\id ACT  
\h Acts 
\toc1 Acts 
\toc2 Acts 
\mt1 Acts  
\c 1  
\s1 Jesus Ascends to Heaven  
\p
\v 1  \w I wrote|strong="G4160"\w* \w the former|strong="G4413"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w*, \w Theophilus|strong="G2321"\w*, \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w began|strong="G0756"\w* \w to do|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*  
\v 2  \w until|strong="G0891"\w* \w the day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he was taken up|strong="G0353"\w* \w to heaven,|strong="G1781"\w* \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w he had given orders|strong="G1781"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w he had chosen|strong="G1586"\w*.  
\v 3  \w To the same apostles|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w suffering|strong="G3958"\w*, \w he presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w convincing proofs|strong="G5039"\w*. \w He was seen|strong="G3700"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w over a forty-day|strong="G2250"\w* \w period|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w about matters concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 4  \w While|strong="G4871"\w* \w he was|strong="G4871"\w* \w with them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he declared|strong="G3853"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G5563"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w leave|strong="G5563"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w wait|strong="G4037"\w* \w there|strong="G3962"\w* \w for|strong="G0575"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G0191"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about from me|strong="G3450"\w*.  
\v 5  \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w with water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G0907"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w be|strong="G3326"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w from|strong="G3326"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when they had gathered together|strong="G4905"\w*, \w they began to ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w is this|strong="G5129"\w* \w the time|strong="G5550"\w* \w when you are restoring|strong="G0600"\w* \w the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w to Israel|strong="G2474"\w*?”  
\v 7  \w He told|strong="G2036"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “You|strong="G5216"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w permitted to know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the times|strong="G5550"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w periods|strong="G2540"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has set by|strong="G5087"\w* \w his own|strong="G2398"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*.  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w you will receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w when|strong="G1904"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has come|strong="G1904"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you will be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w the farthest parts|strong="G2078"\w* \w of the earth|strong="G1093"\w*.”  
\v 9  \w After|strong="G2036"\w* \w he had said|strong="G2036"\w* \w this|strong="G5023"\w*, \w while|strong="G0991"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were watching|strong="G0991"\w*, \w he was lifted up|strong="G1869"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w hid|strong="G5274"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w sight|strong="G3788"\w*.  
\v 10  \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w still staring|strong="G0816"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w while|strong="G4198"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was going|strong="G4198"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2067"\w* \w stood near|strong="G3936"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*  
\v 11  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do you stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G0991"\w* \w looking|strong="G0991"\w* \w up|strong="G0353"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the sky|strong="G3772"\w*\w ? This|strong="G3778"\w* \w same Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w who has been taken up|strong="G0353"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w will come back|strong="G2064"\w* \w in the same way|strong="G5158"\w* \w you saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”   
\s1 \w A|strong="G3739"\w* Replacement \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2064"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* Chosen  
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\v 12  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w they returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the mountain|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w the Mount of Olives|strong="G1638"\w* \w (which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w a Sabbath day’s|strong="G4521"\w* \w journey|strong="G3598"\w* \w away|strong="G0575"\w*).  
\v 13  \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they had entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Jerusalem,|strong="G0305"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0305"\w* \w to the upstairs room|strong="G5253"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G2650"\w*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Andrew|strong="G0406"\w*, \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, \w Bartholomew|strong="G0918"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w son of Alphaeus|strong="G0256"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w the Zealot|strong="G2207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w son of James|strong="G2385"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 14  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w continued together|strong="G4342"\w* \w in prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w with one mind, together|strong="G3661"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the women|strong="G1135"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*.  
\v 15  \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood up|strong="G0450"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the believers|strong="G0080"\w* \w (a gathering|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w one hundred|strong="G1540"\w* \w and twenty|strong="G1501"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 16 “\w Brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w the scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w had to be|strong="G1163"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w that the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w foretold|strong="G4277"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w – who became|strong="G1096"\w* \w the guide|strong="G3595"\w* \w for those who arrested|strong="G4815"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* –  
\v 17  \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w counted|strong="G2674"\w* \w as one of us|strong="G2254"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2975"\w* \w a share|strong="G2819"\w* \w in this|strong="G3778"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w (Now this man|strong="G3778"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2932"\w* \w acquired|strong="G2932"\w* \w a field|strong="G5564"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w of his unjust deed|strong="G0093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w falling|strong="G1096"\w* \w headfirst|strong="G4248"\w* \w he burst open|strong="G2997"\w* \w in the middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w intestines|strong="G4698"\w* \w gushed out|strong="G1632"\w*.  
\v 19  \w This|strong="G1096"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so that|strong="G5620"\w* \w in their own|strong="G0846"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w* \w they called|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w field|strong="G5564"\w* \it  \+w Hakeldama|strong="G0184"\+w*\it*\w , that|strong="G5124"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w “Field|strong="G5564"\w* \w of Blood|strong="G0129"\w*.”)  
\v 20 “\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it is written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the book|strong="G0976"\w* \w of Psalms|strong="G5568"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w Let|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w house|strong="G1886"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w deserted|strong="G2048"\+w*,\qt* \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w let there be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w one to live|strong="G2730"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*\qt*\w ,’ |strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ‘\qt  \+w Let another|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w take|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w position of responsibility|strong="G1984"\+w*\qt*.’  
\v 21  \w Thus|strong="G3767"\w* \w one of the men|strong="G0435"\w* \w who have accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the time|strong="G5550"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w associated|strong="G1525"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w*,  
\v 22  \w beginning|strong="G0756"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w his baptism|strong="G0908"\w* \w by John|strong="G2491"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G0353"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G0353"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w us|strong="G2257"\w* \w – one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of these|strong="G5130"\w* \w must become|strong="G1096"\w* \w a witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w of|strong="G0386"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w together with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w*.”  
\v 23  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2476"\w* \w proposed|strong="G2476"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w candidates:|strong="G2501"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Barsabbas|strong="G0923"\w* \w (also called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*\w ) and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know the hearts|strong="G2589"\w* \w of all|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Show|strong="G0322"\w* \w us which|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G5130"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w you have chosen|strong="G1586"\w*  
\v 25  \w to assume|strong="G2983"\w* \w the task|strong="G5117"\w* \w of this|strong="G3778"\w* \w service|strong="G1248"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w apostleship|strong="G0651"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w turned aside|strong="G3845"\w* \w to go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his own|strong="G2398"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.”  
\v 26  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they cast|strong="G1325"\w* \w lots|strong="G2819"\w* \w for them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the one chosen|strong="G4098"\w* \w was Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*; \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he was counted|strong="G4785"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the eleven|strong="G1733"\w* \w apostles|strong="G0652"\w*.   
\c 2  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w* \w had come|strong="G4845"\w*, \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w together|strong="G3674"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w one place|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Suddenly|strong="G0869"\w* \w a sound|strong="G2279"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w a violent|strong="G0972"\w* \w wind|strong="G4157"\w* \w blowing|strong="G5342"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w the entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w*.  
\v 3  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w spreading out|strong="G1266"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w a fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came to rest|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 4  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w were filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they began|strong="G0756"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in other|strong="G2087"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w enabled|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.   
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\v 5  \w Now there were|strong="G1510"\w* \w devout|strong="G2126"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w residing|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 6  \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w sound|strong="G5456"\w* \w occurred|strong="G1096"\w*, \w a crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was in confusion|strong="G4797"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in his own|strong="G2398"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Completely baffled|strong="G1839"\w*, \w they said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Aren’t|strong="G3780"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w who are|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w Galileans|strong="G1057"\w*?  
\v 8  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w how is it|strong="G4459"\w* \w that each one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of us|strong="G2249"\w* \w hears|strong="G0191"\w* \w them|strong="G2398"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w native|strong="G1722"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*?  
\v 9  \w Parthians|strong="G3934"\w*, \w Medes|strong="G3370"\w*, \w Elamites|strong="G1639"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w residents|strong="G2730"\w* \w of Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w*, \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cappadocia|strong="G2587"\w*, \w Pontus|strong="G4195"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w*,  
\v 10  \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the parts|strong="G3313"\w* \w of Libya|strong="G3033"\w* \w near|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2957"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w visitors|strong="G1927"\w* \w from Rome|strong="G4514"\w*,  
\v 11  \w both Jews and proselytes,|strong="G2912"\w* \w Cretans|strong="G2912"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Arabs|strong="G0690"\w* \w – we hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in our own|strong="G2251"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* \w about the great deeds|strong="G3167"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done!”  
\v 12  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w were astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w greatly confused|strong="G1280"\w*, \w saying|strong="G0243"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one another|strong="G0243"\w*, \w “What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\v 13  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w jeered|strong="G5512"\w* \w at the speakers,|strong="G3004"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “They are|strong="G1510"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3325"\w* \w on new wine|strong="G1098"\w*!”   
\s1 Peter’s Address \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Day \w of|strong="G3004"\w* Pentecost  
\p
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood up|strong="G2476"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the eleven|strong="G1733"\w*, \w raised|strong="G1869"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w addressed|strong="G0669"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*\w : “You men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Judea|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w* \w who live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w know|strong="G1110"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen carefully|strong="G1801"\w* \w to what I|strong="G3450"\w* \w say|strong="G4487"\w*.  
\v 15  \w In spite of|strong="G1063"\w* \w what you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G5274"\w*, \w these men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3184"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it is|strong="G1510"\w* \w only nine|strong="G5154"\w* \w o’clock|strong="G5610"\w* \w in the morning|strong="G5154"\w*.  
\v 16  \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what was spoken|strong="G2046"\w* \w about through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Joel|strong="G2493"\w*:   
\q1
\v 17 ‘\qt  \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w*\qt* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the last|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \qt  \+w it will be|strong="G1510"\+w*,\qt*’ \qt  \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 ‘\qt  \+w that I will pour out|strong="G1632"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4561"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w sons|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w daughters|strong="G2364"\+w* \+w will prophesy|strong="G4395"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w young men|strong="G3495"\+w* \+w will see|strong="G3700"\+w* \+w visions|strong="G3706"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w old men|strong="G4245"\+w* \+w will dream|strong="G1797"\+w* \+w dreams|strong="G1798"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 18  \qt  \+w Even|strong="G1065"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w servants,|strong="G2532"\+w* both \+w men|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w and women|strong="G1399"\+w*,\qt**  
\q1 \qt  \+w I will pour out|strong="G1632"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w those|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they will prophesy|strong="G4395"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 19  \qt  \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I will perform|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w wonders|strong="G5059"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the sky|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w above|strong="G0507"\+w*\qt**  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w below|strong="G2736"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w blood|strong="G0129"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fire|strong="G4442"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w clouds|strong="G0822"\+w* \+w of smoke|strong="G2586"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 20  \qt  \+w The sun|strong="G2246"\+w* \+w will be changed|strong="G3344"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4655"\+w*\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the moon|strong="G4582"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w blood|strong="G0129"\+w*\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w before|strong="G4250"\+w* \+w the great|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w glorious|strong="G2016"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 21  \qt  \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G3956"\+w* everyone \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w calls|strong="G1941"\+w* \+w on the name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w will be saved|strong="G4982"\+w*\qt*.’   
\p
\v 22 “\w Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to these|strong="G5128"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*\w : Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the Nazarene|strong="G3480"\w*, \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w clearly attested|strong="G0584"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with powerful deeds|strong="G1411"\w*, \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G3319"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as you|strong="G1492"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* –  
\v 23  \w this|strong="G5126"\w* \w man, who was handed over by the predetermined|strong="G3724"\w* \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w foreknowledge|strong="G4268"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you executed|strong="G0337"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w nailing|strong="G4362"\w* \w him to a cross|strong="G4362"\w* \w at the hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of Gentiles|strong="G0459"\w*.  
\v 24  \w But God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G0450"\w* \w him up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w having released|strong="G3089"\w* \w him from the pains|strong="G5604"\w* \w of death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w because|strong="G2530"\w* \w it was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w* \w for him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to be held|strong="G2902"\w* \w in|strong="G5259"\w* \w its power|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 25  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\qt  \+w I saw|strong="G4309"\+w* \+w the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w always in front of|strong="G1799"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3450"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w for|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w he is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w right hand|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w so that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w I will|strong="G4531"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be shaken|strong="G4531"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 26  \qt  \+w Therefore|strong="G5124"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w heart|strong="G2588"\+w* \+w was glad|strong="G2165"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w tongue|strong="G1100"\+w* \+w rejoiced|strong="G0021"\+w*;\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w body|strong="G4561"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will live|strong="G2681"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w hope|strong="G1680"\+w*,\qt*   
\q1
\v 27  \qt  \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you will|strong="G1459"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G1459"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w soul|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Hades|strong="G0086"\+w*, \qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w nor|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w permit|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w Holy One|strong="G3741"\+w* \+w to experience|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w decay|strong="G1312"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 28  \qt  \+w You have made known|strong="G1107"\+w* \+w to me|strong="G3427"\+w* \+w the paths|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w of life|strong="G2222"\+w*;\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w you will make|strong="G4137"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3165"\+w* \+w full|strong="G4137"\+w* \+w of joy|strong="G2167"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w presence|strong="G4383"\+w*\qt*.’   
\p
\v 29 “\w Brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w I can|strong="G1832"\w* \w speak|strong="G2036"\w* \w confidently|strong="G3326"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w our forefather|strong="G3966"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G5053"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was buried|strong="G2290"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3418"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w to|strong="G0891"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 30  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then, because|strong="G5225"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \it  \+w had sworn|strong="G3660"\+w* \+w to him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w with an oath|strong="G3727"\+w* \+w to seat|strong="G2523"\+w* \+w one of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="G2590"\+w*\it* \it  \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w throne|strong="G2362"\+w*\it*,  
\v 31  \w David by foreseeing|strong="G4275"\w* \w this|strong="G2980"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w of the Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \it  \+w he was|strong="G1459"\+w* \+w neither|strong="G3777"\+w* \+w abandoned|strong="G1459"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Hades|strong="G0086"\+w*\it*\w ,|strong="G3777"\w* \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w did his|strong="G0846"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \it  \+w experience|strong="G1492"\+w*\it* \it  \+w decay|strong="G1312"\+w*\it*.  
\v 32  \w This|strong="G5126"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w and we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 33  \w So then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w exalted|strong="G5312"\w* \w to the right hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w having received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w of the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w he has poured out|strong="G1632"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w*.  
\v 34  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G0305"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ascend|strong="G0305"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\qt  \+w The Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2036"\+w* \+w to my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2962"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 “\qt  \+w Sit|strong="G2521"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w right hand|strong="G1188"\+w*\qt**   
\q1
\v 35  \qt  \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w I make|strong="G5087"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="G2190"\+w* \+w a footstool|strong="G5286"\+w* \+w for your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+w*\qt*.”’   
\pi1
\v 36  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w let all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w beyond a doubt|strong="G0806"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has made|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G5126"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.”   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Response \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter’s|strong="G0846"\w* Address  
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\v 37  \w Now when|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this,|strong="G2660"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* acutely distressed \w and said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w of the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*, \w “What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should we do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0435"\w*?”  
\v 38  \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Repent|strong="G3340"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w each one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of you|strong="G5216"\w* \w be baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the forgiveness|strong="G0859"\w* \w of your|strong="G5216"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you will receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 39  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for you|strong="G5213"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who are far away|strong="G3112"\w*, \w as many as|strong="G3745"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will call|strong="G4341"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*.”  
\v 40  \w With many|strong="G4119"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w he testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w exhorted|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Save yourselves|strong="G4982"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w perverse|strong="G4646"\w* \w generation|strong="G1074"\w*!”  
\v 41  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w those who accepted|strong="G0588"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w were baptized|strong="G0907"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* \w three thousand|strong="G5153"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w were added|strong="G4369"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Fellowship \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Early Believers  
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\v 42  \w They were|strong="G1510"\w* \w devoting|strong="G4342"\w* \w themselves to the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*’ \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to fellowship|strong="G2842"\w*, \w to the breaking|strong="G2800"\w* \w of bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to prayer|strong="G4335"\w*.  
\v 43  \w Reverential awe|strong="G5590"\w* \w came over|strong="G1096"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and many|strong="G4183"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w came about|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*.  
\v 44  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w who believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w were together and held|strong="G0537"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in common|strong="G2839"\w*,  
\v 45  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they began selling|strong="G4097"\w* \w their property|strong="G2933"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w possessions|strong="G5223"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w distributing|strong="G1266"\w* \w the proceeds|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w as|strong="G2530"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w*.  
\v 46  \w Every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they continued|strong="G4342"\w* \w to gather together by common consent|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w*, \w breaking|strong="G2806"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w sharing|strong="G3335"\w* \w their food|strong="G5160"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w glad|strong="G0020"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w humble|strong="G0858"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*,  
\v 47  \w praising|strong="G0134"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* \w the good will|strong="G5485"\w* \w of all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was adding|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w their number|strong="G0846"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w those who were being saved|strong="G4982"\w*.   
\c 3  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w were going up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the time|strong="G5610"\w* \w for prayer|strong="G4335"\w*, \w at three o’clock in the afternoon|strong="G1766"\w*.  
\v 2  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w birth|strong="G2836"\w* \w was being|strong="G5225"\w* \w carried up|strong="G0941"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w at the temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w “the Beautiful|strong="G5611"\w* \w Gate” every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w so he could beg for|strong="G0154"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w those going|strong="G1531"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w*.  
\v 3  \w When|strong="G1492"\w* \w he saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to go|strong="G1524"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w*, \w he asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them for money|strong="G1654"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w looked directly|strong="G0816"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w (as did John|strong="G2491"\w*\w ) and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Look|strong="G0991"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w*!”  
\v 5  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the lame man|strong="G1907"\w* paid \w attention|strong="G1907"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w to receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “I|strong="G3427"\w* \w have|strong="G5225"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w silver|strong="G0694"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I do have|strong="G2192"\w* \w I give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w the Nazarene|strong="G3480"\w*, \w stand up and|strong="G4043"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!”  
\v 7  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* took hold \w of him|strong="G0846"\w* \w by the right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w at once|strong="G3916"\w* \w the man’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w feet|strong="G0939"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ankles|strong="G4974"\w* \w were made strong|strong="G4732"\w*.  
\v 8  \w He|strong="G1814"\w* jumped \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began walking around|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaping|strong="G0242"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praising|strong="G0134"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 9  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praising|strong="G0134"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,  
\v 10  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w as the man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who used|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w and ask for donations|strong="G1654"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Beautiful|strong="G5611"\w* \w Gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w of the temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they were filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with astonishment|strong="G2285"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazement|strong="G1611"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what had happened|strong="G4819"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*.   
\s1 \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w* Addresses \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Crowd  
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\v 11  \w While|strong="G2902"\w* \w the man|strong="G2902"\w* \w was|strong="G4074"\w* hanging \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w completely astounded|strong="G1569"\w*, \w ran together|strong="G4936"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the covered walkway|strong="G2564"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="G4672"\w* \w Portico|strong="G4745"\w*.  
\v 12  \w When|strong="G1492"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w this, he declared|strong="G0611"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w “Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w*\w ? Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do you stare at|strong="G0816"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if we had made|strong="G4160"\w* \w this man|strong="G0846"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w by our own|strong="G2398"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w piety|strong="G2150"\w*?  
\v 13  \w The God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w the God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of our|strong="G2257"\w* \w forefathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w has glorified|strong="G1392"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w handed over|strong="G3860"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejected|strong="G0720"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the presence|strong="G4383"\w* \w of Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w after|strong="G2919"\w* \w he had decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to release|strong="G0630"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w rejected|strong="G0720"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Righteous One|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G0154"\w* \w that a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w who was a murderer|strong="G5406"\w* \w be released|strong="G5483"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w*.  
\v 15  \w You killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w the Originator|strong="G0747"\w* \w of life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*. \w To this fact|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*!  
\v 16  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w on the basis of faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in Jesus’|strong="G3686"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*, \w his very name|strong="G3686"\w* \w has made this man|strong="G5126"\w* \w – whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you see|strong="G2334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w – strong|strong="G4732"\w*. \w The|strong="G4102"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that is through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w has given|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w complete health|strong="G3647"\w* \w in the presence|strong="G0561"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 17  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w I know|strong="G1492"\w* \w you acted|strong="G4238"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w ignorance|strong="G0052"\w*, \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w rulers|strong="G0758"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 18  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the things God|strong="G2316"\w* \w foretold|strong="G4293"\w* long ago \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w – that his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w would suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w – he has fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w in this way|strong="G3779"\w*.  
\v 19  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn back|strong="G1994"\w* \w so that|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w may be wiped out|strong="G1813"\w*,  
\v 20  \w so that times of refreshing|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w presence|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so that he may send|strong="G0649"\w* \w the Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4400"\w* \w for you|strong="G5213"\w* \w – that is, Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 21  \w This one|strong="G3772"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w receive|strong="G1209"\w* \w until|strong="G0891"\w* \w the time|strong="G5550"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things are restored|strong="G0605"\w*, \w which God|strong="G2316"\w* \w declared|strong="G2980"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w times long ago|strong="G0165"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 22  \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w The Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w your God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w will raise up|strong="G0450"\+w* \+w for you|strong="G5213"\+w* \+w a prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1691"\+w* \+w from among|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="G0080"\+w*\+w . You must obey|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w everything|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w he tells|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5209"\+w*\qt**.  
\v 23  \qt  \+w Every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w person|strong="G5590"\+w*\qt* \w \+qt who\+qt*|strong="G3748"\w* \w does|strong="G0191"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w obey|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w will be destroyed and thus removed|strong="G1842"\w* \w \+qt from\+qt*|strong="G1537"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*.’  
\v 24  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those who followed|strong="G2517"\w* \w him, have spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w about and|strong="G2532"\w* \w announced|strong="G2605"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 25  \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of the covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1303"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="G4690"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the nations|strong="G3965"\+w* \+w of the earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w will be blessed|strong="G2127"\+w*\qt*: *.’  
\v 26  \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised up|strong="G0450"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w and sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w first|strong="G4412"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w*, \w to bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w turning|strong="G0654"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one of you from|strong="G0575"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w iniquities|strong="G4189"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1  \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Peter and John|strong="G0846"\w* \w were speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w the priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the commander|strong="G4755"\w* \w of the temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w came up|strong="G2186"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 2  \w angry|strong="G1278"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w announcing|strong="G2605"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 3  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they seized|strong="G1911"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them in|strong="G1519"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the next day|strong="G0839"\w* \w (for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w evening|strong="G2073"\w*).  
\v 4  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of those who had listened|strong="G0191"\w* \w to|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the number|strong="G0706"\w* \w of the men|strong="G0435"\w* \w came to|strong="G1096"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5505"\w*.   
\p
\v 5  \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the next day|strong="G0839"\w*, \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w rulers|strong="G0758"\w*, \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w experts in the law|strong="G1122"\w* \w came together|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 6  \w Annas|strong="G0452"\w* \w the high priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w was there, and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w Alexander|strong="G0223"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3745"\w* \w who were members|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the high priest’s|strong="G0748"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w*.  
\v 7  \w After|strong="G2476"\w* \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w Peter and John|strong="G0846"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their midst|strong="G3319"\w*, \w they began to inquire|strong="G4441"\w*, \w “By|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w did you do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w*?”  
\v 8  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w replied|strong="G2036"\w*, “\w Rulers|strong="G0758"\w* \w of the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*,  
\v 9  \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are being examined|strong="G0350"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a good deed|strong="G2108"\w* \w done|strong="G2108"\w* \w to a|strong="G0444"\w* \w sick|strong="G0772"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w – by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w means this man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was healed|strong="G4982"\w* –  
\v 10  \w let it be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of you|strong="G5213"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w the Nazarene|strong="G3480"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w this|strong="G5129"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w stands|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w* \w healthy|strong="G5199"\w*.  
\v 11  \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \bd  \+qt  \+w \+it the stone\+it*|strong="G3037"\+w* \+w that was rejected|strong="G1848"\+w* \+w by|strong="G5259"\+w*\+qt* \+w that was rejected|strong="G1848"\+w* \+w by|strong="G5259"\+w*\bd* \w you|strong="G5216"\w*, \qt  \+w the builders|strong="G3621"\+w*, \+w that has become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the cornerstone|strong="G2776"\+w*\qt*.  
\v 12  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there is|strong="G1510"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w no one|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G0243"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w there is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3761"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2248"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”   
\p
\v 13  \w When|strong="G2334"\w* \w they saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the boldness|strong="G3954"\w* \w of Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w discovered|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w uneducated|strong="G0062"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordinary|strong="G2399"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w*, \w they were amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w these men|strong="G0846"\w* \w had been|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 14  \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w because they saw|strong="G0991"\w* \w the man|strong="G0444"\w* \w who had been healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they had|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w to say against|strong="G0471"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G2753"\w* \w they had ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to go|strong="G0565"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w*, \w they began|strong="G4820"\w* \w to confer|strong="G4820"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w one another|strong="G0240"\w*,  
\v 16  \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should we do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with these|strong="G5125"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w*\w ? For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it is plain|strong="G1110"\w* \w to all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w that a notable|strong="G5318"\w* \w miraculous sign|strong="G4592"\w* \w has come about|strong="G1096"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w deny|strong="G0720"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 17  \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w to keep this matter from spreading|strong="G1268"\w* \w any further|strong="G4119"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w let us warn|strong="G0546"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w no more|strong="G3367"\w* \w to anyone|strong="G0444"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they called|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G2564"\w* \w and ordered|strong="G3853"\w* \w them not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to speak|strong="G5350"\w* \w or|strong="G3366"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w at all|strong="G2527"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w Whether it is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to obey|strong="G0191"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w* \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you decide|strong="G2919"\w*,  
\v 20  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it is impossible|strong="G1410"\w* \w for us|strong="G2249"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w about what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we have seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w After threatening|strong="G4324"\w* \w them further|strong="G4324"\w*, \w they released|strong="G0630"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w for they could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w to punish|strong="G2849"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w on account of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they were|strong="G1392"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w praising|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w what had happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 22  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the man|strong="G0444"\w*, \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w miraculous sign|strong="G4592"\w* \w of healing|strong="G2392"\w* \w had been performed|strong="G1096"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G4119"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* old.   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Followers \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* Pray \w for|strong="G1063"\w* Boldness  
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\v 23  \w When|strong="G0630"\w* \w they were released|strong="G0630"\w*, \w Peter and John|strong="G2064"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w their fellow believers|strong="G2398"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reported|strong="G0518"\w* \w everything|strong="G3745"\w* \w the high priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w had said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 24  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this, they raised|strong="G0142"\w* \w their voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with one|strong="G3661"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Master|strong="G1203"\w* \w of all,|strong="G4771"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w the earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that is in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 25  \w who said|strong="G3004"\w* \w by the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w forefather|strong="G3962"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\qt  \+w Why|strong="G2444"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5433"\+w* \+w the nations|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w rage|strong="G5433"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the peoples|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w plot|strong="G3191"\+w* \+w foolish|strong="G2756"\+w* things?\qt*   
\q1
\v 26  \qt  \+w The kings|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w of the earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w stood together|strong="G3936"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the rulers|strong="G0758"\+w* \+w assembled together|strong="G4863"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w against|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w against|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w Christ|strong="G5547"\+w*\qt*: *.’   
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\v 27 “\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w indeed|strong="G0225"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pontius|strong="G4194"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w assembled together|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you anointed|strong="G5548"\w*,  
\v 28  \w to do|strong="G4160"\w* \w as much as|strong="G3745"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w had decided beforehand|strong="G4309"\w* \w would happen|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 29  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w pay attention|strong="G1896"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w threats|strong="G0547"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w grant|strong="G1325"\w* \w to your|strong="G4675"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w courage|strong="G3954"\w*,  
\v 30  \w while you extend|strong="G1614"\w* \w your|strong="G4571"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heal|strong="G2392"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to bring about miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of your|strong="G4675"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 31  \w When|strong="G1189"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had prayed|strong="G1189"\w*, \w the place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w assembled together|strong="G4863"\w* \w was shaken|strong="G4531"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they were|strong="G4130"\w* \w all|strong="G0537"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w courageously|strong="G3326"\w*.   
\s1 Conditions \w Among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Early Believers  
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\v 32  \w The group|strong="G4128"\w* \w of those who believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w of one|strong="G1520"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G5590"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that any of his possessions|strong="G5225"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w his own|strong="G2398"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w held in common|strong="G2839"\w*.  
