\id ACT - The Text-Critical English New Testament 
\h THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 
\toc1 The Acts of the Apostles 
\toc2 Acts 
\toc3 Acts 
\mt2 THE  
\mt1 ACTS  
\mt2 OF THE APOSTLES  
\c 1  
\s1 Jesus Promises to Send the Holy Spirit  
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* compiled, \w O|strong="G5599"\w* \w Theophilus|strong="G2321"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*  
\v 2 until \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken up, \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G1781"\w* commands \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* apostles \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w suffering|strong="G3958"\w*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w convincing|strong="G5039"\w* \w proofs|strong="G5039"\w*, \w appearing|strong="G3700"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* course \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 4 \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* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w depart|strong="G5563"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w wait|strong="G4037"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \wj “\+w Which|strong="G3739"\+w*,”\wj* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, \wj “\+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* heard \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.\wj*  
\v 5 \wj \+w For|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w water|strong="G5204"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3756"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*.”\wj*   
\s1 The Ascension  
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w restore|strong="G5550"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*?”  
\v 7 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \wj “\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w times|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w seasons|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w set|strong="G5087"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w own|strong="G2398"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w*,\wj*  
\v 8 \wj \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1411"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w upon|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*\wj* \f + \fr 1:8 \fq witnesses to me \ft ¦ my witnesses ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\wj \+w witnesses|strong="G3144"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Judea|strong="G2449"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="G4540"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ends|strong="G2078"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*.”\wj*  
\v 9 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G3788"\w*.  
\v 10 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* gazing \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2066"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 1:11 \fq staring \ft ¦ looking SBL TH WH\f*staring \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*? \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”   
\s1 Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas  
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Olivet|strong="G1638"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*'\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w journey|strong="G3598"\w* \w away|strong="G5290"\w*.  
\v 13 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w entering|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G2650"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* present \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \f + \fr 1:13 \fq James, John \ft ¦ John, James CT\f*\w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, Andrew, \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, Bartholomew, \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Alphaeus, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Zealot, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*.  
\v 14 \w With|strong="G4862"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w devoting|strong="G4342"\w* \w themselves|strong="G4342"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \f + \fr 1:14 \fq and supplication \ft 95.5% ¦ — CT 3.9%\f*\w and|strong="G2532"\w* supplication, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*' brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* several \w women|strong="G1135"\w*, \w including|strong="G4862"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w In|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 the|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 1:15 \fq disciples \ft ¦ brothers CT\f*\w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* (\w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1540"\w* \w twenty|strong="G1501"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* gathered \w together|strong="G1909"\w*). \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 16 “Brothers, \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \f + \fr 1:16 \fq this \ft ¦ the CT\f*\w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* foretold \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w guide|strong="G3595"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w arrested|strong="G4815"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 17 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w numbered|strong="G2674"\w* \f + \fr 1:17 \fq with \ft ¦ among CT\f*\w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2975"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w share|strong="G2819"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*.”  
\v 18 (\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w acquired|strong="G2932"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w field|strong="G5564"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wages|strong="G3408"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* unrighteousness, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w falling|strong="G1096"\w* \w headfirst|strong="G4248"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* body \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 gushed|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w*.  
\v 19 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w dwelling|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w field|strong="G5564"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* Akeldama, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Field|strong="G5564"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Blood.)  
\v 20 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w*, “\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Book|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Psalms|strong="G5568"\w*:  
\b  
\q1 ‘\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w homestead|strong="G1886"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w*;  
\q1 \w let|strong="G1096"\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 dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,’  
\b  
\m \w and|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\b  
\q1 ‘\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* position \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w overseer|strong="G1984"\w*.’   
\b  
\m
\v 21 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*,  
\v 22 beginning \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* up \w to|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* up \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* resurrection.”  
\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2476"\w* \w forward|strong="G2476"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \f + \fr 1:23 \fq Barsabas \ft ¦ Barsabbas ANT CT\f*Barsabas (\w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, yoʋ \w know|strong="G2589"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2589"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*; show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w*  
\v 25 \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 1:25 \fq receive the share of \ft ¦ take the place in CT\f*\w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* share \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* apostleship \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w turned|strong="G3845"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.”  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cast|strong="G2532"\w* \w lots|strong="G2819"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \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 to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w added|strong="G4785"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* apostles.   
\c 2  
\s1 The Coming of the Holy Spirit  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 2:1 \fq in the same place with one accord \ft 94.1% ¦ together in the same place CT 2.3%\f*\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* accord.  
\v 2 Suddenly \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w sound|strong="G2279"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w mighty|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushing|strong="G5342"\w* \w wind|strong="G4157"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|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*.  
\v 3 \w Divided|strong="G1266"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rested|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* utterance.   
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\v 5 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w devout|strong="G2126"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w dwelling|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w sound|strong="G5456"\w* \w occurred|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w bewildered|strong="G4797"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 2:7 \fq all \ft ¦ — ECM\+sup †\+sup* HF NA PCK SBL WH\f*\w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \f + \fr 2:7 \fq to one another \ft 94.2% ¦ — CT 2.7%\f*\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w Galileans|strong="G1057"\w*?  
\v 8 \w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* hear \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w native|strong="G1722"\w* languages?  
\v 9 \w Parthians|strong="G3934"\w*, \w Medes|strong="G3370"\w*, \w Elamites|strong="G1639"\w*; \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w*, \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cappadocia|strong="G2587"\w*, \w Pontus|strong="G4195"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 10 \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 districts|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Libya|strong="G3033"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2957"\w*; \w visitors|strong="G1927"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4514"\w* (\w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* converts \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Judaism),  
\v 11 \w Cretans|strong="G2912"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Arabs—\w we|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mighty|strong="G2532"\w* acts \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* own \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w greatly|strong="G1280"\w* \w perplexed|strong="G1280"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \f + \fr 2:12 \fq could \ft ¦ does CT\f*could \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* scoffed \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* believers, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* filled \w with|strong="G1161"\w* new \w wine|strong="G1098"\w*.”   
\s1 Peter's Sermon at Pentecost  
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\v 14 \w Then|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* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w*, \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* declared \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* ear \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*.  
\v 15 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w suppose|strong="G5274"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Joel|strong="G2493"\w*:   
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\q1
\v 17 ‘\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w pour|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w prophesy|strong="G4395"\w*,  
\q1 \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w visions|strong="G3706"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G4245"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w dream|strong="G1797"\w* \w dreams|strong="G1798"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* male \w and|strong="G2532"\w* female \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w pour|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophesy|strong="G4395"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w perform|strong="G1325"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w* \w above|strong="G1909"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w below|strong="G2736"\w*:  
\q1 blood, \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* mist \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w smoke|strong="G2586"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G3344"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* blood,  
\q1 \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorious|strong="G2016"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w calls|strong="G1941"\w* \w upon|strong="G1941"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.’   
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\v 22 “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*: \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* attested \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*, \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w midst|strong="G3319"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*,  
\v 23 \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w delivered|strong="G1560"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* deliberate \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w foreknowledge|strong="G4268"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 2:23 \fq took and \ft 95.1% ¦ — CT 2.7%\f*\w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death, \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w nailed|strong="G4362"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4362"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* lawless \w men|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G3089"\w*, releasing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w pangs|strong="G5604"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w because|strong="G2530"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w impossible|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* keep \w its|strong="G5259"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w on|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 25 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
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\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G4308"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26 \w Therefore|strong="G1223"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w glad|strong="G2165"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G2165"\w*;  
\q1 \w moreover|strong="G1161"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwell|strong="G1909"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w abandon|strong="G1459"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Hades,  
\q1 \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* yoʋ let yoʋr \w Holy|strong="G3741"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w corruption|strong="G1312"\w*.   
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\v 28 Yoʋ \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G1107"\w* \w known|strong="G1107"\w* \w to|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w paths|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*;  
\q1 yoʋ \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w fill|strong="G4137"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w joy|strong="G2167"\w* \w by|strong="G3598"\w* yoʋr \w presence|strong="G4383"\w*.’   
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\v 29 “Brothers, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w confidence|strong="G3954"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w patriarch|strong="G3966"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3418"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 30 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \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* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w sworn|strong="G3660"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \f + \fr 2:30 \fq from among his descendants, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit \ft 75.9% • MSS 5.3% ¦ he would seat one of his descendants CT 2.4%\f*\w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w descendants|strong="G2590"\w*, \w according|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flesh, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w raise|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w*,  
\v 31 David \w foresaw|strong="G4308"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G4561"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \f + \fr 2:31 \fq his soul \ft 68% • MSS 21.3% ¦ he CT 1.6%\f*\w his|strong="G1519"\w* soul \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w abandoned|strong="G1459"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Hades \w and|strong="G4561"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w corruption|strong="G1312"\w*.  
\v 32 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G2316"\w* up, \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w exalted|strong="G5312"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w poured|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \f + \fr 2:33 \fq now \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w now|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 2:33 \fq see \ft ¦ both see NA WH\f*see \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hear.  
\v 34 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ascend|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\b  
\q1 ‘\w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w*   
\q1
\v 35 \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2193"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* yoʋr \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w a|strong="G5087"\w* \w footstool|strong="G5286"\w* \w for|strong="G4228"\w* yoʋr \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.” ’   
\b  
\m
\v 36 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w let|strong="G1097"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainty|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w pierced|strong="G2660"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, “Brothers, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?”  
\v 38 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized, \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* remission \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \f + \fr 2:38 \fq sins \ft 94.8% ¦ your sins ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH 1.8%\f*sins, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 39 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* off, \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* calls \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*.”  
\v 40 \w With|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w exhorted|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w crooked|strong="G4646"\w* \w generation|strong="G1074"\w*.”  
\v 41 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 2:41 \fq gladly \ft ¦ — CT\f*gladly received \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* \w three|strong="G5153"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5153"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w devoted|strong="G4342"\w* \w themselves|strong="G4342"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w fellowship|strong="G2842"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w breaking|strong="G2800"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*.   
\s1 Life Among the Believers  
\p
\v 43 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w sense|strong="G5401"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w awe|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles.  
\v 44 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w common|strong="G2839"\w*.  
\v 45 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4097"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w possessions|strong="G2933"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* belongings, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w distributing|strong="G1266"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* proceeds \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w*.  
\v 46 \w Day|strong="G2250"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w continued|strong="G4342"\w* meeting \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breaking|strong="G2806"\w* bread \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* gladness \w and|strong="G2532"\w* simplicity \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*,  
\v 47 praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \f + \fr 2:47 \fq the church daily those who were being saved. One day Peter and John were going up together \ft 86.6% ¦ their number those who were being saved. One day Peter and John were going up CT 2.4%\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* church \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.   
\c 3  
\s1 Peter Heals a Lame Man  
\p
\v 1 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G5610"\w* \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 up|strong="G1519"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ninth|strong="G1766"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*.  
\v 2 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*'s \w womb|strong="G2836"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G5225"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Beautiful|strong="G5611"\w* \w Gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w alms|strong="G1654"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w entering|strong="G1531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts.  
\v 3 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* courts, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G2983"\w* \w asking|strong="G2065"\w* \f + \fr 3:3 \fq for \ft ¦ to receive CT ST\f*\w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w alms|strong="G1654"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, looked \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* intently \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Look \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w attention|strong="G1907"\w*, \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* silver \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \f + \fr 3:6 \fq rise up and \ft ¦ — ECM\+sup †\+sup* SBL WH\f*\w rise|strong="G3480"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* hold \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* feet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ankles|strong="G4974"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G4732"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Leaping|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w walking|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* courts \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*.  
\v 9 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\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 him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\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 of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* asking \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w alms|strong="G1654"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w wonder|strong="G2285"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazement|strong="G1611"\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*.   
\s1 Peter Speaks in Solomon's Portico  
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\v 11 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 3:11 \fq the lame man who had been healed \ft 78.6% ¦ he ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH 2.9% • ECM\+sup †\+sup* 1.8%\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* lame \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* healed 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 ran|strong="G4936"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w portico|strong="G4745"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*'s, utterly astonished.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* addressed \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*: “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* staring \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w godliness|strong="G2150"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*?  
\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \f + \fr 3:13 \fq Abraham, Isaac, and \ft ¦ Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of NA\f*Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w glorified|strong="G1392"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w delivered|strong="G3860"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* denied \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w presence|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* release \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* denied \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w murderer|strong="G5406"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w granted|strong="G5483"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* put \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Author \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*.  
\v 16 \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w strengthened|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 and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w perfect|strong="G3778"\w* \w health|strong="G3647"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w presence|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w*, brothers, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w acted|strong="G4238"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* ignorance, \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* rulers \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w foretold|strong="G4293"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w mouths|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \f + \fr 3:18 \fq his prophets, that the \ft ¦ the prophets, that his CT\f*\w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* sins \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w wiped|strong="G1813"\w* \w away|strong="G1813"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* refreshing \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w presence|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,  
\v 20 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* send \f + \fr 3:20 \fq Jesus, the Christ who has been appointed for you \ft ¦ Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed to you before TR\f*\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4400"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w receive|strong="G1209"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* until \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* comes \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* restoration \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w declared|strong="G2980"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \f + \fr 3:21 \fq all \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* holy \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w ago|strong="G5550"\w*.  
\v 22 \f + \fr 3:22 \fq For Moses said to our fathers \ft 80.3% ¦ Moses said to our fathers MSS 5.6% \ft ¦ Moses said CT 4%\f*\w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* fathers, ‘\w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \f + \fr 3:22 \fq our \ft ¦ your ANT ECM NA TH TR ¦ — SBL WH\f*\w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w raise|strong="G2316"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* brothers. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* listen \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w utterly|strong="G1842"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G1842"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.’  
\v 24 \w Indeed|strong="G2532"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w*, beginning \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* continuing \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w afterward|strong="G2517"\w*, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 3:24 \fq proclaimed \ft ¦ foretold \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* PCK TR\f*\w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 25 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1303"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 3:25 \fq our \ft ¦ your ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Abraham, ‘\w In|strong="G1722"\w* yoʋr offspring \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w families|strong="G3965"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w blessed|strong="G1757"\w*.’  
\v 26 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G2316"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \f + \fr 3:26 \fq Jesus \ft ¦ — CT\f*Jesus \w and|strong="G2316"\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*, \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w turning|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G4189"\w* \w ways|strong="G4189"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 Peter and John Brought Before the Council  
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\v 1 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\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*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 4:1 \fq priests \ft ¦ chief priests WH\f*\w priests|strong="G2409"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w captain|strong="G4755"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w guard|strong="G4755"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 2 \w greatly|strong="G1278"\w* \w annoyed|strong="G1278"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* resurrection \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arrested \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* custody \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w evening|strong="G2073"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* number \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5505"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rulers, \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w scribes|strong="G1122"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 4:5 \fq Jerusalem, along with Annas the high priest, \ft ¦ Jerusalem. Annas the high priest was also there, along with CT\f*\w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*,  
\v 6 \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* Annas \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, Alexander, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* members \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* high-priestly \w family|strong="G1085"\w*.  
\v 7 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* question \w them|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?”  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Rulers \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \f + \fr 4:8 \fq of Israel \ft 96.9% ¦ — CT 1.8%\f*\w of|strong="G4151"\w* Israel,  
\v 9 \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* examined \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* deed \w done|strong="G2108"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* disabled \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G4594"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w means|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* been \w healed|strong="G4982"\w*,  
\v 10 \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w health|strong="G5199"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 11 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \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 you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w builders|strong="G3618"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w cornerstone|strong="G2776"\w*.  
\v 12 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \f + \fr 4:12 \fq name \ft ¦ name under heaven \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT HF PCK TR\f*\w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”   
\p
\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* uneducated \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w untrained|strong="G2399"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G3762"\w* \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* see \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* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G5037"\w* say \w in|strong="G2192"\w* opposition.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* Peter \w and|strong="G1161"\w* John \w to|strong="G4314"\w* step \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w conferred|strong="G4820"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*,  
\v 16 \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w evident|strong="G5318"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w notable|strong="G1110"\w* \w sign|strong="G4592"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w deny|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w spread|strong="G1268"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w further|strong="G4119"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \f + \fr 4:17 \fq we will \ft ¦ let us \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT HF PCK TR\f*\w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \f + \fr 4:17 \fq strictly \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w strictly|strong="G4183"\w* warn \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 4:17 \fq any of the people \ft ¦ anyone PCK\f*\w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G5350"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Whether|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*.  
\v 20 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* help \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G2980"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard.”  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* threatening \w Peter|strong="G1392"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* John \w further|strong="G1909"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* released \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w finding|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w punish|strong="G2849"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w glorifying|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 22 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w sign|strong="G4592"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w healing|strong="G2392"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w performed|strong="G1096"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*.   
\s1 The Believers Pray for Boldness  
\p
\v 23 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* released, \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \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* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \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 this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1093"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Master|strong="G1203"\w*, yoʋ \f + \fr 4:24 \fq are God, who \ft … them. It ¦ who … them, it ANT ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 25 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \f + \fr 4:25 \fq who said through the mouth of yoʋr servant David, \ft 64% • TR 24.5% ¦ who, by the Holy Spirit, said through the mouth of our father David, yoʋr servant, CT 5.2%\f*\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* yoʋr \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*,  
\b  
\q1 ‘\w Why|strong="G1223"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w rage|strong="G5433"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w peoples|strong="G2992"\w* \w plot|strong="G3191"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2756"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*?   
\q1
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rulers \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*,  
\q1 \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* Anointed.’   
\b  
\m
\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \f + \fr 4:27 \fq indeed \ft ¦ indeed in this city CT\f*\w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pontius|strong="G4194"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋr holy \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w anointed|strong="G5548"\w*,  
\v 28 \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3745"\w* yoʋr \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* foreordained \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 29 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w take|strong="G1896"\w* \w note|strong="G1896"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* threats \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w grant|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* yoʋr \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w*,  
\v 30 \w as|strong="G1519"\w* yoʋ \w stretch|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heal|strong="G2392"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* perform \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* yoʋr holy \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 31 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|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 gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w*.   
