\id ACT - Translation 4 Translators 1 \ide 65001 - Unicode (UTF-8) \h ACTS \toc1 Acts \toc2 Acts \toc3 Act \mt2 This book contains the account of the first Christians. We call this book \mt1 Acts \c 1 \s1 Acts 1:1-3 \s1 Luke referred to the Gospel he had written to Theophilus. \p \v 1 \add Dear\add* \w Theophilus|strong="G2321"\w*, \p \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \add that I wrote for you\add*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w many|strong="G4012"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\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 taught|strong="G1321"\w* \v 2 until \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w on|strong="G4151"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken {\add God\add* took \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} up \add to heaven\add*. \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \add he went to heaven\add*, saying \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add told him\add*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* told \w the|strong="G1223"\w* apostles \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w* \add the things that he wanted them to know\add*. \v 3 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \add and died on the cross\add*, \add he became alive again\add*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add often\add* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \add the next\add* 40 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* times. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* proved \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* ways \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talked \add with them\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add how\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* rule [MET] \add the lives of people who accepted him as their king\add*. \s1 Jesus commanded his apostles to wait for the Holy Spirit. \sr Acts 1:4-5 \p \v 4 \add One time\add* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w leave|strong="G5563"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add yet\add*. Instead, \w wait|strong="G4037"\w* \add here\add* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* sends \add his Spirit\add* [MTY] \add to you\add*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \add to do\add*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w me|strong="G1473"\w* speak \add to you\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \v 5 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptized \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \add because they said that they wanted to change their lives\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G3756"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* [LIT] \add God\add* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* put \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*(pl) \add to truly change your lives\add*.” \s1 Jesus said that they would tell about him everywhere, and then he ascended to heaven. \sr Acts 1:6-9 \p \v 6 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add apostles\add* met \w together|strong="G4905"\w* \add with Jesus\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* become \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* [MET] \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \add us\add* Israelite \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \add like King David, who ruled long ago\add*?” (\w OR|strong="G1487"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \add defeat the Romans and\add* \w restore|strong="G5550"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \add to us\add* Israelite \w people|strong="G3778"\w*?”) \v 7 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add need\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add periods\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* days \add when that will happen\add*. \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w alone|strong="G1438"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* decided \add when he will make me king\add*. \v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add you do need to know that\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add spiritually\add* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add powerfully\add* 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 in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the other places in\add* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \add district\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* places \w far|strong="G2193"\w* away \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* [IDM] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w*.” \v 9 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken {\add God\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \add to heaven\add*, \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* watching. \add He went up into\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* [PRS], \w which|strong="G3588"\w* prevented \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* seeing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add any more\add*. \s1 Angels told the apostles that Jesus would return later. \sr Acts 1:10-11 \p \v 10 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \add the apostles\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add still\add* staring towards \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* wearing \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2066"\w* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add They were angels\add*. \v 11 \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \add of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\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* \add district\add*, ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* need \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \add here any longer\add* \w looking|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w still|strong="G2476"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \add here\add* \w looking|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*?► [RHQ] \add Some day\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \add to earth\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* return \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w manner|strong="G3779"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add just now\add* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add but he will not return now\add*.” \s1 The apostles and other believers often prayed together. \sr Acts 1:12-14 \p \v 12 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \add after the two angels left\add*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* apostles \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* Olive \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w a|strong="G2192"\w* half mile/\w one|strong="G3739"\w* kilometer► [MTY] \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \v 13 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \add the city\add*, \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* \add in the house\add* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G2650"\w*. \add Those who were there included\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, Andrew, \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, Bartholomew, \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*, \add another\add* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \add the son\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Alphaeus, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* group \w that|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* expel \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Romans, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \add the son\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add another man named\add* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*. \v 14 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* apostles agreed concerning \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w continually|strong="G4342"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \add together. Others who prayed with them\add* included \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \add who had accompanied Jesus\add*, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \add younger\add* brothers. \s1 Peter told them why someone must replace Judas. \sr Acts 1:15-17 \p \v 15 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* fellow believers. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add at that place\add* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w group|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 120 \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \add Jesus’ followers\add*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \v 16 “\w My|strong="G3739"\w* fellow believers, \add there are words that King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* wrote [MTY] \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* long ago \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w needed|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \add as he said they would\add*}. \w The|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \add who knew that Judas would be the one who would fulfill those words\add*, \w told|strong="G4302"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* write. \v 17 \add Although\add* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w chosen|strong="G2975"\w* {\add Jesus\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G2975"\w* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w*}, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1248"\w* \add as an apostle\add*, \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* led \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* seized \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.” \s1 How Judas died. \sr Acts 1:18-19 \p \v 18 \add The Jewish leaders\add* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* money \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add promised to\add* treacherously/wickedly \add betray Jesus. Later Judas returned that money to them\add*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* \add hanged himself\add*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* body \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G1537"\w* \add to the ground\add*. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* abdomen \w burst|strong="G2997"\w* \w open|strong="G2997"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w intestines|strong="G4698"\w* \w spilled|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w*. \add So\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* bought \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w field|strong="G5564"\w* \add using\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money. \v 19 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* reside \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* heard \add about that\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w field|strong="G5564"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \add Aramaic\add* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*, Akeldama, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* ‘\w Field|strong="G5564"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Blood’, \add because it was where someone bled and died\add*. \s1 Peter quoted from the Psalms about Judas. \sr Acts 1:20 \p \v 20 \add Peter also said\add*, “\add I perceive that what happened to Judas is like what the writer of\add* \w Psalms|strong="G5568"\w* \add desired to happen\add*: ‘\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G1886"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w deserted|strong="G2048"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.’ (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\add Judge him, Lord, so that neither he nor\add* anyone \add else\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G1886"\w*!)’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* seems \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add these other words that David wrote also refer to Judas:\add* ‘\w Let|strong="G1096"\w* \w someone|strong="G2087"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* work \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* leader.’” \s1 Peter concluded that they needed to choose a man to replace Judas. \sr Acts 1:21-22 \p \v 21 “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \add for us apostles\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* choose \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \add to replace Judas. He must be one who\add* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* [MTY] \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \v 22 \add That would be\add* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add the time when\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* baptized \add Jesus\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* {\w when|strong="G1096"\w* \add God\add* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w*} \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* up \add to heaven\add*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2193"\w* \add after he died\add*.” \s1 Jesus’ followers prayed and then chose Matthias to replace Judas. \sr Acts 1:23-26 \p \v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add apostles and other believers\add* suggested \add the names of two men who qualified. One man was\add* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w*} Barsabbas (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* Barsabbas) \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add also\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Roman\add* \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 Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*. \v 24-25 Then they prayed like this: “Lord \add Jesus\add*, Judas stopped being an apostle. \add He died and\add* went to the place where he \add deserved to be\add* [EUP]. \add So we(exc) need to choose someone\add* to replace \add Judas in order\add* that he can serve \add you(sg) by becoming\add* an apostle. You \add (sg)\add* know what everyone is really like. So \add please\add* show us which of these two men you have chosen.” \v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cast|strong="G2532"\w* \w lots|strong="G2819"\w* \add to choose between the two of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lot|strong="G2819"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add one of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add apostles\add* shook \add in a container\add* small objects/stones \add that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add had marked to determine which man God had chosen\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* small object/stone \add that they had marked\add* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \add out of the container\add*). \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* considered {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* considered \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*} \add to be an apostle\add* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* apostles. \c 2 \s1 The Holy Spirit came and enabled the disciples to speak other languages. \sr Acts 2:1-4 \p \v 1 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Jews were celebrating the\add* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w* \add festival\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add believers\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w together|strong="G3674"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*. \v 2 Suddenly \add they heard\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w noise|strong="G2279"\w* \add coming\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \add that sounded\add* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G4157"\w*. Everyone \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w noise|strong="G2279"\w*. \v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add what looked\add* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* flames \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*. \w These|strong="G2532"\w* flames separated \add from one another\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add one of them\add* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \add the head of\add* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers. \v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* ◄completely controlled/empowered► \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* ◄completely controlled/empowered► \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w enabled|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* begin \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* [MTY] \add that they had not learned\add*. \s1 Jews from many places were amazed to hear their native languages spoken by the believers. \sr Acts 2:5-13 \p \v 5 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \add many\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* staying \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \add to celebrate the Pentecost festival. They were people who\add* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* obey \add the Jewish\add* laws. \add They had come\add* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* different [HYP] countries. \v 6 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add loud\add* \w noise|strong="G5456"\w* \add like a wind\add*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w* \add to the place where the believers were\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* ◄\w was|strong="G1096"\w* amazed/\w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* know \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* think►, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* hearing \add one of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w person|strong="G1538"\w*’s \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*. \v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* completely \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to each other\add*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* [RHQ] \add always\add* resided \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add district, so they would not know our languages\add*. \v 8 ◄\add We(inc) do not understand\add* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* speak \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w native|strong="G1722"\w* languages!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* speak \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w native|strong="G1722"\w* languages?► [RHQ] \add But\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* hear \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add doing that\add* \v 9 \add Some of us are from the regions of\add* Parthia \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Media \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Elam, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add others of us\add* reside \add in the regions of\add* \w Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w*, \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w Cappadocia|strong="G2587"\w*, \w Pontus|strong="G4195"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 10 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w regions|strong="G3313"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Libya|strong="G3033"\w* \add that are\add* \w near|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2957"\w* \add city\add*. \add There are others of us\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add here\add* \w visiting|strong="G1927"\w* \add Jerusalem\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4514"\w*. \v 11 \add They include native\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* believe. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* us \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Crete \add Island\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add the region of\add* Arabia. \add So how is it that these people\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* [MTY], \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* us \add about\add* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2980"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mighty|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*► \add that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done?” \v 12 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \add those people\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* think \add about what was happening\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*?” \v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add some\add* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\w made|strong="G1161"\w* fun \w of|strong="G3004"\w*/laughed \w at|strong="G1161"\w*► \add those who believed in Jesus\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add These people are talking like this because\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3325"\w*!” \s1 Peter said that the prophet Joel foretold what the Holy Spirit would do. \sr Acts 2:14-21 \p \v 14 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* \add apostles\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* spoke loudly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add crowd of\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w saying|strong="G4487"\w*, “\add My\add* fellow \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add others\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* staying \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* explain \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happening! \v 15 \add Some of \add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G5274"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add we(exc) are drunk\add*, \w but|strong="G1063"\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* \add only \add* \w nine|strong="G5154"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w morning|strong="G2250"\w*, \add and people here never get drunk this early\add* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*! \v 16 Instead, \add what has happened to us is\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \add miraculous\add* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Joel|strong="G2493"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add long ago\add*. \add Joel wrote\add*: \p \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, \v 17 ‘\w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w*/\w final|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \add before I judge all people\add*, \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* abundantly/generously \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* [SYN] everywhere. \add As a result\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add people\add* messages \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w visions|strong="G3706"\w* \add from me\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w old|strong="G4245"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w dreams|strong="G1798"\w* \add that I will give them\add*. \v 18 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* abundantly/generously \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add even\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1401"\w* believers \add who are\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w*/\w servants|strong="G1401"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can tell \add people\add* messages \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \v 19 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* amazing \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \add that I am powerful\add*. \add Here\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* [CHI] \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add will cause wars with\add* blood, \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thick/dark \w smoke|strong="G2586"\w* \add everywhere\add*. \v 20 \add In the sky\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add appear\add* dark \add to people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w* \add will appear\add* red \add to them. Those things will happen\add* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* splendid/amazing \w day|strong="G2250"\w* [MTY] \add when I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God, will come to judge everyone\add*. \v 21 \add Before that time\add*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* ask \add me\add* [MTY] \add to save them from the guilt of their sins\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* ask \add me\add* [MTY] \add to save them from the guilt of their sins\add*.}’” \s1 Peter said, “You killed Jesus but God caused him to live again.” \sr Acts 2:22-24 \p \v 22 \add Peter continued\add*, “\add My fellow \add* \w Israelites|strong="G2475"\w*, \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w*! \add When \add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \add town lived \add* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* proved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add that he had sent him \add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* enabling \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* amazing \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add that this is true\add*. \v 23 \add Even though you knew that\add*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* turned \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w over|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* enemies. \add However\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* already planned \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* urged \w men|strong="G3778"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* obey \add God’s\add* law \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w nailing|strong="G4362"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4362"\w*. \v 24 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* suffered terribly \add when he died, but God caused him to become alive again\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* continue \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* dead, \w because|strong="G2530"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS] \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w remain|strong="G1510"\w* dead.” \s1 David foretold that the Messiah would rejoice about becoming alive again. \sr Acts 2:25-28 \p \v 25 “\add Long ago King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* wrote \add what\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Messiah \add said\add*, \p “ knew \add that\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God, would always\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* beside [MTY] \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* afraid \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add those who want to harm me\add*. \v 26 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* [SYN] joyfully praise \add you, O God\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* completely confident \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you(sg) will\add* ◄\add cause my body\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* alive \add again\add*/\add raise me from the dead\add*►. \v 27 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G1325"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* remain \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* dead \w are|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add even\add* let \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*, \add because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* devoted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G3708"\w* always obey \add you\add*. \v 28 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* told \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add that you will cause my body\add* \w to|strong="G3326"\w* become \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \add again\add*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G1107"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* happy \add because\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add forever\add*.” \s1 Peter explained that David wrote that the Messiah would become alive again. \sr Acts 2:29-31 \p \v 29 \add Peter\add* continued, “\w My|strong="G1722"\w* fellow Jews, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w confidently|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add our royal\add* ancestor, \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w died|strong="G5053"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \add body\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add people\add* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \add body\add*}. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \add where they\add* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* body \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add still\add* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w today|strong="G2250"\w*. \v 30 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add we(inc) know that David was not speaking those words about himself. But\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*, \add he spoke about the Messiah\add*. David \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* strongly promised \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w descendants|strong="G2590"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become \w king|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] like David \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add be the Messiah who would\add* rule \add God’s people\add* like David \w had|strong="G2532"\w* ruled \add them\add*.) \v 31 David knew beforehand \add what God would do\add*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \add was able to\add* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* live \w again|strong="G1519"\w* \add after he died\add*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* let \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* remain \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* place \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* dead, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* let \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.” \s1 Peter said, “Jesus has abundantly given us the Holy Spirit, shown by what you see and hear.” \sr Acts 2:32-35 \p \v 32 “\add After\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add man\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add had died\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \add again\add*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*(exc), \add his followers\add*, \w have|strong="G1473"\w* seen \add and tell people\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive again. \v 33 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* greatly honored \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add by causing him to rule\add* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w beside|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \add in heaven\add*. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \add God\add* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add just like\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. \add So\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* generously/abundantly given us \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \add and he has shown that by\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* seeing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hearing. \v 34 \add We(inc) know that David was not speaking about himself\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add as Jesus did\add*. \add Besides that\add*, \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add this about the Messiah\add*: \q1 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add the Messiah\add*, ‘Reign \w here|strong="G1519"\w* beside \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \v 35 \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2193"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* defeat [MTY] \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*.’ ” \s1 Peter said, “Know surely that God has made this Jesus both Lord and Messiah.” \sr Acts 2:36 \p \v 36 \add Peter concluded\add*, “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add want you and\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add other\add* Israelites [MTY] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w caused|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \add our\add* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/Ruler \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*. \add But God considers that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ones|strong="G3748"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* nailed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross.” \s1 Peter told them to repent, and said that believers would baptize them. \sr Acts 2:37-40 \p \v 37 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3062"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add Peter said\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* felt \w very|strong="G2532"\w* guilty [IDM]. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* apostles, “Fellow-countrymen, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add so that God will forgive us\add*?” \p \v 38 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add answered\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add we(exc)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* baptize \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \add you now believe\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* give \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \v 39 \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \add to do that\add* [MTY] \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* descendants, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add others who believe in him\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live\add* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* away \add from here\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add will give his Spirit\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* invites \add to become his people\add*!” \v 40 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \add and\add* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w*/forcefully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Ask God\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add so that he will not punish you when he punishes\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \add who have rejected Jesus\add*!” \s1 Many people became believers and joined the other believers. \sr Acts 2:41-42 \p \v 41 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* 3,000 [SYN] \add who \add* joined \w the|strong="G1722"\w* group \add of believers \add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w continually|strong="G4342"\w* obeyed \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w taught|strong="G1322"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* frequently met \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \add with the other believers\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w continually|strong="G4342"\w* ate \add together and celebrated the Lord’s Supper\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w continually|strong="G4342"\w* prayed \add together\add*. \s1 The apostles performed miracles, all the believers shared everything, and the Lord helped them. \sr Acts 2:43-47 \p \v 43 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* [SYN] \add who were in Jerusalem\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* revering \add God because\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w were|strong="G1510"\w* frequently \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* miraculous \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \v 44 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Jesus\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* united \add and regularly met\add* \w together|strong="G1909"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* sharing \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 45 \add From time to time some of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \add some of\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* land \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add some of the other\add* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G2192"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money \add from what they sold\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add among them\add*, \w according|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w*. \v 46 \w Every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w continued|strong="G4342"\w* meeting \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add area\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* gladly \w and|strong="G2532"\w* generously shared \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* [SYN] \add with each other\add*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* ate \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \add and celebrated the Lord’s Supper\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w houses|strong="G3624"\w*. \v 47 \add As they did so\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add thinking\add* favorably \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add As those things were happening\add*, \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* increased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* number \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saving|strong="G4982"\w*} \add from the guilt of their sins\add*. \c 3 \s1 Peter healed a lame man, so the people were amazed. \sr Acts 3:1-8 \p \v 1 \add One day\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 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(\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w The|strong="G2532"\w* lame \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* several times, “\w Please|strong="G2065"\w* give \w me|strong="G2065"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w*!”) \v 4 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* looked directly \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Look \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!” \v 5 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w looked|strong="G4328"\w* directly \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* get \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \add money\add* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 6 \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*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G2192"\w* money [MTY], \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add can do\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add do\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \add who was\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \add town\add*, \w has|strong="G2192"\w* authorized [MTY] \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add to heal you! So get up and\add* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!” \v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* grasped \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*. \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man’s feet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ankles|strong="G4974"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G4732"\w*. \v 8 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* jumped \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add area\add* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaping|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! \s1 The people were amazed. \sr Acts 3:9-10 \p \v 9 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add there\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \v 10 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Beautiful|strong="G5611"\w* \w Gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \add people\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* greatly \w amazed|strong="G2285"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G4819"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 11 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* clung \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* surprised \add that they did not know what to think\add* \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4936"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two apostles \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1909"\w* \add in the Temple courtyard\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w call|strong="G2564"\w*} \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s \w Porch|strong="G4745"\w*. \s1 Peter explained that Jesus healed the man, and they should repent. \sr Acts 3:12-16 \p \v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowd|strong="G2296"\w*, “Fellow \w Israelites|strong="G2475"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*?► [RHQ] \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* stare \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*, \w either|strong="G2228"\w*! \w You|strong="G3708"\w* seem \w to|strong="G4314"\w* [RHQ] think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w two|strong="G5613"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* enabled \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* please \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* much! \v 13 \add So I will tell you what is really happening\add*. \w Our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \w including|strong="G3739"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, worshipped \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* greatly \w honored|strong="G1392"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* always served \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \add leaders\add* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add to the governor, Pilate\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add his soldiers would kill him\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add God considers that\add* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* front \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add were the ones who rejected\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add as your king\add*, \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* release \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \v 14 \add Although Jesus\add* always \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w*/\w just|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* rejected \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Pilate wanted to release him, but\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* urgently asked Pilate \w to|strong="G2532"\w* release ◄\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w murderer|strong="G5406"\w*/someone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w people|strong="G3588"\w*►! \v 15 \add God considers that\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* killed \add Jesus\add*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* gives \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* greatly honored \w him|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w by|strong="G1537"\w* causing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*/\w by|strong="G1537"\w* raising \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*►. Many \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* saw \add him after that, and now\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* telling \add you\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \v 16 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add we two\add* trusted \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY, PRS] \add could do, that he\add* \w made|strong="G4732"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*, \w strong|strong="G4732"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. Yes, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (exc)\add* trusted \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* completely healed \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w*.” \s1 Peter told the people to repent. \sr Acts 3:17-26 \p \v 17 “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w my|strong="G3754"\w* fellow-countrymen, \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* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add to Jesus\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and they\add* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add that he was the Messiah\add*. \v 18 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add your putting him to death\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* predicted \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w*. \add Long ago\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* told \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="G1161"\w* write \add what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add would send\add*, \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \add and die\add*. \v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w away|strong="G1813"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* sinful behavior \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add to help you\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* pleases \add him\add*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* completely forgive \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* sins. \v 20 \add If you do that\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \add when you will know that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God is\add* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \add you\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add again\add* send back \add to earth\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4400"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G4383"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2980"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* stay \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* until \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* created \w to|strong="G1163"\w* become new. \w Long|strong="G5550"\w* \w ago|strong="G5550"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* promised \add to do that, and\add* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* chose holy \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \add that to people\add*. \v 22 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \add example, the prophet\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add this about the Messiah\add*: ‘\w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* ◄\w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add worship\add*► \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w cause|strong="G2596"\w* someone \w to|strong="G4314"\w* become \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add God’s message. God will send him\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add he sent\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add and he will be\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* own \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and obey him\add* [SYN]. \v 23 \add Those who\add* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* listen \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \add that prophet and obey\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G1510"\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* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* get rid \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*’.” \v 24 \add Peter continued\add*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \add about what would happen during\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* [MTY] \add in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include\add* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \add and all the others who\add* later \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \add about these events\add* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 25 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add as well as we(exc)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add to whom God sent the Messiah, as\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \add that he would\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* strongly promised \add to bless\add* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* surely promised \w to|strong="G4314"\w* bless \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Abraham \add concerning the Messiah\add*, ‘\add I\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* bless \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add what\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \add will do\add*.’” \v 26 \add Peter concluded\add*, “\add So\add* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \add to the earth\add* ◄Jesus, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* always obeys \w him|strong="G3588"\w*/\w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* Jesus►, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add Israelites\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add God will\add* enable \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* stop doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \add and to start doing what pleases him\add*.” \c 4 \s1 Jewish leaders arrested Peter and John, but many people became believers. \sr Acts 4:1-4 \p \v 1 \add Meanwhile, in the temple courtyard, there were some\add* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* charge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* police, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add also some\add* [SYN] Sadducee \add sect members\add*. \w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\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* \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \v 2 \w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w angry|strong="G1278"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add two\add* apostles \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* ◄\add God caused Jesus to become alive again/God raised\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add from the dead\add*►, \add God\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* officials \w seized|strong="G1911"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w*. \add They had to wait\add* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \add to question Peter and John\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w evening|strong="G2073"\w* \add and it was contrary to their Jewish law to question people at night\add*. \v 4 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add from Peter\add* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Jesus\add*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add already\add* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Jesus, because\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add from Peter\add*.) \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* number \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add who believed in Jesus\add* increased \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* 5,000. \s1 Jewish leaders questioned Peter and John about healing the lame man. \sr Acts 4:5-7 \p \v 5 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \add the supreme priest summoned\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* members \add of the Jewish Council, and they\add* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \add in one place\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \v 6 Annas, \add the former\add* supreme priest, \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w* \add who was the new supreme priest\add*, \add two other former supreme priests whose names were\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Alexander, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* related \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* supreme priest \add were there\add*. \v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded guards to\add* \w bring|strong="G4160"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* courtroom [MTY] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Then one of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* leaders questioned \add the two of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, saying, “\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \add do you two claim\add* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add to heal this man\add*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* authorized [MTY] \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* [DOU]?” \s1 Peter told them that Jesus healed the man and only Jesus could save people. \sr Acts 4:8-12 \p \v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* completely controlled \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \add fellow Israelites\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add all of you other\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \add listen\add*! \v 9 \w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* questioning \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w concerning|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G1487"\w* doing \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3778"\w* crippled, \w and|strong="G4594"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* asked \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3778"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w*. \v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add we(exc) want\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add of our other\add* fellow Israelites \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* [MTY] \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \w healed|strong="G5199"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w here|strong="G3936"\w*. \add God considers that\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* nailed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \v 11 \add In the Psalms this was written about the Messiah:\add* \q1 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w rejected|strong="G1848"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w builders|strong="G3618"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w builders|strong="G3618"\w* \w rejected|strong="G1848"\w*}. \q1 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w most|strong="G3037"\w* important \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* \add that they were building\add*. \p \add Jesus is that stone, and\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add are those builders who threw away the stone that was the most important one\add*. \v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* alone \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* [MTY]. \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* [MTY] \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add from the guilt of our sins, and that person is Jesus\add*!” \s1 The Jewish leaders realized that Peter and John had been associating with Jesus. \sr Acts 4:13-14 \p \v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* \w realized|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 not|strong="G1510"\w* afraid \add of them\add*/spoke \w boldly|strong="G3954"\w*►. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w learned|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w ordinary|strong="G2399"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* studied \w in|strong="G2532"\w* schools. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* associated \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \v 14 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G5037"\w* saw \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2476"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \add the two of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G5037"\w* say \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \add to oppose Peter and John\add*. \s1 The Jewish leaders commanded the two apostles to stop teaching people about Jesus. \sr Acts 4:15-18 \p \v 15 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \add guards\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* Peter, John, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* man \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* room \add where those leaders were meeting. After they did so\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* leaders talked \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add about Peter and John\add*. \v 16 \add Being frustrated, one after another\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add punish\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add two\add* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*!/\w How|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add punish\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add two\add* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*?► [RHQ] Almost \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* amazing \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*! \v 17 However, \add we\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* allow \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hear \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \add this miracle\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add we will punish them if they\add* continue \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* [MTY] \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add who they say gave them the power to do it\add*.” \v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \add commanded guards\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two apostles \add into that room again. After they did so\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w speak|strong="G5350"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \add anyone about him\add* [MTY] \add again\add*. \s1 Peter and John said that they needed to continue speaking about Jesus. \sr Acts 4:19-20 \p \v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Would|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \add for us two\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* obey \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add to obey\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? \add We(exc) will let\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* decide \add which of those you think is proper\add*. \v 20 \add But as for us, we cannot obey you\add*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\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* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \add Jesus do\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add him teach\add*.” \s1 The Jewish leaders threatened to punish Peter and John and then released them. \sr Acts 4:21-22 \p \v 21-22 Then the \add Jewish leaders\add* again told \add Peter and John\add* not to disobey them. But all the people \add there\add* were praising God about what had happened \add to the lame man. The leaders knew that only God could have enabled Peter and John\add* to miraculously heal the man, because the man was more than 40 years old \add and he was lame when his mother bore him. They also knew that the people would become angry if they punished the two apostles\add*. So, because they could not decide how to punish Peter and John, \add they finally\add* let them go. \s1 The believers talked to God about those who opposed him and them. \sr Acts 4:23-28 \p \v 23 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* released, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* believers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other Jewish\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add all\add* agreed \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add one of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* prayed, “O \w Lord|strong="G1203"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* oceans, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 25 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* caused \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w*, \add King \add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* [MTY], \w who|strong="G3588"\w* served \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* write \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G4750"\w*: \pi1 \add It is ridiculous \add* [RHQ] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w became|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelite \w people|strong="G2992"\w* planned uselessly \add to oppose God\add*. \pi1 \v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w* prepared \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fight \add God’s Ruler\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* rulers \w assembled|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \add with them\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* appointed \add to be the Messiah\add*. \p \v 27 \add Lord, we know that what you(sg) said long ago was true\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add governor\add*, \w Pontius|strong="G4194"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Israelites, \w assembled|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \add They\add* planned \add to kill\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* devotedly served \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add and\add* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* appointed [MTY] \add to be the Messiah\add*. \v 28 \add Because\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* all-powerful, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \add only\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [SYN] allowed \add them to do\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w decided|strong="G1012"\w* \w long|strong="G3745"\w* ago \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*.” \s1 The believers asked God to help them speak boldly to people about Jesus. \sr Acts 4:29-30 \p \v 29 “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* punishing \w us|strong="G1325"\w*! Help \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* serve \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3954"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* messages \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) about Jesus\add* \v 30 \add Also\add*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w* [MTY] miraculously \w heal|strong="G2392"\w* \add sick people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* amazing \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* [SYN] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w*! Ask \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w always|strong="G1223"\w* serves \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add to give us the authority\add* [MTY] \add to do such miracles\add*!” \s1 God shook the place where they were, and his Spirit enabled them to speak his words boldly. \sr Acts 4:31 \p \v 31 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w had|strong="G2532"\w* finished \w praying|strong="G1189"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w* \w shook|strong="G4531"\w*. \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* ◄completely controlled/empowered► \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* ◄completely controlled/empowered► \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* result \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3954"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add told them to speak\add*. \s1 The believers shared everything, and the apostles told others about Jesus. \sr Acts 4:32-35 \p \v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Jesus\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* completely agreed \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3761"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted/desired. \w Not|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w claimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add alone\add* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w another|strong="G1520"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* apostles continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* powerfully, \add that God\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* ◄caused \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*/\w raised|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3173"\w*►. \add People knew that God\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* graciously \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers. \v 34 \add Some of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* occasionally \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* \add some of\add* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w property|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3761"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \add the money for what they sold\add* \v 35 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w present|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles [MTY]. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the apostles\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3844"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \add believer\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w* \add it\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w among|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w was|strong="G3588"\w* lacking \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*. \s1 Joseph Barnabas sold a field and brought the money to the apostles. \sr Acts 4:36-37 \p \v 36 \add For example, there was\add* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \add He was\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w descendant|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* Levi \add and he was born\add* \w on|strong="G1941"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w* \add Island\add*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* apostles \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* Barnabas; \add in the Jewish language\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* [IDM] always encourages \add others\add*. \v 37 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* fields, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \add for them to distribute to other believers\add*. \c 5 \s1 Ananias pretended to give the apostles all the money from selling a field. \sr Acts 5:1-2 \p \v 1 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \add the believers\add* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Ananias, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*’s \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sapphira|strong="G4551"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \add also\add* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* land. \v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* himself \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \add he had received for the land\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* done \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* presented \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles [MTY]. \s1 People were terrified when they saw or heard that Ananias had died. \sr Acts 5:3-6 \p \v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Ananias, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* completely control \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY] \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) tried to\add* deceive \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add and us(exc)\add*. ◄\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add terrible!/Why did you do such a terrible thing\add*?► [RHQ] \add You\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* received \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \add selling\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w*, \add pretending that you(sg) were giving us all of it\add*. \v 4 \w Before|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* land, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* [RHQ] \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* [RHQ] \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w still|strong="G3306"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* used \w the|strong="G1722"\w* money \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* wanted \add to\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) ever\add* think [RHQ] \w about|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add wicked\add* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add merely trying to\add* deceive \w us|strong="G1722"\w*! \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \add you tried to deceive\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add himself!\add*!” \v 5 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add immediately\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w dead|strong="G3173"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add who were there\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \add about Ananias’ death\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* terrified [PRS]. \v 6 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w young|strong="G3501"\w* \w men|strong="G3501"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w*, \w wrapped|strong="G4958"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \add body in a sheet\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \add and\add* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \s1 Sapphira also died because she lied, and some men buried her beside her husband. \sr Acts 5:7-11 \p \v 7 \w About|strong="G5613"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w hours|strong="G5610"\w* later, \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w*, \add but\add* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*. \v 8 \add As\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add showed her the money\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Ananias had brought\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* amount \add of money you two received for\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* sold?” \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w*’s \add what we(exc) received\add*.” \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*, “\add You both did a terrible thing!\add* \w You|strong="G5210"\w* two \w agreed|strong="G4856"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="G4314"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* determine \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* revealing \add to anyone that you two tried to deceive them!\add* \w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \add Do you(sg) hear the\add* footsteps [SYN] \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* husband? \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* right outside \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w carry|strong="G1627"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \add corpse\add* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \add to bury it, too\add*!” \v 10 \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* Sapphira \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w feet|strong="G4228"\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 When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \add body\add* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* husband’s \add body\add*. \p \v 11 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add in Jerusalem\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3173"\w* frightened [PRS] \add because of what God had done to Ananias and Sapphira. And\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the others\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \add people tell about\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add became greatly frightened\add*. \s1 The apostles healed many people, and many people believed in Jesus. \sr Acts 5:12-16 \p \v 12 \add God was enabling\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* amazing \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* meeting \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w regularly|strong="G1223"\w* \add in the temple courtyard\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \add the place called\add* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s \w Porch|strong="G4745"\w*. \v 13 \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add who had not yet believed in Jesus\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* afraid \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w associate|strong="G2853"\w* \w with|strong="G1438"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* believers, \add because they knew that if they did anything evil, God would punish them, as well as revealing it to the believers\add*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* continued \w to|strong="G1161"\w* greatly \w respect|strong="G3762"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* believers. \v 14 Many \w more|strong="G3123"\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 the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add group of\add* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*. \v 15 \add The apostles were doing amazing miracles\add*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \add people\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* bringing \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sick \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w streets|strong="G4113"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laying|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* stretchers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mats|strong="G2895"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add when\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \add he would touch them, or\add* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w least|strong="G2579"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w fall|strong="G2064"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and heal them\add*. \v 16 \w Crowds|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G4905"\w* \add to the apostles\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* near \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w bringing|strong="G5342"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G5342"\w* \add relatives/friends\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* tormented/troubled \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* tormenting/troubling}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \s1 Jewish leaders jailed the apostles, but an angel freed them to teach people. \sr Acts 5:17-21a \p \v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add local\add* Sadducee \add sect in Jerusalem\add*, \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* jealous \add of the apostles, because many people were accepting the apostles’ message\add*. \v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* commanded \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Temple guards \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w*. \v 19 \add The guards did that\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w an|strong="G1161"\w* angel \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* opened \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles outside! \add The guards were not aware of what the angel had done\add*. \v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \add to the apostles\add*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add how God can give them eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*!” \v 21 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w dawn|strong="G3722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \s1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w were|strong="G3588"\w* perplexed \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* jail. \sr Acts 5:21b-24 \p \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4779"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* members. Altogether \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*. \add After they all gathered together\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \add guards\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles. \v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w guards|strong="G5438"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* discovered \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* returned \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Council, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add one of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* reported, \v 23 “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail \add doors\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* securely \w locked|strong="G2808"\w*, \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 at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* opened \add the doors and went in to get those men\add*, \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \add of them was\add* \w inside|strong="G2080"\w* \add the jail\add*!” \v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w captain|strong="G4755"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* guards \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G4755"\w* priests heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w greatly|strong="G1280"\w* \w perplexed|strong="G1280"\w*, \add wondering\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* result \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*. \s1 After finding them, the leaders brought the apostles back to question them. \sr Acts 5:25-26 \p \v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \add from the Temple courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add excitedly\add* reported \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w* \add to this! Right now\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* jail \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add about Jesus\add*!” \v 26 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w captain|strong="G4755"\w* \add of the Temple guards\add* \w went|strong="G5119"\w* \add to the Temple courtyard\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w officers|strong="G5257"\w*, \w and|strong="G2992"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* brought \w the|strong="G3588"\w* apostles \add back to the Council room. But they\add* \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* treat \w them|strong="G3588"\w* roughly, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w would|strong="G2992"\w* \add kill them by\add* throwing stones \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add if they hurt the apostles\add*. \s1 Peter and the other apostles said that they must obey God. \sr Acts 5:27-33 \p \v 27 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \add the captain and his officers\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2476"\w* \add the apostles to the Council room\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* commanded \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* members, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w questioned|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 28 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add accusingly\add*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* strongly \w commanded|strong="G3853"\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 that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* [MTY] \add Jesus\add* \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add you have disobeyed us, and\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \add about him\add*! \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4137"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* seem \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty [MTY] \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s death!” \v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \add speaking for himself\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* apostles, \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G3980"\w* \add what\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add commands us to do\add*, \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add tell us to do\add*! \v 30 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* considers \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3739"\w* killed \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 whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \add worshipped\add*, ◄caused \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*/\w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* dead►. \v 31 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* greatly honored \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \add He has taken him up to heaven! He has authorized him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* save \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \add over our lives! God did this\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* enable \add us\add* Israelites [MTY] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add our\add* sinful behavior \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add that he might\add* forgive \add us for our sins\add*. \v 32 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add that we know happened to Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w obey|strong="G3980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* confirming \add that these things are true\add*.” \v 33 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Council members heard \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry \add with the apostles\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \s1 After beating the apostles, they followed Gamaliel’s advice and released them. \sr Acts 5:34-40 \p \v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add there was a Council member\add* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w respected|strong="G5093"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* told \add guards\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \add of the room\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1024"\w*. \v 35 \add After the guards had taken the apostles out\add*, \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* Council members, “Fellow \w Israelites|strong="G2475"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* need \w to|strong="G4314"\w* think carefully \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \add and I will tell you why\add*. \v 36 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w years|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \add a man named\add* \w Theudas|strong="G2333"\w* rebelled \add against the Roman government\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important \w person|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 400 \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \add him. But he was killed\add* {\add soldiers\add* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* accompanying \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w scattered|strong="G3588"\w*. \add So they\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \add that they had planned\add*. \v 37 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* ◄writing down names \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*/taking \w the|strong="G1722"\w* census► \add in order to tax people, a man named\add* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add province\add* rebelled \add against the Roman government\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompany|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add soldiers\add* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* off \w in|strong="G1722"\w* different directions. \v 38 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add this\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* harm \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*! Release \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \add this is just something\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* humans \w have|strong="G2532"\w* planned, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fail, \add like Theudas and Judas did\add* \v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has commanded them to do it\add*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* prevent \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \add from doing it, because\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposing \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* members \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Council accepted \w what|strong="G2532"\w* Gamaliel \w said|strong="G1161"\w*. \v 40 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add temple guards to bring the apostles and flog them. So the guards\add* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add into the Council room\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w flogged|strong="G1194"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Council members \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* [MTY] \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* released \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles. \s1 The apostles rejoiced and continued to tell others about Jesus. \sr Acts 5:41-42 \p \v 41 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* apostles left \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add they knew God\add* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* honored \w 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time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w becoming|strong="G1096"\w* believers. \add Some of them were from other countries and spoke only the Greek language, but most of them had always lived in Israel and spoke the Hebrew language\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* spoke Greek \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* complain \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* spoke \w Hebrew|strong="G1445"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*. “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add you Hebrew-speaking believers\add* distribute \add food or money\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3101"\w* giving fair amounts \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G3778"\w* Greek!” \s1 The apostles told the other believers to choose men to care for those widows. \sr Acts 6:2-4 \p \v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w*, \add after the \add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add apostles had heard what they were complaining about\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add other \add* believers \add in Jerusalem to meet \add* together. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to those other believers\add*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* doing \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* stopped \add preaching and teaching \add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Jesus \add* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* order \w to|strong="G3004"\w* distribute \w food|strong="G5132"\w* [MTY] \add and money to the widows\add*! \v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, fellow believers, carefully choose \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add you\add* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add of God\add* controls completely \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* wise. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w appoint|strong="G2525"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* work, \v 4 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w devote|strong="G4342"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* time \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* preach \w and|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Jesus\add*.” \s1 The apostles appointed seven men to care for the widows’ needs. \sr Acts 6:5-6 \p \v 5 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles recommended pleased \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* believers. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \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 who|strong="G3588"\w* strongly \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add in God\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* controlled completely. \add They also chose\add* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, Procorus, \w Nicanor|strong="G3527"\w*, \w Timon|strong="G5096"\w*, \w Parmenas|strong="G3937"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nicolas|strong="G3532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \add city\add*. \w Nicolas|strong="G3532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish religion \add before he had believed in Jesus\add*. \v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2476"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \add seven\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \add for those men\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \add the heads of each one of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to appoint them to do that work\add*. \s1 The number of people who were becoming believers increased greatly. \sr Acts 6:7 \p \v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add the believers\add* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. ◄\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add in Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w increasing|strong="G4129"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w*./\w More|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.► \add Among them\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \s1 People opposed Stephen, but could not refute his arguments. \sr Acts 6:8-10 \p \v 8 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* enabling \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w power|strong="G1411"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* amazing \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \v 9 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* opposed \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* group \add that regularly met together in a Jewish meeting place that was\add* {\add that people\add*} \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Freedmen|strong="G3032"\w*’s Meeting Place. \add Those people were from\add* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Alexandria \add cities\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add provinces\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w argue|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*. \v 10 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* refute \add what he said/to prove that what he said was wrong\add*►, \add because God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* enabled \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* wisely. \s1 People persuaded some men to falsely accuse Stephen. \sr Acts 6:11-14 \p \v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* group \w secretly|strong="G5260"\w* persuaded \add some \add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add falsely accuse Stephen. saying\add*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add by saying that\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* angry \add at Stephen, including\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add they all\add* \w seized|strong="G4884"\w* Stephen \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*. \v 13 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w brought|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* accused Stephen falsely \add about several things\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* fellow continually \w says|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* holy Temple \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that Moses received from God\add*. \v 14 Specifically, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \add town\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* Temple \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* obey different \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add taught our ancestors\add*.” \s1 The people saw Stephen’s face shining like the face of an angel. \sr Acts 6:15 \p \v 15 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \add room heard that, and as they\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* stared \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Stephen, \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* \add shining\add* [SIM] \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel. \c 7 \s1 Stephen started to answer the high priest’s accusations by talking about Abraham. \sr Acts 7:1-4 \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* Stephen, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add these people are saying about you(sg)\add* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*?” \v 2 Stephen \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “Fellow Jews \w and|strong="G2532"\w* respected leaders, \add please\add* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add whom we(inc) worship\add* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still \add living\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w* \add region\add*, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* moved \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\w* \add town\add*. \v 3 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4772"\w* \add are living\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w lead|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.’ \v 4 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \add which was also called\add* Chaldea, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* arrived \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w there|strong="G2547"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2730"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w move|strong="G3351"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and I\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w*.” \s1 God promised to give the land to Abraham and his descendants. \sr Acts 7:5 \p \v 5 “\add At that time\add* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* Abraham \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \add land here\add*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* small plot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add this\add* land \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add later\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* land \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add always\add* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \add to them. However\add*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* Abraham \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \add who would\add* ◄\add inherit it/receive it after he died\add*►.” \s1 God told Abraham that later on he would deliver his descendants from Egypt. \sr Acts 7:6-7 \p \v 6 “\add Later\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* Abraham, ‘\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* foreign \w country|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add will live there\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* 400 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add during that time their leaders\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w mistreat|strong="G2559"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* force \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* work \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1402"\w*.’ \v 7 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add also\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* work \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w your|strong="G1437"\w* descendants \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \add that land\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add come and\add* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* land.’ ” \s1 God commanded the ceremony of circumcision for Abraham and his descendants. \sr Acts 7:8 \p \v 8 “\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1325"\w* Abraham \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add every male in his household and all of his male descendants\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \add to show that they all belonged to God\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* told Abraham \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. Later Abraham’s son, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* eight \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w*, Abraham \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Later\add* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*’s son, \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \add similarly circumcised\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \add similarly circumcised\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* sons. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended\add*.” \s1 God helped Joseph, so Pharaoh appointed him to govern Egypt. \sr Acts 7:9-10 \p \v 9 “\add You know that\add* Jacob’s \add older\add* sons \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w jealous|strong="G2206"\w* \add because their father favored their younger brother\add* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to merchants/traders who took him\add* [MTY] \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* slave \add of an official who lived there\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add helped\add* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* protected \w him|strong="G3588"\w* whenever \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G1325"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w enabled|strong="G1325"\w* Joseph \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* wise; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G2233"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Joseph. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \add over\add* Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*’s property [MTY].” \s1 There was a famine in Canaan, so Jacob’s family moved to Egypt. \sr Acts 7:11-15a \p \v 11 “\add While Joseph was doing that work\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* ◄\w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* little \w food|strong="G5527"\w*/\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w*► \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*. \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enough \w food|strong="G5527"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat. \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w*. \add At that time\add* Jacob \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* sons \add in Canaan\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \add enough\add* \w food|strong="G5527"\w*. \v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* heard \add people report that\add* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w*/food \add that people could buy\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* Joseph’s older brothers \add to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home\add*. \v 13 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*’s brothers \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, \add they again bought grain from Joseph\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w* \add he\add* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w*. \add And\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* told \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* Hebrews \add and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers\add*. \v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \add his brothers back home, they\add* told \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \add that Joseph wanted\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* family \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \add to Egypt. At that time\add* ◄\add Jacob’s family consisted of\add* 75 \w people|strong="G3956"\w*/\w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* 75 \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*’s family► [SYN]. \v 15 \add So when\add* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \add heard that, he and all his family\add* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add live in\add* Egypt.” \s1 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sons \w died|strong="G5053"\w*, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* buried \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Canaan. \sr Acts 7:15b-16 \p “\add Later on\add*, \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w* \add there\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \add his sons, also died there\add*. \v 16 \add But\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bodies \add of Jacob and Joseph\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* {\add they\add* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bodies \add of Jacob and Joseph\add*} \add back to our land\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jacob’s body\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* buried {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* buried \add Jacob’s body\add*} \add in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Shechem|strong="G4966"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add Jacob\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w bought|strong="G5608"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Hamor|strong="G1697"\w*’s \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.” \s1 An Egyptian king who did not know about Joseph began to oppress the Israelites. \sr Acts 7:17-19 \p \v 17 “\w Our|strong="G2316"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* numerous \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* almost \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \add God to rescue them\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt, \add as\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* Abraham \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 18 \w Another|strong="G2087"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* begun \w to|strong="G1909"\w* rule \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Egypt. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \add long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt\add* [MTY]. \v 19 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* cruelly tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get rid \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* oppressed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w caused|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* suffer greatly. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \add even commanded\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* leave \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w baby|strong="G1025"\w* \add boys\add* outside \add their homes\add* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* would die.” \s1 Moses, who grew up as an Egyptian, spoke and acted powerfully. \sr Acts 7:20-22 \p \v 20 “\w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* beautiful [LIT] \add child\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w parents|strong="G3962"\w* \add secretly\add* cared \w for|strong="G1722"\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* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1620"\w* \add the house, but\add* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*’s \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \add found him and\add* adopted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* cared \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \add though he were\add* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \v 22 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w taught|strong="G3811"\w* {\add The Egyptian teachers\add* \w taught|strong="G3811"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*} \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* wise \w things|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt knew, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add when he grew up\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3056"\w* powerfully \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* powerfully.” \s1 Moses killed an Egyptian, so he had to flee to Midian. \sr Acts 7:23-29 \p \v 23 “\add One day\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* Moses \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G5063"\w* \w old|strong="G5550"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* decided \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5550"\w* \add go and\add* see \w his|strong="G1909"\w* fellow Israelis. \add So he went to the place where they worked\add*. \v 24 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Egyptian beating \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelis. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* over \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israeli \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* hurt/beat {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Egyptian\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* hurting/beating}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* ◄got \w revenge|strong="G1557"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w*/paid back► \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israeli \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* killing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Egyptian \add who was hurting/beating him\add*. \v 25 Moses \w was|strong="G3588"\w* thinking \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* fellow Israelis \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* free \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add from being slaves\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \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* two Israeli \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w fighting|strong="G3164"\w* \add each other\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G4900"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* stop \w fighting|strong="G3164"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* two \w are|strong="G1510"\w* fellow \add Israelis! So\add* ◄stop hurting \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*!/\w why|strong="G2444"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* hurting \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*?► [RHQ]’ \v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* injuring \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* pushed Moses away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘◄\w No|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add (exc)\add*!/\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* think someone \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add (exc)\add*?► [RHQ] \v 28 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* killed \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Egyptian \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w*?’ \v 29 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fled|strong="G5343"\w* \add from Egypt\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Midian|strong="G3099"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add for some years\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add got married, and he and his wife\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.” \s1 God commanded Moses to rescue the Jewish people from Egypt. \sr Acts 7:30-34 \p \v 30 “\add One day\add* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* later, \add the Lord God appeared as\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bush \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w burning|strong="G4442"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w* \w Mountain|strong="G3735"\w*. \v 31 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* greatly \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*, \add because the bush was not burning up\add*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w over|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w closely|strong="G2657"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* say \add to him\add*, \v 32 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add whom\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \add worshipped\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \add worship\add*.’ \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add was so afraid that he\add* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* shake. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* afraid \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G2657"\w* \add at the bush any longer\add*. \v 33 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="G3089"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w* \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \add to show that you(sg) revere me\add*. \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add am here\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* holy/sacred. \v 34 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* surely \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w continually|strong="G1519"\w* causing \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* groan \add because those people continually oppress them\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w rescue|strong="G1807"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add from Egypt\add*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* ready, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add back\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt \add to do that\add*.’ ” \s1 God sent Moses to lead Israel and tell them of the Prophet who would come. \sr Acts 7:35-38 \p \v 35 “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but\add* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \add by saying\add*, ‘\w No|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* [RHQ] \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w* \add us!’\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add is the one whom\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add himself\add* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w free|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add from being slaves. He is the one whom\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bush \add commanded to do that\add*. \v 36 Moses \add is the one who\add* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \add from Egypt\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Red|strong="G2063"\w* \w Sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \add that the Israelite people lived\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*. \v 37 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Israelite \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* appoint \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* own \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \add He will speak words from God\add*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add speak his words to you\add*.’ \v 38 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add Moses\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add our people’s leader\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* gathered \w together|strong="G3326"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* Moses \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God sent\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w* \w Mountain|strong="G3735"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add give him our laws\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he was the one who told\add* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \add what the angel had said\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \add from God\add* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add eternally, and Moses\add* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \add them\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*.” \s1 Israel rejected Moses, so God rejected them and said that he would punish them. \sr Acts 7:39-43 \p \v 39 “\add However\add*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w obey|strong="G5255"\w* \add Moses\add*. Instead, \add while he was still on the mountain\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add as their leader\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* return \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. \v 40 \w So|strong="G1096"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \add his older brother\add* Aaron, ‘\w Make|strong="G4160"\w* idols \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w lead|strong="G1806"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add back to Egypt\add*! \w As|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* fellow \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!’ \v 41 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3447"\w* \add out of gold\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* image \add that looked like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w calf|strong="G3447"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* sacrificed \add animals and offered other things\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add honor\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w idol|strong="G1497"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* sang \w and|strong="G2532"\w* danced \w to|strong="G2532"\w* honor \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w idol|strong="G1497"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3447"\w*. \v 42 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rejected \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* abandoned \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun, moon \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stars \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* agrees \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, \q1 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* Israelite \add people\add* [MTY], \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add repeatedly\add* killed animals \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \add that you were\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add most certainly\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w offering|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w what|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w you|strong="G1722"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w offering|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ] \v 43 \add On the contrary\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \add with you from place to place\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \add that contained the idol\add* representing \add the god\add* Molech \add that you worshipped\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add carried with you\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* image \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* star \add called\add* \w Rephan|strong="G4481"\w*. \add Those\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* idols \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w*, \add and you\add* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \add them instead of me\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add cause you to\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* taken \w away|strong="G3351"\w* {\add people to\add* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*} \add from your own country. You will be taken\add* {\add They will take you\add*} \add far from your homes to regions\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* farther \w than|strong="G2532"\w* Babylon \add Country\add*.” \s1 The Israelite people worshipped God at the tent Moses built and later in the temple that Solomon built. \sr Acts 7:44-47 \p \v 44 “\w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* worshipped \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w showed|strong="G4160"\w* \add that he was there with them\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* exactly \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1299"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add to make it. It was\add* exactly \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w model|strong="G5179"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \add when he was up on the mountain\add*. \v 45 \add Later on\add*, \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w ours|strong="G1473"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* tent \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add into this land\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* land \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3326"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* forced \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \add who previously lived here\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* possess \w this|strong="G3588"\w* land. \add The tent remained in this land and was still here\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* ruled. \v 46 David pleased \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* build \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \add he and\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* worship \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add instead, God let David’s son\add* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \add where people could worship\add* God.” \s1 People can worship God anywhere, not only at certain places. \sr Acts 7:48-50 \p \v 48 “However, \add we(inc) know that\add* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* greater \w than|strong="G3756"\w* everything, \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2730"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add houses that\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G5499"\w*. \w It|strong="G2531"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add Isaiah\add* wrote. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \add these words that God had spoken:\add* \q1 \v 49-50 Heaven is ◄my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe►, and the earth is ◄my footstool/\add merely like\add* a stool on which I may rest my feet►. I myself [SYN] have made everything \add both in heaven and on the earth\add*. So you \add human beings\add*, ◄\add you\add* really cannot build a house that would be \add adequate\add* for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be \add appropriate\add* for me?► [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me \add to live in\add*!” \s1 Stephen said that those who were listening to him were opposing God. \sr Acts 7:51-53 \p \v 51 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* extremely stubborn [MET], \w not|strong="G2532"\w* wanting \w to|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* listen [MTY] \add to him!\add* \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* exactly \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* always resist \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add as they did\add*! \v 52 \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* caused [RHQ] \w every|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*, \add including Moses\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* ago \w announced|strong="G4293"\w* \add that the Messiah\add* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* always \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* pleased \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \add And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add recently\add* \w turned|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \add to his enemies\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add insisted that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*! \v 53 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \add are the people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \add Those were laws\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* caused angels \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give \add to our ancestors\add*. However, \add incredibly\add*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* obeyed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!” \s1 All the people there became very angry with Stephen. \sr Acts 7:54 \p \v 54 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Council members \add and others there\add* heard \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Stephen said\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* grinding \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add together because they were so angry\add* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*! \s1 After Stephen said that he could see Jesus standing beside God in heaven, they stoned him. \sr Acts 7:55-59 \p \v 55 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* controlled Stephen. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dazzling light \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he saw\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*. \v 56 “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* open, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add see\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*!” \p \v 57 \add When the Jewish Council members and others heard that\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* hands \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \add so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 58 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* dragged \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add of Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w throw|strong="G1544"\w* \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* accusing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add took off\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w outer|strong="G2440"\w* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \add in order to throw stones more easily, and\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1544"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \add on the ground\add* next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G3494"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \add so that he could guard them\add*. \v 59 \w While|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* prayed, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w receive|strong="G1209"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*!” \s1 He asked the Lord to forgive them, and he died. The disciples fled, some men buried Stephen, and Saul harassed believers. But the believers preached about Jesus wherever they were scattered. \sr Acts 7:60—8:3 \p \v 60 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Stephen \w fell|strong="G2837"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w*) [LIT] \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sin!” \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2837"\w*. \c 8 \p \v 1-2 Then some men who revered God buried Stephen’s body in a tomb, and they mourned greatly and loudly for him. \p On that same day \add people\add* started severely persecuting the believers \add who were living\add* in Jerusalem. So most \add of the believers\add* fled \add to other places\add* throughout Judea and Samaria \add provinces\add*. The apostles were the only \add believers who remained in Jerusalem\add*. \v 3 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* killing Stephen, \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* approving \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* killing Stephen. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \add also\add* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* destroy \w the|strong="G2532"\w* group \w of|strong="G2532"\w* believers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1531"\w* \w houses|strong="G3624"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w away|strong="G4951"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \add who believed in Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add arranged for\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \s1 Many Samaritans heeded Philip’s words and rejoiced. \sr Acts 8:4-8 \p \v 4 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* left Jerusalem \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2097"\w* different places, \w where|strong="G1330"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* continued \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1330"\w* Jesus. \v 5 \add One of those believers whose name was\add* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \add from Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \add province\add*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* telling \add the people that Jesus is\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*. \v 6 \w Many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \add speak\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w the|strong="G1722"\w* miraculous \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* ◄paid close \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*/listened carefully \w to|strong="G2532"\w*► \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 7 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \add example, when Philip commanded\add* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* controlled \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \add that they should come out of them\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* screamed. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add many others\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*. \v 8 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \add many people\add* [MTY] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* rejoiced. \s1 Philip baptized many Samaritans, including a sorcerer. \sr Acts 8:9-13 \p \v 9 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w practicing|strong="G3096"\w* \w sorcery|strong="G3096"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3173"\w* \w time|strong="G3173"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazing|strong="G1839"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \add province by doing that\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* continually \w claimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*/\w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w*. \v 10 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*, \w both|strong="G3588"\w* ordinary \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, listened \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Various ones of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w works|strong="G1411"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* extremely \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* ways \add because\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \add person\add*.” \v 11 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* continued \w to|strong="G1161"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* carefully, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1839"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* practicing sorcery. \v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*’s \add message\add* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add how\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* desires \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule [MET] \add the lives of people who believe in him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* [MTY]. \w Both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized. {\add Philip\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* baptizing \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \add who had come to believe in Jesus\add*}. \v 13 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w himself|strong="G1839"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add Philip’s message\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* baptized {\w after|strong="G1161"\w* \add Philip\add* baptized \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* constantly \w accompany|strong="G1510"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*. \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w continually|strong="G4342"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* often \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \add Philip\add* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* many kinds \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w miraculous|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \s1 Samaritan believers received the power of the Holy Spirit. \sr Acts 8:14-17 \p \v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add many people\add* [PRS] \add throughout\add* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \add district\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add about Jesus\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 15 \w When|strong="G4336"\w* Peter \w and|strong="G4151"\w* John arrived \w in|strong="G4012"\w* Samaria, \w they|strong="G3748"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G4012"\w* \add new believers\add* \w in|strong="G4012"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3704"\w* \w the|strong="G2983"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*’s \add power\add* would \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2597"\w* \w them|strong="G2983"\w*. \v 16 \add Peter and John realized that\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* begun \w to|strong="G1519"\w* empower \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* baptized {\add Philip\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* baptized \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add because they had believed\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add but they did not know about the Holy Spirit\add*. \v 17 \add Then Peter and John\add* \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \add the heads of\add* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* person, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add power of\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \s1 Peter denounced Simon the sorcerer. \sr Acts 8:18-24 \p \v 18 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add things that convinced him\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*’s \add power to people\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* result \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles placing \w their|strong="G3708"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \add to give\add* \w money|strong="G5536"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles, \v 19 \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Enable \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w also|strong="G2504"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add you are doing\add*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G2007"\w*/\w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*’s \add power\add*.” \v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w May|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hell, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add mistakenly\add* \w think|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* buy \add from us\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add alone\add* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add people\add* \v 21 \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* authorized \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w part|strong="G3310"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* ministry \w of|strong="G3056"\w* giving \add the Holy Spirit’s power\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* thinking rightly! (\w OR|strong="G3761"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* thinking completely wrongly.) \v 22 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* stop thinking wickedly \add like\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* plead \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* willing, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add for what\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add wickedly\add* \w thought|strong="G1963"\w*/planned \add to do\add* \v 23 \add Turn away from your evil ways\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w perceive|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* extremely \w envious|strong="G4088"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* slave \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add continual desire to do evil! God will certainly punish you severely\add*!” \v 24 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*!” \s1 Peter and John preached to many Samaritans. \sr Acts 8:25 \p \v 25 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \add Peter and John\add* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \add people there\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* knew personally \add about the\add* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w declared|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \add Along the way\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Jesus to people\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Samaria \add province\add*. \s1 Philip met an Ethiopian official. \sr Acts 8:26-28 \p \v 26 \add One day\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w angel|strong="G2597"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* commanded \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* ready \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 road|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* extends \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Gaza|strong="G1048"\w*.” \add That was\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* area. \v 27 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Philip got ready \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \add along that road\add*. \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Ethiopia. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important \w official|strong="G1413"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* funds \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* queen \add of\add* Ethiopia. \add In his language people called their queen\add* \w Candace|strong="G2582"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \add God\add*, \v 28 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w returning|strong="G5290"\w* \add home\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w seated|strong="G2521"\w* \add riding\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* chariot. \add As he was riding\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* reading \add out loud from\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \add had written\add* [MTY] \add long ago\add*. \s1 The official could not understand what he was reading. \sr Acts 8:29-31 \p \v 29 \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4334"\w* \w near|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* chariot \w and|strong="G2532"\w* keep walking close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the man who is riding in\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!” \v 30 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \add to the chariot and kept running close to it\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* official reading \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \add had written\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* reading?” \v 31 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\add No!\add* ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* possibly \add understand it\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \add there is\add* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* explain \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add understand it\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \add there is\add* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* explain \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ]” \s1 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w preached|strong="G3870"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* official. \sr Acts 8:31b-35 \p \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “Please come \w up|strong="G3361"\w* \add and\add* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* beside \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.” \add So Philip did that\add*. \v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* official \w was|strong="G1510"\w* reading \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \q1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add be silent when\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \q1 \add like when \add* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \add is led away to be killed\add*. \q1 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* silent \w when|strong="G1161"\w* its wool \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G2751"\w* {\w someone|strong="G3739"\w* cuts \w off|strong="G2751"\w* its wool}, \add similarly\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* protest [MTY] \add when people cause him to suffer\add*. \q1 \v 33 \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* humiliated \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* accused falsely {\w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* humiliate \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add by accusing him falsely\add*}, \q1 \add the rulers\add* ◄\w will|strong="G5101"\w* not consider \w him|strong="G3588"\w* innocent/\w will|strong="G5101"\w* consider \w him|strong="G3588"\w* guilty►. \q1 \w No|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* possibly \w be|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* descendants, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* killed {\w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w without|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* having \add any descendants\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \p \v 34 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* official \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \add about these words that he was reading\add*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* writing \w about|strong="G4012"\w*? \add Was he writing\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w*?” \v 35 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \add to explain\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* passage. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w about|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \add So the official understood and believed in Jesus\add*. \s1 Philip baptized the official. Then the Spirit took Philip away. \sr Acts 8:36-39 \p \v 36-37 While they were traveling along the road, they came to \add a place where there was a pond of\add* water \add near the road\add*. Then the official said \add to Philip\add*, “Look, \add there is a pond of\add* water! ◄I would like you to baptize me, because I do not know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent \add you\add* from baptizing me.}/Do you know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent \add you\add* from baptizing me}?► [RHQ]” \v 38 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* official told \add the driver\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stop|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* chariot. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* official \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add pond of\add* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add Philip\add* baptized \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 39 \w When|strong="G3753"\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 suddenly|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* official \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add although he never saw Philip again\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* official continued \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \add that God had saved him\add*. \s1 Philip preached in towns from Azotus to Caesarea. \sr Acts 8:40 \p \v 40 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* realized \add that the Spirit had miraculously taken him to\add* Azotus \add town\add*. \w While|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* traveled around \add in that region\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* message \add about Jesus\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \add between Azotus and Caesarea. And he was still proclaiming\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* finally \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \add city\add*. \c 9 \s1 Saul asked the high priest to authorize him to arrest believers. \sr Acts 9:1-2 \p \v 1 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* angrily continued \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus is\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* supreme priest \add in Jerusalem\add* \v 2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* requested \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to write\add* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \add introducing him\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the leaders of\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting places \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \add city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* followed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \add that Jesus had taught\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \add so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them\add*. \s1 While Saul was traveling to Damascus, Jesus appeared to him and blinded him. \sr Acts 9:3-8 \p \v 3 Saul \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* letters, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add and those with him\add* traveled \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w approaching|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* city, \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add brilliant\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w shone|strong="G4015"\w* \w around|strong="G4015"\w* Saul. \v 4 \add Immediately\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \add of the Lord\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, ◄stop causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ]” \v 5 Saul \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add and\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* suffer \add by hurting my followers\add*! \v 6 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* instead \add of continuing to do that\add*, \w stand|strong="G5101"\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*! \add Someone there\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add want\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.” \v 7 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* traveling \w with|strong="G3588"\w* Saul \add became so frightened that they\add* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* say \w anything|strong="G3367"\w*. \add They just\add* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G3303"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sound|strong="G5456"\w* \add when the Lord spoke\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w anyone|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 but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* opened \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* see \w anything|strong="G3762"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add with him\add* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w led|strong="G5496"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. \v 9 \w For|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* next \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* Saul \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* see \add anything\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w*. \s1 Saul could see again after Ananias had put his hands on him. \sr Acts 9:9-19 \p \v 10 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add a Jew\add* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \add Ananias was seeing\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Ananias!” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am listening\add*.” \v 11 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w Street|strong="G4505"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*. Ask \add someone there if you(sg) can talk to\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \add city\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, surprisingly, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* moment \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \add to me\add*. \v 12 \add Saul has seen\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \add the house where he was staying\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3704"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.” \v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias \add protested\add*, saying, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* told \w me|strong="G4160"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*! \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add believe in\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \v 14 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w have|strong="G2192"\w* authorized \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \add to Damascus\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seize|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* us \w who|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* [MTY] \add and take us to Jerusalem\add*!” \v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* Ananias, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add Saul! Do what I say\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* serve \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY] \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add their\add* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \v 16 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* often \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* greatly \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \add telling people about\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY].” \v 17 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Ananias \w went|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add after he found\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \add where Saul was\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add as soon as he met Saul\add*, \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 him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Brother \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add himself\add* commanded \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add to you\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add same\add* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* traveling \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \add He sent me to you\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* control \w you|strong="G4771"\w*}.” \v 18 Instantly, \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \add fish\add* \w scales|strong="G3013"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Saul’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* baptized {\add Ananias\add* baptized \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \add immediately\add*. \v 19 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* Saul ate \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* felt \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. Saul stayed \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \s1 People there were astonished that Saul had believed in Jesus. \sr Acts 9:20-22 \p \v 20 Right away Saul began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \add to people about Jesus\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting places \add in Damascus. He told them\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w*/\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*► \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \v 21 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add preach\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w*. \add Various ones of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\add We(inc) can hardly believe that\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add same man\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* persecuted \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*!/\w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* really \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add same man\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* persecuted \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*?► [RHQ, MTY] \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* [RHQ] \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \add in Jerusalem\add*!” \v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* \w enabled|strong="G1743"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \add to preach to many people even\add* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* convincingly. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w proving|strong="G4822"\w* \add from the Scriptures\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* think \w of|strong="G2532"\w* anything ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* refute \add what he said/to prove that what he said was not true\add*►. \s1 Saul escaped from those who plotted to kill him. \sr Acts 9:23-25 \p \v 23 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* later, \add after Saul had left Damascus and then returned\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \add there\add* \w plotted|strong="G4823"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 24 \add During each\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* continually \w watching|strong="G3906"\w* \add the people passing through\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w gates|strong="G4439"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add when they saw Saul\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, someone told \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* planned \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 25 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* helped \add to believe in Jesus\add* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add one\add* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \add to the high stone wall that surrounded the city\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \add used ropes to\add* \w lower|strong="G5465"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \add large\add* \w basket|strong="G4711"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* opening \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wall|strong="G5038"\w*. \add So he escaped from Damascus\add*. \s1 Barnabas introduced Saul to other believers in Jerusalem. \sr Acts 9:26-28 \p \v 26 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Saul \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w trying|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w associate|strong="G2853"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add almost\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* continued \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* believer. \v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* explained \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w how|strong="G4459"\w*, \add while Saul was traveling\add* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \add to Damascus\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add there. He\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* Saul \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w preached|strong="G2980"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* [MTY] \add to people\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. \add The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that\add*. \v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Saul began \w to|strong="G1519"\w* associate \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \add and other believers\add* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \add to people\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \s1 The believers sent Saul to Tarsus because some Jews tried to kill him. \sr Acts 9:29-30 \p \v 29 Saul \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add also\add* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add about Jesus\add* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* Greek, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w debating|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* continually trying \add to think\add* ◄\add of a way\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*/\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add how they could\add* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►. \v 30 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* believers heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add those Jews were planning to kill him, some of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w took|strong="G2532"\w* Saul \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \add city. There\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arranged \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \add by ship\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w*, \add his hometown\add*. \s1 The church in Israel had peace and many people believed. \sr Acts 9:31 \p \v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* groups \w of|strong="G4151"\w* believers \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \add the entire regions of\add* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* peacefully \add because no one was persecuting them any more\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* strengthening \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add spiritually\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* encouraging \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* continuing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* revere/honor \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus, and the Holy Spirit\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* enabling \w many|strong="G2192"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add to become believers\add*. \s1 Because Peter healed Aeneas, many people believed in Jesus. \sr Acts 9:32-35 \p \v 32 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w traveling|strong="G1330"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add regions, once\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add the coastal plain to visit\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add who lived\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \add town\add*. \v 33 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* met \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Aeneas. Aeneas \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add his\add* \w bed|strong="G2895"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w eight|strong="G3638"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w*. \v 34 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Aeneas, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w heals|strong="G2390"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) right now\add*! \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* mat!” Right away Aeneas \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 35 Most \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Sharon|strong="G4565"\w* \add Plain\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* Aeneas \add after the Lord had healed him\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \s1 Dorcas died. \sr Acts 9:36-37 \p \v 36 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \add town\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* believer \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w*. \add Her name\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Greek\add* language \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w*. \add Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w continually|strong="G4134"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2532"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \add for others. Specifically\add*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* poor \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add by giving them things that they needed\add*. \v 37 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add that Peter was in Lydda\add*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* sick \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Some women there\add* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* body \add according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it\add*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \add covered her body with cloth and\add* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1096"\w* upstairs \w room|strong="G5253"\w* \add in her house\add*. \s1 Peter resurrected Dorcas. \sr Acts 9:38-43 \p \v 38 \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add still\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* sent \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add go\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \add When they arrived where Peter was\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* repeatedly \w urged|strong="G3870"\w*/\w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Please \w come|strong="G1510"\w* immediately \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add to Joppa\add*!” \v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add right away\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got ready \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \add at the house in Joppa\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* upstairs \w room|strong="G5253"\w* \add where Dorcas’ body was lying\add*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \add there\add*crowded around \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w showing|strong="G1925"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still alive. \v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room. \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 and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w turning|strong="G1994"\w* \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w*, stand \w up|strong="G5087"\w*!” \add Immediately\add* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G5087"\w*. \v 41 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* grasped \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\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 After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G5455"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add especially\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \add among them to come back in\add*, \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* \add again\add*. \v 42 \add Soon\add* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* knew \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* miracle, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* result \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \v 43 \w Peter|strong="G3306"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w who|strong="G5100"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* leather \add from animal skins\add*. \c 10 \s1 Obeying an angel, Cornelius sent men to summon Peter. \sr Acts 10:1-8 \p \v 1 \add There was\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add who lived\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \add city\add* \w whose|strong="G3588"\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 an|strong="G1722"\w* officer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* commanded 100 \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* large group \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add Roman\add* soldiers \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Italy. \v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w please|strong="G1189"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w* [MTY] \add were non-Jews who\add* habitually worshipped \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help poor \add Jewish\add* \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 regularly|strong="G1223"\w*. \p \v 3 \add One day\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* afternoon \add Cornelius saw\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w clearly|strong="G5320"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add had sent\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \add his room\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*!” \v 4 Cornelius stared \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w terrified|strong="G1719"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \add fearfully\add*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* want?” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \add regularly to him\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* often \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add help\add* poor \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \add Those things have been\add* like \w a|strong="G1096"\w* sacrifice \add to God\add*. \v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w now|strong="G3568"\w* command \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add tell them to\add* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\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* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \add also\add* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* makes leather. \w His|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* near \w the|strong="G3739"\w* ocean.” \v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G5455"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* gone, \w Cornelius|strong="G5455"\w* \w summoned|strong="G5455"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w household|strong="G3610"\w* \w servants|strong="G3610"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* served \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* worshipped \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 8 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1834"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* everything \add that the angel had said. Then\add* \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* \add to ask Peter to come to Caesarea\add*. \s1 Peter’s vision. \sr Acts 10:9-16 \p \v 9 \w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w noon|strong="G5610"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add three men\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* traveling \add along the road\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G1448"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \add Joppa. As they were approaching Joppa\add*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add flat\add* \w housetop|strong="G1430"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*. \v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w hungry|strong="G4361"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G1089"\w*. \w While|strong="G1161"\w* someone \w was|strong="G1096"\w* preparing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food, \add Peter\add* saw \add this\add* vision: \v 11 ◄\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* open/\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* opening \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w lowered|strong="G2524"\w* \add to the ground\add*. \add It was tied at\add* its \w four|strong="G5064"\w* corners \add with ropes\add*. \v 12 \w Inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sheet \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w creatures|strong="G2062"\w*. \add These included animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* four feet, \w others|strong="G3588"\w* scurried across \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w*. \v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add he heard\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN] \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, stand \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \add and cook some of these\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add their meat\add*!” \v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, surely \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add really want me to do that\add*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w eaten|strong="G5315"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \add meat\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add our Jewish law says\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add something that we(exc)\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!” \v 15 \add Then Peter heard\add* [MTY] \w God|strong="G2316"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\add I am\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add so\add* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* something acceptable \add to eat\add*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* acceptable \add to eat\add*!” \v 16 \add This happened\add* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \add times, so Peter knew that he had to think carefully about what it might mean\add*. \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \add after God had said that the third time\add*, ◄\add the\add* sheet \add with the animals and birds\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*/\add someone\add* pulled \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sheet \add with the animals and birds\add* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*►. \s1 The Holy Spirit commanded Peter to go with the non-Jewish men. \sr Acts 10:17-23a \p \v 17 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1909"\w* understand \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w meant|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* sent \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* sent} \add arrived in Joppa. They asked people how to get to\add* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \add So they found his house\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2186"\w* outside \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*. \v 18 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G4441"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 19 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* still \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* understand \add what\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \add meant\add*, \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Three \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add are here who\add* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\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 downstairs|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* think \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w should|strong="G3367"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \add because of their being non-Jews\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \add here\add*!” \v 21 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Greetings!\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add the man\add* \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 have|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w*?” \v 22 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add Roman\add* army officer, \add sent us here\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* worships \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* [HYP] \add who know about him\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w*. \w An|strong="G2532"\w* angel ◄\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w*► \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G1342"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and\add* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* hear \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*.’” \v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \add said that he would go with them, and then he\add* \w invited|strong="G1528"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1831"\w* \add the house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* stay \add there that night\add*. \s1 \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* met Cornelius. \sr Acts 10:23b-26 \p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* ready \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w*. \w Several|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arrived \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* invited \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* close \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \add to come to his house, so they were there, too\add*. \v 25 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* house, \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w bowed|strong="G4352"\w* low \w in|strong="G1909"\w* front \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add grasped Cornelius by the hand and\add* \w lifted|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* feet. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*! \add Do not revere/worship me\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* human, \add like you\add*!” \s1 Peter asked why they had sent for him. \sr Acts 10:27-29 \p \v 27 \w While|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* talking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Cornelius, \w Peter|strong="G4926"\w* \add and the others\add* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \add a large room inside the house\add*. \w Peter|strong="G4926"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w* \add there\add*. \v 28 \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* Peter \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \add of us\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* think \w we|strong="G5613"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* disobeying \add our Jewish\add* laws \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G5613"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w associate|strong="G2853"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* non-Jewish person \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add if we even\add* \w visit|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w However|strong="G5613"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w shown|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add in a vision\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* accept \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 29 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \add some men\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add here\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add right away. I\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could \w not|strong="G2064"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \add with non-Jewish people. So, please tell me\add*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add here\add*?” \s1 Cornelius told about his vision. \sr Acts 10:30-33 \p \v 30 \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w About|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w four|strong="G5067"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \add to God\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \add as I regularly do\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* afternoon. \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2066"\w* \add shone\add* brightly \w stood|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 said|strong="G5346"\w*, ‘\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* prayed, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1522"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w heard|strong="G1522"\w* \add when\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \add to him\add*}. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* noticed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add often\add* given \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add help\add* poor \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \add and he is pleased with that\add*. \v 32 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \add messengers to go\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \add in order\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* ask \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \add here\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ocean \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w belongs|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add another\add* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* makes leather. \add When Simon Peter comes, he will tell you a message from God\add*.’ \v 33 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w immediately|strong="G1824"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \add some men who asked\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) to come here\add*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add certainly\add* thank \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w coming|strong="G3854"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* gathered \add here, knowing that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*, \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G4367"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add to say. So please speak to us\add*.” \s1 Peter reminded them of what they knew about Jesus. \sr Acts 10:34-38 \p \v 34 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Now\add* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w understand|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* favor \w only|strong="G3756"\w* certain groups \add of people\add*. \v 35 Instead, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* group \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* accepts \add everyone who\add* honors \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* pleases \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 36 \add You know\add* \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* \add us\add* Israelis. \add He\add* \w proclaimed|strong="G2097"\w* \add to us the good news that he\add* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add with him\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has done\add*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \add Jesus is Lord not only over us Israelis. He\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add also the\add* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add who rules\add* \w over|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add people\add*. \v 37 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add he\add* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* land \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, beginning \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \add to do those things\add* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2784"\w* \add to people that they should turn away from their sinful behavior before\add* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* baptized \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 38 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add the Man\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add to do miracles. You also know\add* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* many places, \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w doing|strong="G1330"\w* \w good|strong="G2109"\w* \w deeds|strong="G3739"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healing|strong="G2390"\w* \add people. Specifically\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* continually \w healing|strong="G2390"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* causing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Jesus was able to do those things\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.” \s1 Peter said that God would forgive the sins of all who believe in Jesus. \sr Acts 10:39-43 \p \v 39 “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add apostles\add* tell \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add we saw Jesus\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add rest of\add* Israel. \add The leaders in Jerusalem\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* killed \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G3586"\w*. \v 40 However, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after he had died\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add also\add* \w enabled|strong="G1325"\w* \add some of us(exc)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add so that we would know that he was alive again\add*. \v 41 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add did\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add let\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Instead, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G3144"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add apostles\add* \w beforehand|strong="G4401"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \add Jesus after he became alive again\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add about him\add*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add apostles are the people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* meals \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \add again\add*/\w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w risen|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*►. \v 42 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \add everyone some day. He will judge all \add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add still \add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \add by that time\add*. \v 43 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who wrote about the Messiah long ago\add* told \add people\add* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add They wrote\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* if \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Messiah [MTY], \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w would|strong="G4396"\w* forgive \add them for\add* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* sins, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Messiah would do\add* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.” \s1 The Holy Spirit came down on the non-Jewish believers. \sr Acts 10:44-48 \p \v 44 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, suddenly \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* ◄\w came|strong="G3588"\w* down \w on|strong="G1909"\w*/\w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* control► \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add those non-Jewish people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*. \v 45 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w believers|strong="G4103"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4905"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add from Joppa\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* generously given \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 46 \add The Jewish believers knew that God had done that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* hearing \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* [MTY] \add that they had not learned\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* how \w great|strong="G3170"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 47 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \add to the other Jewish believers who were there\add*, “\add God\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w given|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \add he gave him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add Jewish believers\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w surely|strong="G3385"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* agree \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add we(exc)\add* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* baptize \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*!/\w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w forbid|strong="G2967"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized?► [RHQ]” \v 48 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* Peter \w told|strong="G4367"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \add to show that they had believed\add* [MTY] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Lord\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \add So they baptized all of them. After they were baptized\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w requested|strong="G2065"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Peter \w stay|strong="G1961"\w* \add with them\add* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \add So Peter and the other Jewish believers did that\add*. \c 11 \s1 Some Jewish believers criticized Peter. \sr Acts 11:1-3 \p \v 1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* towns \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add province\add* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add some\add* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add from\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add and the six other believers\add* returned \add from Caesarea\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \add some\add* Jewish believers criticized \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \add because they thought that Jews should not associate with non-Jews\add* [MTY]. \v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Not|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*(sg) \w to|strong="G4314"\w* visit non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1525"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add even\add* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*!” \s1 Peter told about his vision. \sr Acts 11:4-10 \p \v 4 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w explain|strong="G1620"\w* exactly \add what had 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down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. \v 6 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* intently \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* tame \w animals|strong="G5074"\w* \add but also animals that our laws forbid us to eat, including\add* \w wild|strong="G2342"\w* \w animals|strong="G5074"\w*, snakes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2342"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w*. \v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] commanding \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \add some of these\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add cook and\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add their meat\add*!’ \v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \add you(sg)\add* surely \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \add really want me to do that\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* eaten [MTY] \w meat|strong="G3588"\w* \add from any animal\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add our laws say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* eat [SYN]!’ \v 9 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* spoke \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add to me\add* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, ‘\add I am\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add so\add* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* something acceptable \add to eat\add*, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* acceptable \add to eat\add*!’ \v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add after that happened three times, the sheet with\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \add those animals and birds\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* pulled \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.” \s1 Peter said that the Holy Spirit came to be with the non-Jewish believers. Peter accepted those non-Jews as fellow believers. \sr Acts 11:11-17 \p \v 11 “\w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* exact \w moment|strong="G1824"\w*, \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add Cornelius\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w*} \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* arrived \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* staying. \v 12 \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* willing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add even though they were not Jews\add*. \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* \add Jewish\add* believers \add from Joppa\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to Caesarea\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \add men\add* \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 bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* name \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* [MTY] \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\w how|strong="G1722"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* [MTY] \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*}.’ \v 15 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add suddenly\add* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* down \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G1438"\w* [MTY] \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add during the Pentecost festival\add*. \v 16 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*: ‘\w John|strong="G2491"\w* caused \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add to enter you and change your lives.’\add* \v 17 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jews \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2470"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, ◄\add I\add* \w could|strong="G1415"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add possibly\add* tell \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \add when he gave them the Holy Spirit!\add*/\w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w could|strong="G1415"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add tell\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \add when he gave them the Holy Spirit\add*?► [RHQ] \add He was showing that he had received them\add*!” \s1 They praised God that he also saves non-Jewish people. \sr Acts 11:18 \p \v 18 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \add those Jewish believers\add* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stopped criticizing \add him. Instead\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add clear to us that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* turn \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior \add and believe in Jesus\add*!” \s1 Many non-Jews in Antioch believed in the Lord Jesus. \sr Acts 11:19-21 \p \v 19 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \add people had killed\add* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w many|strong="G2980"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers left \add Jerusalem and went\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* places, \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* causing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \add there in Jerusalem. Some of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w* \add region\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w* \add Island\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \add city in Syria province. In those places\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* continually \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Jesus\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 20 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \add city in north Africa\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add although they told other Jews about\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add there\add*. \v 21 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* [MTY] \w was|strong="G1510"\w* powerfully enabling \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add believers to preach effectively. As a result\add*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add their message and\add* trusted \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \s1 Barnabas encouraged the believers at Antioch. \sr Acts 11:22-24 \p \v 22 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* group \w of|strong="G4012"\w* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* heard [MTY] \add people say that many people in Antioch were believing in Jesus. So\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add leaders\add* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jerusalem\add* asked Barnabas \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch. \v 23 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \add there\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* acted kindly toward \add the believers. So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* continually \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add believers\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trust completely \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \v 24 Barnabas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2425"\w* man \add whom\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* completely controlled, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusted \add God\add* completely. \add Because of what Barnabas did\add*, \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add there\add* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \s1 Barnabas and Saul taught many believers at Antioch. \sr Acts 11:25-26 \p \v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \add in Cilicia province to try\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*. \v 26 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, Barnabas \w brought|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add back to\add* Antioch \add to help teach the believers. So during\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \add Barnabas and Saul\add* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \add regularly\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add there\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add about Jesus. It was\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w called|strong="G5537"\w* \w Christians|strong="G5546"\w* {\add that people\add* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w called|strong="G5537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w Christians|strong="G5546"\w*}. \s1 Believers in Antioch helped needy believers in Judea. \sr Acts 11:27-30 \p \v 27 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add that Barnabas and Saul were\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \add believers who were\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \v 28 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Agabus, \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \add in order to speak\add*. \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* enabled \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* prophesy ◄\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* many countries/\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* many countries [HYP] \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \add suffer because they\add* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* enough \add food\add* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* eat►. (\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \add Roman Emperor\add*.) \v 29 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \add there heard what Agabus said\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w decided|strong="G3724"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \add money\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*. \w Each|strong="G1538"\w* \add of them decided to give as much money\add* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \add to give\add*. \v 30 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \add the money\add* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* leaders \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* congregation \add in Jerusalem\add*. \c 12 \s1 Herod had James killed and Peter put in prison. \sr Acts 12:1-4 \p \v 1 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Agrippa sent soldiers\add* [MTY] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w seized|strong="G1911"\w* \add and put in prison\add* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add leaders\add* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add in Jerusalem. He did that\add* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2596"\w* make \w the|strong="G1161"\w* believers suffer. \v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* commanded \add a soldier\add* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* cut off \w the|strong="G1161"\w* head \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \add the apostle\add* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add older\add* brother \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \add the apostle\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \v 3 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add leaders of the\add* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \add doing that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* commanded \add soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrest|strong="G4815"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add in order to kill him\add*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* during \w the|strong="G2532"\w* festival \add when the Jewish people ate\add* bread \add that\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* yeast. \v 4 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \add they\add* \w seized|strong="G4084"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* arranged \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* groups \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 Each|strong="G3326"\w* \add group\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*. \add Every three hours a different group began to guard him while the others rested\add*. \w Herod|strong="G1014"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add of prison and judge him\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add Festival was finished. He then planned to command soldiers to execute Peter\add*. \s1 An angel freed Peter from prison. \sr Acts 12:5-11 \p \v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add for several days\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* {\w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other believers\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jerusalem\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G4335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add that he would help\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \v 6 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \add before\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* planned \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w bring|strong="G4254"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \add from prison to have him executed\add* publicly, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2837"\w* \add in the prison\add* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w with|strong="G1210"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w* \w binding|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G5083"\w* arms \add to the arms of the soldiers. Two other\add* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* guarding \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*. \v 7 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \add from\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \add beside Peter\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add bright\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w shone|strong="G2989"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w cell|strong="G3612"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* angel poked \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w woke|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5034"\w*!” \add While Peter was getting up\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chains \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G1601"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w wrists|strong="G5495"\w*. \add However, the soldiers were not aware of what was happening\add*. \v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w*, “\w Put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sandals|strong="G4547"\w*!” \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Fasten \w your|strong="G2532"\w* belt/girdle \add around you(sg)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sandals|strong="G4547"\w*!” \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 told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Wrap|strong="G4016"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!” \v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add after Peter put on his cloak and sandals\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \add the angel\add* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add of the prison cell\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* idea \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* really \w happening|strong="G1096"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \add that he\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w seeing|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*. \v 10 \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel walked \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* guarding \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1208"\w* doors, \add but the soldiers did not see them. Then\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w iron|strong="G4603"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add led\add* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* opened \w by|strong="G1909"\w* itself, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel walked \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add of the prison\add*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* walked \add a ways\add* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w street|strong="G4505"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel suddenly disappeared. \v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add finally\add* \w realized|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add what had happened to him was not a vision, but\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* really \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to himself\add*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* really \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \add to help me\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* planned \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* [MTY] \add to me\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] expected \add that Herod would do to me\add*.” \s1 Peter reported to the other believers. \sr Acts 12:12-17 \p \v 12 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G4894"\w* \add that God had rescued him\add*, \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 whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*. \w Many|strong="G2425"\w* \add believers\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* assembled \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \add that God would help Peter somehow\add*. \v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Peter \w knocked|strong="G2925"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* outer \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w*, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Rhoda|strong="G4498"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* find out \add who was outside the door\add*. \v 14 \add When Peter answered her\add*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* happy \add and excited\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* open \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2476"\w*! \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* back \add into the house\add*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \add excitedly\add* announced \add to the other believers\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2476"\w*. \v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add one of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* crazy!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* continued \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add really true. Then\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* repeatedly \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add No\add*, \add it cannot be Peter\add*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add probably\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* angel \add who was guarding\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add who has come\add* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* angel \add who has guarded/protected\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add and he has come to tell us that\add* \w Peter|strong="G3779"\w* \add has died\add*.)” \v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w continued|strong="G1961"\w* \w knocking|strong="G2925"\w* \add on the door. So when someone finally\add* opened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* door, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* completely \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w*! \v 17 \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\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* exactly \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add leader\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add congregation\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* fellow believers \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add Peter left and\add* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*. \s1 Herod commanded soldiers to execute the guards. \sr Acts 12:18-19 \p \v 18 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* next \w morning|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \add who had been guarding\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* terribly distressed, \add because they did not know\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add heard about it\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* search \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* questioned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \add who had been guarding Peter\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add How did Peter get away when you were there guarding him?\add*” \add But they could not explain it. So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* led away \add to be executed\add* {\add other soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w lead|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away \add to execute them\add*}. \add Afterwards\add*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add province\add* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \add for some time\add*. \s1 An angel caused Herod to die. \sr Acts 12:20-23 \p \v 20 \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* furiously \w angry|strong="G2371"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who lived\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4606"\w* \add cities. Then\add* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add who represented them\add* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* unitedly \add to Caesarea in order to meet with\add* \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* Blastus, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w*’s important officials, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \add Herod\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add in their cities\add* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add with him. They wanted to be able to trade with the people that Herod ruled\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* needed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* buy food \w from|strong="G1515"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w regions|strong="G5561"\w*. \add Herod had commanded the people in the areas he ruled to stop selling food to the people in those cities\add*. \v 21 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* planned \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add meet with them\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* ◄\w very|strong="G2532"\w* expensive \w clothes|strong="G2066"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* showed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*/\w his|strong="G1438"\w* royal \w robes|strong="G2066"\w*►. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* ◄throne/chair \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* ruled \add people\add*►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add formally\add* addressed \add all\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add who had gathered there\add*. \v 22 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add were listening to him\add* \w shouted|strong="G2019"\w* repeatedly, “\add This man who\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* speaking \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*!” \v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* Herod \add let the people praise him\add* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \add from\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* Herod \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* seriously ill. \add Many\add* \w worms|strong="G4662"\w* ate \w his|strong="G2532"\w* intestines, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add soon\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G1634"\w* \add very painfully\add*. \s1 Many people heard God’s message and became believers. Barnabas and Saul returned to Antioch from Jerusalem. \sr Acts 12:24-25 \p \v 24 \add The believers\add* continued telling \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* many places, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\add the number of people who believed in Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* continually \w increasing|strong="G4129"\w*/\w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* continually \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* believing \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*►. \p \v 25 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w finished|strong="G4137"\w* \add delivering the money to help the Jewish believers in Judea\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \add to Antioch, in Syria province\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*, \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \c 13 \s1 The Holy Spirit commanded Barnabas and Saul to go on a mission. \sr Acts 13:1-3 \p \v 1 \w Among|strong="G1722"\w* \add the people in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*/\w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* spoke messages \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \add people about Jesus. They were\add* Barnabas; \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Niger|strong="G3526"\w*/Blackman; \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \add city\add*; \w Manaen|strong="G3127"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* grown \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*. \v 2 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* worshipping \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fasting|strong="G3522"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “Appoint Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add serve\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go and do\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* chosen \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to do\add*!” \v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* continued ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w fast|strong="G3522"\w*/\w to|strong="G2532"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* eating food► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|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* \add praying that God would help them\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* off \add to do what the Holy Spirit had commanded\add*. \s1 Barnabas and Saul preached the gospel in Jewish meetings place on Cyprus. \sr Acts 13:4-5 \p \v 4 Barnabas \w and|strong="G5037"\w* Saul, guided \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \add from Antioch\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Seleucia|strong="G4581"\w* \add port\add*. \w From|strong="G5259"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* ship \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Salamis \add port on Cyprus Island\add*. \v 5 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Salamis|strong="G4529"\w*, \add they went\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* meeting places. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add Mark went with them and\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \s1 Saul-Paul denounced a sorcerer, and an official believed in Jesus. \sr Acts 13:6-12 \p \v 6 \add The three of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w across|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w Paphos|strong="G3974"\w* \add city\add*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* met \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w magician|strong="G3097"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Bar-Jesus. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* falsely \add claimed\add* ◄\w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w prophet|strong="G5578"\w*/\w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* messages \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*►. \v 7 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* often \w accompanied|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* governor \add of the island\add*, \w Sergius|strong="G4588"\w* \w Paulus|strong="G3972"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w intelligent|strong="G4908"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* governor \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \add someone\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* ask Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*. \add So Barnabas and Saul came and told him about Jesus\add*. \v 8 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w magician|strong="G3097"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Elymas|strong="G1681"\w* \add in the Greek language\add*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* opposing \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* repeatedly \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* persuade \w the|strong="G1161"\w* governor not \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add in Jesus\add*. \v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, empowered \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* intently \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* magician \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, \v 10 “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* serving \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* oppose \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w 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hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 12 \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* governor \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \add to Elymas\add*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in the Lord Jesus\add*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \add what Paul and Barnabas\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \s1 The leaders of the Jewish meeting place in Antioch asked Paul and Barnabas to speak to them. \sr Acts 13:13-15 \p \v 13 \add After that\add*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* two \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w 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At Perga\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add Mark\add* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add his home in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas traveled \add by land\add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \add city\add* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w* \add district in Galatia province\add*. ◄\w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G2250"\w*► \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting place \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w*. \v 15 \add Someone\add* read \add aloud\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add Moses had written. Then someone read from what the other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add had written\add* [MTY]. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \add someone this\add* note \add to take\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas: “Fellow Jews, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \add one of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* wants \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add here\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* encourage \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, please \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \add to us(exc) now\add*.” \s1 Paul said that God helped Israel and gave them the land of Canaan. \sr Acts 13:16-20 \p \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 motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* right \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \add so that the people would listen to him\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Fellow Israelis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add non-Jewish people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add also\add* worship \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add please\add* listen \add to me\add*! \v 17 \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (inc)\add* Israelis worship, \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \add to be his people\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* caused \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become \w very|strong="G2532"\w* numerous \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* foreigners living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt. \add Then after many years\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] powerfully \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 18 \add Even though they repeatedly disobeyed him, he\add* cared \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G5063"\w* \add while they were\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*. \v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add enabled the Israelis\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* conquer \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* tribal groups \add who were then living\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w* \add region\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* Israelis \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* possess. \v 20 \add Our ancestors began to possess Canaan\add* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 450 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \add their ancestors had arrived in Egypt\add*.” \s1 Paul told \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s removing Saul \w and|strong="G2532"\w* appointing David \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* Israel’s king. \sr Acts 13:20b-22 \p “\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w God|strong="G1325"\w* appointed leaders \add to rule the Israeli people. Those leaders continued to rule our people\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \add ruled them\add*. \v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add while Samuel was still their leader\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* demanded \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add appoint\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \add to rule them. So\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* appointed \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Kish|strong="G2797"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Benjamin, \add to be their king\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add ruled them\add* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. \v 22 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* rejected Saul \add from being king\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4160"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* observed \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesse|strong="G2421"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* exactly \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w desire|strong="G2307"\w* [IDM]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add everything that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \add him to do\add*.’ ” \s1 Paul said that God sent David’s descendant, Jesus, to Israel to save them. \sr Acts 13:23-25 \p \v 23 “\w From|strong="G2596"\w* \add among\add* David’s \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* brought \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add us\add* Israeli \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* save us, \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* told \add David and our other ancestors\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 24 \w Before|strong="G4253"\w* Jesus began \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w work|strong="G3956"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w preached|strong="G4296"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add who came to him. He told them\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* sinful behavior \add and ask God to forgive them. Then he\add* \w would|strong="G2992"\w* baptize \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 25 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* finish \w the|strong="G1161"\w* work \add that God gave him to do\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* frequently \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the people\add*, ‘\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w think|strong="G2400"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add the Messiah whom God promised to send\add*? \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w The|strong="G1161"\w* Messiah \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \add soon\add* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*. \add He is so much greater than I am that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add even\add* important enough \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w slave|strong="G2064"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].’” \s1 Paul said that God resurrected Jesus and caused many people to see him. \sr Acts 13:26-31 \p \v 26 “Fellow Israelis, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* Abraham, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add you non-Jewish people who\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* worship \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add please listen! It is\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add all of\add* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add how he\add* saves \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \v 27 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* rulers \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* realize \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add Jesus was the one whom God had sent to save them\add*. \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* messages \w from|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* read \add aloud\add* {someone \w has|strong="G3778"\w* read \add aloud\add* messages \w from|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*} \w every|strong="G3956"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rest►, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* understand \add what the prophets wrote about the Messiah. So\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* \w condemned|strong="G2919"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add to die\add*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* predicted. \v 28 \add Many people accused Jesus of doing wicked things\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* prove \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* done \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* deserved \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* insistently asked \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \add the governor\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* command \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* executed {\w to|strong="G2532"\w* command soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* execute \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*}. \add So Pilate did what they asked him to do\add*. \v 29 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \add to Jesus\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the prophets long ago had\add* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add that people would do to\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add They killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. Then\add* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken {\add some people took\add* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\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 placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \v 30 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ◄\w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*/caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* live \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*► \v 31 \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \add repeatedly\add* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add his followers\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w along|strong="G1909"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add province\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who saw him\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*.” \s1 Paul said that God had done what he had promised that he would do by resurrecting Jesus. \sr Acts 13:32-37 \p \v 32 “\add Right\add* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add two\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G1603"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add our Jewish\add* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*! 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Jesus also died\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ◄\w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* dead/caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* live \w again|strong="G1453"\w*►, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add therefore\add* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* body \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.” \s1 Paul informed them that God would forgive their sins if they believed in Jesus. \sr Acts 13:38-41 \p \v 38-39 “Therefore, \add my\add* fellow Israelis \add and other friends\add*, it is important for you to know that \add we(exc)\add* are declaring to you \add that God\add* can forgive you for your sins as a result of \add what\add* Jesus \add has done\add*. Because of \add what\add* Jesus \add has done\add*, \add God\add* considers that everyone who believes \add in Jesus\add* is no longer guilty (OR, the record has been erased {\add God\add* has erased the record}) concerning everything that they \add have done that displeased God. But\add* when \add God\add* does \add that for you\add*, it is not as a result of \add your obeying\add* the laws \add that\add* Moses \add wrote\add*. \v 40 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* careful \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* judge \w you|strong="G1722"\w* [MTY], \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G4396"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w*! \v 41 \add The prophet wrote that God said\add*, \q1 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* ridicule \add me\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add certainly\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w astonished|strong="G2296"\w* \add when you see what I am doing\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add then\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w astonished|strong="G2296"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \add terrible to you\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2038"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that I would do that\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G1437"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!” \s1 People asked Paul and Barnabas to speak to them again the next Jewish day of rest. \sr Acts 13:42-43 \p \v 42 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \add finished speaking\add*, \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaving|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish meeting place, \add many of\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* repeatedly \w requested|strong="G3870"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G3342"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G4487"\w* rest► \add the two of them\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add again\add* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add that Paul had just told them\add*. \v 43 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave \add that meeting\add*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add of them\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* consisted \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* non-Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas continued talking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w urging|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \add believing the message that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* kindly \add forgives people’s sins because of what Jesus did\add*. \s1 Many non-Jews believed in Jesus and told others about him. \sr Acts 13:44-49 \p \v 44 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, most \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \add people in Antioch came to\add* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Jewish \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w* place \w to|strong="G2064"\w* hear \add Paul and Barnabas\add* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add the leaders of\add* [SYN] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* extremely jealous, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* large \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \add non-Jewish people were coming to hear Paul and Barnabas. 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But\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* rejecting \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*. \add By doing that\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* shown \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy ◄\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*/\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* eternally \add with God\add*►. \add Therefore\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w leaving|strong="G3588"\w* \add you, and now we\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w go|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \add to tell them the message from God\add*. \v 47 \add We are doing that also\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add to do it\add*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* said \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \q1 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5087"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add to reveal things about me\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add I have appointed\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1484"\w* everywhere [MTY] \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w* \add about the one who came\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \add them\add*.’ ” \p \v 48 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* listening \add to those words\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* repeatedly \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* wonderful. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* chosen ◄\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \add life/to live eternally with God\add*► \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add the message about the Lord Jesus\add*. \v 49 \add At that time, many of the believers\add* traveled \w around|strong="G2596"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* proclaiming \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* [MTY]. \s1 People expelled the apostles, but the believers continued on. \sr Acts 13:50-52 \p \v 50 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add some leaders of\add* [SYN] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w incited|strong="G3951"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most important \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add some\add* important/influential \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* believe, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \add Paul and Barnabas. 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They went\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w* \add cities in that district\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* area \w surrounding|strong="G4066"\w* \add those cities\add*. \v 7 \add While they were\add* \w in|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G1510"\w* area, \w they|strong="G1510"\w* continually told \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2097"\w* message \add about the Lord Jesus\add*. \s1 God enabled Paul to heal a lame man. \sr Acts 14:8-10 \p \v 8 \add Once while Paul was preaching to people\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* crippled \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w legs|strong="G4228"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add his mother\add* bore \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* crippled \w legs|strong="G4228"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*. \v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add about the Lord Jesus\add*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* directly \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add in the man’s face\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add the Lord Jesus\add* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G4982"\w*. \v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add to him\add*, “Stand \w up|strong="G3717"\w*!” \add When the man heard that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add immediately\add* jumped \w up|strong="G3717"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \add normally\add*. \s1 The apostles stopped the people from worshipping them. \sr Acts 14:11-18 \p \v 11 \w When|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*, \add they thought that Paul and Barnabas \add*◄\add were/must be\add*► \add the gods that they worshipped\add*. \w So|strong="G4314"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouted|strong="G1869"\w* \add excitedly\add* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w their|strong="G3708"\w* \add own\add* \w Lycaonia|strong="G3072"\w* \w language|strong="G3072"\w*, “\add Look! These people are\add* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \add that we(inc) worship! They \add*\w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* themselves \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w like|strong="G3666"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \add from the sky/heaven to help us\add*!” \v 12 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Barnabas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add probably the chief god, whose name was \add*\w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \add they began to say that\add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Hermes|strong="G2060"\w*, \add the messenger/spokesman for the other gods. 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The priest who was there heard what Paul and Barnabas had done, so he came\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*, where \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* already gathered. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \add two \add* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* wreaths \add of flowers around their necks\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \add as part of a ceremony\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* worship \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas. \v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, heard \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add and understood that the people thought that they were gods and wanted to sacrifice the bulls to worship them\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add were very distressed\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G1530"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, \v 15 “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bulls \add to worship us(dl)!\add*/\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*?► [RHQ] \add We are not gods\add*! 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He\add* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add with the believers\add*. \s1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* apostles revisited believers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* appointed leaders. \sr Acts 14:20b-23 \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 \add left Lystra and\add* traveled \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w*. \v 21 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add stayed there several days and they kept telling\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \add about Jesus\add*. \w Many|strong="G2425"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* believers. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \add started on their way back. They\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w*. \add Then they went from there\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add then they went\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \add in Pisidia province\add*. \v 22 \add In each city\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers [SYN] \w to|strong="G1519"\w* become \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritually\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add the Lord Jesus\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told \add the believers\add*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add we endure\add* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w often|strong="G4183"\w* persecuting \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* rule \add over us forever\add*.” \v 23 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w appointed|strong="G5500"\w* leaders \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w*. \add And before Paul and Barnabas left each town, they gathered the believers together and spent some time\add* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w fasting|strong="G3521"\w*/\w not|strong="G3739"\w* eating \w any|strong="G3739"\w* \w food|strong="G3521"\w*►. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w entrusted|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add leaders and other believers\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \add in order that he would care for them\add*. \s1 Paul and Barnabas reported to the believers at Syrian Antioch. \sr Acts 14:24-28 \p \v 24 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w had|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w* \add district\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add south\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w* \add district\add*. \v 25 \add In that district\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add arrived\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2980"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about the Lord Jesus to the people there. Then\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \add to the seacoast\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Attalia. \v 26 \w There|strong="G2547"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \add in Syria province\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* Barnabas \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* appointed {\w where|strong="G3739"\w* \add believers\add* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* Barnabas} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \add to other places\add* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* preach. \add Antioch was the place where the believers\add* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* asked \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kindly help \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* Barnabas \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* \w completed|strong="G4137"\w*. \v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w together|strong="G4863"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \add Specifically, they told them how God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* enabled [IDM] \add many\add* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add in Jesus\add*. \v 28 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* Antioch \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add other\add* believers \w for|strong="G1161"\w* several months. \c 15 \s1 Some Jewish believers said that God will save only people who are circumcised. \sr Acts 15:1-2 \p \v 1 \add Then\add* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \add Jewish\add* believers \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add province\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* believers \add there, and said\add*, “\add You\add* ◄\add must\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w*/\w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s mark \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w*► \add to indicate you belong to God\add*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add commanded\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* laws \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add he received from God\add*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w*}.” \v 2 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas strongly disagreed \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* arguing \add with them. So the believers at Antioch\add* \w appointed|strong="G5021"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* believers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w*/\w could|strong="G1096"\w* discuss \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w matter|strong="G5100"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other spiritual\add* leaders. \s1 Paul and Barnabas reported what God had enabled them to do. \sr Acts 15:3-4 \p \v 3 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* given \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* trip \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add at Antioch\add* {\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add at Antioch\add* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* trip}, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \add provinces. When they stopped at different places in those provinces\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reported \add to the believers\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add many\add* non-Jews \add in Antioch\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G4160"\w* believers. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add in those places\add* rejoiced \w greatly|strong="G5479"\w*. \v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* welcomed \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other members of the\add* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add there\add* {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other members of the\add* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add there\add* welcomed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas reported \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* enabled \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add among non-Jewish people\add*. \s1 Some Jewish believers said that non-Jewish believers must obey Moses’ laws. \sr Acts 15:5 \p \v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* sect \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1817"\w* \add among the other believers and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* non-Jews \add who have believed in Jesus\add* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave to\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.” \s1 Peter told about non-Jews becoming believers when he preached to them. \sr Acts 15:6-11 \p \v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the other\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w*. \v 7 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* discussed \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 Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Fellow \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add all\add* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add other apostles, in order that\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* hear \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [SYN] \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add them\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about the Lord Jesus\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* hear \add it\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in him. So Paul and Barnabas are not the first ones to tell non-Jews about Jesus\add*. \v 8 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w knows|strong="G2589"\w* \add and judges\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w according|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* think, \add not according to who their ancestors were\add*. \w By|strong="G2532"\w* sending \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the non-Jews\add*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \add he had\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* done \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add (inc)\add* Jews, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* showed \add me and others\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add also to be his people\add*. \v 9 \add God\add* saved \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add Jews\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add non-Jews\add* similarly, \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w clean|strong="G2511"\w* spiritually simply \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \add in the Lord Jesus. That was exactly how he has forgiven us\add*. \v 10 \add You are wanting to force the non-Jewish believers to obey our Jewish rituals and laws\add*—laws \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* shown \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2480"\w* require \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* obey [MET]. \add Your doing that is like\add* \w putting|strong="G2007"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* heavy burden \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, ◄stop making \w God|strong="G2316"\w* angry \w by|strong="G1909"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3739"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* making \w God|strong="G2316"\w* angry \w by|strong="G1909"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3739"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (inc) Jews\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w never|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* bear \add the burden of obeying those laws\add*! \v 11 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (inc) know that it is not because\add* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (inc) try to obey those laws that God saves us(inc) Jews. On the contrary\add*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (inc)\add* know \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4100"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* us \add (inc)\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* deserve \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w saves|strong="G4982"\w* us} \add from the guilt of our sins. God saves non-Jews who believe in the Lord Jesus\add* exactly \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \add he saves\add* us Jews.” \s1 Barnabas and Paul reported what God had helped them to do among the non-Jews. \sr Acts 15:12 \p \v 12 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \add there\add* \w became|strong="G4601"\w* \w silent|strong="G4601"\w* \add after Peter had spoken\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add all\add* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \add as the two of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w great|strong="G3745"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* enabled \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G4128"\w*, \add miracles that showed that God had accepted the non-Jews\add*. \s1 James recommended what they should tell the non-Jewish believers. \sr Acts 15:13-21 \p \v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* finished \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \add the leader of the group of believers there in Jerusalem\add*, \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add He said\add*, “Fellow believers, listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \v 14 \w Simon|strong="G4826"\w* \add Peter\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w you|strong="G1537"\w* \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* previously blessed \w the|strong="G1537"\w* non-Jews. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* choosing \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY]. \v 15 \add These\add* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God spoke\add*, \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \add one of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add long ago\add*, \w agree|strong="G4856"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*: \pi1 \v 16 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* return \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* re-establish \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom [MET] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \add ruled\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*} destroyed. \w My|strong="G3326"\w* \add doing that will be like\add* rebuilding \add a house\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*} \w torn|strong="G2679"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w*. \v 17 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w seek|strong="G1567"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God. I will do that in order that\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \add to belong\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY] \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w seek|strong="G1567"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \add You can be certain that this will happen because I\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \add these words\add*. \v 18 I \add caused my people to know about them\add* long ago.” \p \v 19 \add James continued by saying\add*, “\w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \add that we(inc)\add* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* bothering \w the|strong="G1909"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w turning|strong="G1994"\w* \add away from their sins and turning\add* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \add That is, we should stop demanding that they obey\add* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \add our laws\add* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* rituals. \v 20 Instead, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w write|strong="G1989"\w* \add a letter\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add requiring only four things: They should\add* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* eat \add meat/food that people\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* offered \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1497"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sex \w with|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* married, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add eat meat from animals that have been killed by\add* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w strangled|strong="G4156"\w* {\add people have strangled\add*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add they should not eat\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \add of animals\add*. \v 21 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G2192"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* long \w time|strong="G1074"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2784"\w* \add the laws that\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add wrote\add* [MTY], \add laws prohibiting those things\add*. \w And|strong="G4172"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w rest|strong="G2192"\w*► \add those laws\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* read {someone reads \add those laws\add*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting places. \add So if the non-Jews want to know more about those laws, they can find out in our meeting houses\add*.” \s1 The church leaders sent messengers with a letter to non-Jewish believers. \sr Acts 15:22-29 \p \v 22 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* members \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w*, accepted \add what James had said\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w decided|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w choose|strong="G1586"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add let the believers there know what the leaders\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w decided|strong="G1380"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* Barsabbas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \add at Jerusalem\add*. \v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \add that they asked Judas and Silas to take to the believers at Antioch\add*: \li1 “\add We(exc)\add* apostles and \add other\add* leaders who are your fellow believers \add send our greetings to you as we write this to you\add* non-Jewish believers \add who live\add* in Antioch and \add other places in\add* Syria and Cilicia \add provinces\add*. \v 24 People have told us that some men from among us went \add to you\add*, although we had not told \add them to do that\add*. They troubled/distressed you [SYN] \add by telling you things\add* that confused your thinking. \v 25 So \add while we(exc) met together here\add*, we decided to choose some men and ask them to go to you, along with Barnabas and Paul, whom we \add (exc)\add* love very much. \v 26 Those two have put their lives in danger because of their \add serving\add* our Lord [MTY] Jesus Christ. \v 27 We \add (exc) have also chosen\add* Judas and Silas to go to you. They will tell you the same things \add that we are writing\add*. \v 28 The Holy Spirit and \add also\add* we decided that you should not be required {that we should not require you} to obey a lot of burdensome \add Jewish\add* laws. Instead, \add we\add* only \add require you to obey\add* the following instructions, \q2 \v 29 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* eat food \w that|strong="G3739"\w* people \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="G1494"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1494"\w*. \q2 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* eat blood \w from|strong="G1537"\w* animals, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* eat meat \w from|strong="G1537"\w* animals \w that|strong="G3739"\w* people \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w by|strong="G1537"\w* strangling \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \q2 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sex \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* married. \p \w Those|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \add especially offend Jewish believers. So if\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* avoid \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* right. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*.” \s1 The letter and messengers encouraged the believers at Antioch. \sr Acts 15:30-32 \p \v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add four\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add they\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* chosen \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \add from Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \add city. When\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add there\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembled|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*, \add Judas and Silas\add* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 31 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* believers \w there|strong="G1161"\w* read \w the|strong="G1161"\w* letter, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w*, \add because its message\add* encouraged \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 32 \add Just like Paul and Barnabas were\add* ◄\add prophets/men who spoke messages from God\add*►, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3056"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* time \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add there\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trust \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w* \add in the Lord Jesus\add*. \s1 Paul and Barnabas continued to teach and preach in Antioch. \sr Acts 15:33-35 \p \v 33-34 After \add Judas and Silas \add* had stayed in Antioch for some time \add and were ready to return to Jerusalem\add*, the believers \add there\add* wished them well, and the believers \add prayed that God \add* would protect \add them as they traveled. So the two men \add* started to go back to the leaders \add in Jerusalem \add* who had asked them to go \add to Antioch\add*.\f + \fr 15:33-34 \fqa just before they left\ft , Silas decided to stay there \fqa in Antioch\ft .” Each translator should choose between this text and the implied information that we have given in verse 40. Each should choose the way to translate that seems the most preferable.\f* \v 35 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w continued|strong="G1304"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch. \add While they were there\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*, \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \s1 Paul and Barnabas separated, and Paul chose Silas. \sr Acts 15:36-41 \p \v 36 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Barnabas, “\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* \w visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* fellow believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add previously\add* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus. In that way, we will know\add* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \add well\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* continuing \add to believe in the Lord Jesus\add*.” \v 37 Barnabas \add agreed with Paul, and said that he\add* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G4838"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add again\add*. \v 38 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add told Barnabas that he\add* thought \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G4838"\w* Mark \add with them, because\add* Mark \w had|strong="G2532"\w* deserted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* previously \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w* \add region\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* continued \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 39 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas strongly disagreed \add with each other about that\add*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* separated. Barnabas \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \add along with him and they got\add* \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 Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*. \v 40 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w chose|strong="G1951"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \add who had returned to Antioch, to work with him\add*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* believers \add there\add* asked \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* graciously help \add Paul and Silas. Then\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* two \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w* \add from Antioch\add*. \v 41 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* continued \w traveling|strong="G1330"\w* \add with Silas\add* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \add provinces\add*. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* congregations \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trust strongly \add in the Lord Jesus\add*. \c 16 \s1 Paul chose Timothy to work with him and Silas. \sr Acts 16:1-3 \p \v 1 \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \add and Silas \add*\w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w* \add city and visited the believers there\add*. \w Next|strong="G1519"\w* \add they went to\add* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \add city\add*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w believer|strong="G4103"\w* \w whose|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* mother \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w believer|strong="G4103"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*. \v 2 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* Timothy, \v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* Timothy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add when he went\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* Timothy. \add He did that so that\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \add would accept Timothy\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* non-Jewish \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \add had not allowed him to be circumcised\add* {\add anyone to circumcise his son\add*}. \s1 Paul, Silas and Timothy told believers in Galatia what the church leaders had decided. \sr Acts 16:4-5 \p \v 4 \add So Timothy went with Paul and Silas\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w traveled|strong="G1279"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w*. \add In each town\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \add the\add* believers \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rules \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w*} \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* believers \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w*. \p \v 5 \add God was helping\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* towns \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trust \w more|strong="G2532"\w* strongly \add in the Lord Jesus\add*, \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* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* believers. \s1 Because of a vision in Troas, Paul went to preach in Macedonia. \sr Acts 16:6-10 \p \v 6 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* wanted/planned \w to|strong="G2532"\w* enter \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add province \add*\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preach|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Jesus\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add from going there. So\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w* \add provinces\add*. \v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* border \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w* \add province\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add north \add*\w into|strong="G1519"\w* Bithynia \add province\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add again\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add go there\add*. \v 8 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* through \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w* \add province\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* arrived \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \add port city. I, Luke, joined them there\add*. \v 9 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \add God gave \add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add who was a native\add* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \add province\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \add some distance away\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\add Please\add* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G1224"\w* \add here\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!” \v 10 \add The next morning\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* ready \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go and\add* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \s1 Paul’s company went from Troas to Philippi. \sr Acts 16:11-12 \p \v 11 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add (exc)\add* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* ship \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* sailed across \add the sea \add*\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samothrace|strong="G4543"\w* \add Island. We spent the night there\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \add we sailed again across the sea and arrived\add* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Neapolis|strong="G3501"\w* \add port/town\add*. \v 12 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add left Neapolis and\add* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \add by land\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* important \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \add province, where many\add* Roman citizens \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \s1 Paul preached the gospel and Lydia became a believer. \sr Acts 16:13-15 \p \v 13 \w On|strong="G2523"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*► \add after we(exc) arrived\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* \add down\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w river|strong="G4215"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add someone say\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \add When we arrived there, we saw\add* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \add to pray\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add the message about Jesus\add*. \v 14 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening \add to Paul. She was a non-Jewish woman\add*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thyatira|strong="G2363"\w* \add city, who bought and\add* \w sold|strong="G2532"\w* \add expensive\add* \w purple|strong="G4211"\w* cloth. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews believe \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* caused \w her|strong="G5259"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G4337"\w* \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* message \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w preached|strong="G2980"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add The members of her household also heard the good message and believed in Jesus\add* [MTY]. \v 15 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \add Paul and Silas\add* baptized Lydia \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* [MTY] {\w After|strong="G1161"\w* Lydia \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* baptized}, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go and stay in \add* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \add (pl)\add* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add now\add* \w believe|strong="G4103"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \add please\add* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.” \w She|strong="G2532"\w* persuaded \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add to do that, so we(exc) stayed there\add*. \s1 Paul expelled a demon from a slave girl, so officials imprisoned Paul and Silas. \sr Acts 16:16-24 \p \v 16 \w Another|strong="G5100"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* regularly gathered \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pray, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w met|strong="G5221"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* \w woman|strong="G2192"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* slave. \w An|strong="G2192"\w* \w evil|strong="G5100"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* enabling \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* ventriloquist \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \add to them\add*. \w People|strong="G5100"\w* paid \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* money \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the men who were\add* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w owners|strong="G2962"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* return \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add she said\add* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \add to them\add*. \v 17 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* young \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w followed|strong="G2628"\w* \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 She|strong="G2532"\w* continually \w shouted|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 who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* greatest \add of all gods\add*! \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* how ◄\add God\add* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* save \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add so that he will not punish you/to be\add* \w saved|strong="G4991"\w*►” \v 18 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. 