\v 33  \w With|strong="G1411"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w were giving|strong="G0591"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3142"\w* \w to the resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 34  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w there was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no one|strong="G3761"\w* \w needy|strong="G1729"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w those who were|strong="G5225"\w* \w owners|strong="G2935"\w* \w of land|strong="G5564"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w were selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w them|strong="G5342"\w* \w and|strong="G5092"\w* \w bringing|strong="G5342"\w* \w the proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w from the sales|strong="G4097"\w*  
\v 35  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w placing|strong="G5087"\w* \w them at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \w The proceeds|strong="G1239"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w distributed|strong="G1239"\w* \w to each|strong="G1538"\w*, \w as anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w*.  
\v 36  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w a Levite|strong="G3019"\w* \w who was a native|strong="G1085"\w* \w of Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w*, \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w (which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w translated|strong="G3177"\w* \w “son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of encouragement|strong="G3874"\w*”),  
\v 37  \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w a field|strong="G0068"\w* \w that belonged|strong="G5225"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the money|strong="G5536"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w it at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.   
\c 5  
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\v 1  \w Now a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w*, \w together with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Sapphira|strong="G4551"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w a piece of property|strong="G2933"\w*.  
\v 2  \w He|strong="G3557"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* \w back|strong="G3557"\w* \w for himself part of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w with his wife’s|strong="G1135"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G4894"\w*; \w he brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w only part|strong="G3313"\w* \w of it and placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w it at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.  
\v 3  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Ananias|strong="G0367"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G4137"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to lie|strong="G5574"\w* \w to the Holy|strong="G0039"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep back|strong="G3557"\w* \w for yourself|strong="G4571"\w* \w part of the proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w from the sale of|strong="G5564"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w*?  
\v 4  \w Before it was sold|strong="G3306"\w*, \w did it not|strong="G4671"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*\w ? And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when it was sold|strong="G4097"\w*, \w was|strong="G5225"\w* \w the money|strong="G1722"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w disposal|strong="G1849"\w*\w ? How have you thought|strong="G4229"\w* \w up this|strong="G5124"\w* \w deed in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*\w ?|strong="G5574"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lied|strong="G5574"\w* \w to people|strong="G0444"\w* \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w to God|strong="G2316"\w*!”   
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\v 5  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w these|strong="G5128"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w he collapsed|strong="G4098"\w* \w and died|strong="G1634"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w gripped|strong="G1096"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w*.  
\v 6  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the young men|strong="G3501"\w* \w came|strong="G0450"\w*, \w wrapped|strong="G4958"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w up|strong="G4958"\w*, \w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w him out|strong="G1627"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 7  \w After an interval|strong="G1292"\w* \w of about|strong="G5613"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w hours|strong="G5610"\w*, \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w came in|strong="G1525"\w*, \w but she did not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G1096"\w* \w had happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G0611"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Tell|strong="G2036"\w* \w me|strong="G3427"\w*, \w were the two of you|strong="G0591"\w* \w paid|strong="G0591"\w* \w this amount|strong="G5118"\w* \w for the land|strong="G5564"\w*\w ?” Sapphira|strong="G2036"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w that much|strong="G5118"\w*.”  
\v 9  \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w then told her|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G4856"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w* \w agreed together|strong="G4856"\w* \w to test|strong="G3985"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*\w ? Look|strong="G2400"\w*\w ! The feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of those who have buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w* \w are at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the door|strong="G2374"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they will carry|strong="G1627"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w*!”  
\v 10  \w At once|strong="G3916"\w* \w she collapsed|strong="G4098"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G1634"\w*. \w So when the young men|strong="G3495"\w* \w came in|strong="G1525"\w*, \w they found|strong="G2147"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w her out|strong="G1627"\w* \w and buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w her beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Great|strong="G3173"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w gripped|strong="G1096"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about these things|strong="G5023"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Wonders  
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\v 12  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w came about|strong="G1096"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*. \w By|strong="G3661"\w* common consent \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w meeting together|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="G4672"\w* \w Portico|strong="G4745"\w*.  
\v 13  \w None|strong="G3762"\w* \w of the rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w dared|strong="G5111"\w* \w to join|strong="G2853"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w held|strong="G3170"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in high honor|strong="G3170"\w*.  
\v 14  \w More and more|strong="G3123"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w in the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w were added|strong="G4369"\w* \w to their number,|strong="G4128"\w* \w crowds|strong="G4128"\w* \w of both|strong="G5037"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Thus|strong="G5620"\w* \w they even carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w the sick|strong="G0772"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the streets|strong="G4113"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them on|strong="G1909"\w* \w cots|strong="G2825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pallets|strong="G2895"\w*, \w so that|strong="G2443"\w* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came by|strong="G2064"\w* \w at least|strong="G2579"\w* \w his shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w would fall|strong="G1982"\w* \w on some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 16  \w A crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w of people from the towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w around|strong="G4038"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w also came together|strong="G4905"\w*, \w bringing|strong="G5342"\w* \w the sick|strong="G0772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those troubled|strong="G3791"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w unclean|strong="G0169"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. \w They|strong="G3748"\w* \w were|strong="G2323"\w* \w all|strong="G0537"\w* \w being healed|strong="G2323"\w*.   
\s1 Further Trouble \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Apostles  
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\v 17  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the high priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w rose up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w (that is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the religious party|strong="G0139"\w* \w of the Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w ),|strong="G4130"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with jealousy|strong="G2205"\w*.  
\v 18  \w They|strong="G1911"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5084"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w*.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the night|strong="G3571"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w the doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w of the prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*,  
\v 20 “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w* \w and proclaim|strong="G2980"\w* \w to the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the words|strong="G4487"\w* \w of this|strong="G3778"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w When|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this, they entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w* \w at daybreak|strong="G3722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began teaching|strong="G1321"\w*.  
\p \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w when the high priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those who were with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w they summoned|strong="G4779"\w* \w the Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* – \w that is, the whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w high council|strong="G1087"\w* \w of the Israelites|strong="G2474"\w* – \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the jail|strong="G1201"\w* \w to have the apostles|strong="G0071"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w before them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 22  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the officers|strong="G5257"\w* \w who came|strong="G3854"\w* \w for them|strong="G3756"\w* \w did|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w so they returned|strong="G0390"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G0518"\w*,  
\v 23 “\w We found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the jail|strong="G1201"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w securely|strong="G0803"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the guards|strong="G5441"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the doors|strong="G2374"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G0455"\w* \w we opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w them,|strong="G2147"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no one|strong="G3762"\w* \w inside|strong="G2080"\w*.”  
\v 24  \w Now when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the commander|strong="G4755"\w* \w of the temple guard|strong="G2411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the chief priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G5128"\w* \w report|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they were greatly puzzled|strong="G1280"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w wondering what|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 25  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w and reported|strong="G0518"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Look|strong="G2400"\w*\w ! The men|strong="G0435"\w* \w you put|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*!”  
\v 26  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the commander|strong="G4755"\w* \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w temple|strong="G0846"\w* \w guard|strong="G4755"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the officers|strong="G5257"\w* \w and brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G3756"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w the use|strong="G3326"\w* \w of force|strong="G0970"\w* \w (for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they were afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of being stoned|strong="G3034"\w* \w by the people|strong="G2992"\w*).   
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\v 27  \w When|strong="G0071"\w* \w they had brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w them before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the high priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w questioned|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 28  \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “We gave|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w* \w strict|strong="G3852"\w* \w orders|strong="G3853"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*. \w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w you have filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w with your|strong="G5216"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you intend|strong="G1014"\w* \w to bring|strong="G1863"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w man’s|strong="G0444"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w*!”  
\v 29  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We must|strong="G1163"\w* \w obey|strong="G3980"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*.  
\v 30  \w The God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of our|strong="G2257"\w* \w forefathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w raised up|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w seized and killed|strong="G1315"\w* \w by hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w him on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a tree|strong="G3586"\w*.  
\v 31  \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w exalted|strong="G5312"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w right hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w as Leader|strong="G0747"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Savior|strong="G4990"\w*, \w to give|strong="G1325"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w to Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgiveness|strong="G0859"\w* \w of sins|strong="G0266"\w*.  
\v 32  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w of these|strong="G5130"\w* \w events|strong="G4487"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so is the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to those who obey|strong="G3980"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.”   
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\v 33  \w Now when|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this, they became furious|strong="G1282"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to execute|strong="G0337"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 34  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w whose name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w*, \w a teacher of the law|strong="G3547"\w* \w who was respected|strong="G5093"\w* \w by all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w stood up|strong="G0450"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w* \w and ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the men|strong="G0444"\w* \w to be put|strong="G4160"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w for a short time|strong="G1024"\w*.  
\v 35  \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w he said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the council|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w pay close attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you are about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to do|strong="G4238"\w* \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w these|strong="G5125"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w*.  
\v 36  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w some time|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \w Theudas|strong="G2333"\w* \w rose up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w claiming|strong="G3004"\w* \w to be|strong="G1510"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and about|strong="G5613"\w* \w four hundred|strong="G5071"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w joined him. He|strong="G0337"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w killed|strong="G0337"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who followed|strong="G3982"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w were dispersed|strong="G1262"\w* \w and nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 37  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G5126"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w the Galilean|strong="G1057"\w* \w arose|strong="G0450"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the days|strong="G2250"\w* \w of the census|strong="G0582"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w incited|strong="G0868"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to follow|strong="G3694"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w in revolt.|strong="G2548"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w was killed|strong="G0622"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who followed|strong="G3982"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w were scattered|strong="G1287"\w*.  
\v 38  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w in this case I say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w*, \w stay away|strong="G0868"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w these|strong="G5130"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G0863"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w alone, because|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w this undertaking originates with|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*, \w it will come to nothing|strong="G2647"\w*,  
\v 39  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you will|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to stop|strong="G2647"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w or you may even be found|strong="G2147"\w* \w fighting against God|strong="G2314"\w*.” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 40  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and had|strong="G1194"\w* \w them beaten|strong="G1194"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3853"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w ordered|strong="G3853"\w* \w them not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w released|strong="G0630"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 41  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they left|strong="G4198"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w* \w because they had been considered worthy|strong="G2661"\w* \w to suffer dishonor|strong="G0818"\w* \w for the sake|strong="G5228"\w* \w of the name|strong="G3686"\w*.  
\v 42  \w And every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from house to house|strong="G2596"\w*, \w they did|strong="G3973"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaiming the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w that Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was the Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w when the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were growing in number|strong="G4129"\w*, \w a complaint|strong="G1112"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews|strong="G1675"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the native Hebraic Jews|strong="G1445"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w were being overlooked|strong="G3865"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the daily|strong="G2522"\w* \w distribution of food|strong="G1248"\w*.  
\v 2  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w the whole group|strong="G4128"\w* \w of the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w together and said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “It is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G0701"\w* \w for us|strong="G2248"\w* \w to neglect|strong="G2641"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to wait|strong="G1247"\w* \w on tables|strong="G5132"\w*.  
\v 3  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w carefully select|strong="G1980"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among you|strong="G5216"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w who are well-attested|strong="G3140"\w*, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of wisdom|strong="G4678"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we may put in charge|strong="G2525"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w necessary task|strong="G5532"\w*.  
\v 4  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we will devote|strong="G4342"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* \w to prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to the ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w of the word|strong="G3056"\w*.”  
\v 5  \w The|strong="G3056"\w* \w proposal|strong="G3056"\w* \w pleased|strong="G0700"\w* \w the entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w Prochorus|strong="G4402"\w*, \w Nicanor|strong="G3527"\w*, \w Timon|strong="G5096"\w*, \w Parmenas|strong="G3937"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nicolas|strong="G3532"\w*, \w a Gentile convert to Judaism|strong="G4339"\w* \w from Antioch|strong="G0491"\w*.  
\v 6  \w They stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w these men before|strong="G1799"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*, \w who prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w and placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 7  \w The word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w continued|strong="G0837"\w* \w to spread|strong="G4129"\w*, \w the number|strong="G0706"\w* \w of disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w increased greatly|strong="G4970"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w a large|strong="G4183"\w* \w group|strong="G3793"\w* \w of priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w became obedient|strong="G5219"\w* \w to the faith|strong="G4102"\w*.   
\s1 Stephen \w is|strong="G2316"\w* Arrested  
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\v 8  \w Now Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w was performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 9  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the Synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w of the Freedmen|strong="G3032"\w* \w (as it was called|strong="G3004"\w*\w ),|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrenians|strong="G2956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Alexandrians|strong="G0221"\w*, \w as well as|strong="G2532"\w* \w some from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w*, \w stood up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and argued|strong="G4802"\w* \w with Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*.  
\v 10  \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w they were|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to resist|strong="G0436"\w* \w the wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w with which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he spoke|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w they secretly instigated|strong="G5260"\w* \w some men|strong="G0435"\w* \w to say|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “We have heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this man|strong="G0846"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w blasphemous|strong="G0989"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 12  \w They incited|strong="G4787"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w the|strong="G4245"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the experts in the law|strong="G1122"\w*; \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they approached|strong="G2186"\w* \w Stephen,|strong="G4884"\w* \w seized|strong="G4884"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w him before|strong="G1519"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w*.  
\v 13  \w They brought forward|strong="G2476"\w* \w false|strong="G5571"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w who said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w does|strong="G3973"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w things|strong="G4487"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we have heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the Nazarene|strong="G3480"\w* \w will destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w this|strong="G5126"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w change|strong="G0236"\w* \w the customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w handed down|strong="G3860"\w* \w to us|strong="G2254"\w*.”  
\v 15  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w who were|strong="G0816"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w* \w looked intently|strong="G0816"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G0846"\w* \w and saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w was like|strong="G5616"\w* \w the face|strong="G4383"\w* \w of an angel|strong="G0032"\w*.   
\c 7  
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\v 1  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the high priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Are|strong="G1487"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w* \w true|strong="G3779"\w*?”  
\v 2  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Brothers|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to me. The God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to our|strong="G2257"\w* \w forefather|strong="G3962"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w when|strong="G1510"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w*, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w settled|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\w*,  
\v 3  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w Go out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w country|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w and from your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w relatives|strong="G4772"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1204"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the land|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w I will show|strong="G1166"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4671"\+w*\qt*.’  
\v 4  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he went out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the country|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G5466"\w* \w the Chaldeans|strong="G5466"\w* \w and settled|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w*, \w God|strong="G0846"\w* made \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w move|strong="G3351"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w*.  
\v 5  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w any of it to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w for an inheritance|strong="G2817"\w*, \w not even|strong="G3761"\w* \w a foot|strong="G4228"\w* \w of ground,|strong="G2532"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \it  \+w to give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w it to him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his possession|strong="G2697"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="G4690"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*\it*\w ,|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w child|strong="G5043"\w*.  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w as follows: ‘Your|strong="G4690"\w* \qt  \+w descendants|strong="G4690"\+w* \+w will be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w foreigners|strong="G3941"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a foreign|strong="G0245"\+w* \+w country|strong="G1093"\+w*, \+w whose citizens will enslave|strong="G1402"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mistreat|strong="G2559"\+w* \+w them for four hundred|strong="G5071"\+w* \+w years|strong="G2094"\+w*\qt*.  
\v 7  \qt  \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will punish|strong="G2919"\+w* \+w the nation|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w they serve as slaves|strong="G1398"\+w*\qt*\w ,’ said|strong="G2036"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w these things|strong="G5023"\+w* \+w they will come out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of there|strong="G2532"\+w*\qt* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \it  \+w worship|strong="G3000"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G5129"\+w* \+w place|strong="G5117"\+w*\it*.’  
\v 8  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w the covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w of circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w he became the father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w when he was eight|strong="G3590"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w old,|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w became the father of|strong="G2384"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w of the twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w patriarchs|strong="G3966"\w*.  
\v 9  \w The|strong="G3966"\w* \w patriarchs|strong="G3966"\w*, \w because they were jealous|strong="G2206"\w* \w of Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w sold|strong="G0591"\w* \w him into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 10  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w granted|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w in the presence of|strong="G1726"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*, \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*, \w who made|strong="G2525"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2233"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w over all|strong="G3650"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w a famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w occurred|strong="G2064"\w* \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w causing|strong="G3173"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w food|strong="G5527"\w*.  
\v 12  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G0191"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that there was|strong="G1510"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*, \w he sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w there|strong="G4412"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w time|strong="G4413"\w*.  
\v 13  \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w their second|strong="G1208"\w* \w visit Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w made|strong="G1107"\w* \w himself known|strong="G1107"\w* \w to his|strong="G0846"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w again, and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph’s|strong="G2501"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G5318"\w* \w to Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*.  
\v 14  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w a message|strong="G3333"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G3333"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his relatives|strong="G4772"\w* \w to come, seventy-five|strong="G1440"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 15  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w went down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w* \w there,|strong="G2257"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*,  
\v 16  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their bones|strong="G3346"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* later moved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Shechem|strong="G4966"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the tomb|strong="G3418"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w had bought|strong="G5608"\w* \w for a certain sum|strong="G5092"\w* \w of money|strong="G0694"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Hamor|strong="G1697"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Shechem|strong="G4966"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the time|strong="G5550"\w* \w drew near|strong="G1448"\w* \w for God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to fulfill the promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w he had declared|strong="G3670"\w* \w to Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w increased greatly in number|strong="G4129"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*,  
\v 18  \w until|strong="G0891"\w* \qt  \+w another|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w king|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2501"\+w* Joseph \+w ruled|strong="G0450"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="G0125"\+w*\qt*.  
\v 19  \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w was the one who exploited|strong="G2686"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w people|strong="G1085"\w* \w and was cruel|strong="G2559"\w* \w to our ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \w forcing|strong="G4160"\w* \w them to abandon|strong="G1570"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w infants|strong="G1025"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they would die|strong="G2225"\w*.  
\v 20  \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that time|strong="G2540"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w beautiful|strong="G0791"\w* \w to God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w For|strong="G5140"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w he was brought up|strong="G0397"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his father’s|strong="G3962"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*,  
\v 21  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1620"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w had been abandoned|strong="G1620"\w*, \w Pharaoh’s|strong="G5328"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w adopted|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G0397"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w up|strong="G0397"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w her own|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 22  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was trained|strong="G3811"\w* \w in all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w of the Egyptians|strong="G0124"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1415"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w*.  
\v 23  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w he was about|strong="G4137"\w* \w forty|strong="G5063"\w* \w years old|strong="G5550"\w*, \w it entered|strong="G0305"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w mind|strong="G2588"\w* \w to visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w fellow countrymen|strong="G0080"\w* \w the Israelites|strong="G2474"\w*.  
\v 24  \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w one of them|strong="G5100"\w* \w being hurt unfairly|strong="G0091"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G0292"\w* came \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his defense|strong="G0292"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w avenged|strong="G1557"\w* \w the person who was mistreated|strong="G2669"\w* \w by striking down|strong="G3960"\w* \w the Egyptian|strong="G0124"\w*.  
\v 25  \w He thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w his own people|strong="G0080"\w* \w would understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was delivering|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they did|strong="G4920"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w*.  
\v 26  \w The next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w two men|strong="G0846"\w* \w fighting|strong="G3164"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G4900"\w* \w to make peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w between|strong="G0846"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w ‘Men|strong="G0435"\w*, \w you are|strong="G1510"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*; \w why|strong="G2444"\w* \w are you hurting|strong="G0091"\w* \w one another|strong="G0240"\w*?’  
\v 27  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the man who was unfairly hurting|strong="G0091"\w* \w his neighbor|strong="G4139"\w* \w pushed|strong="G0683"\w* \w Moses|strong="G0846"\w* \w aside|strong="G0683"\w*, \w saying|strong="G2036"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w Who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2525"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4571"\+w* \+w a ruler|strong="G0758"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w judge|strong="G1348"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2257"\+w*?\qt*  
\v 28  \qt  \+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to kill|strong="G0337"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3165"\+w* \+w the way|strong="G5158"\+w* \+w you killed|strong="G0337"\+w* \+w the Egyptian|strong="G0124"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="G5504"\+w*, do you?’\qt*  
\v 29  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the man said|strong="G3056"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w fled|strong="G5343"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a foreigner|strong="G3941"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of Midian|strong="G3099"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w he became the father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.   
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\v 30 “\w After|strong="G5062"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w had passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \it  \+w an angel|strong="G0032"\+w* \+w appeared|strong="G3700"\+w* \+w to him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the desert|strong="G2048"\+w*\it* \it  \+w of Mount|strong="G3735"\+w* \+w Sinai|strong="G4614"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the flame|strong="G5395"\+w* \+w of a burning|strong="G4442"\+w* \+w bush|strong="G0942"\+w*\it*.  
\v 31  \w When|strong="G1492"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w it, he was amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at the sight|strong="G3705"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w when he|strong="G0846"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w to investigate|strong="G2657"\w*, \w there came|strong="G1096"\w* \w the voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,  
\v 32 ‘\qt  \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am the God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w of your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w forefathers|strong="G3962"\+w*,\qt* \w \+qt the God\+qt*|strong="G2316"\w* \w of Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w \+qt and\+qt*|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*\w .’|strong="G3475"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w began to tremble|strong="G1790"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G5111"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dare|strong="G5111"\w* \w to look more closely|strong="G2657"\w*.  
\v 33  \qt  \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2036"\+w* \+w to him|strong="G0846"\+w*,\qt* ‘\it  \+bd \+w Take|strong="G3089"\+w*\+bd* \+w the sandals|strong="G5266"\+w* \+w off|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the place|strong="G5117"\+w* \+w where|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you are standing|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w holy|strong="G0040"\+w* \+w ground|strong="G1093"\+w*.\it*  
\v 34  \qt  \+w I have certainly seen|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w the suffering|strong="G2561"\+w* \+w of my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w who are in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="G0125"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have heard|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w groaning|strong="G4726"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I have come down|strong="G2597"\+w* \+w to rescue|strong="G1807"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*\+w .|strong="G3568"\+w* Now \+w come|strong="G1204"\+w*, \+w I will send|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4571"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="G0125"\+w*\qt**.’  
\v 35  \w This|strong="G5126"\w* \w same|strong="G3475"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w they had rejected|strong="G0720"\w*, \w saying|strong="G2036"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w Who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2525"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4571"\+w* \+w a ruler|strong="G0758"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w judge|strong="G1348"\+w*?\qt*’ \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w as both|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruler|strong="G0758"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w deliverer|strong="G3086"\w* \w through the hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of the angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w who appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the bush|strong="G0942"\w*.  
\v 36  \w This man|strong="G3778"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the land of Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Red|strong="G2063"\w* \w Sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the wilderness|strong="G2048"\w* \w for forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 37  \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w who said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to the Israelites|strong="G2474"\w*, ‘\bd  \+w \+qt  \+it God\+it*\+qt*|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w will raise up|strong="G0450"\+w* \+w for you|strong="G5213"\+w* \+w a prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1691"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w among your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="G0080"\+w* \+w will raise up|strong="G0450"\+w* \+w for you|strong="G5213"\+w* \+w a prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1691"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w among your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="G0080"\+w*\bd*.’  
\v 38  \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the man who was|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the wilderness|strong="G2048"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w who spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and he|strong="G1209"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w oracles|strong="G3051"\w* \w to give|strong="G1325"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w*.  
\v 39  \w Our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w were unwilling|strong="G2309"\w* \w to obey|strong="G1096"\w* \w him, but|strong="G0235"\w* \w pushed|strong="G0683"\w* \w him aside|strong="G0683"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned back|strong="G4762"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*,  
\v 40  \w saying|strong="G2036"\w* \w to Aaron|strong="G0002"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w Make|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2254"\+w* \+w gods|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w who will go in front of|strong="G4313"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2257"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="G3475"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w led|strong="G1806"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2248"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1806"\+w* \+w of the land|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w of Egypt|strong="G0125"\+w* – we do not know what has happened to him!\qt*’  
\v 41  \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w they made an idol in the form of a calf|strong="G3447"\w*, \w brought|strong="G0321"\w* \w a sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w to the idol|strong="G1497"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began rejoicing|strong="G2165"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 42  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w turned away|strong="G4762"\w* \w from them and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w the host|strong="G4756"\w* \w of heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it is written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the book|strong="G0976"\w* \w of the prophets|strong="G4396"\w*: ‘\qt  \+w It was not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w to me|strong="G3427"\+w* \+w that you offered|strong="G4374"\+w* \+w slain animals|strong="G4968"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\+w* \+w forty|strong="G5062"\+w* \+w years|strong="G2094"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the wilderness|strong="G2048"\+w*, \+w was it,|strong="G3624"\+w* house \+w of Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*?\qt*  
\v 43  \it  \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you took along|strong="G0353"\+w* \+w the tabernacle|strong="G4633"\+w*\it* \qt  \+w of Moloch|strong="G3434"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the star|strong="G0798"\+w* \+w of the|strong="G2316"\+w* god \+w Rephan|strong="G4481"\+w*, \+w the images|strong="G5179"\+w* \+w you made|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to worship|strong="G4352"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I will deport|strong="G3351"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5209"\+w* \+w beyond|strong="G1900"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="G0897"\+w*\qt**.’  
\v 44  \w Our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w the tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w of testimony|strong="G3142"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as God|strong="G2980"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w ordered|strong="G1299"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w according to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the design|strong="G5179"\w* \w he had seen|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 45  \w Our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w received possession of it and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w it in with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w when they dispossessed|strong="G2697"\w* \w the nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w drove out|strong="G1856"\w* \w before|strong="G0575"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the time|strong="G2250"\w* \w of David|strong="G1138"\w*.  
\v 46  \w He|strong="G2147"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G0154"\w* \w that he could|strong="G2147"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w a dwelling place|strong="G4638"\w* \w for the house|strong="G2384"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*.  
\v 47  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a house|strong="G3624"\w* \w for him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 48  \w Yet|strong="G0235"\w* \w the Most High|strong="G5310"\w* \w does|strong="G2730"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w houses made by human hands|strong="G5499"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*,   
\q1
\v 49 ‘\qt  \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is my|strong="G3427"\+w* \+w throne|strong="G2362"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w is the footstool|strong="G5286"\+w* \+w for my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+w*.\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w What kind|strong="G4169"\+w* \+w of house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w will you build|strong="G3618"\+w* \+w for me|strong="G3427"\+w*, \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w resting|strong="G2663"\+w* \+w place|strong="G5117"\+w*?\qt*   
\q1
\v 50  \qt  \+w Did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3780"\+w* \+w make|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w these things|strong="G5023"\+w*?\qt*’   
\p
\v 51 “\w You stubborn|strong="G4644"\w* \w people, with uncircumcised|strong="G0564"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*\w !|strong="G5210"\w* \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G0496"\w* \w always|strong="G0104"\w* \w resisting|strong="G0496"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* did!  
\v 52  \w Which|strong="G5101"\w* \w of the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w did|strong="G1377"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w*\w ?|strong="G0615"\w* \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w those who foretold long ago|strong="G4293"\w* \w the coming|strong="G1660"\w* \w of the Righteous One|strong="G1342"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w betrayers|strong="G4273"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w murderers|strong="G5406"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w*!  
\v 53  \w You|strong="G3748"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the law|strong="G3551"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w decrees given by|strong="G1296"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you did|strong="G5442"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Stephen \w is|strong="G3588"\w* Killed  
\p
\v 54  \w When they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w became furious|strong="G1282"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1031"\w* \w their teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 55  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Stephen,|strong="G4134"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w looked intently|strong="G0816"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the right hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 56 “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*\w !” he said|strong="G2036"\w*. “\w I see|strong="G2334"\w* \w the heavens|strong="G3772"\w* \w opened|strong="G1272"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the right hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 57  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they covered|strong="G4912"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w shouting out|strong="G2896"\w* \w with a|strong="G5456"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with one intent|strong="G3661"\w*.  
\v 58  \w When|strong="G1544"\w* \w they had driven|strong="G1544"\w* \w him out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of the city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w they began to stone|strong="G3036"\w* \w him,|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w laid|strong="G0659"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of a young man|strong="G3494"\w* \w named|strong="G2564"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.  
\v 59  \w They|strong="G3036"\w* continued \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w stone|strong="G3036"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w while|strong="G1941"\w* \w he prayed|strong="G1941"\w*, \w “Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w receive|strong="G1209"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*!”  
\v 60  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he fell|strong="G5087"\w* \w to his knees|strong="G1119"\w* \w and cried out|strong="G2896"\w* \w with a|strong="G5456"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w “Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w do|strong="G2476"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w hold|strong="G2476"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w against them|strong="G0846"\w*\w !”|strong="G2036"\w* \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he had said|strong="G2036"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w*, \w he died|strong="G2837"\w*.   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w agreed completely|strong="G4909"\w* \w with killing|strong="G0336"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\s1 \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* Begins \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Persecute \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Church|strong="G1577"\w*  
\p \w Now on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G1375"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and all|strong="G3956"\w* \w except|strong="G4133"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w were forced to scatter|strong="G1289"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the regions|strong="G5561"\w* \w of Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Some|strong="G2126"\w* \w devout|strong="G2126"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w buried|strong="G4792"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w lamentation|strong="G2870"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 3  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w was trying to destroy|strong="G3075"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w*; \w entering|strong="G1531"\w* \w one house after another|strong="G2596"\w*, \w he dragged off|strong="G4951"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and put|strong="G3860"\w* \w them in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.   
