrates, who were
alarmed to hear that Paul and
Silas were Roman citizens.
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.
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
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.
And they took him, and brought him unto
Areopagus, saying, May we know what
this new doctrine,
whereof thou speakest, is?
So they took Paul and brought him to the
Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what
this new teaching is that you are presenting?
For as I passed by, and
beheld your devotions, I found an altar with
this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with
this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now
proclaim to you.
And the times of
this ignorance God
winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to
repent:
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to
repent.
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.”
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.”
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to
hurt thee: for I have much people in
this city.
For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
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.
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the
synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And
Gallio cared for none of those things.
At
this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the
synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of
this was of
concern to
Gallio.
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.
This man was
instructed in the way of the Lord; and being
fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught
diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
He had been
instructed in the way of the Lord and was
fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
When they heard
this, they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
On hearing
this, they were
baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
This continued for two years, so that
everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
And there were seven sons of one
Sceva, a
Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
Seven sons of
Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing
this.
And
this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was
magnified.
This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
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.
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
So that not only
this our craft is in danger to be set at
nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess
Diana should be
despised, and her
magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
There is danger not only that our business will fall into
disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty
deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and
cried out, saying, Great is
Diana of the
Ephesians.
But if ye
enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
For we are in danger to be called in question for
this day’s
uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of
this concourse.
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
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.
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 know
this, that after my departing shall
grievous wolves enter in among you, not
sparing the flock.
I know that after my departure, savage
wolves will come in among you and will not
spare the flock.
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 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 we heard these things, both we, and they of that place,
besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
When we heard
this, we and the people there
pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
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.
Do therefore
this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a
vow on them;
Therefore do what we
advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a
vow.
Crying out, Men of Israel, help:
This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and
this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath
polluted this holy place.
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us!
This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against
this place.
Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and
defiled this holy place.”
I am
verily a man which am a
Jew, born in
Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up in
this city at the feet of
Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day.
“I am a
Jew, born in
Tarsus of
Cilicia, but raised in
this city. I was educated at the feet of
Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as
zealous for God as any of you here
today.
And I
persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
I
persecuted this Way even to the death,
detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
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!”
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and
bade that he should be examined by
scourging; that he might know wherefore they
cried so against him.
the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the
barracks. He directed that Paul be
flogged and
interrogated to determine the reason for
this outcry against him.
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.”