\s1 The Believers Share Their Belongings  
\p
\v 32 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 4:32 \fq their \ft ¦ his \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT PCK TR\f*\w their|strong="G2532"\w* belongings \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* held \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w common|strong="G2839"\w*.  
\v 33 \w With|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w were|strong="G1510"\w* giving \w testimony|strong="G3142"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 34 \w There|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w needy|strong="G1729"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* plots \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5092"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w*.  
\v 35 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* proceeds \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w distributed|strong="G1239"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w*.  
\v 36 \f + \fr 4:36 \fq Joses \ft ¦ Joseph CT\f*Joses, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles \w called|strong="G1941"\w* Barnabas (\w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Encouragement|strong="G3874"\w*”), \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Levite|strong="G3019"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Cypriot \w by|strong="G3739"\w* \w birth|strong="G1085"\w*,  
\v 37 \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* field \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles' \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.   
\c 5  
\s1 Ananias and Sapphira  
\p
\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Sapphira|strong="G4551"\w*, \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w piece|strong="G2933"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w property|strong="G2933"\w*  
\v 2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* \w back|strong="G3557"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w proceeds|strong="G5092"\w*, \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w aware|strong="G4894"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w portion|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles' \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Ananias, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* yoʋr \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lie|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G3557"\w* \w back|strong="G3557"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* plot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w*?  
\v 4 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w remained|strong="G3306"\w* unsold, \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* yoʋrs? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* once \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* yoʋr \w control|strong="G1849"\w*? \w How|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* yoʋr \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*? Yoʋ \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lied|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias heard \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breathed|strong="G1634"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w last|strong="G1634"\w* breath. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3501"\w* \w men|strong="G3501"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w*, \w wrapped|strong="G4958"\w* \w up|strong="G4958"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* body, \w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\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*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w knowing|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* sold \w the|strong="G1161"\w* plot \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w such|strong="G5118"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w such|strong="G5118"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w price|strong="G5118"\w*.” \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w such|strong="G5118"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w price|strong="G5118"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w agreed|strong="G4856"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w put|strong="G3985"\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* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w test|strong="G3985"\w*? \w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* yoʋr husband \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\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* yoʋ \w out|strong="G1627"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w At|strong="G4314"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breathed|strong="G1634"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w last|strong="G1634"\w* breath. \w When|strong="G1161"\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 they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* husband.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\s1 The Apostles Perform Signs and Wonders  
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\v 12 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w taking|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*'s \w portico|strong="G4745"\w*.  
\v 13 \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G3062"\w* \w dared|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w held|strong="G3170"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1438"\w* \w high|strong="G3170"\w* regard.  
\v 14 \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w number|strong="G4128"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 15 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \f + \fr 5:15 \fq carried \ft ¦ even carried CT\f*\w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w streets|strong="G4113"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w beds|strong="G2895"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mats|strong="G2895"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \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 on|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4038"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*, \w bringing|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G5342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* harassed \w by|strong="G5259"\w* unclean \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*.   
\s1 An Angel Frees the Apostles from Prison  
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\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 that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sect \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w jealousy|strong="G2205"\w*.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arrested \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 a|strong="G2532"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w an|strong="G1161"\w* angel \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* opened \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 20 “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* new \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w courts|strong="G4892"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w dawn|strong="G3722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w*.  
\p \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w came|strong="G3854"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\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 they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*—\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* eldership \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*—\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* officers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G1201"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w officers|strong="G5257"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* returned \w and|strong="G1161"\w* reported,  
\v 23 “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G1201"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* security \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w guards|strong="G5441"\w* \f + \fr 5:23 \fq standing \ft ¦ standing outside TR\f*\w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \f + \fr 5:23 \fq in front of \ft ¦ at ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\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 \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w inside|strong="G2080"\w*.”  
\v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 5:24 \fq high priest, the captain of the temple guard, \ft 81.7% ¦ captain of the temple guard CT 8.1%\f*\w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \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* \w guard|strong="G4755"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G4755"\w* priests heard \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w report|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w greatly|strong="G1280"\w* \w perplexed|strong="G1280"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, wondering \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*!”  
\v 26 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w captain|strong="G4755"\w* \w went|strong="G5119"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w officers|strong="G5257"\w* \w and|strong="G2992"\w* brought \w the|strong="G3588"\w* apostles \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2992"\w* force, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* might \w stone|strong="G3034"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* bringing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w in|strong="G1722"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \f + \fr 5:27 \fq asked them, “Did we not strictly command … name? \ft ¦ questioned them, saying, “We strictly commanded … name. ECM\+sup †\+sup* SBL TH WH\f*\w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 28 “\w Did|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* strictly \w command|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*? \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* determined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1863"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w obey|strong="G3980"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* murdered \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w cross|strong="G3586"\w*.  
\v 31 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w exalted|strong="G5312"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* Leader \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Savior|strong="G4990"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w grant|strong="G1325"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* remission \w of|strong="G2532"\w* sins.  
\v 32 \f + \fr 5:32 \fq Concerning these things we are his witnesses \ft ¦ We are witnesses of these things ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*Concerning \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\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 given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w obey|strong="G3980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 33 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* furious \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w resolved|strong="G1011"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death,  
\v 34 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w teacher|strong="G3547"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3547"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w held|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w honor|strong="G5093"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w orders|strong="G2753"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 5:34 \fq apostles \ft 98.3% ¦ men CT 1.1%\f*apostles \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G5037"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* Sanhedrin, “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w give|strong="G4337"\w* \w careful|strong="G4337"\w* consideration \w to|strong="G4314"\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*.  
\v 36 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w Theudas|strong="G2333"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w declaring|strong="G3004"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* number \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w four|strong="G5071"\w* \w hundred|strong="G5071"\w*, \f + \fr 5:36 \fq responded to the call to join \ft ¦ joined themselves to ANT CT PCK TR\f*\w responded|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G3982"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* death, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w scattered|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*.  
\v 37 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilean|strong="G1057"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* census \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \f + \fr 5:37 \fq many \ft ¦ some of the CT\f*\w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* perished, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w scattered|strong="G1287"\w*.  
\v 38 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, keep away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G1438"\w*, \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* undertaking \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* stopped;  
\v 39 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \f + \fr 5:39 \fq cannot \ft ¦ will not be able to CT PCK\f*\w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w put|strong="G3982"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 5:39 \fq it \ft ¦ them CT\f*\w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w fighting|strong="G2314"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 40 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w calling|strong="G4341"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \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 in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* released \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 41 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* apostles \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w out|strong="G3754"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w presence|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*, \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w considered|strong="G2661"\w* \w worthy|strong="G2661"\w* \w to|strong="G4198"\w* suffer dishonor \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \f + \fr 5:41 \fq the name of Jesus \ft ¦ his name \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT TR ¦ the name of the Christ PCK ¦ the Name CT\f*\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4198"\w*.  
\v 42 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w cease|strong="G3973"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\c 6  
\s1 Seven Chosen to Serve  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w increased|strong="G4129"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w number|strong="G4129"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w complaint|strong="G1112"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Hebrews|strong="G1445"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w part|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Hellenists \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w overlooked|strong="G3865"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* distribution \w of|strong="G2250"\w* food.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* together \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* proper \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w neglect|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w wait|strong="G1247"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w*.  
\v 3 \f + \fr 6:3 \fq Therefore \ft ¦ Now then ECM NA SBL WH\f*\w Therefore|strong="G1161"\w*, brothers, look \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w reputation|strong="G3140"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 6:3 \fq Holy \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* can \w appoint|strong="G2525"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 6:4 \fq we will \ft ¦ let us ECM\+sup †\+sup*\f*\w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w devote|strong="G4342"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w proposal|strong="G3056"\w* pleased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w Prochorus|strong="G4402"\w*, \w Nicanor|strong="G3527"\w*, \w Timon|strong="G5096"\w*, \w Parmenas|strong="G3937"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Nicolaus, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Antiochean \w convert|strong="G4339"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Judaism.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2476"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w increase|strong="G4129"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w multiply|strong="G4129"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w became|strong="G5219"\w* \w obedient|strong="G5219"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.   
\s1 The Arrest of Stephen  
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\v 8 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 6:8 \fq faith \ft 78.4% ¦ grace CT 19.8%\f*faith \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Freedmen|strong="G3032"\w* (\w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w*), \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrenians|strong="G2956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Alexandrians, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|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* resist \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w induced|strong="G5260"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* heard Stephen \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* blasphemous \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w stirred|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w scribes|strong="G1122"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Stephen, \w seized|strong="G4884"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2476"\w* \w forward|strong="G2476"\w* \w false|strong="G5571"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w does|strong="G2980"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \f + \fr 6:13 \fq blasphemous \ft ¦ — CT\f*blasphemous \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \f + \fr 6:13 \fq the \ft ¦ this ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA TR WH\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* holy \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 14 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* change \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \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 Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* stared \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Stephen intently \w and|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* \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's Speech to the Council  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* accusations \w true|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 2 Stephen \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “Brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, listen. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w*, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\w*,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* yoʋr \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w relatives|strong="G4772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 7:3 \fq a \ft ¦ the CT\f*\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* yoʋ.’  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="G5466"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\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* relocated \w him|strong="G3588"\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* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w inheritance|strong="G2817"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* length \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* footstep, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w possession|strong="G2697"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w child|strong="G5043"\w*.  
\v 6 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* sojourners \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* foreign \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* enslave \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mistreat|strong="G2559"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w four|strong="G5071"\w* \w hundred|strong="G5071"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 7 ‘\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w*,’ \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w afterward|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.’  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* Abraham \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G4061"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eighth|strong="G3590"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. Later \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w patriarchs|strong="G3966"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w patriarchs|strong="G3966"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w jealous|strong="G2206"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*  
\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w delivered|strong="G1807"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w afflictions|strong="G2347"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* Joseph \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*, \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \f + \fr 7:11 \fq the land of \ft 90.2% ¦ — CT 3.9%\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* land \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w food|strong="G5527"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w our|strong="G1821"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w time|strong="G4413"\w*.  
\v 13 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* visit, \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* himself \w known|strong="G5318"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \f + \fr 7:13 \fq again \ft ¦ — WH\f*\w again|strong="G1208"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*'s \w family|strong="G1085"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G5318"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3333"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4772"\w*, \w seventy-five|strong="G1440"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 16 Later \w their|strong="G2532"\w* bodies \w were|strong="G3588"\w* moved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Shechem|strong="G4966"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3418"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Abraham \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w bought|strong="G5608"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sum|strong="G5092"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \f + \fr 7:16 \fq Hamor, the father of \ft ¦ Hamor in CT\f*\w Hamor|strong="G1697"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* father \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Shechem|strong="G4966"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 “\w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fulfill \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 7:17 \fq sworn \ft 96.3% ¦ made CT 2.2%\f*sworn \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham, \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w increased|strong="G4129"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w multiplied|strong="G4129"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt  
\v 18 until \w there|strong="G3739"\w* arose \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \f + \fr 7:18 \fq king \ft ¦ king over Egypt ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*.  
\v 19 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w dealt|strong="G4160"\w* shrewdly \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w mistreated|strong="G2559"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* abandon \w their|strong="G1519"\w* newborn \w babies|strong="G1025"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* would \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w survive|strong="G2225"\w*.  
\v 20 \w At|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* beautiful \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*'s \w sight|strong="G3588"\w*. \w For|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*'s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*,  
\v 21 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* abandoned, \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*'s \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* trained \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Egyptians, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w mighty|strong="G1415"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 7:22 \fq words \ft ¦ his words ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* Moses reached \w forty|strong="G5063"\w* \w years|strong="G5063"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w age|strong="G5550"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* brothers, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* wronged, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* aid \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w oppressed|strong="G2669"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w avenged|strong="G1557"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w striking|strong="G3960"\w* \w down|strong="G3960"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Egyptian \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* oppressing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 25 Moses assumed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* brothers \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w granting|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w deliverance|strong="G4991"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \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*.  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w upon|strong="G1519"\w* two Israelites \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w fighting|strong="G3164"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 7:26 \fq urged them to make \ft ¦ tried to reconcile them in CT\f*urged \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* brothers; \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*?’  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* hurting \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G4139"\w* thrust Moses aside \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* yoʋ \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?  
\v 28 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* yoʋ \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ killed \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Egyptian \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w*?’  
\v 29 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w remark|strong="G3056"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w fled|strong="G5343"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* sojourner \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Midian|strong="G3099"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.   
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\v 30 “\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \f + \fr 7:30 \fq of the Lord \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w flame|strong="G5395"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bush.  
\v 31 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G2296"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sight|strong="G3705"\w*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w drew|strong="G1161"\w* \w near|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G2296"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \f + \fr 7:31 \fq to him \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*:  
\v 32 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* yoʋr \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \f + \fr 7:32 \fq Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of \ft ¦ Abraham, Isaac, and CT\f*Abraham, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*.’ \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tremble \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dare|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G2657"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="G3089"\w* \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋr \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* holy \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 34 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* surely \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* mistreatment \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w groaning|strong="G4726"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w deliver|strong="G1807"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send yoʋ \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt.’   
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\v 35 “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* rejected, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* yoʋ \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w*?’ \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 7:35 \fq a \ft ¦ both a ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL WH\f*\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* redeemer \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bush.  
\v 36 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 7:36 \fq the land of \ft ¦ — WH\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\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 in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 37 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, ‘\f + \fr 7:37 \fq The Lord our \ft ¦ The Lord your ANT TR ¦ — CT\f*\w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w raise|strong="G2316"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 7:37 \fq brothers. \ft ¦ brothers; you must listen to him. ANT TR\f*brothers.’  
\v 38 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \f + \fr 7:38 \fq a living word \ft ¦ living oracles \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT HF PCK TR\f*\w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 7:38 \fq us \ft ¦ you WH\f*\w us|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 39 \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w unwilling|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w obey|strong="G5255"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Instead, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* thrust \w him|strong="G3588"\w* aside, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt,  
\v 40 \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Aaron, ‘\w Make|strong="G4160"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w go|strong="G4313"\w* \w before|strong="G4313"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \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 this|strong="G3778"\w* \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* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt.’  
\v 41 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3447"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w idol|strong="G1497"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* form \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w calf|strong="G3447"\w*, \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w idol|strong="G1497"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G2165"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 42 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w away|strong="G4762"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w host|strong="G4756"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*:  
\b  
\q1 ‘\w Was|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* slain \w beasts|strong="G4968"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*  
\q1 \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*, O \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*?   
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\v 43 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Molech  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* star \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \f + \fr 7:43 \fq your \ft ¦ the SBL WH\f*\w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w* \f + \fr 7:43 \fq Remphan \ft ¦ Rephan \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* TH ¦ Rephphan PCK ¦ Raiphan ECM NA SBL \ft ¦ Rompha WH\f*\w Remphan|strong="G4481"\w*,  
\q1 \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w images|strong="G5179"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w into|strong="G2316"\w* exile \w beyond|strong="G1900"\w* Babylon.’   
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\v 44 “\f + \fr 7:44 \fq Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony \ft ¦ The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers ST\f*\w Our|strong="G2596"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3142"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w directed|strong="G1299"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pattern|strong="G5179"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 45 Receiving \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w turn|strong="G1237"\w*, \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* dispossessed \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w drove|strong="G1856"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w presence|strong="G4383"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* remained \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*,  
\v 46 \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* provide \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwelling|strong="G4638"\w* \w place|strong="G3624"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 7:46 \fq God \ft ¦ house ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA\f*\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*.  
\v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1161"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w* \w who|strong="G4672"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* him.  
\v 48 Yet \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Most|strong="G5310"\w* \w High|strong="G5310"\w* \w does|strong="G2730"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 7:48 \fq temples \ft ¦ houses CT {Note: The reading of CT is literally \ft \+it things\+it*. For the sake of clarity, however, most English translations of CT render the Greek as \+it houses\+it*.}\f*temples \w made|strong="G5499"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*,   
\b  
\q1
\v 49 ‘\w Heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w footstool|strong="G5286"\w*.  
\q1 \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*?   
\q1
\v 50 \w Has|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*?’   
\b  
\p
\v 51 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w stiff-necked|strong="G4644"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, uncircumcised \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 7:51 \fq heart \ft ¦ your hearts TH\f*\w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* always resist \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*! \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 52 \w Which|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w*? \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w foretold|strong="G4293"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G1660"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w One|strong="G3739"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w betrayers|strong="G4273"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w murderers|strong="G5406"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w*,  
\v 53 \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w ordained|strong="G1296"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w kept|strong="G5442"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 The Stoning of Stephen  
\p
\v 54 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Sanhedrin heard \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w cut|strong="G1282"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w gnashing|strong="G1031"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 55 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Stephen, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, gazed \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 56 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w* \w opened|strong="G1272"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Man|strong="G5207"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 57 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w stopped|strong="G4912"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w*.  
\v 58 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w drove|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w stoning|strong="G3036"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Meanwhile, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w laid|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G3494"\w* \w named|strong="G2564"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.  
\v 59 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w stoning|strong="G3036"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\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*!”  
\v 60 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G2837"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\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 with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w hold|strong="G2476"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sin \w against|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!” \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G2837"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2837"\w*.   
\c 8  
\nb
\v 1 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* approved \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* execution.  
\s1 \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* Persecutes \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Church|strong="G1577"\w*  
\p \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w except|strong="G4133"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w scattered|strong="G1289"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w regions|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Devout|strong="G2126"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* away \w for|strong="G1909"\w* burial \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w lamentation|strong="G2870"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w ravaging|strong="G3075"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*. \w Entering|strong="G1531"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.   