\s1 Philip Preaches \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Samaria  
\p
\v 4  \w Now those who had been forced to scatter|strong="G1289"\w* \w went around|strong="G1330"\w* \w proclaiming the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w of the word|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the main city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w and began proclaiming|strong="G2784"\w* \w the Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 6  \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w were paying attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w with one mind|strong="G3661"\w* \w to|strong="G5259"\w* \w what Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w as they|strong="G0846"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G0991"\w* \w the miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w he was performing|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 7  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w unclean|strong="G0169"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w crying|strong="G0994"\w* \w with loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w shrieks|strong="G5456"\w*, \w were coming out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who were possessed|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame people|strong="G5560"\w* \w were healed|strong="G2323"\w*.  
\v 8  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w there was|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.   
\p
\v 9  \w Now in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who had been practicing magic|strong="G3096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazing|strong="G1839"\w* \w the people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*, \w claiming|strong="G3004"\w* \w to be|strong="G1510"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*.  
\v 10  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the people,|strong="G0575"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the least|strong="G3398"\w* \w to the greatest|strong="G3173"\w*, \w paid close attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to him, saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “This man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that is called|strong="G2564"\w* \w ‘Great|strong="G3173"\w*.’”  
\v 11  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they paid close attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he had amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w for a long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w with his magic|strong="G3095"\w*.  
\v 12  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w they believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w as|strong="G2097"\w* \w he was proclaiming the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w they began to be baptized|strong="G0907"\w*, \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Even|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G0907"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w*, \w he stayed close|strong="G4342"\w* \w to|strong="G5376"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w constantly, and when|strong="G2334"\w* \w he saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w that were occurring|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he was amazed|strong="G1839"\w*.   
\p
\v 14  \w Now when|strong="G0191"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w had accepted|strong="G1209"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w they sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 15  \w These|strong="G3748"\w* \w two|strong="G2597"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w so that|strong="G3704"\w* \w they would receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 16  \w (For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G1968"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not yet|strong="G3764"\w* \w come upon|strong="G1968"\w* \w any of them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they had|strong="G5225"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w been|strong="G5225"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.)  
\v 17  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Peter and John placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w their hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Samaritans|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 18  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w when|strong="G3708"\w* \w he saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was given|strong="G1325"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the laying|strong="G1936"\w* \w on of the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*’ \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*,  
\v 19  \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G2504"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w too, so that|strong="G2443"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w I place|strong="G2007"\w* \w my hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on may receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”  
\v 20  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “May|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w silver|strong="G0694"\w* \w perish|strong="G0684"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w you could acquire|strong="G2932"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*!  
\v 21  \w You|strong="G4671"\w* \w have no|strong="G3756"\w* \w share|strong="G3310"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w part|strong="G2819"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G2117"\w* \w before|strong="G1725"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!  
\v 22  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w of this|strong="G3778"\w* \w wickedness|strong="G2549"\w* \w of yours|strong="G4675"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w that|strong="G0686"\w* \w he may perhaps forgive|strong="G0863"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w for the intent|strong="G1963"\w* \w of your|strong="G4675"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*.  
\v 23  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that you|strong="G4571"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bitterly|strong="G5521"\w* \w envious|strong="G4088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in bondage|strong="G4886"\w* \w to sin|strong="G0093"\w*.”  
\v 24  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w replied|strong="G2036"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1700"\w* \w so|strong="G3704"\w* \w that nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w of what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you have said|strong="G2046"\w* \w may happen|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w*.”   
\p
\v 25  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w after Peter and John|strong="G1263"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="G1263"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they started back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w to many|strong="G4183"\w* \w Samaritan|strong="G4541"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3767"\w* \w went|strong="G5290"\w*.   
\s1 Philip \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Ethiopian Eunuch  
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\v 26  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Get up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w south|strong="G3314"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the road|strong="G3598"\w* \w that goes down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Gaza|strong="G1048"\w*.” \w (This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*.)  
\v 27  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he got up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and went|strong="G4198"\w*. \w There|strong="G0128"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="G0128"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w*, \w a court official|strong="G1413"\w* \w of Candace|strong="G2582"\w*, \w queen|strong="G0938"\w* \w of|strong="G0128"\w* \w the Ethiopians|strong="G0128"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in charge|strong="G1909"\w* \w of all|strong="G3956"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w treasury|strong="G1047"\w*. \w He|strong="G2064"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to worship|strong="G4352"\w*,  
\v 28  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w returning home|strong="G5290"\w*, \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w chariot|strong="G0716"\w*, \w reading|strong="G0314"\w* \w the prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*.  
\v 29  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w “Go over|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w* \w chariot|strong="G0716"\w*.”  
\v 30  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w ran up|strong="G4370"\w* \w to it|strong="G0191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w the man|strong="G0846"\w* \w reading|strong="G0314"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the prophet|strong="G4396"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2036"\w* \w him,|strong="G1097"\w* “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you’re reading|strong="G0314"\w*?”  
\v 31  \w The man|strong="G2036"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “How|strong="G4459"\w* \w in the world can I|strong="G1410"\w*, \w unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w guides|strong="G3594"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w*\w ?” So|strong="G5037"\w* \w he invited|strong="G3870"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w to come up|strong="G0305"\w* \w and sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 32  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the passage|strong="G4042"\w* \w of scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w the man|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w reading|strong="G0314"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*:  
\q1 “\qt  \+w He was led|strong="G0071"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a sheep|strong="G4263"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w slaughter|strong="G4967"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a lamb|strong="G0286"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1726"\+w* \+w its|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w shearer|strong="G2751"\+w* \+w is silent|strong="G0880"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w he did|strong="G0455"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w open|strong="G0455"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 33  \qt  \+w In|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w humiliation|strong="G5014"\+w* \+w justice|strong="G2920"\+w* \+w was taken|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w from him|strong="G0846"\+w*.\qt**  
\q1 \qt  \+w Who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w can describe|strong="G1334"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w posterity|strong="G1074"\+w*?\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w For|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w life|strong="G2222"\+w* \+w was taken away|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the earth|strong="G1093"\+w*\qt*.”   
\p
\v 34  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w “Please tell|strong="G1189"\w* \w me,|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is the prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w – himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*?”  
\v 35  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w started speaking|strong="G0455"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beginning|strong="G0756"\w* \w with|strong="G0575"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w proclaimed the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 36  \w Now as|strong="G5613"\w* \w they were going|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2596"\w* \w the road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w they came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, \w “Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w there is water|strong="G5204"\w*\w ! What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is to stop|strong="G2967"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w from being baptized|strong="G0907"\w*?”  
\v 37 \f + \fr 8:37 \ft [[EMPTY]]\f*  
\v 38  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the chariot|strong="G0716"\w* \w to stop|strong="G2476"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w went down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 39  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w they came up|strong="G0305"\w* \w out of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w snatched|strong="G0726"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w away|strong="G0726"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w any more|strong="G3765"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w went on|strong="G4198"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w*.  
\v 40  \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w however, found|strong="G2147"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Azotus|strong="G0108"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1330"\w* \w he passed through|strong="G1330"\w* \w the area,|strong="G2097"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w to all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*.   
\c 9  
\p
\v 1  \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w breathing out|strong="G1709"\w* \w threats|strong="G0547"\w* \w to murder|strong="G5408"\w* \w the Lord’s|strong="G2962"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to the high priest|strong="G0749"\w*  
\v 2  \w and requested|strong="G0154"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w so that|strong="G3704"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he found|strong="G2147"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w who belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to the Way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w either|strong="G5037"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*, \w he could bring|strong="G0071"\w* \w them as prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 3  \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w going along|strong="G4198"\w*, \w approaching|strong="G1448"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w around|strong="G4015"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 4  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w and heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w a voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w persecuting|strong="G1377"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\v 5  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*\w ?” He replied, “I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are persecuting|strong="G1377"\w*!  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w stand up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w will be told|strong="G2980"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.”  
\v 7  \w (Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the men|strong="G0435"\w* \w who were traveling with|strong="G4922"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w there speechless|strong="G1769"\w*, \w because they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w the voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w no one|strong="G3367"\w*.)  
\v 8  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w got up|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w although his|strong="G0846"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w were open|strong="G0455"\w*, \w he could see|strong="G0991"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*. \w Leading|strong="G5496"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w by the hand|strong="G5496"\w*, \w his companions|strong="G1521"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w him into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.  
\v 9  \w For|strong="G5140"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w he could|strong="G0991"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G5315"\w* \w neither|strong="G3756"\w* \w ate|strong="G5315"\w* \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w*.   
\p
\v 10  \w Now there was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w*. \w The|strong="G2962"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w “Ananias|strong="G0367"\w*,” \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he replied|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am,|strong="G2962"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.”  
\v 11  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Get up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the street|strong="G4505"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w ‘Straight|strong="G2117"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*’ \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w look for|strong="G2212"\w* \w a man from Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he is praying|strong="G4336"\w*,  
\v 12  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he has seen|strong="G1492"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w* \w come in|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G2007"\w* \w his hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on him|strong="G0846"\w* \w so that|strong="G3704"\w* \w he may see again|strong="G0308"\w*.”  
\v 13  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I have heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w many people|strong="G4183"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w*, \w how much|strong="G3745"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\w* \w he has done|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G0040"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w saints|strong="G0040"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*,  
\v 14  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w he has|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the chief priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w to imprison|strong="G1210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who call on|strong="G1941"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*!”  
\v 15  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Go|strong="G4198"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w this man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3427"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w instrument|strong="G4632"\w* \w to carry|strong="G0941"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kings|strong="G0935"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w the people|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.  
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will show|strong="G5263"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w how much|strong="G3745"\w* \w he must|strong="G1163"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w for the sake|strong="G5228"\w* \w of my|strong="G3450"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”  
\v 17  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w* \w departed|strong="G0565"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w his hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Saul|strong="G0846"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to you|strong="G4671"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the road|strong="G3598"\w* \w as you came|strong="G2064"\w* \w here,|strong="G0649"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w so that|strong="G3704"\w* \w you may see again|strong="G0308"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G4151"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w something like|strong="G5613"\w* \w scales|strong="G3013"\w* \w fell|strong="G0634"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w his eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and he could see again|strong="G0308"\w*. \w He|strong="G0450"\w* \w got|strong="G0450"\w* \w up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was baptized|strong="G0907"\w*,  
\v 19  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after taking|strong="G2983"\w* \w some food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w his strength|strong="G1765"\w* \w returned|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\p \w For several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w he was with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*,  
\v 20  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w he began to proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*, \w “This man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w who heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w him were amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Is this|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w was ravaging|strong="G4199"\w* \w those who call on|strong="G1941"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who had come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w bring|strong="G0071"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w as prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the chief priests|strong="G0749"\w*?”  
\v 22  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w became more and more|strong="G3123"\w* \w capable|strong="G1743"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was causing consternation|strong="G4797"\w* \w among the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w by proving|strong="G4822"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\s1 Saul’s Escape \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*  
\p
\v 23  \w Now after some|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w had passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w plotted|strong="G4823"\w* \w together|strong="G4823"\w* \w to kill|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 24  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w learned|strong="G1097"\w* \w of their plot|strong="G1917"\w* \w against him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They were|strong="G3906"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w watching|strong="G3906"\w* \w the city gates|strong="G4439"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w so that|strong="G3704"\w* \w they could kill|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 25  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him at night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and let|strong="G2524"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w down|strong="G2524"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w an opening|strong="G5038"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wall|strong="G5038"\w* \w by lowering|strong="G5465"\w* \w him in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a basket|strong="G4711"\w*.   
\s1 \w Saul|strong="G0846"\w* Returns \w to|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem  
\p
\v 26  \w When he arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w he attempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w to associate|strong="G2853"\w* \w with the disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they were|strong="G5399"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because they did|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a disciple|strong="G3101"\w*.  
\v 27  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w Saul|strong="G0846"\w*, \w brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w him to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w related|strong="G1334"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w he had seen|strong="G1492"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the Lord had spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w he had spoken out boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 28  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G1531"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w associating openly|strong="G1607"\w* \w with them|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w speaking out boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 29  \w He was speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w debating|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the Greek-speaking Jews|strong="G1675"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they were trying|strong="G2021"\w* \w to kill|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 30  \w When|strong="G1921"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w found out|strong="G1921"\w* \w about this, they brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w*.   
\p
\v 31  \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w experienced|strong="G2192"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thus was strengthened.|strong="G3618"\w* \w Living|strong="G2192"\w* \w in the fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in the encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* \w of the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w the church|strong="G4129"\w* \w increased|strong="G4129"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* numbers.   
\s1 Peter Heals Aeneas  
\p
\v 32  \w Now|strong="G1330"\w* \w as|strong="G1096"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was traveling around|strong="G1330"\w* \w from place to place|strong="G1223"\w*, \w he also|strong="G2532"\w* \w came down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the saints|strong="G0040"\w* \w who lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*.  
\v 33  \w He found|strong="G2147"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w a man|strong="G0444"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Aeneas|strong="G0132"\w* \w who had been confined|strong="G2621"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a mattress|strong="G2895"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w eight|strong="G3638"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w because|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w*.  
\v 34  \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Aeneas|strong="G0132"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w heals|strong="G2390"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*. \w Get up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4766"\w* \w your own bed|strong="G4572"\w*\w !”|strong="G2532"\w* \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w he got up|strong="G0450"\w*.  
\v 35  \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sharon|strong="G4565"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and they|strong="G1994"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w* Raises Dorcas  
\p
\v 36  \w Now in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w there was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a disciple|strong="G3102"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w* \w (which|strong="G3739"\w* \w in translation|strong="G1329"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w*\w ).|strong="G0846"\w* \w She|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w continually|strong="G4134"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w acts of charity|strong="G1654"\w*.  
\v 37  \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w she became|strong="G1096"\w* \w sick|strong="G0770"\w* \w and died|strong="G0599"\w*. \w When|strong="G3068"\w* \w they had washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w her body|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w it in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an upstairs room|strong="G5253"\w*.  
\v 38  \w Because Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w when|strong="G0191"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w*, \w they sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him, “Come|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w us|strong="G2257"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w delay|strong="G3635"\w*.”  
\v 39  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w got up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and went with|strong="G4905"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G3854"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w they brought|strong="G0321"\w* \w him to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the upper room|strong="G5253"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w stood beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w showing|strong="G1925"\w* \w him|strong="G5509"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w tunics|strong="G5509"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other clothing|strong="G2440"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w* \w used to make|strong="G4160"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w she was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 40  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w them all|strong="G3956"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*, \w knelt down|strong="G5087"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*. \w Turning|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w he said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w*, \w get up|strong="G0450"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w she opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w she saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w she sat up|strong="G0339"\w*.  
\v 41  \w He gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w his hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and helped|strong="G0450"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w get up|strong="G0450"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he called|strong="G5455"\w* \w the saints|strong="G0040"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w and presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 42  \w This became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 43  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G3306"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w a man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w a tanner|strong="G1038"\w*.   
\c 10  
\p
\v 1  \w Now there was a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w a centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what was known|strong="G2564"\w* \w as the Italian|strong="G2483"\w* \w Cohort|strong="G4686"\w*.  
\v 2  \w He|strong="G2152"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w devout|strong="G2152"\w*, \w God-fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w man,|strong="G3956"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*; \w he did|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w acts of charity|strong="G1654"\w* \w for the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G1189"\w* \w to God|strong="G2316"\w* \w regularly|strong="G1223"\w*.  
\v 3  \w About|strong="G5616"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* \w o’clock|strong="G5610"\w* \w one afternoon|strong="G2250"\w* \w he saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w clearly|strong="G5320"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who came in|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*.”  
\v 4  \w Staring|strong="G0816"\w* \w at him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w becoming|strong="G1096"\w* \w greatly afraid|strong="G1719"\w*, \w Cornelius|strong="G2036"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it, Lord|strong="G2962"\w*\w ?” The angel|strong="G2036"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Your|strong="G4675"\w* \w prayers|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w acts of charity|strong="G1654"\w* \w have gone up|strong="G0305"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a memorial|strong="G3422"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w summon|strong="G3343"\w* \w a man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.  
\v 6  \w This man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is staying as a guest|strong="G3579"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w a man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w a tanner|strong="G1038"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*.”  
\v 7  \w When the angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w who had spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w departed|strong="G0565"\w*, \w Cornelius|strong="G5455"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of his personal servants|strong="G3610"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G4757"\w* \w devout|strong="G2152"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w from among those who served|strong="G4342"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 8  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1834"\w* \w he had explained|strong="G1834"\w* \w everything|strong="G0537"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*.   
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\v 9  \w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w noon|strong="G5610"\w* \w the next day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w while|strong="G3596"\w* \w they were on|strong="G3596"\w* \w their|strong="G1565"\w* \w way|strong="G3596"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w approaching|strong="G1448"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went up|strong="G0305"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the roof|strong="G1430"\w* \w to pray|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 10  \w He became|strong="G1096"\w* \w hungry|strong="G4361"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to eat|strong="G1089"\w*, \w but while|strong="G3903"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were preparing|strong="G3903"\w* \w the meal, a trance|strong="G1611"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 11  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w an object|strong="G4632"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G3607"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w descending|strong="G2597"\w*, \w being let down|strong="G2524"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w by its four|strong="G5064"\w* \w corners|strong="G0746"\w*.  
\v 12  \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G5225"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w all kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of four-footed animals|strong="G5074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w* \w of the earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild birds|strong="G4071"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Get up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*; \w slaughter|strong="G2380"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G5315"\w*!”  
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Certainly not|strong="G3365"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w I have|strong="G5315"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w eaten|strong="G5315"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ritually unclean|strong="G0169"\w*!”  
\v 15  \w The voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w spoke to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w a second time|strong="G1208"\w*, \w “What|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has made clean|strong="G2511"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must not|strong="G3361"\w* \w consider|strong="G2840"\w* ritually unclean!”  
\v 16  \w This|strong="G5124"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w three times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w the object|strong="G4632"\w* \w was taken up|strong="G0353"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.   
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\v 17  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was puzzling over|strong="G1280"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w he had seen|strong="G1492"\w* \w could signify, the men|strong="G0435"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w had learned|strong="G1331"\w* \w where Simon’s|strong="G4613"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w was|strong="G2186"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w approached|strong="G2186"\w* \w the gate|strong="G4440"\w*.  
\v 18  \w They|strong="G5455"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* out \w to ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w known as|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w was staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w there|strong="G1759"\w* \w as a guest|strong="G3579"\w*.  
\v 19  \w While|strong="G1760"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was still thinking seriously|strong="G1760"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to him, “Look|strong="G2400"\w*\w ! Three|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w are looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for you|strong="G4571"\w*.  
\v 20  \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w get up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompany|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w without|strong="G3367"\w* \w hesitation|strong="G1252"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the men|strong="G0435"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the person|strong="G3739"\w* \w you’re looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G0156"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have you come|strong="G3918"\w*?”  
\v 22  \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G1543"\w*, \w a|strong="G0435"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God-fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w*, \w well spoken of|strong="G3140"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*, \w was directed|strong="G5537"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G0032"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w to summon|strong="G3343"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w a message|strong="G4487"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w*.”  
\v 23  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \w invited|strong="G1528"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1528"\w* \w and entertained|strong="G3579"\w* \w them as guests|strong="G3579"\w*.  
\p \w On the next day|strong="G1887"\w* \w he got up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and set out|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 24  \w The following day|strong="G1887"\w* \w he entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting anxiously|strong="G4328"\w* \w for them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and had called together|strong="G4779"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w close|strong="G0316"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*.  
\v 25  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came in|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w and worshiped|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 26  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Stand up|strong="G0450"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a mere mortal|strong="G0444"\w*.”  
\v 27  \w Peter|strong="G4926"\w* continued talking \w with him|strong="G0846"\w* \w as he went in|strong="G1525"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he found|strong="G2147"\w* \w many people|strong="G4183"\w* \w gathered together|strong="G4905"\w*.  
\v 28  \w He said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w unlawful|strong="G0111"\w* \w for a Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w to associate|strong="G2853"\w* \w with or|strong="G2228"\w* \w visit|strong="G4334"\w* \w a Gentile|strong="G0246"\w*, \w yet God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has shown|strong="G1166"\w* \w me that I should call|strong="G3004"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w ritually unclean|strong="G0169"\w*.  
\v 29  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w when|strong="G3343"\w* \w you sent for|strong="G3343"\w* \w me,|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w without any objection|strong="G0369"\w*. \w Now may I ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w you sent for|strong="G3343"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w*?”  
\v 30  \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Four|strong="G5067"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago at this|strong="G3778"\w* \w very hour|strong="G5610"\w*, \w at three o’clock in the afternoon|strong="G1766"\w*, \w I was praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w shining|strong="G2986"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2066"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w me|strong="G3450"\w*  
\v 31  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, \w ‘Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w has been heard|strong="G1522"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w acts of charity|strong="G1654"\w* \w have been remembered|strong="G3415"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 32  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w summon|strong="G3333"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who is called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w This man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is staying as a guest|strong="G3579"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w the tanner|strong="G1038"\w*, \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*.’  
\v 33  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w I sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w at once|strong="G1824"\w*, \w and you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were kind|strong="G2573"\w* \w enough to come|strong="G3854"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3918"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w* \w in the presence of|strong="G1799"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has commanded|strong="G4367"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 34  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w started speaking|strong="G2036"\w*\w :|strong="G2638"\w* “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w now truly|strong="G0225"\w* \w understand|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w show favoritism in dealing with people|strong="G4381"\w*,  
\v 35  \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w the person who fears|strong="G5399"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2038"\w* \w what is right|strong="G1343"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G1184"\w* \w before him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 36  \w You know|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w he sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w to the people|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w proclaiming the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w of peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w (he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of all|strong="G3956"\w*) –  
\v 37  \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w beginning|strong="G0757"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the baptism|strong="G0908"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w announced|strong="G2784"\w*:  
\v 38  \w with respect to Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*, \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w anointed|strong="G5548"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G0040"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with power|strong="G1411"\w*. \w He|strong="G1330"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* around \w doing good|strong="G2109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healing|strong="G2390"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who were oppressed|strong="G2616"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 39  \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w of all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the things|strong="G3739"\w* \w he did|strong="G4160"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w They|strong="G0337"\w* \w killed|strong="G0337"\w* \w him by hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w him on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a tree|strong="G3586"\w*,  
\v 40  \w but|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him up|strong="G1453"\w* \w on the third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to be|strong="G1096"\w* \w seen|strong="G1717"\w*,  
\v 41  \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w*, \w the witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had already chosen|strong="G4401"\w*, \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drank|strong="G4844"\w* \w with him|strong="G0846"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w he rose|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 42  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w to preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w to the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to warn|strong="G1263"\w* \w them|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the one|strong="G3724"\w* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of|strong="G2198"\w* \w the living|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 43  \w About him|strong="G5129"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w*, \w that everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w receives|strong="G2983"\w* \w forgiveness|strong="G0859"\w* \w of sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Gentiles \w Receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Holy Spirit  
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\v 44  \w While Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G2980"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G5023"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*, \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w fell|strong="G1968"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those who heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w the message|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 45  \w The|strong="G4061"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w believers|strong="G4103"\w* \w who had accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w were greatly astonished|strong="G1839"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w had been poured out|strong="G1632"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*,  
\v 46  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praising|strong="G3170"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G0611"\w*,  
\v 47 “\w No one can|strong="G1410"\w* \w withhold|strong="G2967"\w* \w the water|strong="G5204"\w* \w for these people to be baptized|strong="G0907"\w*, \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w have received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w just as|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w did|strong="G0907"\w*, \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*?”  
\v 48  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he gave orders|strong="G4367"\w* \w to have|strong="G0907"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w they asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to stay|strong="G1961"\w* \w for several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\c 11  
\p
\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w who were|strong="G0191"\w* \w throughout Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w had accepted|strong="G1209"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 2  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w the circumcised believers|strong="G4061"\w* \w took issue|strong="G1252"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 3  \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “You|strong="G3754"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w uncircumcised|strong="G0203"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shared a meal|strong="G4906"\w* \w with|strong="G0846"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.”  
\v 4  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w began|strong="G0756"\w* \w and explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w it to them|strong="G0846"\w* \w point by point|strong="G2517"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 5 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a trance|strong="G1611"\w* \w I saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w a vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w an object|strong="G4632"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a large|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w descending|strong="G2597"\w*, \w being let down|strong="G2524"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w by its four|strong="G5064"\w* \w corners|strong="G0746"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G0891"\w* \w me|strong="G1700"\w*.  
\v 6  \w As I stared|strong="G0816"\w* \w I looked|strong="G2657"\w* \w into it and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w four-footed animals|strong="G5074"\w* \w of the earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w wild animals|strong="G2342"\w*, \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild birds|strong="G4071"\w*.  
\v 7  \w I|strong="G0191"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w a voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w*, \w ‘Get up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*; \w slaughter|strong="G2380"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G5315"\w*!’  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w ‘Certainly not|strong="G3365"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w for nothing|strong="G3763"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w ritually unclean|strong="G0169"\w* \w has ever entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*!’  
\v 9  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w* \w a second time|strong="G1208"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w ‘What|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has made clean|strong="G2511"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must not|strong="G3361"\w* \w consider|strong="G2840"\w* ritually unclean!’  
\v 10  \w This|strong="G5124"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w three times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then everything|strong="G0537"\w* \w was pulled up|strong="G0385"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 11  \w At that very moment|strong="G1824"\w*, \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w approached|strong="G2186"\w* \w the house|strong="G3614"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w we were staying|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 12  \w The Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G2036"\w* \w me|strong="G3427"\w* \w to accompany|strong="G4905"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w without|strong="G3367"\w* \w hesitation|strong="G1252"\w*. \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1698"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the man’s|strong="G0435"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 13  \w He informed|strong="G0518"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w he had seen|strong="G1492"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G2036"\w*, \w ‘Send|strong="G0649"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w summon|strong="G3343"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who is called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*,  
\v 14  \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w a message|strong="G4487"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w* \w will be saved|strong="G4982"\w*.’  
\v 15  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w as I|strong="G3165"\w* \w began|strong="G0756"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w*, \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w fell|strong="G1968"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as he did|strong="G1909"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the beginning|strong="G0746"\w*.  
\v 16  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I remembered|strong="G3415"\w* \w the word|strong="G4487"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he used to say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w with water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will be baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.’  
\v 17  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w the same|strong="G2470"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave us|strong="G2254"\w* \w after believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w to hinder|strong="G2967"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*?”  
\v 18  \w When|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G5023"\w*, \w they ceased|strong="G2270"\w* \w their objections|strong="G2270"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “So then|strong="G0686"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has granted|strong="G1325"\w* \w the repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w that leads to|strong="G1519"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w even to the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.”   
\s1 Activity \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Church \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch  
\p
\v 19  \w Now those who had been scattered|strong="G1289"\w* \w because of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the persecution|strong="G2347"\w* \w that took place|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w as far as|strong="G2193"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w*, \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*, \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w the message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one but|strong="G3440"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 20  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w from Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \w among them who|strong="G3748"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the Greeks|strong="G1675"\w* \w too, proclaiming the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 21  \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w a|strong="G0706"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w number|strong="G0706"\w* \w who believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 22  \w A report|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G0191"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the attention|strong="G3775"\w* \w of the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*.  
\v 23  \w When|strong="G3854"\w* \w he came|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them all|strong="G3956"\w* \w to remain true|strong="G4357"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w with devoted|strong="G4286"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*,  
\v 24  \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G0435"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w*, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a significant number|strong="G2425"\w* \w of people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were brought|strong="G4369"\w* \w to the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 25  \w Then Barnabas departed|strong="G1831"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \w to look for|strong="G0327"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*,  
\v 26  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2147"\w* \w he found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him, he brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w him to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w for a whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w Barnabas and Saul|strong="G4863"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w a significant number|strong="G2425"\w* \w of people|strong="G3793"\w*. \w Now it was in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w* \w that the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G5537"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w called|strong="G5537"\w* \w Christians|strong="G5546"\w*.   
\s1 Famine Relief \w for|strong="G1519"\w* Judea  
\p
\v 27  \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w some|strong="G4396"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w came down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*  
\v 28  \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Agabus|strong="G0013"\w*, \w got up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and predicted|strong="G4591"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that a|strong="G3042"\w* \w severe|strong="G3173"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w was about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to come|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w inhabited world|strong="G3625"\w*. \w (This|strong="G1096"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w during the reign of Claudius|strong="G2804"\w*.)  
