\id ACT - Plain English Version 
\h Acts 
\toc2 Acts 
\toc1 The Acts of the Apostles 
\mt1 The followers of Jesus did great things  
\mt2 (The book in the Holy Bible called \k Acts\k*)  
\imt1 About this book  
\ip Luke wrote this book. He was a doctor. This is the 2nd book he wrote. His 1st book is about the things that Jesus did when he was here on the earth. We have translated some of that book, see \em Some important parts of the good news about Jesus that Luke wrote\em*. This 2nd book is about the things that Jesus’s followers did after Jesus went back to heaven. Luke wrote both of these books for a man called Thiofilus, but we can learn a lot from them too.  
\ip Luke was a friend of Paul, one of Jesus’s special workers, and he went with Paul to a lot of countries and helped him as he told people the good news about Jesus.  
\ip Some of the things that Luke wrote about in this book, are things he saw happen, and the rest are things that Paul and Jesus’s other followers told him about.  
\ip Luke wrote this book about 2,000 years ago, about 30 years after Jesus went back to heaven. It is now part of the Holy Bible, and it is important for us today. It tells us about how the first Christians lived for Jesus, and how they started the first churches in the towns where they lived. And it tells us how God’s Holy Spirit worked in them, and how they told everyone about Jesus, so that a lot more people believed in him. We can learn a lot today from this book that Luke wrote a long time ago.  
\cl Chapter  
\c 1  
\p
\v 1 \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m writing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w my|strong="G3956"\w* friend Thiofilus. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* wrote \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G4413"\w*, \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.\x * \xo 1:1 \xt Luke 1:1-4\x*  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G4151"\w* doing \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* helped \w him|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w his|strong="G1223"\w* special workers \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G4151"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w*. \w After|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w God|strong="G3588"\w* took Jesus up \w to|strong="G4151"\w* heaven.   
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\v 3 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G3700"\w*, \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w up|strong="G3936"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w*, \w people|strong="G4183"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* times \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* next 40 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* really \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really sure \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family.   
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\v 4 \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* eating \w some|strong="G3739"\w* food \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* city, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w leave|strong="G5563"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* already told \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w wait|strong="G4037"\w* here \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* does \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.\x * \xo 1:4 \xt Luke 24:49\x*  
\v 5 Remember \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Baptiser. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* baptised \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w means|strong="G1722"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* special washing ceremony. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G3756"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w God|strong="G4183"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* baptise \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w means|strong="G1722"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* put \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”\x * \xo 1:5 \xt Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John 1:33\x*   
\s1 God took Jesus up into heaven  
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\v 6 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Roman government \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bosses \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G1487"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* met \w together|strong="G4905"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* fight \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Romans \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* beat \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* back \w our|strong="G2962"\w* own country, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* own boss \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*?”   
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\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* controls everything. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* need \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”\x * \xo 1:8 \xt Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47-48\x*   
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\v 9-10 After Jesus told them that, God lifted him up to heaven. His followers were looking at him as he was going up. Then a cloud came in front of Jesus, and his followers couldn’t see him any more. They kept on looking up into the sky, and suddenly 2 men wearing white clothes stood next to them.\x * \xo 1:9-10 \xt Mark 16:19; Luke 24:50-51\x* \fig God lifted Jesus up into heaven|src="wa03936b.tif" size="col" ref="1:9-10" \fig*  
\v 11 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w looking|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*? \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Olive Trees \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*.  
\s1 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w found|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* Judas  
\p \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* left \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* walked \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* kilometre \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*,  
\v 13 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* upstairs \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* living.  
\p \w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* names \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*’s 11 special workers,  
\li1 – Peter  
\li1 – John  
\li1 – James  
\li1 – Andrew  
\li1 – Philip  
\li1 – Thomas  
\li1 – Bartholomew  
\li1 – Matthew  
\li1 – James. His father’s name was Alfius.  
\li1 – Simon. He used to be one of the mob that wanted to fight the Roman government bosses.  
\li1 – Judas. His father’s name was James.\x * \xo 1:13 \xt Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16\x*   
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\v 14 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* met \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w together|strong="G3661"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* met \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w One|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w few|strong="G1722"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* meeting. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 120 \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* meeting. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16-17 He said, “Listen, friends, a long time ago the Holy Spirit told David about Judas, the son of Iscariot, and David wrote that story in God’s book. Now it has happened. You know, Judas used to be with us, and he worked with us. He was one of Jesus’s special workers. But the Jewish leaders paid Judas to take a mob of bad men to catch Jesus.  
\v 18 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders used \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* buy \w some|strong="G3588"\w* farm \w land|strong="G5564"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w*. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* belly \w split|strong="G1096"\w* \w open|strong="G2997"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* guts \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w*.  
\v 19 Everybody \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* heard \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \em Akeldama\em* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \em the farm land of blood\em*.”\x * \xo 1:19 \xt Matthew 27:3-8\x*   
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\v 20 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* talking. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* told David \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2983"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Psalms|strong="G5568"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 ‘Empty \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G1886"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* anybody \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.’  
\m \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w Let|strong="G1096"\w* somebody \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* job.’”\x * \xo 1:20 \xt Psalm 69:25; 109:8\x*   
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\v 21-22 And Peter said, “So now we have to pick somebody else to have Judas’s job and be one of Jesus’s 12 special workers. He will help us tell people the true story, that Jesus is alive. Yes, Jesus died, but then God made him alive again. The man that we pick has to be one of the men that went around with our leader Jesus. He has to be somebody that was with us from the time that John baptised Jesus, right up to the time that God took Jesus up into heaven.”\x * \xo 1:21-22 \xt Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:9; 16:19; Luke 3:21; 24:51\x*   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*. \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* Barsabbas. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w*, \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*.  
\v 24-25 Then Jesus’s special workers prayed. They said, “Judas left his job, and went his own way, and now he is dead. He went to that bad place. And God, you know everyone properly, and you know the way they think. Please show us the man that you want to take Judas’s place, and to do his job, and to be a special worker of Jesus.”   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w names|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* jar, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* man shook \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* closed \w his|strong="G1909"\w* eyes \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w names|strong="G1909"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jar. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w* joined \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s 11 special workers, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* work \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 2  
\s1 The Holy Spirit came  
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* special \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremony \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* met \w together|strong="G3674"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w*.\x * \xo 2:1 \xt Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 16:9-11\x*  
\v 2 Suddenly \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w noise|strong="G2279"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G4157"\w* \w blowing|strong="G5342"\w*. Everyone \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w noise|strong="G2279"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* flames \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* spread \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w person|strong="G1538"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* into \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w*. \fig Something like flames of fire touched Jesus’s followers, and the Holy Spirit went into them|src="wa03939b.tif" size="col" ref="2:4" \fig*   
\p
\v 5 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5259"\w* different countries \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* staying \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* really respected \w God|strong="G2730"\w*.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w noise|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* crowded around \w that|strong="G3754"\w* house. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w languages|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* different countries, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really surprised.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*,  
\v 8 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* hear \w them|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* languages?  
\v 9-11 Some of us were born Jews, and some of us became Jews later. We are from a lot of different countries, and we can hear them talking in the languages of those countries. Some of us are from Parthia, and some from Media, and some from Elam, and some from Mesopotamia, and some from Judea, and some from Capadoshia, and some from Pontus, and some from Asia, and some from Frigia, and some from Pamfilia, and some from Egypt, and some from places in Libya near Cyrene, and some of us are from Crete, and some of us are from Arabia, and some of us are visiting from Rome. But all of us can hear these people talking in our own languages. They are talking about the wonderful things that God does.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Those|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* shocked, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t understand. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
\p
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3748"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* laughed \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* fun \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s followers. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* mob \w are|strong="G1510"\w* just \w drunk|strong="G3325"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* drank too much \w wine|strong="G1098"\w*.”   
\s1 Peter talked to the people at Jerusalem  
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s 11 \w other|strong="G1161"\w* special workers got \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* loud \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* mob, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* properly \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’ll tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* reckon \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* 9 o’clock \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w morning|strong="G2250"\w*, \w too|strong="G5613"\w* early \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G3184"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w*’ll \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w*’s happening. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* know, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* long time ago, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Joel|strong="G2493"\w*, \w to|strong="G3004"\w* write \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happening \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Joel|strong="G2493"\w* wrote,   
\q1
\v 17 ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* judge everybody,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* sorts \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G4245"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w dream|strong="G1797"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* workers, \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1401"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G1401"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19-21 And I will do powerful things in the sky that will shock everyone.  
\q1 The sun will turn dark, and the moon will turn red like blood.  
\q1 And I will do powerful things on the earth too.  
\q1 People will fight each other, and there will be fire and big smoke.”  
\q1 Then God’s really great and special day will come, and he will judge everybody.  
\q1 But God will save everybody that calls to him for help and asks him to save them.’  
\m Joel wrote that in God’s book.”\x * \xo 2:19-21 \xt Joel 2:28-32 \x*   
\p
\v 22-23 Peter kept on talking. He said, “All you mob, listen, and I’ll tell you about Jesus, the man from Nazareth. He was a very special man. God helped him to do great and powerful things, to show you that he is really special. You mob saw Jesus doing those things right here in front of your eyes. But you grabbed him, and you gave him to bad men that don’t know God, and they killed him on a cross. But you see, God already knew that was going to happen. God planned those things a long time ago.\x * \xo 2:22-23 \xt Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; John 19:18\x*  
\v 24 Yes, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w men|strong="G1415"\w* killed \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* hurt \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* lot, \w so|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* stay dead. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive again. Nobody \w could|strong="G1415"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* stay dead.\x * \xo 2:24 \xt Matthew 28:5-6; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5\x*   
\p
\v 25-28 A long time ago, God told his man, David, to write about Jesus, and it is in God’s book. David wrote,  
\q1 ‘God, I know that you are always right here with me.  
\q1 You are close by my side and you look after me, so nobody can frighten me.  
\q1 So I am very happy, and I tell everyone that you are good.  
\q1 I know that you will not leave my dead body in a grave.  
\q1 You will not let the body of your special person rot away.  
\q1 You showed me the right way to live, so that I can keep on living.  
\q1 You are right here with me, and you make me very happy.’  
\m David wrote that in God’s book.”\x * \xo 2:25-28 \xt Psalm 16:8-11 \x*   
\p
\v 29 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1722"\w* friends, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w for|strong="G3754"\w* sure, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-father, \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* himself. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w His|strong="G4012"\w* grave \w is|strong="G1510"\w* still \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w today|strong="G2250"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* David \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s messages \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* promised David \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* later, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* David’s own family \w will|strong="G2316"\w* become \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w*.\x * \xo 2:30 \xt 2 Samuel 7:12-13; Psalm 132:11 \x*  
\v 31 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* David \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* later, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* David wrote \w that|strong="G3754"\w* message \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* message \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* special \w man|strong="G4561"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send, \w and|strong="G4561"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* tells \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w* tells \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* going \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1459"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* grave, \w or|strong="G3777"\w* let \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* rot away.  
\v 32 \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* mob \w here|strong="G1510"\w* can tell \w you|strong="G3739"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* message \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2316"\w* \w then|strong="G2424"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive again, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w saw|strong="G2424"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive again.  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G5312"\w* \w into|strong="G2316"\w* heaven. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w on|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G2316"\w* important \w person|strong="G3739"\w* sits. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* today \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* us \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w*’s \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G3844"\w* \w why|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* seeing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hearing us talk \w in|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G4151"\w* languages today.   
\p
\v 34 \w You|strong="G3004"\w* see, \w David|strong="G1138"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* write \w those|strong="G3588"\w* words \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* wrote \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* wrote \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* words \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* too. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* leader,  
\q1 “\w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*,  
\v 35 \w and|strong="G3588"\w* sit there \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2193"\w* beat \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G3588"\w* then \w you|strong="G4771"\w* can \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w on|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* boss.” ’\x * \xo 2:35 \xt Psalm 110:1\x*  
\m \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w in|strong="G5087"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* too.”   
\p
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* mob \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w sure|strong="G1097"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* got \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* nail \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* boss. Yes, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w us|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3062"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* felt \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* shame. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w other|strong="G3062"\w* special workers, “Friends, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?”   
\p
\v 38-39 Peter told them, “You have to turn around and follow Jesus. Then let us baptise you, to show that you turned away from the wrong things you are doing, and now you follow Jesus Christ. Then God will not do payback to you for those bad things. And he will give you the Holy Spirit to live in you, just like he promised. You see, God promised to give the Holy Spirit to everyone that he picks to be his own people. That promise is for you, and for your kids, and even for people in other countries a long way away.” \fig Peter told all the people there to follow Jesus|src="wa03940b.tif" size="col" ref="2:38-39" \fig*   
\p
\v 40 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* careful \w about|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\p
\v 41 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*’s special workers baptised \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* baptised \w about|strong="G5616"\w* 3,000 \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* joined \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*’s \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* meeting \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s special workers \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big family. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* ate food \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w remembered|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus’s followers shared everything together  
\p
\v 43 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G3173"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* really respected \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 44 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* met \w together|strong="G1909"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* each \w other|strong="G1161"\w*.\x * \xo 2:44 \xt Acts 4:32-35\x*  
\v 45 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 46 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* met \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* yard \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* met \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w*’s \w houses|strong="G3624"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 47 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* praised \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w All|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Jerusalem thought \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\c 3  
\s1 A man couldn’t walk, but Peter got Jesus to make him better  
\p
\v 1-3 There was a man that couldn’t walk. He was crippled all his life. Every day, somebody brought him to sit near one of the gates at God’s ceremony house. Everyone called that gate \em the beautiful gate\em*. As people went in through that gate, the crippled man asked them for money.  
\p One day, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, Peter and John went to pray at God’s ceremony house. They were going in through that Beautiful Gate, and that crippled man saw them and asked them for money.  
\v 4 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* looked straight \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Look \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w looked|strong="G4328"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* thought, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* reckon \w these|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w give|strong="G3844"\w* \w me|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* money.”   
\p
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w any|strong="G2192"\w* money. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* got something really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* better, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*.”   
\p
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* held \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man’s \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. Straight away \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man’s feet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ankles|strong="G4974"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w strong|strong="G4732"\w*.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* jumped \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* yard \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ceremony house. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* jumping \w around|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* telling everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \fig Peter got Jesus to make a crippled man better|src="wa03943b.tif" size="col" ref="3:8" \fig*   
\p
\v 9 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 10 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w that|strong="G3754"\w* used \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Beautiful|strong="G5611"\w* \w Gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really surprised. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* thought, “\w How|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 11 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really surprised, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4936"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1909"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s veranda. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* \w holding|strong="G2902"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*.   
\s1 Peter told the people about Jesus  
\p
\v 12 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* looking \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*? \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*? \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*? \w No|strong="G3588"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 13-14 God made this man better, so that everyone will know that Jesus is really great. But you mob grabbed Jesus and gave him to the soldiers, for them to kill him. Pilate, the judge, wanted to let Jesus go free, but all you mob kept on shouting, ‘No, don’t let Jesus go. You have to kill him. You have to let another man go free instead, even though the other man is a murderer.’ Jesus was a properly good man that lived God’s way, but you said that he was not good.  
\p But Jesus worked for God, and after they killed him, God made him come alive again, and God made him really powerful. This is the same God that our grand-fathers respected a long time ago. They were Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.\x * \xo 3:13-14 \xt Exodus 3:6, 15; Matthew 27:15-23; Mark 15:6-14; Luke 23:13-23; John 19:12-15\x*  
\v 15 \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* killed \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* gives \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w both|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* own eyes, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* really \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2334"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* crippled. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* better, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* better. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w saw|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* own eyes.”   
\p
\v 17 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w* talking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3754"\w* friends, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special man \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* us.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* told \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* Jesus, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* wrote \w those|strong="G3588"\w* messages \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G1161"\w* send \w his|strong="G3956"\w* special \w man|strong="G3956"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G1161"\w* hurt \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G4137"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* happen.   
\p
\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* listen. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* change \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* blame \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* payback \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 20-21 Then God will make your spirits happy and strong. You see, God picked Jesus and sent him to you. He is the Christ, God’s special man. Jesus will stay in heaven until the right time comes for God to make everything new and right again. Then God will send Jesus to you again.  
\p God told everyone about that a long time ago, and he got his men to write about it in his book.  
\v 22 \w One|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* picked \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* messages, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* pick \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* later \w on|strong="G1537"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* special \w man|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* messages. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen properly \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 23 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* listen \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w*’s \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* die.’\x * \xo 3:23 \xt Leviticus 23:29; Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19\x*   
\p
\v 24 \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* ago. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* later, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* story.  
\v 25 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* promised \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-father Abraham,  
\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w family|strong="G3965"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* nations \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w*.’\x * \xo 3:25 \xt Genesis 22:18; 26:4\x*   
\m
\v 26 \w So|strong="G1722"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* Jesus alive again. \w After|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. Yes, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* Jesus \w to|strong="G1722"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* Israel mob turn around \w and|strong="G2316"\w* stop doing bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* live \w the|strong="G1722"\w* right \w way|strong="G1722"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 Soldiers grabbed Peter and John  
\p
\v 1 \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* still \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish boss \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* bosses \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* look \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss over \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* anyone \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ever \w come|strong="G2186"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* alive, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* made \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* alive. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* boss \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really \w angry|strong="G1278"\w*,  
\v 3 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* boss \w men|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* court, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* late \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* afternoon, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers locked \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* wait \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* already heard \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w More|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 5,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* following \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* time.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish leaders \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* city \w to|strong="G1519"\w* judge \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* court. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish bosses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish law.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w His|strong="G2532"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Annas. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* 3 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* names \w were|strong="G1510"\w* Cayafas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Alexander. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish leaders got \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* crippled. \w What|strong="G4169"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* better? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*?”   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 9 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* asking \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* crippled \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* asking \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w made|strong="G4982"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w* better.  
\v 10 \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* used \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* better. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* countrymen, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* nailed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w and|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* know, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* long time ago, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3778"\w* told \w a|strong="G1096"\w* picture story \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* boss mob, \w and|strong="G3037"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* too. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* work-men \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* house \w out|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* big \w stones|strong="G3037"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* work-men thought \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* rubbish, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* chucked \w it|strong="G3778"\w* away. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* wrong. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* properly \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3037"\w* \w now|strong="G1096"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w most|strong="G3037"\w* important \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w those|strong="G3588"\w* work-men, \w and|strong="G3037"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* want \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 4:11 \xt Psalm 118:22\x*   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w God|strong="G1325"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* send \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w power|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w ordinary|strong="G2399"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* never \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish school \w to|strong="G2532"\w* learn \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* frightened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* shocked. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w remembered|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s friends \w and|strong="G2532"\w* often listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders saw \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G5037"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* crippled. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* right \w there|strong="G2476"\w* \w next|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G5037"\w* Peter \w and|strong="G5037"\w* John. \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* say \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* bad \w about|strong="G3588"\w* Peter \w and|strong="G5037"\w* John.   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* Peter \w and|strong="G1161"\w* John \w to|strong="G4314"\w* go \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w court|strong="G4892"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* talked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 16 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s hard \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* powerful \w thing|strong="G3956"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* crippled \w man|strong="G3778"\w* better. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w again|strong="G3371"\w*. \w And|strong="G2992"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w*, \w then|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* court. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* anyone \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w*’ll \w give|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* big trouble.”   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*? \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*? \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* reckon? \w We|strong="G2532"\w* know \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w whatever|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 20 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’t \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard.”   
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\v 21-22 The leaders couldn’t think of any way to punish Peter and John. They knew that all the people were saying that God made that man better. That man was already more than 40 years old, so all the people were saying that God is really great and really good for making him better. So again those bosses told Peter and John, “Don’t talk about Jesus any more, or we’ll give you big trouble.” Then they let them go free.   