\s1 Philip Preaches the Good News in Samaria  
\p
\v 4 \w Now|strong="G3767"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w scattered|strong="G1289"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* around \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 8:5 \fq a \ft ¦ the ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL WH\f*\w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 6 \w With|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* paid close \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w performing|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 7 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* unclean \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, crying \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*.  
\v 8 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.   
\s1 Simon the Magician  
\p
\v 9 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* previously practiced \w magic|strong="G3096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*, \w declaring|strong="G3004"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*.  
\v 10 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w least|strong="G3398"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w greatest|strong="G3173"\w*, \f + \fr 8:10 \fq they \ft ¦ they all ANT CT TR\f*\w they|strong="G3588"\w* paid close \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \f + \fr 8:10 \fq great power of God \ft 90.4% ¦ power of God that is called Great CT 6.6%\f*\w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* paid close \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* magical \w arts|strong="G3095"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w himself|strong="G1839"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* baptized, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4100"\w* close company \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \f + \fr 8:13 \fq miracles and signs \ft ¦ signs and great miracles CT ST\f*\w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w taking|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w*.   
\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* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*.  
\v 15 \w These|strong="G4012"\w* \w two|strong="G2597"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G4151"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2983"\w* Samaritan believers \w to|strong="G2597"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2983"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*,  
\v 16 \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w fallen|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \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 only|strong="G3440"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* baptized \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \f + \fr 8:16 \fq Christ \ft ¦ the Lord ANT CT TR\f*\w Christ|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Samaritan believers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 8:18 \fq Holy \ft 98.9% ¦ — ECM NA SBL WH 0.4%\f*\w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w laying|strong="G1936"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles' \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*,  
\v 19 \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* well, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w whomever|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|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*.”  
\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* yoʋr silver \w be|strong="G1510"\w* destroyed \w with|strong="G4862"\w* yoʋ, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* yoʋ \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w acquire|strong="G2932"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*!  
\v 21 Yoʋ \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w share|strong="G3310"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w portion|strong="G2819"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* yoʋr \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G2117"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w wickedness|strong="G2549"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋrs, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* plead \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 8:22 \fq God \ft ¦ the Lord CT\f*\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w intention|strong="G1963"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forgiven yoʋ.  
\v 23 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bitterly|strong="G5521"\w* \w envious|strong="G4088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w bondage|strong="G4886"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* unrighteousness.”  
\v 24 \w In|strong="G1909"\w* response \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \f + \fr 8:24 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ God ANT\f*\w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w happen|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\p
\v 25 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2097"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaritans|strong="G4541"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Philip Baptizes the Ethiopian Eunuch  
\p
\v 26 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w angel|strong="G2597"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “Rise \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w south|strong="G3314"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Gaza|strong="G1048"\w*.” (\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*.)  
\v 27 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Ethiopian \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w court|strong="G1413"\w* \w official|strong="G1413"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w charge|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w treasury|strong="G1047"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Candace|strong="G2582"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* queen \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Ethiopians. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w*  
\v 28 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* chariot \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* way \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w home|strong="G5290"\w*, reading \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*.  
\v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4334"\w* over \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* chariot.”  
\v 30 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* reading \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w are|strong="G3588"\w* reading?”  
\v 31 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w guides|strong="G3594"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?” \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w invited|strong="G3870"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* come \w up|strong="G3361"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w passage|strong="G4042"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* reading:  
\b  
\q1 “\w Like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* led \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w slaughter|strong="G4967"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* lamb \w is|strong="G1510"\w* silent \w before|strong="G1909"\w* its \w shearer|strong="G2751"\w*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* open \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*.   
\q1
\v 33 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 8:33 \fq his \ft ¦ — ECM\+sup †\+sup* SBL TH WH\f*\w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w humiliation|strong="G5014"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* denied \w justice|strong="G2920"\w*.  
\q1 \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w of|strong="G1093"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w posterity|strong="G1074"\w*?  
\q1 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.”   
\b  
\m
\v 34 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G1189"\w* yoʋ, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*? \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 Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* opened \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* beginning \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 36 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*! \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w prevents|strong="G2967"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 8:36 \fq baptized?” \ft 86.5% ¦ baptized?” \fv \ft 37\+fv* He said to him, “If yoʋ believe with all yoʋr heart, yoʋ may be baptized.” He answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” ECM 6.2% ¦ baptized?” \+fv 37\+fv* Philip said, “If yoʋ believe with all yoʋr heart, yoʋ may be baptized.” He answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” ANT TR 0.2% {Note: ECM encloses verse 37 with double brackets.}\f*baptized?”  
\v 38 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* chariot \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stop|strong="G2476"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G2597"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* 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 the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w caught|strong="G2962"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w*.  
\v 40 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Azotus, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* region, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*.   
\c 9  
\s1 The Conversion of Saul  
\p
\v 1 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w breathing|strong="G1709"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* threats \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w murder|strong="G5408"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest  
\v 2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w whether|strong="G1437"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1210"\w*.  
\v 3 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G1722"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w drew|strong="G1161"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w around|strong="G4015"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Falling|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \wj “\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* yoʋ \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*?”\wj*  
\v 5 Saul \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* yoʋ, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?” \f + \fr 9:5 \fq The Lord \ft ¦ He CT\f*\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \wj “\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* yoʋ \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w*\wj* \f + \fr 9:5 \fq persecuting. But rise \ft ¦ persecuting. It is hard for yoʋ to kick against the goads.” Trembling and astonished, Saul said, “Lord, what do yoʋ want me to do?” The Lord said to him, “Rise TR\f*\wj \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*.\wj*  
\v 6 \wj \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rise|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* yoʋ \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* yoʋ \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*.”\wj*  
\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 \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w speechless|strong="G1769"\w*, hearing \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w seeing|strong="G2334"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w rose|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w although|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* open, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* saw \f + \fr 9:8 \fq no one \ft ¦ nothing NA SBL TH WH\f*\w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w led|strong="G5496"\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 brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* seeing, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w neither|strong="G3761"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \wj “Ananias.”\wj* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \wj “\+w Get|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w street|strong="G4505"\+w* \+w called|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w Straight|strong="G2117"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Judas|strong="G2455"\+w* \+w look|strong="G2400"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* man \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\+w* \+w named|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="G4569"\+w*. \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w praying|strong="G4336"\+w*,\wj*  
\v 12 \wj \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*\wj* \f + \fr 9:12 \fq in a vision \ft ¦ — ECM\f*\wj \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vision|strong="G3705"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* man \+w named|strong="G3686"\+w* Ananias \+w coming|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w laying|strong="G2007"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2007"\+w*\wj* \f + \fr 9:12 \fq hand \ft ¦ hands CT\f*\wj \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3704"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* receive \+w his|strong="G2007"\+w* \+w sight|strong="G3705"\+w*.”\wj*  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias answered, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* heard \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* yoʋr saints \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 14 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w to|strong="G2532"\w* arrest \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G1941"\w* \w upon|strong="G1941"\w* yoʋr \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \wj “\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vessel|strong="G4632"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="G1589"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w bring|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1799"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*, \+w kings|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sons|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*.\wj*  
\v 16 \wj \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w show|strong="G5263"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w how|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w much|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w*'s \+w sake|strong="G5228"\+w*.”\wj*  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Ananias \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Laying|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Brother \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 9:17 \fq Lord \ft ¦ Lord Jesus ANT CT TR\f*\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* yoʋ \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w came|strong="G2064"\w*, \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w may|strong="G2532"\w* receive yoʋr \w sight|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w something|strong="G3788"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \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* \f + \fr 9:18 \fq received \ft ¦ immediately received \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* PCK TR\f*\w received|strong="G3788"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G3788"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* baptized,  
\v 19 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w taking|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G1765"\w*.  
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* Preaches Christ \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*  
\p \w For|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* Saul \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* began \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \f + \fr 9:20 \fq the Christ \ft ¦ Jesus ANT CT PCK\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christ \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 21 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w destroy|strong="G4199"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* purpose \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bringing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests?”  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w grew|strong="G1743"\w* stronger \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w confounding|strong="G4797"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w proving|strong="G4822"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\s1 Saul Escapes Death  
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\v 23 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* past, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w took|strong="G2453"\w* \w counsel|strong="G4823"\w* \w together|strong="G4823"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 24 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w plot|strong="G1917"\w* \w became|strong="G1917"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started \w watching|strong="G3906"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gates|strong="G4439"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 9:25 \fq the \ft 86.6% ¦ his CT 2.1%\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G5465"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* window \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* city \w wall|strong="G5038"\w*, \w lowering|strong="G2524"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w basket|strong="G4711"\w*.   
\s1 Saul in Jerusalem  
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\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 tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\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 was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*.  
\v 27 Barnabas, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \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* \w related|strong="G1334"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* Saul \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\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*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2980"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 9:27 \fq Jesus \ft ¦ the Lord Jesus PCK\f*\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Saul \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1607"\w* \f + \fr 9:28 \fq into \ft ¦ in and out of \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT PCK TR\f*\w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 9:28 \fq the Lord Jesus \ft ¦ Jesus PCK ¦ the Lord CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 29 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* debate \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Hellenists, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G4314"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w found|strong="G1921"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w off|strong="G1821"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 9:31 \fq churches … and were … they were \ft 87.6% ¦ church … and was … it was CT 7.8%\f*\w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G3618"\w*. Continuing \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w multiplied|strong="G4129"\w*.   
\s1 Peter Heals Aeneas  
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\v 32 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w traveling|strong="G1330"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* saints \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*.  
\v 33 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Aeneas, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* confined \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w eight|strong="G3638"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\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 has|strong="G5547"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* yoʋ; rise \w and|strong="G2532"\w* roll \w up|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr mat.” \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 35 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sharon|strong="G4565"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 Peter Raises Dorcas  
\p
\v 36 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3102"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w* (\w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w*”). \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2532"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* charitable \w acts|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 37 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* sick \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* body \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 9:37 \fq an \ft ¦ the PCK\f*\w an|strong="G1096"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w*.  
\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* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* sent \f + \fr 9:38 \fq for \ft ¦ two men to ANT CT TR\f*\w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w urging|strong="G3870"\w* \f + \fr 9:38 \fq him not to delay in coming to them. \ft ¦ him, “Do not delay in coming to us.” CT\f*\w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w delay|strong="G3635"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w coming|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \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 he|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w weeping|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w showing|strong="G1925"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tunics|strong="G5509"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\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 outside|strong="G1854"\w*, \w knelt|strong="G1119"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*. \w Turning|strong="G1994"\w* \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w*, arise.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeing|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* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w raised|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* saints \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 42 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 43 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G3306"\w* \w remained|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w tanner|strong="G1038"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*.   
\c 10  
\s1 Cornelius' Vision  
\p
\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Italian|strong="G2483"\w* \w cohort|strong="G4686"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w devout|strong="G2152"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w feared|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* generously \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* need \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w prayed|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 3 \w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ninth|strong="G1766"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w clearly|strong="G5320"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \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 Staring \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* intently, Cornelius \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G1719"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Yoʋr \w prayers|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* charitable acts \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w ascended|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w memorial|strong="G3422"\w* \w offering|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 10:5 \fq Simon \ft ¦ a man named Simon CT\f*\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w tanner|strong="G1038"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \f + \fr 10:6 \fq sea. \ft ¦ sea. He will tell yoʋ what yoʋ must do. TR\f*\w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.”  
\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 him|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away, \w Cornelius|strong="G5455"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G3610"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w devout|strong="G2152"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w attendants|strong="G4342"\w*.  
\v 8 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* explaining everything \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*.   
\s1 Peter's Vision  
\p
\v 9 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* traveling \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w approaching|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \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* \w housetop|strong="G1430"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sixth|strong="G1623"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\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* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G1089"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* preparing \w a|strong="G1096"\w* meal, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w trance|strong="G1611"\w* \f + \fr 10:10 \fq fell upon \ft 78.6% • MSS 10.3% ¦ came over CT 10.9%\f*\w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* opened \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w object|strong="G4632"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w coming|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \f + \fr 10:11 \fq to him \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \f + \fr 10:11 \fq It was tied at its four corners and was being lowered \ft 88.6% ¦ being lowered by its four corners ECM NA SBL WH 4.2% {Note: The reading of ECM, NA, SBL, and WH would require the preceding period to be changed to a comma.}\f*\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* tied \w at|strong="G1909"\w* its \w four|strong="G5064"\w* corners \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w lowered|strong="G2524"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 12 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w four-footed|strong="G5074"\w* \f + \fr 10:12 \fq animals of the earth, as well as wild beasts, reptiles, and \ft 79.3% ¦ animals, wild beasts, and reptiles of the earth, as well as \ft MSS 6.3% ¦ animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as CT 1.5%\f*\w animals|strong="G5074"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w* \w beasts|strong="G5074"\w*, \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*: \wj “Rise, \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*, \+w kill|strong="G2380"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*.”\wj*  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Surely \w not|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*! \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w eaten|strong="G5315"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*: \wj “\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w regard|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w defiled|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2511"\+w*.”\wj*  
\v 16 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 10:16 \fq then the object was taken up again \ft ¦ immediately the object was taken up CT\f*\w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w object|strong="G4632"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w greatly|strong="G1280"\w* \w perplexed|strong="G1280"\w*, pondering \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* might \w mean|strong="G1510"\w*, \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* sent \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w asked|strong="G1331"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*'s \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2186"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 19 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* continued pondering \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \f + \fr 10:19 \fq to him \ft 95.8% • ECM\+sup †\+sup* TH 3.8% ¦ — WH 0.2%\f*\w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \f + \fr 10:19 \fq some \ft ¦ three ANT ECM NA TH TR ¦ two WH\f*\w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* yoʋ.  
\v 20 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\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 without|strong="G3367"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w misgivings|strong="G1252"\w*, \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*.”  
\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* \f + \fr 10:21 \fq men \ft ¦ men who had been sent to him by Cornelius TR\f*\w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w*. \w For|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w*?”  
\v 22 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God-fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w directed|strong="G5537"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \f + \fr 10:22 \fq a holy \ft ¦ an PCK\f*\w a|strong="G2532"\w* holy angel \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* yoʋ \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hear \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* yoʋ.”  
\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \w invited|strong="G1528"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* night.  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1528"\w* \f + \fr 10:23 \fq went \ft ¦ rose and went ANT CT\f*\w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w following|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \f + \fr 10:24 \fq they \ft ¦ he ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL WH\f*\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* close \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*.  
\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 fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w worshiped|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*; \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man.”  
\v 27 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4926"\w* \w talked|strong="G4926"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*.  
\v 28 Peter \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* forbidden \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w keep|strong="G3367"\w* \w company|strong="G2853"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w associate|strong="G2853"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* foreigner, \w but|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w shown|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w*.  
\v 29 \w That|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* objection \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1352"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
\p
\v 30 \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Four|strong="G5067"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 10:30 \fq fasting until this hour. At the ninth hour I was praying in my house, \ft 93.1% ¦ praying in my house until this hour, the ninth hour, CT 3.3%\f*fasting \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ninth|strong="G1766"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w bright|strong="G2986"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2066"\w*.  
\v 31 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, ‘\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, yoʋr \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1522"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr charitable acts \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tanner|strong="G1038"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \f + \fr 10:32 \fq When he arrives, he will speak to yoʋ. \ft 93.6% ¦ — CT 4.6%\f*\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* arrives, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* yoʋ.’  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* yoʋ \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w once|strong="G1824"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w coming|strong="G3854"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w presence|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w commanded|strong="G4367"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \f + \fr 10:33 \fq God \ft ¦ the Lord CT\f*\w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
\s1 Peter Preaches to Cornelius' Household  
\p
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* opened \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w truly|strong="G1909"\w* \w understand|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* shows \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w partiality|strong="G4381"\w*,  
\v 35 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w fears|strong="G5399"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w acceptable|strong="G1184"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 36 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* yourselves know \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*,  
\v 37 \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w spread|strong="G1096"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, beginning \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* baptism \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w*:  
\v 38 \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w anointed|strong="G5548"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* around \w doing|strong="G1330"\w* \w good|strong="G2109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healing|strong="G2390"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w oppressed|strong="G2616"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 39 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G3586"\w*,  
\v 40 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* allowed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w seen|strong="G1717"\w*,  
\v 41 \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G3144"\w* \w beforehand|strong="G4401"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drank|strong="G4844"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 42 \w He|strong="G2532"\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* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w testify|strong="G1263"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 43 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w receives|strong="G2983"\w* remission \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”   
\s1 The Holy Spirit Falls upon the Gentiles  
\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 these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w fell|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \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 \f + \fr 10:45 \fq All the \ft ¦ The WH\f*\w All|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w believers|strong="G4103"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\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* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1839"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 46 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* magnifying \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* responded,  
\v 47 “\w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w withhold|strong="G2967"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* baptizing \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*?”  