\v 29  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w in accordance with|strong="G2531"\w* \w his financial ability|strong="G2141"\w*, \w decided|strong="G3724"\w* \w to send|strong="G3992"\w* \w relief|strong="G1248"\w* \w to the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*.  
\v 30  \w They did|strong="G4160"\w* \w so,|strong="G0649"\w* \w sending|strong="G0649"\w* \w their financial aid|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1  \w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w laid|strong="G1911"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5100"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w to harm|strong="G2559"\w* \w them|strong="G1565"\w*.  
\v 2  \w He had|strong="G0337"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w of John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w executed|strong="G0337"\w* \w with a sword|strong="G3162"\w*.  
\v 3  \w When|strong="G1492"\w* \w he saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this pleased|strong="G0701"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w he proceeded|strong="G4369"\w* \w to arrest|strong="G4815"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread|strong="G0106"\w*.)  
\v 4  \w When|strong="G4084"\w* \w he had seized|strong="G4084"\w* \w him, he put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w handing|strong="G3860"\w* \w him over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G5069"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w squads|strong="G5069"\w* \w of soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w to guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Herod|strong="G1014"\w* \w planned|strong="G1014"\w* \w to bring|strong="G0321"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G0321"\w* \w for public trial|strong="G2992"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the Passover|strong="G3957"\w*.  
\v 5  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those in|strong="G5259"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G1619"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 6  \w On|strong="G3753"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w very night|strong="G3571"\w* \w before Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w was going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to bring|strong="G4317"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G4317"\w* \w for trial,|strong="G4074"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was sleeping|strong="G2837"\w* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w with two|strong="G1417"\w* \w chains|strong="G0254"\w*, \w while|strong="G5441"\w* \w guards|strong="G5441"\w* \w in front of|strong="G4253"\w* \w the door|strong="G2374"\w* \w were keeping watch|strong="G5083"\w* \w over|strong="G5083"\w* \w the prison|strong="G5438"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w appeared|strong="G2186"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a light|strong="G5457"\w* \w shone|strong="G2989"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the prison cell|strong="G3612"\w*. \w He struck|strong="G3960"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w on the side|strong="G4125"\w* \w and woke|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Get up|strong="G0450"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5034"\w*\w !” And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the chains|strong="G0254"\w* \w fell off|strong="G1601"\w* \w Peter’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w wrists|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 8  \w The angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Fasten your belt|strong="G2224"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put on|strong="G5265"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w sandals|strong="G4547"\w*.” \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the angel|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Put on|strong="G4016"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G0190"\w* \w me|strong="G3427"\w*.”  
\v 9  \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w him;|strong="G1492"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w realize|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what was happening|strong="G1096"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w was real,|strong="G1380"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w he was seeing|strong="G0991"\w* \w a vision|strong="G3705"\w*.  
\v 10  \w After|strong="G1330"\w* \w they had passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w the first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w guards|strong="G5438"\w*, \w they came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the iron|strong="G4603"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w leading|strong="G5342"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w It|strong="G0455"\w* \w opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w for them|strong="G0846"\w* \w by itself|strong="G0844"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they went outside|strong="G1831"\w* \w and walked down|strong="G4281"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w narrow street|strong="G4505"\w*, \w when at once|strong="G2112"\w* \w the angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w left|strong="G0868"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 11  \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w he said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I know|strong="G1492"\w* \w for certain|strong="G0230"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were expecting to happen|strong="G4329"\w*.”   
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\v 12  \w When Peter|strong="G4894"\w* \w realized|strong="G4894"\w* \w this, he went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w the mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of John|strong="G2491"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w people had|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered together|strong="G4867"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were praying|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 13  \w When|strong="G2925"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w knocked|strong="G2925"\w* \w at the door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of the outer gate|strong="G4440"\w*, \w a slave girl|strong="G3814"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Rhoda|strong="G4498"\w* \w answered|strong="G5219"\w*.  
\v 14  \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w she recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w Peter’s|strong="G4074"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w she was so overjoyed|strong="G5479"\w* \w she did|strong="G0455"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w open|strong="G0455"\w* \w the gate|strong="G4440"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran back in|strong="G1532"\w* \w and told|strong="G0518"\w* \w them|strong="G4074"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G4253"\w* \w the gate|strong="G4440"\w*.  
\v 15  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “You’ve lost|strong="G3105"\w* \w your mind|strong="G3105"\w*\w !”|strong="G1161"\w* \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w she kept insisting|strong="G1340"\w* \w that|strong="G3779"\w* \w it was|strong="G2192"\w* \w Peter|strong="G3779"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they kept saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It is|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w*!”  
\v 16  \w Now Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w continued|strong="G1961"\w* \w knocking|strong="G2925"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G0455"\w* \w they opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w the door|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they were greatly astonished|strong="G1839"\w*.  
\v 17  \w He motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w* \w with his hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to be quiet|strong="G4601"\w* \w and then related|strong="G1334"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w He said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Tell|strong="G0518"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w*,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G1831"\w* \w he left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.   
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\v 18  \w At daybreak|strong="G1096"\w* \w there was|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w consternation|strong="G5017"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w over what|strong="G5101"\w* \w had become|strong="G1096"\w* \w of Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.  
\v 19  \w When|strong="G1934"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w had searched|strong="G1934"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him, he questioned|strong="G0350"\w* \w the guards|strong="G5441"\w* \w and commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \w that they be led away to execution|strong="G0520"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2718"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.   
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\v 20  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w* \w was having an angry quarrel|strong="G2371"\w* \w with the people of Tyre|strong="G5183"\w* \w So they joined together|strong="G3661"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w presented|strong="G3918"\w* \w themselves before|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after convincing|strong="G3982"\w* \w Blastus|strong="G0986"\w*, \w the king’s|strong="G0935"\w* \w personal assistant|strong="G2846"\w*, \w to help them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they asked|strong="G0154"\w* \w for peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w their country’s food supply was provided|strong="G5142"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w the king’s|strong="G0937"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 21  \w On a day|strong="G2250"\w* \w determined in advance|strong="G5002"\w*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w put on|strong="G1746"\w* \w his royal|strong="G0937"\w* \w robes|strong="G2066"\w*, \w sat down|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the judgment seat|strong="G0968"\w*, \w and made a speech|strong="G1215"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 22  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the crowd|strong="G1218"\w* \w began to shout|strong="G2019"\w*, “\w The voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of a god|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w of a man|strong="G0444"\w*!”  
\v 23  \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w struck|strong="G3960"\w* \w Herod|strong="G0846"\w* \w down|strong="G3960"\w* \w because|strong="G0473"\w* \w he did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w the glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w to God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he was|strong="G1096"\w* \w eaten by worms|strong="G4662"\w* \w and died|strong="G1634"\w*.  
\v 24  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2962"\w* \w kept on increasing|strong="G0837"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w multiplying|strong="G4129"\w*.   
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\v 25  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w when|strong="G4137"\w* \w they had completed|strong="G4137"\w* \w their mission|strong="G1248"\w*, \w bringing along|strong="G4838"\w* \w with them John|strong="G2491"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*.   
\c 13  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there were|strong="G1510"\w* \w these prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teachers|strong="G1320"\w* \w in the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*\w :|strong="G0921"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w*, \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Niger|strong="G3526"\w*, \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w* \w the Cyrenian|strong="G2956"\w*, \w Manaen|strong="G3127"\w* \w (a close friend of Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w the tetrarch|strong="G5076"\w* \w from childhood|strong="G4939"\w* \w ) and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.  
\v 2  \w While|strong="G3008"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were serving|strong="G3008"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fasting|strong="G3522"\w*, \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Set apart|strong="G0873"\w* \w for me|strong="G3427"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the work|strong="G2041"\w* \w to which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I have called|strong="G4341"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.”  
\v 3  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w*, \w after|strong="G3522"\w* \w they had fasted|strong="G3522"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w their hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they sent|strong="G0630"\w* \w them off|strong="G0630"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas Preach \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Cyprus  
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\v 4  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Barnabas and Saul,|strong="G1599"\w* \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* out \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w went down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Seleucia|strong="G4581"\w*, \w and from there|strong="G1564"\w* \w they sailed|strong="G0636"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*.  
\v 5  \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w they arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Salamis|strong="G4529"\w*, \w they began to proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*. \w (Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2192"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w as their assistant|strong="G5257"\w*.)  
\v 6  \w When|strong="G1330"\w* \w they had crossed over|strong="G1330"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w as far as|strong="G0891"\w* \w Paphos|strong="G3974"\w*, \w they found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a magician|strong="G3097"\w*, \w a Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w false prophet|strong="G5578"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Bar-Jesus|strong="G0919"\w*,  
\v 7  \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the proconsul|strong="G0446"\w* \w Sergius|strong="G4588"\w* \w Paulus|strong="G3972"\w*, \w an intelligent|strong="G4908"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w*. \w The proconsul|strong="G3778"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w and wanted|strong="G1934"\w* \w to hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the magician|strong="G3097"\w* \w Elymas|strong="G1681"\w* \w (for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that is the way|strong="G3779"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is translated|strong="G3177"\w*\w )|strong="G0436"\w* \w opposed|strong="G0436"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to turn|strong="G1294"\w* \w the proconsul|strong="G0446"\w* \w away|strong="G1294"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 9  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w (also|strong="G2532"\w* \w known as Paul|strong="G3972"\w*\w ),|strong="G4130"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w stared straight|strong="G0816"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*  
\v 10  \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “You who are full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of all|strong="G3956"\w* \w deceit|strong="G1388"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w wrongdoing|strong="G4468"\w*, \w you son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1228"\w* \w the devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w you enemy|strong="G2190"\w* \w of all|strong="G3956"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w – will you|strong="G3973"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w making crooked|strong="G1294"\w* \w the straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w paths|strong="G3598"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?  
\v 11  \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is against|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you will be|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w unable|strong="G3361"\w* \w to see|strong="G0991"\w* \w the sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w for|strong="G0891"\w* \w a time|strong="G2540"\w*\w !” Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w mistiness|strong="G0887"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w came|strong="G4098"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he went around|strong="G4013"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w people|strong="G5497"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w lead|strong="G5497"\w* \w him by the hand|strong="G5497"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w the proconsul|strong="G0446"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w what had happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w because he was greatly astounded|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w about|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 Paul \w and|strong="G2962"\w* Barnabas \w at|strong="G1909"\w* Pisidian Antioch  
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\v 13  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and his companions put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Paphos|strong="G3974"\w* \w and came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w* \w in Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w left|strong="G0672"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Moving on|strong="G1330"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w they arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pisidian|strong="G4099"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on the Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and sat down|strong="G2523"\w*.  
\v 15  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the reading|strong="G0320"\w* \w from the law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w the leaders of the synagogue|strong="G0752"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w a message,|strong="G3004"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of exhortation|strong="G3874"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*.”  
\v 16  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w gestured|strong="G2678"\w* \w with his hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*,  
\p “\w Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you Gentiles who fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w*:  
\v 17  \w The God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of this|strong="G5127"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5312"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w great|strong="G5312"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w their stay as foreigners|strong="G3940"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the country|strong="G1093"\w* \w of Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w uplifted|strong="G5308"\w* \w arm|strong="G1023"\w* \w he led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w out of|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 18  \w For|strong="G5550"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w period|strong="G5550"\w* \w of about|strong="G5613"\w* \w forty years|strong="G5063"\w* \w he put up|strong="G5159"\w* \w with|strong="G0846"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*.  
\v 19  \w After|strong="G2507"\w* \w he had destroyed|strong="G2507"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w he gave|strong="G2624"\w* \w his people their|strong="G0846"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w as an inheritance|strong="G2624"\w*.  
\v 20  \w All this took|strong="G5071"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w four|strong="G5071"\w* \w hundred|strong="G5071"\w* \w fifty|strong="G4004"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G5023"\w* \w he gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them judges|strong="G2923"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the time of|strong="G4545"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w the prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 21  \w Then|strong="G2547"\w* \w they asked|strong="G0154"\w* \w for a king|strong="G0935"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Kish|strong="G2797"\w*, \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of Benjamin|strong="G0958"\w*, \w who ruled|strong="G5062"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 22  \w After removing|strong="G3179"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w God|strong="G1453"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w*. \w He testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w about him:|strong="G2147"\w* ‘\qt  \+w I have found|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w David|strong="G1138"\+w*\qt* \w the son of Jesse|strong="G2421"\w* \qt  \+w to be a man|strong="G0435"\+w* \+w after|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w heart|strong="G2588"\+w*\qt*\w ,|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will accomplish|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G3450"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.’  
\v 23  \w From|strong="G0575"\w* \w the descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w of this|strong="G5127"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w to Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w a Savior|strong="G4990"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w just as he promised|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Before|strong="G4253"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1529"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w had proclaimed|strong="G4296"\w* \w a baptism|strong="G0908"\w* \w for repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w to all|strong="G3839"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.  
\v 25  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w while John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was completing|strong="G4137"\w* \w his mission|strong="G1408"\w*, \w he said repeatedly|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do you think|strong="G5282"\w* \w I am|strong="G1510"\w*\w ? I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am not|strong="G3756"\w* \w he. But|strong="G0235"\w* \w look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w one is coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w*. \w I am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w worthy|strong="G0514"\w* \w to untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w the sandals|strong="G5266"\w* \w on his feet|strong="G4228"\w*!’  
\v 26  \w Brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w descendants|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Abraham’s|strong="G0011"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those Gentiles among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w* \w who fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of this|strong="G3778"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w has been sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w to us|strong="G2254"\w*.  
\v 27  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the people who live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w rulers|strong="G0758"\w* \w did not recognize|strong="G0050"\w* \w him,|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w the sayings|strong="G5456"\w* \w of the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w that are read|strong="G0314"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w condemning|strong="G2919"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 28  \w Though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w basis|strong="G0156"\w* \w for a death sentence|strong="G2288"\w*, \w they asked|strong="G0154"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w to have|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w executed|strong="G0337"\w*.  
\v 29  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w they had accomplished|strong="G5055"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that was written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they took|strong="G2507"\w* \w him down|strong="G2507"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the cross|strong="G3586"\w* \w and placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a tomb|strong="G3419"\w*.  
\v 30  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*,  
\v 31  \w and|strong="G4119"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w he appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to those who had accompanied|strong="G4872"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w These|strong="G3748"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 32  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2097"\w* \w to you|strong="G5209"\w* \w the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w the promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w to our ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*,  
\v 33  \w that this promise|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G1603"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w raising|strong="G0450"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w it is written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the second|strong="G1208"\w* \w psalm|strong="G5568"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3450"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w*; \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have fathered|strong="G1080"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4571"\+w*\qt**.’  
\v 34  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w regarding the fact that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he has raised|strong="G0450"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w never|strong="G3371"\w* \w again|strong="G0450"\w* \w to be|strong="G3195"\w* \w in a state|strong="G5290"\w* \w of|strong="G1519"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*, \w God|strong="G2046"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w in this way|strong="G3779"\w*: ‘\qt  \+w I will give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5213"\+w* \+w the holy|strong="G3741"\+w* \+w and trustworthy|strong="G4103"\+w* \+w promises|strong="G1138"\+w* made to David\qt**.’  
\v 35  \w Therefore|strong="G1360"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w psalm,|strong="G1325"\w* ‘\qt  \+w You will|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w permit|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w Holy One|strong="G3741"\+w* \+w to experience|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w decay|strong="G1312"\+w*\qt**.’  
\v 36  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w after he had served|strong="G5256"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w purpose|strong="G1012"\w* \w in his own|strong="G2398"\w* \w generation|strong="G1074"\w*, \w died|strong="G2837"\w*, \w was buried|strong="G4369"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w experienced|strong="G1492"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*,  
\v 37  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised up|strong="G1453"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w experience|strong="G1492"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.  
\v 38  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w let it be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w one|strong="G0859"\w* \w forgiveness|strong="G0859"\w* \w of sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w is proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w*,  
\v 39  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w is justified|strong="G1344"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w from which|strong="G3739"\w* \w the law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w justify|strong="G1344"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 40  \w Watch out|strong="G0991"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w that what is spoken|strong="G2046"\w* \w about by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w does|strong="G1904"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w happen|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*:   
\q1
\v 41 ‘\qt  \+w Look, you|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w scoffers|strong="G2707"\+w*; \+w be amazed|strong="G2296"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w perish|strong="G0853"\+w*!\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w For|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am doing|strong="G2038"\+w* \+w a work|strong="G2041"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5216"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w a work|strong="G2041"\+w* \+w you would|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w*, \+w even if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w someone|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w tells|strong="G1555"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5213"\+w*\qt*.’”   
\p
\v 42  \w As Paul and Barnabas|strong="G1826"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w going|strong="G1826"\w* out, \w the people|strong="G3870"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w urging|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w about these things|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the next|strong="G3342"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.  
\v 43  \w When|strong="G3089"\w* \w the meeting of the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w had broken up|strong="G3089"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God-fearing|strong="G4576"\w* \w proselytes|strong="G4339"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w*, \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w were speaking|strong="G4354"\w* \w with them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and were persuading|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to continue|strong="G4357"\w* \w in the grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\p
\v 44  \w On the next|strong="G2064"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w almost|strong="G4975"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w assembled together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 45  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, \w they were filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with jealousy|strong="G2205"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they began to contradict|strong="G0483"\w* \w what Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w reviling|strong="G0987"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 46  \w Both Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w courageously|strong="G3955"\w*, “\w It was|strong="G1510"\w* \w necessary|strong="G0316"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w* \w first|strong="G4412"\w*. \w Since|strong="G1894"\w* \w you reject|strong="G0683"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w consider|strong="G2919"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w worthy|strong="G0514"\w* \w of eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w we|strong="G4762"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w turning|strong="G4762"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 47  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w*: ‘\it  \+w I have appointed|strong="G5087"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4571"\+w* \+w to be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a light|strong="G5457"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*, \+w to bring salvation|strong="G4991"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w the ends|strong="G2078"\+w* \+w of the earth|strong="G1093"\+w*.\it*’”  
\v 48  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this, they began to rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praise|strong="G1392"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who had been appointed|strong="G5021"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 49  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was spreading|strong="G1308"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 50  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w incited|strong="G3951"\w* \w the God-fearing|strong="G4576"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w of high social standing|strong="G2158"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the prominent men|strong="G4413"\w* \w of the city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w stirred up|strong="G1892"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G0575"\w* \w of their|strong="G0846"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w*.  
\v 51  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w after they shook|strong="G1621"\w* \w the dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w off their feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w in protest against|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*.  
\v 52  \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w with joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
\c 14  
\p
\v 1  \w The same thing happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w in Iconium|strong="G2430"\w* \w when Paul and Barnabas|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w in such a way|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w a large|strong="G4183"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w* \w of both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 2  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who refused to believe|strong="G0544"\w* \w stirred up|strong="G1892"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w poisoned|strong="G2559"\w* \w their minds|strong="G5590"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w*.  
\v 3  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G2425"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w considerable|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w speaking out courageously|strong="G3955"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w to the message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of his|strong="G0846"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w granting|strong="G1325"\w* \w miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w to be performed|strong="G1096"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 4  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the population|strong="G4128"\w* \w of the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was divided|strong="G4977"\w*; \w some|strong="G4862"\w* \w sided|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w some with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w*.  
\v 5  \w When both the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w (together with|strong="G4862"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w rulers|strong="G0758"\w*\w ) made|strong="G1096"\w* \w an attempt|strong="G3730"\w* \w to mistreat|strong="G5195"\w* \w them and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3036"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 6  \w Paul and Barnabas|strong="G4894"\w* \w learned|strong="G4894"\w* \w about it|strong="G2703"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fled|strong="G2703"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Lycaonian|strong="G3071"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w of Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the surrounding region|strong="G4066"\w*.  
\v 7  \w There|strong="G2546"\w* \w they continued|strong="G1510"\w* \w to proclaim|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2097"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G1510"\w* Barnabas at Lystra  
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\v 8  \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w who could not use|strong="G0102"\w* \w his feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w birth|strong="G2836"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G4043"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w*.  
\v 9  \w This man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was listening|strong="G0191"\w* \w to Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w as|strong="G2980"\w* \w he was speaking|strong="G2980"\w*. \w When|strong="G0816"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0816"\w* stared \w intently|strong="G0816"\w* \w at him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w he had|strong="G2192"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w to be healed|strong="G4982"\w*,  
\v 10  \w he said|strong="G2036"\w* \w with a loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w “Stand upright|strong="G0450"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the man|strong="G0242"\w* \w leaped|strong="G0242"\w* \w up|strong="G3717"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began walking|strong="G4043"\w*.  
\v 11  \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w when the crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had done|strong="G4160"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w shouted|strong="G1869"\w* \w in the Lycaonian language|strong="G3072"\w*, “\w The gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w have come down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w in|strong="G3666"\w* \w human|strong="G0444"\w* \w form|strong="G3666"\w*!”  
\v 12  \w They began to call|strong="G2564"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w Hermes|strong="G2060"\w*, \w because|strong="G1894"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the chief speaker|strong="G2233"\w*.  
\v 13  \w The priest of the temple|strong="G2409"\w* \w of Zeus|strong="G2203"\w*, \w located|strong="G1510"\w* \w just outside|strong="G4253"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w garlands|strong="G4725"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the city gates|strong="G4440"\w*; \w he and the crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to offer sacrifices|strong="G2380"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w them|strong="G5342"\w*.  
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G0191"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G1284"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w and rushed out|strong="G1530"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*,  
\v 15 “\w Men|strong="G0435"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w*\w ? We|strong="G2249"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w men, with human natures|strong="G0444"\w* \w just like|strong="G3663"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w*\w ! We are proclaiming the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w to you|strong="G5209"\w*, \w so that you should turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w these|strong="G5130"\w* \w worthless|strong="G3152"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to the living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w the earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that is in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 16  \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w past|strong="G3944"\w* \w generations|strong="G1074"\w* \w he allowed|strong="G1439"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w to go|strong="G4198"\w* \w their own|strong="G0846"\w* \w ways|strong="G3598"\w*,  
\v 17  \w yet|strong="G2543"\w* \w he did|strong="G0863"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w leave|strong="G0863"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w without a witness|strong="G0267"\w* \w by doing good|strong="G0014"\w*, \w by giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w from heaven|strong="G3771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fruitful|strong="G2593"\w* \w seasons|strong="G2540"\w*, \w satisfying|strong="G1705"\w* \w you|strong="G5160"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w with joy|strong="G2167"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w by saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w*, \w they|strong="G2664"\w* \w scarcely|strong="G3433"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G2664"\w* \w the crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to offer sacrifice|strong="G2380"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*.   
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\v 19  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w came|strong="G1904"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after winning|strong="G3982"\w* \w the crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w over|strong="G3982"\w*, \w they stoned|strong="G3034"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w him out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of the city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w presuming|strong="G3543"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to be dead|strong="G2348"\w*.  
\v 20  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w had surrounded|strong="G2944"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he got up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went back|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w On|strong="G1887"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w he left|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* Return \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Syria  
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\v 21  \w After|strong="G2097"\w* \w they had proclaimed the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w in that|strong="G1565"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3100"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3100"\w*, \w they returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w*,  
\v 22  \w They strengthened|strong="G1991"\w* \w the souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w of the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them to continue|strong="G1696"\w* \w in the faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w saying, “We|strong="G2248"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w persecutions|strong="G2347"\w*.”  
\v 23  \w When|strong="G5500"\w* \w they had appointed|strong="G5500"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w for them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in the various|strong="G2596"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w*, \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4336"\w* \w and fasting|strong="G3521"\w* \w they entrusted|strong="G3908"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to the protection|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they had believed|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they passed through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w* \w and came|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*,  
\v 25  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2980"\w* \w they had spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w they went down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Attalia|strong="G0825"\w*.  
\v 26  \w From there|strong="G2547"\w* \w they sailed back|strong="G0636"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*, \w where|strong="G3606"\w* \w they had been|strong="G1510"\w* \w commended|strong="G3860"\w* \w to the grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the work|strong="G2041"\w* \w they had now completed|strong="G4137"\w*.  
\v 27  \w When|strong="G3854"\w* \w they arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*, \w they reported|strong="G0312"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the things God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had done|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he had opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w a door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w for the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 28  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they spent|strong="G1304"\w* \w considerable|strong="G3756"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.   
\c 15  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w some men|strong="G5100"\w* \w came down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and began to teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w “Unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w you are circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w according to the custom|strong="G1485"\w* \w of Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w you cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w be saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”  
\v 2  \w When Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w had a major argument|strong="G4714"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w debate|strong="G2214"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w the church|strong="G5021"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5021"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w others|strong="G0243"\w* \w from among|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to meet with|strong="G0652"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w point of disagreement|strong="G2213"\w*.  
\v 3  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they were sent|strong="G4311"\w* \w on their way by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w and as they passed through|strong="G1330"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*, \w they were relating|strong="G1555"\w* \w at length|strong="G1995"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w conversion|strong="G1995"\w* \w of the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bringing|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w to all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w*.  
\v 4  \w When|strong="G3854"\w* \w they arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w they were received|strong="G3858"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and they reported|strong="G0312"\w* \w all the things|strong="G3745"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had done|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 5  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the religious party|strong="G0139"\w* \w of the Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w who had believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w stood up|strong="G1817"\w* \w and said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “It is necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w to circumcise|strong="G4059"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G5037"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w to order|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to observe|strong="G5083"\w* \w the law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.”   
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\v 6  \w Both|strong="G5037"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w met together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to deliberate|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 7  \w After there had been|strong="G1096"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w debate|strong="G2214"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G0575"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago|strong="G0744"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w me|strong="G3450"\w* \w to preach|strong="G1223"\w* \w to the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w so they would hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 8  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who knows the heart|strong="G2589"\w*, \w has testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w* \w by giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w them the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as he did to us|strong="G2254"\w*,  
\v 9  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he made|strong="G1252"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w distinction|strong="G1252"\w* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2257"\w*, \w cleansing|strong="G2511"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w by faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 10  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you putting|strong="G3985"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to the test|strong="G3985"\w* \w by placing|strong="G2007"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w of the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w a yoke|strong="G2218"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w neither|strong="G3777"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have been able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to bear|strong="G0941"\w*?  
\v 11  \w On the contrary|strong="G0235"\w*, \w we believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that we are saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w in the same way|strong="G5158"\w* \w as they are|strong="G2548"\w*.”   
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\v 12  \w The whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w* \w kept quiet|strong="G4601"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w listened|strong="G0191"\w* \w to Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w while|strong="G1834"\w* \w they explained|strong="G1834"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the miraculous signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had done|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 13  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w stopped|strong="G4601"\w* \w speaking|strong="G0611"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to me|strong="G3450"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w* \w has explained|strong="G1834"\w* \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w first|strong="G4412"\w* \w concerned|strong="G2983"\w* \w himself|strong="G1980"\w* \w to|strong="G0846"\w* select \w from among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w a people|strong="G2992"\w* \w for his|strong="G0846"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.  
\v 15  \w The|strong="G3056"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w agree|strong="G4856"\w* \w with this|strong="G5129"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it is written|strong="G1125"\w*,   
\q1
\v 16 ‘\qt  \+w After|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w this|strong="G5023"\+w* \+w I|strong="G0390"\+w* will return,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I will rebuild|strong="G0456"\+w* \+w the fallen|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w tent|strong="G4633"\+w* \+w of David|strong="G1138"\+w*;\qt**  
\q1 \qt  \+w I will rebuild|strong="G2690"\+w* \+w its|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w ruins|strong="G0456"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w restore|strong="G0461"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*,\qt**   
\q1
\v 17  \qt  \+w so that|strong="G3704"\+w* \+w the rest of humanity|strong="G2645"\+w* \+w may seek|strong="G1567"\+w* \+w the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*,\qt**  
\q1 \qt  \+w namely,|strong="G3956"\+w* all \+w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w I have called|strong="G1941"\+w* \+w to be my own|strong="G3450"\+w*,’ \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*,\qt** \it  \+w who makes|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w these things|strong="G5023"\+w*\it*  
\v 18  \it  \+w known|strong="G1110"\+w*\it* \it  \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w long ago|strong="G0165"\+w*.\it*   
\p
\v 19 “\w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w conclude|strong="G2919"\w* \w that we should not|strong="G3361"\w* \w cause extra difficulty|strong="G3926"\w* \w for those among|strong="G0575"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who are turning|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,  
\v 20  \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w that we should write|strong="G1989"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w a letter|strong="G0567"\w* telling \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w abstain|strong="G0568"\w* \w from things defiled|strong="G0234"\w* \w by idols|strong="G1497"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from sexual immorality|strong="G4202"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from what has been strangled|strong="G4156"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from blood|strong="G0129"\w*.  