\s1 The Christians prayed together  
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\v 23 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* left \w that|strong="G3588"\w* court \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w everything|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* listened \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* prayed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 4:24 \xt Exodus 20:11; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 146:6\x*  
\v 25 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w man|strong="G3816"\w*, \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-father \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* write \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w David|strong="G1138"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* different countries \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really angry,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* doing something stupid, something \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* work.   
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\v 26 \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leaders \w are|strong="G3588"\w* getting ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fight.  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* special person.’\x * \xo 4:26 \xt Psalm 2:1-2\x*   
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\v 27-28 And now that has happened, just like David wrote. Herod and Pontius Pilate are both bosses from different countries. They, and some of their countrymen, they all met together in this city. And they met with Jewish people too. They all tried to work out a way to get rid of Jesus. He was your worker, the special one that you sent to us. You, God, are the one with power, and you knew everything they were going to do, and you let them do it.\x * \xo 4:27-28 \xt Matthew 27:1-2; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1, 7-11; John 18:28-29\x*  
\v 29 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w God|strong="G1325"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* workers. Please help \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* frightened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Show|strong="G1096"\w* everyone \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w*. \w Make|strong="G1519"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w* better. \w Let|strong="G1096"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w your|strong="G1223"\w* special \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* works \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story.”   
\p
\v 31 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* finished \w praying|strong="G1189"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w shook|strong="G4531"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* house \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* weren’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* frightened \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w*.   
\s1 The Christians shared all their things  
\p
\v 32 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* agreed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* each \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* each \w other|strong="G1520"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* never \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* mine, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w No|strong="G3761"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reckoned \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*.\x * \xo 4:32 \xt Acts 2:44-45\x*  
\v 33 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* special workers talked \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, “\w Our|strong="G2424"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* needed.   
\p
\v 34-35 All those Christians had everything they needed. Nobody was poor or hungry. You see, sometimes Christians that owned farm land or houses sold them, and got some money, and then they gave it to Jesus’s special workers, and those special workers gave that money to anyone that needed it.   
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\v 36 \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3739"\w* sold \w their|strong="G3588"\w* land \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s special workers \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \em Barnabas\em*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \em helper.\em* \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* island \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Levi tribe.  
\v 37 Barnabas \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* farm land, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers, \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* share \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* Christians.   
\c 5  
\s1 A man and his wife tried to trick the Holy Spirit  
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\v 1 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Safira. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* land too,  
\v 2 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* themselves. Ananias \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w other|strong="G5100"\w* special workers, \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w share|strong="G3313"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* Christians. Ananias lied \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* land.” \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* knew \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G3844"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* agreed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \fig Ananias lied to Jesus’s special workers and to the Holy Spirit|src="wa03944b.tif" size="col" ref="5:2" \fig*   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Ananias, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* boss? \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* got \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lie|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* got \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w*.  
\v 4 Look, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* land \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w yours|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sell \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* got \w some|strong="G3588"\w* money. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* liked \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* money. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* trick \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* little bit \w of|strong="G2316"\w* money \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* got \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* land? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w lied|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w lie|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4674"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w lied|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5-6 As soon as Ananias heard Peter say that, he fell down and died. Then the young men there got up and wrapped up his body in cloth, then they took it out of the house and buried it. Later on, a lot of people heard about what happened, and they were frightened.   
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Ananias \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 3 \w hours|strong="G5610"\w* later, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* husband \w was|strong="G1096"\w* dead.  
\v 8 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* money \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias got \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w*?”  
\p \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* money.”   
\p
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* husband \w agree|strong="G4856"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* trick \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*? \w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*. \w Your|strong="G2962"\w* husband \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dead, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* right \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w carry|strong="G1627"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 10 Right \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, Safira \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G1634"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w men|strong="G3495"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* next \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* husband.   
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really frightened. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really frightened \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus’s followers got Jesus to make a lot of people better  
\p
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s special workers \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* powerful. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* meeting \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s veranda.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1438"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* city thought \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* most \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* too frightened \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w kept|strong="G4100"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* listening, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* started \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians.  
\v 15 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers \w do|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* sick \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* swags \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* roads. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* thought, “\w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* touch \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, maybe \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* touch \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* walks past \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* better.”  
\v 16 Big mobs \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G4905"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* near \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G5342"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers \w made|strong="G5342"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* better.   
\s1 An angel messenger opened the jail doors  
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\v 17 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* ever \w come|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \em Sadducees\em*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Sadducee. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really jealous \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s special workers.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Sadducees got \w some|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lock \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* sent \w an|strong="G1161"\w* angel messenger \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* special workers, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* opened \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*.  
\v 20 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* angel \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* new \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* gives.”   
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\v 21 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* angel, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony \w house|strong="G1201"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w early|strong="G3722"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G3722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1525"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* time, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* friends, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*, \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meeting. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*’s special workers.  
\v 22 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* back \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meeting, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 23 “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w guards|strong="G5441"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* opened \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w inside|strong="G2080"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* guarded \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* thought, “\w How|strong="G5613"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* next?”   
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* yard \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”  
\v 26 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boss over \w those|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w went|strong="G5119"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2992"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* got \w Jesus|strong="G3326"\w*’s special workers. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* hard \w on|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* force \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G3756"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* asked \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G3756"\w* quietly. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* hurt \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* thought \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* might get angry \w and|strong="G2992"\w* throw stones \w to|strong="G2443"\w* try \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* soldiers \w brought|strong="G2476"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremonies got angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 28 “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* everyone \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G2400"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* blaming \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”\x * \xo 5:28 \xt Matthew 27:25\x*   
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\v 29 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w other|strong="G1161"\w* special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w*’ve got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* whatever \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w kill|strong="G1315"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* nailing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w cross|strong="G3586"\w*. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w so|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3739"\w* lived \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* ago. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.  
\v 31 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* best place \w in|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w right|strong="G1188"\w* next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* himself, \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* place where \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G2316"\w* important \w person|strong="G3778"\w* sits. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* leader, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* save \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* turn \w back|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* stop doing bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* saw everything \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* tell \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* follow \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G4487"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish council \w men|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* talking \w like|strong="G1014"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really angry. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meeting. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Gamaliyel. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* strong \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3547"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w respected|strong="G5093"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Gamaliyel told \w the|strong="G1722"\w* soldiers, “\w Take|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4160"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w*.”   
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* council \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, “Listen, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w* mob. \w We|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* think carefully now. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 36 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Thoodas. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* fight \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3745"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 400 \w men|strong="G3956"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* fight \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Romans. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* fight, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* away. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w end|strong="G1519"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 37 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Romans \w were|strong="G3588"\w* counting \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G2250"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* country. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* led \w a|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Romans, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Romans killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* chased \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Let|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, nothing \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* told \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G1487"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’t stop \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w might|strong="G1410"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w fighting|strong="G2314"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish council \w men|strong="G1537"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Gamaliyel, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w agreed|strong="G3982"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 40 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s special workers back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* whips. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* council \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w ever|strong="G3361"\w* teach \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* council \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*. \fig The Jewish council men got soldiers to hit Jesus’s special workers with whips|src="wa03949b.tif" size="col" ref="5:40" \fig*   
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\v 41 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4198"\w*’s special workers left \w that|strong="G3754"\w* meeting, \w and|strong="G4198"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G5228"\w* happy. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* reckoned \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* enough \w to|strong="G4198"\w* feel pain \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4198"\w*, \w and|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4198"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* shamed \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w following|strong="G4198"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* happy, \w even|strong="G3303"\w* \w though|strong="G3303"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers hit \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* telling \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w*. \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* yard \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* different \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s \w houses|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.”   
\c 6  
\s1 The Christians picked 7 men to be church workers  
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\v 1 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* talked \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Greek language, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* talked \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish language, \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1445"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3754"\w* talked Greek complained \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3754"\w* talked \w Hebrew|strong="G1445"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w looked|strong="G1096"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* enough food \w or|strong="G1161"\w* money \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* talked Greek.   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s 12 special workers \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* meeting. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* giving \w out|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* money \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w food|strong="G5132"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* job \w is|strong="G1510"\w* too big \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w the|strong="G1161"\w* time \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* job \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* teach \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w* properly. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* somebody \w else|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* money \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w food|strong="G5132"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, friends, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* pick 7 \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* job. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* can \w give|strong="G3140"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money \w and|strong="G2532"\w* food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* widows. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pick \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* controls properly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* always think properly. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* work. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3140"\w* money \w and|strong="G2532"\w* food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* widows,  
\v 4 \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians agreed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3956"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* really trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* controlled properly. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Procorus, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nicanor|strong="G3527"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timon|strong="G5096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Parmenas|strong="G3937"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nicolas|strong="G3532"\w*. \w Nicolas|strong="G3532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* city \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Antioch. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* born \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jew, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* turned \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2476"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 7 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s 12 special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G5495"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 7 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* heads \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* giving \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 7 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* job.   
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\v 7 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* telling \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 The Jewish leaders grabbed Stephen  
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\v 8 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* everybody, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* Jewish \w men|strong="G5100"\w* started \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w*, Alexandria, \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting house \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \em the meeting house of the free men\em*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* helped Stephen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* think properly \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*. \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2480"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* win \w any|strong="G3756"\w* argument.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* secret \w and|strong="G2532"\w* paid \w them|strong="G3588"\w* money \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* lies \w about|strong="G1519"\w* Stephen. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* heard Stephen \w say|strong="G3004"\w* really bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told \w those|strong="G3588"\w* lies \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* law teachers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders got angry, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed Stephen, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*, \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* judge \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.\fig Some Jewish leaders took Stephen to the Jewish Leaders Council|src="wa03951b.tif" size="col" ref="6:12" \fig*  
\v 13 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* free \w men|strong="G3778"\w* got \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w liars|strong="G5571"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “Stephen keeps \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* ceremony \w house|strong="G2596"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* keeps \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* know, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* knock \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* house. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* change \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w us|strong="G3004"\w* doing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* carefully \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Stephen, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* shining, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s angel messengers.   
\c 7  
\s1 Stephen told the Jewish leaders a long story  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Stephen, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
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\v 2-4 Then Stephen said, “Listen to me, my countrymen and my leaders. Think about the story about our grand-fathers that lived a long time ago. Our great God came to our grand-father Abraham, while he was still living in Mesopotamia country, where the Chaldia mob lived. God said to him, ‘Leave your country and your family. Go to the country that I will show you.’ Abraham listened to God, and he left that country, and he went to live in a place called Haran. He lived there until his father died. Then God brought him here, to this country that you live in now.\x * \xo 7:2-4 \xt Genesis 11:31; 12:1, 4\x*   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* born \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* family \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* land. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, Abraham didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* kids.\x * \xo 7:5 \xt Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; 17:8; 48:4\x*  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* grand-kids, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* grand-kids \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* family \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w belongs|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* treat \w your|strong="G2532"\w* family really bad \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* work hard \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* pay. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* 400 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.\x * \xo 7:6 \xt Genesis 15:13-14\x*  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* payback \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*, \w for|strong="G1722"\w* treating \w your|strong="G1437"\w* grand-kids really bad like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* grand-kids \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.’\x * \xo 7:7 \xt Exodus 3:12\x*   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham agreed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G1325"\w* told Abraham \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young man operation \w on|strong="G4061"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boys, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* agreed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, Abraham \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* son \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 8 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later Abraham \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young man operation \w on|strong="G4061"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* grew \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* son \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* operation \w on|strong="G4061"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* 12 sons, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* ago.\x * \xo 7:8 \xt Genesis 17:10-14; 21:2-4; 25:26; 29:31; 35:18\x*   
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\v 9 \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* brothers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w jealous|strong="G2206"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* work \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* pay. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt.\x * \xo 7:9 \xt Genesis 37:11, 28; 39:2, 21\x*  
\v 10 Joseph got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* saved \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w*. \w God|strong="G1325"\w* helped Joseph \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G2233"\w* properly \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w God|strong="G1325"\w* showed Egypt’s big boss \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Joseph \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3956"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w made|strong="G2525"\w* Joseph \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* Joseph \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* big \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 7:10 \xt Genesis 41:39-41\x*   
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\v 11 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dry \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* countries. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* rain, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w food|strong="G5527"\w* \w grew|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Egypt. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w food|strong="G5527"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* living \w in|strong="G1909"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w food|strong="G5527"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* hungry.\x * \xo 7:11 \xt Genesis 42:1-2\x*  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* food \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sons \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get food. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G1821"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* long \w time|strong="G4413"\w* ago. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* met Joseph, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* looked \w so|strong="G1161"\w* different \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* bought \w some|strong="G3588"\w* food \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, Jacob \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt \w again|strong="G1208"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* food, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* brother.’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt’s big boss heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* brothers.\x * \xo 7:13 \xt Genesis 45:1, 16\x*  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* brothers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* family, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* 75 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt.\x * \xo 7:14 \xt Genesis 45:9-10, 17-18; 46:27\x*  
\v 15 \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s how \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* family \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w*.\x * \xo 7:15 \xt Genesis 46:1-7; 49:33\x*  
\v 16 Later, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* grand-kids \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* bodies \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Shekem, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* buried \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cave. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, Jacob’s grand-father Abraham \w bought|strong="G5608"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* cave \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Hamor|strong="G1697"\w*’s family. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* paid \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w full|strong="G1722"\w* \w price|strong="G5092"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* cave.”\x * \xo 7:16 \xt Genesis 23:3-16; 33:19; 50:7-13; Joshua 24:32\x*   
\s1 Stephen talked about Moses  
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\v 17 Stephen \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* talking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish Leaders Council. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “Remember, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* told Abraham, ‘\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G3670"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* nation.’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* family \w will|strong="G2316"\w* move \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* country, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* 400 years \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* family back \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3670"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country.’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham’s family \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2316"\w* kids \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grand-kids, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* families grew \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* almost \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country.\x * \xo 7:17 \xt Genesis 12:2; 15:13-15\x*  
\v 18 Then, \w a|strong="G1909"\w* new \w man|strong="G2087"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* Egypt’s big boss. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* new big boss didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* anything \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*.\x * \xo 7:18 \xt Exodus 1:7-8\x*  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* tricked \w our|strong="G4160"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* hard \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* mob throw \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w baby|strong="G1025"\w* boys \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* river \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 7:19 \xt Exodus 1:10-11, 22\x*  
\v 20 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big boss. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* little baby, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* mother \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 3 \w months|strong="G3376"\w*.\x * \xo 7:20 \xt Exodus 2:2\x*  
\v 21 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* leave Moses \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* river, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss’s \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.\x * \xo 7:21 \xt Exodus 2:3-10\x*  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* grew \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big boss’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* teachers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt \w taught|strong="G3811"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* wise \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* became \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important \w man|strong="G3956"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* properly.   
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\v 23 Moses kept \w on|strong="G1909"\w* living \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big boss’s family until \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G5063"\w* \w old|strong="G5550"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* own \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* grand-fathers, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* mob.\x * \xo 7:23 \xt Exodus 2:11-15\x*  
\v 24 \w While|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt \w man|strong="G5100"\w* beating \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Israel \w man|strong="G5100"\w*. \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Israel \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Egypt \w man|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 25 Moses reckoned, ‘\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* save \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* 2 \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w fighting|strong="G3164"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G4900"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stop \w fighting|strong="G3164"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G3708"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* family. \w Why|strong="G2444"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* hit \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*?’  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* started \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fight pushed Moses away. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Nobody \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* going \w to|strong="G2309"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* killed \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Egypt \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w*?’  
\v 29 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* frightened. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* thought, ‘Everyone knows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* big trouble.’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w Midian|strong="G3099"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w married|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.\x * \xo 7:29 \xt Exodus 18:3-4\x*   
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\v 30 \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* stayed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Midian country \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* angel messengers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* like \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little tree \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w burning|strong="G4442"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* flames \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*.\x * \xo 7:30 \xt Exodus 3:1-10\x*  
\v 31 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* kept \w on|strong="G1161"\w* burning \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* time, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* finish \w up|strong="G4334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* little tree. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* thought, ‘\w How|strong="G1161"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fire doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* finish \w up|strong="G4334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tree?’ \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* closer \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G2296"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w God|strong="G2962"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G5456"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fire. \w God|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 32 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers, Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.’  
\p \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* frightened \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* shaking. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* frightened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G2657"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* little tree \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘Moses, \w take|strong="G3089"\w* \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w shoes|strong="G5266"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* special \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 34 Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bosses \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* hitting \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* crying \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w groaning|strong="G4726"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m sending \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’”   
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\v 35 Stephen \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3778"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Nobody \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* boss \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w*.’ \w But|strong="G2532"\w* later, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boss. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* angel messenger \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G5495"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* angel \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* little tree keep \w on|strong="G1722"\w* burning \w with|strong="G1722"\w* fire.\x * \xo 7:35 \xt Exodus 2:14\x*  
\v 36 Moses helped \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3778"\w* leave Egypt. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big boss \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* followed Moses \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Red|strong="G2063"\w* \w Sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* powerful \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* across \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w side|strong="G2281"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* later, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked around \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.\x * \xo 7:36 \xt Exodus 7:5; 14:21; Numbers 14:33\x*   
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\v 37 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* get \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* own \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w his|strong="G5613"\w* message. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’\x * \xo 7:37 \xt Deuteronomy 18:15, 18\x*   
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\v 38 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* Moses \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* country. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel messenger \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Moses, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \w that|strong="G3739"\w* helps \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* Moses \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* message.\x * \xo 7:38 \xt Exodus 19:1—20:17; Deuteronomy 5:1-33\x*   
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\v 39 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Moses. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* leader. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* Moses \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* hill, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt.  
\v 40 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* Aaron, ‘\w Make|strong="G4160"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* statues \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Egypt. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w now|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? \w We|strong="G2249"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*.’\x * \xo 7:40 \xt Exodus 32:1, 23\x*  
\v 41 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3447"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* statue \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young cow. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* animals, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w burned|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* statue. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big party \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* statue \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3447"\w*.\x * \xo 7:41 \xt Exodus 32:2-6\x*  
\v 42 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w away|strong="G4762"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* showed respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* moon, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stars \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* later \w God|strong="G2316"\w* told \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w bring|strong="G4374"\w* animals \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* respected \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Molek, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* star \w god|strong="G2316"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Refan. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* statues \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* around \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* listen, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3351"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* country, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really long \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w away|strong="G3351"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* past \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Babylon.’”\x * \xo 7:43 \xt Amos 5:25-27 \x*   
\s1 Stephen talked about God’s ceremony house  
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\v 44 Stephen \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish Leaders Council. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w A|strong="G1722"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w showed|strong="G4160"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* picture \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* special \w tent|strong="G4633"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2596"\w* grand-fathers \w carried|strong="G4160"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w*’s special \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w showed|strong="G4160"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w*’s law.\x * \xo 7:44 \xt Exodus 25:9, 40\x*   
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\v 45 \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w years|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, Moses \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* leader. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* fought \w against|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* run \w away|strong="G3326"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers got \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* tent \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2193"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* big boss.\x * \xo 7:45 \xt Joshua 3:14-17\x*   
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\v 46 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* David. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* David wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* build \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ceremony \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, instead \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* tent, \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* us Israel \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* David asked \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* build \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.\x * \xo 7:46 \xt 2 Samuel 7:1-16; 1 Chronicles 17:1-14\x*  
\v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* God stopped David, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1161"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*, David’s son, \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* God’s ceremony \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.\x * \xo 7:47 \xt 1 Kings 6:1-38; 2 Chronicles 3:1-17\x*  
\v 48 \w But|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*, \w our|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w does|strong="G2730"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* houses \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* build. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* write \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w it|strong="G2531"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* wrote,   
\q1
\v 49-50 ‘God says, “I fill up all of heaven. It is like my big seat.  
\q1 And the whole earth is just like something for me to rest my feet on.  
\q1 So what sort of house will you people build for me?  
\q1 You can’t build a place big enough for me to live in.  