\v 48 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* orders \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \f + \fr 10:48 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ the Lord Jesus PCK ¦ Jesus Christ CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w stay|strong="G1961"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 Peter Reports to the Church in Jerusalem  
\p
\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* faction \w began|strong="G1161"\w* disputing \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 3 \f + \fr 11:3 \fq saying, “Yoʋ … them!” \ft ¦ saying that he … them. ECM\+sup †\+sup* WH\f*\w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yoʋ \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w of|strong="G2532"\w* uncircumcised men \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w explain|strong="G1620"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* situation \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, step \w by|strong="G3004"\w* step, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 5 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w trance|strong="G1611"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w object|strong="G4632"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w lowered|strong="G2524"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w its|strong="G1537"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* corners, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 6 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* stared \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w closely|strong="G2657"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w four-footed|strong="G5074"\w* \w animals|strong="G5074"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w wild|strong="G2342"\w* \w beasts|strong="G2342"\w*, \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 7 \f + \fr 11:7 \fq Then I \ft ¦ I also CT\f*\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \wj ‘Rise, \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*, \+w kill|strong="G2380"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*.’\wj*  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Surely \w not|strong="G1473"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*! \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3763"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*.’  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* responded \f + \fr 11:9 \fq to me \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G2511"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*: \wj ‘\+w Do|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* regard \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w defiled|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2511"\+w*.’\wj*  
\v 10 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w was|strong="G1096"\w* drawn \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w moment|strong="G1824"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* arrived \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \f + \fr 11:11 \fq I was \ft ¦ we were CT\f*\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*; \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w without|strong="G3367"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w misgivings|strong="G1252"\w*. \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* brothers \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \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 how|strong="G4459"\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 and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \f + \fr 11:13 \fq to him \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Send|strong="G3343"\w* \f + \fr 11:13 \fq men to Joppa and have them \ft ¦ to Joppa and CT PCK\f*\w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*;  
\v 14 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* yoʋ \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*, yoʋ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*.’  
\v 15 \w As|strong="G5618"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \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* \w fell|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w fallen|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* beginning.  
\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*: \wj ‘\+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w water|strong="G5204"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* baptized \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w*.’\wj*  
\v 17 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2470"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\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* \f + \fr 11:17 \fq Christ \ft ¦ — PCK\f*\w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w could|strong="G1415"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w stand|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*'\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w*?”  
\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ceased|strong="G2270"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* objections \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w glorifying|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w granted|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w leads|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”   
\s1 The Church in Antioch  
\p
\v 19 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w scattered|strong="G1289"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecution|strong="G2347"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* traveled \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G2193"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w*, \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch, \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* Cypriot \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrenian|strong="G2956"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 11:20 \fq Hellenists \ft ¦ Hellenists also CT\f*Hellenists, \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 21 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* number \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 11:21 \fq believed and \ft ¦ who believed ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 22 \w News|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w reached|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* Barnabas \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 11:22 \fq to go \ft ¦ — ECM SBL TH WH\f*\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* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w exhorting|strong="G3870"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w remain|strong="G4357"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w resolute|strong="G4286"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*.  
\v 24 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2425"\w* man, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G2425"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.  
\v 26 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w large|strong="G2425"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w called|strong="G5537"\w* \w Christians|strong="G5546"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \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 named|strong="G3686"\w* Agabus, \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* indicated \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w severe|strong="G3173"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* (\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 11:28 \fq indeed \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w indeed|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \f + \fr 11:28 \fq Caesar \ft ¦ — CT\f*Caesar).  
\v 29 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w according|strong="G1538"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own \w ability|strong="G2141"\w*, \w determined|strong="G3724"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w relief|strong="G1248"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*.  
\v 30 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, sending \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.   
\c 12  
\s1 James Killed and Peter Imprisoned  
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\v 1 \w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* arrested \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* order \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w harm|strong="G2559"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* killed \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* brother \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w with|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*.  
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w proceeded|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrest|strong="G4815"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. (\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* place during \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Feast \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Unleavened Bread.)  
\v 4 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w seizing|strong="G4084"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w handing|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w guarded|strong="G5442"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w squads|strong="G5069"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w*. \w Herod|strong="G1014"\w* \w planned|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G4335"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 An Angel Frees Peter from Prison  
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\v 6 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w very|strong="G1565"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w bring|strong="G4254"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2837"\w* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w with|strong="G1210"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w guards|strong="G5441"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w front|strong="G4253"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w keeping|strong="G5083"\w* \w watch|strong="G5438"\w* \w over|strong="G5083"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.  
\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w shone|strong="G2989"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cell|strong="G3612"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w struck|strong="G3960"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w on|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 saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5034"\w*!” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chains \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G1601"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*'\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 8 \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*, “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w dressed|strong="G4016"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* yoʋr \w sandals|strong="G4547"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\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*, “\w Put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* yoʋr \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w realize|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|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* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w seeing|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*.  
\v 10 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w guard|strong="G5438"\w*, \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 leading|strong="G4413"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* its own, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* length \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w street|strong="G4505"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w senses|strong="G1438"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* angel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w expecting|strong="G4329"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G4894"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* (\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*), \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4867"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 13 Peter \w knocked|strong="G2925"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\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* \w answer|strong="G5219"\w*.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*'s \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* overjoyed \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 gate|strong="G4440"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G4253"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “Yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋr \w mind|strong="G3105"\w*.” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G2192"\w* \w insisting|strong="G1340"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* angel.”  
\v 16 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w continued|strong="G1961"\w* \w knocking|strong="G2925"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gate, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1839"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w motioning|strong="G2678"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w silent|strong="G4601"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* commotion \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.  
\v 19 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w searched|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* questioned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w guards|strong="G5441"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* led away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* executed. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G1304"\w* \w time|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 The Death of Herod  
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\v 20 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w angry|strong="G2371"\w* dispute \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4606"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w won|strong="G3982"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* Blastus, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*'s personal attendant, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* supplied \w with|strong="G4314"\w* food \w from|strong="G1515"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*'s \w country|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 21 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5002"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w dressed|strong="G1746"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* royal \w clothing|strong="G2066"\w*, \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* platform, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* speech \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1218"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 23 \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w struck|strong="G3960"\w* Herod \w down|strong="G3960"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \f + \fr 12:23 \fq glory \ft ¦ the glory ANT CT TR\f*\w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w eaten|strong="G4662"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w worms|strong="G4662"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breathed|strong="G1634"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w last|strong="G1634"\w* breath.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \f + \fr 12:24 \fq God \ft ¦ the Lord WH\f*\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w increased|strong="G4129"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w multiplied|strong="G4129"\w*.  
\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w completed|strong="G4137"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \f + \fr 12:25 \fq to Jerusalem \ft 58.4% ¦ to Antioch from Jerusalem MSS 12.6% • MSS 8.6% \ft ¦ from Jerusalem MSS 11.1% • ANT TR 3.3% ¦ to Antioch PCK 4.9%\f*\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*.   
\c 13  
\s1 Barnabas and Saul Are Commissioned  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 13:1 \fq certain \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w certain|strong="G2596"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teachers|strong="G1320"\w*: Barnabas, \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w* (\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Niger|strong="G3526"\w*), \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w*, \w Manaen|strong="G3127"\w* (\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w brought|strong="G4939"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tetrarch|strong="G5076"\w*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.  
\v 2 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w serving|strong="G3008"\w* \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*, “\w Set|strong="G2532"\w* apart \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w fasted|strong="G3522"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* off.   
\s1 Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus  
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\v 4 \w Being|strong="G3767"\w* \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* \w out|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* two \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Seleucia|strong="G4581"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*.  
\v 5 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Salamis|strong="G4529"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. (\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* assistant.)  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w gone|strong="G1330"\w* \w across|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 13:6 \fq island \ft ¦ entire island CT\f*\w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w Paphos|strong="G3974"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w across|strong="G1330"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w magician|strong="G3097"\w*, \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w false|strong="G5578"\w* \w prophet|strong="G5578"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Bar-Jesus.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* proconsul \w Sergius|strong="G4588"\w* \w Paulus|strong="G3972"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w intelligent|strong="G4908"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w seeking|strong="G1934"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w magician|strong="G3097"\w* \w Elymas|strong="G1681"\w* (\w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2212"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w means|strong="G3177"\w*) opposed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w turn|strong="G1294"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* proconsul \w away|strong="G1294"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* known \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|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* Elymas  
\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w O|strong="G5599"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w deceit|strong="G1388"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* trickery, \w enemy|strong="G2190"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w cease|strong="G3973"\w* \w perverting|strong="G1294"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w paths|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?  
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋ, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w unable|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w period|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*.” \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* mist \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* proconsul \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Barnabas in Antioch of Pisidia  
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w set|strong="G2064"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Paphos|strong="G3974"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 14 Continuing \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w*.  
\v 15 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* reading \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rulers \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* synagogue \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Brothers, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w exhortation|strong="G3874"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 16 Standing \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, listen.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \f + \fr 13:17 \fq people \ft ¦ people Israel ANT CT TR\f*\w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w exalted|strong="G5312"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* sojourn \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w uplifted|strong="G5308"\w* \w arm|strong="G1023"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 18 \w For|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w forty|strong="G5063"\w* \w years|strong="G5063"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*,  
\v 19 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroying|strong="G2507"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 13:19 \fq inheritance. After that he gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, \ft 90.4% ¦ inheritance, all of which took about 450 years. After that he gave them judges CT 5.2%\f*\w inheritance|strong="G2624"\w*.  
\v 20 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w judges|strong="G2923"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w four|strong="G5071"\w* \w hundred|strong="G5071"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fifty|strong="G4004"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 13:20 \fq the prophet Samuel \ft ¦ Samuel, a prophet ECM\+sup †\+sup* WH\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* asked \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \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 a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Benjamin, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* reigned \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 22 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* removing Saul, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G3140"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesse|strong="G2421"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* own \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.’  
\v 23 \w From|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*'s offspring \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \f + \fr 13:23 \fq brought salvation to Israel \ft ¦ brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus CT ¦ raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus TR\f*brought salvation \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G2596"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*,  
\v 24 after \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w preached|strong="G4296"\w* \w a|strong="G4383"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \f + \fr 13:24 \fq Israel \ft ¦ all the people of Israel ANT CT TR\f*\w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* advance \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w coming|strong="G1529"\w* Savior.  
\v 25 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w completing|strong="G4137"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w course|strong="G1408"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\f + \fr 13:25 \fq Who \ft ¦ What CT\f*\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w suppose|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w*.’   
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\v 26 “Brothers, \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* Abraham, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 13:26 \fq you \ft ¦ us ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Since|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* rulers, failed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* recognize \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* read \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w condemning|strong="G2919"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* grounds \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* sentence, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* killed.  
\v 29 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G5055"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w cross|strong="G3586"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*.  
\v 30 \w But|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*,  
\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* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \f + \fr 13:31 \fq are \ft ¦ are now ECM NA SBL WH\f*\w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 32 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G1603"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \f + \fr 13:32 \fq us, their children, \ft 95% ¦ our children SBL WH 1.5% \ft ¦ us, the children, ECM 0%\f*\w us|strong="G2097"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w by|strong="G2532"\w* raising \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*,  
\v 33 \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w Psalm|strong="G5568"\w*,  
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\q1 ‘Yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*;  
\q1 \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w begotten|strong="G1080"\w* yoʋ.’   
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\v 34 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w fact|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w raised|strong="G3498"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w corruption|strong="G1312"\w*, \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*:  
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\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w holy|strong="G3741"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sure|strong="G4103"\w* blessings \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*.’   
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\v 35 \w Therefore|strong="G1360"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w*:  
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\q1 ‘Yoʋ \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* yoʋr \w Holy|strong="G3741"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w corruption|strong="G1312"\w*.’   
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\v 36 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G5256"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*'s \w purpose|strong="G1012"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w generation|strong="G1074"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G2837"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2837"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w corruption|strong="G1312"\w*.  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w corruption|strong="G1312"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, brothers, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* remission \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*,  
\v 39 \w and|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* set \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* set \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.  
\v 40 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* beware \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w happen|strong="G1904"\w* \f + \fr 13:40 \fq to you \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*:   
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\v 41 ‘\w Behold|strong="G3708"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w scoffers|strong="G2707"\w*,  
\q1 \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* perish,  
\q1 \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G2038"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \f + \fr 13:41 \fq days \ft ¦ days, a work ANT CT TR\f*\w days|strong="G2250"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*,  
\q1 \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w tells|strong="G1555"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 42 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3778"\w* \w out|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 13:42 \fq from the synagogue of the Jews \ft 80.7% ¦ — CT 15.8%\f*\w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* synagogue \w of|strong="G4487"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jews, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 13:42 \fq Gentiles \ft ¦ people CT\f*Gentiles \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w urging|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G3342"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.  
\v 43 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dispersed, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devout|strong="G4576"\w* converts \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Judaism \w followed|strong="G3982"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* spoke \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* following \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*, \w nearly|strong="G4975"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* hear \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \f + \fr 13:44 \fq God \ft ¦ the Lord ECM NA SBL TH\f*\w God|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w jealousy|strong="G2205"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* contradict \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w*, \f + \fr 13:45 \fq opposing him and \ft 79.1% ¦ — CT 19.3%\f*opposing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* slandering \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 46 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* necessary \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G1894"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* rejecting \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G3056"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w turning|strong="G4762"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 47 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*:  
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\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5087"\w* yoʋ \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \w may|strong="G1484"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ends|strong="G2078"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.’ ”   
\b  
\p
\v 48 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 13:48 \fq glorifying \ft ¦ receiving ANT\f*\w glorifying|strong="G1392"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \f + \fr 13:48 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ God WH\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5021"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 49 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w spread|strong="G1308"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 50 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w incited|strong="G3951"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devout|strong="G4576"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* standing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prominent|strong="G2158"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stirred|strong="G2453"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drove|strong="G1544"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w*.  
\v 51 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w shook|strong="G1621"\w* \w off|strong="G1621"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* protest \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*.  
\v 52 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
\c 14  
\s1 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium  
\p
\v 1 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w together|strong="G2596"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G3779"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* refused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w stirred|strong="G2453"\w* \w up|strong="G1892"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* corrupted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G5590"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w spent|strong="G1304"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w speaking|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w testifying|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \f + \fr 14:3 \fq by \ft ¦ and TR\f*\w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w granting|strong="G1325"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* population \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w divided|strong="G4977"\w*; \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w attempt|strong="G3730"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w together|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* rulers, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w mistreat|strong="G5195"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3036"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 6 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w aware|strong="G4894"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fled|strong="G2703"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w refuge|strong="G2703"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Lycaonian \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w surrounding|strong="G4066"\w* \w region|strong="G4066"\w*.  
\v 7 \w There|strong="G2546"\w* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2097"\w* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2097"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Barnabas in Lystra  
\p
\v 8 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*'s \w womb|strong="G2836"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w*.  
\v 9 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* intently, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w*,  
\v 10 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “Stand \w up|strong="G3717"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋr \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*!” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man leaped \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*.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w crowds|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*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w their|strong="G3708"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lycaonian|strong="G3072"\w*, “\w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w likeness|strong="G3666"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 12 Barnabas \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Hermes|strong="G2060"\w*, \w since|strong="G1894"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shrine \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w located|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w front|strong="G4253"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 14:13 \fq their \ft ¦ the CT\f*\w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w garlands|strong="G4725"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w gates|strong="G4440"\w*, \w intending|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G2380"\w* sacrifices \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\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 it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 14:14 \fq rushed \ft ¦ rushed out CT\f*\w rushed|strong="G1530"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w crying|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*,  
\v 15 “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*? \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w nature|strong="G3663"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bringing|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*, \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w worthless|strong="G3152"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 14:15 \fq the \ft ¦ a CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w past|strong="G3944"\w* \w generations|strong="G1074"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w allowed|strong="G1439"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* own \w way|strong="G3598"\w*,  
\v 17 \w although|strong="G2543"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w leave|strong="G1325"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* witness \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \f + \fr 14:17 \fq you \ft ¦ us TR\f*\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fruitful|strong="G2593"\w* \w seasons|strong="G2540"\w*, \w filling|strong="G1705"\w* \f + \fr 14:17 \fq our \ft ¦ your ANT CT\f*\w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gladness|strong="G2167"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w barely|strong="G3433"\w* \w restrained|strong="G2664"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w offering|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifices \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stoned|strong="G3034"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w supposing|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w gathered|strong="G2944"\w* \w around|strong="G2944"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* Barnabas \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria  
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3100"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w*, \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch,  
\v 22 \w strengthening|strong="G1991"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w exhorting|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w continue|strong="G1696"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w tribulations|strong="G2347"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 23 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5500"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w fasting|strong="G3521"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w entrusted|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* come \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w passing|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*,  
\v 25 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Attalia.  
\v 26 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2547"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w committed|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* \w completed|strong="G4137"\w*.  
\v 27 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w through|strong="G3745"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 28 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \f + \fr 14:28 \fq there \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*.   
\c 15  
\s1 The Jerusalem Council  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers: “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w according|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w custom|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”  
\v 2 \f + \fr 15:2 \fq Therefore, when \ft ¦ When CT\f*\w Therefore|strong="G1161"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w dissension|strong="G4714"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w debate|strong="G2214"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \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 others|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* discuss \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w issue|strong="G2213"\w*.  
\v 3 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4311"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G4311"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \f + \fr 15:3 \fq Phoenicia \ft ¦ both Phoenicia ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* described \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w detail|strong="G1555"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w conversion|strong="G1995"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\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* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w through|strong="G3745"\w* \f + \fr 15:4 \fq them. \ft ¦ them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. ANT\f*\w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* sect \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1817"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w circumcise|strong="G4059"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Gentiles \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w command|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w consider|strong="G3056"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 7 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w debate|strong="G2214"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Brothers, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* early \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w choice|strong="G1586"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 15:7 \fq us \ft 61.8% ¦ you CT PCK 34%\f*\w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* hear \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 8 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w knows|strong="G2589"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2589"\w*, \w testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1252"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w distinction|strong="G1252"\w* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w purifying|strong="G2511"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w putting|strong="G2007"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w test|strong="G3985"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w placing|strong="G2007"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w yoke|strong="G2218"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w neither|strong="G3777"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* bear?  