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He said\add*, “\w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* authority [MTY] \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w command|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* young \w woman|strong="G3778"\w*!” Right \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w her|strong="G4160"\w*. \v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w owners|strong="G2962"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w longer|strong="G1909"\w* earn money \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add because she could no longer predict what would happen to people, so they were angry\add*. \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* forcefully \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* public square, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the place where\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government authorities \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add a lot of other people were gathered\add*. \v 20 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* owners \add of the young woman\add* \w brought|strong="G4317"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* officials \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* greatly troubling \add the people in\add* [MTY] \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \v 21 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* teaching \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* laws \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* allow \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w consider|strong="G4160"\w* \add to be correct\add* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w*!” \v 22 \w Many|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* joined \add those who were accusing\add* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started beating \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Roman\add* authorities \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tear \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* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G4463"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add with rods/sticks\add*. \v 23 \add So the soldiers\add* \w beat|strong="G2007"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* Silas vigorously \add with rods\add*. \w After|strong="G2007"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \add took them and\add* shoved \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* told \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* lock \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* securely. \v 24 \add Because the officials\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to do that\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jailer shoved \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cell \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* farthest inside. \add There, he made them sit down on the floor/ground and stretch out their legs\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* fastened \w their|strong="G1438"\w* ankles \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add grooves\add* \w between|strong="G2532"\w* two large wooden beams, \add so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs\add*. \s1 Paul and Silas helped the jailer and his household to become believers. \sr Acts 16:25-34 \p \v 25 \w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w*, \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* \add aloud\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w singing|strong="G5214"\w* \w hymns|strong="G5214"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w listening|strong="G1874"\w* attentively \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 26 Suddenly \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w* \w earthquake|strong="G4578"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w shook|strong="G4531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* jail [SYN] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w its|strong="G3956"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w* [SYN]. \add The earthquake caused\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \add of the jail\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* open suddenly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add caused\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fastened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* prisoners \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fall off. \v 27 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* 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 He|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w escaped|strong="G1628"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \add because he knew that the officials would kill him if the prisoners escaped\add*. \v 28 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add saw the jailer and\add* shouted \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G5455"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*! \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \add (exc) prisoners\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*!” \v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* jailer shouted \add to someone\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* torches/lanterns, \add and after they brought them\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G1530"\w* \w into|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w and|strong="G2532"\w* knelt \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*. \add He was very afraid, so\add* much \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w trembling|strong="G1790"\w*/shaking. \v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* Paul \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \add of the jail\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked: “\w Sirs|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* need \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \add from being punished for my sins\add*?” \v 31 \add They answered\add*, “\w Trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \add what\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add has done for you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* [MTY] \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \add if they believe in Jesus\add*.” \p \v 32-34 Then the jailer took Paul and Silas into his house, washed their wounds, and gave them a meal. \add He woke up all the people in his house, and\add* Paul and Silas told all of them the message about the Lord \add Jesus. They all believed in him\add*. Immediately \add after that, the jailer and all his family were baptized\add* {\add Paul and Silas\add* baptized the jailer and all his family}. They were very happy, because now they all believed in God. \s1 Paul and Silas encouraged the believers and then left Philippi. \sr Acts 16:35-40 \p \v 35 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* next \w morning|strong="G2250"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Roman\add* officials commanded \add some\add* police \w officers|strong="G4755"\w* \add to go to the jail to say to the jailer\add*, “\add Our bosses\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Let|strong="G1096"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add two\add* prisoners go \add now\add*!’” \v 36 \add After the officers went and told that to\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add went and\add* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add Roman\add* authorities \w have|strong="G3748"\w* sent \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* release \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \add from prison\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add two\add* can \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \add the jail\add* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* can \w go|strong="G4198"\w* peacefully!” \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* police officers, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \add commanded men to\add* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \add those authorities\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* learned \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* done anything wrong! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add ordered men to\add* shove \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* jail! \add But that was not legal, because\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizens! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want [RHQ] \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w* \w secretly|strong="G2977"\w*! \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* accept \w that|strong="G3588"\w*! \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \add Roman\add* officials \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add tell us that they are sorry\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \add of jail\add*.” \v 38 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* police \w officers|strong="G4755"\w* \add went and\add* told \w the|strong="G1161"\w* city authorities \add what Paul had said\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* authorities heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizens, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add that someone would report to more important officials what they had done, and as a result they would be punished\add* {\add those officials would punish them\add*}. \v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* authorities \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* done \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \w brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* repeatedly \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add soon\add*. \v 40 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*’s house. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \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 the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* believers. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add to continue trusting in the Lord Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two apostles \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add Philippi\add*. \c 17 \s1 In Thessalonica, Paul convinced many people that Jesus is the Messiah. \sr Acts 17:1-4 \p \v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w traveled|strong="G1353"\w* \w through|strong="G1353"\w* Amphipolis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Apollonia \add towns\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w* \add city\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* meeting \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 2 ◄\w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*► \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w house|strong="G2596"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* usually \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w For|strong="G1909"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* weeks \add he went there\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rest. Referring \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add about the Messiah\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* spoke \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* explained \w and|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add the prophets wrote that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w needed|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*/\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w raised|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \add afterwards\add*►. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*. \add He died and became alive again, just like the prophets predicted\add*.” \v 4 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \add there\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* {\w believed|strong="G3982"\w*} \add what Paul had said\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* associate \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4576"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* important \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \add who also believed the message about Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* associate \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*. \s1 Some Jews there incited people to oppose Paul and Silas. \sr Acts 17:5-9 \p \v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add some leaders of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Thessalonica \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w jealous|strong="G2206"\w* \add because many people believed what Paul taught\add*. \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* public square \w and|strong="G2532"\w* persuaded \w some|strong="G5100"\w* lazy \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \add who were loitering there\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add In this way, the leaders of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* gathered \w a|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w and|strong="G2532"\w* incited \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w noisy|strong="G2350"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* start \w a|strong="G2532"\w* riot \add against Paul and Silas\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jews and others\add* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add a man named\add* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*. \add He was the man who had invited Paul and Silas to stay at his house\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G4254"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas outside \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \add of people was waiting\add*. \v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* discovered \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \add and grabbed him\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* believers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w where|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4173"\w* officials/\w authorities|strong="G4173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add many other people were gathered\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \add who had brought Jason\add* shouted, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \add two\add* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* caused trouble [IDM] everywhere [HYP] \add they have gone\add*. \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 city|strong="G4173"\w*, \v 7 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add this fellow\add* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* invited \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* house. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add of this sect\add* oppose \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* Emperor \w has|strong="G3739"\w* decreed. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add the real\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*!” \v 8 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add that had gathered\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4173"\w* \w authorities|strong="G4173"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* excited. \v 9 \add They wanted to put the believers in jail. But instead\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officials made \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \add believers\add* pay \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fine|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \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* believers \w go|strong="G2532"\w*. \s1 In Berea, Paul helped many Jews and non-Jews to believe in Jesus. \sr Acts 17:10-12 \p \v 10 \add So\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \add out of Thessalonica\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Berea \add town\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w there|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 place, \add on a day when people had gathered there\add*. \v 11 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jews\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* willing \w to|strong="G2596"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jews\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Berea \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* willing \w to|strong="G2596"\w* listen, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* listened \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w eagerly|strong="G3326"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* read \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add for themselves\add* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* find \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \add about the Messiah\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 12 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* important non-Jewish \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* non-Jewish \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add believed in him\add*. \s1 Jews from Thessalonica incited people to oppose Paul. \sr Acts 17:13-15 \p \v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \add people tell them\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add was\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Berea \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w preaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Berea \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add told people there that what Paul was teaching was not true. Thus\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* caused \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* angry \add at Paul\add*. \v 14 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add several of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add in Berea\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* coast \add to go to another province\add*. \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* Berea. \v 15 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Berea \add arrived at the coast, they got on a ship and\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Athens \add city\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \add to the men who had come with him\add*, “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* \add here in Athens\add* \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* \add Athens and returned to Berea\add*. \s1 In Athens, idols distressed Paul, so he talked to many people about Jesus. \sr Acts 17:16-17 \p \v 16 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* Athens, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w waited|strong="G1551"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Timothy \add to arrive. In the meantime, he walked around in the city. He\add* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* distressed/disturbed \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* [HYP] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w idols|strong="G2712"\w*. \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 place|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked \add about Jesus\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Greeks \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* believe. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* public square/center \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add whom he met\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \s1 When Paul talked about Jesus, he perplexed some teachers. \sr Acts 17:18 \p \v 18 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w met|strong="G4820"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* teachers \w who|strong="G5101"\w* liked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* believe. \add People called\add* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w Epicureans|strong="G1946"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add they called\add* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* Stoics. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \add what they believed\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add what he believed. Then\add* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to one another\add*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* ignorant \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* nonsense [RHQ]!” \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add We(exc) think\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* teaching \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* ◄foreign \w gods|strong="G1140"\w*/\add new\add* \w gods|strong="G1140"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w about|strong="G3588"\w*►.” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add had died and\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \add afterwards. They had not heard that message before\add*. \s1 Athens Council members asked Paul to explain what he had been teaching. \sr Acts 17:19-21 \p \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 the|strong="G1909"\w* \w place|strong="G1909"\w* \w where|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* city council met. \add When they arrived\add* \w there|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Please\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* message \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*? \v 20 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* teaching \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* startle \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \add (exc)\add*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w mean|strong="G2309"\w*.” \v 21 \add They said that, because\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Athens \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* regions \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w continually|strong="G1519"\w* talked \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \add to them\add*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add others tell\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w*. \s1 Paul told them about the God whom they did not know. \sr Acts 17:22-31 \p \v 22 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* city council \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “Citizens \w of|strong="G1722"\w* Athens, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* ◄\w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* religious/think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* important \w to|strong="G2596"\w* worship \w many|strong="G1722"\w* gods►. \v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add say that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 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Then\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* punishes \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN] \w own|strong="G1438"\w* fault [MTY], \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\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* \add and preach\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*!” \v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G3327"\w* \add the Jewish meeting place\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w next|strong="G4927"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \add and preached there\add*. \w Titius|strong="G5103"\w* \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews believe. \v 8 \add After that\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G3624"\w*, \add whose name was\add* \w Crispus|strong="G2921"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w* [MTY] \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Corinth \w who|strong="G3588"\w* listened \add to Paul\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Jesus\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized. \add But there were people who still opposed Paul and his preaching\add*. \s1 Jesus commanded Paul to continue speaking about him, so Paul did that. \sr Acts 18:9-11 \p \v 9 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add of those who oppose you\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add to people about me\add*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w*, \v 10 \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add will help\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w harm|strong="G2559"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) here. Keep telling people about me\add*, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add believe in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.” \v 11 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Corinth \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* half, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \s1 Gallio refused to judge Paul. \sr Acts 18:12-17 \p \v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Roman\add* governor \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Achaia \add province\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w 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Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \s1 At Ephesus, Paul parted from Priscilla and Aquila. \sr Acts 18:18-21 \p \v 18 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* stayed \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Corinth \w for|strong="G1063"\w* ◄\w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*/\w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*►. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add her husband\add* Aquila. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* down \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cenchrea|strong="G2747"\w*, \add a port city\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w 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He\add* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* greeted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \add city in Syria province\add*. \p \v 23 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w spent|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \add with the believers\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* Antioch \w and|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* towns \add that he had visited previously\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \add provinces\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add of the message from God about Jesus\add*. \s1 Priscilla and Aquila instructed Apollos about the gospel. \sr Acts 18:24-26 \p \v 24 \add While Paul was traveling in Galatia and Phrygia\add*, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Apollos \w came|strong="G2658"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w native|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* Alexandria \add city\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \add spoke eloquently\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* knew \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* thoroughly. \v 25 \add Other believers\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add some things\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w how|strong="G1987"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus desires that people\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* conduct \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* enthusiastically \add to people. 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However, he was teaching incompletely about Jesus, because\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer had taught people whom he\add* baptized. \v 26 Apollos \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* confidently \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* learned. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aquila heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* Apollos taught, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* invited \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to their home\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w 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a|strong="G1519"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Achaia saying that they\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* welcome \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w*. \add So Apollos got on a ship to go to Corinth\add*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* \w helped|strong="G4820"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* kindly enabled \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Jesus\add*. \v 28 Apollos \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w vigorously|strong="G1246"\w* arguing \w publicly|strong="G1219"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \add the leaders of\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* many \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* listened. \add By quoting\add* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* proved \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*. \c 19 \s1 Paul helped some men to become real believers in Jesus. \sr Acts 19:1-7 \p \v 1 \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* \add left the places in Phrygia and Galatia\add* provinces \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* visiting, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \add Asia province\add* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* met \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who said that they\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* believers. \v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add God’s message\add*?” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3761"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add (exc) did not\add*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.” \v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add were you showing\add*?” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add We were showing\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* taught.” \v 4 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptized \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w turned|strong="G2064"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* sinful behavior. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \add also\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\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 one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2064"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add had come\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.” \v 5 \w So|strong="G1161"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \add to affirm that they believed\add* [MTY] \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \v 6 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* heads \add one by one\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add power of the\add* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \add each of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add Holy Spirit\add* enabled \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* various \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* [MTY] \add that they had not learned\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* messages \add that the Holy Spirit\add* revealed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 7 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \add whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit\add*. \s1 Paul helped many people in Asia province to hear the gospel. \sr Acts 19:8-10 \p \v 8 \w For|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G1909"\w* \add in Ephesus on each\add* \w Sabbath|strong="G5140"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* rest, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* convincingly taught \add the people\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* rule [MET] \add their lives\add*. \v 9 \add A few of the people in the meeting house believed the message about Jesus\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add continue to\add* hear \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \add for people to receive eternal life about which Paul was preaching\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to meet in another place\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* lecture hall \add that a man whose name was\add* \w Tyrannus|strong="G5181"\w* \add lectured in/owned\add*. \v 10 \w For|strong="G1909"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* building. \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w*, most \w of|strong="G3056"\w* [HYP] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add province\add* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \s1 God enabled Paul to do amazing miracles. \sr Acts 19:11-12 \p \v 11 \w Also|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* [MTY] \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* amazing \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*. \v 12 \add If those who were sick could not come to Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched would be taken and\add* placed \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w* {\add others\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \add and place on\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w handkerchiefs|strong="G4676"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w aprons|strong="G4612"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* touched}. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* become \w well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* troubled \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1607"\w*. \s1 People honored Jesus’ name, after Jewish exorcists misused it and failed. \sr Acts 19:13-17 \p \v 13 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* traveled \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \add to\add* \w various|strong="G5100"\w* places, \add and\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* commanded \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w to|strong="G2532"\w* depart \add from people. Certain ones of those Jews once\add* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authority [MTY] \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w preaches|strong="G2784"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*!” \v 14 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G4630"\w* \w Sceva|strong="G4630"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \add who called himself\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* chief priest. \v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add one day as they were doing that\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add refused to come out of that person. Instead, he\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|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* \add that he has authorized\add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add to expel demons\add*. ◄\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* authorized \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to do anything to me!\add*/\w who|strong="G5101"\w* authorized \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to do anything to me\add*?► [RHQ]” \v 16 \add After saying that, suddenly\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G4190"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w jumped|strong="G2177"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seven Jewish \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \add one after another\add*, 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* beat \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* severely. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tore \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* clothes \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wounded|strong="G5135"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, causing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* bleed. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add greatly frightened, they all\add* \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*. \v 17 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews, heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* afraid [MTY]. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* honored \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* [MTY] \add because they realized that he was very powerful\add*. \s1 Many believers confessed their former sins and burned their books of magic. \sr Acts 19:18-22 \p \v 18 \add At that time\add*, \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w confessed|strong="G1843"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* doing. \v 19 Several \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add previously\add* \w practiced|strong="G4238"\w* 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go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.” \v 22 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* helpers, \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Erastus|strong="G2037"\w*, \w ahead|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1907"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little longer \add in Ephesus city\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add province\add*. \s1 Demetrius made silver shrines of the goddess Artemis. \sr Acts 19:23-24 \p \v 23 \add Soon after that\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* [LIT] trouble \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \add God revealed for us(inc) to receive eternal life\add*. \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 whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* images \w out|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* silver. \add They were models\add* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \add a goddess whose name was\add* Artemis. \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \add who made those little images\add* earned \w a|strong="G4160"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3686"\w* [LIT] money \add from selling those images\add*. \s1 Demetrius incited people to shout and to riot. \sr Acts 19:25-31 \p \v 25 Demetrius \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w workmen|strong="G2040"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* little silver images. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \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* \add (inc)\add* earn \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* money doing \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G5108"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w work|strong="G2039"\w*. \v 26 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add this fellow\add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \add to no longer buy the images that we make. Now even the people from\add* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* towns \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* province \add no longer want to buy what we make\add*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* fellow tells \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \add and worship\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \add and that we should not worship them\add*. \v 27 \add If people continue to listen to him\add*, soon \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* ruin \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w business|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Besides|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* longer \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3195"\w* \add come to\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Artemis \add to worship her. People\add* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add province\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everywhere [HYP] \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G4576"\w* \add our great\add* \w goddess|strong="G2299"\w* \add Artemis. Soon people\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* longer \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Artemis \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*!” \v 28 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w angry|strong="G2372"\w* \add at Paul\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* Demetrius \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w shout|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* goddess Artemis \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*!” \v 29 Many \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 city|strong="G4172"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shouting \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \add and joined the crowd. They also became angry at Paul\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began shouting. \add Several of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w seized|strong="G4884"\w* \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aristarchus, two \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add from Macedonia\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w traveling|strong="G4898"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \add Then the whole crowd of people ran, dragging those men along with them\add*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* stadium. \v 30 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \add to the stadium and speak to\add* \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* believers \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \v 31 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* government officials \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* province \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \add heard what was happening\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add urgently\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stadium. \s1 The crowd shouted, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” \sr Acts 19:32-34 \p \v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \add in the stadium\add* continued \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\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 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* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\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* \add Jews there was named Alexander. Some of\add* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* pushed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* front \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* stadium, \add so that he could speak to the crowd of people\add*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* Alexander \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \add wanting them to be quiet\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Jews\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* responsible \add for the riot\add*. \v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add many of the non-Jewish people\add* \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*. \add They also knew that the Jews did not worship the goddess Artemis. So the non-Jews there\add* unitedly \add and\add* repeatedly \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hours|strong="G5610"\w*, “\w Great|strong="G3173"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add the goddess\add* Artemis \add whom we(inc)\add* \w Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w* \add worship\add*!” \s1 The city secretary quieted, warned and dismissed the crowd. \sr Acts 19:35-41 \p \v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* secretary \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\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*, “\w My|strong="G3739"\w* fellow-citizens, \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add we(inc) people who live in\add* \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w* \add city\add* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G3511"\w* \add where we worship\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \add goddess\add* Artemis. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \add everyone knows that we(inc) watch over\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add sacred\add* image \add of our goddess\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G1356"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G1356"\w*! \v 36 \w Of|strong="G2532"\w* course everyone knows \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* can \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|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 should|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w quiet|strong="G2687"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Do|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* suddenly \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* ◄\w foolish|strong="G2532"\w*/\w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w cause|strong="G3367"\w* us trouble►. \v 37 \w You|strong="G3778"\w* \add should not\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* brought \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add two\add* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \add here, because they have not done anything evil\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* gone \w into|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w temples|strong="G2417"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* taken \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add from there\add*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* spoken evil \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w goddess|strong="G2316"\w*. \v 38 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* fellow-workmen want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* accuse \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \add about anything bad, they should do it in the right way\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* courts \add that you can go to when you want to accuse someone\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* judges \add there who have been appointed by the government\add* {\add whom the government has appointed\add*}. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* can accuse \add anyone there\add*. \v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w want|strong="G1934"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* ask \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*, \add you should ask\add* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \add other officials to\add* resolve \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add those\add* officials legally assemble. \v 40 \add And this is certainly not a legal meeting! Resolve this legally\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \add we(inc) do\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* afraid \add that the governor\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* noise \add that you have made\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rebel \add against the government\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w answer|strong="G3056"\w*.” \v 41 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city secretary \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the crowd\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \add home. So they left\add*. \c 20 \s1 After being in Macedonia and Greece, Paul went to Troas. \sr Acts 20:1-6 \p \v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Ephesus \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* rioting, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* summoned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Soon\add* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* goodbye \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \add province\add*. \v 2 \add After he arrived\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* visited \add each town where there were believers\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greece|strong="G1671"\w* \add province\add*, \add which is also called Achaia\add*. \v 3 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w there|strong="G1096"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* planned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* ship, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \add he heard that\add* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* [SYN] \add in that area\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* planning \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add as he traveled. So\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* instead \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \add by land, and he traveled\add* \w again|strong="G5290"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*. \v 4 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* men \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* travel \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \add to Jerusalem were\add* \w Sopater|strong="G4986"\w*, \add who was\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pyrrhus|strong="G4450"\w*, \w who|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Berea \add town\add*; Aristarchus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Secundus|strong="G4580"\w*, \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w* \add city;\add* \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w*, \add who was\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1190"\w* \add town;\add* 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a|strong="G2532"\w* ship \add that was going from\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* port \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \add Philippi to Troas city\add*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\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 who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add ahead of us\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add all\add* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \s1 At Troas, Paul encouraged believers by resurrecting Eutychus. \sr Acts 20:7-12 \p \v 7 ◄\w On|strong="G1722"\w* Sunday evening/\w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* evening \w 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Eutychus|strong="G2161"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* sleepier \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sleepier. Finally, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* sound/really asleep. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \add out of the window\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5152"\w* story \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \add to the ground. Some of the believers went down\add* immediately \w and|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w*. \add But he was\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. \v 10 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add also\add* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* lay \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stretched|strong="G3972"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* young \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* arms \w around|strong="G1968"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the people who were standing around\add*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* worry, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* alive \add again now\add*!” \v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \add along with the others\add*, \w went|strong="G1831"\w* upstairs \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* ate \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*’s Supper \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* food [SYN]. Afterwards, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* conversed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w until|strong="G2532"\w* dawn. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w*. \v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* young \w man|strong="G3816"\w* \add home\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3756"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \add again\add*. \s1 Paul and his companions traveled from Troas to Miletus. \sr Acts 20:13-16 \p \v 13 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4281"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* get \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w 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Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add province until the day I left\add*. \v 19 \add You know how\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w serving|strong="G1398"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* humbly \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* sometimes wept \add about people. You also know how\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* suffered \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* [SYN] \add who were not believers often\add* tried \add to harm me\add*. \v 20 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* preached \add God’s message\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* left \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add God’s message\add* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* many \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w present|strong="G2596"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add also went to your\add* \w homes|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 21 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* preached \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* non-Jews, telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add all\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G2453"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior. \add I also told them they should\add* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.” \s1 Paul told them that they would never see him again. \sr Acts 20:22-31 \p \v 22 “\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* note \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* clearly shown \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\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* \add while I am there\add*. \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 city|strong="G4172"\w* \add where I have stopped\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* ◄\w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*/\add caused the believers to\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*► \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* prison [PRS] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* [PRS]. \v 24 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* care \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w able|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G5485"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* told \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to do. He appointed me\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add saves us\add* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* deserve. \v 25 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* desires \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \add people’s lives\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* today \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* last \w time|strong="G3568"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* fellow believers \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [SYN]. \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 anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add who has heard me preach\add* dies \add without trusting in Jesus\add*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* fault [MTY], \v 27 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [LIT] \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* planned \w for|strong="G1063"\w* us \add (inc)\add*. \v 28 \add You leaders\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w and|strong="G2532"\w* obey \add God’s message. You must also help\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* believers [MET] \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* caused \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* responsible [MTY]. \w Watch|strong="G4337"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* [MET] \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* believers \add as\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4165"\w* \add watches over his sheep\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* bought \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \add that flowed from\add* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add Son’s body on the cross\add*. \v 29 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add very well\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* leave, \add people who teach\add* [MET] \add false doctrines\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* great harm \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* believers. \add They will be like\add* fierce \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w* \add that kill sheep\add*. \v 30 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* group \w of|strong="G1537"\w* believers \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* deceive \add other\add* believers \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w teaching|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* messages \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* false. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w those|strong="G3588"\w* messages \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add will believe them and\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 31 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w watch|strong="G1127"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus\add*. \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \add about\add* \w three|strong="G5148"\w* \w years|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* repeatedly taught \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* message, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* warned \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w* \add in my eyes not to believe any other message\add*.” \s1 Paul entrusted them to God and to the message about God’s goodness. \sr Acts 20:32-35 \p \v 32 “\add Now as I leave you\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* protect \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w you|strong="G5210"\w* believing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add that he saves us(inc)\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* deserve. \add If you continue believing\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add that I told you\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* become \add spiritually mature\add*, \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* blessings \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w 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Each \w of|strong="G2364"\w* \w them|strong="G3778"\w* \add frequently\add* spoke messages \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy Spirit \w had|strong="G1510"\w* revealed \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3778"\w*. \s1 The believers could not persuade Paul from going on to Jerusalem. \sr Acts 21:10-14 \p \v 10 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \add we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for\add* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* believer \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Agabus \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \add in Caesarea\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \add frequently\add* spoke messages \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 11 \w Coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\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 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 The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \add the hands and feet of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* owner \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\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 hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \add as a prisoner\add*.’” \v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* believers \w there|strong="G2532"\w* repeatedly pled \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, “Please \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*!” \v 13 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄Please stop \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* discourage \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [IDM] \add from going!\add*/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* discourage \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [IDM] \add from going\add*?► [RHQ] \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* willing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* {\add for people\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* prison \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\add for them\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add serve\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.” \v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add we(exc) realized that\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* determined \add to go to Jerusalem\add*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* try \add any longer\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add not to go\add*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w May|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w*/\w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w*►!” \s1 Paul and other believers went from Caesarea to Jerusalem. \sr Acts 21:15-16 \p \v 15 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \add in Caesarea\add*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add (exc)\add* prepared \add our things\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add left to\add* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \add by land\add* \w 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Paul agreed with church leaders to perform a Jewish purifying ritual. \sr Acts 21:17-26 \p \v 17 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \add a group of\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* believers greeted \w us|strong="G1519"\w* happily. \v 18 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* rest \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \add who was the leader of the congregation there\add*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \add other\add* leaders/\w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \add of the congregation in Jerusalem\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \v 19 \w 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God\add* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \add something\add*. \v 24 \w Go|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \add to the Temple\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add ritually\add* purify \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual\add*, \w pay|strong="G1159"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* offer \add as sacrifices\add*. \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can \w shave|strong="G3587"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w* \add to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w told|strong="G2727"\w* {\w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2727"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. Instead, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add and rituals\add*. \v 25 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*, \add we elders here in Jerusalem have talked\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add which of our laws\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add should obey, and\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w wrote|strong="G1989"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add a letter, telling them\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w*. \add We wrote\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w meat|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* offered \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifice \w to|strong="G2532"\w* any \w idol|strong="G1494"\w*, \add that they should not eat\add* blood \add from animals\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add they should not eat\add* \w meat|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* animals \add that people have killed by\add* strangling \add them. We also told them that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sex \w with|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* married.” \v 26 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add agreed to do what they asked\add*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2192"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add four\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w together|strong="G4862"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* ritually purified \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w*. \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 the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courts and\add* told \add the priest\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2250"\w* \add finish\add* \w purifying|strong="G2250"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \add ritually\add* \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \add they\add* \w would|strong="G2250"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \add the animals as sacrifices\add* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \s1 Some Jews seized Paul in the Temple courts. \sr Acts 21:27-30 \p \v 27-29 When the seven days \add for purifying themselves\add* were nearly finished, Paul \add returned\add* to the Temple \add courtyard\add*. Some Jews from Asia \add province\add* saw him there, \add and they were very angry at him\add*. On another day they had seen Paul \add walking around\add* in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple \add courtyard that day. So\add* they called out to many other Jews \add who were in the Temple courtyard\add* to \add help them\add* seize [MTY] Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help \add us punish this\add* man! This is the one who is \add constantly\add* teaching people wherever \add he goes that they\add* should despise the \add Jewish\add* people. \add He teaches people that they should no longer obey\add* the laws \add of Moses\add* nor respect this holy \add Temple\add*. He has even brought non-Jews here into \add the court of\add* our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!” \v 30 \add People\add* \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* trouble \add at the Temple courtyard\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w running|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\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 of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add area\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w gates|strong="G2374"\w* \add to the Temple courtyard were shut\add* {\add The Temple guards\add* \w shut|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \add to the Temple courts\add*} \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w*, \add so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area\add*. \s1 Roman soldiers ran to where those Jews were trying to kill Paul. \sr Acts 21:31-32 \p \v 31 \w While|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, someone \add ran to the fort near the Temple\add* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Roman \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* many [HYP] \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* rioting \add at the Temple\add*. \v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* quickly \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* officers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add a large group of\add* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Temple area where\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add who were yelling and beating Paul\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \add coming\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* \w beating|strong="G5180"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \s1 After the commander arrested Paul, soldiers carried him towards the fort. \sr Acts 21:33-40 \p \v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add where Paul was and\add* \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fasten \w a|strong="G2532"\w* chain \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add each of\add* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s \add arms\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \add the people in the crowd\add*, “\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 has|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*?” \v 34 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*, \add and\add* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* continued \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* loudly, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* commander \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \add what they were shouting. So\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add commanded\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* taken {\add the soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1097"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w* \add so that he could question him there\add*. \v 35 \add The soldiers\add* led \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps \add of the barracks\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, trying \w to|strong="G1909"\w* kill \add Paul. So the commander told\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* carry \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \add up the steps into the barracks\add*. \v 36 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w followed|strong="G2992"\w* \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*! Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!” \p \v 37 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* taken {\add the soldiers\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1097"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add in Greek\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, “\w May|strong="G1832"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* surprised \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w* \add language\add*!/\w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w* \add language\add*?►” [RHQ] \v 38 “◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add thought\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fellow/\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fellow► \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt [RHQ] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* rebel \add against the government not long ago\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* 4,000 violent terrorists \add with him\add* \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*, \add so that we could not catch him\add*?” \v 39 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add No, I am not!\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add was born\add* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* important [LIT] \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \add province\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G1189"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w let|strong="G2010"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.” \v 40 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* commander \w permitted|strong="G2010"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add to speak. So\add* \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* \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \add for the crowd to be quiet. And after\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* crowd \w became|strong="G1096"\w* quiet, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \add their own\add* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w* [MTY]. \c 22 \s1 Paul defended his believing in Jesus, but the Jews wanted to kill him. \sr Acts 22:1-16 \p \v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\add Jewish\add* elders \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* fellow Jews, 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* reply \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add those who are accusing me\add*!” \v 2 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* speaking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add their own\add* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3930"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w quiet|strong="G2271"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* really listened. \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*, \add as are all of you\add*. \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* \add city\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \add province\add*, \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. \add When I was young, for many years\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* studied \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that Moses gave to our ancestors\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w taught|strong="G3811"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add the famous teacher\add* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w* [MTY] {\add The famous teacher\add* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w* \w taught|strong="G3811"\w* [MTY] \w me|strong="G1473"\w*}. \add I have\add* carefully \add obeyed those laws, because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2596"\w* obey \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am sure that\add* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* carefully obey \add those laws\add*. \v 4 \add That is why\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* previously \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* believe \w the|strong="G2532"\w* message \add that people call\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w* \add that Jesus taught. I continually looked for ways\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \add them. Whenever I found\add* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \add who believed that message\add*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add commanded that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* seized \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thrown {\add people to\add* seize \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* jail. \v 5 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* supreme priest knows \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other respected men who belong to our Jewish\add* \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* \add take to\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* fellow Jews \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \add city. By means of those letters, they authorized me to\add* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* find \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jesus. They had written in the letters that I was to bring those people\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w punished|strong="G5097"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* {\add the leaders here\add* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}. \p \add So I went on my way to Damascus\add*. \v 6 \w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w noon|strong="G3314"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* getting \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\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* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \v 7 \add The light was so bright that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w fell|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* \add of someone\add* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add from up in the sky. The one who was speaking to me said\add*, ‘\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*! \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*! \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* harm \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?’ \v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?’ \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|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 I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am the one\add* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* harming \add by doing things to harm my followers\add*.’ \v 9 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add traveling\add* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add very bright\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \add and they heard a voice\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* understand \w what|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 asked|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add do you want\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?’ \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\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*! \add A man\add* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* planned \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.’ \v 11 \add After that, I could not see\add*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add very bright\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* caused \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* blind. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w led|strong="G5496"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \add we(exc) arrived\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. \v 12 \add A couple of days\add* later, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Ananias \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add see\add* me. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add greatly respected God and\add* carefully obeyed \add our Jewish\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Damascus \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\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 said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘Brother \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, see \add again\add*!’ Instantly \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* saw Ananias \add standing there beside me\add*. \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 whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add we(inc) worship and\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \add worshipped\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w chosen|strong="G4400"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* show \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \add you to do. He has allowed you\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*, \add the Messiah\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \add to you\add*. \v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3956"\w* everywhere \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add from him\add*. \v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* ◄\w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w delay|strong="G3195"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w delay|strong="G3195"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Stand|strong="G5101"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \add me\add* baptize \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* praying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus ask God\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins!’” \s1 Paul told about the Lord’s commanding him to go to non-Jewish people. \sr Acts 22:17-22 \p \v 17 “Later, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \add One day\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* courtyard. \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* saw \w a|strong="G1096"\w* vision \add in which\add* \v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\add Do not stay here\add*! \w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* immediately, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \add here\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ◄believe/listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w*► \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add them\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!’ \v 19 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add protested and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\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* many \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 who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w putting|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* jail \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add whom I found\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\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 was|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w beating|strong="G1194"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 20 \add They remember that\add* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* killed [MTY] {\w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* killed [MTY] \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*} \w because|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 I|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add watching it all\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w approving|strong="G4909"\w* \add what they were doing\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add even\add* \w guarded|strong="G5442"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w outer|strong="G2440"\w* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* murdering \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add had thrown aside. So if I stay here, the fact that I have changed how I think about you will surely impress those leaders of our people\add*.’ \v 21 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \add do not stay here\add*! \w Leave|strong="G4198"\w* \add Jerusalem, because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G1821"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \add from here\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*!’” \v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* listened \add quietly\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \add he mentioned the Lord sending him to non-Jewish people\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w* \add angrily\add*, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*! \add He does not deserve to live any longer\add*!” \add They said that because they could not believe that God would save anyone except Jews\add*. \s1 Paul said that he was a Roman citizen, so soldiers did not flog him. \sr Acts 22:23-29 \p \v 23 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w shouting|strong="G2905"\w*, \add “Kill him!”\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G4496"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* air, \add which showed how angry they were\add*. \v 24 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \add commanded\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* taken {\add soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1921"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \add the soldiers\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* strike \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* whip \add that had pieces of bone/metal on the end of it\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* done \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jews \w shout|strong="G2019"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* angrily. \add So the soldiers took Paul into the barracks\add*. \v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stretched|strong="G3972"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* arms \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add and tied them\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* whip \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add on his back. But\add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* nearby \add watching\add*, “\add You(sg) should think carefully about this\add*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* [RHQ] acting unlawfully \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* whip \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \add citizen whom\add* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \add one has put on trial and\add* condemned!” \v 26 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* officer heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the commander\add*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \add citizen\add* ◄Surely \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add command us to whip him\add*!/\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* really want \add us to whip him\add*?► [RHQ]” \v 27 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \add was surprised when he heard that. He himself\add* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \add into the barracks\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) really\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \add citizen\add*?” \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am\add*.” \v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\add I am also a Roman citizen\add*. \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 become|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add Roman\add* citizen.” \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add Roman\add* citizen, \add so I did not need to pay anything\add*.” \v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \add were about to whip Paul and to ask him questions about what he had done. But when they heard what Paul said, they\add* \w left|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \add citizen\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add illegally commanded soldiers to\add* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s \add hands\add*. \s1 The commander’s soldiers brought Paul to the Jewish Council. \sr Acts 22:30 \p \v 30 \add The commander still\add* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* exactly \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \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* \add told the soldiers to\add* \w take|strong="G3089"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* chains \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* summoned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other Jewish\add* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \add members\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add to where the Council was meeting\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \c 23 \s1 Paul apologized for unknowingly denouncing the high priest. \sr Acts 23:1-5 \p \v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* looked straight \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Jewish \w council|strong="G4892"\w* members \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*: “\w My|strong="G3956"\w* fellow Jews, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w life|strong="G4176"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w lived|strong="G4176"\w* respecting \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* know \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* done \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* knew \w was|strong="G3588"\w* wrong/\w evil|strong="G3956"\w*.” \v 2 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias \w the|strong="G1161"\w* supreme priest \add heard what Paul said\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* near \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* hit \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*. \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* \add (sg) for that\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* hypocrite [MET]! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God gave Moses\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add yourself\add* disobey \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w struck|strong="G5180"\w* {\add these men\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w strike|strong="G5180"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \add without having proved that I have done anything that is wrong!\add*” \v 4 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* near \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \add rebuked him. They\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* not \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* afraid \w to|strong="G3004"\w* insult \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \add servant, our\add* supreme priest?” \v 5 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3754"\w* fellow Jews, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add am sorry that I said that\add*. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \add who told one of you to hit me\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* high priest. \add If I had known that, I would not have insulted our supreme priest\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add know that\add* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add that Moses\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in our Jewish law\add*, ‘\w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2560"\w* \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* rulers!’” \s1 The commander rescued Paul from the Council members. \sr Acts 23:6-10 \p \v 6 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Council members\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add in order to cause the Pharisees and Sadducees to argue among themselves instead of accusing him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* loudly \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \add hall\add*, “\w My|strong="G1722"\w* fellow Jews, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*, \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* father \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* {\add You\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w* \add here\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* confidently expect \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add some day God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*/\w raise|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*►.” \v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* argue \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \add about whether people who have died will become alive again or not\add*. \v 8 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* die, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive again. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* angels \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \add other kinds of\add* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* believe \add that all people who have died will one day become alive again. They also believe\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add angels and other kinds of spirits\add*. \v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Council members ◄\w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w divided|strong="G1096"\w*/\w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* agree \w with|strong="G1722"\w* each \w other|strong="G1161"\w*►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w* \add as they argued\add*. \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* laws \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God gave Moses\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w*. \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*.” \w Another|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Maybe \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \add other\add* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add really\add* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and what he says is true\add*.” \v 10 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add Pharisees and Sadducees\add* argued \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w loudly|strong="G4183"\w* \add with one another\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* ◄\w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*/thought► \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* tear \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pieces|strong="G1288"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add commanded\add* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \add from the barracks\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* forcefully \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Council members \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*. \add So the soldiers did that\add*. \s1 The Lord revealed that Paul would tell people about him in Rome. \sr Acts 23:11 \p \v 11 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \add in a vision Paul saw\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus come and\add* \w stand|strong="G3779"\w* \w near|strong="G2186"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* courageous! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add here\add* \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 must|strong="G1163"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w* \add about me\add*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.” \s1 Some Jews plotted to kill Paul. \sr Acts 23:12-15 \p \v 12 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* next \w morning|strong="G2250"\w* \add some\add* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* [MTY] \add who hated Paul\add* met secretly \w and|strong="G1161"\w* talked \add about how they could kill him\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* promised \add themselves\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\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 they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* curse \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add if they did not do what they promised\add*. \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 who|strong="G3588"\w* planned \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* heard \w us|strong="G3004"\w* promise/vow \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w eat|strong="G1089"\w* \add or drink\add* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \v 15 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add we request that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w behalf|strong="G4012"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* whole Jewish \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add from the barracks\add*. \w Tell|strong="G3568"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* question \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3195"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* waiting \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*.” \s1 Paul’s nephew warned that some Jews had plotted to kill Paul. \sr Acts 23:16-22 \p \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 they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* planning \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* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \v 17 \add When Paul heard that\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* officers \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Please\add* \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 the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* needs \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \add important\add*.” \v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* nephew \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, ‘\w Please|strong="G2065"\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 the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* needs \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \add important\add*.’ ” \v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, led \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G2398"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?” \v 20 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add There are some\add* [SYN] \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* planned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* tomorrow. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\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. \add But that is not true\add*. \v 21 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* 40 \add Jewish\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* hiding \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \add to attack Paul when he passes by on the way to the Council\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*/vowed \w to|strong="G2532"\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* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \add to do it\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \add to do what they are asking you to do\add*.” \v 22 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add Paul’s\add* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* nephew, “\w Do|strong="G3367"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G1583"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add about their plan\add*.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* sent \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* away. \s1 Many soldiers escorted Paul safely to Governor Felix at Caesarea. \sr Acts 23:23-35 \p \v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* commander \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* officers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* group \w of|strong="G2532"\w* 200 \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \add to travel\add*. \w Take|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* 70 \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* riding horses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 200 \w other|strong="G5100"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* carrying spears. \add All of you must be ready\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G4198"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w nine|strong="G5154"\w* o’clock \w tonight|strong="G3571"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add down\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \v 24 \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w take|strong="G2443"\w* \w along|strong="G5037"\w* horses \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add and those accompanying him\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* ride, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* escort \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add the palace of\add* \w Governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*.” \v 25 Then \w the|strong="G3588"\w* commander \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \add to send to the governor\add*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*: \v 26 “\add I am\add* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w* \add writing to you\add*. \w You|strong="G5463"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* our \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \add (exc)\add* respect, \add and I sincerely send you\add* \w my|strong="G3588"\w* \w greetings|strong="G5463"\w*. \v 27 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add have sent you(sg)\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \add Paul, because certain\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add someone tell me\add* \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* citizen, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G5259"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 28 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* done wrong, \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* Jewish \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*. \v 29 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* listened \add while they asked this man questions and he answered them\add*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add they\add* \w accused|strong="G1458"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* entirely concerned \w with|strong="G2192"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* disobeyed \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w our|strong="G4012"\w* \add Roman\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \add So our officials\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* execute \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add even\add* put \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* prison [MTY]. \v 30 \add Someone\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* [SYN] Jews \w were|strong="G1510"\w* secretly planning \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w immediately|strong="G1824"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add so that you(sg) may give him a fair trial there\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* accused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go there to Caesarea and\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) what they are accusing him about\add*.” \p \v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add the commander commanded\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \add taking this letter with them\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \add got Paul and\add* \w took|strong="G3767"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \add down\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antipatris \add city\add*. \v 32 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* foot soldiers \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rode horses \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 33 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* escorting \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* arrived \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* delivered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* delivered \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*. \add Then the horsemen returned to Jerusalem\add*. \v 34 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* governor read \w the|strong="G2532"\w* letter, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w What|strong="G4169"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w*?” \add Paul answered\add*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \add province\add*.” \v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* governor \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* accused \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w arrive|strong="G3854"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* listen \add to what each of you says\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G1722"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add commanded\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w guarded|strong="G5442"\w* {\add soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w palace|strong="G4232"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add the Great had built\add*. \c 24 \s1 Paul defended himself, and the governor Felix promised to judge him. \sr Acts 24:1-9 \p \v 1 \w Five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* Ananias \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \add having heard that Paul was now in Caesarea\add*, \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \add there from 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and|strong="G3956"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w Paul|strong="G2723"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*. If \w you|strong="G3739"\w* question \w him|strong="G3739"\w* yourself, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G1410"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* learn \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* true.” \v 9 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders who were listening heard that, they\add* told \add the governor that\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* Tertullus \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \s1 Paul disproved what they had said, but admitted that he was a Christian. \sr Acts 24:10-21 \p \v 10 \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* motioned \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \add his hand to Paul that\add* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*. \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Governor Felix, I know that you(sg) have judged this Jewish\add* province \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. Therefore \w I|strong="G3778"\w* gladly defend \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, confident \add that you will listen to me and will judge me fairly\add*. \v 11 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \add easily\add* \w ascertain|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w*/\w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago► \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G3739"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w went|strong="G3739"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \add God. That is not enough time to cause a lot of trouble\add*. \v 12 \w No|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \add can claim legitimately that they\add* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w arguing|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \add because I did not do that. No one can claim legitimately that they saw me\add* \w causing|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w riot|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add any Jewish meeting place\add*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w causing|strong="G4160"\w* trouble anywhere \add else\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jerusalem\add* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \add because I did not do that\add*. \v 13 \w So|strong="G4012"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w prove|strong="G3936"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G3570"\w* \w accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w admit|strong="G3670"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) that this is true\add*: \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* ancestors \add worshipped. It is true that\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Jesus taught us\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w false|strong="G1722"\w* religion/teaching. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add by Moses\add* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Moses wrote\add*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God gave him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in their books\add* [MTY]. \v 15 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* confidently expect, \w just|strong="G1342"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \add some of\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* expect, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add some day God\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w cause|strong="G3739"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* ◄\w cause|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*/\w raise|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dead► \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 16 \add Because I am confidently waiting for that day\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* pleases \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* right. \v 17 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add had been in other places for\add* \w several|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* returned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* deliver \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* fellow Jews \add who are\add* poor, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4160"\w* sacrifices \add to God\add*. \v 18 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \add Jews\add* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courts\add* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* completed \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ritual \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* makes \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w*} pure. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w crowd|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* causing \add people\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w riot|strong="G2351"\w*. \v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \add other\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \add who had come\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Asia \add province who really caused people to riot. They\add* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add did\add* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \add wrong\add*. \v 20 \add But if they\add* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \add want to do that\add* (\w OR|strong="G2228"\w*, \add But because they\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add not\add* \w here|strong="G3778"\w*), \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add they think\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* wrong, \w when|strong="G2147"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add defended myself\add* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*. \v 21 \add They might say that\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \add was wrong. What I said\add* \w was|strong="G3739"\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* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* ◄\w cause|strong="G3739"\w* \add all people\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* died \w to|strong="G1909"\w* become alive again/raise \add all people\add* \w from|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*►.’” \s1 Governor Felix adjourned the trial. \sr Acts 24:22-23 \p \v 22 \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* already \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* quite \w a|strong="G3708"\w* lot \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add what people called\add* ‘\w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \add of Jesus’\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3708"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w or|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* accusers continue \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*. \add Instead\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\add Later\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w Commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w* \w comes|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* here, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3004"\w* \w decide|strong="G1231"\w* \w these|strong="G4012"\w* matters \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w concern|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2596"\w*.” \v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \add who was guarding Paul\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add take Paul back to the prison and\add* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* guarded \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* chained {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fasten chains \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w friends|strong="G2398"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* visit \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add the officer\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* allow \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \add in any way that they wished\add*. \s1 Felix often talked to Paul, hoping that Paul would give him money. \sr Acts 24:24-27 \p \v 24 \w Several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Drusilla|strong="G1409"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \add back to Caesarea after having been away for a few days\add*. \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \add commanded\add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w brought|strong="G3343"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* {\add a soldier to\add* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*}. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add said to him\add*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* spoke \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add Christians\add* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \v 25 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* explained \add to them about what God requires people\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* please \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add He also explained about God requiring people to\add* control \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* act. \add Paul also told him that there will be a time when God\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* judge \add people\add*. \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w alarmed|strong="G1719"\w* \add after hearing those things. So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add want to hear\add* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* convenient \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* ask \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \add to me again\add*.” \v 26 \add Felix said that because\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w hoped|strong="G1679"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w* \add to allow Paul to get out of prison\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* repeatedly \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add repeatedly went and\add* \w talked|strong="G3656"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add But he\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add give Felix any money, and Felix did not command his soldiers to release Paul from prison\add*. \p \v 27 \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* remain \w in|strong="G1161"\w* prison, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w please|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders and he knew that they did not want him to release Paul\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w two|strong="G1333"\w* \w years|strong="G1333"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w Porcius|strong="G4201"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* governor \w in|strong="G1161"\w* place \w of|strong="G5485"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*. \c 25 \s1 Festus told the Jews to go and accuse Paul at Caesarea. \sr Acts 25:1-5 \p \v 1 \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \add who was now the governor\add* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w*, \w arrived|strong="G1910"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3767"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \v 2 \w In|strong="G2596"\w* Jerusalem, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G4413"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* formally told \add Festus\add* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \add the things that they said\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add had done that were wrong\add*. \v 3 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* urgently asked Festus \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* something \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add They asked him to command soldiers\add* \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*, \add so that Festus could put him on trial there\add*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* planning \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \add of them\add* \w would|strong="G5485"\w* hide \add near the road\add* \w and|strong="G5485"\w* \w wait|strong="G1747"\w* \add for Paul\add* \w and|strong="G5485"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G4160"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* traveling \add to Jerusalem\add*. \v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* replied, “\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 is|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* guarded {\add soldiers\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guarding \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \add there\add*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* myself \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w go|strong="G1607"\w* down \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 Choose \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* leaders \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w go|strong="G4782"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* me. \add While they are there\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* can \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G5346"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* done.” \s1 Paul appealed to Caesar, so Festus agreed to that. \sr Acts 25:6-12 \p \v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* Festus \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w been|strong="G3756"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add* \w eight|strong="G3638"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \add Several of the Jewish leaders also went there\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* Festus \add commanded\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w brought|strong="G2597"\w* {someone \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in the assembly hall\add* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* judge \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 7 \add After\add* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the assembly hall\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* gathered \w around|strong="G4026"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to accuse him\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told \add Festus\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* committed \w many|strong="G4183"\w* crimes. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* prove \add that Paul had done the things about which they accused him\add*. \v 8 \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add spoke\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* defend \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Festus, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* done \w nothing|strong="G3777"\w* wrong \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* disobeyed \w the|strong="G1519"\w* rules \w concerning|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G3777"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w*. \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* also done \w nothing|strong="G3777"\w* wrong \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* government [MTY].” \v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w please|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders, so\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* listen \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* accuse \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add there\add*?” \v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \add did not want to do that. So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Festus\add*, “\add No\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am not willing to go to Jerusalem\add*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add now\add* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \add whom the Roman\add* Emperor [MTY] \add has authorized. This is the place\add* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w* {\w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*}. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* wronged \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \add at all\add*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 11 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* bad \add for which I\add* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* executed {\add concerning which the law said that they\add* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* execute \w me|strong="G1473"\w*}, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* plead \add with them that they\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add true, so\add* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \add legally\add* surrender \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add these Jews\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* formally request \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* emperor [MTY] \add should judge me at Rome\add*.” \v 12 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w conferred|strong="G4824"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \add men who regularly\add* advised \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* replied \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1909"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* formally requested \add that I should send you\add* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* emperor \add in Rome. So I will arrange for\add* \w you|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w there|strong="G3326"\w* \add in order that he can judge you\add*.” \s1 Festus told King Agrippa about Paul. \sr Acts 25:13-22 \p \v 13 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \add Herod\add* Agrippa \w arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \add his younger sister\add* Bernice. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2658"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add formally\add* welcome \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \add as the new Governor of the province\add*. \v 14 \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Bernice \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Caesarea. \w While|strong="G5613"\w* \add they were\add* \w 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are|strong="G3588"\w* \add also\add* confidently waiting \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add for us what he promised\add*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* respectfully \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*. \add Respected\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* confidently \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \add that God will do what he promised, and they also believe that! 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I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* oppose \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* [MTY], \w the|strong="G4314"\w* man \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \add town\add*. \v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \add when I lived\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* jail, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* authorized \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to do\add*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Jewish leaders wanted\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Christians killed {\w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add Christians\add*}, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* voted \add for that\add*. \v 11 \w Many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w punished|strong="G5097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add whom I found\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish meeting places. \add By punishing them\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* force \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* speak \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \add about Jesus\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add find them and\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* harm \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.” \s1 Paul told how he had become a believer in Jesus. \sr Acts 26:12-18 \p \v 12 “\add One day\add*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \add in Jerusalem\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* authorized \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* me \add to seize the believers there\add*. \v 13 \add My respected\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \add while I was going\add* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* noon \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add bright\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sky. \w 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my|strong="G3956"\w* own \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w* [MTY]. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, ◄stop causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* suffer!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* suffer?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add hurting yourself by trying to hurt me\add* [MET], \add like an ox\add* kicking \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \add its owner’s\add* goad.’ \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*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?’ \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\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 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about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add will show you when\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add later\add* \w appear|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \v 17 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* protect \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add from those who will try to harm you, both\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* Jewish. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* sending \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* non-Jews \v 18 \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* realize [MTY] \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stop \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w false|strong="G1722"\w* [MET]. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* sending \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1994"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w control|strong="G1849"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1994"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w control|strong="G1849"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Then God\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* forgive \w their|strong="G1438"\w* sins \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’ 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that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful \w behavior|strong="G2041"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w truly|strong="G1909"\w* stopped \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful \w behavior|strong="G2041"\w*.” \s1 Paul said that he proclaimed what the prophets had written about the Messiah. \sr Acts 26:21-23 \p \v 21 “\w It|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add preached\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* message \add that some\add* [SYN] \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add when I was\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard and\add* \w tried|strong="G3987"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w kill|strong="G1315"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \v 22 \w However|strong="G3767"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add from that time, and he is still helping me\add* \w today|strong="G2250"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add all of you people\add*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w*, \add who Jesus is\add*. Everything \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add about him\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* wrote \add about long ago, things that they said\add* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*. \v 23 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add people would cause\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3805"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* die. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* person \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \add the message that would be like\add* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \add that he would save\add* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \add his own Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.” \s1 Paul talked to Festus and Agrippa, urging them to become believers in Jesus. \sr Acts 26:24-29 \p \v 24 \w Before|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G5346"\w* anything \add further\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* defend \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* 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* studied \w too|strong="G3173"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w insane|strong="G3105"\w*!” \v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w answered|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* Excellency, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* raving \add insanely\add*. \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G4487"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sensible! \v 26 \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa \w knows|strong="G1987"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add that I have been talking about\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* confidently \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add about them\add*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w sure|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knows|strong="G1987"\w* [LIT] \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* everywhere [IDM] \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard [LIT] \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \add to Jesus\add*.” \v 27 \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* asked, “\w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add what\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add wrote\add*? \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.” \v 28 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* Agrippa \add answered\add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “◄\add I hope that you(sg)\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that you have just now said\add* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \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 You|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* think, \add do you\add*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that you have just now said\add* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \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*?►” [RHQ] \v 29 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* replied, “\w Whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w takes|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w short|strong="G3641"\w* \w time|strong="G3641"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G3641"\w* \w time|strong="G3641"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* matter. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w pray|strong="G2172"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add believe in Jesus\add* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* prisoners [MTY] \add like I am\add*.” \s1 The officials said that Paul was innocent but must go to Rome. \sr Acts 26:30-32 \p \v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*, Bernice, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* got \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \v 31 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \add the room. While\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G5100"\w*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* reason \w why|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities/\w we|strong="G3754"\w*► \w should|strong="G5100"\w* execute \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* prison [MTY].” \v 32 Agrippa \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* asked \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Emperor judge \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* released {\add we(inc)\add* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* released \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}.” \c 27 \s1 Paul and other prisoners sailed from Caesarea to Crete. \sr Acts 27:1-8 \p \v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add the Governor and those who advised him\add* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* ship \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|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 into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w*/care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* army captain \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w*. \add He was the one who would guard us on the journey\add*. \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add an officer\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* charge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add a group of\add* 100 \add soldiers that people called\add* ‘\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Emperor|strong="G4575"\w* \w Augustus|strong="G4575"\w* Group’. \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 had|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* Adramyttium \add city in Asia province. The ship\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add return there, stopping at\add* cities \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* \add province\add*. Aristarchus, \add a fellow believer who was\add* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3110"\w* \add province\add*, \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \v 3 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G5037"\w* \add the ship sailed\add*, \w we|strong="G3588"\w* arrived \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w* \add city\add*. \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w* \w kindly|strong="G5364"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* see \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \add who lived there\add*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* give \w him|strong="G3588"\w* whatever \w he|strong="G3588"\w* might need. \add So Paul visited the believers there\add*. \v 4 \w Then|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* ship left \add Sidon\add*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* winds \w were|strong="G1510"\w* blowing \w against|strong="G1727"\w* us \add (exc)\add*, \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \add the ship\add* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* along \add the north\add* side \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w* \add Island\add*, \w the|strong="G1223"\w* side \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* sheltered \add from the wind\add*. \v 5 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\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* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w* \add provinces. The ship\add* \w arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Myra|strong="G3460"\w* \add city, which is\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lycia|strong="G3073"\w* \add province\add*. \add We got off the ship there\add*. \v 6 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* Myra, \add people told\add* Julius \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \add was there that had come\add* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* Alexandria \add city\add* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* would \add soon\add* \w sail|strong="G4126"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w*. \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* arranged \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \add on that ship\add*, \add and we left\add*. \v 7 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w slowly|strong="G1020"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* several \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* finally \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w coast|strong="G2596"\w* \add of Asia province\add*, \w near|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cnidus|strong="G2834"\w* \add town. After that\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind \add was very strong and\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* allow \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship \w to|strong="G2532"\w* move straight ahead \add westward. So instead\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \add southward\add* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* side \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w* \add Island that is\add* sheltered \add from the wind\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \add near Cape\add* \w Salmone|strong="G4534"\w*. \v 8 \add The wind was still strong, and it prevented the ship from moving ahead fast\add*. \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* moved slowly \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w coast|strong="G5117"\w* \add of Crete\add*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Fair|strong="G2570"\w* Havens, \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Lasea|strong="G2996"\w* \add town\add*. \s1 Paul warned them not to travel on, but the ship’s officials decided to go on anyway. \sr Acts 27:9-20 \p \v 9 \w Much|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w dangerous|strong="G2000"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \add farther\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* ship \add because after that time of the year\add* [MTY] \add the sea often became very stormy\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add on the ship\add*, \v 10 “\w Men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w perceive|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add if we(inc) travel by ship\add* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* disastrous \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* storm \w may|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cargo|strong="G5413"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* possibly \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* drown.” \v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \add did not listen to\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* decided \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pilot|strong="G2942"\w* \add of the ship\add* \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* advised. \v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w where|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship \w had|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \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* remain \w during|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w winter|strong="G3914"\w* \add when the weather frequently becomes stormy. So most of the people on the ship decided that we(exc) should leave there, because they hoped that we\add* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* stay \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Phoenix|strong="G5405"\w* \add port\add* \w during|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w winter|strong="G3914"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* possibly arrive \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w harbor|strong="G3040"\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* two directions, \add but the strong winds did not blow there\add*. \v 13 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* gentle \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* blow \add from the south\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add crew members\add* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* travel \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w decided|strong="G1380"\w* \add to do. So\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* lifted \add the anchor up out of the sea\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ship \w sailed|strong="G3881"\w* \add westward\add* \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add southern\add* shore \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w* \add Island\add*. \v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w*, \w a|strong="G3756"\w* wind \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* strong blew across \w the|strong="G1161"\w* island \add from the north side and hit the ship. That wind was called\add* {\add People\add* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* wind} “\w the|strong="G1161"\w* Northeast Wind.” \v 15 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* blew strongly \w against|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add front of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* result \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* direction \add in which we had been going\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sailors \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind move \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* direction \add that the wind\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w blowing|strong="G5342"\w*. \v 16 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* ship \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w small|strong="G3519"\w* \w island|strong="G3519"\w* \w named|strong="G2564"\w* \w Cauda|strong="G2802"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* along \w the|strong="G1161"\w* side \add of the island that\add* sheltered \add the ship from the wind\add*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \add while the ship was moving along\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* sailors lifted \w the|strong="G1161"\w* lifeboat up \add out of the water\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* tied \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \add on the deck. But the strong wind made it\add* difficult \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 17-18 After the sailors \add hoisted/lifted\add* the lifeboat onto the ship, they tied ropes around the ship’s hull to strengthen the ship. The sailors were afraid that, \add because the wind was pushing the ship\add*, it might run onto the sandbanks off the coast of Libya to the south \add and get stuck there. So\add* they lowered the largest sail \add so that the ship would move slower. Even so\add*, the wind continued to move the ship along. \add The wind and the waves\add* continued to toss the ship about roughly, so on the next day the sailors began to throw overboard the things that the ship was carrying. \v 19 \w On|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \add day after the stormy wind had begun to blow\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sailors/\w we|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w overboard|strong="G4496"\w* \add most of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sails, ropes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* poles, \add in order to make the ship lighter\add*. \v 20 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* wind continued \w to|strong="G1909"\w* blow \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w*, \add and the sky was full of dark clouds\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* night. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\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 many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \add so we could not determine where we were. And the wind\add* continued \w to|strong="G1909"\w* blow violently. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w finally|strong="G3063"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G2250"\w* drown \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* sea. \s1 Paul told them that an angel from God said that they would all survive. \sr Acts 27:21-26 \p \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 \w had|strong="G2532"\w* eaten \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* days. \add Then one day\add*, \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*, “\add Friends\add*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add when I said\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w safe|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship \w and|strong="G2532"\w* its cargo \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w condition|strong="G3588"\w* [LIT]. \v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w urge|strong="G3867"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* afraid, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* die. \add The storm\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* destroy \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*. \v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add know this\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w*, \add sent\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \add who came and\add* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w by|strong="G3936"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \add go to Rome\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G3936"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Emperor \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add so that he can judge you\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* clear \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* traveling \w by|strong="G3936"\w* ship \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add will also survive\add*.’ \v 25 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w cheer|strong="G2114"\w* up, \add my\add* friends, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \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* make \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w exactly|strong="G3779"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \add the angel\add* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \v 26 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add the ship\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* crash \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*, \add and\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* ashore \add there\add*.” \s1 Paul thwarted some sailors who tried to sneak ashore in the lifeboat. \sr Acts 27:27-32 \p \v 27 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="G5065"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \add after the storm had begun, the ship\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* still \w being|strong="G1096"\w* blown {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1096"\w* still blowing \add the ship\add*} \w across|strong="G1308"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Adriatic sea. \w About|strong="G5613"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3319"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sailors|strong="G3492"\w* sensed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \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* lowered \add a weight on a rope\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* measure \w how|strong="G1161"\w* deep \add the water was\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rope \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* measured \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w was|strong="G2532"\w* ◄120 ft./37 meters► deep. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w farther|strong="G1339"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lowered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rope \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \add That time\add*, \w 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ship was going\add*. \v 30 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sailors|strong="G3492"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* planning \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* lowered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lifeboat \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* order \add that no one would know what they planned to do\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pretended \add that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w lower|strong="G5465"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* anchors \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add ship’s\add* front/\w bow|strong="G4408"\w*. \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* army officer \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sailors \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w hope|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.” \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 and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lifeboat \w fall|strong="G1601"\w* into \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water. \s1 Paul urged them to eat some food, so they did and then lightened the ship. \sr Acts 27:33-38 \p \v 33 \w Just|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w dawn|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \add on the ship\add* \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 have|strong="G1096"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w watching|strong="G4328"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* eating \w anything|strong="G3367"\w*. \v 34 \w So|strong="G1352"\w*, \add now\add* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* eat \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \add (inc)\add* need \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* stay alive. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add tell you to do that because I know that\add* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* drown [IDM].” \v 35 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|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* watching, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add for it. Then he broke the bread and began to eat some of it\add*. \v 36 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add rest of us\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G2115"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ate some \w food|strong="G5160"\w*. \v 37 Altogether \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 276 \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* [SYN] \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \v 38 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* everyone \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w eaten|strong="G2880"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* much \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* wanted, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \add that the ship was carrying\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* lighter. \s1 The waves began to break up the ship after it struck a shoal. \sr Acts 27:39-41 \p \v 39 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w dawn|strong="G1096"\w*, \add we(exc) could see\add* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \add but the sailors\add* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1921"\w* \add the place\add*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* see \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w bay|strong="G2859"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add a wide area of\add* sand \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* water’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* edge. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w planned|strong="G1011"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w possible|strong="G1410"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* steer \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w 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another, “Let’s\add* kill \add all\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \add on the ship\add*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add be able to\add* \w swim|strong="G1579"\w* \add away and\add* \w escape|strong="G1309"\w*.” \add They planned to do that because they were sure\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* officials \add would order them to be executed if they let the prisoners escape\add*. \v 43 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add Julius\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* army captain, \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* stopped \w the|strong="G1161"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w planned|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add commanded\add* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w swim|strong="G2860"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* jump \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* water \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w swim|strong="G2860"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \v 44 \add Then he told\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3062"\w* \add to hold\add* \w onto|strong="G1909"\w* \w planks|strong="G4548"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* pieces \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \add and go towards shore. We(exc) did what he said, and\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1909"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \c 28 \s1 The Maltese thought that Paul was a god because a snake did not harm him. \sr Acts 28:1-6 \p \v 1 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* arrived \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* \add on the shore\add*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w learned|strong="G1921"\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 who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G4355"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* kindly. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* lit \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* invited \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2186"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* warm \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\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*. \v 3 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4962"\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* \add among those sticks was\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* snake \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add from the fire to escape\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heat|strong="G2329"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w fastened|strong="G2510"\w* itself \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*. \v 4 \add The islanders knew that the snake was poisonous, so\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\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 they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “Probably \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* murdered \w someone|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w escaped|strong="G1295"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* drowned, \add the god\add* ◄\add who\add* pays \add people back/who punishes people\add*► \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G3708"\w* [MTY] sins \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w cause|strong="G3739"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* die.” \v 5 \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* simply shook \w the|strong="G1519"\w* snake 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*. \v 6 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w swell|strong="G4092"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* suddenly \w fall|strong="G2667"\w* \w down|strong="G2667"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* die. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|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* \add that the snake\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* harmed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add at all\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\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* \add to one another\add*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* murderer! Probably \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*!” \s1 Paul healed many Maltese, so they supplied what he and the others needed. \sr Acts 28:7-10 \p \v 7 \w Near|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* fire, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* fields \w that|strong="G3739"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G4413"\w* official \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* invited \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add come and stay in\add* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* home. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* care \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \v 8 \add At that time\add* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*’ \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dysentery|strong="G1420"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w lying|strong="G2621"\w* \add in bed\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* visited \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \add for him. Then\add* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w placed|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 healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \v 9 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sick \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \add to him\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \v 10 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* gifts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add showed in other ways that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* respected \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add ready\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave \add three months later\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|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 would|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \add for the trip\add*. \s1 Paul and the others sailed to Puteoli, then went by land towards Rome. \sr Acts 28:11-14 \p \v 11 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \add we had stayed there\add* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add got on\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \add that was going to Italy and\add* sailed \w away|strong="G3326"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add a harbor on\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* storms. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* come \w from|strong="G3588"\w* Alexandria \add city\add*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* carved images \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w twin|strong="G1359"\w* gods \add whose names were Castor and Pollux\add*. \v 12 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add sailed from the island and\add* arrived \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syracuse|strong="G4946"\w* \add city on Sicily island\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* ship \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rhegium|strong="G4484"\w* \add port in Italy\add*. \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*, \add so we sailed along fast\add*. \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* \w reached|strong="G1519"\w* \w Puteoli|strong="G4223"\w* \add town, where we left the ship\add*. \v 14 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* Puteoli \w we|strong="G2532"\w* met \w some|strong="G3588"\w* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w invited|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 for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* week. \add After visiting them\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add left there and started to travel by land\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \s1 Christians came out from Rome and escorted Paul into that city. \sr Acts 28:15-16 \p \v 15 \add A group of\add* believers \add who lived in Rome\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc) were coming\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add from Rome\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \add Some of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \add the town called\add* ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Market|strong="G5410"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* Appian \add Road’,\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \add the town called\add* ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w Inns|strong="G4999"\w*’. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* believers, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* encouraged. \v 16 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add (exc)\add* arrived \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w permitted|strong="G2010"\w* {\add a Roman official who was responsible for guarding Paul\add* \w permitted|strong="G2010"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G4862"\w* \add in a house\add* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add there was always\add* \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 The Jewish leaders asked Paul to tell them about Christianity. \sr Acts 28:17-22 \p \v 17 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \add Paul had been there\add* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\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* \add to come and talk with him. So\add* \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* fellow \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w although|strong="G1727"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w nor|strong="G2228"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* ancestors, \add our leaders\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add seized\add* [MTY] \add me. But before they could kill me, a Roman commander rescued me and later sent me\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Caesarea \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \add authorities/officials to put me on trial\add*. \v 18 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Roman authorities/officials questioned \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* release \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* done \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \add bad\add* \w thing|strong="G3367"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G5225"\w* executed {\w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*}. \v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add leaders\add* [SYN] \w there|strong="G1161"\w* opposed \add what the Roman authorities wanted to do\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* formally request \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Emperor \add judge me here in Rome\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* reason \w for|strong="G1161"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w our|strong="G2192"\w* leaders \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*. \v 20 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w requested|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to come\add* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prisoner. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Messiah, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add God long ago promised to send\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3708"\w* \add (inc)\add* Jews.” \v 21 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \add the Jewish leaders\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w letters|strong="G1121"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add our fellow Jews\add* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Also|strong="G1161"\w*, \w none|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w our|strong="G4012"\w* fellow Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \add here from Judea\add* \w has|strong="G5100"\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* \add (exc)\add* want \w to|strong="G1161"\w* hear \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add Christian\add* sect/group, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1110"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4012"\w* \w places|strong="G3837"\w* [HYP] bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* {\w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*} \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.” \s1 Paul told the Jews that non-Jews would believe the gospel. \sr Acts 28:23-31 \p \v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add talked with Paul and decided that they would come back on another day to hear him. 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one|strong="G1520"\w* \w another|strong="G1520"\w*. \add Paul realized that some of them did not want to listen to him, so\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w*/\w our|strong="G1223"\w*(incl) \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*, \add and what he said is also true about you\add*: \q1 \v 26 \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow Israelites \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w 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Therefore, I am telling you that \add God\add* has sent to the non-Jews this message about how he saves people, and they will listen \add and accept it\add*!” \p \v 30 \w For|strong="G4314"\w* \w two|strong="G1333"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w years|strong="G1333"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1696"\w* \add there\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3410"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rented|strong="G3410"\w*. \w Many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* received \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* gladly \add and talked with them\add*. \v 31 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* \add and taught people\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* rule \add their lives\add* [MET] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* afraid, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.