\q1 You see, I made everything.” ’”\x * \xo 7:49-50 \xt Isaiah 66:1-2\x*   
\s1 Stephen talked strong to the Jewish Leaders Council men  
\p
\v 51 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Stephen talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* straight. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* long time ago. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* any notice \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* anything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* anything \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 7:51 \xt Isaiah 63:10\x*  
\v 52 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1342"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* \w time|strong="G3568"\w* ago \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3568"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* messages, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* beat \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w men|strong="G1342"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* messengers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* send \w his|strong="G4012"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4012"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w those|strong="G3588"\w* messengers \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4012"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w that|strong="G3739"\w* murdered \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 53 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* angel messengers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* anything \w it|strong="G2532"\w* says.”   
\s1 They killed Stephen with stones  
\p
\v 54 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Leaders Council heard Stephen \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got really angry. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* rubbing \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w*.  
\v 55 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* controlled Stephen. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, shining \w very|strong="G2532"\w* bright, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*.  
\v 56 Stephen \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* everyone, “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w into|strong="G3708"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Its|strong="G1537"\w* \w door|strong="G2476"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* open, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*.”   
\p
\v 57 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish council \w men|strong="G3173"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w covered|strong="G4912"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* Stephen, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* yelled \w out|strong="G2896"\w* really \w loud|strong="G3173"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* jumped \w up|strong="G1909"\w* quick \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 58 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* dragged Stephen \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w throwing|strong="G1544"\w* big \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* told lies \w about|strong="G3588"\w* Stephen \w took|strong="G2532"\w* off \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G3494"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G3494"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.   
\p
\v 59 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1941"\w* hitting \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* big \w stones|strong="G3036"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* leader, \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 60 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* blame \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* doing \w this|strong="G3778"\w* bad \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2837"\w*. \fig The Jewish council men threw big stones at Stephen to kill him|src="cn02154b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="7:60" \fig*   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1-3 And Saul agreed with that Jewish council mob. He reckoned it was all right for them to kill Stephen.  
\p After that, some good men got Stephen’s body and buried it, and they cried a lot for him.  
\s1 Saul made trouble for the Christians  
\p But Saul and his friends started making a lot of trouble for the Christians in Jerusalem. They went into the houses of Christians and dragged out the men and women, and locked them up in jail. Saul and his men were trying to finish up the Christian people. So a lot of those Christians ran away from Jerusalem to Judea country, and to Samaria country. But Jesus’s 12 special workers stayed in Jerusalem.\x * \xo 8:1-3 \xt Acts 22:4-5; 26:9-11\x*   
\s1 Philip went to Samaria  
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ran away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* Jerusalem \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2097"\w* \w a|strong="G3303"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* different places, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w in|strong="G3056"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w they|strong="G3588"\w* told \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1330"\w* Jesus.  
\v 5 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* country \w and|strong="G1161"\w* told everyone, “Jesus \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* special \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send.”  
\v 6 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w power|strong="G5259"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* powerful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* carefully \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* message.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Philip used \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w power|strong="G3173"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* force \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* screamed \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* Philip \w also|strong="G2532"\w* used \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w power|strong="G3173"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* crippled \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w better|strong="G4183"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* legs \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* weak, Philip \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G4183"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* happy.   
\p
\v 9 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w used|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w magic|strong="G3096"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*. \w His|strong="G1438"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w magic|strong="G3096"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3173"\w* \w time|strong="G3173"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* Philip \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. Everyone \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* surprised \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w used|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* talked \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really \w great|strong="G3173"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w power|strong="G1411"\w*.” \w Important|strong="G3173"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w as|strong="G3739"\w* well \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 Simon \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w magic|strong="G3095"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w always|strong="G1223"\w* surprised \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* baptised \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* baptised \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* everywhere, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w watched|strong="G2334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* surprised \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 14-17 But at that time, the Holy Spirit didn’t go into any of those Samaria people. Philip only baptised the people to show they belonged to Jesus. Then Jesus’s special workers in Jerusalem heard that the people in Samaria believed God’s word, so they sent Peter and John to Samaria. After they got there, they put their hands on the people that believed in Jesus, and prayed for them. Then the Holy Spirit came into those people.   
\p
\v 18-19 Simon watched Peter and John. He saw them put their hands on people, and then the Holy Spirit went into those people. So Simon said to Peter, “Let me have that power too, so that if I put my hands on people, the Holy Spirit will go into them. If you give me that power, I will pay you money.”   
\p
\v 20-21 But Peter said to him, “You think you can buy God’s power with money, but you are wrong. No way. Only God can give people that power. And God can see that you are not thinking the right way, so he will not give you that power, and he will not let you work with us. Look out. God can finish you up, and finish up your money too.  
\v 22 Stop thinking \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* really bad \w way|strong="G3778"\w*. Turn around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* think \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w*. \w Pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G1189"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* thinking like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 23 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* jealous, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad things, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* bad things \w are|strong="G1510"\w* controlling \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\p
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Peter, “\w Pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* punish \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w happen|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\p
\v 25 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2097"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* through \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* little \w towns|strong="G2968"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* road \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Samaria country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w towns|strong="G2968"\w*.   
\s1 Philip talked to a man from Ethiopia  
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\v 26 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Samaria, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w angel|strong="G2597"\w* messengers \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w south|strong="G3314"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* know, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Gaza|strong="G1048"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Philip got \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* road, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Ethiopia country \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* trailer, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* horses \w were|strong="G1510"\w* pulling \w the|strong="G2532"\w* trailer \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* road. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sort \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* kids. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important woman \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Candace|strong="G2582"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* Ethiopia. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* important workers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* money. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* break \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w work|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* road.  
\v 28 Philip saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* trailer, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* reading \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* reading \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* ago. \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* told \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s messages.   
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “Catch \w up|strong="G4334"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* trailer \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* beside \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 30 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* trailer, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* beside \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* reading \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* reading?”   
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\v 31 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* Ethiopian \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* need \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* climb \w up|strong="G3361"\w* into \w the|strong="G1161"\w* trailer \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* beside \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* reading \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G4750"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* quiet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* anything.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* know \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* quiet,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* noise \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G2751"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* its wool,  
\q1 \w well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* quiet, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.   
\q1
\v 33 \w Men|strong="G3588"\w* shamed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1093"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* give \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* proper trial \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w court|strong="G2920"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G3754"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w any|strong="G1722"\w* kids.”\x * \xo 8:33 \xt Isaiah 53:7-8 \x*   
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\v 34 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Ethiopian \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Isaiah \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*? \w Was|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w*?”   
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Isaiah \w was|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* talking, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Ethiopian \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.\fig Philip told the man from Ethiopia the good news about Jesus|src="CN01932b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="8:35" \fig*   
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\v 36-37 They kept going along the road, and they came to some water. The Ethiopian man said, “Look, there is some water. I want you to baptise me now.”  
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* controlling \w the|strong="G2532"\w* horses \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stop|strong="G2476"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Ethiopian \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* baptised \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Ethiopian \w man|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* quickly \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Ethiopian \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really happy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* home.   
\p
\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Azotus. \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* around telling \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w north|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stayed \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\c 9  
\s1 Saul kept on making trouble for Christians  
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\v 1-2 At that time, Saul was still making trouble for Jesus’s followers. He was telling them, “I’m going to hurt you and kill you.” He went to the big boss of the Jewish ceremonies and said, “I want to go to the city called Damascus and grab the followers of Jesus there. Will you write letters for me to take to the people in the Jewish meeting houses there? Tell them that you want me to grab anyone that belongs to that mob called the Jesus Way mob. I will grab those men and women, and tie them up, and I will bring them back to Jerusalem for you to punish them.” So that big boss wrote letters like that, and he gave them to Saul to take to Damascus.   
\s1 Saul met Jesus  
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* Saul \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* road \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w close|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* city, \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* shined \w down|strong="G1537"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* Saul, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* shined \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w around|strong="G4015"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\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 making|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hurting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?” \fig Suddenly a bright light from heaven shined down on Saul, and Jesus talked to him|src="wa03960b.tif" size="col" ref="9:4" \fig*   
\p
\v 5 Saul \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, boss?”  
\p \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* voice \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* making trouble \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* hurting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. Somebody \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3588"\w* Saul \w were|strong="G3588"\w* shocked. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* shocked \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* say \w anything|strong="G3367"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* opened \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* see \w anything|strong="G3762"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* blind. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* held \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* blind \w for|strong="G2532"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Ananias \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. Ananias \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dream, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still awake. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Ananias.”  
\p \w And|strong="G2532"\w* Ananias \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w here|strong="G2400"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w Street|strong="G4505"\w*. \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* lives \w in|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* find \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w*. \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w right|strong="G2117"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dream, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*, Ananias. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* told \w me|strong="G4160"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* Saul. \w He|strong="G1161"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* properly cheeky \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* hurt \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w bad|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* can grab \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* can \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* jail. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Ananias, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry. \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* anyway. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* picked \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* work. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* biggest bosses \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w show|strong="G5263"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w like|strong="G3958"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G3745"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* big trouble \w and|strong="G3588"\w* hurt \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Ananias got \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2064"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w my|strong="G3708"\w* friend, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fill|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* down \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Saul’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* fish \w scales|strong="G3013"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* finger nails. \w After|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, Saul \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w* baptised \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* ate \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. Saul stayed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Saul told the people in Damascus about Jesus  
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\v 20 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* Saul \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started talking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* meeting houses. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jews \w that|strong="G2443"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really shocked. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Wow, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* really changed. \w He|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* really hurt \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* grab \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ceremonies \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* told \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* argued \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* really \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* got \w better|strong="G3123"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w better|strong="G3123"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* showing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* right, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* show \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* wrong. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* like \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 23-24 After that, some of those Jewish people talked with each other about killing Saul. There was a big wall around that city, and it had some gates in it. Every day and every night, they watched those gates. They thought they might see Saul going out of the city, and then they can catch him and kill him.  
\p But somebody told Saul about them.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G1161"\w* helped Saul get away. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* got \w a|strong="G1722"\w* big \w basket|strong="G4711"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* Saul \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* big \w wall|strong="G5038"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3101"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* window, high \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w wall|strong="G5038"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* tied ropes \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w basket|strong="G4711"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G2983"\w* Saul \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* window, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G5465"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* go \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground outside \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wall|strong="G5038"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* Saul got \w out|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w basket|strong="G4711"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G1161"\w* away.\x * \xo 9:25 \xt 2 Corinthians 11:32-33\x* \fig The Christians in Damascus put Paul through a window and let him down to the ground in a basket|src="LB00333b.tif" size="col" ref="9:25" \fig*   
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\v 26 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, Saul \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4100"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Saul \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* story. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* Saul \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* Saul’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* story. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, Saul \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, Saul \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* frightened \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 28 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* church leaders \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* Barnabas, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* Saul \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* around \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* everyone \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* frightened \w of|strong="G2532"\w* anyone.   
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\v 29 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Greek language. Saul \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w argued|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got angry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G4314"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Christians heard \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* Saul \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w at|strong="G2596"\w* last, everything settled \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* quiet \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got stronger \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* respected \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* properly. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* joined \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Peter got Jesus to make a crippled man better  
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\v 32 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* visiting \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Judea country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* met \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Anias. \w About|strong="G1909"\w* 8 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, Anias got crippled. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* couldn’t walk, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* always \w lay|strong="G2621"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* swag.  
\v 34 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Anias, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* makes \w you|strong="G4771"\w* better. \w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* roll \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* swag.” Right \w then|strong="G2532"\w* Anias got better, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 35 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* changed \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ways \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sharon|strong="G4565"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* changed \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ways \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Peter got God to make a woman alive again  
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\v 36 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*. \w Her|strong="G4160"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \em Tabitha\em*. \w Her|strong="G4160"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Greek language \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \em Dorcas\em*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* always \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* helped poor \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* sick \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* body, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w* upstairs \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* house.  
\v 38 \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* sent 2 \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “Please \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w right|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.”   
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\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3956"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* upstairs. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shirts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still alive.   
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\v 40 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w*, \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G5087"\w*.” \w She|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G5087"\w*.  
\v 41 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* held \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Tabitha \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 42 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w her|strong="G2596"\w* alive, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* telling \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* everybody \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w Peter|strong="G3306"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w lived|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* called \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* leather worker.   
\c 10  
\s1 An angel messenger came to a Roman soldier  
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\v 1 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* soldier \w that|strong="G3588"\w* lived \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* town \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* mob \w of|strong="G1537"\w* soldiers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Roman army \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Italian|strong="G2483"\w* Mob.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w* respected \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* happy. Cornelius \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* poor \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* afternoon, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* 3 o’clock, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* praying, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dream, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* asleep, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* awake. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel messenger \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* name, “\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*.”   
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\v 4 Cornelius \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w frightened|strong="G1719"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* want, boss?”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Cornelius, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* heard \w you|strong="G4771"\w* pray \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* poor \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* thinking \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* find \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* leather worker \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w His|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* near \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*. Tell \w your|strong="G3844"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* get Peter \w and|strong="G2281"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* back \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel finished \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G5455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G5455"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* 2 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* worked \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* respected \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 8 Cornelius \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Peter had something like a dream while he was still awake  
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\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* getting \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Joppa. \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flat \w roof|strong="G1430"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w feeling|strong="G1096"\w* \w hungry|strong="G4361"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G1089"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w waited|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* people \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w were|strong="G1096"\w* getting some food \w ready|strong="G3903"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* something \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* dream, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* still awake.  
\v 11-12 He saw the sky open up, then he saw something like a big sheet. Somebody was holding on to the 4 corners of that sheet, and there were things in the middle of it. It was coming down from the sky to the ground. There were all sorts of animals in it, and lizards, and snakes, and birds. Their Jewish law said, “Don’t eat those sorts of animals, they are no good.”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w Kill|strong="G2380"\w* some \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* animals \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w them|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, boss. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* sorts \w of|strong="G2532"\w* animals. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.” \fig Peter had something like a dream and saw a sheet with all sorts of animals in it|src="wa03963b.tif" size="col" ref="10:14" \fig*   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* says \w that|strong="G3739"\w* something \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* 3 \w times|strong="G5151"\w*. \w Each|strong="G1519"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* voice told \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* eat \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* animals, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* voice \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* says \w that|strong="G3588"\w* something \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* sheet \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w sat|strong="G4074"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* thought, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w me|strong="G3708"\w*?”  
\p \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still trying \w to|strong="G1909"\w* understand \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 3 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* walked \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* town. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G1331"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* live, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* leather worker \w man|strong="G5101"\w*?” \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* get \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4074"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* outside \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*,  
\v 18 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*?”   
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\v 19 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* same time, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w thinking|strong="G1760"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*, 3 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* down \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* gate. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. Don’t worry.”   
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\v 21 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w here|strong="G2400"\w*?”   
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\v 22 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman army. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w respects|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w All|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* angel messengers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3767"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* night.  
\s1 \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman soldier’s house  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* morning, \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* Christians \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w way|strong="G5100"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* camp \w one|strong="G5100"\w* night \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* close \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* house \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* wait \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* mob got \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* 3 o’clock \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* afternoon.   
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\v 25 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w started|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* house, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* knees \w in|strong="G1909"\w* front \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* respect.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man, like \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.”\fig Peter went to the Roman soldier’s house|src="wa03964b.tif" size="col" ref="10:26" \fig*  
\v 27 \w Peter|strong="G4926"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* talking \w with|strong="G2532"\w* Cornelius, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4926"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* law teachers reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* aren’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* shouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4334"\w* \w into|strong="G2453"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* house. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* right \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G4334"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 29 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w these|strong="G2532"\w* men \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G3343"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’t argue \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G3343"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w*, please tell \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G3343"\w*?”   
\p
\v 30 \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “4 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* 3 o’clock \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* afternoon. \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* wearing \w bright|strong="G2986"\w* \w shining|strong="G2986"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2066"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 31 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3403"\w*, ‘\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w heard|strong="G1522"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* pray, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* give \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* poor \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leather worker. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.’  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* away \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w bring|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w*. Thank \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w coming|strong="G3854"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G3568"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
\s1 Peter told the Romans about Jesus  
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* started \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* message. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* really \w understand|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* treats \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* same.\x * \xo 10:34 \xt Deuteronomy 10:17\x*  
\v 35 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w respects|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w thing|strong="G3956"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* matter \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* Jews, like \w us|strong="G1722"\w* mob, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* different \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*, like \w you|strong="G1722"\w* Roman mob.   
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\v 36 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* can make \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w* friends \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2962"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* number \w one|strong="G3739"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1223"\w* everybody.  
\v 37 \w Listen|strong="G1492"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2491"\w* \w then|strong="G3326"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country. \w At|strong="G2596"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* Baptiser told \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* turn \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* special \w work|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* everywhere \w doing|strong="G1330"\w* \w good|strong="G2109"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sick|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* giving \w them|strong="G3588"\w* big trouble. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* better. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* saw \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* saw \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* city, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s \w country|strong="G5561"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* enemies killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G3586"\w*.  
\v 40 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* 3rd \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive.  
\v 41 \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* everybody saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drank|strong="G4844"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* picked \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 42 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* told \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* everybody. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* like \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* everybody \w into|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big court, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* everybody \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* everybody \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* listen, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* long time ago, \w God|strong="G1519"\w* sent \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* messages, \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* talked \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* if \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G4100"\w*.”   
\s1 The Holy Spirit went into people that were not Jews  
\p
\v 44 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* down \w and|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G4074"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 45 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* Jews, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* surprised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w God|strong="G2532"\w* give \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w freely|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews.  
\v 46 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* different \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G3170"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*,  
\v 47 “\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* nobody \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* baptising \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*.”  
\v 48 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G4367"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christians|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* baptise \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G1722"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* save \w people|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* Peter \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w stay|strong="G1961"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 Peter told the Jewish Christians what God taught him  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w other|strong="G1161"\w* special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*’s visit \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Caesarea. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Caesarea, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews, \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 2 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish Christians argued \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* reckoned \w he|strong="G1161"\w* broke \w their|strong="G1519"\w* law.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* food \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* happened.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* dream, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* awake. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Somebody|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* holding \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* 4 corners, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2524"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* inside \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* sorts \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w animals|strong="G5074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lizards, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* snakes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w Kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w some|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* animals \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*.’  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="G3754"\w*, boss. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2962"\w* law \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* eat \w that|strong="G3754"\w* sort \w of|strong="G2962"\w* animal. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3754"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* eat \w any|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w again|strong="G1208"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* says \w that|strong="G3739"\w* something \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.’  
\v 10 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* 3 \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* sheet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* 3 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* staying \w in|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*.’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* 6 \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* got \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 13-14 That man told us that he saw an angel in his house, a few days ago. The angel said to him, ‘Peter has a message for you, so send somebody to Joppa to get him. He will tell you how God can save you, and your family, and everyone else in your house too.’   
\p
\v 15 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* started \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G1438"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptised \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* baptise \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.’\x * \xo 11:16 \xt Acts 1:5\x*  
\v 17 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* know, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G2967"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w No|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w*.”   
\p
\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Christians \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stopped arguing \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* thank \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* anyone \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* doing bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* new \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* never stops. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 The Christian people in Antioch got strong  
\p
\v 19 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* killed \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* Christians \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w way|strong="G1330"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* countries. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own countrymen, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Fonisha country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* island \w called|strong="G3767"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w called|strong="G3767"\w* Antioch.\x * \xo 11:19 \xt Acts 8:1-4\x*  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Jews, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 21 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* message, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w happening|strong="G3056"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Barnabas.  
\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* happening. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w those|strong="G3588"\w* new Christians, “Stay \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w on|strong="G3739"\w* following \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*.”  
\v 24 Barnabas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2425"\w* man. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* control \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* really trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got lots \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, Barnabas \w left|strong="G1831"\w* Antioch, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* called \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.  