\v 11 \w On|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w contrary|strong="G2596"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \f + \fr 15:11 \fq Jesus \ft ¦ Jesus Christ TR\f*\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G5158"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w assembly|strong="G4128"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w silent|strong="G4601"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* tell \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* finished \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “Brothers, listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w related|strong="G1834"\w* \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w visited|strong="G1980"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \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 for|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* agreement \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*:   
\b  
\q1
\v 16 ‘\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* return  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rebuild \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w fallen|strong="G4098"\w*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rebuild its \w ruins|strong="G2679"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* erect \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*,   
\q1
\v 17 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G2645"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* mankind \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w seek|strong="G1567"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,  
\q1 \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*,  
\q1 \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \f + \fr 15:17 \fq does \ft ¦ makes CT\f*\w does|strong="G4160"\w* \f + \fr 15:17 \fq all these things.’ All God's works are known to him from long ago. \ft 70.4% ¦ these things known from long ago.’ CT 3.7%\f*\w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.’   
\b  
\m
\v 18 All God's works are \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G1110"\w* him \w from|strong="G1110"\w* long ago.  
\v 19 \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1352"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* create difficulties \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,  
\v 20 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1989"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* defiled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1497"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w fornication|strong="G4202"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w strangled|strong="G4156"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* blood.  
\v 21 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w generations|strong="G1074"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w old|strong="G2192"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* read \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.”   
\s1 The Letter to Gentile Believers  
\p
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w seemed|strong="G1380"\w* \w good|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w together|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w namely|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* (\w called|strong="G2564"\w* \f + \fr 15:22 \fq Barsabbas \ft ¦ Barsabas \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* PCK TR\f*Barsabbas) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers,  
\v 23 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 15:23 \fq this \ft 90.9% ¦ a CT 1.2%\f*\w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*: “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 15:23 \fq apostles, elders, and brothers, \ft ¦ brothers, both the apostles and the elders, CT\f*apostles, \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* brothers, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentile|strong="G1484"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Antioch, \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*: \w Greetings|strong="G5463"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Since|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \f + \fr 15:24 \fq men, whom we did not authorize, have gone out from us and \ft 94.4% ¦ men from among us, whom we did not authorize, have WH 1.7%\f*\w men|strong="G5100"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w did|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* authorize, \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G3056"\w* \w troubled|strong="G5015"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, unsettling \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w minds|strong="G5590"\w* \f + \fr 15:24 \fq by saying that you must be circumcised and keep the law \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* circumcised \w and|strong="G3056"\w* keep \w the|strong="G1537"\w* law,  
\v 25 \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w seemed|strong="G1380"\w* \w good|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \f + \fr 15:25 \fq send you men chosen from among us, \ft ¦ to choose men from among us and send them to you, ECM NA PCK SBL WH\f*\w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* beloved Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*,  
\v 26 \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w risked|strong="G3860"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 28 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w seemed|strong="G1380"\w* \w good|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w upon|strong="G2007"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w further|strong="G4119"\w* burden \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w essentials|strong="G1876"\w*:  
\v 29 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* must abstain \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="G1494"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1494"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* blood, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w strangled|strong="G4156"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w fornication|strong="G4202"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w keep|strong="G1301"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Farewell|strong="G4517"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* off, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 15:30 \fq went \ft ¦ went down CT\f*\w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathering|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G4128"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w delivered|strong="G1929"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w*.  
\v 31 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* read \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* its \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G1991"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 33 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* spending \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sent off \f + \fr 15:33 \fq to the apostles in peace by the brothers \ft ¦ in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them CT\f*\w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w by|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 15:33 \fq brothers. \fv \ft 35\+fv* But \ft 69.3% ¦ brothers. \fv \ft 34\+fv* But it seemed good to Silas to remain there. \+fv 35\+fv* And ANT ECM TR 18% • MSS 7% {Note: ECM encloses verse 34 with double brackets.}\f*brothers.  
\v 35 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Barnabas Part Company  
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\v 36 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* gone \w by|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Barnabas, “\w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w return|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w visit|strong="G1980"\w* \f + \fr 15:36 \fq our \ft ¦ the CT\f*\w our|strong="G3956"\w* brothers \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* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing.”  
\v 37 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \f + \fr 15:37 \fq who was \ft ¦ also CT PCK\f*\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*.  
\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* thought \w it|strong="G2532"\w* best \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* deserted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w gone|strong="G4905"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*.  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w sharp|strong="G3948"\w* \w disagreement|strong="G3948"\w*, \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* parted \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*. Barnabas \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sailed|strong="G1602"\w* off \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*,  
\v 40 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w chose|strong="G1951"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w*, once \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w been|strong="G2962"\w* \w committed|strong="G3860"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* brothers \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \f + \fr 15:40 \fq God \ft ¦ the Lord ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w God|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 41 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w strengthening|strong="G1991"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w*.   
\c 16  
\s1 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas  
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\v 1 \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 16:1 \fq went \ft ¦ also went CT\f*\w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\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 He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3140"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*.  
\v 4 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w delivered|strong="G3860"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* decisions \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* reached \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Gentile believers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G4732"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w increased|strong="G4052"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* number \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\s1 Paul's Vision of the Macedonian Man  
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w*, \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w forbidden|strong="G2967"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w reached|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \f + \fr 16:7 \fq on toward \ft ¦ into CT\f*\w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* Bithynia, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 16:7 \fq Spirit \ft ¦ Spirit of Jesus CT\f*\w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G1439"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w passing|strong="G3928"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*.  
\v 9 \w During|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\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 A|strong="G2532"\w* \w Macedonian|strong="G3110"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w urging|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G1224"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 10 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* endeavored \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w concluding|strong="G4822"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \f + \fr 16:10 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ God CT\f*\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 The Conversion of Lydia  
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\v 11 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* set sail \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* followed \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w straight|strong="G2113"\w* \w course|strong="G2113"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samothrace|strong="G4543"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3767"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Neapolis|strong="G3501"\w*.  
\v 12 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* Roman \w colony|strong="G2862"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 16:12 \fq leading city of that \ft ¦ city of the first NA\f*\w leading|strong="G4413"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w district|strong="G3310"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 13 \w On|strong="G2523"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 16:13 \fq city \ft ¦ gate CT\f*city \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w riverside|strong="G3844"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \f + \fr 16:13 \fq it was customary for there to be \ft ¦ we thought there would be a place of NA SBL TH WH\f*\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* customary \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*.  
\v 14 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* us \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiper|strong="G4576"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w Thyatira|strong="G2363"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w seller|strong="G4211"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w purple|strong="G4211"\w* cloth. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w opened|strong="G1272"\w* \w her|strong="G5259"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w respond|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 15 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* baptized, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* persuaded \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Silas Imprisoned in Philippi  
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\v 16 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w met|strong="G5221"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* slave girl \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w divination|strong="G4436"\w*. \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w brought|strong="G3930"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w masters|strong="G2962"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w profit|strong="G2039"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w fortune-telling|strong="G3132"\w*.  
\v 17 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G2628"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* behind \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 16:17 \fq us \ft ¦ Silas \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT PCK\f*\w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w crying|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Most|strong="G5310"\w* \w High|strong="G5310"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 16:17 \fq us \ft ¦ you CT\f*\w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w annoyed|strong="G1278"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w command|strong="G3853"\w* yoʋ \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w her|strong="G4160"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w masters|strong="G2962"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w profit|strong="G2039"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* marketplace, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities.  
\v 20 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* bringing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* seriously disturbing \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*,  
\v 21 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lawful|strong="G1832"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w accept|strong="G3858"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w practice|strong="G4160"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G4911"\w* \w together|strong="G4911"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w tore|strong="G4048"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w beaten|strong="G4463"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w rods|strong="G4463"\w*.  
\v 23 \w After|strong="G2007"\w* inflicting \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w blows|strong="G4127"\w* \w upon|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* threw \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w ordering|strong="G3853"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* under close \w guard|strong="G5083"\w*.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* order, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w inner|strong="G2082"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fastened \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stocks|strong="G3586"\w*.   
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\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* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w singing|strong="G5214"\w* \w hymns|strong="G5214"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w listening|strong="G1874"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 26 Suddenly \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w earthquake|strong="G4578"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w foundations|strong="G2310"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G1201"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*. \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* opened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* loose.  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* awakened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|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* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* open, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w drew|strong="G4685"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, assuming \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*.  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w cried|strong="G5455"\w* \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w with|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4238"\w* yoʋrself \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*.”  
\v 29 Calling \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w lights|strong="G5457"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jailer \w rushed|strong="G1530"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G4363"\w* \w trembling|strong="G1790"\w* \w before|strong="G4363"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Sirs|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*?”  
\v 31 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \f + \fr 16:31 \fq Christ \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w Christ|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*, yoʋ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w household|strong="G3624"\w*.”  
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \f + \fr 16:32 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ God WH\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 16:32 \fq and to \ft ¦ together with CT\f*\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3614"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w wounds|strong="G4127"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* household.  
\v 34 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* bringing \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 16:34 \fq his \ft ¦ the CT\f*\w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G3908"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w before|strong="G3908"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rejoiced, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* entire \w household|strong="G3624"\w*, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* sent \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w officers|strong="G4755"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Release \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 36 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* reported \f + \fr 16:36 \fq these \ft ¦ their WH\f*\w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3056"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* sent \w orders|strong="G2443"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* released. \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.”  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* trial, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizens, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sending|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w* \w secretly|strong="G2977"\w*? \w Certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*! \w Rather|strong="G3756"\w*, \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* escort \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.”  
\v 38 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w officers|strong="G4755"\w* reported \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizens.  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* spoke \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* conciliatory manner. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* escorted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.  
\v 40 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*'s house. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraging|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w*.   
\c 17  
\s1 The Uproar in Thessalonica  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w traveled|strong="G1353"\w* \w through|strong="G1353"\w* Amphipolis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Apollonia, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 2 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w custom|strong="G1486"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w Sabbaths|strong="G4521"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*,  
\v 3 \w explaining|strong="G1272"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* presenting \w evidence|strong="G3908"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w rise|strong="G1163"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w joined|strong="G4345"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w number|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devout|strong="G4576"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w quite|strong="G4183"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w prominent|strong="G4413"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \f + \fr 17:5 \fq who refused to believe \ft ¦ who refused to believe became jealous and TR ¦ became jealous and CT\f*\w who|strong="G3588"\w* refused \w to|strong="G1519"\w* believe rounded \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* marketplace \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w formed|strong="G3792"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w mob|strong="G3792"\w*, setting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w uproar|strong="G2350"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* attacked \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*'s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G4254"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* public \w assembly|strong="G1218"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* brothers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4173"\w* officials, shouting, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* turned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w upside|strong="G3625"\w* down \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3918"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 7 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G5264"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w act|strong="G4238"\w* contrary \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w decrees|strong="G1378"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stirred|strong="G5015"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4173"\w* officials \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city officials \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w security|strong="G2425"\w* \w bond|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3062"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* released \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Paul and Silas in Berea  
\p
\v 10 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* soon \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Berea. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \w noble|strong="G2104"\w* \w than|strong="G2104"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w eagerness|strong="G4288"\w*, examining \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* see \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \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 them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w quite|strong="G4183"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1674"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* standing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w* \w found|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Berea \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*, \f + \fr 17:13 \fq agitating \ft 77.1% ¦ agitating and stirring up CT 22%\f*\w agitating|strong="G4531"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \f + \fr 17:14 \fq away, as though he were going by \ft ¦ away to go as far as the CT\f*\w away|strong="G1821"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w remained|strong="G5278"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Berea.  
\v 15 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w escorted|strong="G2525"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w far|strong="G2193"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* Athens, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \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 him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* possible, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w departed|strong="G1826"\w*.   
\s1 Paul in Athens  
\p
\v 16 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Athens, \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w provoked|strong="G3947"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w full|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w idols|strong="G2712"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w devout|strong="G4576"\w* Greeks, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marketplace \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3909"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Epicurean|strong="G1946"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Stoic|strong="G4770"\w* \w philosophers|strong="G5386"\w* \f + \fr 17:18 \fq also \ft ¦ — ANT TR\f*\w also|strong="G2532"\w* conversed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w babbler|strong="G4691"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*?” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w seems|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimer|strong="G2604"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* foreign \w deities|strong="G1140"\w*.” (\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 17:18 \fq preaching \ft ¦ preaching to them ANT TR\f*\w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* resurrection.)  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* brought \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* Areopagus, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w May|strong="G1410"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \w are|strong="G3588"\w* presenting?  
\v 20 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bringing|strong="G1533"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w strange|strong="G3579"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G1510"\w* ears, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w like|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 (\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Athenians \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w foreigners|strong="G3581"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* dwelt \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w spend|strong="G2119"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2119"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 17:21 \fq and \ft ¦ or ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w and|strong="G2532"\w* listening \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* newest idea \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*.)   
\p
\v 22 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Areopagus \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* Athens, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* religious \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w*.  
\v 23 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G1330"\w* around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* closely observing yoʋr \w objects|strong="G4574"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w worship|strong="G4574"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w altar|strong="G1041"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* inscribed: ‘\w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* unknown \w god|strong="G2316"\w*.’ \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \f + \fr 17:23 \fq the one whom \ft 89.4% ¦ what CT 1.5%\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w worship|strong="G4574"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ignorance.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w temples|strong="G3485"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w*,  
\v 25 \w neither|strong="G3761"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G2323"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \f + \fr 17:25 \fq the hands of men \ft ¦ human hands CT\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w needed|strong="G4326"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*. Rather, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* himself \f + \fr 17:25 \fq continually gives life and breath to all mankind \ft ¦ gives to all mankind life, breath, and all things CT SCR\f*continually \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breath|strong="G4157"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* mankind.  
\v 26 \w From|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \f + \fr 17:26 \fq bloodline \ft 95% ¦ man CT 4.4%\f*bloodline \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w created|strong="G4160"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* mankind \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w determined|strong="G3724"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 17:26 \fq appointed \ft ¦ preappointed TR\f*\w appointed|strong="G4160"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boundaries|strong="G3734"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w where|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w*,  
\v 27 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w seek|strong="G2212"\w* \f + \fr 17:27 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ God CT\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* perhaps feel \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3112"\w* toward \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 17:27 \fq and \ft ¦ or ECM\+sup †\+sup*\f*\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\v 28 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w move|strong="G2795"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w poets|strong="G4163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*:  
\b  
\q1 ‘\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w offspring|strong="G1085"\w*.’   
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\v 29 \w Being|strong="G1510"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w offspring|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w ought|strong="G3784"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w divine|strong="G2304"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w*, silver, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w image|strong="G5480"\w* \w formed|strong="G5480"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w skill|strong="G5078"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w imagination|strong="G1761"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w having|strong="G3767"\w* \w overlooked|strong="G5237"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w times|strong="G5550"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* ignorance, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w commands|strong="G3853"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w*,  
\v 31 \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w set|strong="G2476"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* provided \w assurance|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* raising \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* scoff, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* wish \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.”  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 34 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w joined|strong="G2853"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Dionysius|strong="G1354"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Areopagite, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Damaris|strong="G1152"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 18  
\s1 Paul in Corinth  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w departed|strong="G5563"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Athens \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w*.  
\v 2 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Aquila, \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Pontus|strong="G4193"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w birth|strong="G1085"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w recently|strong="G4373"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G1299"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G5563"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3673"\w* \w trade|strong="G3673"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 18:3 \fq worked \ft 91.4% • ECM NA SBL TH 7.8% ¦ they worked WH 0.4%\f*\w worked|strong="G2038"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w tentmakers|strong="G4635"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w trade|strong="G3673"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 18:5 \fq compelled by the Spirit \ft 93.5% ¦ deeply committed to the word CT 6.1%\f*compelled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews opposed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* reviled \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shook|strong="G1621"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w innocent|strong="G2513"\w*. \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* moved \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \f + \fr 18:7 \fq Justus \ft ¦ Titius Justus NA SBL WH ¦ Titus Justus ECM\f*\w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiper|strong="G4576"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w next|strong="G4927"\w* door \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Crispus|strong="G2921"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* synagogue, \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w together|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Corinthians|strong="G2881"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard, \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized.  
\v 9 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*: \wj “\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w silent|strong="G4623"\+w*.\wj*  
\v 10 \wj \+w For|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* yoʋ, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w attack|strong="G2007"\+w* yoʋ \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* yoʋ \+w harm|strong="G2559"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w*.”\wj*  
\v 11 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* proconsul \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Achaia, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2721"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judgment seat,  
\v 13 \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* persuading \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w worship|strong="G4576"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w manner|strong="G2316"\w* \w contrary|strong="G3844"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* open \w his|strong="G2596"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*, \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w crime|strong="G4467"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* misdeed, \w O|strong="G5599"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* bear \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w reasonable|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w question|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w names|strong="G3686"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 18:15 \fq yourselves, for \ft ¦ yourselves. CT\f*\w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*, \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* drove \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judgment seat.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 18:17 \fq all the Greeks \ft 95.4% ¦ they all ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH 1.7%\f*\w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Greeks \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w Sosthenes|strong="G4988"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* synagogue, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w beating|strong="G5180"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judgment seat. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* concern \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w*.   
\s1 Paul's Return to Antioch  
\p
\v 18 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w staying|strong="G4357"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Corinth \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aquila \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. (\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* shaved \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Cenchreae \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w vow|strong="G2171"\w*.)  
\v 19 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 18:19 \fq he \ft ¦ they ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* Priscilla \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Aquila \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G2065"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \f + \fr 18:20 \fq with them \ft 86.4% ¦ — CT 8.1%\f*\w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w longer|strong="G4119"\w* \w period|strong="G5550"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* declined.  
\v 21 However, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\f + \fr 18:21 \fq I must by all means keep the coming feast in Jerusalem, but \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* keep \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2316"\w* feast \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* return \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*.  
\v 22 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* greeted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch.  
\v 23 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* spending \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* place \w to|strong="G2532"\w* place \w throughout|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w*, \w strengthening|strong="G4741"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.   