\v 21  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w has had those who proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w in every|strong="G2596"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w ancient|strong="G0744"\w* \w times|strong="G1074"\w*, \w because he is read|strong="G0314"\w* \w aloud|strong="G4864"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.”   
\p
\v 22  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w decided|strong="G1380"\w* \w to send|strong="G3992"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w* \w from among|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Barsabbas|strong="G0923"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w*.  
\v 23  \w They sent|strong="G1125"\w* \w this letter with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*\w :|strong="G0652"\w*  
\pi1 \w From|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and\w* \w elders\w*, \w your brothers,\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Gentile|strong="G1484"\w* \w brothers\w* \w and sisters\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Antioch\w*, \w Syria\w*, \w and\w* \w Cilicia\w*, \w greetings|strong="G5463"\w*!  
\v 24  \w Since|strong="G1894"\w* \w we have heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w have gone out from among|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2257"\w* \w with no|strong="G3756"\w* \w orders|strong="G1291"\w* \w from us and have confused|strong="G5015"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w*, \w upsetting|strong="G0384"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w minds|strong="G5590"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3056"\w*,  
\v 25  \w we|strong="G2254"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w unanimously|strong="G3661"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w to choose|strong="G1586"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w to send|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with our|strong="G2257"\w* \w dear|strong="G0027"\w* \w friends Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*,  
\v 26  \w who|strong="G3860"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w risked|strong="G3860"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of our|strong="G2257"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 27  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we are sending|strong="G0649"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w who will tell|strong="G0518"\w* \w you these things|strong="G0846"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w person|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 28  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it seemed best|strong="G1380"\w* \w to the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to us|strong="G2254"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to place|strong="G2007"\w* \w any greater|strong="G4119"\w* \w burden|strong="G0922"\w* \w on you|strong="G5213"\w* \w than|strong="G4133"\w* \w these|strong="G5130"\w* \w necessary rules|strong="G1876"\w*:  
\v 29  \w that you abstain|strong="G0567"\w* \w from meat that has been sacrificed to idols|strong="G1494"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from what has been strangled|strong="G4156"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from sexual immorality|strong="G4202"\w*. \w If you keep|strong="G1301"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w from doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w these things,|strong="G2095"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Farewell|strong="G4517"\w*.   
\p
\v 30  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when they were dismissed|strong="G0630"\w*, \w they went down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after gathering|strong="G4863"\w* \w the entire group|strong="G4128"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*, \w they delivered|strong="G1929"\w* \w the letter|strong="G1992"\w*.  
\v 31  \w When|strong="G0314"\w* \w they read|strong="G0314"\w* \w it aloud,|strong="G5463"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w its encouragement|strong="G3874"\w*.  
\v 32  \w Both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w who were|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w*, \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G1991"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G3056"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w speech|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 33  \w After|strong="G4160"\w* \w they had spent|strong="G4160"\w* \w some time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there,|strong="G0630"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w off|strong="G0575"\w* \w in|strong="G3326"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w those who had sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 34 \f + \fr 15:34 \ft [[EMPTY]]\f*  
\v 35  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w remained|strong="G1304"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w (along|strong="G3326"\w* \w with|strong="G2087"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*\w )|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* Part Company  
\p
\v 36  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w*, \w “Let’s return|strong="G1994"\w* \w and visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w where we proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w to see how|strong="G4459"\w* \w they are doing|strong="G2192"\w*.”  
\v 37  \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to bring|strong="G4838"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G2564"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 38  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w insisted|strong="G0515"\w* \w that they should not|strong="G3361"\w* \w take along|strong="G4838"\w* \w this one|strong="G5126"\w* \w who had left|strong="G0868"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G0575"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G4905"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the work|strong="G2041"\w*.  
\v 39  \w They had|strong="G1096"\w* \w a sharp disagreement|strong="G3948"\w*, \w so that|strong="G5620"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w parted company|strong="G0673"\w*. \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w took along|strong="G3880"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \w and sailed away|strong="G1602"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*,  
\v 40  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w chose|strong="G1951"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and set out|strong="G1831"\w*, \w commended|strong="G3860"\w* \w to the grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the brothers and sisters|strong="G0080"\w*.  
\v 41  \w He passed through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w strengthening|strong="G1991"\w* \w the churches|strong="G1577"\w*.   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1  \w He|strong="G2658"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2658"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w* \w A disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w the son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of a Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G4103"\w* \w was a believer|strong="G4103"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w whose father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was a Greek|strong="G1672"\w*.  
\v 2  \w The brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w* \w spoke well|strong="G3140"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5126"\w* \w to accompany|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him and circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G1565"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G1492"\w* \w all|strong="G0537"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G5225"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*.  
\v 4  \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w they went through|strong="G1279"\w* \w the towns|strong="G4172"\w*, \w they passed on|strong="G3860"\w* \w the decrees|strong="G1378"\w* \w that had been decided on|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w for|strong="G0846"\w* \w the Gentile believers|strong="G0846"\w* \w to obey|strong="G5442"\w*.  
\v 5  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w were being strengthened|strong="G4732"\w* \w in the faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were increasing|strong="G4052"\w* \w in number|strong="G0706"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\s1 Paul’s Vision \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Macedonian Man  
\p
\v 6  \w They went through|strong="G1330"\w* \w the region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w*, \w having been prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w from speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w the message|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w*.  
\v 7  \w When|strong="G2064"\w* \w they came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w*, \w they attempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w to go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Bithynia|strong="G0978"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G1439"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G1439"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 8  \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they passed through|strong="G3928"\w* \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w* \w and went down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*.  
\v 9  \w A|strong="G3705"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the night|strong="G3571"\w*\w : A|strong="G0435"\w* \w Macedonian|strong="G3110"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G3870"\w* \w urging|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Come over|strong="G1224"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G0997"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w*!”  
\v 10  \w After|strong="G5613"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1492"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w we attempted|strong="G2212"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w to go over|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w concluding|strong="G4822"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had called|strong="G4341"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w to proclaim the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*.   
\s1 Arrival \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Philippi  
\p
\v 11  \w We put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w* \w and sailed a straight course|strong="G2113"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samothrace|strong="G4543"\w*, \w the next day|strong="G1966"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Neapolis|strong="G3501"\w*,  
\v 12  \w and from there|strong="G2547"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w*, \w which|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a leading|strong="G4413"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of that district|strong="G3310"\w* \w of Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w a Roman colony|strong="G2862"\w*. \w We stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w for some|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 13  \w On the Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w we went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the city gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w to the side|strong="G3844"\w* \w of the river|strong="G4215"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w we thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w there would be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a place of prayer|strong="G4335"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we sat down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and began to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to the women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who had assembled|strong="G4905"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 14  \w A|strong="G1135"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*, \w a dealer in purple cloth|strong="G4211"\w* \w from the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of Thyatira|strong="G2363"\w*, \w a God-fearing|strong="G4576"\w* \w woman, listened|strong="G0191"\w* \w to us.|strong="G2962"\w* \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w opened|strong="G1272"\w* \w her heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to respond|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G5259"\w* \w what Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was saying|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 15  \w After she and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her household|strong="G3624"\w* \w were baptized|strong="G0907"\w*, \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w us,|strong="G1487"\w* “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you consider|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w to be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a believer|strong="G4103"\w* \w in the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w in my|strong="G3450"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w she persuaded|strong="G3849"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* Thrown \w Into|strong="G1519"\w* Prison  
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\v 16  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w as we|strong="G2257"\w* \w were going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the place of prayer|strong="G4335"\w*, \w a slave girl|strong="G3814"\w* \w met|strong="G5221"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w who had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that enabled|strong="G4436"\w* \w her to foretell the future by supernatural means|strong="G4436"\w*. \w She|strong="G3930"\w* \w brought|strong="G3930"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w owners|strong="G2962"\w* \w a great|strong="G4183"\w* \w profit|strong="G2039"\w* \w by fortune-telling|strong="G3132"\w*.  
\v 17  \w She|strong="G3778"\w* \w followed behind|strong="G2628"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w and kept crying out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w of the Most High|strong="G5310"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w are proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w* \w the way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of salvation|strong="G4991"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w She continued to do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w became greatly annoyed|strong="G1278"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to the spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w “I command|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to come out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*\w !” And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it came out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of her|strong="G0846"\w* \w at once|strong="G5610"\w*.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w owners|strong="G2962"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of profit|strong="G2039"\w* \w was gone|strong="G1831"\w*, \w they seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w them into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the marketplace|strong="G0058"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the authorities|strong="G0758"\w*.  
\v 20  \w When|strong="G4317"\w* \w they had brought|strong="G4317"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w before the magistrates|strong="G4755"\w*, \w they said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w* \w are throwing|strong="G1613"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w into confusion|strong="G1613"\w*. \w They are|strong="G5225"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*  
\v 21  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are advocating|strong="G2605"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1832"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lawful|strong="G1832"\w* \w for us|strong="G2254"\w* \w to accept|strong="G3858"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w practice|strong="G4160"\w*, \w since we are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w*.”   
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\v 22  \w The crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w joined the attack|strong="G4911"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w tore|strong="G4048"\w* \w the clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w off|strong="G4048"\w* \w Paul and Silas|strong="G0846"\w* \w and ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w them to be beaten with rods|strong="G4463"\w*.  
\v 23  \w After|strong="G2007"\w* \w they had beaten|strong="G2007"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w severely|strong="G4183"\w*, \w they threw|strong="G0906"\w* \w them into|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w and commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w the jailer|strong="G1200"\w* \w to guard|strong="G5083"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w securely|strong="G0806"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Receiving|strong="G3852"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w orders|strong="G2983"\w*, \w he threw|strong="G0906"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the inner cell|strong="G2082"\w* \w and fastened|strong="G0805"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the stocks|strong="G3586"\w*.   
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\v 25  \w About midnight|strong="G3317"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w were praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and singing hymns|strong="G5214"\w* \w to God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the rest of|strong="G1198"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w were listening|strong="G1874"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 26  \w Suddenly|strong="G0869"\w* \w a great|strong="G3173"\w* \w earthquake|strong="G4578"\w* \w occurred|strong="G1096"\w*, \w so that|strong="G5620"\w* \w the foundations|strong="G2310"\w* \w of the prison|strong="G1201"\w* \w were shaken|strong="G4531"\w*. \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w flew open|strong="G0455"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the bonds|strong="G1199"\w* \w of all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the prisoners came loose|strong="G0447"\w*.  
\v 27  \w When the jailer|strong="G1200"\w* \w woke up|strong="G1853"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w of the prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w standing open|strong="G0455"\w*, \w he drew|strong="G4685"\w* \w his sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w and was about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to kill|strong="G0337"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w because he assumed|strong="G3543"\w* \w the prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w had escaped|strong="G1628"\w*.  
\v 28  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called out|strong="G5455"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w we are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G0537"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*!”  
\v 29  \w Calling|strong="G0154"\w* \w for lights|strong="G5457"\w*, \w the jailer|strong="G1530"\w* \w rushed|strong="G1530"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell down|strong="G4363"\w* \w trembling|strong="G1790"\w* \w at the feet of Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*.  
\v 30  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w and asked|strong="G5346"\w*, \w “Sirs|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w I|strong="G3165"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be saved|strong="G4982"\w*?”  
\v 31  \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you will be saved|strong="G4982"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*.”  
\v 32  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2316"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w along with|strong="G4862"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those who were in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.  
\v 33  \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of the night|strong="G3571"\w* \w he took|strong="G3880"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w their wounds|strong="G4127"\w*; \w then|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G0537"\w* \w his family|strong="G0846"\w* \w were baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w right away|strong="G3916"\w*.  
\v 34  \w The jailer|strong="G0321"\w* \w brought|strong="G0321"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and set|strong="G3908"\w* \w food|strong="G5132"\w* \w before them, and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he rejoiced|strong="G0021"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* come \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w together with his entire household|strong="G3832"\w*.  
\v 35  \w At daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w the magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w their police officers|strong="G4465"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Release|strong="G0630"\w* \w those|strong="G1565"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w*.”  
\v 36  \w The jailer|strong="G1200"\w* \w reported|strong="G0518"\w* \w these words|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w The magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w have sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w orders|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w release|strong="G0630"\w* \w you. So|strong="G3767"\w* \w come out|strong="G1831"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w and go|strong="G4198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.”  
\v 37  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the police officers|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w They had|strong="G1194"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w beaten|strong="G1194"\w* \w in public|strong="G1219"\w* \w without a proper trial|strong="G0178"\w* – \w even though we are Roman citizens|strong="G4514"\w* – \w and they threw|strong="G0906"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w they want to send|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w* \w secretly|strong="G2977"\w*\w ? Absolutely not|strong="G3756"\w*\w ! They|strong="G0846"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w must come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and escort|strong="G1806"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*!”  
\v 38  \w The police officers|strong="G4465"\w* \w reported|strong="G0518"\w* \w these|strong="G5023"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w to the magistrates|strong="G4755"\w*. \w They were frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w when|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w Paul and Silas|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman citizens|strong="G4514"\w*  
\v 39  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and apologized|strong="G3870"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w After|strong="G1806"\w* \w they brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w them out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w they asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them repeatedly|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w leave|strong="G0565"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w*.  
\v 40  \w When|strong="G1831"\w* \w they came out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w they entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Lydia’s|strong="G3070"\w* \w house, and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w they saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w they encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G1831"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w*.   
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\v 1  \w After|strong="G1353"\w* \w they traveled through|strong="G1353"\w* \w Amphipolis|strong="G0295"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Apollonia|strong="G0624"\w*, \w they came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the Jews in the synagogue|strong="G0846"\w*, \w as he customarily|strong="G1486"\w* \w did, and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w Sabbath days|strong="G4521"\w* \w he addressed|strong="G1256"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*,  
\v 3  \w explaining|strong="G1272"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w demonstrating|strong="G3908"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w had to|strong="G1163"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to rise|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.”  
\v 4  \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w were persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w joined|strong="G4345"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w along with a large|strong="G4183"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w* \w of God-fearing|strong="G4576"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w quite|strong="G3756"\w* \w a few|strong="G3641"\w* \w prominent|strong="G4413"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 5  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w became jealous|strong="G2206"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathering together|strong="G4355"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w worthless|strong="G4190"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w from the rabble in the marketplace|strong="G0060"\w*, \w they formed a mob|strong="G3792"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2350"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w in an uproar|strong="G2350"\w*. \w They attacked|strong="G2186"\w* \w Jason’s|strong="G2394"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w trying to find|strong="G2212"\w* \w Paul and Silas|strong="G0846"\w* \w to bring|strong="G4254"\w* \w them out|strong="G4254"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the assembly|strong="G1218"\w*.  
\v 6  \w When|strong="G2147"\w* \w they did|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G0080"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the city officials|strong="G4173"\w*, \w screaming|strong="G0994"\w*, \w “These people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who have stirred up trouble|strong="G0387"\w* \w throughout the world|strong="G3625"\w* \w have come|strong="G3918"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 7  \w and|strong="G2394"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w has welcomed|strong="G5264"\w* \w them|strong="G3778"\w* \w as guests! They|strong="G4238"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w acting|strong="G4238"\w* \w against|strong="G0561"\w* \w Caesar’s|strong="G2541"\w* \w decrees|strong="G1378"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w there is|strong="G1510"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w named|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*!”  
\v 8  \w They caused confusion|strong="G5015"\w* \w among|strong="G3793"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the city officials|strong="G4173"\w* \w who heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w*.  
\v 9  \w After|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G0846"\w* officials \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w bail|strong="G2425"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the others|strong="G3062"\w*, \w they released|strong="G0630"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w at|strong="G3844"\w* Berea  
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\v 10  \w The brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w off|strong="G1599"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Berea|strong="G0960"\w* \w at once|strong="G2112"\w*, \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the night|strong="G3571"\w*. \w When|strong="G3854"\w* \w they arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w they went|strong="G0549"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*.  
\v 11  \w These Jews|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w more open-minded|strong="G2104"\w* \w than|strong="G2104"\w* \w those in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w*, \w for they|strong="G1209"\w* \w eagerly|strong="G3326"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w the message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w examining|strong="G0350"\w* \w the scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w carefully|strong="G0350"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to see if|strong="G1487"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w* \w were|strong="G2192"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with quite|strong="G3756"\w* \w a few|strong="G3641"\w* \w prominent|strong="G2158"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1674"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w*.  
\v 13  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2605"\w* \w also proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Berea|strong="G0960"\w*, \w they came|strong="G2064"\w* \w there too|strong="G2546"\w*, \w inciting|strong="G4531"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w disturbing|strong="G5015"\w* \w the crowds|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the coast|strong="G2281"\w* \w at once|strong="G2112"\w*, \w but|strong="G5037"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w remained|strong="G5278"\w* \w in Berea|strong="G1563"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Those who accompanied|strong="G2525"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w escorted|strong="G0071"\w* \w him as far as|strong="G2193"\w* \w Athens|strong="G0116"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after receiving|strong="G2983"\w* \w an order|strong="G1785"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w to come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w as soon as possible|strong="G5613"\w*, \w they left|strong="G1826"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w Athens|strong="G0116"\w*  
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\v 16  \w While Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w for them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Athens|strong="G0116"\w*, \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was greatly upset|strong="G3947"\w* \w because he saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w full of idols|strong="G2712"\w*.  
\v 17  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he was addressing|strong="G1256"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the God-fearing Gentiles|strong="G4576"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the marketplace|strong="G0058"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w those who happened to be there|strong="G3909"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of the Epicurean|strong="G1946"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Stoic|strong="G4770"\w* \w philosophers|strong="G5386"\w* \w were conversing|strong="G4820"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were asking|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G2309"\w* \w this foolish babbler|strong="G4691"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to say?” Others said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “He seems|strong="G1380"\w* \w to be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a proclaimer|strong="G2604"\w* \w of foreign|strong="G3581"\w* \w gods|strong="G1140"\w*.” \w (They said this because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was proclaiming the good news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the resurrection|strong="G0386"\w*.)  
\v 19  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they took|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G0071"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w him to the Areopagus|strong="G0697"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “May we|strong="G1410"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w is that you|strong="G4675"\w* \w are proclaiming|strong="G2980"\w*?  
\v 20  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you are bringing|strong="G1533"\w* \w some surprising things|strong="G3579"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ears|strong="G0189"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w we want|strong="G1014"\w* \w to know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5100"\w* \w they|strong="G2309"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w (All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Athenians|strong="G0117"\w* \w and the foreigners|strong="G3581"\w* \w who lived there|strong="G1927"\w* \w used to spend|strong="G2119"\w* \w their time|strong="G2119"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w listening|strong="G0191"\w* \w to something|strong="G5100"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w*.)   
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\v 22  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Areopagus|strong="G0697"\w* \w and said|strong="G5346"\w*, \w “Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Athens|strong="G0117"\w*, \w I see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that you|strong="G5209"\w* \w are very religious|strong="G1174"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w all respects|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 23  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w as|strong="G1330"\w* \w I went around|strong="G1330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w observed closely|strong="G0333"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w objects of worship|strong="G4574"\w*, \w I|strong="G2147"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w an altar|strong="G1041"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w* \w inscription|strong="G1924"\w*\w :|strong="G0057"\w* ‘\w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w unknown|strong="G0050"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*.’ \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w what you worship|strong="G2151"\w* \w without knowing|strong="G0050"\w* \w it,|strong="G5124"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w*.  
\v 24  \w The God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w who is|strong="G5225"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w does|strong="G2730"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w temples|strong="G3485"\w* \w made by human hands|strong="G5499"\w*,  
\v 25  \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w is he served|strong="G2323"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w human|strong="G0442"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w as if he needed|strong="G4326"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*, \w because he himself gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breath|strong="G4157"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w to everyone|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 26  \w From|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G0444"\w* \w the human race|strong="G0444"\w* \w to inhabit|strong="G2730"\w* \w the entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w determining|strong="G3724"\w* \w their set times|strong="G2540"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the fixed limits|strong="G3734"\w* \w of the places where they|strong="G0846"\w* \w would live|strong="G2733"\w*,  
\v 27  \w so that they would search|strong="G2212"\w* \w for God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and perhaps|strong="G1487"\w* \w grope around|strong="G5584"\w* \w for him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him,|strong="G1065"\w* \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w he is|strong="G5225"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of us|strong="G2257"\w*.  
\v 28  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w we live|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w move about|strong="G2795"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w exist|strong="G1510"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w your own|strong="G5209"\w* \w poets|strong="G4163"\w* \w have said|strong="G2046"\w*, \w ‘For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his offspring|strong="G1085"\w*.’  
\v 29  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w since we are|strong="G5225"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w offspring|strong="G1085"\w*, \w we should|strong="G3784"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w think|strong="G3543"\w* \w the deity|strong="G2304"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w silver|strong="G0696"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*, \w an image|strong="G5480"\w* \w made by human|strong="G0444"\w* \w skill|strong="G5078"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w imagination|strong="G1761"\w*.  
\v 30  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w although God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has overlooked|strong="G5237"\w* \w such times|strong="G5550"\w* \w of ignorance|strong="G0052"\w*, \w he|strong="G0518"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w commands|strong="G0518"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w to repent|strong="G3340"\w*,  
\v 31  \w because|strong="G2530"\w* \w he has set|strong="G2476"\w* \w a day|strong="G2250"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he is going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the world|strong="G3625"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w a man|strong="G0435"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he designated|strong="G3724"\w*, \w having provided|strong="G3930"\w* \w proof|strong="G4102"\w* \w to everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w by raising|strong="G0450"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*.”   
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\v 32  \w Now when|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G0386"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w from|strong="G3498"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w some began to scoff|strong="G5512"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w others said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “We will hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w*.”  
\v 33  \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Areopagus.  
\v 34  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G0435"\w* \w joined|strong="G2853"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and believed|strong="G4100"\w*. \w Among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w were Dionysius|strong="G1354"\w*, \w who was a member of the Areopagus|strong="G0698"\w*, \w a woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Damaris|strong="G1152"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.   
\c 18  
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\v 1  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G5023"\w* \w Paul|strong="G5563"\w* \w departed|strong="G5563"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Athens|strong="G0116"\w*  
\v 2  \w There he|strong="G2147"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Aquila|strong="G0207"\w*, \w a native|strong="G1085"\w* \w of Pontus|strong="G4193"\w*, \w who had recently|strong="G4373"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* \w with his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w had ordered|strong="G1299"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w to depart|strong="G5563"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \w Paul approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 3  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he worked|strong="G1510"\w* \w at the same trade|strong="G3673"\w*, \w he stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worked|strong="G2038"\w* \w with them|strong="G1063"\w* (\w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they were|strong="G1510"\w* \w tentmakers|strong="G4635"\w* \w by trade|strong="G5078"\w*).  
\v 4  \w He addressed|strong="G1256"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*, \w attempting to persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*.   
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\v 5  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w when Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w became wholly absorbed|strong="G4912"\w* \w with proclaiming|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w to the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w that Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was the|strong="G1510"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 6  \w When|strong="G0498"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w opposed|strong="G0498"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reviled|strong="G0987"\w* \w him,|strong="G1621"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* protested \w by|strong="G0575"\w* shaking \w out|strong="G0575"\w* \w his clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Your|strong="G5216"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w be on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your own|strong="G5216"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w*\w ! I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am guiltless|strong="G2513"\w*\w !|strong="G0575"\w* \w From|strong="G0575"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w on I will go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*!”  
\v 7  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3327"\w* \w left|strong="G3327"\w* \w the synagogue|strong="G1564"\w* \w and went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of a person|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Titius|strong="G5103"\w* \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*, \w a Gentile who worshiped|strong="G4576"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w next door|strong="G4927"\w* \w to the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Crispus|strong="G2921"\w*, \w the president of the synagogue|strong="G0752"\w*, \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w together with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of the Corinthians|strong="G2881"\w* \w who heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about it|strong="G4100"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were baptized|strong="G0907"\w*.  
\v 9  \w The Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w a vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the night|strong="G3571"\w*, “\w Do not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be afraid|strong="G5399"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be silent|strong="G4623"\w*,  
\v 10  \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will assault|strong="G2007"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w to harm|strong="G2559"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w I|strong="G3427"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.”  
\v 11  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he stayed|strong="G2523"\w* \w there|strong="G1763"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w Before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Proconsul Gallio  
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\v 12  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w while Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w proconsul|strong="G0446"\w* \w of Achaia|strong="G0882"\w*, \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w attacked|strong="G2721"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the judgment seat|strong="G0968"\w*,  
\v 13  \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “This man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is persuading|strong="G0374"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w to worship|strong="G4576"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in a way contrary|strong="G3844"\w* \w to|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*!”  
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w just as Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to speak|strong="G0455"\w*, \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w “If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a matter of some crime|strong="G0092"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w serious piece of villainy|strong="G4467"\w*, \w I would have been justified|strong="G0430"\w* \w in accepting|strong="G2596"\w* \w the complaint|strong="G3056"\w* \w of you|strong="G5216"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*,  
\v 15  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w since it concerns points of disagreement|strong="G2213"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w names|strong="G3686"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your own|strong="G5209"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w settle|strong="G3700"\w* \w it yourselves|strong="G0846"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1014"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of these things|strong="G5130"\w*!”  
\v 16  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he had|strong="G0556"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w forced away|strong="G0556"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the judgment seat|strong="G0968"\w*.  
\v 17  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they all|strong="G3956"\w* \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Sosthenes|strong="G4988"\w*, \w the president of the synagogue|strong="G0752"\w*, \w and began to beat|strong="G5180"\w* \w him in front of|strong="G1715"\w* \w the judgment seat|strong="G0968"\w*. \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of these things|strong="G5130"\w* \w were of any concern|strong="G3199"\w* \w to Gallio|strong="G1058"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Returns \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Syria  
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\v 18  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w after|strong="G2250"\w* \w staying|strong="G4357"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w in Corinth,|strong="G0657"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w farewell|strong="G0657"\w* \w to|strong="G0080"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and sailed away|strong="G1602"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w accompanied by|strong="G4252"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Aquila|strong="G0207"\w*. \w He|strong="G2751"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hair|strong="G2751"\w* \w cut|strong="G2751"\w* \w off|strong="G2751"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cenchrea|strong="G2747"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he had|strong="G2192"\w* \w made a vow|strong="G2171"\w*.  
\v 19  \w When they reached|strong="G2658"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G2641"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w Priscilla and Aquila|strong="G2548"\w* \w behind|strong="G2641"\w* \w there|strong="G0847"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and addressed|strong="G1256"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 20  \w When|strong="G2065"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him to stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w longer|strong="G1909"\w*, \w he would|strong="G1962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w consent|strong="G1962"\w*,  
\v 21  \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w said farewell|strong="G0657"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w added|strong="G2036"\w*, “\w I will come back|strong="G0344"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w if God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wills|strong="G2309"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G0321"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G0321"\w* \w sail|strong="G0321"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*,  
\v 22  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2718"\w* \w he arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*,  
\v 23  \w After|strong="G4160"\w* \w he spent|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there, Paul left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and went through|strong="G1330"\w* \w the region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of Galatia|strong="G1054"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w*, \w strengthening|strong="G4741"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.   
\s1 Apollos Begins \w His|strong="G3956"\w* Ministry  
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\v 24  \w Now a Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G0625"\w*, \w a native|strong="G1085"\w* \w of Alexandria|strong="G0221"\w*, \w arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*. \w He was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an eloquent|strong="G3052"\w* \w speaker|strong="G0435"\w*, \w well-versed|strong="G1415"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*.  
\v 25  \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w had been|strong="G1510"\w* \w instructed|strong="G2727"\w* \w in|strong="G3598"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with great enthusiasm|strong="G2204"\w* \w he spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w accurately|strong="G0199"\w* \w the facts|strong="G4012"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w although he knew|strong="G1987"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w the baptism|strong="G0908"\w* \w of John|strong="G2491"\w*.  
\v 26  \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w began|strong="G0756"\w* \w to speak out fearlessly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Aquila|strong="G0207"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they took|strong="G4355"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w aside|strong="G4355"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w the way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w more accurately|strong="G0199"\w*.  