\v 26 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* Saul \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* stayed \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christians|strong="G5546"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w A|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* used \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G2147"\w* \em Christians\em* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* Christ.   
\s1 The Antioch Christians helped the Judea Christians  
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\v 27 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Christian \w men|strong="G3778"\w* left \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* power \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s messages.  
\v 28 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Agabus. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* meeting, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* message \w to|strong="G1909"\w* tell everybody. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G1096"\w* hard \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* everywhere. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* food \w to|strong="G1909"\w* eat anywhere.” (\w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* really \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* biggest Roman boss.)\x * \xo 11:28 \xt Acts 21:10\x*  
\v 29-30 The Christians in Antioch heard Agabus tell that message, and they remembered the Christians in Judea. They knew that the Judea Christians were poor, so they would have a very hard time if there is not much food. The Antioch Christians wanted to help them, so they all put money into a bag. Each of them gave as much money as they could. Then they gave it to Barnabas and Saul, and those 2 men, took it to the Christian leaders in Jerusalem, in Judea country.   
\c 12  
\s1 The big boss killed James, one of Jesus’s special workers  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="G2596"\w* Jerusalem, \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big boss \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* told \w his|strong="G1565"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2596"\w* grab \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Christians.  
\v 2 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G2491"\w* young brother, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w both|strong="G1161"\w* special workers \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Jesus. Herod told \w his|strong="G2491"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1161"\w* kill \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w with|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* big knife.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* told \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w his|strong="G3708"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ceremony where \w they|strong="G2532"\w* ate flat damper.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1014"\w* thought, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* wait \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w end|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* ceremony, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1014"\w* told 4 little mobs \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* little mobs \w had|strong="G2532"\w* 4 \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* turns \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w*.\x * \xo 12:4 \xt Exodus 12:1-27\x*   
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\v 5 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians prayed \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot.   
\s1 Peter walked out of the jail  
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\v 6 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish ceremony \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w almost|strong="G3195"\w* finished, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w judge|strong="G4253"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w next|strong="G3342"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2837"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* jail. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* each side \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* each \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G5083"\w* hands \w with|strong="G1210"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* 2 \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail.   
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\v 7 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* little room \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* angel messengers \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* angel touched \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* wake \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Quick. \w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chains \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G1601"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*.\fig An angel messenger came to get Peter out of jail|src="lll8-11.tif" size="col" ref="12:7" \fig*  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w dressed|strong="G4016"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* shoes.” \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* coat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* little room \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail. \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w sure|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w*, “Maybe \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m dreaming. Maybe \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w happening|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1380"\w*.”   
\p
\v 10 \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel walked \w past|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 1st mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* jail, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w past|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 2nd mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big \w iron|strong="G4603"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G1831"\w* wall \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w by|strong="G1909"\w* itself \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w street|strong="G4505"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w street|strong="G4505"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* suddenly \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* woke \w up|strong="G1537"\w* properly. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G2532"\w* dreaming. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w send|strong="G1821"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* angels \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* big boss \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* saved \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 13 Peter \w knocked|strong="G2925"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* worker \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w*. \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* girl \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w Rhoda|strong="G4498"\w*.  
\v 14 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* forgot \w to|strong="G2532"\w* open \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2476"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* back into \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* here, \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2476"\w*.”   
\p
\v 15 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* crazy \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* head.” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G2192"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G3779"\w* really \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* angel \w that|strong="G3588"\w* looks \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w knocking|strong="G2925"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* door. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stopped arguing, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* door, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really surprised.  
\v 17 \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w held|strong="G4601"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G4601"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* story \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* jail. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* story \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* Christians, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.   
\p
\v 18 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail saw \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really upset \w and|strong="G1161"\w* worried. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* saying \w things|strong="G3588"\w* like, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* away?”  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look everywhere \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* judged \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* guarding \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* questions, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w left|strong="G2147"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stay \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*.   
\s1 Herod, the big boss, died  
\p
\v 20-21 At that time, Herod was very angry with the people that lived in the towns called Tyre and Sidon. That made a problem for those people. You see, Herod was the boss over Galilee country, and those people got all their food from Galilee, and they didn’t want Herod to stop them from getting that food. So some of them went to Herod’s house to talk to him about this problem. At Herod’s house, Blastus was one of his important workers. So those men talked to Blastus, and they said, “Please help us, we want to talk with Herod. We want to stop all this trouble.” So Blastus got Herod to agree to talk to those people, then he told them the day that Herod was going to talk to them.  
\p On that day, Herod put on his special clothes, and he sat in his special seat, to show everyone that he is the big boss over that country. And then he talked to all those people.  
\v 22 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2019"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* talking. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
\p
\v 23 Herod liked \w their|strong="G2532"\w* talk. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful \w one|strong="G3739"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* angels punished Herod. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* angel \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w worms|strong="G4662"\w* inside \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Herod’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* body, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* ate \w his|strong="G2532"\w* guts, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G1634"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* time \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* telling everybody \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 The Holy Spirit picked Barnabas and Saul for a special job  
\p
\v 25 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w finished|strong="G4137"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* work \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w called|strong="G1941"\w* Antioch. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 13  
\p
\v 1 Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch, used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s messages \w and|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w* (\w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Niger|strong="G3526"\w*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* country \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Manen (\w he|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big boss).  
\v 2 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*, Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stopped eating food \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Pick \w out|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’ve got special \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* eating any food \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit longer. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Saul, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G2532"\w* can \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s work.”   
\s1 Barnabas and Saul went to Cyprus Island  
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* told Barnabas \w and|strong="G5037"\w* Saul \w the|strong="G1519"\w* places \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w* \w called|strong="G3767"\w* Selushia, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w and|strong="G5037"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* island \w called|strong="G3767"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*.\fig |src="PEV map Acts 13.jpg" size="span" ref="13:4" \fig*  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* Mark \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G3056"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* off \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Salamis|strong="G4529"\w*, \w on|strong="G1722"\w* Cyprus Island, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* meeting houses \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 6-9 Then Barnabas, and Saul, and John Mark went over to the other side of the island, to the town called Pafos. (Saul had another name. They called him \em Paul\em*.) The Roman boss over that island lived in Pafos. His name was Sergius Paulus. He was a man that could think properly, and he wanted to hear God’s message, so he sent men to bring Barnabas and Saul to him. There was a Jewish man there that worked for Sergius Paulus. His Jewish name was Bar-Jesus, and his Greek name was Elimas. He was a magic man, and he used to reckon that he was telling people God’s messages, but he was lying.  
\p Elimas tried to stop Barnabas and Paul from telling God’s message to Sergius Paulus. He kept on telling his Roman boss, “Don’t listen to them.”  
\p But the Holy Spirit was with Paul and gave him power. He looked straight at Elimas  
\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5207"\w* lies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5207"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* change \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* lie \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trick \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sunlight \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w*.” \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* Elimas \w felt|strong="G1510"\w* himself \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w asking|strong="G2212"\w* somebody \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hold \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G4013"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2246"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 \w The|strong="G1909"\w* Roman boss \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* heard everything \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G5119"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* thought, “Wow. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* message \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Barnabas went to another place called Antioch  
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\v 13 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* friends got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w and|strong="G1161"\w* left Pafos, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* Cyprus Island, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* country \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Pamfilia. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* Mark left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2250"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Antioch, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* Saturday, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* meeting read \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* read \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Moses wrote, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* read \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w men|strong="G5100"\w* wrote \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, “Friends, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* help \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w go|strong="G2532"\w* ahead \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul told the Antioch people the message about Jesus  
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\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lifted|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* quiet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* Jewish \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.\fig Paul went to the Jewish meeting house in Antioch and told people about Jesus|src="lll8-16.tif" size="col" ref="13:16" \fig*  
\v 17 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G2992"\w* picked \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* Egypt \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* kids. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really big mob \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* used \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w great|strong="G5312"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w*.\x * \xo 13:17 \xt Exodus 1:7; 12:51\x*  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* country \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G5063"\w*. Sometimes \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* anyway.\x * \xo 13:18 \xt Numbers 14:34; Deuteronomy 1:31\x*  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* fight \w against|strong="G1722"\w* 7 different tribes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* won. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* enemies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* own \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* keep.\x * \xo 13:19 \xt Deuteronomy 7:1; Joshua 14:1\x*   
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\v 20 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 450 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w that|strong="G2532"\w* country. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* picked leaders \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* always \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* leader \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* other leaders, \w God|strong="G1325"\w* picked \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* leader. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* told \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s messages \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*.\x * \xo 13:20 \xt Judges 2:16; 1 Samuel 3:20\x*  
\v 21 Samuel \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* leader, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* always tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Kish|strong="G2797"\w*. \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Benjamin \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israel \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.\x * \xo 13:21 \xt 1 Samuel 8:5; 10:21\x*   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* stopped Saul \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* big boss, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israel \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘Look \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w*, \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesse|strong="G2421"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* happy. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.’\x * \xo 13:22 \xt 1 Samuel 13:14; 16:12; Psalm 89:20\x*  
\v 23 \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2596"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* David’s family \w will|strong="G2316"\w* come \w to|strong="G2596"\w* save us \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* now \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* come. \w His|strong="G2596"\w* name \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* Jesus \w came|strong="G3588"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Baptiser \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2992"\w* talked \w to|strong="G3956"\w* us \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* said, ‘Stop doing bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. Turn around. Turn back \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2992"\w* \w then|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* baptise \w you|strong="G3956"\w*.’\x * \xo 13:24 \xt Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3\x*  
\v 25 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* reckon \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*? \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w think|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w that|strong="G3739"\w* special \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* promised \w to|strong="G3004"\w* send \w to|strong="G3004"\w* save \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*? \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* enough \w to|strong="G3004"\w* touch \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w or|strong="G1161"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w shoes|strong="G5266"\w*.’ \w That|strong="G3739"\w*’s \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* finishing \w his|strong="G3708"\w* work.\x * \xo 13:25 \xt Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; John 1:20, 27\x*   
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\v 26 Listen, friends. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-father Abraham’s \w family|strong="G1085"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w respect|strong="G5399"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\v 27 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* told \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s messages \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* wrote \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* read \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* meetings \w every|strong="G3956"\w* Saturday, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* leaders didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* special \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.’  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* wrong, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman judge, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G2532"\w* anyway.\x * \xo 13:28 \xt Matthew 27:22-23; Mark 15:13-14; Luke 23:21-23; John 19:15\x*  
\v 29 \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G5087"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* killed \w Jesus|strong="G5087"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w cross|strong="G3586"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w grave|strong="G3419"\w*.\x * \xo 13:29 \xt Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42\x*  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*,  
\v 31 \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2250"\w* times. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* mob \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2250"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.\x * \xo 13:31 \xt Acts 1:3\x*   
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\v 32 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* long time ago, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* something \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 33 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* grand-kids. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1208"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can \w read|strong="G1125"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w part|strong="G1473"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Psalm|strong="G5568"\w* \w number|strong="G4771"\w* 2. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\q1 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w*.’\x * \xo 13:33 \xt Psalm 2:7\x*   
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\v 34 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* alive, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w never|strong="G3371"\w* rot \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* grave. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G3779"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* read \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* son,  
\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* special \w promises|strong="G1138"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w*’m making \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w promises|strong="G1138"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.’\x * \xo 13:34 \xt Isaiah 55:3 \x*   
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\v 35 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* psalm \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, David \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* special \w person|strong="G2087"\w* rot \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* grave.’\x * \xo 13:35 \xt Psalm 16:10\x*   
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\v 36 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* special person. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1074"\w*, \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s work, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2837"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* buried \w him|strong="G3588"\w* next \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* grand-fathers. \w His|strong="G2398"\w* body rotted \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* grave.  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w*’s body didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* rot \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* grave. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* words \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* David. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w*.   
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\v 38-39 You see, my friends, I’m telling you this message. Jesus died for us, so if we believe in him, God will say we are not guilty of the bad things we did. Jesus will make us right and good. The law that Moses gave us can’t do that, it can’t make us right and good.  
\v 40 \w A|strong="G1722"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* write \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G4396"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* careful. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* like \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* wrote,   
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\v 41 ‘Listen \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*,  
\q1 \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* \w tells|strong="G1555"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* really shocked, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* die.’\x * \xo 13:41 \xt Habakkuk 1:5 \x*  
\m Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2038"\w*.” \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* told \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* meeting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch.   
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\v 42-43 Then the meeting finished, and Paul and Barnabas started to go out of that meeting house. Some of the people said to them, “Can you come back next Saturday and tell us more about those things?” And a lot of Jews and other people that respected God followed Paul and Barnabas. Paul and Barnabas talked with them and told them to keep on trusting God, and to keep on letting him help them.   
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\v 44 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* Saturday, \w nearly|strong="G4975"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* big mobs \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got really jealous. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* lies. \w His|strong="G3708"\w* message \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 46 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* frightened \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* Jews \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* shows \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* Jews.  
\v 47 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2962"\w* told \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* said,  
\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w gave|strong="G1781"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* job, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1484"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* save \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’”\x * \xo 13:47 \xt Isaiah 42:6; 49:6\x*   
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\v 48 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “Thank \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* see, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3745"\w* time \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3745"\w*.  
\v 49 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* told \w God|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w over|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* heard \w God|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.   
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\v 50 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* important \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* respected \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* important \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* important \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* big trouble \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much trouble \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1544"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*.  
\v 51 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* left, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w shook|strong="G1621"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* dirt \w off|strong="G1621"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* wrong. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*.\x * \xo 13:51 \xt Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; 10:11\x*  
\v 52 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* letting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* control \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 14  
\s1 Paul and Barnabas told people about Jesus, in Iconium and Listra  
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\v 1-4 The same thing happened in the town called Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the Jewish meeting house, and they talked strongly about Jesus to the people there. They told them that God is very good to people. And a big mob of people believed in Jesus. Some of them were Jews, and some of them were not Jews. But there were other Jewish people that didn’t believe in Jesus, and they talked to the other people that were not Jews, and they got them to hate the Christians. So the people of Iconium split up into 2 mobs. One mob reckoned that Paul and Barnabas were right, but the other mob reckoned those Jewish people were right. Paul and Barnabas stayed in Iconium a long time, and they kept on telling people about Jesus, and they were not frightened of anyone. And God helped Paul and Barnabas do powerful things, to show that they were telling the true story about Jesus.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* leaders, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* plan \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w stones|strong="G3036"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* somebody told \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* away \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G4066"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Lyconia. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Listra \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Derbi, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G4066"\w* \w around|strong="G4066"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w*,  
\v 7 \w and|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* told \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2546"\w* \w the|strong="G2097"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* about \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.   
\s1 In Listra Paul got Jesus to make a crippled man better  
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\v 8 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* Listra \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* crippled. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* born crippled. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w life|strong="G4043"\w*.  
\v 9 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* crippled \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* straight \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* face, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* can \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* real \w loud|strong="G3173"\w*, “Stand \w up|strong="G3717"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man jumped \w up|strong="G3717"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w A|strong="G3708"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* yelled \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w their|strong="G3708"\w* own Lyconian \w language|strong="G3072"\w*, “\w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* turned themselves \w into|strong="G3708"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* here \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* reckoned Barnabas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* boss \w god|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* reckoned \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* messenger \w god|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Hermes|strong="G2060"\w*, \w because|strong="G1894"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* talking.  
\v 13 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ceremonies \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* man \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* got \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* flowers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gates|strong="G4440"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* always showed respect \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* gods. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flowers \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \fig People in Lyconia reckoned Paul and Barnabas were gods, so they wanted to give them flowers and kill bulls for them|src="cn02119b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="14:13" \fig*   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* somebody told \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* upset, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*,  
\v 15 “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w like|strong="G3663"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop showing \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 14:15 \xt Exodus 20:11; Psalm 146:6\x*  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* country \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* own \w way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w up|strong="G4198"\w* \w until|strong="G1722"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w*,  
\v 17 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* still shows \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* real \w God|strong="G1325"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G2540"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1325"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w makes|strong="G1325"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* grow, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* happy.”  
\v 18 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3361"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* still wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bulls \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w end|strong="G3778"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bulls.   
\s1 People threw big stones at Paul  
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\v 19 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Antioch \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Listra \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* threw big stones \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* stones \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w around|strong="G2944"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dead \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*.  
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Derbi \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Derbi.  
\v 21 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas helped \w the|strong="G2532"\w* new churches \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*  
\p \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Listra, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Pisidia country.  
\v 22 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* towns \w they|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “Keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w making|strong="G3870"\w* big \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* Christians, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* town, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas picked leaders \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* stopped eating \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w*, \w our|strong="G2962"\w* leader, \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* ask \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas left \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Pamfilia.  
\v 25 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Attalia, \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Barnabas went back to Antioch  
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\v 26 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* Barnabas got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Attalia, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Syria country. Antioch \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* city \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* started \w from|strong="G3588"\w*, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Antioch Christians \w that|strong="G3739"\w* asked \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look \w after|strong="G4137"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w then|strong="G2547"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* reason \w why|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w after|strong="G4137"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w finished|strong="G4137"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas got \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3854"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* Jews \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 28 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w at|strong="G1161"\w* Antioch.   
\c 15  
\s1 The church leaders had a meeting in Jerusalem  
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\v 1 \w At|strong="G2718"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* time, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w men|strong="G5100"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* operation \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* operation \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* law.”\x * \xo 15:1 \xt Leviticus 12:3\x*  
\v 2 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas heard \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* agree \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* argued \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* wrong. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch thought \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* problem, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* talk \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* church leaders \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w at|strong="G3588"\w* Antioch \w said|strong="G3767"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* left Antioch \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4311"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G4311"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* Fonisha country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* countries. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* Jews believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Fonisha \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w that|strong="G3588"\w* news.   
\p
\v 4 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* leaders \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w everything|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G4100"\w* Jerusalem \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* strong \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1817"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1163"\w* Jews, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w might|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* Christians, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* operation too, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* church leaders, \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* problem.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1722"\w* friends, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* picked \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G1438"\w* \w person|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* Jews \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* hear \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 15:7 \xt Acts 10:1-43\x*  
\v 8 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* always \w knows|strong="G2589"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* thinking, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* family \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G1325"\w* see, \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews.\x * \xo 15:8 \xt Acts 2:4; 10:44\x*  
\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3762"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1252"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w clean|strong="G2511"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* telling \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2480"\w* Jews \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* too hard \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*? \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* making \w God|strong="G2316"\w* angry. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G3568"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G2480"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* keep \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* law \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Moses. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* too hard \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* too hard \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers too.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* us Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2548"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* Jews. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w saves|strong="G4982"\w* everybody \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* law doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* anybody. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saves|strong="G4982"\w* us \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* us.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w stopped|strong="G4601"\w* talking \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3745"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* Jews. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* story \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* finished \w talking|strong="G3004"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* up \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* friends, listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 14 Peter \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* story \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* showed \w himself|strong="G1980"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1484"\w* Jews, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* own \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w story|strong="G3056"\w* agrees \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* told \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,   
\q1
\v 16 ‘\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* back \w later|strong="G3326"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* fix \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’s family \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\q1 \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’s family \w are|strong="G3588"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* broke \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* fix \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17-18 And some people from other countries will ask me for help.  
\q1 They are my people too.  
\q1 I am God. I promised to do that a long time ago, so I will do it.” ’\x * \xo 15:17-18 \xt Amos 9:11-12 \x*  
\m That’s all in God’s book.”   
\p
\v 19 \w And|strong="G2316"\w* James \w kept|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* talking. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* said, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w we|strong="G1352"\w* shouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* hard \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* Jews, \w when|strong="G2919"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 20 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1989"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1989"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* worry \w about|strong="G3588"\w* getting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* young man operation. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w*’ll tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* rules,  
\li1 – If somebody reckons that a statue is a god, and if they give food to that statue to show respect to it, don’t eat any of that food.  
\li1 – And don’t sleep with somebody that you are not married to, as if they are your wife or husband.  