\s1 Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus  
\p
\v 24 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Apollos, \w an|strong="G1519"\w* Alexandrian \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w birth|strong="G1085"\w*, \w arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \w eloquent|strong="G3052"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w well-versed|strong="G1415"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w instructed|strong="G2727"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w Being|strong="G1510"\w* \w fervent|strong="G2204"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* accurately \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* facts \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \f + \fr 18:25 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ Jesus CT PCK\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*.  
\v 26 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 18:26 \fq Aquila and Priscilla \ft ¦ Priscilla and Aquila ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*Aquila \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w aside|strong="G4355"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* greater detail.  
\v 27 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* cross \w over|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Achaia, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* brothers \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, encouraging \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* receive \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* help \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*,  
\v 28 \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w powerfully|strong="G2159"\w* \w refuted|strong="G1246"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w*, \w showing|strong="G1925"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\c 19  
\s1 Paul in Ephesus  
\p
\v 1 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* Apollos \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* interior \w regions|strong="G3313"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 19:1 \fq came \ft ¦ came down ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA\f*\w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w across|strong="G1330"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\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*?” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3761"\w*, \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 said|strong="G3004"\w* \f + \fr 19:3 \fq to them \ft 59.4% • MSS 5% ¦ — CT PCK 18.3%\f*\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Into|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* baptized?” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Into|strong="G1519"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*'s baptism.”  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptized \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*, \w telling|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 was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 19:4 \fq Christ Jesus \ft ¦ Jesus Christ ANT ¦ Jesus CT\f*Christ \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* hearing \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophesying|strong="G4395"\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* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w Over|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w period|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w*, \w reasoning|strong="G1256"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuading|strong="G3982"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w became|strong="G3101"\w* \w hardened|strong="G4645"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* refused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe, \w speaking|strong="G2551"\w* \w evil|strong="G2551"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G4128"\w*. \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* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w reasoning|strong="G1256"\w* \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lecture hall \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \f + \fr 19:9 \fq a man named \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* named \w Tyrannus|strong="G5181"\w*.  
\v 10 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w*, heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \f + \fr 19:10 \fq Jesus \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 The Sons of Sceva  
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\v 11 \w Now|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w extraordinary|strong="G5177"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*,  
\v 12 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* cloths \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w aprons|strong="G4612"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w his|strong="G1909"\w* skin \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 19:12 \fq placed upon \ft ¦ carried off to CT\f*placed \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \f + \fr 19:12 \fq came out of them \ft ¦ went out CT\f*\w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1607"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w itinerant|strong="G4022"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w exorcists|strong="G1845"\w* \f + \fr 19:13 \fq attempted \ft ¦ also attempted CT\f*\w attempted|strong="G2021"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* invoke \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\f + \fr 19:13 \fq We \ft ¦ I CT\f*\w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w adjure|strong="G3726"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w preaches|strong="G2784"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w Seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Sceva|strong="G4630"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w high|strong="G5100"\w* priest, \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \f + \fr 19:15 \fq responded \ft ¦ responded to them CT\f*\w responded|strong="G3004"\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 am|strong="G1510"\w* \w acquainted|strong="G1987"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G4190"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\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 them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w overpowered|strong="G2480"\w* \f + \fr 19:16 \fq them \ft ¦ them all CT {Note: The reading of CT is literally \ft \+it them both\+it*. However, most English translations of CT follow examples found in late Byzantine Greek in which the Greek word \+it amphoteron\+it* can mean \+it all\+it* instead of \+it both\+it*.}\f*\w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prevailed|strong="G2480"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w fled|strong="G1628"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w naked|strong="G1131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wounded|strong="G5135"\w*.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwelt|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w fell|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w magnified|strong="G3170"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* become \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* forward, \w confessing|strong="G1843"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* disclosing \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w practices|strong="G4234"\w*,  
\v 19 \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w practiced|strong="G4238"\w* magical \w arts|strong="G4021"\w* \w brought|strong="G4851"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* books \w together|strong="G4851"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w burning|strong="G2618"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w value|strong="G5092"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* books \w was|strong="G3588"\w* added \w up|strong="G2618"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* total \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w fifty|strong="G3461"\w* \w thousand|strong="G3461"\w* silver coins.  
\v 20 \w In|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* increasing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prevailing|strong="G2480"\w* \w mightily|strong="G2904"\w*.   
\s1 The Riot at Ephesus  
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w resolved|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pass|strong="G1096"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Achaia \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \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 to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w while|strong="G5550"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1907"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w period|strong="G5550"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w disturbance|strong="G5017"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*.  
\v 24 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w*, \w a|strong="G4160"\w* silversmith \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* silver \w shrines|strong="G3485"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* Artemis, \w brought|strong="G3930"\w* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* deal \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w business|strong="G2039"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="G5079"\w*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4867"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w together|strong="G4867"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* worked \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w similar|strong="G5108"\w* trades, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w wealth|strong="G2142"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w derived|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w business|strong="G2039"\w*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w nearly|strong="G4975"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* drawn \w away|strong="G3179"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w considerable|strong="G2425"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w danger|strong="G2793"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w trade|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w ours|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* disrepute, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w goddess|strong="G2299"\w* Artemis \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w regarded|strong="G3049"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \f + \fr 19:27 \fq her magnificence might be brought down \ft ¦ she might be deposed of her magnificence CT\f*\w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w magnificence|strong="G3168"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2507"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w worship|strong="G4576"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4134"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w rage|strong="G2372"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w crying|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Great|strong="G3173"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* Artemis \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w*!”  
\v 29 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 19:29 \fq whole \ft ¦ — CT\f*whole \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w confusion|strong="G4799"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* amphitheater, seizing \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aristarchus, \w Macedonians|strong="G3110"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*'s \w traveling|strong="G4898"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* public \w assembly|strong="G1218"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* provincial officials \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \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*, \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w begging|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w venture|strong="G1325"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* amphitheater.  
\v 32 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w confused|strong="G4797"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w majority|strong="G4183"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w reason|strong="G1752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*.  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w put|strong="G4261"\w* \w forward|strong="G4261"\w* Alexander, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 19:33 \fq was then brought before \ft ¦ then gave instructions to CT\f*\w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*. Alexander \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w wishing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w make|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G3793"\w* defense \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* public \w assembly|strong="G1218"\w*.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w single|strong="G1520"\w* \w outcry|strong="G5456"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \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* Artemis \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w*!”  
\v 35 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w clerk|strong="G1122"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w quieted|strong="G2687"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3173"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G3511"\w* keeper \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \f + \fr 19:35 \fq goddess \ft ¦ — CT\f*goddess Artemis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* image \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G1356"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Zeus?  
\v 36 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, since \w these|strong="G3778"\w* facts \w are|strong="G1510"\w* undeniable, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w keep|strong="G4238"\w* \w calm|strong="G2687"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w rash|strong="G4312"\w*.  
\v 37 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* brought \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w neither|strong="G3777"\w* temple \w robbers|strong="G2417"\w* \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* blasphemers \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \f + \fr 19:37 \fq your \ft ¦ our CT\f*\w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w goddess|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 38 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* fellow \w craftsmen|strong="G5079"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w complaint|strong="G3056"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* courts \w are|strong="G1510"\w* open, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* proconsuls; \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w bring|strong="G1458"\w* \w charges|strong="G1458"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w seek|strong="G1934"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \f + \fr 19:39 \fq concerning other matters \ft 91.7% ¦ further CT 4.7%\f*\w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w matters|strong="G2087"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w settled|strong="G1956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lawful|strong="G1772"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w*.  
\v 40 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w danger|strong="G2793"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w being|strong="G5225"\w* charged \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w rioting|strong="G4714"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w connection|strong="G4012"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*'s events, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w reason|strong="G3056"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w disorderly|strong="G4963"\w* \w gathering|strong="G4963"\w*.”  
\v 41 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* dismissed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w*.   
\c 20  
\s1 Paul in Macedonia and Greece  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w uproar|strong="G2351"\w* \w ceased|strong="G3973"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \f + \fr 20:1 \fq summoned \ft ¦ sent for CT\f*summoned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \f + \fr 20:1 \fq said goodbye, \ft ¦ and after encouraging them, he said goodbye CT\f*\w said|strong="G1161"\w* goodbye, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*.  
\v 2 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w going|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w regions|strong="G3313"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraging|strong="G3870"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greece|strong="G1671"\w*,  
\v 3 \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w set|strong="G1096"\w* sail \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w plot|strong="G1917"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 20:3 \fq the decision was made \ft ¦ he made the decision CT\f*\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w decision|strong="G1106"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Sopater|strong="G4986"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 20:4 \fq Berea \ft ¦ Berea, son of Pyrrhus, CT\f*Berea \w accompanied|strong="G4902"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 20:4 \fq as far as Asia \ft 96.2% ¦ — ECM NA SBL WH 1.1%\f*\w as|strong="G1161"\w* far \w as|strong="G1161"\w* Asia, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* Aristarchus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Secundus|strong="G4580"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w*, \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1190"\w*, \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tychicus|strong="G5190"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Trophimus|strong="G5161"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Asia.  
\v 5 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4281"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* waited \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G1602"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Feast \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Unleavened Bread, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Raises Eutychus  
\p
\v 7 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w week|strong="G4521"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \f + \fr 20:7 \fq the disciples \ft ¦ we CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w break|strong="G2806"\w* bread, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w addressed|strong="G1256"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w intending|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w depart|strong="G1826"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w prolonged|strong="G3905"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w lamps|strong="G2985"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \f + \fr 20:8 \fq we \ft ¦ they TR\f*\w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*,  
\v 9 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Eutychus|strong="G2161"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w window|strong="G2376"\w* \w sill|strong="G2376"\w*, sank \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w deep|strong="G4183"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* continued speaking \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*. \w Overcome|strong="G2702"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5152"\w* story \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* picked \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1968"\w* himself \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* young \w man|strong="G3361"\w*. Taking \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* arms, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* alarmed, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* back upstairs, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w broken|strong="G2806"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eaten|strong="G1089"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* conversed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w until|strong="G2532"\w* dawn; \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G3779"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w*.  
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w* home \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w comforted|strong="G3870"\w* beyond measure.   
\s1 Paul Travels from Troas to Miletus  
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G4281"\w* \f + \fr 20:13 \fq to \ft ¦ on ahead to ANT ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TR WH\f*\w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* set sail \w for|strong="G1063"\w* Assos, \w intending|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* board \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w arranged|strong="G1299"\w*, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* himself intended \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w go|strong="G4281"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w land|strong="G3978"\w*.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w met|strong="G4820"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Assos, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* board \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mitylene|strong="G3412"\w*.  
\v 15 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w set|strong="G2064"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* off \w Chios|strong="G5508"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w following|strong="G2192"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w reached|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samos|strong="G4544"\w* \f + \fr 20:15 \fq and stayed in Trogyllium \ft 82.1% • MSS 9.6% ¦ — CT 4%\f*\w and|strong="G1161"\w* stayed \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Trogyllium, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w*.  
\v 16 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sail|strong="G3896"\w* \w past|strong="G1096"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w spend|strong="G5551"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w hurrying|strong="G4692"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* arrive \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w*.   
\s1 Paul's Farewell Address to the Ephesian Elders  
\p
\v 17 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G3333"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* lived \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w set|strong="G1910"\w* \w foot|strong="G1910"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 19 \w serving|strong="G1398"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w humility|strong="G5012"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \f + \fr 20:19 \fq many \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w trials|strong="G3986"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w upon|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w plots|strong="G1917"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 20 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* hold \w back|strong="G5288"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* declaring \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* beneficial, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*,  
\v 21 \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \f + \fr 20:21 \fq Jesus \ft ¦ Jesus Christ ANT ECM TR\f*\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w behold|strong="G2400"\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 compelled|strong="G1210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w knowing|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G4876"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 23 \w except|strong="G4133"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \f + \fr 20:23 \fq testifies \ft ¦ testifies to me CT\f*\w testifies|strong="G1263"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w afflictions|strong="G2347"\w* \w await|strong="G3306"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \f + \fr 20:24 \fq these things, nor do I regard \ft 77.6% • MSS 7.8% • MSS 5.1% ¦ — CT 1.2%\f*\w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w nor|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* regard \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w precious|strong="G5093"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w*, \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w complete|strong="G5048"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w course|strong="G1408"\w* \f + \fr 20:24 \fq with joy \ft 96% ¦ — CT 2.9%\f*\w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w joy|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w testify|strong="G1263"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 25 “\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w none|strong="G3765"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G1330"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \f + \fr 20:25 \fq of God \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Therefore|strong="G1360"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w testify|strong="G3143"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w innocent|strong="G2513"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* held \w back|strong="G5288"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* declaring \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w counsel|strong="G1012"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 28 \f + \fr 20:28 \fq So keep \ft ¦ Keep CT\f*\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G4046"\w* \w watch|strong="G4337"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w flock|strong="G4168"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5087"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w overseers|strong="G1985"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4165"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \f + \fr 20:28 \fq our Lord and God \ft ¦ God ECM NA SBL TR WH ¦ the Lord TH\f*\w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* obtained \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* blood.  
\v 29 \f + \fr 20:29 \fq For \ft 90.9% ¦ — CT 4.1%\f*\w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* departure fierce \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w sparing|strong="G5339"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w flock|strong="G4168"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w number|strong="G4771"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rise \w up|strong="G1537"\w*, \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w perverse|strong="G1294"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* draw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w away|strong="G1294"\w* \w after|strong="G3694"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w watchful|strong="G1127"\w*, \w remembering|strong="G3421"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w three|strong="G5148"\w* \w years|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w admonishing|strong="G3560"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*, \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w*.  
\v 32 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 20:32 \fq now, brothers, \ft ¦ now CT\f*\w now|strong="G3568"\w*, brothers, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w entrust|strong="G3908"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 20:32 \fq God \ft ¦ the Lord WH\f*\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w up|strong="G3618"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \f + \fr 20:32 \fq an \ft ¦ the ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w inheritance|strong="G2817"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sanctified|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 33 \w I|strong="G2228"\w* \w coveted|strong="G1937"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w*'s silver, \w gold|strong="G5553"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2441"\w*.  
\v 34 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* yourselves \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w* \w ministered|strong="G5256"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* own \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 35 \w In|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* shown \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w labor|strong="G2872"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* weak, \w remembering|strong="G3421"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* himself \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \wj ‘\+w It|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w more|strong="G3123"\+w* \+w blessed|strong="G3107"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w*.’\wj* ”   
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\v 36 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1119"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 37 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w much|strong="G2425"\w* \w weeping|strong="G2805"\w* \w among|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1968"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* arms \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*'s \w neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 38 \w being|strong="G1909"\w* \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* grieved \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w statement|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4311"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.   
\c 21  
\s1 Paul's Journey to Jerusalem  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* parted \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w set|strong="G1096"\w* sail, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w straight|strong="G2113"\w* \w course|strong="G2113"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cos|strong="G2972"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w reached|strong="G1096"\w* \w Rhodes|strong="G4499"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Patara|strong="G3959"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w crossing|strong="G1276"\w* \w over|strong="G1276"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* board \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G1910"\w* sail.  
\v 3 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* coming \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w sight|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w*, \w sailed|strong="G4126"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* unload its \w cargo|strong="G1117"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* found \f + \fr 21:4 \fq some \ft ¦ the ANT CT ST\f*\w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G3972"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 21:4 \fq go up to \ft ¦ set foot in CT\f*\w go|strong="G4151"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*,  
\v 5 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* end, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w wives|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \f + \fr 21:5 \fq Then we knelt down on the beach and prayed. After saying goodbye to one another, we \ft ¦ After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said goodbye to one another and CT\f*\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1119"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beach \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* saying goodbye \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w board|strong="G1684"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* homes.   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* completed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ptolemais|strong="G4424"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* greeting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \f + \fr 21:8 \fq Paul and his companions \ft 46.1% ¦ we \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT ECM NA PCK SBL TH 37.4% • WH 0.4% ¦ we who were Paul's companions SCR 13.8%\f*\w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evangelist|strong="G2099"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 9 (\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w virgin|strong="G3933"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w who|strong="G3778"\w* \w prophesied|strong="G4395"\w*.)  
\v 10 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Agabus \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*'s \w belt|strong="G2223"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w binding|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \f + \fr 21:11 \fq feet and hands \ft ¦ hands and feet TR\f*\w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Thus|strong="G3779"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, ‘\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w bind|strong="G1210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w owns|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w deliver|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.’ ”  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w local|strong="G1786"\w* \w residents|strong="G1786"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 13 \f + \fr 21:13 \fq But \ft ¦ Then ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH ¦ But then ECM\+sup †\+sup* {Note: ECM has three variants on a split guiding line for this verse. Two of those variants are translated as \ft \+it Then\+it* and one of those variants is translated as \+it But then\+it*.}\f*\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w responded|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*, \w weeping|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breaking|strong="G4919"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w ready|strong="G2093"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w imprisoned|strong="G1210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\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*,” \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G2270"\w* \w silent|strong="G2270"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* packed \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* belongings \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w*, bringing \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Cypriot \w man|strong="G5100"\w* named \w Mnason|strong="G3416"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* early \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stay.   
\s1 Paul Visits James  
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\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*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* brothers warmly welcomed \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w following|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w present|strong="G3854"\w*.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* greeting \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w detail|strong="G1520"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w glorifying|strong="G1392"\w* \f + \fr 21:20 \fq the Lord \ft ¦ God CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Yoʋ \w see|strong="G2334"\w*, brother, \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w thousands|strong="G3461"\w* \f + \fr 21:20 \fq of Jews there are \ft 88.2% ¦ there are among the Jews CT 6.6%\f*\w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w zealous|strong="G2207"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 21 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* \w informed|strong="G2727"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w among|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* forsake \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w circumcise|strong="G4059"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w or|strong="G3366"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w*.  
