one of you, night and day, with

tears.

32 And now, I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified:

33 I have coveted no one's silver, or gold, or apparel: 34 ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me:

35 I have shewed you in all things, that ye ought, by so labouring, to assist the weak; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, "It is more blessed to give "than to receive."

36 And when he had said these words, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all:

37 and there was great lamentation of them all; and they fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him;

38 sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they would see his face no more and they accompanied him to the ship.

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AND it came to pass, when

we had torn ourselves from them, and had put to sea, that we ran a straight course to Coos; and the fol

lowing day came to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara : 2 and finding a ship sailing over to Phenicia, we went on board, and put to sea:

3 and when we came in sight of Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden:

4 and finding disciples, we remained there seven days; who told Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem.

5 And when we had completed those days, we departed and pursued our way; and they all attended us out of the city, with their wives and children:

6 and having kneeled down on the shore, and prayed, we took leave of each other, and embarked in the ship; and they returned to their own homes.

7 And having finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren; and remained with them one day:

8 and the next day we departed, and came to Cesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven deacons; and abode with him:

9 and he had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.

10 And as we continued there many days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judea :

11 and he came to us, and took up Paul's girdle, and bound his own feet and hands; and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man whose girdle this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles :

12 and when we heard these words, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem :

13 then Paul answered, Why do ye weep, and break my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus:

14 and since he would not be persuaded, we ceased; saying, The will of the Lord be done! 15 And after those days we loaded our goods, and went up to Jerusalem:

16 and some of the disciples also, from Cesarea, went with us, taking with them one Mnason, a Cyprian, a primitive disciple, with whom we were to be lodged.

17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly :

18 and the following day, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present:

19 and when he had saluted them, he related to them every thing that God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry; and when they heard it, they glorified God:

20 and they said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews who believe, yet all are zealous for the law;

21 and they have been informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying, that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to his

customs:

22 what, then, is to be done? for, they will hear that thou

art come:

23 do this, therefore, that we tell thee: We have four men who have a vow upon them;

24 take these with thee, and purify thyself with them, and bear the charges of their offerings, that they may shave their heads; and all will know, that there is nothing in what they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself walkest, keeping the law :

25 although, with respect to the Gentiles that believe, we wrote, determining only, that they should keep themselves c. xv. 20, 28. from idol-sacrifice, both from the blood and thing strangled, and from the fornication.

13-21.

26 Then Paul, on the next day, took with him the men; and having been purified with them, he went into the temple, to declare the fulfilment of the days ordained for their purifica- Num. vi. tion, when the offering should be offered for each of them: 27 but, when the seven days were nearly ended, the Jews of Asia, perceiving him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him;

28 crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, that teacheth all men every where contrary to the people, and the law, and this place: and hath, moreover, brought Greeks into the temple, and polluted this holy place:

29 for, they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they thought Paul had brought into the temple:

30 and all the city was in commotion; and the people ran together, and seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.

31 And while they were seeking to kill him, tidings reached the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion;

32 who, immediately taking soldiers and centurions, ran down to them: but when they saw the chief captain and the

soldiers, they ceased from beating Paul:

33 then the chief captain coming up, seized him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done?

steps, waved with his hand to the people and when a general silence was made, he spake to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

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tude cried one thing, and some another and not being able to know the certainty, through the tumult, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.

35 And when he was at the steps, it so happened that he was borne up by the soldiers on account of the violence of the multitude:

36 for the whole body of the people followed, crying, Away with him!

37 and when Paul was about to be taken into the castle, he said to the chief captain, Am I permitted to speak to thee? and he said, Canst thou speak Greek?

38 art not thou the Egyptian, who before these days raised a sedition, and leddest out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the murderers?

39 but Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city; and, I beseech thee, permit me to speak to the people:

40 and when he had permitted him, Paul, standing on the

hearken to my defence which I now make to you:

2 and when they heard that he spake to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept silence the more: and he saith,

3 I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, and accurately instructed, at the feet of Gamaliel, in the law of the fathers; and I was as zealous toward God, as ye all are this day: 4 and I persecuted this way to death, binding and deliver- c. ix. 1; and ing into prisons both men and

women:

5 as also the high priest is my witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished:

6 and it came to pass, as I journeyed and was come near to Damascus, about noon, a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me, and I fell to the ground;

7 and I heard a voice saying

xxvi. 9, 10.

to me, "Saul, Saul, why per66 secutest thou me?"

8 and I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, "I am Jesus of Nazareth, "whom thou persecutest:" 9 and they that were with me, saw indeed the light, but heard not the speech of him who spake to me:

10 and I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, "Arise, and go into "Damascus; and it shall be "told thee there concerning "all things which are appoint"ed for thee to do."

11 And, as I saw nothing, through the glory of that light, I was led by the hand of those that were with me, and came to Damascus :

12 and one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good reputation from all the Jews which dwelt there,

13 came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive again thy sight: and the same hour I beheld him :

14 and he said, The God of

C. xxvii. 16,17. our fathers foreordained thee, to know his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear the voice of his mouth;

15 for thou shalt be his witness, to all men, of the things which thou hast seen and heard: 16 and now, why delayest thou? arise, and be baptized,

and wash away thy sins, calling

on his name.

17 And it came to pass, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance;

18 and I beheld him, saying to me," Make haste, and go "quickly out of Jerusalem: for "they will not receive thy testimony concerning me:" 19 and I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue, those that believed on thee:

20 and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and con- c. vii. 61. senting; and kept the clothes of them that slew him: 21 and he said to me, "for I will send thee to na"tions afar off:"

"Go!

22 and they hearkened to him until this word, when they raised their voices, and said, Away with such a one from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

24 the chief captain commanded that he should be brought into the castle; and ordered him to be questioned with stripes, that he might know for what cause they so cried out against him :

25 and as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to