\li1 – And if somebody holds an animal’s neck really tight to kill it, don’t eat its meat.  
\li1 – And don’t eat the blood of animals.\x * \xo 15:20 \xt Exodus 34:15-17; Leviticus 17:10-16; 18:6-23\x*   
\p
\v 21 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w every|strong="G3956"\w* Saturday \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3956"\w* read \w the|strong="G1722"\w* law \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* loud \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* meeting houses, \w and|strong="G4172"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* happens \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* long \w time|strong="G1074"\w*, \w and|strong="G4172"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2192"\w* Jews \w have|strong="G2192"\w* already heard \w those|strong="G3588"\w* rules.”   
\s1 The church leaders wrote to the Christians that are not Jews  
\p
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* picked 2 \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* news \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* city \w called|strong="G2564"\w* Antioch, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Syria country. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4245"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* Barsabbas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G4245"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*.  
\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* church leaders \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\pi1 “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s special workers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* church leaders \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Jerusalem. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w writing|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* Jews, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Antioch, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* country. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 24 Listen, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* here \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G3056"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* worried \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G3056"\w* upset \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* send \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* met \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w some|strong="G3588"\w* messengers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G1380"\w* friends Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="G3860"\w* know, Barnabas \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* work \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2424"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 27 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sending \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* writing \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* letter.   
\pi1
\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* told \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* young \w man|strong="G3778"\w* operation. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w these|strong="G3778"\w* rules,  
\li1 –  
\v 29 If somebody reckons that a statue is a god, and if they give food to that statue to show respect to it, don’t eat any of that food.  
\li1 – And don’t eat the blood of animals.  
\li1 – And if somebody holds an animal’s neck really tight to kill it, don’t eat its meat.  
\li1 – And don’t sleep with somebody that you are not married to, as if they are your wife or husband.  
\pi1 \w Make|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w you|strong="G3739"\w* don’t \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* right.  
\pi1 \w That|strong="G3739"\w*’s \w our|strong="G2532"\w* message \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\pi1 Goodbye.”   
\p
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* Judas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3767"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians read \w that|strong="G3588"\w* letter, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* happy.  
\v 32 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* told \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s messages \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 33 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, Judas \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Silas left Antioch \w to|strong="G4314"\w* go \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* church \w in|strong="G4314"\w* Jerusalem. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* Antioch Christians \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1161"\w* pray \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* safe \w and|strong="G1161"\w* happy trip.”   
\p
\v 34-35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed there in Antioch, and they kept on teaching the people the message from God about Jesus. And a lot of other Christians helped them do that too.   
\s1 Paul and Barnabas stopped working with each other  
\p
\v 36 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Barnabas, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w*, \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w well|strong="G1722"\w*, \w let|strong="G1161"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* find \w out|strong="G2962"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* right.”   
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\v 37 Barnabas \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w*’s \w take|strong="G4838"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2564"\w*.”   
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\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* idea. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2532"\w* Mark \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* stay \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* Pamfilia country \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w*.”\x * \xo 15:38 \xt Acts 13:13\x*   
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\v 39 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* agree \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* John \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* big argument. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G1096"\w* upset \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* different way. Barnabas \w and|strong="G1161"\w* John \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* ship \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* island \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*.  
\v 40-41 Paul picked Silas to go with him. The Antioch Christians asked God to look after Paul and Silas, then those 2 men left there and went through Syria and Cilicia countries. Paul talked to the Christians in every place, and he helped them be strong for Jesus.   
\c 16  
\s1 Paul, Silas and Timothy told people about Jesus in lots of towns  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Derbi, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Listra. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Listra. \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*’s mother \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4103"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*.\fig |src="PEV map Acts 16.jpg" size="span" ref="16:1" \fig*  
\v 2 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Listra \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Timothy \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w nearby|strong="G1722"\w*, \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Timothy’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young \w man|strong="G3778"\w* operation \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boys, \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* Timothy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* around \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* mob \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* Timothy, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young \w man|strong="G3778"\w* operation \w on|strong="G1722"\w* Timothy.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, Silas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Timothy \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* leaders \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* talked \w about|strong="G5613"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* letter.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* trusted \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* strongly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* joined \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trusted \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Paul had something like a dream and saw a man from Macedonia country  
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\v 6 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* friends wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* countries \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Frigia \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Misia, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* country, \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Bithinia. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w past|strong="G3928"\w* Misia \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Troas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dream, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* asleep, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2476"\w* awake. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* country. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G1224"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, Luke, joined \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Troas. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Macedonian \w man|strong="G2316"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* ready \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.   
\s1 A woman called Lydia believed in Jesus  
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\v 11 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3767"\w* \w straight|strong="G2113"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3767"\w* \w Samothrace|strong="G4543"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3767"\w* Niapolis.  
\v 12 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* left \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* road \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* main \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w part|strong="G3310"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w On|strong="G2523"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* next Saturday, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G4335"\w* near \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w river|strong="G4215"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* see \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* meeting \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pray. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Thiatira, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G5259"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*. \w Her|strong="G5259"\w* job \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sell \w purple|strong="G4211"\w* cloth. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* respected \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w her|strong="G5259"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen carefully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* baptised Lydia \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, Lydia \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* mob know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* really \w believe|strong="G4103"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* please \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.” \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* agreed, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.   
\s1 Paul got Jesus to force a bad spirit out of a young woman  
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\v 16 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w started|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w meet|strong="G3588"\w* together \w and|strong="G1161"\w* pray \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2962"\w*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* \w woman|strong="G2192"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* road \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w showed|strong="G3930"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* later \w on|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* \w woman|strong="G2192"\w* \w work|strong="G2039"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* pay. \w People|strong="G5100"\w* used \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pay \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* money \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* bosses, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* told \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* later.   
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\v 17 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* young \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* saw \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3972"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G2628"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3972"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* serve \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* greatest \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* save \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w end|strong="G3778"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w angry|strong="G1278"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* young \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1722"\w* boss, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w her|strong="G4160"\w*.’” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* young \w woman|strong="G3778"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Her|strong="G1519"\w* bosses \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* thought, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell anybody \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* money.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* bosses \w were|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman judges \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Her|strong="G1438"\w* bosses \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judges, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w trouble|strong="G1613"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*,  
\v 21 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* law says \w are|strong="G1510"\w* wrong.”   
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\v 22 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w that|strong="G3588"\w* woman’s bosses \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started blaming \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judges told \w their|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers, “Rip \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shirts \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* sticks.”   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers hit \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* Silas really \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* sticks, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w then|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* jail. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* told \w the|strong="G1519"\w* boss \w over|strong="G5083"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* jail, “\w Make|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* Silas don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* get away.”  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail boss \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little room \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* jail. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* sit down \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* locked \w their|strong="G1438"\w* ankles \w between|strong="G2532"\w* 2 big bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w wood|strong="G3586"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* move \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w legs|strong="G4228"\w*.   
\s1 Paul told the jail boss that God can save him  
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\v 25 Later, \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* night, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* loud \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w singing|strong="G5214"\w* songs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w listening|strong="G1874"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.\fig Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God while they were in jail|src="wa03976b.tif" size="col" ref="16:25" \fig*  
\v 26 Suddenly \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w earthquake|strong="G4578"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w shook|strong="G4531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cement underneath \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail swung open, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* off \w the|strong="G2532"\w* arms \w and|strong="G2532"\w* legs \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* prisoners.   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* jail boss woke \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w were|strong="G3588"\w* open, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3543"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* away. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w in|strong="G2532"\w* big trouble \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* big knife, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* saw \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail boss \w and|strong="G1161"\w* shouted \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G5455"\w*, “Don’t hurt \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*.”   
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\v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* jail boss told somebody \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w lights|strong="G5457"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G4363"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* respect. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* frightened \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* shaking.  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* Paul \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Sirs|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
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\v 31 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail boss \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* family \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* still \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail boss \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sores \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* backs, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas baptised \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail boss \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* family.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail boss \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5132"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* eat. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail boss \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* really happy \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Silas left Philippi  
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\v 35 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* next \w morning|strong="G2250"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* judges \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w policemen|strong="G4465"\w*, “Go \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail boss, ‘\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 prisoners go \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.’” \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w policemen|strong="G4465"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail boss \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message.   
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\v 36 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail boss \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* judges \w have|strong="G3748"\w* sent \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* telling me \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w free|strong="G1722"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* can \w go|strong="G4198"\w* quietly \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* policemen, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*. Yesterday \w those|strong="G3588"\w* judges didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* court \w to|strong="G1519"\w* find \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* anything wrong, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hit \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* jail. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* law, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w*. \w You|strong="G1438"\w* see, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* Jews, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* names \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* list \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* judges broke \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* law yesterday. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* nobody \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* way. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* judges \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3568"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sorry, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* jail \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.”   
\p
\v 38 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w policemen|strong="G4465"\w* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* told \w the|strong="G1161"\w* judges everything \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* soon \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* judges heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* Jews, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* too, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* got \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* judges knew \w they|strong="G1161"\w* broke \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* law.  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judges \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked easy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sorry \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* yesterday.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2065"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* soon.   
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\v 40 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*’s house. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1161"\w* trusting \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w left|strong="G1831"\w* Philippi.   
\c 17  
\s1 Paul told people in Thessalonica about Jesus  
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\v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w through|strong="G1353"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* towns \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Amfipolis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Apollonia, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* meeting house \w there|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 2-3 so Paul went to that meeting house on the next Saturday to tell the people about Jesus. He used to do that in all the towns and cities that he went to. Paul went to that meeting house in Thessalonica each Saturday for 3 weeks, and he read some parts of God’s book and talked about them to the people there. They were the parts where God’s men wrote about the special man that God promised to send, called the Christ. They wrote that people will hurt God’s special man, and kill him, but then God will make him alive again. And Paul said, “Jesus is that special man that God sent to save us. People killed him, but God made him alive again.”   
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\v 4 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w joined|strong="G4345"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* Jews, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* Jews \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* respected \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* important \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.   
\s1 Some Jewish people made trouble for Paul and Silas  
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1218"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w jealous|strong="G2206"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2350"\w* makers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* lied \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2350"\w* makers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w people|strong="G1218"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w mob|strong="G3792"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2350"\w* makers started shouting \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saying \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w man|strong="G5100"\w*. \w His|strong="G1438"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* drag \w them|strong="G3588"\w* outside, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mob|strong="G3792"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* beat \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* house, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* bosses. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* trouble everywhere, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3918"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* Christian mob \w are|strong="G1510"\w* against \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* big boss \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Rome tells \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really \w the|strong="G2532"\w* biggest boss. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* letting \w them|strong="G3588"\w* stay \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* house.”   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* bosses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got angry.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* bosses forced \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* Christians \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pay \w some|strong="G3588"\w* money, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1438"\w* can \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* money \w back|strong="G2983"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G2983"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* trouble.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w let|strong="G2983"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* Christians \w go|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Paul told people in Beria about Jesus  
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Thessalonica Christians \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Beria. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* soon \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* meeting house \w to|strong="G1519"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Beria listened \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2596"\w* hear \w more|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* thought \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* carefully. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jews \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Beria \w people|strong="G3956"\w* read \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* find \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* important \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* Jews \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jewish people from Thessalonica made trouble for Paul  
\p
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Beria telling \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Beria \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w trouble|strong="G5015"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G5613"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w trouble|strong="G5015"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 14 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Beria \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w stayed|strong="G5278"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Beria. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* Christian \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w down|strong="G2193"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ship \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G1563"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Athens.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Athens, “\w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1826"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Beria, tell \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G2983"\w* here. Tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hurry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* here \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G1826"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Athens \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Beria.   
\s1 Paul was upset by all the statues in Athens  
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\v 16 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Athens \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Timothy \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* walked around \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* statues everywhere, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* thought \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* gods. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* respected \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* prayed \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* upset \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* Greeks \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* city, \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* met \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Paul talked to the Athens people about Jesus  
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\v 18 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Athens mob always \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w best|strong="G1380"\w* \w way|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* always talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Epicurians, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Stoics. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* mob \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* rubbish.” \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w gods|strong="G1140"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* countries.”   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* meeting \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* city council, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w*? \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* message \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w*.  
\v 20 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w surprised|strong="G3579"\w* \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w*, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w mean|strong="G2309"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w You|strong="G3004"\w* see, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Athens \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* places \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* liked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* talk \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* ideas \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2119"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* liked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hear \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Paul told the Athens council about the God that they didn’t know  
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* council mob \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Athens. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* can \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* Athens mob think \w a|strong="G5613"\w* lot \w about|strong="G5613"\w* gods.  
\v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* walked around \w this|strong="G3778"\w* city, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2316"\w* statues \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stone table \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* wrote \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*.’ Look, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* anyway. Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’ll tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*. \fig The people in Athens had a stone table for the god that they didn’t know|src="cn01998b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="17:23" \fig*   
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\v 24 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* everybody everywhere. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* boss \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* boss down \w here|strong="G3956"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* nobody \w can|strong="G4160"\w* build \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house big enough \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w*.\x * \xo 17:24 \xt 1 Kings 8:27; Acts 7:48\x*  
\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* need \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G1325"\w* see, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w makes|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w breath|strong="G4157"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* need.\x * \xo 17:25 \xt Isaiah 42:5\x*   
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\v 26 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w first|strong="G1520"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* later \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* tribe everywhere \w were|strong="G3588"\w* born \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w*’s family. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* each tribe \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own \w country|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* planned \w where|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* how \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* can look \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* maybe \w we|strong="G2249"\w* can \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* really, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w away|strong="G3112"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\v 28 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w* story \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own Athens \w people|strong="G1510"\w* wrote \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* kids.’   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s kids, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* shouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* dream \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* statue \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* silver \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G2316"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w* looks \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w No|strong="G3756"\w* way. Nobody can \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w sort|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* statue \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* anything \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\p
\v 30 \w You|strong="G3956"\w* see, \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G3568"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G3767"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* different. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* says \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* us, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3568"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* turn around \w and|strong="G2316"\w* stop doing bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 31 \w And|strong="G2250"\w* if \w we|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w stop|strong="G2476"\w* doing bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w give|strong="G3930"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* big \w trouble|strong="G3930"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w have|strong="G3195"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* big \w court|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w have|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* already \w set|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* date \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* fair \w court|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* picked \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G3956"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w*. \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w show|strong="G3930"\w* everybody \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* picked \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*.”   
\s1 Some council people believed in Jesus  
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\v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* council \w men|strong="G3778"\w* heard \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* alive \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* council \w men|strong="G3778"\w* laughed \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G3825"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* later, \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* time.”  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* council meeting.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* council \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Dionisius. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w Damaris|strong="G1152"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\c 18  
\s1 Paul went to the city called Corinth  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G5563"\w* Athens, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* city \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w*.  
\v 2 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* Corinth, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* met \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Aquila, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w*. Aquila \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1085"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* country \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w Pontus|strong="G4193"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* city \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* time, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*, \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w*, told \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Aquila \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w left|strong="G2147"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Corinth.   
\p
\v 3 Aquila \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Priscilla made tents. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* made tents \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Corinth, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w worked|strong="G2038"\w* \w together|strong="G3844"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* Saturday \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Corinth met \w together|strong="G2596"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* met \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Corinth \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* spent \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* time telling \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save us.”  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w shook|strong="G1621"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dirt \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* wrong, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w good|strong="G3588"\w* news, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* blame \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* anything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happens \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* blame \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews.”   
\p
\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* stopped \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* moved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jew, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* respected \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Titius|strong="G5103"\w* \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w next|strong="G4927"\w* door \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Another|strong="G3588"\w* man, \w Crispus|strong="G2921"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w Crispus|strong="G2921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Corinth heard \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* talk \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* Christians baptised \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* water.   
\p
\v 9 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* something like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dream, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* city \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w attack|strong="G2007"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* hurt \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’ve got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\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="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Corinth. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* stayed \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* half \w years|strong="G1763"\w*.   
\s1 A Roman boss didn’t judge Paul  
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\v 12 Later \w on|strong="G1909"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new man \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* Corinth, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Akaya. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* new boss’s name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders got \w together|strong="G1909"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judge’s seat \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* court house \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* new boss. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* blamed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*,  
\v 13 \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* boss, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* teaching \w people|strong="G3778"\w* wrong. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* break \w our|strong="G2316"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
\p
\v 14-15 Then Paul got up to talk, but Gallio said, “Wait.” And he said to the Jewish leaders, “I will not listen to you mob. You are only arguing about words, and names, and your own Jewish laws. I will not judge those Jewish things. You mob look after that yourselves. This man didn’t do anything bad, and he didn’t break our Roman law, so I will not listen to you.”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Gallio \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish leaders away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judge’s seat.   
\p
\v 17 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* watching \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w court|strong="G3199"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting house. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sosthenes|strong="G4988"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G5180"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* right \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judge’s seat. \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* saw \w them|strong="G3588"\w* hitting \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Priscilla and Aquila went to Ephesus with Paul  
\p
\v 18 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Corinth \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \em goodbye\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Centria, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aquila \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Centria, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hair|strong="G2751"\w* \w off|strong="G2751"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* promise \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish culture, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* finish doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* promise \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G2751"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hair|strong="G2751"\w*.\x * \xo 18:18 \xt Numbers 6:18\x* \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* got \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* ship \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aquila \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 19-21 That ship stopped half-way, at a town called Ephesus. They got off that ship there, and Paul went into the Jewish meeting house in Ephesus, and he talked to the Jewish people there. They asked him to stay there longer, but he said, “No, sorry, I’ve got to say \em goodbye\em* and keep going. But if God wants me to come back here one day, I will come back.” Then he got on a ship to go to Syria country, and he sailed away from Ephesus. But Priscilla and Aquila stayed there.   
\s1 Paul went to Jerusalem, then to other places  
\p
\v 22 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ship \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* road \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* city, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \em hello\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w north|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* city \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Syria country.   
\p
\v 23 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w spent|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Frigia countries. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1330"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \fig |src="PEV Map Acts 21.jpg" size="span" ref="18:23" \fig*   
\s1 Priscilla and Aquila told Apollos more about Jesus  
\p
\v 24-26 At that time, there was a Jewish man living in a town called Alexandria. His name was Apollos. Somebody there taught him some things about Jesus. He could talk really good, and he knew God’s book properly, and he liked to teach people about Jesus. He taught them the things he knew, but he didn’t know the whole story about Jesus. He only knew the message John the Baptiser taught to people.  
\p Apollos went to Ephesus, and he went to the Jewish meeting house there, and he talked strongly to everyone, and he told them all the things that he knew about Jesus. Priscilla and Aquila heard him talk, and they said to him, “Come with us, and we will tell you more about Jesus.” So he went with them, and they told him the rest of the story about Jesus, and they told him how God saves people.   
\s1 Apollos helped the Christians in Akaya country  
\p
\v 27 Later \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w* told \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Ephesus, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Akaya country.”  
\p \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3739"\w*’s \w good|strong="G1223"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.” \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Akaya, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G1519"\w* friendly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w*.” \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* city \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Corinth \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Akaya country.  
\p \w Before|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*, \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Corinth \w people|strong="G4183"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w helped|strong="G4820"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Jesus. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Corinth, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* really \w helped|strong="G4820"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* new Christians \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* Apollos argued strongly \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* time. \w And|strong="G2453"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2424"\w* everyone, \w showing|strong="G1925"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* tells us \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2424"\w* send \w to|strong="G2424"\w* save us, \w the|strong="G1223"\w* man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w And|strong="G2453"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man.   
\c 19  
\s1 Paul helped some men follow Jesus  
\p
\v 1 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* Apollos \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* visiting places \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Frigia \w country|strong="G3313"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Galatia \w country|strong="G3313"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w left|strong="G2147"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G3313"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* met \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* reckoned \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* Christians.  
\v 2 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w into|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s message?”  
\p \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3761"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know anything \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w*’ve \w never|strong="G1487"\w* heard \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* baptised \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*?”  