\v 22 \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* done? \f + \fr 21:22 \fq The assembly will surely meet, for they will \ft ¦ They will surely CT\f*\w The|strong="G3754"\w* \w assembly|strong="G4128"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w surely|strong="G3843"\w* \w meet|strong="G4905"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*.  
\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* yoʋ \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* yoʋ. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w vow|strong="G2171"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Take|strong="G3880"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* purify yoʋrself \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1159"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w expenses|strong="G1159"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w shave|strong="G3587"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* truth \w to|strong="G2443"\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 about|strong="G4012"\w* yoʋ, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ yoʋrself \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4748"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w orderly|strong="G4748"\w* \w manner|strong="G3956"\w*, \w keeping|strong="G5442"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 21:25 \fq written a letter \ft ¦ sent word SBL WH\f*\w written|strong="G1989"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1989"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* \f + \fr 21:25 \fq that they should observe no such thing, except \ft 83.8% • HF 4.4% ¦ — CT 2.1%\f*\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w observe|strong="G5442"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w thing|strong="G1494"\w*, except \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w keep|strong="G5442"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="G1494"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1494"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* blood, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w strangled|strong="G4156"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w fornication|strong="G4202"\w*.”  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2192"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* purified \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w giving|strong="G1229"\w* \w notice|strong="G1229"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* purification \w would|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* completed \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w would|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w presented|strong="G4374"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 The Jews Seize Paul  
\p
\v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* completed, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* stirring \w up|strong="G4797"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1911"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 28 \w crying|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, help \w us|strong="G1519"\w*! \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaches|strong="G1321"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* inner courts \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2840"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* holy \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.”  
\v 29 (\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \f + \fr 21:29 \fq seen \ft ¦ previously seen CT TR\f*\w seen|strong="G4308"\w* \w Trophimus|strong="G5161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ephesian|strong="G2180"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* assumed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* inner courts \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w*.)  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3650"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* uproar, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w rushed|strong="G4890"\w* \w together|strong="G4890"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gates|strong="G2374"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w shut|strong="G2808"\w*.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|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 him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G3754"\w* \w report|strong="G5334"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G4797"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Roman \w cohort|strong="G4686"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G3754"\w* \w uproar|strong="G4797"\w*.  
\v 32 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w once|strong="G1824"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2701"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mob \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*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* \w beating|strong="G5180"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w*, \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1417"\w* custody, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* commander \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G1223"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* reliable information \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w uproar|strong="G2351"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* taken away \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.  
\v 35 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w reached|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w carried|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* violence \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 36 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w of|strong="G4128"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* following behind, \w crying|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “Away \w with|strong="G2896"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul Addresses the Crowd  
\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* \w brought|strong="G1521"\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* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* permission \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 21:37 \fq speak \ft ¦ say something ANT CT TR\f*\w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* yoʋ?” \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yoʋ \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w*?  
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Egyptian \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* incited \w a|strong="G2532"\w* revolt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w four|strong="G5070"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5070"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Assassins|strong="G4607"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*?”  
\v 39 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w citizen|strong="G4177"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* important \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beg|strong="G1189"\w* yoʋ, \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 When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* commander \w gave|strong="G2010"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w permission|strong="G2010"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w hush|strong="G4602"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w addressed|strong="G4377"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*,   
\c 22  
\nb
\v 1 “Brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* defense \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”  
\v 2 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w addressing|strong="G4377"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \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 Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*,  
\v 3 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* instructed \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* strict \w manner|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3971"\w*, \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w zealous|strong="G2207"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w binding|strong="G1195"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w putting|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*,  
\v 5 \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest can \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w council|strong="G4244"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4244"\w*. \w From|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* arrests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w punished|strong="G5097"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Tells of His Conversion  
\p
\v 6 “\w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w noon|strong="G3314"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drawing|strong="G1448"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \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 and|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \wj ‘\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* yoʋ \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*?’\wj*  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* yoʋ, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?’ \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \wj ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* yoʋ \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*.’\wj*  
\v 9 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 22:9 \fq light and were afraid, but they \ft 86.4% ¦ light, but CT 10.4%\f*\w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* afraid, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* understand \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?’ \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \wj ‘Rise \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="G1154"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* yoʋ \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* yoʋ \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*.’\wj*  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G1689"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1689"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w brightness|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w led|strong="G5496"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G5259"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* Ananias, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w devout|strong="G2126"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G3140"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3140"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w dwelling|strong="G2730"\w* \f + \fr 22:12 \fq there \ft ¦ in Damascus ANT HF PCK\f*\w there|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 13 \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 He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘Brother \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, receive yoʋr \w sight|strong="G3588"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* received \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w sight|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4400"\w* yoʋ \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w*, \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*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w coming|strong="G2316"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*.  
\v 15 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* yoʋ \w delay|strong="G3195"\w*? Rise \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* away yoʋr sins, \w calling|strong="G1941"\w* \w upon|strong="G1941"\w* \f + \fr 22:16 \fq the name of the Lord \ft ¦ his name CT\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
\s1 Paul's Commission to Preach to the Gentiles  
\p
\v 17 “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w trance|strong="G1611"\w*  
\v 18 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \wj ‘\+w Make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w haste|strong="G4692"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w get|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="G5034"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w accept|strong="G3858"\+w* yoʋr \+w testimony|strong="G3141"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.’\wj*  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w imprisoned|strong="G5439"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋ.  
\v 20 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋr \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w shed|strong="G1632"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* myself \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 22:20 \fq approving of his execution \ft 96.6% ¦ giving my approval CT 2.3%\f*\w approving|strong="G4909"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* execution \f + \fr 22:20 \fq as I watched \ft ¦ and watching \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT PCK TR\f*\w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* watched over \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* killing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.’  
\v 21 \w Then|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*, \wj ‘\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w send|strong="G1821"\+w* yoʋ \+w far|strong="G3112"\+w* \+w away|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*.’\wj* ”   
\s1 Paul's Roman Citizenship  
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* crowd listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w statement|strong="G3056"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Away \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*! \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2520"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*.”  
\v 23 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w crying|strong="G2905"\w* \w out|strong="G2905"\w*, \w throwing|strong="G4496"\w* \w off|strong="G4496"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* flinging \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* air,  
\v 24 \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* examined \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w flogging|strong="G3148"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w find|strong="G1921"\w* \w out|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 22:25 \fq as one of the soldiers was stretching \ft ¦ when they had stretched \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT PCK SCR {Note: The main Greek text literally says \ft \+it he\+it* instead of \+it one of the soldiers\+it*.}\f*\w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w was|strong="G3588"\w* stretching \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* straps, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* nearby, “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w lawful|strong="G1832"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* whip \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* proper trial?”  
\v 26 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\f + \fr 22:26 \fq Consider what yoʋ are about to do, for \ft ¦ What are yoʋ about to do? For CT\f*\w Consider|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \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* citizen.”  
\v 27 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* over \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* yoʋ \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen?” \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*.”  
\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* responded, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w acquired|strong="G2932"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w citizenship|strong="G4174"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w sum|strong="G2774"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G2774"\w*.” \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* citizen \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w birth|strong="G1080"\w*.”  
\v 29 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* examine \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* back, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\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* citizen \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Brought Before the Sanhedrin  
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\v 30 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w wishing|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* commander \w released|strong="G3089"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 22:30 \fq from his bonds \ft 87.7% ¦ — CT 9.8%\f*\w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* bonds \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 22:30 \fq their \ft ¦ the CT\f*\w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 22:30 \fq come \ft ¦ assemble CT\f*\w come|strong="G4905"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 23  
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\v 1 Looking intently \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Brothers, \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w lived|strong="G4176"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* citizen \w before|strong="G4893"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.”  
\v 2 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest Ananias \w commanded|strong="G2004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w strike|strong="G5180"\w* \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* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w strike|strong="G5180"\w* yoʋ, yoʋ \w whitewashed|strong="G2867"\w* \w wall|strong="G5109"\w*! \w Are|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w judging|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w contrary|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w ordering|strong="G2753"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w struck|strong="G5180"\w*?”  
\v 4 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w nearby|strong="G3936"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* yoʋ dare \w to|strong="G3004"\w* insult \w God|strong="G2316"\w*'s \w high|strong="G2316"\w* priest?”  
\v 5 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*, brothers, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* high priest. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, ‘Yoʋ \w shall|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2560"\w* \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2992"\w* yoʋr \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.’ ”   
\p
\v 6 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 23:6 \fq Sadducees and others were Pharisees \ft ¦ Pharisees and others were Sadducees PCK\f*\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 he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*, “Brothers, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*, \f + \fr 23:6 \fq the son of a Pharisee \ft ¦ a son of Pharisees CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w regarding|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w dissension|strong="G4714"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \f + \fr 23:7 \fq on the part of the Pharisees \ft ¦ between the Pharisees and the Sadducees \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT HF PCK TR ¦ between the Pharisees and Sadducees CT\f*\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembly|strong="G4128"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w divided|strong="G4977"\w*.  
\v 8 (\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* resurrection, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w neither|strong="G3383"\w* angels \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G3670"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w*.)  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w clamor|strong="G2906"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 23:9 \fq the \ft ¦ some of the CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w scribes|strong="G1122"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*' \w party|strong="G3313"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* argued vehemently, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*. \f + \fr 23:9 \fq If a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel, let us not fight against God. \ft 94.6% ¦ What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel? CT 4.3%\f*\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel, \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* fight \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dissension|strong="G4714"\w* grew violent, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, \f + \fr 23:10 \fq exercising caution lest Paul \ft ¦ fearing that Paul would CT\f*exercising caution \w lest|strong="G3361"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w torn|strong="G1288"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pieces|strong="G1288"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w troops|strong="G4753"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* force, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w following|strong="G1966"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w near|strong="G2186"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \wj “\+w Take|strong="G2293"\+w* \+w courage|strong="G2293"\+w*,\wj* \f + \fr 23:11 \fq Paul, \ft ¦ — CT\f*\wj \+w Paul|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* yoʋ \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w testified|strong="G3140"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w* yoʋ \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w testify|strong="G3140"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Rome|strong="G4516"\+w*.”\wj*   
\s1 The Plot to Kill Paul  
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\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \f + \fr 23:12 \fq some of \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w formed|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* bound \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* under \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \f + \fr 23:12 \fq curse, saying that they would neither \ft ¦ curse neither to PCK\f*curse, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w neither|strong="G3383"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* killed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 13 \w More|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* taken \w an|strong="G1510"\w* oath \w to|strong="G1161"\w* join \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="G4945"\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* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* bound \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w* under \w a|strong="G2532"\w* solemn curse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w taste|strong="G1089"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w* \w must|strong="G3195"\w* \w make|strong="G1718"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* official \w request|strong="G1718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \f + \fr 23:15 \fq tomorrow \ft ¦ — CT\f*tomorrow, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* investigating \w the|strong="G1519"\w* facts \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w greater|strong="G4771"\w* detail. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* draws \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|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 about|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w ambush|strong="G1747"\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 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w centurions|strong="G1543"\w* over \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\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 for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* yoʋ \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* yoʋ.”  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \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*, \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w aside|strong="G2596"\w* \w privately|strong="G2398"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋ \w have|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*, “\w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w agreed|strong="G4934"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* yoʋ \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* tomorrow, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \f + \fr 23:20 \fq the members of the Sanhedrin would be inquiring \ft 26.6% • MSS 5.1% ¦ they would be inquiring \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* PCK TR 33.1% ¦ the members of the Sanhedrin would be inquired of ANT 17.6% ¦ yoʋ would be inquiring TH WH 9.2% ¦ the Sanhedrin would be inquiring ECM NA SBL 7.4%\f*\w the|strong="G1519"\w* members \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w inquiring|strong="G4441"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w greater|strong="G4771"\w* detail.  
\v 21 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w lying|strong="G1748"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* ambush \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* bound \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w under|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* curse \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w*, \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* yoʋr consent.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* sent \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* away, \w ordering|strong="G3853"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G1583"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G1473"\w* reported \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul Sent to Felix the Governor  
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* over \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G2090"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1250"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w seventy|strong="G1440"\w* \w horsemen|strong="G2460"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1250"\w* \w spearmen|strong="G1187"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Provide|strong="G3936"\w* \w mounts|strong="G2934"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w set|strong="G1913"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w on|strong="G3972"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w bring|strong="G1295"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*.”  
\v 25 Then \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w following|strong="G2192"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w*:  
\v 26 “\w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w*, \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w most|strong="G2903"\w* \w excellent|strong="G2903"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*: \w Greetings|strong="G5463"\w*.  
\v 27 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* killed \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w troops|strong="G4753"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen.  
\v 28 \w Wishing|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w accusing|strong="G1458"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* discovered \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2192"\w* \w accused|strong="G1458"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w questions|strong="G2213"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* own \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w accusation|strong="G1462"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* deserved \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w*.  
\v 30 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w informed|strong="G3377"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w plot|strong="G1917"\w* \f + \fr 23:30 \fq was about to be executed against this man by the Jews \ft 86.2% ¦ would be executed by them against this man MSS 5.4% \ft ¦ would be executed against this man CT 3.1%\f*\w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* executed \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* yoʋ \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w once|strong="G1824"\w*, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordering|strong="G3853"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* state \w before|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋ \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \f + \fr 23:30 \fq Farewell. \ft ¦ — ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL WH\f*Farewell.”   
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\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w took|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antipatris \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* been \w commanded|strong="G1299"\w*.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w horsemen|strong="G2460"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.  
\v 33 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* horsemen \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|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 they|strong="G2532"\w* \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 34 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* governor read \w the|strong="G2532"\w* letter, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w learned|strong="G4441"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*,  
\v 35 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G2753"\w* yoʋ \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearing|strong="G1251"\w* once yoʋr \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w orders|strong="G2753"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5442"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*'s headquarters.   
\c 24  
\s1 The Accusation Against Paul  
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\v 1 \w Five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest Ananias \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \f + \fr 24:1 \fq the \ft 83.4% ¦ some CT 14.9%\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w attorney|strong="G4489"\w* \w named|strong="G5061"\w* \w Tertullus|strong="G5061"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* presented \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w summoned|strong="G2564"\w*, \w Tertullus|strong="G5061"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* present \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* Felix, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Since|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* experienced \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* yoʋ, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 24:2 \fq prosperity is coming to \ft ¦ reforms are being made for CT\f*prosperity \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* yoʋr \w foresight|strong="G4307"\w*,  
\v 3 \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* acknowledge \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w excellent|strong="G2903"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* utmost \w gratitude|strong="G2169"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* detain yoʋ \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w further|strong="G4119"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* request \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w in|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋr forbearance, yoʋ would hear \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w briefly|strong="G4935"\w*.  
\v 5 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w pestilent|strong="G3061"\w* fellow, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* instigator \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 24:5 \fq dissension \ft ¦ dissensions CT\f*\w dissension|strong="G4714"\w* \w among|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ringleader|strong="G4414"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sect \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazarenes|strong="G3480"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* desecrate \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w seized|strong="G2902"\w* \f + \fr 24:6 \fq him. \fv \ft 8\+fv* By \ft 55.3% ¦ him and wanted to judge him according to our own law. \fv \ft 7\+fv* But Lysias the commander came and took him out of our hands with much violence, \+fv 8\+fv* ordering his accusers to come before yoʋ. By ECM 9.3% • MSS 5.7% • ANT TR 1% {Note: The longer text is found in 43.9% of manuscripts in eighteen different readings. As a whole, the longer reading has the \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* label. The reading printed in ECM is enclosed with double brackets.}\f*\w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 8 \w By|strong="G3844"\w* examining \w him|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋrself yoʋ \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G1410"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* learn \w the|strong="G3956"\w* truth \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* accusations \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* making \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 24:9 \fq joined in the accusation \ft ¦ assented TR\f*\w joined|strong="G4934"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* accusation, \w claiming|strong="G5335"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*.   
\s1 Paul's Defense Before Felix  
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\v 10 \w When|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* motioned \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w responded|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Knowing|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 24:10 \fq judge \ft ¦ righteous judge PCK\f*\w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \f + \fr 24:10 \fq all the more \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w cheerfully|strong="G2115"\w* make \w my|strong="G3004"\w* defense \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 11 Yoʋ \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \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 I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G3739"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 24:11 \fq worship in Jerusalem \ft ¦ Jerusalem to worship ANT CT\f*\w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Neither|strong="G3777"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* anywhere \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w arguing|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* stirring \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* offer \w any|strong="G1410"\w* \f + \fr 24:13 \fq proof \ft ¦ proof to yoʋ CT\f*proof \f + \fr 24:13 \fq against me \ft ¦ — ANT CT PCK SCR\f*\w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G3570"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w confess|strong="G3670"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* yoʋ, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sect, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3971"\w*, \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 24:14 \fq written throughout the Law and \ft 78.4% ¦ in accordance with the law and that is written ANT CT 20.4% {Note: The \ft \+it Text und Textwert\+it* collation ignores a variant that affects the translation of this text. As a result, the percentages are not entirely accurate.}\f*\w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w*,  
\v 15 \w having|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w accept|strong="G4327"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* resurrection \f + \fr 24:15 \fq of the dead, \ft 91.6% ¦ — CT 6.6%\f*\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dead, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* unrighteous.  
\v 16 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 24:16 \fq strive the way I do, always having \ft ¦ myself strive to always have ANT CT TR\f*strive \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* clear \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \f + \fr 24:16 \fq God \ft ¦ both God PCK\f*\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 17 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* away \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G4160"\w* charitable \w gifts|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w offerings|strong="G4376"\w*.  
