12 then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed to Cesar? to Cesar thou shalt go. 13 And when some days had passed, king Agrippa and Bernice came to Cesarea, to salute Festus :

14 and after they had been there many days, Festus laid the case of Paul before the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix ;

15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews appeared before me, demanding judgment against him:

16 to whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before he who is accused have his accusers face to face, and have an opportunity to defend himself against the accusation:

17 therefore, when they were come hither, I made no delay; but the next day I sat on the judgment-seat, and ordered the man to be brought forth: 18 against whom, when his accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed;

19 but had some charges against him concerning their own superstition; and about one Jesus, who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living:

20 and because I hesitated to

inquire into these matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things:

21 but, Paul having appealed to be reserved for the cognizance of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send him up to Cesar:

22 then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also hear the man myself; and he said, To-morrow thou shalt hear him.

23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa and Bernice were come, with great pomp, and were entered into the place of audience, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' command Paul was brought forth:

24 and Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this man, concerning whom the whole body of the Jews, both in Jerusalem and here, have applied to me, crying out that he ought not to live any longer:

25 but, finding that he hath committed nothing worthy of death, and he himself having appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him :

26 of whom I have nothing Icertain to write to my lord; 27 wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before thee, O king

Agrippa, that, after the examination hath been had, I might have something to write:

28 for, it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to signify the charges alleged against him.

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CHAPTER XXVI.

ND Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself: then Paul, stretching forth his hand, thus made his defence:

2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I shall answer for myself this day before thee, concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews;

3 especially, as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 4 The manner of my life, from my youth, as it hath been from the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know;

5 who have known me from the beginning, (if they would bear testimony,) that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee;

6 and I now stand to be judged, for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

7 to which promise our twelve

tribes, continually serving God day and night, hope to come: for which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.

8 Why is it deemed incredible with you, that God raiseth the dead?

xxii. 4.

9 I truly thought in myself, that I ought to do many things c. ix. 1; and against the name of Jesus of Nazareth;

10 wherefore, also, I did those things in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them;

11 and I punished them often, in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even into foreign cities.

12 In doing which things, as I was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me:

14 and we all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice saying to me, in the Hebrew tongue, "Saul, Saul, why per"secutest thou me? it is hard "for thee, to kick against the pricks :"

15 and I said, Who art thou,

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18" that, by faith in me, "they may receive remission "of their sins, and an inherit66 ance among those who are "sanctified."

19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

20 but declared, first, to those in Damascus, and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and do works suited to repentance:

21 for these causes, the Jews seized me in the temple, and endeavoured to kill me.

22 Having therefore obtained the help of God, I continue to this day, bearing witness of

those things to both small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass;

23 that the Christ would suffer, that he would be the first to rise from the dead, and that he would proclaim light to the people of Israel, and to the Gentiles.

24 And as he spake thus in his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; much learning driveth thee to madness:

25 but Paul said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but I speak out the words of truth and soberness:

26 for the king hath knowledge of these things, before whom also I speak with confidence; for I am persuaded that none of these things are unknown to him; for this thing was not done in a corner:

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest them:

28 then said Agrippa to Paul, Art thou persuaded thou wilt soon make me a Christian?

29 and Paul said, I would to God that, soon or late, not only thou, but also all who hear me this day, may become such as I am, except these bonds! 30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they who sat with them: 31 and going aside, they

talked among themselves, saying, This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds: 32 then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been released, if he had not appealed to Cesar.

CHAPTER XXVII.

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mined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul, and some other prisoners, to a centurion of Augustus' band, named Julius :

2 and, embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, being to sail to the ports of Asia; Aristarchus the Macedonian, of Thessalonica, being with us.

3 And the next day, we touched at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and permitted him to go to his friends to receive their attentions.

4 And bearing away from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary:

5 and sailing through the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, of Lycia:

6 and the centurion finding there an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, he put us on board it.

7 And sailing slowly for several days, and being scarcely

come off Cnidus, the wind not favouring us, we sailed under Crete, by Salmone;

8 and, passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair-havens; near to which was the city of Lasea.

9 but, much time having been spent and the navigation being already become danger

ous, also because the Nesteia, viz. a heathen

or Fast, was now past, Paul admonished them; saying to

them,

10 Friends, I perceive that this voyage will be with injury and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives:

11 but the centurion trusted to the pilot and the master of the ship, more than to the words spoken by Paul:

12 and, because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the greater part advised; to depart from thence, and, if they possibly could, to reach and winter at Phoenice, an haven of Crete looking to the south-west and north-west.

13 And, as the south wind began to blow, supposing that they had gained their purpose, they weighed and stood along the coast of Crete:

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by it, and could not bear up against the wind, we let it drive:

16 and running under a certain small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to secure the boat;

17 which when they had taken up, they applied supports by undergirding the ship: and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksand, they lowered the sail, and so were driven.

18 And, as we were exceedingly tossed by the tempest, the next day they threw out some of the lading:

19 and the third day they cast out, with their own hands, the furniture of the ship.

20 And as neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was at last taken away.

21 But, after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Friends, ye ought to have attended to me; and not to have loosed from Crete, and have gained this injury and damage;

22 yet, now, I exhort you to be of good cheer; for, there will be no loss of life among you, only of the ship:

23 for, an angel of the God whose I am, and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

24 saying, "Fear not, Paul; "thou must stand before Cesar: "and, lo, God hath given to "thee all them that sail with "thee:"

25 wherefore, friends, be of good cheer; for I confide in God, that it will be even as it was told me:

26 nevertheless, we must be cast upon a certain island. 27 And when the fourteenth night was come, while we were driven along in the Adria, about midnight the seamen suspected that they drew near to some land:

28 and sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms :

29 and fearing that we should run on rocky ground, they cast out four anchors from the stern, and longed for day.

30 And as the seamen were preparing to escape out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were going to put out anchors from the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Unless these remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved:

32 then the soldiers cut the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

33 And as soon as it began to be daylight, Paul besought