\p \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1161"\w* got \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Baptiser \w to|strong="G1519"\w* baptise \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1519"\w* doing bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptised \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w turned|strong="G2064"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* doing bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”\x * \xo 19:4 \xt Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:4, 7-8; Luke 3:4, 16; John 1:26-27\x*   
\p
\v 5 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* too. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christians|strong="G2424"\w* baptised \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* following \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w their|strong="G1519"\w* leader.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* heads, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* different \w languages|strong="G1100"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* messages, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* everyone \w those|strong="G3588"\w* messages.  
\v 7 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob.   
\s1 People in Asia country heard about Jesus  
\p
\v 8 \w For|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* 3 \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meetings \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* meeting house \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Ephesus, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked strongly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* understand \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* takes \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* family.  
\v 9 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G2250"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* hearing \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* everybody \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christian \w people|strong="G4128"\w*. (\w Another|strong="G2596"\w* name \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \em Jesus Way\em* mob.)  
\p \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* left \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* meetings \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \em Tiranus Hall\em*. \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* 2 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country \w called|strong="G3778"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 God gave Paul a lot of power  
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\v 11 \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* nobody else \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* made sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w* better, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1607"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* friends got \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* touched, like \w handkerchiefs|strong="G4676"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w aprons|strong="G4612"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w* got better, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1607"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Some men that were not Christians tried to use Jesus’s power  
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\v 13-14 There were also some Jewish people there that were not Christians, and they went around to a lot of places, and in each place they tried to get bad spirits to come out of people. There were 7 men that were doing that. They were sons of Sceva, a boss of the Jewish ceremonies. They went into a house and said to a man that had a bad spirit, “I’m using the power of Jesus, the man that Paul talks about, and I’m telling you to come out of this man.”   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob.”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G4190"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w jumped|strong="G2177"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 7 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knocked \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tore \w their|strong="G1438"\w* clothes \w off|strong="G2596"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* beat \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 7 \w men|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* heard \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* really frightened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* really respected \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Christians burned their books about bad magic  
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\v 18-19 At that time, some of the Christians in Ephesus were still doing bad things, and some of them used to sing people and curse people. They had a lot of books that showed them how to do that bad magic. Those Christians heard about those 7 men, and then they said that they were sorry for the bad things that they were doing, and they gathered up all of those books about magic, and they burned them. Everybody saw them burn those books. Those books about magic cost a lot of money. They reckoned all of those books together cost about 5 million dollars.\fig Christians in Ephesus burned their books about bad magic|src="wa03985b.tif" size="col" ref="19:18-19" \fig*  
\v 20 \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w how|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* got \w very|strong="G2532"\w* powerful, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.   
\s1 Some work-men got money from people that respected a woman god  
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* visit \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Akaya country \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Erastus|strong="G2037"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* helpers \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w ahead|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* country, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1907"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little \w while|strong="G5550"\w* longer \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Ephesus, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* country.   
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\v 23 \w Soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Ephesus tried \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Christians, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \em Jesus Way\em* mob.  
\v 24 \w There|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* used silver \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* models \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special house \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w woman|strong="G5100"\w* \w god|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* Artemis. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w*. \w And|strong="G4160"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* house models too. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* sold \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* respected Artemis, \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* got \w a|strong="G4160"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3686"\w* money \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w business|strong="G2039"\w*.   
\s1 Demetrius got a lot of people to go wild  
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\v 25 Demetrius \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* work-men \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w god|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Artemis. Demetrius \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* sell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* money.\fig Demetrius was angry with Paul, so he had a meeting with the work-men|src="wa03986b.tif" size="col" ref="19:25" \fig*  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talks \w to|strong="G2532"\w* big mobs \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* buy \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* statues \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’ Lots \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* towns \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* country \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* buy \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 27 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* listening \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w*’ll soon \w go|strong="G2064"\w* broke. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w reckon|strong="G3049"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special house \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Artemis \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3313"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*. \w People|strong="G3778"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G3313"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everywhere show \w respect|strong="G3313"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w god|strong="G2532"\w* Artemis, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* soon \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Artemis \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* heard Demetrius \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w angry|strong="G2372"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w shout|strong="G2896"\w*, “Artemis \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w* mob.”   
\p
\v 29 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w* shouting, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started shouting \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* got angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3110"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w used|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* around \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* names \w were|strong="G3588"\w* Guyus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aristarkus. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4884"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sports oval \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* too, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1218"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* government officials \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* message \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* strongly, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* sports oval. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G1325"\w*.”   
\s1 The wild mob kept on shouting for 2 hours  
\p
\v 32 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit mixed \w up|strong="G4797"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Alexander. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* pushed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* front \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* Alexander \w held|strong="G4822"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w to|strong="G2309"\w* get \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* quiet.   
\p
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* mob \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Alexander \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Artemis, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “Artemis \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*. \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w god|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w* mob.” \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* mob \w kept|strong="G3956"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 2 \w hours|strong="G5610"\w*.   
\s1 An important government leader got the mob to settle down  
\p
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* government leader \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* got \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop shouting, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen, \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* look \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special house \w for|strong="G1063"\w* Artemis, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* woman \w god|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* look \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* statue \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G1356"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sky.  
\v 36 \w Nobody|strong="G3367"\w* can \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* true. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w quiet|strong="G2687"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. Don’t \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G2532"\w* us.  
\v 37 \w Why|strong="G1063"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* bring \w these|strong="G3778"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w*? \w They|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w* anything bad. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* go \w into|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special houses \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w take|strong="G2316"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* anything bad \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 38 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* mates want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* blame \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* bad, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* right \w way|strong="G5100"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judges \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* courts. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* anybody wants \w to|strong="G4314"\w* blame \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G1487"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* judges \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ready \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen. \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* job.  
\v 39 \w Or|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* anybody wants \w to|strong="G1722"\w* complain \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* government bosses \w that|strong="G3588"\w* can \w meet|strong="G3588"\w* \w together|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* problem.  
\v 40 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* mob \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* proper meeting, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big Roman bosses hear \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* trouble, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G1410"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* Ephesus \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* start \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* trouble, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* know \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.” \fig An important government leader in Ephesus got the mob to settle down|src="cn02004b.tif" size="col" ref="19:40" \fig*   
\p
\v 41 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government leader \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mob, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* home \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* sports oval.   
\c 20  
\s1 Paul went to the countries called Macedonia and Greece  
\p
\v 1 Everyone \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* country \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* always \w keep|strong="G3973"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* believing \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* always \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. Goodbye.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* country.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* visited \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* towns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* cities \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Macedonia, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G1330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Akaya \w country|strong="G3313"\w*. \w Another|strong="G1438"\w* name \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G3313"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Greece|strong="G1671"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Greece \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 3 \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w ready|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* ship. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* changed \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w mind|strong="G1106"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ship. Instead, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* road \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* country \w again|strong="G5290"\w*.  
\v 4-5 Paul had some friends that were going with him, but at that time they didn’t go with him by road. They got on that ship and went to the town called Troas and waited for Paul there. Those men were,  
\li1 – Sopater. He grew up in the town called Beria, and his father’s name was Pirus.  
\li1 – Aristarkus and Secundus, 2 men from Thessalonica.  
\li1 – Guyus, from Derbi.  
\li1 – Timothy, from Galatia country.  
\li1 – Tikicus and Trofimus, 2 men from Asia country.  
\p Those men waited for Paul in Troas.   
\s1 Luke, the man writing this story, went with Paul to Troas  
\p
\v 6 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* road \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* flat damper ceremony, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ship \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sailed|strong="G1602"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 5 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* met \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3699"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 7 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Sunday, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Troas got \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w went|strong="G3588"\w* down, \w to|strong="G3195"\w* eat food \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Jesus \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* started \w talking|strong="G1256"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G3972"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w talking|strong="G1256"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, right \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* middle \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* night. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w leave|strong="G1826"\w* Troas \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*.  
\v 8 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* upstairs \w room|strong="G5253"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* 3 floors high. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1722"\w* oil \w lamps|strong="G2985"\w* burning \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* smoke \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* get sleepy.  
\v 9 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* open \w window|strong="G2376"\w*. \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Yutikus. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w talking|strong="G1256"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Yutikus got \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sleepy. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* properly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w window|strong="G2376"\w*, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G5100"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* 3 floors, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pick \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* lay \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* arms \w around|strong="G1968"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* young \w man|strong="G3361"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w pressed|strong="G1968"\w* himself \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* alive.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* young \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* back upstairs \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* ate food \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G1909"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w talked|strong="G3656"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w went|strong="G2532"\w* home, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* young \w man|strong="G3816"\w* home \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w was|strong="G3588"\w* happy.   
\s1 Paul left Troas and went to Miletus  
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G4281"\w* back \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* get \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w go|strong="G4281"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* road \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Assos. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w got|strong="G4281"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Assos.  
\v 14 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w met|strong="G4820"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Mitilini.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G2192"\w* \w going|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* place \w near|strong="G1519"\w* Kios Island. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* sailed past Ephesus \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samos|strong="G4544"\w* Island. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* left \w Samos|strong="G4544"\w* Island \w and|strong="G1161"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* stopped \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 16 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* see, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w hurry|strong="G4692"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w and|strong="G3972"\w* stay \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* nearly \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremony \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\s1 Paul talked to the Christian leaders of Ephesus  
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship arrived \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* message \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* leaders \w to|strong="G1519"\w* come \w and|strong="G1161"\w* talk \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship. \fig Paul got the Christian leaders from Ephesus to come and talk to him|src="cn02140b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="20:17" \fig*   
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\v 18 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Each|strong="G3326"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w knows|strong="G1987"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* lived, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* left.  
\v 19 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* worked \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w try|strong="G3986"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* important, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cried|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* wrong. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G3956"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 20 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s message, everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* secret. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s message \w in|strong="G2596"\w* places \w where|strong="G5613"\w* everyone heard me, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w homes|strong="G3624"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 21 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* everyone. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* told \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* turn \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stop doing bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.’”   
\s1 Paul told some Christians, “You will not see me again”  
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\v 22 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* talking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* clearly showed \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G4876"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*, \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Jerusalem \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* prison.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem anyway. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G5485"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* told \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* saves \w us|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* really don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* care \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* care \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* long \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w*.   
\p
\v 25 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w past|strong="G1330"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* taught \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1492"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w none|strong="G3765"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*.  
\v 26 \w So|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* understand \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* end \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s family, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* blame me.  
\v 27 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* leaders \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* sure \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w keep|strong="G4046"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* properly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w him|strong="G3588"\w* properly \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* picked \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* leaders, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* properly. Remember, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* bought \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* son.   
\p
\v 29-30 I know that after I go away from here, other people will come to you, and they will teach you lies. They will try to trick all of God’s people. They will be like cheeky dingoes that kill sheep. Even in your own group of Christians, some men will get up and say things to trick other Christians. They will change the true story and tell it wrong, so they can get people to follow them.  
\v 31 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w watch|strong="G1127"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Make|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* keeps \w on|strong="G3326"\w* believing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* true story \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1520"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* 3 \w years|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* always told \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w a|strong="G2532"\w* different message. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* wrong, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul asked God to look after the Christian leaders  
\p
\v 32 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* talking. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m asking \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w safe|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w you|strong="G5210"\w* believing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* save \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1722"\w* believing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* grow \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* life \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w keeping|strong="G3908"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* own \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\p
\v 33-34 Listen, you mob know me. You saw the way that I lived when I was with you. I showed you the right way for a Christian to live. I never wanted to get anyone’s money or good clothes. I always worked to get the money that I needed, and to get money for my friends too.  
\v 35 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w showed|strong="G5263"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w work|strong="G2872"\w* \w hard|strong="G2872"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* get enough money, \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3779"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* ourselves, \w but|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* need. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* bit \w happy|strong="G3107"\w*. \w But|strong="G2228"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* properly \w happy|strong="G3107"\w*.’”   
\s1 The leaders said goodbye to Paul, and they were very sad  
\p
\v 36 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* finished \w talking|strong="G3004"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christian \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w cried|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w hugged|strong="G1968"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 38 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* sad.  
\p \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.   
\c 21  
\s1 Luke, the man writing this story, went with Paul to Tyre  
\p
\v 1 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G1096"\w* sad, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \em goodbye\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Christian leaders \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Ephesus. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* rest \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* island \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cos|strong="G2972"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* island \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Rhodes|strong="G4499"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Patara|strong="G3959"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* stopped \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 2 \w That|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* wasn’t \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Fonisha country, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got off \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* another \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.  
\v 3 \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w sailed|strong="G4126"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see \w the|strong="G2532"\w* island \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* past \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* its south side, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w kept|strong="G2641"\w* \w sailing|strong="G4126"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* country. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* stopped \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* unload \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \fig The workers had to unload the ship in Tyre|src="cn02006b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="21:3" \fig*   
\s1 Christians told Paul not to go to Jerusalem, but he kept going anyway  
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\v 4 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Tyre \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* workers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* unload \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* got off \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* found \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 7 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.” \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* going \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* ship workers \w finished|strong="G1096"\w* unloading \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2532"\w* shore \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w wives|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kids, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2532"\w* shore. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sand, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \em goodbye\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christians, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* homes.   
\s1 Paul left Tyre and went to Caesarea  
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\v 7 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* left \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Tolemayis. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \em hello\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* night.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* Tolemayis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*’s \w place|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always telling \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*. (\w A|strong="G2532"\w* few years \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* picked 7 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christian widows, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 21:8 \xt Acts 6:5; 8:5\x*  
\v 9 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* 4 \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* married. Each \w of|strong="G2364"\w* \w them|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* power \w from|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy Spirit \w to|strong="G1161"\w* tell God’s special messages \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.)   
\s1 The Christians couldn’t stop Paul going to Jerusalem  
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\v 10 \w A|strong="G1161"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* Christian \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country. \w His|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Agabus. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* power \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* tell \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s special messages \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w*.\x * \xo 21:10 \xt Acts 11:28\x*  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* off \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w belt|strong="G2223"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w together|strong="G4314"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, ‘See \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w owns|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prisoner \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.’”   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* talked really strongly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “Please don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Stop \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* change \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mind|strong="G2588"\w*. Stop \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* work \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w ready|strong="G2093"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* prison \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2093"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w listen|strong="G3982"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* stopped trying \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* go \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Jerusalem. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3361"\w* right. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* whatever \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul went on to Jerusalem  
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\v 15 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* few \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* got ready \w and|strong="G1161"\w* left Caesarea, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Mason. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w* Island. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3101"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Christian \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* starting \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* message \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \em hello\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\s1 Paul agreed to do a Jewish ceremony  
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\v 18 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Christian leaders. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Christian leaders \w in|strong="G3956"\w* Jerusalem \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* too.  
\v 19 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \em hello\em* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* helped \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* countries \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* Jews.  
\v 20 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w his|strong="G3956"\w* story, James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, “Thank \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen, brother, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w thousands|strong="G3461"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* careful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Moses \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* countries \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* law. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* young \w man|strong="G3956"\w* operation \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w sons|strong="G5043"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* doing \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* culture. Look, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* know \w their|strong="G1438"\w* story isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 22 \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w some|strong="G3748"\w* \w of|strong="G4128"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* other Jewish \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3754"\w* story \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*. \w And|strong="G2064"\w* \w those|strong="G3767"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w might|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* angry \w with|strong="G4905"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* need \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* show \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* story \w they|strong="G3754"\w* heard \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* true.   
\p
\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* listen. \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* story \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* true. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* 4 \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w among|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* promised \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* buy \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* ceremony \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* clean.  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* ceremony \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1159"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* buy. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can \w shave|strong="G3587"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w our|strong="G2532"\w* culture, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* show \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w told|strong="G2727"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* culture.\x * \xo 21:24 \xt Numbers 6:13-21\x*  
\v 25 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* leaders know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* everything \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G2919"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1989"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1989"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\li1 – If somebody reckons that a statue is a god, and if they give food to that statue to show respect to it, don’t eat any of that food.  
\li1 – And don’t eat the blood of animals.  
\li1 – And if somebody holds an animal’s neck really tight to kill it, don’t eat meat from that animal.  
\li1 – And don’t sleep with somebody that you are not married to, as if they are your wife or husband.  
\p \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1989"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1989"\w*.”\x * \xo 21:25 \xt Acts 15:29\x*   
\p
\v 26 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* everything \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G5119"\w*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* agreed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* ceremony \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 4 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2192"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* got \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w together|strong="G4862"\w*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ceremony \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* clean. \w After|strong="G5119"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* ceremony house, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* told \w the|strong="G1519"\w* leader \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w the|strong="G1519"\w* date \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* finish \w that|strong="G3739"\w* ceremony \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w give|strong="G2192"\w* animals \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish culture.   
\s1 Some Jews grabbed Paul  
\p
\v 27-29 Paul and the other 4 men had to do that ceremony for 7 days to make themselves clean. Just before it finished, Paul walked along the road with a man that was not a Jew. His name was Trofimus. Some Jewish people from Asia country saw them together, and they thought that Paul took Trofimus into God’s ceremony house, and that was against their Jewish law. The next day, Paul went back to God’s ceremony house, and those Asia Jews saw him there. They called out to the other Jews there. They shouted, “You Jewish men, come and help us punish this man. This is the man that teaches people everywhere to rubbish us Jewish people, and our law, and he tells them not to respect this ceremony house. He even brought a man that is not a Jew into it, so now it is not clean any more.” Then all those Jewish people got angry with Paul, and they grabbed him.\x * \xo 21:27-29 \xt Acts 20:4\x*   
\p
\v 30 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* trouble \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* grabbed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* straight \w away|strong="G1854"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guards \w shut|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gates|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house.   
\s1 Roman soldiers stopped the mob from killing Paul  
\p
\v 31 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* mob started hitting \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Somebody \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* big Roman boss \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* going wild.”  
\v 32 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* quickly got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* boss \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* hitting \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* big boss, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* hitting \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.   
\s1 The soldiers took Paul to their big house  
\p
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss told \w his|strong="G4160"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?”   
\p
\v 34 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* started \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* started \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G3361"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* really loud. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* too much noise, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big boss soldier couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* told \w the|strong="G1722"\w* soldiers, “\w Take|strong="G1097"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* big house.”   
\p
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* away, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1909"\w* hit \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w their|strong="G1223"\w* big house, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boss told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* carry \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1223"\w* house.  
\v 36 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* \w on|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1097"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* house, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* boss \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w* language. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”  
\p \w The|strong="G1519"\w* boss \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* talk \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w*?  
\v 38 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt country, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fights \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* Romans. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* got lots \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* 4,000 \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* ready \w to|strong="G1519"\w* fight \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* mob \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Murderers|strong="G4607"\w*, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* always killing \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Am|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt, \w right|strong="G3756"\w*?”   
\p
\v 39 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* important \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* country. \w Please|strong="G2010"\w*, \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*?”   
\p
\v 40 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* boss \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3588"\w* right. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps \w and|strong="G1161"\w* held \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* everyone \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* quiet, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w* \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* own \w language|strong="G1258"\w*, \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w*.   
\c 22  
\s1 Paul told the mob his story  
\p
\v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* Jewish. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* respect \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* family. Please listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* done anything wrong.”   
\p
\v 2 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* settled down \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3930"\w* \w quiet|strong="G2271"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 3 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* country, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* grew \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* young \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w learned|strong="G3811"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* Gamaliyel. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* really \w good|strong="G3956"\w* teacher, right? \w Well|strong="G1722"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w taught|strong="G3811"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Moses \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* says, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* never broke \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob properly \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* too.\x * \xo 22:3 \xt Acts 5:34-39\x*  
\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* used \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hurt \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w followed|strong="G1377"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \em Jesus Way\em* mob. Whenever \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* grabbed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* jail. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*.\x * \xo 22:4 \xt Acts 8:3; 26:9-11\x*   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies knows \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G4244"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1209"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish countrymen \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* grab \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leaders \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* got \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.  