\v 27  \w When|strong="G1014"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to cross over|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Achaia|strong="G0882"\w*, \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G4389"\w* \w him|strong="G1125"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w to the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to welcome|strong="G0588"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w When he arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w he|strong="G4820"\w* \w assisted|strong="G4820"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* \w those who had believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*,  
\v 28  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he refuted|strong="G2159"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w vigorously|strong="G1246"\w* \w in public debate|strong="G1219"\w*, \w demonstrating|strong="G1925"\w* \w from|strong="G1223"\w* \w the scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w that the Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\c 19  
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\v 1  \w While|strong="G0625"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G0625"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w*, \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*  
\v 2  \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Did|strong="G1487"\w* \w you receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w when|strong="G4100"\w* \w you believed|strong="G4100"\w*\w ?”|strong="G0191"\w* \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3761"\w*, \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w not even|strong="G3761"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that there is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”  
\v 3  \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w Paul|strong="G2036"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Into|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w were you baptized|strong="G0907"\w*\w ?” “Into|strong="G1519"\w* \w John’s|strong="G2491"\w* \w baptism|strong="G0908"\w*,” \w they replied|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “John|strong="G2491"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w with a baptism|strong="G0908"\w* \w of repentance|strong="G3341"\w*, \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in the one who was to come|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w that|strong="G5124"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 5  \w When|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this, they were baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*,  
\v 6  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2007"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w his hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w they began to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to prophesy|strong="G4395"\w*.  
\v 7  \w (Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w in all|strong="G3956"\w*.)   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* Continues \w to|strong="G3956"\w* Minister \w at|strong="G1161"\w* Ephesus  
\p
\v 8  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1525"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and spoke out fearlessly|strong="G3955"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w addressing|strong="G1256"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w convincing|strong="G3982"\w* \w them about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 9  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were stubborn|strong="G4645"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w refused to believe|strong="G0544"\w*, \w reviling|strong="G2551"\w* \w the Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w the congregation|strong="G4128"\w*, \w he left|strong="G0868"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and took|strong="G0873"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w with him,|strong="G1256"\w* \w addressing|strong="G1256"\w* \w them every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the lecture hall|strong="G4981"\w* \w of Tyrannus|strong="G5181"\w*.  
\v 10  \w This|strong="G5124"\w* \w went|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w for two|strong="G1417"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w so|strong="G5620"\w* \w that all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w*, \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w*, \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Seven Sons \w of|strong="G3056"\w* Sceva  
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\v 11  \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w extraordinary|strong="G3756"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w Paul’s|strong="G3972"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*,  
\v 12  \w so that|strong="G5620"\w* \w when even handkerchiefs|strong="G4676"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w aprons|strong="G4612"\w* \w that had touched his|strong="G0846"\w* \w body|strong="G5559"\w* \w were brought|strong="G0667"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the sick|strong="G0770"\w*, \w their diseases|strong="G3554"\w* \w left|strong="G0525"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w the evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w went out|strong="G1607"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 13  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w itinerant|strong="G4022"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w exorcists|strong="G1845"\w* \w tried to invoke|strong="G2021"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w those who were possessed|strong="G2192"\w* \w by|strong="G4190"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “I sternly warn|strong="G3726"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w by Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w preaches|strong="G2784"\w*.”  
\v 14  \w (Now seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of a man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G4630"\w* \w Sceva|strong="G4630"\w*, \w a Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w high priest|strong="G0749"\w*, \w were doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w*.)  
\v 15  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w I know|strong="G1097"\w* \w about Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I am acquainted|strong="G1987"\w* \w with|strong="G3972"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?”  
\v 16  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the man|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was possessed|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G4190"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w jumped|strong="G2177"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and beat|strong="G2634"\w* \w them all into submission|strong="G2634"\w*. \w He prevailed|strong="G2480"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w so that|strong="G5620"\w* \w they fled|strong="G1628"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w naked|strong="G1131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wounded|strong="G5135"\w*.  
\v 17  \w This|strong="G5124"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w*; \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1968"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was praised|strong="G3170"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of those who had believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w came forward|strong="G2064"\w*, \w confessing|strong="G1843"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G0312"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w deeds|strong="G4234"\w* \w known|strong="G0312"\w*.  
\v 19  \w Large numbers|strong="G2425"\w* \w of those who had practiced|strong="G4238"\w* \w magic|strong="G4021"\w* \w collected|strong="G4851"\w* \w their books|strong="G0976"\w* \w and burned|strong="G2618"\w* \w them up|strong="G2618"\w* \w in the presence of|strong="G1799"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w When|strong="G5092"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w value|strong="G5092"\w* \w of the books|strong="G0846"\w* \w was added up|strong="G4860"\w*, \w it was found|strong="G2147"\w* \w to total fifty thousand|strong="G3461"\w* \w silver coins|strong="G0694"\w*.  
\v 20  \w In this way|strong="G3779"\w* \w the word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w continued to grow|strong="G0837"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w power|strong="G2904"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to prevail|strong="G2480"\w*.   
\s1 \w A|strong="G3779"\w* Riot \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Ephesus  
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\v 21  \w Now after all these things|strong="G5023"\w* \w had taken place|strong="G4137"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w resolved|strong="G4151"\w* \w to go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w passing through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Achaia|strong="G0882"\w*. \w He said|strong="G2036"\w*, “\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w I have been|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w I|strong="G3165"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.”  
\v 22  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w after sending|strong="G0649"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of his|strong="G0846"\w* \w assistants|strong="G1247"\w*, \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Erastus|strong="G2037"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w he|strong="G1907"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w stayed on|strong="G1907"\w* \w for a while|strong="G5550"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w*.   
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\v 23  \w At|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w a great|strong="G3756"\w* \w disturbance|strong="G5017"\w* \w took place|strong="G1096"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the Way|strong="G3598"\w*.  
\v 24  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w a man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w*, \w a silversmith|strong="G0695"\w* \w who made|strong="G4160"\w* \w silver|strong="G0693"\w* \w shrines|strong="G3485"\w* \w of Artemis|strong="G0735"\w*, \w brought|strong="G3930"\w* \w a great deal|strong="G3756"\w* \w of business|strong="G2039"\w* \w to the craftsmen|strong="G5079"\w*.  
\v 25  \w He gathered|strong="G4867"\w* \w these|strong="G4867"\w* \w together|strong="G4867"\w*, \w along with the workmen|strong="G2040"\w* \w in similar trades|strong="G5108"\w*, \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Men|strong="G0435"\w*, \w you know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2254"\w* \w prosperity|strong="G2142"\w* \w comes from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w business|strong="G2039"\w*.  
\v 26  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you see|strong="G2334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w has persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w and turned away|strong="G3179"\w* \w a large|strong="G2425"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w in Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w in practically|strong="G4975"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w*, \w by saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w at|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 27  \w There is danger|strong="G2793"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w that this|strong="G5124"\w* \w business|strong="G3313"\w* \w of ours|strong="G2254"\w* \w will come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w disrepute|strong="G0557"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w that the temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w of the great|strong="G3173"\w* \w goddess|strong="G2299"\w* \w Artemis|strong="G0735"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be regarded|strong="G3049"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the world|strong="G3625"\w* \w worship|strong="G4576"\w* \w will suffer the loss|strong="G2507"\w* \w of her|strong="G0846"\w* \w greatness|strong="G3168"\w*.”   
\p
\v 28  \w When|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this they became|strong="G1096"\w* \w enraged|strong="G4134"\w* \w and began to shout|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Great|strong="G3173"\w* \w is Artemis|strong="G0735"\w* \w of the Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w*!”  
\v 29  \w The|strong="G4172"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with the uproar|strong="G4799"\w*, \w and the crowd|strong="G3729"\w* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the theater|strong="G2302"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w*, \w dragging|strong="G4884"\w* \w with them Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Aristarchus|strong="G0708"\w*, \w the Macedonians|strong="G3110"\w* \w who were Paul’s|strong="G3972"\w* \w traveling companions|strong="G4898"\w*.  
\v 30  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the public assembly|strong="G1218"\w*, \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w would|strong="G1439"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 31  \w Even|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of the provincial authorities|strong="G0775"\w* \w who were|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* message \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w urging|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G1438"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to venture|strong="G1325"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the theater|strong="G2302"\w*.  
\v 32  \w So then|strong="G3767"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \w one thing|strong="G0243"\w*, \w some another|strong="G0243"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the assembly|strong="G1577"\w* \w was in confusion|strong="G4797"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G4119"\w* \w of them did not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w they had met together|strong="G4905"\w*.  
\v 33  \w Some of the crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w concluded|strong="G4822"\w* \w it was about|strong="G0223"\w* \w Alexander|strong="G0223"\w* \w because the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w had pushed|strong="G4261"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to the front.|strong="G0223"\w* \w Alexander|strong="G0223"\w*, \w gesturing|strong="G2678"\w* \w with his hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w was wanting|strong="G2309"\w* \w to make a defense|strong="G0626"\w* \w before the public assembly|strong="G1218"\w*.  
\v 34  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1921"\w* \w they recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w they all|strong="G3956"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w in unison|strong="G1520"\w*, “\w Great|strong="G3173"\w* \w is Artemis|strong="G0735"\w* \w of|strong="G2180"\w* \w the Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w*\w !” for|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hours|strong="G5610"\w*.  
\v 35  \w After the city secretary|strong="G1122"\w* \w quieted|strong="G2687"\w* \w the crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w he said|strong="G5346"\w*, \w “Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* \w is there|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of the Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the keeper|strong="G3511"\w* \w of|strong="G0435"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w temple|strong="G3511"\w* \w of the great|strong="G3173"\w* \w Artemis|strong="G0735"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of her image that fell from heaven|strong="G1356"\w*?  
\v 36  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w because these|strong="G5130"\w* \w facts|strong="G0368"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w indisputable,|strong="G5209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w keep quiet|strong="G2687"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w reckless|strong="G4312"\w*.  
\v 37  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you have brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w these|strong="G5128"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w here who are neither|strong="G3777"\w* \w temple robbers|strong="G2417"\w* \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w blasphemers|strong="G0987"\w* \w of our|strong="G2257"\w* \w goddess|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 38  \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the craftsmen|strong="G5079"\w* \w who are with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a complaint|strong="G3056"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w*, \w the courts|strong="G0060"\w* \w are open|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there are|strong="G1510"\w* \w proconsuls|strong="G0446"\w*; \w let them bring|strong="G0071"\w* \w charges|strong="G1458"\w* \w against one another|strong="G0240"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 39  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you want|strong="G1934"\w* \w anything in addition|strong="G4008"\w*, \w it will have to be settled|strong="G1956"\w* \w in a legal|strong="G1772"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w*.  
\v 40  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we are in danger|strong="G2793"\w* \w of being charged|strong="G1458"\w* \w with|strong="G4012"\w* \w rioting|strong="G4714"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, \w since there is|strong="G5225"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w cause|strong="G0159"\w* \w we can|strong="G1410"\w* \w give|strong="G0591"\w* \w to explain|strong="G3056"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w disorderly gathering|strong="G4963"\w*.”  
\v 41  \w After|strong="G2036"\w* \w he had said|strong="G2036"\w* \w this|strong="G5023"\w*, \w he dismissed|strong="G0630"\w* \w the assembly|strong="G1577"\w*.   
\c 20  
\p
\v 1  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the disturbance|strong="G2351"\w* \w had ended|strong="G3973"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w sent for|strong="G3343"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after encouraging|strong="G3870"\w* \w them and saying farewell|strong="G0782"\w*, \w he left|strong="G1831"\w* \w to go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*.  
\v 2  \w After|strong="G1330"\w* \w he had gone through|strong="G1330"\w* \w those|strong="G1565"\w* \w regions|strong="G3313"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3870"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of encouragement|strong="G3870"\w* \w to the believers|strong="G0846"\w* \w there,|strong="G2064"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greece|strong="G1671"\w*,  
\v 3  \w where he stayed|strong="G5140"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \w Because the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w had made|strong="G4160"\w* \w a plot|strong="G1917"\w* \w against|strong="G5259"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w as he was intending|strong="G3195"\w* \w to sail|strong="G0321"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w he decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w to return|strong="G5290"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Paul|strong="G4902"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G2532"\w* \w by Sopater|strong="G4986"\w* \w son of Pyrrhus|strong="G4450"\w* \w from Berea|strong="G0961"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, \w as well as Tychicus|strong="G5190"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Trophimus|strong="G5161"\w* \w from the province of Asia|strong="G0774"\w*.  
\v 5  \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w had gone on ahead|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w were waiting for|strong="G3306"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*.  
\v 6  \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed away|strong="G1602"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the days|strong="G2250"\w* \w of Unleavened Bread|strong="G0106"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w within|strong="G0891"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w we came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the others|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w we stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w for seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 7  \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the first|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w week|strong="G4521"\w*, \w when we|strong="G2257"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w to break|strong="G2806"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w began to speak|strong="G1256"\w* \w to|strong="G0846"\w* \w the people|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and because he intended|strong="G3195"\w* \w to leave|strong="G1826"\w* \w the next day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w he extended|strong="G3905"\w* \w his message|strong="G3056"\w* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w*.  
\v 8  \w (Now there were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w lamps|strong="G2985"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the upstairs room|strong="G5253"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w we were|strong="G1510"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w*.)  
\v 9  \w A young man|strong="G3494"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Eutychus|strong="G2161"\w*, \w who was sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the window|strong="G2376"\w*, \w was sinking|strong="G2702"\w* \w into a deep|strong="G0901"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w* \w while|strong="G1256"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w continued to speak|strong="G1256"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a long time|strong="G4119"\w*. \w Fast asleep|strong="G2702"\w*, \w he fell down|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the third story|strong="G5152"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was picked up|strong="G0142"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 10  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w threw|strong="G1968"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* young \w man|strong="G3361"\w*, \w put|strong="G4843"\w* \w his arms around|strong="G4843"\w* \w him,|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Do|strong="G2350"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be distressed|strong="G2350"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he is|strong="G1510"\w* \w still alive|strong="G5590"\w*!”  
\v 11  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0305"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* back upstairs, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2806"\w* \w he had broken|strong="G2806"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eaten|strong="G1089"\w*, \w he talked with|strong="G3656"\w* \w them|strong="G2425"\w* \w a|strong="G3779"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w until|strong="G0891"\w* \w dawn|strong="G0827"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3779"\w* \w he left|strong="G1831"\w*.  
\v 12  \w They took|strong="G0071"\w* \w the boy|strong="G3816"\w* \w home|strong="G0071"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3870"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3756"\w* \w comforted|strong="G3870"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Voyage \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Miletus  
\p
\v 13  \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w went on ahead|strong="G4281"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Assos|strong="G0789"\w*, \w intending|strong="G3195"\w* \w to take|strong="G0353"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w aboard|strong="G0353"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he had arranged|strong="G1299"\w* \w it this way|strong="G3779"\w*. \w He|strong="G1510"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w intending|strong="G3195"\w* \w to go|strong="G3978"\w* \w there by land|strong="G3978"\w*.  
\v 14  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w he met|strong="G4820"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Assos|strong="G0789"\w*, \w we took|strong="G0353"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w aboard|strong="G0353"\w* \w and went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mitylene|strong="G3412"\w*.  
\v 15  \w We set sail|strong="G0636"\w* \w from there|strong="G2547"\w*, \w and on the following day|strong="G1966"\w* \w we arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w off|strong="G0481"\w* \w Chios|strong="G5508"\w*. \w The next day|strong="G2087"\w* \w we approached|strong="G3846"\w* \w Samos|strong="G4544"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the day after that we arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w*.  
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to sail past|strong="G3896"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w by the day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w*.  
\v 17  \w From|strong="G0575"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w* \w he sent a message|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w telling|strong="G3333"\w* \w the elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* come \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3992"\w*.   
\p
\v 18  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w they arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w he said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “You yourselves know|strong="G1987"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w I lived|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w I was|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w*, \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the first|strong="G4413"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w I set foot|strong="G1910"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w*,  
\v 19  \w serving|strong="G1398"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w humility|strong="G5012"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with tears|strong="G1144"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3986"\w* \w the trials|strong="G3986"\w* \w that happened|strong="G4819"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w* \w because of the plots|strong="G1917"\w* \w of the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 20  \w You know that I did|strong="G5288"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w hold back|strong="G5288"\w* \w from proclaiming|strong="G0312"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w* \w anything that would be helpful|strong="G4851"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w publicly|strong="G1219"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from house to house|strong="G2596"\w*,  
\v 21  \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w to both|strong="G5037"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w about repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 22  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w compelled|strong="G1210"\w* \w by the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w knowing|strong="G1492"\w* \w what will happen|strong="G4876"\w* \w to me|strong="G1698"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w*,  
\v 23  \w except|strong="G4133"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w warns|strong="G1263"\w* \w me|strong="G3427"\w* \w in town after town|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecutions|strong="G2347"\w* \w are waiting for|strong="G3306"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w*.  
\v 24  \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w I do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w consider|strong="G3056"\w* \w my life|strong="G5590"\w* \w worth|strong="G5093"\w* \w anything|strong="G1683"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \w so that|strong="G5613"\w* \w I may finish|strong="G5048"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w task|strong="G1408"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I received|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w to testify|strong="G1263"\w* \w to the good news|strong="G2098"\w* \w of God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*.   
\p
\v 25 “\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w none|strong="G3765"\w* \w of you|strong="G5210"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I went around|strong="G1330"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2784"\w* \w the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w will see|strong="G3700"\w* \w me|strong="G3450"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*.  
\v 26  \w Therefore|strong="G1360"\w* \w I declare|strong="G3143"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I am|strong="G1510"\w* \w innocent|strong="G2513"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of you all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 27  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I did not|strong="G3756"\w* \w hold back|strong="G5288"\w* \w from|strong="G0312"\w* \w announcing|strong="G0312"\w* \w to you|strong="G5213"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w purpose|strong="G1012"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 28  \w Watch out|strong="G4337"\w* \w for|strong="G1438"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the flock|strong="G4168"\w* \w of which|strong="G3739"\w* \w the Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has made|strong="G5087"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w overseers|strong="G1985"\w*, \w to shepherd|strong="G4165"\w* \w the church|strong="G1577"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he obtained|strong="G4046"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w the blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of his own|strong="G2398"\w* Son.  
\v 29  \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G3450"\w* \w am gone|strong="G0867"\w* \w fierce|strong="G0926"\w* \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w* \w will come in|strong="G1525"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w sparing|strong="G5339"\w* \w the flock|strong="G4168"\w*.  
\v 30  \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w from among|strong="G1537"\w* \w your own group|strong="G5216"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w will arise|strong="G0450"\w*, \w teaching|strong="G2980"\w* \w perversions of the truth|strong="G1294"\w* \w to draw|strong="G0645"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w away|strong="G0645"\w* \w after|strong="G3694"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 31  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w be alert|strong="G1127"\w*, \w remembering|strong="G3421"\w* \w that night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w three years|strong="G5148"\w* \w I did|strong="G3973"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w warning|strong="G3560"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of you with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w*.  
\v 32  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I entrust|strong="G3908"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w to God|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to the message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of his|strong="G0846"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. \w This message|strong="G1410"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to build|strong="G3618"\w* \w you up|strong="G3618"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you an inheritance|strong="G2817"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those who are sanctified|strong="G0037"\w*.  
\v 33  \w I have desired|strong="G1937"\w* \w no one’s|strong="G3762"\w* \w silver|strong="G0694"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2441"\w*.  
\v 34  \w You|strong="G1097"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of mine|strong="G3450"\w* provided \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G3754"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the needs|strong="G5256"\w* \w of those who were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1700"\w*.  
\v 35  \w By all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w I have shown|strong="G5263"\w* \w you|strong="G5213"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w by working|strong="G2872"\w* \w in this way|strong="G3779"\w* \w we must|strong="G1163"\w* \w help|strong="G0482"\w* \w the weak|strong="G0770"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w the words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2036"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w ‘It is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w blessed|strong="G3107"\w* \w to give|strong="G1325"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to receive|strong="G2983"\w*.’”   
\p
\v 36  \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he had said|strong="G2036"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w knelt down|strong="G5087"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w and prayed|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 37  \w They all|strong="G3956"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to weep|strong="G2805"\w* \w loudly|strong="G2425"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hugged|strong="G1968"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 38  \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w saddened|strong="G3600"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he had said|strong="G2046"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they were|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to see|strong="G2334"\w* \w him|strong="G4383"\w* \w again. Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they accompanied|strong="G4311"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w*.   
\c 21  
\p
\v 1  \w After|strong="G0645"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* tore \w ourselves away|strong="G0645"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w we|strong="G2248"\w* \w put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w*, \w and sailing a straight course|strong="G2113"\w*, \w we came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cos|strong="G2972"\w*, \w on the next day|strong="G1836"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rhodes|strong="G4499"\w*, \w and from there|strong="G2547"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Patara|strong="G3959"\w*.  
\v 2  \w We found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w crossing over|strong="G1276"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w*, \w went aboard|strong="G1910"\w*, \w and put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w*.  
\v 3  \w After|strong="G0398"\w* \w we sighted|strong="G0398"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w behind|strong="G2641"\w* \w on our port side|strong="G2176"\w*, \w we sailed on|strong="G4126"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put in|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to unload|strong="G0670"\w* \w its cargo|strong="G1117"\w* \w there|strong="G1566"\w*.  
\v 4  \w After|strong="G0429"\w* \w we located|strong="G0429"\w* \w the disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w we stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there|strong="G2033"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w They repeatedly told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to set foot|strong="G1910"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 5  \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w our|strong="G2248"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1822"\w*, \w we left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and went on|strong="G4198"\w* \w our|strong="G2248"\w* \w way|strong="G4311"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of them, with|strong="G4862"\w* \w their wives|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w accompanied|strong="G1854"\w* \w us|strong="G1909"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w of the city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w After|strong="G5087"\w* kneeling \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the beach|strong="G0123"\w* \w and praying|strong="G4336"\w*,  
\v 6  \w we said farewell|strong="G0782"\w* \w to one another|strong="G0240"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we went aboard|strong="G1684"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their own homes|strong="G2398"\w*.  
\v 7  \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w continued|strong="G1274"\w* \w the voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ptolemais|strong="G4424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G0782"\w* \w we had greeted|strong="G0782"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w we stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w for one|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 8  \w On the next day|strong="G1887"\w* \w we left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w the evangelist|strong="G2099"\w*, \w who was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the seven|strong="G2033"\w*, \w and stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 9  \w (He had|strong="G1510"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w unmarried|strong="G3933"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w who prophesied|strong="G4395"\w*.)   
\p
\v 10  \w While|strong="G1961"\w* \w we remained|strong="G1961"\w* \w there for a number|strong="G4119"\w* \w of days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w a prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Agabus|strong="G0013"\w* \w came down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*.  
\v 11  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w*, \w took|strong="G0142"\w* \w Paul’s|strong="G3972"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w*, \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w his own|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w with it,|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “The Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3592"\w*\w : ‘This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is the way|strong="G3779"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w will tie up|strong="G1210"\w* \w the man|strong="G0435"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w* \w this is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will hand|strong="G3860"\w* \w him over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.’”  
\v 12  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w we heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G5023"\w*, \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the local|strong="G1786"\w* \w people|strong="G3870"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to go up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w*, \w “What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you doing|strong="G4160"\w*, \w weeping|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breaking|strong="G4919"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*\w ? For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am ready not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w to be tied up|strong="G1210"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to die|strong="G0599"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 14  \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G3982"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be persuaded|strong="G3982"\w*, \w we said|strong="G2036"\w* \w no more except|strong="G2270"\w*, “\w The Lord’s|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w be done|strong="G1096"\w*.”   
\p
\v 15  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w we got ready|strong="G0643"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w started|strong="G0305"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 16  \w Some of the disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w came along|strong="G4905"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w too, and brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w us to the house|strong="G3416"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Mnason|strong="G3416"\w* \w of Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w*, \w a disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w from the earliest times|strong="G0744"\w*, \w with whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we were to stay|strong="G3579"\w*.  
\v 17  \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w we|strong="G2257"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G0588"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w gladly|strong="G0780"\w*.  
\v 18  \w The next day|strong="G1966"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went in|strong="G1524"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w to see James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w were there|strong="G3854"\w*.  
\v 19  \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0782"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w greeted|strong="G0782"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he began to explain|strong="G1834"\w* \w in detail|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had done|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*.  
\v 20  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this, they praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Then they said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “You see|strong="G2334"\w*, \w brother|strong="G0080"\w*, \w how many|strong="G4214"\w* \w thousands|strong="G3461"\w* \w of Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w there are|strong="G1510"\w* \w who have believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they are|strong="G5225"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w ardent observers|strong="G2207"\w* \w of the law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 21  \w They have been informed|strong="G2727"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w – that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w now living|strong="G1484"\w* \w among|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w to abandon|strong="G0646"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to circumcise|strong="G4059"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w or|strong="G3366"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w according to our customs|strong="G1485"\w*.  
\v 22  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w should we do? They will no doubt|strong="G3843"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you have come|strong="G2064"\w*.  
\v 23  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w*\w : We|strong="G2254"\w* \w have four|strong="G5064"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w who have taken|strong="G2171"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w vow|strong="G2171"\w*;  
\v 24  \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w them|strong="G5128"\w* \w and purify|strong="G0048"\w* \w yourself along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1159"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w expenses|strong="G1159"\w*, \w so that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they may have|strong="G3587"\w* \w their heads|strong="G2776"\w* \w shaved|strong="G3587"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will know|strong="G1097"\w* \w there is|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w in what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they have been told|strong="G2727"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w that you yourself live in conformity|strong="G5442"\w* \w with|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 25  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w regarding the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who have believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have written a letter|strong="G0649"\w*, \w having decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w that they|strong="G0846"\w* \w should avoid|strong="G5442"\w* \w meat that has been sacrificed to idols|strong="G1494"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what has been strangled|strong="G4156"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sexual immorality|strong="G4202"\w*.”  
\v 26  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the men|strong="G0435"\w* \w the next|strong="G2192"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and after|strong="G0048"\w* \w he had purified|strong="G0048"\w* \w himself|strong="G4862"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he went|strong="G1524"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w and gave notice|strong="G1229"\w* \w of the completion|strong="G1604"\w* \w of the days|strong="G2250"\w* \w of purification|strong="G0049"\w*, \w when|strong="G4376"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G4376"\w* \w would be offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of them|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 27  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w the seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w were almost over|strong="G4931"\w*, \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w* \w who had seen|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple area|strong="G2411"\w* \w stirred up|strong="G4797"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1911"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 28  \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, \w “Men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w help|strong="G0997"\w*\w ! This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the man|strong="G0444"\w* \w who teaches|strong="G1321"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w our people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w our law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="G5117"\w*\w !|strong="G2089"\w* \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w* \w he has brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the inner courts of the temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2840"\w* \w this|strong="G5126"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w ritually unclean|strong="G2840"\w*!”  
\v 29  \w (For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they had|strong="G1510"\w* \w seen|strong="G4308"\w* \w Trophimus|strong="G5161"\w* \w the Ephesian|strong="G2180"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w previously, and|strong="G3543"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* assumed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w him into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the inner temple courts|strong="G2411"\w*.)  
\v 30  \w The whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was stirred up|strong="G2795"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w rushed together|strong="G4890"\w*. \w They seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w the doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w were shut|strong="G2808"\w*.  
\v 31  \w While|strong="G2212"\w* \w they were trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w a report|strong="G5334"\w* \w was sent up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w of the cohort|strong="G4686"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w was in confusion|strong="G4797"\w*.  
\v 32  \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w immediately|strong="G1824"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and ran down|strong="G2701"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the crowd|strong="G0846"\w*. \w When|strong="G1492"\w* \w they saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w they stopped|strong="G3973"\w* \w beating|strong="G5180"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 33  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w came up|strong="G1448"\w* \w and arrested|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w him to be tied up|strong="G1210"\w* \w with two|strong="G1417"\w* \w chains|strong="G0254"\w*; \w he|strong="G4441"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he had done|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 34  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2019"\w* \w one thing, and others|strong="G0243"\w* \w something else,|strong="G0804"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* commanding officer \w was unable|strong="G1410"\w* \w to find out|strong="G1097"\w* \w the truth|strong="G1223"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the disturbance|strong="G2351"\w*, \w he ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w to be brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.  
\v 35  \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w he came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the steps|strong="G0304"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w had to be|strong="G4819"\w* \w carried|strong="G0941"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of the violence|strong="G0970"\w* \w of the mob|strong="G3793"\w*,  
\v 36  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w of people|strong="G2992"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w them,|strong="G2896"\w* \w screaming|strong="G2896"\w*, \w “Away|strong="G0142"\w* \w with him|strong="G0846"\w*!”  
\v 37  \w As|strong="G3195"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to be brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the barracks|strong="G3925"\w*, \w he said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w*, “\w May|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G3427"\w* \w say|strong="G2036"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*\w ?” The officer|strong="G5346"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do you know|strong="G1097"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w*?  
\v 38  \w Then|strong="G0687"\w* \w you’re|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that Egyptian|strong="G0124"\w* \w who started a rebellion|strong="G0387"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w the four thousand|strong="G5070"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of the ‘Assassins|strong="G4607"\w*’ \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the wilderness|strong="G2048"\w* \w some time ago|strong="G4253"\w*?”  