\v 6 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* getting \w close|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* shined \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G4098"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* bright \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1475"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sky. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\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 making|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hurting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?’   
\p
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, boss?’  
\p \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* making trouble \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* hurting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’   
\p
\v 9 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w the|strong="G1161"\w* words \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* want \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, boss?’  
\p \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Get \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. \w A|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* picked \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.’  
\v 11 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* blind. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G1689"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G5259"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* held \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.  
\v 12 \w A|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* town. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* respected \w God|strong="G2730"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* properly followed \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Ananias. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Damascus \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G1473"\w* friend \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, look \w up|strong="G1519"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w looked|strong="G2504"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* straight away, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2186"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* respect, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers respected, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* show \w you|strong="G4771"\w* everything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* properly \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3739"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* wait. \w Stand|strong="G5101"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* baptise \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. Pray \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* properly inside, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.’ \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w what|strong="G5101"\w* Ananias \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* me.”   
\s1 Paul said that he had to go to people that are not Jews  
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\v 17 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* talking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* something like \w a|strong="G1096"\w* dream.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Don’t stay \w here|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* believe \w anything|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w But|strong="G2532"\w*, \w sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* meeting houses \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* grabbed anyone \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* jail.  
\v 20 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* know \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w watching|strong="G5442"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* agreed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* killing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem \w people|strong="G1510"\w* know \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* believe \w my|strong="G2532"\w* story.’\x * \xo 22:20 \xt Acts 7:58\x*   
\p
\v 21 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, don’t stay \w here|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Leave|strong="G4198"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w sending|strong="G1821"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3117"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w sending|strong="G1821"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews.’”   
\p
\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* mob listened quietly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* see, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* Jews, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob got \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w*, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sort \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* stay \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul told the soldiers he was a Roman, so they didn’t whip him  
\p
\v 23 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2905"\w*, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G4496"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* dirt \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* air, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry.   
\p
\v 24 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* big boss soldier \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* soldiers, “\w Take|strong="G1921"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* big house \w and|strong="G3588"\w* hit \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* whip \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\p \w The|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers took \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* house,  
\v 25 \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stretched|strong="G3972"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* arms \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tied \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* whip \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* talked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss soldier \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Wait. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w a|strong="G5613"\w* Jew, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w My|strong="G3004"\w* name \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* list \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* court, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m guilty, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* whip \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* breaking \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* law.” \fig The soldiers were going to whip Paul’s back, but he told them that he was a Roman|src="CN02025b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="22:25" \fig*   
\p
\v 26 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* boss soldier heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big boss soldier \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* Jew, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* too. \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* really want \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* whip \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?”   
\p
\v 27 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* big boss soldier \w was|strong="G1510"\w* shocked. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* really \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w*?”  
\p \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
\p
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss soldier \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* paid \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G2774"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Roman office \w to|strong="G2532"\w* write \w my|strong="G1473"\w* name \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* list \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Roman.”  
\p \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’ve \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* life. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w my|strong="G1473"\w* name \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* soon \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*.”   
\p
\v 29 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* whip \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big boss soldier \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w remembered|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s arms \w and|strong="G2532"\w* whip \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* against \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w*.   
\s1 The big boss soldier took Paul to the Jewish Leaders Council  
\p
\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w still|strong="G2476"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders \w were|strong="G3588"\w* blaming \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meeting. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* meeting, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* chains, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w his|strong="G1438"\w* story \w to|strong="G1519"\w* answer \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 23  
\s1 A Jewish boss got angry with Paul  
\p
\v 1-2 One of the men at the Jewish Leaders Council meeting was the big boss of the Jewish ceremonies. His name was Ananias. Paul stood up in front of Ananias and all the men at the Jewish Leaders Council meeting, and he looked straight at them, and said, “My brothers, I have respected our God all my life, and I have always done whatever I reckoned was right.”  
\p As soon as Paul said that, Ananias told the men that were near Paul to hit him on the mouth.   
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Ananias, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* follow \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*. Nobody showed \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* anything wrong, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hit \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”\x * \xo 23:3 \xt Matthew 23:27-28\x*   
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* near \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* something bad \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w man|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* Jewish ceremonies. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1063"\w*’m sorry, friends. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w our|strong="G1510"\w* Jewish ceremonies. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Moses \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1125"\w* \w our|strong="G1510"\w* Jewish law, ‘Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*’s big boss.’”\x * \xo 23:5 \xt Exodus 22:28\x*   
\s1 The soldiers took Paul away from the Jewish Leaders Council  
\p
\v 6-8 Some of the Jewish Leaders Council were men that belonged to the Sadducee mob, and others belonged to the Pharisee mob. The Sadducee mob believed that after people die, they will never become alive again. And they believed that there are no spirits, not even God’s angel messengers. But the Pharisee mob believed that all of those things are true, and they were strong for the Jewish law. Paul worked out that some of those council men were from the Sadducee mob, and some of them were from the Pharisee mob, so he shouted out loud to them. He said, “My friends, I’m a Pharisee man, like my father was. I believe that after people die, one day God will make them alive again. That’s the reason why I’m here in this court.”\x * \xo 23:6-8 \xt Matthew 22:23; Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27; Acts 26:5; Philippians 3:5\x*  
\p As soon as Paul said that, the Pharisee mob and Sadducee mob started to argue with each other.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* council \w split|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* 2 mobs \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* each \w other|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish law \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* hasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*. Maybe \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w all|strong="G2532"\w* right.”   
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 mobs argued \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* really wild, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* big boss soldier thought, “\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tear \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* bits.” \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* told \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w save|strong="G3361"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* council \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G5259"\w* big house.” \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told Paul that he will go to Rome  
\p
\v 11 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G2186"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3779"\w* \w near|strong="G2186"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* brave, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Some men said, “We will kill Paul”  
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* next \w morning|strong="G2250"\w*, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* met \w together|strong="G4963"\w* secretly \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* promised \w God|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3383"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G2193"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w If|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* break \w this|strong="G3588"\w* promise \w and|strong="G1161"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G3004"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* kill \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* 40 \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremony bosses \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3739"\w* promised \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w eat|strong="G1089"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* big boss soldier \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* ask \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3195"\w* questions. Can \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G4012"\w* meeting house?’ \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* hide beside \w the|strong="G1519"\w* road, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* road, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* jump \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 A young man talked to the boss soldier  
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\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s sister heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big house \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.\fig A young man told Paul that some men made a plan to kill Paul|src="wa03990b.tif" size="col" ref="23:16" \fig*  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w out|strong="G1063"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boss soldiers \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “Please \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* big boss. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* news \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* soldier \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* big boss \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* news \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big boss soldier \w held|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* news \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w* place tomorrow. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w more|strong="G3195"\w* questions. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3195"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21 Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* ask \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* 40 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* hide beside \w that|strong="G3739"\w* road \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wait|strong="G1748"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* grab \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G2193"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w right|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want.”   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* big boss soldier \w said|strong="G3767"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* can go home \w now|strong="G3767"\w*, \w but|strong="G3767"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G1583"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* news.”   
\s1 A lot of soldiers took Paul to a safe place  
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\v 23-24 Then the big boss soldier got 2 other boss soldiers and told them, “You have to take Paul north to Caesarea town tonight. Take him to Felix, the government boss of this country. And you have to keep him safe. So get 200 soldiers ready to go with you. And get ready 70 soldiers that ride horses, to go there with you too. And get ready 200 soldiers that use spears, and they can go with you too. And get horses for Paul too. All of you have to be ready to leave at 9 o’clock tonight.”   
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\v 25 Then \w that|strong="G3588"\w* big boss soldier \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w for|strong="G3778"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* government boss. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,   
\pi1
\v 26 “Dear \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*,  
\pi1 \w I|strong="G5463"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* Lisias. \w I|strong="G5463"\w*’m writing \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5463"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*. \w You|strong="G5463"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* government boss over \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G5463"\w* respect \w you|strong="G5463"\w*. \w I|strong="G5463"\w* hope \w you|strong="G5463"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* happy.   
\pi1
\v 27 \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m sending \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* grabbed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* somebody told me \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* got \w my|strong="G5259"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* saved \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* bad \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jews blamed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* took \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* out \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* only blamed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* Jewish \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* broken \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w our|strong="G4012"\w* Roman \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* right \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* put \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* jail.   
\pi1
\v 30 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* somebody \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w are|strong="G1510"\w* planning secretly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* judge \w him|strong="G3588"\w* properly \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w that|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* blame \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* court \w at|strong="G1909"\w* Caesarea.’”  
\p \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* letter \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss soldier wrote \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Felix.   
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\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* big boss told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* got \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w took|strong="G3767"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3972"\w* Antipatris.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* ride horses \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* big house \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers \w on|strong="G1519"\w* horses kept going \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* horses, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Felix, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government boss, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* Felix \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w*.   
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\v 34 Felix read \w the|strong="G2532"\w* letter, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w What|strong="G4169"\w* country \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w*?”  
\p \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* country.”   
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Felix \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* blaming \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3854"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5346"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G1722"\w* soldiers, “\w Put|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* big house \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*’s House.”   
\c 24  
\s1 The Jewish leaders blamed Paul in Felix’s court  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, 5 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w from|strong="G2597"\w* Jerusalem \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Caesarea. \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Ananias, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tertullus|strong="G5061"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lawyer. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* Jewish \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w court|strong="G2250"\w* \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Felix, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government boss, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2-3 So Felix told a soldier, “Bring Paul into this court house.”  
\p Then Tertullus started to blame Paul. He said to Felix, “You have been our government boss for a long time, and you have been a good boss for us. You have made a lot of things good in this country, and we have been happy all the time, with no trouble. So we just want to thank you for everything that you do for us all the time.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* too \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m asking \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* little \w while|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 5 \w You|strong="G3956"\w* see, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* trouble maker. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* makes trouble everywhere \w he|strong="G2532"\w* goes. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* gets \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* angry everywhere, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \em Nazarene\em* mob.  
\v 6-7 He even tried to do things in God’s ceremony house that are against our law. So we grabbed him.  
\v 8 If \w you|strong="G3739"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3739"\w* questions, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w find|strong="G1921"\w* \w out|strong="G3844"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* yourself \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* telling \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* true.”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders blamed \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reckoned \w that|strong="G3588"\w* everything Tertullus \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Paul said that the Jewish leaders were wrong  
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* Felix, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* government boss, \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w turn|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* talk.  
\p \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* country \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* time, \w so|strong="G5037"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w*’m happy \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story.   
\p
\v 11 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* check \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w find|strong="G1921"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3739"\w* 12 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w*, 12 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enough|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2250"\w* trouble.  
\v 12 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* see \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* wrong. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w arguing|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* angry \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony \w house|strong="G2596"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* anywhere \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem.  
\v 13 \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’t show \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* true.   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* show \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* grand-fathers respected \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G3739"\w* ago. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* mob \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \em Jesus Way\em* mob. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* wrong, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* keep \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* got \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* know, \w these|strong="G3778"\w* Jewish leaders \w here|strong="G1519"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dead \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* bad. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* want \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* see, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* feel \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G1223"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w ago|strong="G2094"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* countries, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G1223"\w* days \w ago|strong="G2094"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* got \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* poor \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w giving|strong="G1654"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* ceremony house.\x * \xo 24:17 \xt Acts 21:17-28\x*  
\v 18 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ceremony \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* clean. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s ceremony house. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* getting \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* wild.  
\v 19 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Asia country \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* Asia \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* really thought \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* wrong, \w why|strong="G3739"\w* didn’t \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3918"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* blame \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* reckon \w they|strong="G2532"\w* know \w their|strong="G2532"\w* story isn’t true.  
\v 20 \w And|strong="G2476"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* mob \w here|strong="G3778"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w court|strong="G4892"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Jerusalem. \w But|strong="G2228"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w*? \w No|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2476"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G2228"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* court \w that|strong="G3754"\w* made \w them|strong="G1722"\w* angry. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w judging|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3754"\w* God \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w make|strong="G2476"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* become alive again.’ \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’s \w all|strong="G1722"\w*.”\x * \xo 24:21 \xt Acts 23:6\x*   
\s1 Felix stopped the court to wait for the big boss soldier to come  
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* stopped \w the|strong="G1161"\w* court. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* already \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* lot \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Christian \w people|strong="G1492"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \em Jesus Way\em* mob. \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* court, “Lisias \w will|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* here later. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big boss \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* soldiers \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Jerusalem. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* story \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w or|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3708"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss soldier, “\w Take|strong="G2192"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stays \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tie \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w friends|strong="G2398"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* visit \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Felix wanted Paul to give him money to let him go free  
\p
\v 24 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*. \w Her|strong="G1519"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Drusilla|strong="G1409"\w*. \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* told \w a|strong="G2532"\w* soldier \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* talk. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.”  
\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w us|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w us|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* control \w ourselves|strong="G1096"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* judge everybody \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* heard \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G1256"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w frightened|strong="G1719"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “Stop, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* enough \w for|strong="G4012"\w* today. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* can \w go|strong="G4198"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. Maybe \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 26 Felix \w hoped|strong="G1679"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* jail, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w often|strong="G4437"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* somebody \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G3656"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* Felix \w any|strong="G3754"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* Felix didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w kept|strong="G2641"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* jail \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 2 \w years|strong="G1333"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* time \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* change \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boss over \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* big boss \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* over \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* name \w of|strong="G5485"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* new boss \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Porcius|strong="G4201"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*. \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* keep \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders happy, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* out \w of|strong="G5485"\w* jail. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* still \w in|strong="G1161"\w* jail \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* over.   
\c 25  
\s1 Festus said that he will judge Paul in Caesarea  
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\v 1 \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* new government boss \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* left \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w went|strong="G3767"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Jerusalem. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* blamed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* reckoned \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 Then \w they|strong="G3588"\w* asked Festus, “\w Can|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* tell \w your|strong="G4160"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G4160"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* now, \w and|strong="G5485"\w* judge \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*?” \w You|strong="G4160"\w* see, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* secretly hide \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w and|strong="G5485"\w* \w wait|strong="G1747"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* come \w along|strong="G2596"\w*, then jump \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G5485"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* soldiers \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guarding \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w*’ll \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w few|strong="G1722"\w* days,  
\v 5 \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* pick \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* leaders \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* me. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* can blame \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* court \w there|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul asked for Caesar, the biggest boss, to judge him  
\p
\v 6 \w About|strong="G1909"\w* 8 \w or|strong="G2228"\w* 10 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish leaders \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* Festus \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, Festus \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* judge’s \w seat|strong="G2523"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w court|strong="G2250"\w* house \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* told \w his|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers, “\w Bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.”   
\p
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2597"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G2453"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* room, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* blamed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told Festus, “\w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* show \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* story \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w said|strong="G3972"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* guilty. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* done \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* wrong. \w I|strong="G3754"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* break \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* break \w the|strong="G1519"\w* rules \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* break \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Roman \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*.”   
\p
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* happy, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4012"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* send \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w Will|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*?”   
\p
\v 10 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3762"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem. Look, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* biggest Roman boss \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G2570"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w*.  
\v 11 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* bad \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* law says \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* bad like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w give|strong="G5483"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* mob \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* biggest Roman boss. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* judge \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* big city, Rome.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* special \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* always helped \w him|strong="G3588"\w* work out \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G4198"\w*, \w so|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* talked \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G5119"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3588"\w* right. \w You|strong="G1909"\w* want \w me|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* send \w you|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w and|strong="G4198"\w* \w I|strong="G5119"\w* \w will|strong="G5119"\w* \w do|strong="G4198"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G5119"\w*’ll send \w you|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w and|strong="G4198"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* can judge \w you|strong="G1909"\w* \w there|strong="G3326"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Rome.”   
\s1 Festus told Agrippa about Paul  
\p
\v 13 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w another|strong="G5100"\w* country’s big boss \w came|strong="G2658"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* sister \w came|strong="G2658"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Her|strong="G1519"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Bernice. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2658"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \em hello\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G5100"\w* government boss \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country.”   
\p
\v 14 \w While|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w at|strong="G2596"\w* Caesarea, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* Agrippa \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* want \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* jail \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w*’m \w not|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w with|strong="G5259"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* ceremony bosses \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4245"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w guilty|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w my|strong="G1473"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="G2228"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w That|strong="G3754"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* judge \w people|strong="G4383"\w*. \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w* blames \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G4383"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* say \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w person|strong="G4383"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* guilty until \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* front \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* judge \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* blaming \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w person|strong="G4383"\w* say \w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* reckon \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* guilty.’   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish leaders \w came|strong="G4905"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Caesarea \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G3767"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* waste \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*. \w The|strong="G1909"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* judge’s \w seat|strong="G2523"\w*, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* told \w some|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w bring|strong="G4160"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish leaders \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2476"\w* blamed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3762"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* blame \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* really \w bad|strong="G4190"\w*, \w like|strong="G4012"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* thought \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G3762"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* Jews believe, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Jews don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* argued \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* says \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w His|strong="G4012"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* find \w out|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* story, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w How|strong="G4012"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* send \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Will|strong="G1014"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*?’   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="G3739"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* judge me, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* biggest boss \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Rome.’ \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G5083"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5083"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* can send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”   
\p
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man myself.”  
\p \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* right, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’ll \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w him|strong="G3588"\w* tomorrow.”   
\s1 Festus wanted Agrippa to help him write a letter about Paul  
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\v 23 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, Agrippa \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* young sister Bernice \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big room \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judge’s seat. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* ceremony \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* boss soldiers \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* leaders \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Caesarea \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* told \w his|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers, “\w Bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “Big Boss Agrippa, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w look|strong="G2334"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Caesarea \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5346"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* guilty. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* shouted \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.’   
\p
\v 25 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* asked \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w*?’ \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w found|strong="G2638"\w* \w out|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* bad, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* asked \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* Rome, \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* biggest boss \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* Rome.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w any|strong="G5100"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w our|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w about|strong="G4012"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* here. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w his|strong="G4012"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, Agrippa, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* can ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w questions|strong="G1352"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* maybe \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* find \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 27 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* reckon \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w not|strong="G3361"\w* right \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Rome \w without|strong="G3361"\w* telling \w our|strong="G2532"\w* biggest boss \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* blaming \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w*.”   
\c 26  
\s1 Paul talked to the big bosses  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3588"\w* right, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* story.”  
\p \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* waved \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* thank Agrippa, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* started \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* why \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* not guilty. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 2-3 “Big Boss Agrippa, I reckon I’m lucky. You know all about the culture of us Jews, and you know the things we argue about, and today you are hearing me talk. I reckon you will understand me. You see, the Jewish leaders are blaming me for a lot of things. So I ask you, please wait and listen to me now.” \fig Paul told Big Boss Agrippa why he was not guilty|src="CN02035b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="26:2-3" \fig*   
\s1 Paul said that he used to be a Pharisee man  
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w A|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* lived \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* young \w man|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* lived \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* home country, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w also|strong="G5037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G4267"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* joined \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w and|strong="G5330"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* kept \w our|strong="G2251"\w* law properly, \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w do|strong="G2309"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* blaming \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G4267"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G5330"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* can tell \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w*.\x * \xo 26:5 \xt Acts 23:6; Philippians 3:5\x*   
\p
\v 6-7 You see, boss, a long time ago, God promised our grand-fathers that he will do something real good for us Jews. And I reckon God does everything that he says he will do. All of us Jews, in all of our 12 tribes, we are all waiting for God to do the good thing that he promised, and we show respect to him all the time. We all reckon he will do it. But now those Jewish leaders are blaming me for believing that God is doing it.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* can make \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. So \w why|strong="G5101"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* here believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w*?”   