\v 39  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w answered|strong="G2036"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w from Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \w in Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w a citizen|strong="G4177"\w* \w of an important|strong="G0767"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w Please|strong="G2010"\w* \w allow|strong="G2010"\w* \w me|strong="G3427"\w* \w to speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the people|strong="G2992"\w*.”  
\v 40  \w When the commanding officer|strong="G2010"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w given|strong="G2010"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w permission|strong="G2010"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the steps|strong="G0304"\w* \w and gestured|strong="G2678"\w* \w to the people|strong="G2992"\w* \w with his hand|strong="G5495"\w*. \w When they had become|strong="G1096"\w* \w silent|strong="G4602"\w*, \w he addressed|strong="G4377"\w* \w them in Aramaic|strong="G1446"\w*,   
\c 22  
\p
\v 1 “\w Brothers|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to my|strong="G3450"\w* \w defense|strong="G0627"\w* \w that I now|strong="G3570"\w* \w make to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w*.”  
\v 2  \w (When|strong="G0191"\w* \w they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was addressing|strong="G4377"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in Aramaic|strong="G1446"\w*, \w they became|strong="G3930"\w* \w even|strong="G3123"\w* \w quieter|strong="G2271"\w*.\w )|strong="G2532"\w* \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul said|strong="G5346"\w*,  
\v 3 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \w in Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w brought up|strong="G0397"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w educated|strong="G3811"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w strictness|strong="G0195"\w* \w under|strong="G3844"\w* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w* \w according to the law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of our ancestors|strong="G3971"\w*, \w and was|strong="G5225"\w* \w zealous|strong="G2207"\w* \w for God|strong="G2316"\w* \w just as|strong="G2531"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*.  
\v 4  \w I|strong="G1377"\w* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w even to the point|strong="G0891"\w* \w of death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w tying up|strong="G1195"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w putting|strong="G3860"\w* \w them in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*,  
\v 5  \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the high priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w council of elders|strong="G4244"\w* \w can testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w about me|strong="G3427"\w*. \w From|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w I also|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w and I was on|strong="G4198"\w* \w my way|strong="G4198"\w* \w to make arrests|strong="G1210"\w* \w there|strong="G1566"\w* \w and bring|strong="G0071"\w* \w the prisoners|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be punished|strong="G5097"\w*.  
\v 6  \w As|strong="G4198"\w* \w I|strong="G3427"\w* \w was en route|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w noon|strong="G3314"\w* \w a very|strong="G2425"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w I|strong="G4098"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the ground|strong="G1475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w a voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w*, \w ‘Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you persecuting|strong="G1377"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w*?’  
\v 8  \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, \w ‘Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*\w ?’ He said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w*, \w ‘I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the Nazarene|strong="G3480"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are persecuting|strong="G1377"\w*.’  
\v 9  \w Those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1698"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w the light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G0191"\w* \w the voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of the one who was speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w*.  
\v 10  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w I asked|strong="G2036"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should I do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*\w ?’ The Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w*, \w ‘Get up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*; \w there|strong="G2546"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w will be told|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w have been designated|strong="G5021"\w* \w to do|strong="G4160"\w*.’  
\v 11  \w Since|strong="G5613"\w* \w I could|strong="G1689"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1689"\w* \w because of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the brilliance|strong="G1391"\w* \w of that|strong="G1565"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w I came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w led by the hand|strong="G5496"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w those who were with|strong="G4895"\w* \w me|strong="G3427"\w*.  
\v 12  \w A man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named Ananias|strong="G0367"\w*, \w a devout|strong="G2126"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w according to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w well spoken|strong="G3140"\w* \w of by|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who live|strong="G2730"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 13  \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood beside|strong="G2186"\w* \w me|strong="G2036"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w*, \w ‘Brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w regain|strong="G0308"\w* \w your sight|strong="G0308"\w*\w !’|strong="G5610"\w* \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w moment|strong="G5610"\w* \w I looked up and saw|strong="G0308"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w ‘The God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w has already chosen|strong="G4400"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w to know|strong="G1097"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w*, \w to see|strong="G1492"\w* \w the Righteous One|strong="G1342"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w a command|strong="G5456"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*,  
\v 15  \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you will be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w of what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you have seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w*.  
\v 16  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you waiting for|strong="G3195"\w*\w ?|strong="G0450"\w* \w Get|strong="G0450"\w* \w up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w be baptized|strong="G0907"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have your|strong="G4675"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w washed away|strong="G0628"\w*, \w calling on|strong="G1941"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.’  
\v 17  \w When|strong="G5290"\w* \w I|strong="G3427"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w I|strong="G3165"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w a trance|strong="G1611"\w*  
\v 18  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G0846"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w*, \w ‘Hurry|strong="G4692"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w*, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w they will|strong="G3858"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w accept|strong="G3858"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3141"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1700"\w*.’  
\v 19  \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w replied|strong="G2036"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G1987"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w imprisoned|strong="G5439"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w those in the various|strong="G2596"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w who believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*.  
\v 20  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w the blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of your|strong="G4675"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w was shed|strong="G1632"\w*, \w I|strong="G1510"\w* \w myself|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing nearby|strong="G2186"\w*, \w approving|strong="G4909"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w guarding|strong="G5442"\w* \w the cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w of those who were killing|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.’  
\v 21  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w*, \w ‘Go|strong="G4198"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will send|strong="G1821"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.’”   
\s1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Roman Commander Questions Paul  
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\v 22  \w The crowd|strong="G0191"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w listening|strong="G0191"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w* \w until|strong="G0891"\w* \w he said this|strong="G5127"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they raised|strong="G1869"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w and shouted|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Away|strong="G0142"\w* \w with this man|strong="G5108"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the earth|strong="G1093"\w*\w ! For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G2520"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be allowed|strong="G2520"\w* \w to live|strong="G2198"\w*!”  
\v 23  \w While|strong="G2905"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were screaming|strong="G2905"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w throwing off|strong="G4495"\w* \w their cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tossing|strong="G0906"\w* \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the air|strong="G0109"\w*,  
\v 24  \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w to be brought back|strong="G1521"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the barracks|strong="G3925"\w*. \w He told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0426"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* interrogate \w Paul|strong="G3148"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* beating \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with a lash|strong="G3148"\w* \w so that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he could find out|strong="G1921"\w* \w the reason|strong="G0156"\w* \w the crowd|strong="G2019"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w at Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*.  
\v 25  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w they had stretched|strong="G4385"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G4385"\w* \w for the lash|strong="G2438"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w standing nearby|strong="G2476"\w*, \w “Is it legal|strong="G1832"\w* \w for you|strong="G5213"\w* \w to lash|strong="G3147"\w* \w a man|strong="G0444"\w* \w who is a Roman citizen|strong="G4514"\w* \w without a proper trial|strong="G0178"\w*?”  
\v 26  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this,|strong="G4334"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w and reported|strong="G0518"\w* \w it,|strong="G3004"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to do|strong="G4160"\w*\w ?|strong="G1063"\w* \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Roman citizen|strong="G4514"\w*.”  
\v 27  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and asked|strong="G2036"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3427"\w*, \w are you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a Roman citizen|strong="G4514"\w*\w ?”|strong="G5346"\w* \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*.”  
\v 28  \w The commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, \w “I|strong="G1473"\w* \w acquired|strong="G2932"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w citizenship|strong="G4174"\w* \w with a large|strong="G4183"\w* \w sum of money|strong="G2774"\w*.” “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was even|strong="G1080"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w a citizen,”|strong="G3972"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*.  
\v 29  \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w those who were about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to interrogate|strong="G0426"\w* \w him stayed away|strong="G0868"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w was frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w when|strong="G1921"\w* \w he realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Roman citizen|strong="G4514"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he had had|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w tied up|strong="G1210"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w Before|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Sanhedrin  
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\v 30  \w The next day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w because the commanding officer|strong="G1014"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the true reason|strong="G0804"\w* \w Paul|strong="G2723"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* being \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w he released|strong="G3089"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the chief priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w* \w to assemble|strong="G4905"\w*. \w He then|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w and had|strong="G2476"\w* \w him stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.   
\c 23  
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\v 1  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w looked directly|strong="G0816"\w* \w at the council|strong="G4892"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Brothers|strong="G0435"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have lived|strong="G4176"\w* \w my life with a clear|strong="G0018"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w before God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G0891"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.”  
\v 2  \w At that|strong="G0749"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2004"\w* \w those standing near|strong="G3936"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w to strike|strong="G5180"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w on the mouth|strong="G4750"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to strike|strong="G5180"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*, \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w whitewashed|strong="G2867"\w* \w wall|strong="G5109"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2596"\w* \w judging|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w violation|strong="G3891"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w order|strong="G2753"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w struck|strong="G5180"\w*?”  
\v 4  \w Those standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w near him|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Do you dare insult|strong="G3058"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w high priest|strong="G0749"\w*?”  
\v 5  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w realize|strong="G1492"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the high priest|strong="G0749"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it is written|strong="G1125"\w*, ‘\qt  \+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2046"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G2046"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2560"\+w* \+w about a ruler|strong="G0758"\+w* \+w of your|strong="G4675"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w*\qt*.’”   
\p
\v 6  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1097"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w noticed|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w part|strong="G3313"\w* \w of them were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w and the others|strong="G2087"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w he shouted out|strong="G2896"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w*, “\w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*, \w a son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*. \w I am on trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of the resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w of the dead|strong="G3498"\w*!”  
\v 7  \w When|strong="G2980"\w* \w he said|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w*, \w an argument|strong="G4714"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w between the Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the assembly|strong="G4128"\w* \w was divided|strong="G4977"\w*.  
\v 8  \w (For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w there is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w resurrection|strong="G0386"\w*, \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w*, \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G3670"\w* \w them all|strong="G0297"\w*.)  
\v 9  \w There was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a great|strong="G3173"\w* \w commotion|strong="G2906"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w experts in the law|strong="G1122"\w* \w from the party|strong="G3313"\w* \w of the Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w stood up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and protested strongly|strong="G1264"\w*, “\w We find|strong="G2147"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G5129"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w*. \w What if|strong="G1487"\w* \w a spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w has spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*?”  
\v 10  \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w the argument|strong="G4714"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w so great|strong="G4183"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w feared|strong="G5399"\w* \w that they|strong="G0846"\w* \w would tear|strong="G1288"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to pieces|strong="G1288"\w*, \w he ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the detachment|strong="G4753"\w* \w to go down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w take|strong="G0726"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w away|strong="G0726"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w by force|strong="G0726"\w*, \w and bring|strong="G0071"\w* \w him into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.   
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\v 11  \w The following|strong="G1966"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w stood near|strong="G2186"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Have courage|strong="G2293"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w just as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you have testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1700"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.”   
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Plot \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Kill \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w*  
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\v 12  \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w morning|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w formed|strong="G4160"\w* \w a conspiracy|strong="G4963"\w* \w and bound|strong="G0332"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w with an oath|strong="G0332"\w* \w not|strong="G3383"\w* \w to eat|strong="G5315"\w* \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G2193"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they had killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 13  \w There were|strong="G1510"\w* \w more than|strong="G4119"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w of them who formed|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="G4945"\w*.  
\v 14  \w They|strong="G3748"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to the chief priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “We have bound|strong="G0332"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G0332"\w* \w a solemn oath|strong="G0331"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to partake|strong="G1089"\w* \w of anything until|strong="G2193"\w* \w we have killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 15  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and the council|strong="G4892"\w* \w request|strong="G1718"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w to bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if you were going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to determine|strong="G1231"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w case|strong="G0199"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* conducting \w a|strong="G5613"\w* more thorough inquiry. \w We are|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w to kill|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G4253"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w he comes near|strong="G1448"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\p
\v 16  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when the son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of Paul’s|strong="G3972"\w* \w sister|strong="G0079"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about the ambush|strong="G1747"\w*, \w he came|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the barracks|strong="G3925"\w* \w and told|strong="G0518"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 17  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of the centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and said|strong="G5346"\w*, \w “Take|strong="G0520"\w* \w this|strong="G5126"\w* \w young man|strong="G3494"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he has|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to report|strong="G0518"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*.”  
\v 18  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G3880"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w him to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, \w “The prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w and asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w me to bring|strong="G0071"\w* \w this|strong="G5126"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w because he has|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 19  \w The commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w by the hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w withdrew|strong="G0402"\w* \w privately|strong="G2398"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w*, \w “What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is it|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you want|strong="G2192"\w* \w to report|strong="G0518"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w*?”  
\v 20  \w He replied|strong="G2036"\w*, “\w The Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w have agreed|strong="G4934"\w* \w to ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w to bring Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="G0839"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if they were going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to inquire|strong="G4441"\w* \w more thoroughly|strong="G0199"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 21  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w do not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let them|strong="G0846"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to do this,|strong="G4119"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w are lying in ambush|strong="G1748"\w* \w for him. They|strong="G0332"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w bound|strong="G0332"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w with an oath|strong="G0332"\w* \w not|strong="G3383"\w* \w to eat|strong="G5315"\w* \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G2193"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they have killed|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w they are|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w*, \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w for|strong="G0575"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* request.”  
\v 22  \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w sent|strong="G0630"\w* \w the young man|strong="G3495"\w* \w away|strong="G0630"\w*, \w directing|strong="G3853"\w* \w him,|strong="G1583"\w* “\w Tell|strong="G1583"\w* \w no one|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you have reported|strong="G1718"\w* \w these things|strong="G5023"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w*.”  
\v 23  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of the centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Make ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w two hundred|strong="G1250"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w to go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with seventy|strong="G1440"\w* \w horsemen|strong="G2460"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two hundred|strong="G1250"\w* \w spearmen|strong="G1187"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w nine|strong="G5154"\w* \w o’clock|strong="G5610"\w* \w tonight|strong="G3571"\w*,  
\v 24  \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w provide|strong="G3936"\w* \w mounts|strong="G2934"\w* \w for Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to ride|strong="G1913"\w* \w so that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he may be brought safely|strong="G1295"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w the governor|strong="G2232"\w*.”  
\v 25  \w He wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w a letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w that went|strong="G2192"\w* \w like|strong="G5179"\w* \w this|strong="G5126"\w*:   
\pi1
\v 26  \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w* \w to His Excellency|strong="G2903"\w* \w Governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w greetings|strong="G5463"\w*.  
\v 27  \w This|strong="G5126"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w was seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they were about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to kill|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w when I came up|strong="G2186"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the detachment|strong="G4753"\w* \w and rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w him, because I had learned|strong="G3129"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a Roman citizen|strong="G4514"\w*.  
\v 28  \w Since|strong="G5037"\w* \w I wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to know|strong="G1921"\w* \w what charge|strong="G0156"\w* \w they were accusing|strong="G1458"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w of,|strong="G2609"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w him down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w*.  
\v 29  \w I found|strong="G2147"\w* \w he|strong="G1458"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w accused|strong="G1458"\w* \w with|strong="G4012"\w* \w reference to controversial questions|strong="G2213"\w* \w about their|strong="G0846"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w charge|strong="G1462"\w* \w against him deserved|strong="G0514"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w*.  
\v 30  \w When|strong="G3377"\w* \w I|strong="G3427"\w* \w was informed|strong="G3377"\w* \w there would be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a plot|strong="G1917"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w this man|strong="G0435"\w*, \w I sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w at once|strong="G1824"\w*, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordering|strong="G3853"\w* \w his accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w to state|strong="G3004"\w* \w their charges|strong="G4314"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w*.   
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\v 31  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w in accordance with|strong="G2596"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w orders|strong="G1299"\w*, \w took|strong="G0353"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w him to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Antipatris|strong="G0494"\w* \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the night|strong="G3571"\w*.  
\v 32  \w The next day|strong="G1887"\w* \w they let|strong="G1439"\w* \w the horsemen|strong="G2460"\w* \w go on|strong="G0565"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and they returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.  
\v 33  \w When the horsemen|strong="G1525"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w delivered|strong="G0325"\w* \w the letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w to the governor|strong="G2232"\w*, \w they|strong="G3936"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 34  \w When the governor|strong="G0314"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w read|strong="G0314"\w* \w the letter,|strong="G1905"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w* \w he was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w*. \w When he learned|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he was from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*,  
\v 35  \w he said|strong="G5346"\w*, \w “I will give|strong="G1251"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w a hearing|strong="G1251"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w arrive|strong="G3854"\w* \w too.” Then|strong="G2753"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w be kept under guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Herod’s|strong="G2264"\w* \w palace|strong="G4232"\w*.   
\c 24  
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\v 1  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w the high priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w Ananias|strong="G0367"\w* \w came down|strong="G2597"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w an attorney|strong="G4489"\w* \w named|strong="G5061"\w* \w Tertullus|strong="G5061"\w*, \w and they|strong="G1718"\w* \w brought|strong="G1718"\w* formal \w charges|strong="G1718"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to the governor|strong="G2232"\w*.  
\v 2  \w When|strong="G2564"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w had been summoned|strong="G2564"\w*, \w Tertullus|strong="G5061"\w* \w began|strong="G0756"\w* \w to accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w him,|strong="G3004"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “We have experienced|strong="G5177"\w* \w a lengthy time|strong="G4183"\w* \w of peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w rule,|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reforms|strong="G2735"\w* \w are being made|strong="G1096"\w* \w in this|strong="G5129"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w foresight|strong="G4307"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Most excellent|strong="G2903"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w we acknowledge|strong="G0588"\w* \w this everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w in every way|strong="G3839"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w gratitude|strong="G2169"\w*.  
\v 4  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w so that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I may|strong="G1465"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w delay|strong="G1465"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w further|strong="G4119"\w*, \w I beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w to hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w us|strong="G2257"\w* \w briefly|strong="G4935"\w* \w with your|strong="G4674"\w* \w customary graciousness|strong="G1932"\w*.  
\v 5  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we have found|strong="G2147"\w* \w this|strong="G5126"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w to be a troublemaker,|strong="G3061"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w who stirs up|strong="G2795"\w* \w riots|strong="G4714"\w* \w among all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the world|strong="G3625"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w a ringleader|strong="G4414"\w* \w of the sect|strong="G0139"\w* \w of the Nazarenes|strong="G3480"\w*.  
\v 6  \w He|strong="G3985"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to desecrate|strong="G0953"\w* \w the temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we arrested|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 7 \f + \fr 24:7 \ft [[EMPTY]]\f*  
\v 8  \w When|strong="G0350"\w* \w you examine|strong="G0350"\w* \w him yourself|strong="G0846"\w*, \w you will be able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to learn|strong="G1921"\w* \w from him|strong="G4012"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these things|strong="G5130"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* doing.”  
\v 9  \w The Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w joined|strong="G4934"\w* \w in the verbal attack,|strong="G5335"\w* \w claiming|strong="G5335"\w* \w that these things|strong="G5023"\w* \w were|strong="G2192"\w* \w true|strong="G3779"\w*.   
\s1 Paul’s Defense \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* Felix  
\p
\v 10  \w When the governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w gestured|strong="G3506"\w* \w for him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to speak|strong="G3004"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w*, \w “Because I know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that you|strong="G4571"\w* \w have been a judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w over this|strong="G5129"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w I|strong="G0626"\w* \w confidently|strong="G2115"\w* \w make|strong="G0626"\w* \w my|strong="G1683"\w* \w defense|strong="G0626"\w*.  
\v 11  \w As|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w verify|strong="G1921"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w yourself, not|strong="G3756"\w* \w more than|strong="G4119"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago|strong="G0305"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G0305"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to worship|strong="G4352"\w*.  
\v 12  \w They did|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w arguing|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w stirring up|strong="G1999"\w* \w a crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the city|strong="G4172"\w*,  
\v 13  \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w they prove|strong="G3936"\w* \w to you|strong="G4671"\w* \w the things|strong="G4012"\w* \w they are accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \w me|strong="G3450"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* doing.  
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I confess|strong="G3670"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w to you|strong="G4671"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w the God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of our ancestors|strong="G3971"\w* \w according to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w (which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they call|strong="G3004"\w* \w a sect|strong="G0139"\w*\w ), believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that is according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to the law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that is written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 15  \w I have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w (a hope|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w these men|strong="G3778"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w accept|strong="G4327"\w* \w too) that there is going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w of both|strong="G5037"\w* \w the righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the unrighteous|strong="G0094"\w*.  
\v 16  \w This is the reason|strong="G0778"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w my best to always|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a clear|strong="G0677"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w toward people|strong="G0444"\w*.  
\v 17  \w After|strong="G1223"\w* \w several|strong="G4119"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w I came|strong="G3854"\w* \w to bring|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1654"\w* \w for the poor|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to present offerings|strong="G4376"\w*,  
\v 18  \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I was doing when they found|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w ritually purified|strong="G0048"\w*, \w without|strong="G3756"\w* \w a crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w a disturbance|strong="G2351"\w*.  
\v 19  \w But there are some Jews from the province of Asia|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w be here|strong="G3918"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring charges|strong="G2723"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they have|strong="G2192"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w*.  
\v 20  \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w here|strong="G2036"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G5100"\w* \w crime|strong="G2147"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G3450"\w* \w guilty|strong="G0092"\w* \w of|strong="G2476"\w* \w when|strong="G2147"\w* \w I stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the council|strong="G4892"\w*,  
\v 21  \w other than|strong="G2228"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w I shouted out|strong="G2896"\w* \w while I stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*\w : ‘I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am on trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the resurrection|strong="G0386"\w* \w of the dead|strong="G3498"\w*.’”   
\p
\v 22  \w Then Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w who understood|strong="G1492"\w* \w the facts|strong="G4012"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w more accurately|strong="G0199"\w*, \w adjourned|strong="G0306"\w* \w their hearing|strong="G0846"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “When|strong="G3752"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w* \w the commanding officer|strong="G5506"\w* \w comes down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w I will decide|strong="G1231"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* case.”  
\v 23  \w He ordered|strong="G1299"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w to guard|strong="G5083"\w* \w Paul,|strong="G0846"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* let \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w some freedom|strong="G0425"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to prevent|strong="G2967"\w* \w any of his|strong="G0846"\w* \w friends|strong="G2398"\w* \w from meeting|strong="G5256"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w needs|strong="G5256"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* Speaks Repeatedly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Felix  
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\v 24  \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w when|strong="G3854"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Drusilla|strong="G1409"\w*, \w who was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w*, \w he sent for|strong="G3343"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w speak|strong="G4012"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 25  \w While|strong="G1256"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1256"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w discussing|strong="G1256"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w self-control|strong="G1466"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the coming|strong="G3195"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w frightened|strong="G1719"\w* \w and said|strong="G0611"\w*, \w “Go away|strong="G4198"\w* \w for now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w and when I have|strong="G2192"\w* \w an opportunity|strong="G2540"\w*, \w I will send for|strong="G3333"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*.”  
\v 26  \w At the same time|strong="G0260"\w* \w he was also|strong="G2532"\w* \w hoping|strong="G1679"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul would give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*, \w and for this reason|strong="G1352"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w sent for|strong="G3343"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w as often as possible|strong="G4437"\w* \w and talked|strong="G3656"\w* \w with him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 27  \w After two years|strong="G1333"\w* \w had passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w Porcius|strong="G4201"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w succeeded|strong="G1240"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w because he wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to do|strong="G2698"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w a favor|strong="G5485"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in prison|strong="G1210"\w*.   
\c 25  
\s1 Paul Appeals to Caesar  
\p
\v 1  \w Now|strong="G3767"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1910"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w*, \w he|strong="G3767"\w* \w went|strong="G0305"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w chief|strong="G0749"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* most \w prominent|strong="G4413"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w brought|strong="G1718"\w* formal \w charges|strong="G1718"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Requesting|strong="G0154"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* urged Festus \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w summon|strong="G3343"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, planning \w an|strong="G4160"\w* \w ambush|strong="G1747"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w kill|strong="G0337"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w along|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w* \w that|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* being \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* intended \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1607"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w shortly|strong="G5034"\w*.  
\v 5 “\w So|strong="G3767"\w*,” \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* leaders \w go|strong="G4782"\w* down \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* me, \w and|strong="G0435"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* done \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0824"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w may|strong="G5100"\w* \w bring|strong="G2723"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* Festus \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w eight|strong="G3638"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w judgment|strong="G0968"\w* \w seat|strong="G0968"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2228"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w*.  
\v 7 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w stood|strong="G4026"\w* \w around|strong="G4026"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w bringing|strong="G2702"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w serious|strong="G0926"\w* charges \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G2453"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prove|strong="G0584"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G0626"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w defense|strong="G0626"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w committed|strong="G0264"\w* \w no|strong="G3777"\w* \w offense|strong="G0264"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \w wanting|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w*, \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G0305"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3778"\w* \w tried|strong="G2919"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\v 10 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar’s|strong="G2541"\w* \w judgment|strong="G0968"\w* \w seat|strong="G0968"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w tried|strong="G2919"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w done|strong="G0091"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0091"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 11 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0091"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w deserves|strong="G0514"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1410"\w* escape \w dying|strong="G0599"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w* \w against|strong="G2723"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* true, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w over|strong="G5483"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w appeal|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*!”  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w*, \w after|strong="G3326"\w* conferring \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w council|strong="G4824"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w replied|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1909"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*; \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* \w you|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G5119"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*!”   
\s1 \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* Asks King Agrippa \w for|strong="G1909"\w* Advice  
\p
\v 13 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w passed|strong="G1230"\w*, \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Bernice|strong="G0959"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pay \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w respects|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*.  
\v 14 \w While|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* explained \w Paul’s|strong="G3972"\w* \w case|strong="G1563"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* get \w his|strong="G5613"\w* opinion, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w chief|strong="G0749"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* informed \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w asking|strong="G0154"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* sentence \w of|strong="G4012"\w* condemnation \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w custom|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w hand|strong="G5483"\w* \w over|strong="G2596"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* met \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w and|strong="G0611"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w given|strong="G5483"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G5117"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w make|strong="G2723"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w defense|strong="G0627"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w accusation|strong="G2723"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G4905"\w* \w back|strong="G0071"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w*, \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* postpone \w the|strong="G3588"\w* case, but \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G1836"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w judgment|strong="G0968"\w* \w seat|strong="G0968"\w* \w and|strong="G0435"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* up, \w they|strong="G3739"\w* did \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w charge|strong="G0156"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G4012"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* deeds \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w suspected|strong="G5282"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Rather|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w points|strong="G2213"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w disagreement|strong="G2213"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w religion|strong="G1175"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* claimed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w loss|strong="G0639"\w* \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could \w investigate|strong="G2214"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* matters, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w willing|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3778"\w* \w tried|strong="G2919"\w* \w there|strong="G2546"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* be \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w custody|strong="G5083"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w decision|strong="G1233"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w His|strong="G0846"\w* Majesty \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Emperor|strong="G4575"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* be \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* under \w guard|strong="G5083"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* could \w send|strong="G0375"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w myself|strong="G0846"\w*.” “\w Tomorrow|strong="G0839"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.”   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w Before|strong="G4314"\w* King \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bernice  
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Bernice|strong="G0959"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w pomp|strong="G5325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* audience hall, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* senior \w military|strong="G5506"\w* officers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prominent|strong="G1851"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w of|strong="G0435"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w gave|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w order|strong="G2753"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G0071"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w present|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* populace petitioned \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*, \w shouting|strong="G0994"\w* \w loudly|strong="G0994"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w found|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* deserved \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w His|strong="G0846"\w* Majesty \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Emperor|strong="G4575"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w definite|strong="G0804"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* preliminary hearing \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*.  
\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w seems|strong="G1380"\w* unreasonable \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* clearly indicating \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w charges|strong="G0156"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.”   
\c 26  
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\v 1  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w “You|strong="G4671"\w* \w have permission|strong="G2010"\w* \w to speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w held out|strong="G1614"\w* \w his hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and began his defense|strong="G0626"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Regarding|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the things|strong="G3956"\w* \w I have been accused|strong="G1458"\w* \w of by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w*, \w I consider|strong="G2233"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w fortunate|strong="G3107"\w* \w that I am about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to make my defense|strong="G0626"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*,  
\v 3  \w because you|strong="G4571"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w familiar|strong="G1109"\w* \w with all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w controversial issues|strong="G2213"\w* \w of the Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I ask|strong="G1189"\w* \w you to listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to me|strong="G3450"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3116"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Now all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w know|strong="G2467"\w* \w the way I lived|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w my youth|strong="G3503"\w*, \w spending|strong="G0981"\w* \w my|strong="G3450"\w* \w life|strong="G0981"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the beginning|strong="G0746"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w my own|strong="G3450"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 5  \w They know,|strong="G4267"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w known|strong="G4267"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w from time past|strong="G0509"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they are willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to testify|strong="G3140"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w according to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the strictest|strong="G0196"\w* \w party|strong="G0139"\w* \w of our|strong="G2251"\w* \w religion|strong="G2356"\w*, \w I lived|strong="G2198"\w* \w as a Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*.  
\v 6  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w here on trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w because of my hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in the promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w made by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2257"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*,  
\v 7  \w a promise|strong="G2257"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve tribes|strong="G1429"\w* \w hope to attain|strong="G2658"\w* \w as they earnestly|strong="G1616"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w God|strong="G3571"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w this hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w are accusing|strong="G1458"\w* \w me,|strong="G0935"\w* \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* Majesty!  
\v 8  \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do you|strong="G5213"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w it is unbelievable|strong="G0571"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raises|strong="G1453"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*?  
\v 9  \w Of course|strong="G3303"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w was convinced|strong="G1380"\w* \w that it was necessary to do|strong="G4238"\w* \w many things|strong="G4183"\w* \w hostile|strong="G1727"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the Nazarene|strong="G3480"\w*.  
\v 10  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that is what I did|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*\w : Not only did I|strong="G1473"\w* \w lock up|strong="G2623"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of the saints|strong="G0040"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prisons|strong="G5438"\w* \w by the authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w I received|strong="G2983"\w* \w from the chief priests|strong="G0749"\w*, \w but I also cast|strong="G2702"\w* \w my vote|strong="G5586"\w* \w against them when they were sentenced to death|strong="G0337"\w*.  
\v 11  \w I punished|strong="G5097"\w* \w them often|strong="G4178"\w* \w in all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w and tried to force|strong="G0315"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to blaspheme|strong="G0987"\w*. \w Because I was|strong="G1693"\w* \w so furiously|strong="G4057"\w* \w enraged|strong="G1693"\w* \w at them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w I went to persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w them even|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w foreign|strong="G1854"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 “\w While doing this very thing,|strong="G4198"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w complete power|strong="G2011"\w* \w from the chief priests|strong="G0749"\w*,  
\v 13  \w about noon|strong="G2250"\w* \w along|strong="G2596"\w* \w the road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w Your Majesty|strong="G0935"\w*, \w I saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w a light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from heaven|strong="G3771"\w*, \w brighter|strong="G2987"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w the sun|strong="G2246"\w*, \w shining everywhere around|strong="G4034"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those traveling|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1698"\w*.  
\v 14  \w When|strong="G2667"\w* \w we|strong="G2257"\w* \w had|strong="G2667"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w fallen|strong="G2667"\w* \w to the ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w I heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w a voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w in Aramaic|strong="G1446"\w*, ‘\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you persecuting|strong="G1377"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w*\w ? You|strong="G4671"\w* \w are hurting yourself|strong="G2979"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* kicking \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w goads|strong="G2759"\w*.’  
\v 15  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w ‘Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are you|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*\w ?’ And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w replied|strong="G2036"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are persecuting|strong="G1377"\w*.  
\v 16  \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w get up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G4675"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w I have appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to you|strong="G4671"\w* \w for this reason, to designate|strong="G4400"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w in advance|strong="G5257"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* servant \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w to the things|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and to the things in which I will appear|strong="G3700"\w* \w to you|strong="G4671"\w*.  
\v 17  \w I will rescue|strong="G1807"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your own people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am sending|strong="G0649"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w*  
\v 18  \w to open|strong="G0455"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w so that they turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from the power|strong="G1849"\w* \w of Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w so that they|strong="G0846"\w* \w may receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w forgiveness|strong="G0859"\w* \w of sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a share|strong="G2819"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w those who are sanctified|strong="G0037"\w* \w by faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1691"\w*.’   
\p
\v 19 “\w Therefore|strong="G3606"\w*, \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w*, \w I was|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w disobedient|strong="G0545"\w* \w to the heavenly|strong="G3770"\w* \w vision|strong="G3701"\w*,  
\v 20  \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w I declared|strong="G0518"\w* \w to those in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w first|strong="G4412"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then to those in Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and in all|strong="G3956"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w that they should repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w performing|strong="G4238"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \w consistent|strong="G0514"\w* \w with|strong="G3341"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*.  
\v 21  \w For|strong="G1752"\w* \w this|strong="G5130"\w* \w reason|strong="G1752"\w* \w the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the temple courts|strong="G2411"\w* \w and were trying|strong="G3987"\w* \w to kill|strong="G1315"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 22  \w I have experienced|strong="G5177"\w* \w help|strong="G1947"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and so I stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w testifying|strong="G3143"\w* \w to both|strong="G5037"\w* \w small|strong="G3398"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w except|strong="G1622"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w was going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to happen|strong="G1096"\w*:  
\v 23  \w that|strong="G5547"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was to suffer|strong="G3805"\w* \w and be the first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to rise|strong="G0386"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w to proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w to our people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.”   
\p
\v 24  \w As Paul|strong="G5023"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G0626"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in his|strong="G0846"\w* \w defense|strong="G0626"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G5346"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, \w “You have lost|strong="G3105"\w* \w your mind,|strong="G3972"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*\w ! Your|strong="G4571"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w learning|strong="G1121"\w* \w is driving|strong="G4062"\w* \w you insane|strong="G3130"\w*!”  
\v 25  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I have|strong="G3105"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lost|strong="G3105"\w* \w my mind|strong="G3105"\w*, \w most excellent|strong="G2903"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w am speaking|strong="G0669"\w* \w true|strong="G0225"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rational|strong="G4997"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*.  
\v 26  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the king|strong="G0935"\w* \w knows|strong="G1987"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w these things|strong="G5130"\w*, \w and I am speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w freely|strong="G3955"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3982"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w* \w that any of these things has escaped his notice,|strong="G1063"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this was|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a corner|strong="G1137"\w*.  
\v 27  \w Do you believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w*\w ?|strong="G1492"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you believe|strong="G4100"\w*.”  
\v 28  \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w* \w said to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w “In|strong="G1722"\w* \w such a short time|strong="G3641"\w* \w are you persuading|strong="G3982"\w* \w me|strong="G3165"\w* \w to become|strong="G4160"\w* \w a Christian|strong="G5546"\w*?”  
\v 29  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied, “I pray|strong="G2172"\w* \w to God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that whether|strong="G0302"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a short|strong="G3641"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a long time|strong="G3173"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w you|strong="G4571"\w* \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those who are listening|strong="G0191"\w* \w to me|strong="G3450"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w could become|strong="G1096"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w as|strong="G3697"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w except|strong="G3924"\w* \w for these|strong="G5130"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w*.”   
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\v 30  \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w the king|strong="G0935"\w* \w got up|strong="G0450"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with him the governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w Bernice|strong="G0959"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those sitting|strong="G4775"\w* \w with them|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 31  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as they were leaving|strong="G0402"\w* \w they said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one another|strong="G0240"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w is not|strong="G3762"\w* \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w deserving|strong="G0514"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w*.”  
\v 32  \w Agrippa|strong="G0067"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have been released|strong="G0630"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he had|strong="G1941"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”   
\c 27  
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\v 1  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w it was decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w we|strong="G2248"\w* \w would sail|strong="G0636"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w*, \w they handed over|strong="G3860"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \w to a centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w of the Augustan|strong="G4575"\w* \w Cohort|strong="G4686"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w*.  
\v 2  \w We went on board|strong="G1910"\w* \w a ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w from Adramyttium|strong="G0098"\w* \w that was about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to sail|strong="G4126"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w various ports|strong="G5117"\w* \w along the coast|strong="G2596"\w* \w of the province of Asia|strong="G0773"\w* \w and put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w*, \w accompanied|strong="G4862"\w* \w by Aristarchus|strong="G0708"\w*, \w a Macedonian|strong="G3110"\w* \w from Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w*.  
\v 3  \w The next day|strong="G2087"\w* \w we put in|strong="G2609"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w*, \w treating|strong="G5530"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w kindly|strong="G5364"\w*, \w allowed|strong="G2010"\w* \w him to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to his friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w so they could provide|strong="G1958"\w* \w him with what he needed|strong="G5177"\w*.  
\v 4  \w From there|strong="G2547"\w* \w we put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w* \w and sailed under the lee|strong="G5284"\w* \w of Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the winds|strong="G0417"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w against|strong="G1727"\w* us.  
\v 5  \w After|strong="G5037"\w* \w we had sailed across|strong="G1277"\w* \w the open sea|strong="G3989"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, \w we put in|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Myra|strong="G3460"\w* \w in Lycia|strong="G3073"\w*.  
\v 6  \w There|strong="G2546"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w from Alexandria|strong="G0222"\w* \w sailing|strong="G4126"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w*, \w and he put|strong="G1688"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w aboard|strong="G1688"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 7  \w We sailed slowly|strong="G1020"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w with difficulty|strong="G3433"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cnidus|strong="G2834"\w*. \w Because the wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w prevented|strong="G3361"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w from going any farther,|strong="G5284"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lee \w of Crete|strong="G2914"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Salmone|strong="G4534"\w*.  
\v 8  \w With difficulty|strong="G3433"\w* \w we sailed along the coast|strong="G3881"\w* \w of Crete|strong="G0846"\w* \w and came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Fair Havens that was|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the town|strong="G4172"\w* \w of Lasea|strong="G2996"\w*.   
\s1 Caught \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* Violent Storm  
\p
\v 9  \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w considerable|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w had passed|strong="G1230"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the voyage was|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G2235"\w* \w dangerous|strong="G2000"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the fast|strong="G3521"\w* \w was|strong="G3928"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w over|strong="G3928"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w advised|strong="G3867"\w* \w them|strong="G1223"\w*,  
\v 10 “\w Men|strong="G0435"\w*, \w I can see|strong="G2334"\w* \w the voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w is going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to end|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G3326"\w* \w disaster|strong="G5196"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w loss|strong="G2209"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w of the cargo|strong="G5413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w of our|strong="G2257"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w*.”  
\v 11  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w was|strong="G3982"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w by the captain|strong="G2942"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the ship’s owner|strong="G3490"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w what Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Because the harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w was|strong="G5225"\w* \w not suitable|strong="G0428"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w spend the winter in|strong="G3915"\w*, \w the majority|strong="G4119"\w* \w decided|strong="G1012"\w* \w to put out|strong="G5087"\w* \w to sea|strong="G0321"\w* \w from there|strong="G1564"\w*. \w They hoped that|strong="G1513"\w* \w somehow|strong="G1513"\w* \w they could|strong="G1410"\w* \w reach|strong="G2658"\w* \w Phoenix|strong="G5405"\w*, \w a harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w of Crete|strong="G2914"\w* \w facing|strong="G0991"\w* \w southwest|strong="G3047"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w northwest|strong="G5566"\w*, \w and spend the winter|strong="G3914"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w*.  
\v 13  \w When a gentle|strong="G5285"\w* \w south wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w sprang up, they thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w they could carry out|strong="G2902"\w* \w their purpose|strong="G4286"\w*, \w so they weighed anchor|strong="G0142"\w* \w and sailed|strong="G3881"\w* \w close|strong="G0788"\w* \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the coast|strong="G2914"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w this, a hurricane-force|strong="G5189"\w* \w wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w the northeaster|strong="G2148"\w* \w blew down|strong="G0906"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the island|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 15  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w was caught|strong="G4884"\w* \w in it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w head|strong="G0503"\w* \w into|strong="G0417"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wind|strong="G0417"\w*, \w we gave way|strong="G1929"\w* \w to it and were driven|strong="G5342"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 16  \w As we ran under|strong="G5295"\w* \w the lee of|strong="G3519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w small|strong="G3519"\w* \w island|strong="G3519"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Cauda|strong="G2802"\w*, \w we were able|strong="G2480"\w* \w with difficulty|strong="G3433"\w* \w to get|strong="G4031"\w* \w the ship’s boat|strong="G4627"\w* \w under control|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 17  \w After the crew|strong="G0142"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w hoisted|strong="G0142"\w* \w it aboard,|strong="G5530"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w used|strong="G5530"\w* \w supports|strong="G0996"\w* \w to undergird|strong="G5269"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w Fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w they would run aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Syrtis|strong="G4950"\w*, \w they lowered|strong="G5465"\w* \w the sea anchor|strong="G4632"\w*, \w thus|strong="G3779"\w* \w letting|strong="G5342"\w* \w themselves be driven along|strong="G5342"\w*.  
\v 18  \w The next day|strong="G1836"\w*, \w because we|strong="G2257"\w* \w were|strong="G5492"\w* \w violently|strong="G4971"\w* \w battered by the storm|strong="G5492"\w*, \w they began throwing|strong="G4160"\w* \w the cargo overboard|strong="G1546"\w*,  
\v 19  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on the third day|strong="G5154"\w* \w they threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w the ship’s|strong="G4143"\w* \w gear|strong="G4631"\w* \w overboard|strong="G4496"\w* \w with their own hands|strong="G0849"\w*.  
\v 20  \w When neither|strong="G3383"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \w stars|strong="G0798"\w* \w appeared|strong="G2014"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4119"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w a violent|strong="G5494"\w* \w storm|strong="G5494"\w* \w continued to batter|strong="G1945"\w* \w us,|strong="G2248"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w finally|strong="G3063"\w* \w abandoned|strong="G4014"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of being saved|strong="G4982"\w*.   
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\v 21  \w Since|strong="G5119"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of them had|strong="G5225"\w* \w no desire to eat|strong="G0776"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood up|strong="G2476"\w* \w among|strong="G3319"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and said|strong="G2036"\w*, \w “Men|strong="G0435"\w*, \w you should|strong="G1163"\w* \w have listened|strong="G3980"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w* \w and not|strong="G3361"\w* \w put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*, \w thus|strong="G5037"\w* \w avoiding|strong="G2770"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w damage|strong="G5196"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w loss|strong="G2209"\w*.  
\v 22  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I advise|strong="G3867"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w to keep up your courage|strong="G2114"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w will be|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w loss|strong="G0580"\w* \w of life|strong="G5590"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5216"\w*, \w but|strong="G4133"\w* \w only the ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* lost.  
\v 23  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w an angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w of the God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w came|strong="G3936"\w* \w to me|strong="G3427"\w*  
\v 24  \w and said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G5399"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be afraid|strong="G5399"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*\w ! You|strong="G4571"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w stand before|strong="G3936"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has graciously granted|strong="G5483"\w* \w you|strong="G4671"\w* \w the safety|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who are sailing|strong="G4126"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w*.’  
\v 25  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w keep up|strong="G2114"\w* \w your courage, men|strong="G0435"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w I have faith|strong="G4100"\w* \w in God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it will be|strong="G1510"\w* \w just as|strong="G2596"\w* \w I|strong="G3427"\w* \w have been told|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 26  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2248"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w run aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*.”   
\p
\v 27  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w the fourteenth|strong="G5065"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w had come|strong="G1096"\w*, \w while|strong="G1308"\w* \w we|strong="G2257"\w* \w were being driven|strong="G1308"\w* \w across|strong="G1308"\w* \w the Adriatic Sea|strong="G0099"\w*, \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3319"\w* \w the sailors|strong="G3492"\w* \w suspected|strong="G5282"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were approaching|strong="G4317"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w land|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 28  \w They took soundings|strong="G1001"\w* \w and found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the water was twenty|strong="G1501"\w* \w fathoms|strong="G3712"\w* \w deep; when they had sailed|strong="G1339"\w* \w a little|strong="G1024"\w* \w farther|strong="G1339"\w* \w they took soundings|strong="G1001"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w and found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it was fifteen|strong="G1178"\w* \w fathoms|strong="G3712"\w* deep.  
\v 29  \w Because they were afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that we would run aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w the rocky|strong="G5138"\w* \w coast|strong="G5117"\w*, \w they threw out|strong="G4496"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w anchors|strong="G0045"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the stern|strong="G4403"\w* \w and wished|strong="G2172"\w* \w for day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to appear|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 30  \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w when the sailors|strong="G3492"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to escape|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were lowering|strong="G5465"\w* \w the ship’s boat|strong="G4627"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w pretending|strong="G4392"\w* \w that|strong="G5613"\w* \w they were going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to put out|strong="G1614"\w* \w anchors|strong="G0045"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the bow|strong="G4408"\w*,  
\v 31  \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G2036"\w* \w to the centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w “Unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w these men|strong="G3778"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w be saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”  
\v 32  \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w cut|strong="G0609"\w* \w the ropes|strong="G4979"\w* \w of the ship’s boat|strong="G4627"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w drift away|strong="G1601"\w*.   
\p
\v 33  \w As day|strong="G2250"\w* \w was about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to dawn|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them all|strong="G0537"\w* \w to take|strong="G3335"\w* \w some food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w “Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w is the fourteenth|strong="G5065"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w you have been in suspense|strong="G4328"\w* \w and have gone|strong="G0777"\w* \w without|strong="G3367"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*; \w you have eaten|strong="G4355"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w*.  
\v 34  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w to take|strong="G3335"\w* \w some food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w for this|strong="G5124"\w* \w is important|strong="G5225"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G5212"\w* \w survival|strong="G4991"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w not one|strong="G3762"\w* \w of you|strong="G5216"\w* \w will lose|strong="G0622"\w* \w a hair|strong="G2359"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w his head|strong="G2776"\w*.”  
\v 35  \w After he said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G5023"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G2983"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w and gave thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in front of|strong="G1799"\w* \w them all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it, and began|strong="G0756"\w* \w to eat|strong="G2068"\w*.  
\v 36  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of them|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G2115"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 37  \w (We were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in all|strong="G3956"\w* \w two hundred seventy-six|strong="G1440"\w* \w persons|strong="G5590"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w*.)  
\v 38  \w When they had eaten enough to be satisfied|strong="G2880"\w*, \w they lightened|strong="G2893"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w by throwing|strong="G1544"\w* \w the wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*.   
\s1 Paul \w is|strong="G3588"\w* Shipwrecked  
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\v 39  \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they did not|strong="G3756"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1921"\w* \w the land|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they noticed|strong="G2657"\w* \w a bay|strong="G2859"\w* \w with a beach|strong="G0123"\w*, \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w they decided|strong="G1011"\w* \w to run|strong="G1856"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w aground|strong="G1856"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they could|strong="G1410"\w*.  
\v 40  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they slipped|strong="G4014"\w* \w the anchors|strong="G0045"\w* \w and left|strong="G1439"\w* \w them in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w at the same time|strong="G0260"\w* \w loosening|strong="G0447"\w* \w the linkage|strong="G2202"\w* \w that bound the steering oars|strong="G4079"\w* \w together. Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they hoisted|strong="G1869"\w* \w the foresail|strong="G0736"\w* \w to the wind|strong="G4154"\w* \w and steered|strong="G2722"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w the beach|strong="G0123"\w*.  
\v 41  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they encountered|strong="G4045"\w* \w a patch|strong="G5117"\w* \w of crosscurrents|strong="G1337"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2027"\w* \w the ship|strong="G3491"\w* \w aground|strong="G2027"\w*; \w the bow|strong="G4408"\w* \w stuck fast|strong="G2043"\w* \w and could not be moved|strong="G0761"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the stern|strong="G4403"\w* \w was being broken up|strong="G3089"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the force|strong="G0970"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* waves.  
\v 42  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*’ \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w was to kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w the prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \w so that|strong="G2443"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of them|strong="G5100"\w* \w would escape by swimming away|strong="G1309"\w*.  
\v 43  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the centurion|strong="G1543"\w*, \w wanting|strong="G1014"\w* \w to save|strong="G1295"\w* \w Paul’s|strong="G3972"\w* \w life,|strong="G2967"\w* \w prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w from carrying out their plan|strong="G1013"\w*. \w He ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w those who could|strong="G1410"\w* \w swim|strong="G2860"\w* \w to jump overboard|strong="G0641"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and get|strong="G1826"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*,  
\v 44  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w were to follow,|strong="G1909"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w planks|strong="G4548"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w pieces of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in this way|strong="G3779"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w brought safely|strong="G1295"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*.   
\c 28  
\p
\v 1  \w After|strong="G5119"\w* \w we had safely reached shore|strong="G1295"\w*, \w we learned|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the island|strong="G3520"\w* \w was called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Malta|strong="G3194"\w*.  
\v 2  \w The local inhabitants|strong="G0915"\w* \w showed|strong="G3930"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w* \w extraordinary|strong="G5177"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5363"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they built|strong="G0681"\w* \w a fire|strong="G4443"\w* \w and welcomed|strong="G4355"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it had started|strong="G2186"\w* \w to rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was cold|strong="G5592"\w*.  
\v 3  \w When Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had gathered|strong="G4962"\w* \w a bundle|strong="G4128"\w* \w of brushwood|strong="G5434"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was putting|strong="G2007"\w* \w it on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the fire|strong="G4443"\w*, \w a viper|strong="G2191"\w* \w came out|strong="G1831"\w* \w because of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the heat|strong="G2329"\w* \w and fastened|strong="G2510"\w* \w itself on|strong="G2510"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 4  \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w the local people|strong="G0915"\w* \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w the creature|strong="G2342"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Paul’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w they said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one another|strong="G0240"\w*, \w “No doubt|strong="G3843"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a murderer|strong="G5406"\w*\w ! Although he has escaped|strong="G1295"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w Justice|strong="G1349"\w* \w herself|strong="G1439"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allowed|strong="G1439"\w* \w him to live|strong="G2198"\w*!”  
\v 5  \w However|strong="G3767"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G0660"\w* \w shook|strong="G0660"\w* \w the creature|strong="G2342"\w* \w off|strong="G0660"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\w*.  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they were expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w that he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to swell up|strong="G4092"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G0869"\w* \w drop|strong="G2667"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w after they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had waited|strong="G4328"\w* \w a long time|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had seen|strong="G2334"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w unusual|strong="G0824"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they changed|strong="G3327"\w* \w their minds|strong="G3327"\w* \w and said|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a god|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\p
\v 7  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the region|strong="G5564"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w were fields belonging|strong="G5225"\w* \w to the chief official|strong="G4413"\w* \w of the island|strong="G3520"\w*, \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G0324"\w* \w us|strong="G2248"\w* \w and entertained|strong="G3579"\w* \w us hospitably|strong="G5390"\w* \w as guests|strong="G3579"\w* \w for three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 8  \w The father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of Publius|strong="G4196"\w* \w lay|strong="G2621"\w* \w sick in bed|strong="G4912"\w*, \w suffering from|strong="G4314"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dysentery|strong="G1420"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went in|strong="G1525"\w* \w to see him|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after praying|strong="G4336"\w*, \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w his hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.  
\v 9  \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G5127"\w* \w had happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w many of the people|strong="G3062"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the island|strong="G3520"\w* \w who were|strong="G2192"\w* \w sick|strong="G0769"\w* \w also came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were healed|strong="G2323"\w*.  
\v 10  \w They|strong="G5091"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w bestowed|strong="G5091"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w honors|strong="G5092"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when we|strong="G2248"\w* \w were preparing to sail|strong="G0321"\w*, \w they gave|strong="G2007"\w* \w us all the supplies we needed|strong="G5532"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Finally Reaches Rome  
\p
\v 11  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w we put out to sea|strong="G0321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an Alexandrian|strong="G0222"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w that had wintered|strong="G3914"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the island|strong="G3520"\w* \w and had the “Heavenly Twins|strong="G1359"\w*” \w as its figurehead|strong="G3902"\w*.  
\v 12  \w We put in|strong="G2609"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syracuse|strong="G4946"\w* \w and stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 13  \w From there|strong="G3606"\w* \w we cast off|strong="G4014"\w* \w and arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rhegium|strong="G4484"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w a south wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w sprang up|strong="G1920"\w* \w and on the second day|strong="G1206"\w* \w we came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Puteoli|strong="G4223"\w*.  
\v 14  \w There|strong="G3757"\w* \w we found|strong="G2147"\w* \w some brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and were invited|strong="G3870"\w* \w to stay|strong="G1961"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in this way|strong="G3779"\w* \w we came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.  
\v 15  \w The brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w from there|strong="G2547"\w*, \w when they heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G2257"\w*, \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w as far as|strong="G0891"\w* \w the Forum|strong="G5410"\w* \w of Appius|strong="G0675"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w Taverns|strong="G4999"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G0529"\w* \w us|strong="G2254"\w*. \w When he saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w them,|strong="G3972"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and took|strong="G2983"\w* \w courage|strong="G2294"\w*.  
\v 16  \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w we entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was allowed|strong="G2010"\w* \w to live|strong="G3306"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w who was guarding|strong="G5442"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.   
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* Addresses \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish Community \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*  
\p
\v 17  \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w the local Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had assembled|strong="G4905"\w*, \w he said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w “Brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w although|strong="G1727"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had done|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w against our people|strong="G2992"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w of our ancestors|strong="G3971"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w I was handed over|strong="G3860"\w* \w as a prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the Romans|strong="G4514"\w*.  
\v 18  \w When|strong="G0350"\w* \w they|strong="G3748"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* heard \w my|strong="G3165"\w* \w case|strong="G0350"\w*, \w they wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to release|strong="G0630"\w* \w me,|strong="G1223"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w there was no|strong="G3367"\w* \w basis|strong="G0156"\w* \w for a death|strong="G2288"\w* \w sentence|strong="G5225"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1698"\w*.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when the Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w objected|strong="G0483"\w*, \w I was forced|strong="G0315"\w* \w to appeal|strong="G1941"\w* \w to Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* – \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that I had|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w charge|strong="G2723"\w* \w to bring|strong="G3450"\w* \w against|strong="G2723"\w* \w my|strong="G2192"\w* own \w people|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 20  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w this reason|strong="G3778"\w* \w I have asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w to see|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G5209"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G4354"\w* \w with you, for|strong="G1752"\w* \w I am bound|strong="G4029"\w* \w with this|strong="G3778"\w* \w chain|strong="G0254"\w* \w because of|strong="G1063"\w* \w the hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.”  
\v 21  \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have received|strong="G1209"\w* \w no|strong="G3777"\w* \w letters|strong="G1121"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w have any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of the brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w come|strong="G3854"\w* \w from there|strong="G0518"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G0518"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w*.  
\v 22  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we would like|strong="G0515"\w* \w to hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4675"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you think|strong="G5426"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w regarding|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w sect|strong="G0139"\w* \w we|strong="G2254"\w* \w know|strong="G1110"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3837"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w speak against|strong="G0483"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w*.”   
\p
\v 23  \w They set|strong="G5021"\w* \w a day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to meet with him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and they came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w where he was staying|strong="G3578"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w even greater numbers|strong="G4119"\w*. \w From|strong="G0575"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w evening|strong="G2073"\w* \w he explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w things|strong="G1263"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w about the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and trying to convince|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w both|strong="G5037"\w* \w the law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Some were convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w by what he said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w others refused|strong="G0569"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w believe|strong="G0569"\w*.  
\v 25  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they began to leave|strong="G0630"\w*, \w unable|strong="G0800"\w* \w to agree among|strong="G4314"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0240"\w*, \w after Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w made|strong="G2036"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w last statement|strong="G4487"\w*\w : “The Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w rightly|strong="G2573"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G5216"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*  
\v 26  \w when he said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\qt  \+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w this|strong="G5126"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 “\qt  \+w You will keep on hearing|strong="G0191"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4920"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w understand|strong="G4920"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you will keep on looking|strong="G0991"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w perceive|strong="G1492"\+w*\qt*.   
\q1
\v 27  \qt  \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the heart|strong="G2588"\+w* \+w of this|strong="G5127"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w has become dull|strong="G3975"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their ears|strong="G3775"\+w* \+w are hard|strong="G0917"\+w* \+w of hearing|strong="G0191"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they have closed|strong="G2576"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="G3788"\+w*,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w so that they would|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3379"\+w* \+w see|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w with their eyes|strong="G3788"\+w*\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hear|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w with their ears|strong="G3775"\+w*\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w understand|strong="G4920"\+w* \+w with their heart|strong="G2588"\+w*\qt*  
\q1 \qt  \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="G1994"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I would heal|strong="G2390"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*\qt*.”’   
\p
\v 28 “\w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w advised|strong="G1110"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G5124"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4992"\w* \w from God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has been sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w to the Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*; \w they|strong="G0191"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w listen|strong="G0191"\w*!”  
\v 29 \f + \fr 28:29 \ft [[EMPTY]]\f*   
\p
\v 30  \w Paul|strong="G1696"\w* \w lived|strong="G1696"\w* \w there two|strong="G1333"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w years|strong="G1333"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his own|strong="G2398"\w* \w rented quarters|strong="G3410"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G0588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who came|strong="G1531"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*,  
\v 31  \w proclaiming|strong="G2784"\w* \w the kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w* \w and without restriction|strong="G0209"\w*.