\s1 Paul said that he used to hurt Christians  
\p
\v 9 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2424"\w* \w on|strong="G1210"\w* talking. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3767"\w* know, \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* time \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* stop \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* following \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G4314"\w* man \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G4314"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* stop \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* started \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1722"\w* jail. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremonies told \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* judged \w any|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘Kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,’ \w I|strong="G1473"\w* agreed \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w often|strong="G4178"\w* \w punished|strong="G5097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting houses. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x * \xo 26:11 \xt Acts 8:3; 22:4-5\x*   
\s1 Paul said that he met Jesus  
\p
\v 12 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* telling \w his|strong="G1519"\w* story. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* can \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* grab \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w started|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christians.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’ll tell \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* next, boss. \w In|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w while|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bright|strong="G5457"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sky. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w brighter|strong="G2987"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* shined \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4034"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4034"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 14 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w fell|strong="G2667"\w* \w down|strong="G2667"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G1093"\w* somebody talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* making trouble \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* hurting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* hurting \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* too, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* know.’   
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, boss?’  
\p \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* making trouble \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* hurting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. Whenever \w you|strong="G4771"\w* hurt \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* hurting \w me|strong="G1473"\w* too.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G2476"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. Listen, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* like \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pick \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* worker. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* everywhere \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* show \w you|strong="G4771"\w* later.  
\v 17 \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* own Jewish \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* trouble, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* Jews \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* trouble \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* countries, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* Jews,  
\v 18 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* message \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* like \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* open \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can see \w things|strong="G3588"\w* properly. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad spirits, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w control|strong="G1849"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* always \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dark \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* stop \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* lies. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul said that he did everything Jesus told him to do  
\p
\v 19 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G3756"\w* \w on|strong="G1096"\w* talking \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1096"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, Big Boss Agrippa. \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* talked \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3606"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* everything \w he|strong="G3588"\w* told \w me|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 20 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* told \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* start \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* told \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jews \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* told \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jews \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* told \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jews \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w*. \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* told \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews.”\x * \xo 26:20 \xt Acts 9:20, 28-29\x*   
\s1 Paul’s message is the same as the message in God’s book  
\p
\v 21 \w And|strong="G2453"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* said, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* told everyone \w this|strong="G3778"\w* message, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* like \w it|strong="G3778"\w*, \w so|strong="G3778"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* grabbed \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w tried|strong="G3987"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w kill|strong="G1315"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s ceremony house.   
\p
\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* helped \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* helps \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2476"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* mob \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w special|strong="G5177"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christ. \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* message \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* bosses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* message \w is|strong="G3588"\w* already \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* ago. \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 23 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* hurt \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* person \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’s how \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* show everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* can \w save|strong="G1487"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* everyone, \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews.”\x * \xo 26:23 \xt Isaiah 42:6; 49:6; 1 Corinthians 15:20\x*   
\s1 Paul wanted them all to become Christians  
\p
\v 24 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* talking, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* suddenly shouted, “\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* crazy. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G4183"\w* reading \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w learning|strong="G1121"\w* \w too|strong="G3173"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* crazy \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* head.”   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, sir, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* crazy. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m talking \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sensible way.  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* big boss \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w knows|strong="G1987"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w understand|strong="G1987"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w people|strong="G1510"\w* everywhere \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w*, “Boss Agrippa, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* message \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w in|strong="G4100"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*? Yes, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G4160"\w* talking \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* get \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w become|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christian|strong="G5546"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* quick.”   
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\v 29 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* matter \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* quick, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w takes|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G3641"\w* \w time|strong="G3641"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m asking \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* Christians. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* jail \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* Christian, \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\s1 Agrippa said that Paul has to go to Rome  
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 big bosses \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bernice, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 31 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* big room. \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G5100"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* bad. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G4238"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* jail.”   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* go free, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* asked \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* Rome, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G1487"\w* biggest boss \w can|strong="G1410"\w* judge \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”   
\c 27  
\s1 The Romans started to take Paul to Caesar, their biggest boss  
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\v 1 Later \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, Festus, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government boss \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country, reckoned \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Rome, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* country. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\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|strong="G1519"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w*. \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Augustus|strong="G4575"\w* Mob. Festus told \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Rome.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, Luke, \w go|strong="G2919"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Adramitium. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sail|strong="G4126"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* towns \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w coast|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* country. \w Another|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s friends \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* too. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Aristarkus. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* town \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3110"\w* country. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G2596"\w* started \w sailing|strong="G4126"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w*\fig |src="PEV Map Acts 28.jpg" size="span" ref="27:2" \fig*  
\v 3 \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G3588"\w* stopped \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*. \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G2010"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* see \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* there, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* give \w him|strong="G3588"\w* anything \w he|strong="G3588"\w* needed. \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship. \fig This is the sort of ship that Paul went on|src="C_099.tif" size="col" ref="27:3" \fig*   
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\v 4 \w After|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1223"\w* ship left Sidon, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1510"\w* blowing \w against|strong="G1727"\w* us, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* ship \w went|strong="G3588"\w* along \w the|strong="G1223"\w* north side \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w* Island, \w to|strong="G1510"\w* get away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* wind.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* crossed \w over|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G3989"\w* close \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coast|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Pamfilia country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Myra|strong="G3460"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Lisia country. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w* ship \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Rome, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Italy country.   
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\v 6 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* Myra, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* told Julius, “\w There|strong="G2546"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Alexandria, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2147"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sail|strong="G4126"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* country.” \w So|strong="G1519"\w* Julius took \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2147"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w left|strong="G2147"\w* Myra.   
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\v 7 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w slowly|strong="G1020"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w few|strong="G1722"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w coast|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w near|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Kenidus. \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship sail straight ahead towards \w the|strong="G1722"\w* west, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* towards \w the|strong="G1722"\w* south. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* south side \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w* Island \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w past|strong="G1096"\w* Cape \w Salmone|strong="G4534"\w*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* strong, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship couldn’t sail properly, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* slowly \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w coast|strong="G5117"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* Crete Island \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Fair|strong="G2570"\w* Havens Harbour, \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* Lasia.   
\s1 Paul told the ship’s men to wait, but they kept going  
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\v 9 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* us \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Fair|strong="G2532"\w* Havens Harbour. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* October, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad weather \w was|strong="G1510"\w* coming soon. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* big trouble \w from|strong="G2532"\w* storms. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 10 “Listen, \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* keep \w going|strong="G3195"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* big trouble. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* reckon \w a|strong="G2532"\w* storm \w will|strong="G3195"\w* wreck \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* lose everything \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* drown \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss soldier didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w listen|strong="G3982"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship-men \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G3490"\w*.  
\v 12 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w*, \w Fair|strong="G2532"\w* Havens Harbour, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stay \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cold weather time, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship reckoned \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* leave \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w further|strong="G4119"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Phoenix|strong="G5405"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cold weather time. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* harbour \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Phoenix|strong="G5405"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* open \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w west|strong="G3047"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* winds didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* blow \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w west|strong="G3047"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cold weather time.   
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\v 13 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* waited \w at|strong="G1161"\w* Fair Havens Harbour until \w the|strong="G1161"\w* strong \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* stopped. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* little \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* started \w to|strong="G1161"\w* blow \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w south|strong="G3558"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ship-men \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* sail \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ship \w to|strong="G1161"\w* Phoenix, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* lifted \w the|strong="G1161"\w* anchor, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sailed|strong="G3881"\w* west \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* southern shore \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w* Island.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* little \w while|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* wind changed, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* big strong wind blew across \w the|strong="G1161"\w* island \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* north side, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* pushed \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ship \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* south, \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* land. (\w That|strong="G3588"\w* wind \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \em Northeaster\em*.)  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* ship-men couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* steer \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* right \w way|strong="G1929"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w blowing|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w way|strong="G1929"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w take|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* anywhere.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* ship \w was|strong="G1096"\w* towing \w a|strong="G1096"\w* little \w boat|strong="G4627"\w* behind \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* sea \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G1096"\w* rough, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* little \w boat|strong="G4627"\w* up \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* deck \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ship, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2480"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* full \w of|strong="G5100"\w* water. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1096"\w* too \w strong|strong="G2480"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G2564"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* beside \w a|strong="G1096"\w* little \w island|strong="G3519"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Cauda|strong="G2802"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w island|strong="G3519"\w* blocked \w the|strong="G1161"\w* wind, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w strong|strong="G2480"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* lifted \w the|strong="G1161"\w* little \w boat|strong="G4627"\w* up \w out|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* water \w and|strong="G1161"\w* tied \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* deck \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ship. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* still \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5100"\w* wind, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* really hard \w work|strong="G3433"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G2564"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G5037"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship-men tied ropes around \w the|strong="G1519"\w* middle \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* stronger, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* big waves would \w not|strong="G3361"\w* break \w it|strong="G3739"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* wind \w was|strong="G3588"\w* pushing \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* fast, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship-men reckoned \w we|strong="G3739"\w* might hit \w the|strong="G1519"\w* sand-bars \w near|strong="G1519"\w* Libya country, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* get stuck \w there|strong="G3361"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* got \w a|strong="G1519"\w* big bag \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* rope, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* threw \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w out|strong="G1519"\w* behind \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w let|strong="G5465"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* drag \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* water. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* slow \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* bit, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* wind \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w blowing|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w along|strong="G5037"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* strong wind \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big waves \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* throwing \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G1546"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* rough. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ship-men wanted \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G1546"\w* lighter, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* started \w to|strong="G1161"\w* throw away \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G1546"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* carrying.  
\v 19 \w On|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 3rd \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* storm, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship-men \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* away \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*’s own \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, like its sails, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* poles.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* wind \w kept|strong="G3756"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* blowing really \w hard|strong="G4183"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* sky \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w full|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* dark clouds \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* night. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* see \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* stars \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w where|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* wind \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* waves \w kept|strong="G3756"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* throwing \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* thought \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G1909"\w* drown \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* sea.   
\s1 Paul told everybody on the ship that they will not drown  
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\v 21 \w None|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w any|strong="G3361"\w* food. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* eat anything \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* little harbour, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* trouble, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* lost \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* ship \w was|strong="G3588"\w* carrying.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* listen. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* frightened. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* die. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves \w will|strong="G1510"\w* wreck \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.  
\v 23 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* work \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* angel messengers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,  
\v 24 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Rome. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w on|strong="G1210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* ship \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w None|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* die.’   
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\v 25 Listen friends, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* frightened. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* help us, \w just|strong="G3779"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* angel \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w will|strong="G1473"\w* crash \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* land \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul stopped the ship-men from leaving the ship  
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\v 27 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* storm \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 2 weeks. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1096"\w* still blowing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship \w across|strong="G1308"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Adriatic Sea. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship-men thought \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship \w was|strong="G1096"\w* getting close \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w land|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rope \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stone \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* end \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dropped \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G3825"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* deep \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G2532"\w* stone \w went|strong="G2532"\w* down 37 metres \w into|strong="G3825"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w was|strong="G2532"\w* 37 metres deep. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w further|strong="G1024"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* threw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stone \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w This|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1024"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* down 28 metres, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* deep \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 29 \w That|strong="G1096"\w*’s \w how|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G5037"\w* knew \w for|strong="G1537"\w* sure \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* getting close \w to|strong="G2596"\w* land. \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G5037"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*. \w They|strong="G5037"\w* thought \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w* \w might|strong="G1096"\w* smash \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w some|strong="G1537"\w* \w rocks|strong="G5138"\w*, \w so|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G5037"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w* 4 anchors \w on|strong="G1537"\w* ropes \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* back \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w*, \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w*. \w They|strong="G5037"\w* really wanted day-light \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w*, \w so|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G5037"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* see \w the|strong="G1537"\w* land. \fig The ship-men threw down 4 anchors on ropes to stop the ship from going on to the rocks|src="LB00218b.tif" size="col" ref="27:29" \fig*   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* ship-men \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* leave \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* little \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* lied \w to|strong="G1519"\w* everyone. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* drop \w some|strong="G3588"\w* anchors \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* little \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* ship-men don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* drown.”  
\v 32 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ropes|strong="G4979"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* little \w boat|strong="G4627"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w fall|strong="G1601"\w* down into \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G1601"\w*.   
\s1 Paul got them all to eat some food to stay alive  
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\v 33 \w Just|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* day-light \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* tried \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* eat \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w For|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w past|strong="G1096"\w* 14 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* too worried, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* eat \w anything|strong="G3367"\w*.  
\v 34 \w So|strong="G1352"\w* now \w I|strong="G1063"\w*’m telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w*’ve got \w to|strong="G4314"\w* eat \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w so|strong="G1352"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* get stronger \w and|strong="G3588"\w* stay alive. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* drown.”   
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\v 35 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit off \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4355"\w* felt better, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ate some \w food|strong="G5160"\w*.  
\v 37 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 276 \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* altogether.   
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\v 38 Everyone ate \w as|strong="G1519"\w* much \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* wanted, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* bags \w of|strong="G2281"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2281"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* bit lighter.   
\s1 The ship started to break up  
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\v 39 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* day-light \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* saw \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* ship-men didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* see \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w bay|strong="G2859"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* beach, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* reckoned, “Maybe \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* steer \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* beach.”  
\v 40 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* anchor \w ropes|strong="G2202"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* anchors stay \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* time, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* untied \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rudders|strong="G4079"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* steer \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w blow|strong="G4154"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship towards \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land.  
\v 41 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* half-way \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sand-bar, \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beach. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w* got \w stuck|strong="G2043"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* any further. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big waves \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* hitting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w break|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\s1 The boss soldier saved Paul  
\p
\v 42 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* boss, “\w Let|strong="G1096"\w*’s kill \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w swim|strong="G1579"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* beach \w and|strong="G1161"\w* run \w away|strong="G1579"\w*.”   
\p
\v 43 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* boss \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w save|strong="G1295"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w No|strong="G1410"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* told everybody, “\w If|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w swim|strong="G2860"\w*, jump \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* water \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w swim|strong="G2860"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w You|strong="G1438"\w* mob go \w first|strong="G4413"\w*.”  
\v 44 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* swim grabbed \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* float, \w like|strong="G3779"\w* bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* broken wood \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* back \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* held \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves washed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beach. \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w None|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1909"\w* drowned. \fig The ship broke up, but everyone got to the land|src="DN00514b.tif" size="col" ref="27:44" \fig*   
\c 28  
\s1 A cheeky snake bit Paul  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land \w all|strong="G2532"\w* right, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w found|strong="G1921"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Malta|strong="G3194"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* raining, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w cold|strong="G5592"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* lit \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2186"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* warm \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w*.”   
\p
\v 3 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* walked \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G2007"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w sticks|strong="G5434"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cheeky snake jumped \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w sticks|strong="G5434"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* hung \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* cheeky snake, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3739"\w* prisoner murdered somebody. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* lucky \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* drown, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w god|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* punishes \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* stay \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* snake \w will|strong="G1510"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* dead.”   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* shook \w the|strong="G1519"\w* snake \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G1519"\w* fell off \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \fig A cheeky snake bit Paul, but he just shook it off into the fire|src="wa03996b.tif" size="col" ref="28:5" \fig*  
\v 6 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w watched|strong="G2334"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w swell|strong="G4092"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w fall|strong="G2667"\w* \w down|strong="G2667"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w waited|strong="G4328"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Nothing|strong="G3367"\w* bad \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w changed|strong="G3328"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G3328"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul got Jesus to make a lot of people better on Malta Island  
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\v 7 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Roman boss \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3686"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* gardens \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* beach. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* told \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* come \w and|strong="G1161"\w* stay \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* house, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* stayed \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* care \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w At|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*, \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w lying|strong="G2621"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* bed \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* hot \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* diarrhoea. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* better.   
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\v 9 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* better \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* show \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* ready \w to|strong="G4314"\w* sail away \w on|strong="G2007"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* ship, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* food \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w*.   
\s1 We all sailed to Putioli, then we kept going by road  
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\v 11 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* statues \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w twin|strong="G1359"\w* gods \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Castor \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pollux|strong="G1359"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* town \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Alexandria \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad weather started, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* stayed \w on|strong="G1722"\w* Malta \w Island|strong="G3520"\w* \w until|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad weather \w was|strong="G3588"\w* finished. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* stayed \w on|strong="G1722"\w* Malta \w Island|strong="G3520"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bad weather \w time|strong="G1722"\w* too, \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* 3 \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* got ready \w to|strong="G1722"\w* go \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* Italy country, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* got \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* go \w to|strong="G1722"\w* Rome, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Italy country.   
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\v 12 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* sailed away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Malta Island, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* island called Sicily, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* called Siracuse. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* ship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* called Regium, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Italy country. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* blowing \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w behind|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pushing \w us|strong="G1519"\w* fast, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* called Putioli. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w off|strong="G4014"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* left \w that|strong="G2532"\w* ship.  
\v 14 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* met \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Christians \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Putioli, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stay|strong="G1961"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* week. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2147"\w* Putioli \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.   
\s1 Christians came from Rome to meet Paul  
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\v 15 \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* Christians \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Rome heard \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Rome \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* half-way. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Appius, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \em the 3 pubs\em*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* felt really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* happy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G2596"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* Roman boss \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* charge \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* prisoners \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G2010"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w live|strong="G4862"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* always \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Paul talked to the Jewish leaders in Rome  
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\v 17 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4514"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* sent \w a|strong="G1096"\w* message \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* talk \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* brothers, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* bad \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* bad \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* culture. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* grabbed \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* going \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* soldiers \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Roman bosses asked \w me|strong="G1473"\w* questions \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* court, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w then|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G1223"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* find \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* reckoned \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* bad, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* let \w me|strong="G1473"\w* go.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* leaders didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* agree, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* ask \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bosses \w to|strong="G3756"\w* send \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* big boss \w in|strong="G3756"\w* Rome, \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* judge \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w to|strong="G3756"\w* blame \w my|strong="G1473"\w* own \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*.\x * \xo 28:19 \xt Acts 25:11\x*  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* story. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1063"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3708"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leaders \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* agree \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G3708"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prisoner \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w tied|strong="G4029"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* chain.” \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Rome.   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* get \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w letters|strong="G1121"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G4012"\w* Jewish friends \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w here|strong="G3854"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w none|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1110"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w places|strong="G3837"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Christians, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* want \w to|strong="G1161"\w* hear \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w together|strong="G4314"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w agreed|strong="G3982"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hear \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w People|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* Jews \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s message”  
\p \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* Jews \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s house. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* started talking \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2193"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w how|strong="G2193"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* understand \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w people|strong="G4183"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w* says. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* wrote \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* messages \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3982"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* agree \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* started \w to|strong="G4314"\w* argue \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1223"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* got up \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w* home. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G4487"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* grand-fathers, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* long time ago. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* write \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* wrote,   
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\v 26-27 ‘Go to the Jewish people and say,  
\q1 “You keep on hearing God’s words with your ears,  
\q1 but you don’t understand them properly.  
\q1 It’s like your ears are going deaf.  
\q1 You keep on looking with your eyes, and you see God doing things,  
\q1 but you don’t understand what you see.  
\q1 It’s like you closed your eyes.  
\q1 Your problem is that you don’t want to know God’s message.  
\q1 If you do understand God’s message properly, you will turn around and come back to him,  
\q1 and then God will not say you are guilty for the bad things you did.  
\q1 But you mob don’t want to come back to God.” ’\x * \xo 28:26-27 \xt Isaiah 6:9-10 \x*  
\m That’s what Isaiah wrote.”   
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\v 28-29 Paul kept on talking to them. He said, “You Jewish people have to understand this. God sent his message to you, but you didn’t listen to it. So he is sending that message to the people that are not Jews, and they will listen to it, and believe it.” That is what Paul told the Jewish people in Rome that did not believe his message.   
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\v 30 \w For|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* next 2 \w years|strong="G1333"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prisoner \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Rome, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* jail. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* stay \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3410"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rented|strong="G3410"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* talk \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* takes \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* leader \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* frightened \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* nobody tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w him|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.