\v 18 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \f + \fr 24:18 \fq some Jews from Asia found me in the temple courts as I was completing the rite of purification, without any crowd or commotion. They \ft ¦ they found me in the temple courts as I was completing the rite of purification, without any crowd or commotion. But there are some Jews from Asia who CT ST\f*\w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* completing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rite \w of|strong="G5100"\w* purification, \w without|strong="G3756"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w commotion|strong="G2351"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2723"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w accusation|strong="G2723"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 24:20 \fq state what wrongdoing they found \ft ¦ say if they found any wrongdoing TR\f*state \w what|strong="G5101"\w* wrongdoing \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \f + \fr 24:20 \fq in me \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G2147"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*,  
\v 21 \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cried|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*: ‘\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w regarding|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \f + \fr 24:21 \fq being tried by \ft ¦ on trial before CT\f*\w being|strong="G1722"\w* \w tried|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 22 \f + \fr 24:22 \fq After hearing these things, \ft 80.7% • MSS 6.6% ¦ Then CT 4.1%\f*\w After|strong="G2596"\w* hearing \w these|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* facts \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* great detail, \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* adjourn, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w comes|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3004"\w* \w decide|strong="G1231"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G1299"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w custody|strong="G5083"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* allow \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* measure \w of|strong="G2532"\w* freedom \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prevent|strong="G2967"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* attending \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w needs|strong="G5256"\w* \f + \fr 24:23 \fq or visiting him \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w or|strong="G2532"\w* visiting \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Held in Custody  
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\v 24 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Drusilla|strong="G1409"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 24:24 \fq Christ \ft ¦ Jesus Christ CT PCK\f*\w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w discussing|strong="G1256"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w self-control|strong="G1466"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w frightened|strong="G1719"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* response, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G2540"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* yoʋ.”  
\v 26 \w At|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* time \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w hoping|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* \f + \fr 24:26 \fq money, so that he might release him. \ft ¦ money. CT\f*\w money|strong="G5536"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* release \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w quite|strong="G4437"\w* \w often|strong="G4437"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w converse|strong="G3656"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w two|strong="G1333"\w* \w years|strong="G1333"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w succeeded|strong="G1240"\w* \w by|strong="G2453"\w* \w Porcius|strong="G4201"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w wishing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* gain \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w with|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* prison.   
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\s1 Paul's Trial Before Festus  
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\v 1 \w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* arriving \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w went|strong="G3767"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*,  
\v 2 \w where|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 25:2 \fq high priest \ft ¦ chief priests CT PCK\f*\w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prominent|strong="G4413"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* presented \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.  
\v 3 Asking \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* urged Festus \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w summon|strong="G3343"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w because|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* planning \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \w ambush|strong="G1747"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* replied \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w custody|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1607"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w shortly|strong="G5034"\w*.  
\v 5 “\w So|strong="G3767"\w*,” \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w influential|strong="G1415"\w* \w go|strong="G4782"\w* down \w with|strong="G1722"\w* me, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 25:5 \fq any fault in this \ft 72.6% ¦ anything wrong about the CT 9.3% ¦ anything wrong about this SCR 2.9% • MSS 14.2%\f*\w any|strong="G5100"\w* fault \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* can \w bring|strong="G2723"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w staying|strong="G1304"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 25:6 \fq more than \ft ¦ not more than eight or CT\f*\w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, Festus \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2250"\w* \w seat|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w brought|strong="G2597"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3854"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w around|strong="G4026"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w bringing|strong="G2702"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* serious charges \f + \fr 25:7 \fq against him \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w against|strong="G2702"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* prove.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own defense, “\w Neither|strong="G3777"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* committed \w any|strong="G5100"\w* offense.”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \w wishing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* gain \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w responded|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* yoʋ \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 and|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 25:9 \fq stand trial before \ft ¦ be tried by PCK\f*\w stand|strong="G2919"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\v 10 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* seat \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* wrong, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* yoʋ yoʋrself \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 am|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* deserves \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* seek \w to|strong="G2532"\w* escape \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w over|strong="G5483"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w appeal|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* conferring \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w council|strong="G4824"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* answered, “Yoʋ \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*; \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* yoʋ \w shall|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*.”   
\s1 Festus Consults King Agrippa  
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\v 13 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w*, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bernice \w arrived|strong="G2658"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* greeted \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Since|strong="G5613"\w* \f + \fr 25:14 \fq the king was staying … to him \ft ¦ they were staying … to the king ANT CT PCK RP\+sup mg\+sup* TR\f*\w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* presented \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*'s \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* presented \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \f + \fr 25:15 \fq judgment \ft ¦ sentence of condemnation CT\f*judgment \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* answered \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w custom|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w hand|strong="G5483"\w* \f + \fr 25:16 \fq anyone over for destruction \ft 89.9% ¦ over anyone CT 7.4%\f*\w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* destruction \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w faces|strong="G4383"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G5117"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w make|strong="G2723"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* defense \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w assembled|strong="G4905"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*, \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* postpone \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3767"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* judgment \w seat|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* brought \w in|strong="G1909"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w charge|strong="G2476"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \f + \fr 25:18 \fq the \ft ¦ any evils of the NA SBL WH ¦ any evil of the ECM TH\f*\w the|strong="G3588"\w* sort \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w expecting|strong="G5282"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w points|strong="G2213"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w disagreement|strong="G2213"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w religion|strong="G1175"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* claimed \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* loss \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w investigate|strong="G2214"\w* \f + \fr 25:20 \fq this matter \ft ¦ these matters CT PCK\f*\w this|strong="G3778"\w* matter, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w might|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w willing|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w stand|strong="G2919"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w custody|strong="G5083"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w decision|strong="G1233"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w His|strong="G1519"\w* Majesty \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Emperor|strong="G4575"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w held|strong="G5083"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w like|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man myself.” \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “Tomorrow yoʋ \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Paul Brought Before King Agrippa  
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* Agrippa \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bernice \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w pomp|strong="G5325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* auditorium \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w military|strong="G5506"\w* \w commanders|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* distinguished \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w command|strong="G2753"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w present|strong="G4840"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* community \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w*, crying \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \f + \fr 25:25 \fq when \ft ¦ — CT\f*\w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w found|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* deserving \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* himself \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w His|strong="G3992"\w* Majesty \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Emperor|strong="G4575"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* definite \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋ, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* preliminary hearing, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*.  
\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w seems|strong="G1380"\w* unreasonable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* indicating \w the|strong="G2532"\w* charges \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\c 26  
\s1 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “Yoʋ \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w permission|strong="G2010"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* yoʋrself.” \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stretched|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G1614"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G5119"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* make \w his|strong="G4012"\w* defense:  
\v 2 “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w consider|strong="G2233"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w fortunate|strong="G3107"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G2233"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* yoʋ, King Agrippa, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G3195"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* make \w my|strong="G3956"\w* defense \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G3195"\w* \w being|strong="G1909"\w* \w accused|strong="G1458"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*,  
\v 3 \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w since|strong="G5037"\w* \f + \fr 26:3 \fq yoʋ \ft ¦ I know yoʋ SCR\f*yoʋ \w are|strong="G1510"\w* acquainted \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* controversies \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beg|strong="G1189"\w* yoʋ \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3116"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w manner|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* life \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w youth|strong="G3503"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w spent|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* beginning \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* own \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \f + \fr 26:4 \fq in \ft ¦ and in CT\f*\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* \w known|strong="G4267"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* long time, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* strictest sect \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2251"\w* \w religion|strong="G2356"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w lived|strong="G2198"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*.  
\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*,  
\v 7 \w a|strong="G2532"\w* promise \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1429"\w* \w tribes|strong="G1429"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w attain|strong="G2658"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Regarding|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*, \f + \fr 26:7 \fq King Agrippa \ft ¦ O king CT\f*\w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w accused|strong="G1458"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1487"\w* deemed unbelievable \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raises|strong="G1453"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*?   
\p
\v 9 “\w Indeed|strong="G3303"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* convinced \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*.  
\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \f + \fr 26:10 \fq I locked … and \ft ¦ Not only did I lock … but CT\f*\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w locked|strong="G2623"\w* \w up|strong="G2623"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* saints \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cast|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w vote|strong="G5586"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w punished|strong="G5097"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w often|strong="G4178"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* force \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* blaspheme. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w furiously|strong="G4057"\w* \w enraged|strong="G1693"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* pursued \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w foreign|strong="G1854"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Tells of His Conversion and Commission  
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\v 12 “\w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w engaged|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \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* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w commission|strong="G2011"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests,  
\v 13 \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w midday|strong="G2250"\w*, O \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3771"\w*, \w brighter|strong="G2987"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*, \w shining|strong="G4034"\w* \w around|strong="G4034"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w traveling|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w fallen|strong="G2667"\w* \w down|strong="G2667"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*, \wj ‘\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* yoʋ \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*? \+w It|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hard|strong="G4642"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* yoʋ \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w kick|strong="G2979"\+w* \+w against|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w goads|strong="G2759"\+w*.’\wj*  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* yoʋ, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?’ \f + \fr 26:15 \fq He \ft ¦ The Lord CT\f*\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \wj ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* yoʋ \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*.\wj*  
\v 16 \wj \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* rise \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* yoʋr \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w appeared|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* yoʋ \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w purpose|strong="G3739"\+w*, \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="G4400"\+w* yoʋ \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w witness|strong="G3144"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*\wj* \f + \fr 26:16 \fq yoʋ have seen \ft ¦ in which yoʋ have seen me ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\wj yoʋ \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w appear|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* yoʋ.\wj*  
\v 17 \wj \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="G1807"\+w* yoʋ \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* yoʋr own \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*, \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*\wj* \f + \fr 26:17 \fq am sending yoʋ \ft ¦ am now sending yoʋ TR \ft ¦ will send yoʋ ECM\+sup †\+sup*\f*\wj \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* sending yoʋ\wj*  
\v 18 \wj \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* open \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="G3788"\+w*\wj* \f + \fr 26:18 \fq so that they may turn away \ft ¦ so that they may turn \+bd 𝔐\+bd*\+sup pt\+sup* ANT CT PCK ST ¦ and to turn them SCR\f*\wj \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="G1994"\+w* away \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4655"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w light|strong="G5457"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w dominion|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* remission \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* sins \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* allotment \+w among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* sanctified \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.’\wj*   
\s1 Paul Tells of His Preaching to Jews and Gentiles  
\p
\v 19 “Consequently, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w I|strong="G3606"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* disobedient \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G3770"\w* \w vision|strong="G3701"\w*,  
\v 20 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 26:20 \fq then to those in Jerusalem, to all the region of Judea \ft ¦ to those in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea, CT\f*\w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* proclaimed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* consistent \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*.  
\v 21 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* why \f + \fr 26:21 \fq the \ft ¦ some CT\f*\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \f + \fr 26:21 \fq in \ft ¦ while I was in ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA\f*\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w kill|strong="G1315"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w obtained|strong="G5177"\w* \w help|strong="G1947"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w testifying|strong="G3143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G3398"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w except|strong="G1622"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w*:  
\v 23 \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3805"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rise \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \f + \fr 26:23 \fq to \ft ¦ both to CT PCK\f*\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.”   
\p
\v 24 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G5346"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own defense, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “Yoʋ \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G5456"\w* yoʋr \w mind|strong="G3105"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w Too|strong="G3173"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w learning|strong="G1121"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w driving|strong="G4062"\w* yoʋ \w insane|strong="G3105"\w*!”  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G3105"\w*, \w most|strong="G2903"\w* \w excellent|strong="G2903"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* speaking \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* sense.  
\v 26 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w knows|strong="G1987"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w escaped|strong="G2990"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w notice|strong="G2990"\w* \f + \fr 26:26 \fq at all \ft ¦ — SBL WH\f*\w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w corner|strong="G1137"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Do|strong="G1492"\w* yoʋ \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa? \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* yoʋ \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*.”  
\v 28 Agrippa \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* yoʋ think yoʋ \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 so|strong="G1161"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w*?”  
\v 29 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w Whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*, \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 not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* yoʋ \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\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 would|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w except|strong="G3924"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w*.”   
\p
\v 30 \f + \fr 26:30 \fq After Paul said these things, \ft ¦ Then CT\f*\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*, Bernice, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G4775"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaving|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* began \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \f + \fr 26:31 \fq nothing \ft ¦ nothing at all ECM NA SBL TH\f*\w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* deserves \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w*.”  
\v 32 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* released \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”   
\c 27  
\s1 Paul Begins His Voyage to Rome  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* transferred \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w*, \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Augustan|strong="G4575"\w* \w Cohort|strong="G4686"\w*.  
\v 2 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* got \w on|strong="G1519"\w* board \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* Adramyttium \f + \fr 27:2 \fq and put out to sea, intending to sail by the ports along the coast of Asia \ft ¦ that was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea CT\f*\w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sea, \w intending|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sail|strong="G4126"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ports \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*. \w With|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Aristarchus, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonian|strong="G3110"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w*.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2609"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w* \w treated|strong="G5530"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w kindly|strong="G5364"\w*, allowing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \f + \fr 27:3 \fq his \ft ¦ some ST\f*\w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w receive|strong="G5177"\w* \w care|strong="G1958"\w*.  
\v 4 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2547"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* put \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* sea \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w under|strong="G5284"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* lee \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* winds \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w against|strong="G1727"\w* us.  
\v 5 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* sailing across \w the|strong="G2532"\w* open \w sea|strong="G3989"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Myra|strong="G3460"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lycia|strong="G3073"\w*.  
\v 6 \w There|strong="G2546"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* Alexandrian \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sailing|strong="G4126"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G1688"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* board.  
\v 7 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w slowly|strong="G1020"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w difficulty|strong="G3433"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cnidus|strong="G2834"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* allow \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hold|strong="G2249"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* course, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lee \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Salmone|strong="G4534"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Sailing|strong="G3881"\w* \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w coast|strong="G5117"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w difficulty|strong="G3433"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Fair|strong="G2570"\w* Havens, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w Lasea|strong="G2996"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 \w Since|strong="G1223"\w* \w much|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* lost \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w dangerous|strong="G2000"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Fast|strong="G3521"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w over|strong="G3928"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w advised|strong="G3867"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ship's officers,  
\v 10 “\w Men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w perceive|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* result \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w damage|strong="G5196"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w loss|strong="G2209"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cargo|strong="G5413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G3490"\w*'s \w captain|strong="G3490"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shipowner \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Because|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w suitable|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* spending \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w winter|strong="G3914"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w majority|strong="G4183"\w* \w made|strong="G5087"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w decision|strong="G1012"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w set|strong="G5087"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 27:12 \fq also \ft ¦ — CT PCK\f*\w also|strong="G2532"\w*, hoping \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w somehow|strong="G1513"\w* \w reach|strong="G2658"\w* \w Phoenix|strong="G5405"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w* facing \w southwest|strong="G3047"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w northwest|strong="G5566"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w spend|strong="G3914"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w winter|strong="G3914"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 The Storm at Sea  
\p
\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w south|strong="G3558"\w* \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* started blowing gently, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* opportunity \w had|strong="G3588"\w* come \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* carry out \w their|strong="G3588"\w* plan. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* weighed anchor \f + \fr 27:13 \fq and sailed closely \ft ¦ from Assos and sailed ST {Note: The reading of ST most likely stems from a mistranslation in the Latin Vulgate that confuses the Greek literary term \ft \+it asson\+it* (‘closely’) with the proper noun \+it Assos\+it*, a coastal city in Mysia.}\f*\w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sailed|strong="G3881"\w* closely \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* shore \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G2596"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w*, \w a|strong="G3756"\w* hurricane-force wind \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \f + \fr 27:14 \fq Euroclydon \ft 95.1% ¦ Euraquilo CT 0.8%\f*\w Euroclydon|strong="G2148"\w* swept \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* island.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w caught|strong="G4884"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* storm \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* head into \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1929"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w driven|strong="G5342"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Running|strong="G5295"\w* \w under|strong="G5295"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* lee \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w small|strong="G3519"\w* \w island|strong="G3519"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \f + \fr 27:16 \fq Clauda \ft ¦ Cauda ECM NA SBL WH\f*\w Clauda|strong="G2802"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w with|strong="G1096"\w* \w difficulty|strong="G3433"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* secure \w the|strong="G1161"\w* skiff.  
\v 17 \w After|strong="G5037"\w* hoisting \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* sailors \w used|strong="G5530"\w* supports \w to|strong="G1519"\w* undergird \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5037"\w*, \w fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* might \w run|strong="G1601"\w* \w aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syrtis|strong="G4950"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* lowered \w the|strong="G1519"\w* gear, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w manner|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w driven|strong="G5342"\w* \w along|strong="G5037"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1161"\w* severely battered \w by|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* storm, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* sailors \w began|strong="G1161"\w* throwing \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w cargo|strong="G1546"\w* overboard.  
\v 19 \w On|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \f + \fr 27:19 \fq we … our \ft ¦ they … their CT\f*\w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*'s \w tackle|strong="G4631"\w* \w overboard|strong="G4496"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* own hands.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w neither|strong="G3756"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* stars \w appeared|strong="G2014"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* violent \w storm|strong="G5494"\w* continued \w to|strong="G1909"\w* rage, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w might|strong="G1680"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* lost.   
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\v 21 \w Since|strong="G5037"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* little desire \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w advice|strong="G3980"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2476"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*; \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* spared \w yourselves|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w damage|strong="G5196"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w loss|strong="G2209"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* advise \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w cheer|strong="G2114"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* loss \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.  
\v 23 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\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* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*  
\v 24 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*; yoʋ \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G3936"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w granted|strong="G5483"\w* yoʋ \w the|strong="G2532"\w* safety \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sailing|strong="G4126"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* yoʋ.’  
\v 25 \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w cheer|strong="G2114"\w*, \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w faith|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3779"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w run|strong="G1601"\w* \w aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="G5065"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w driven|strong="G1308"\w* \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* \w suspected|strong="G5282"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w approaching|strong="G4317"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w land|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sounding|strong="G1001"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w twenty|strong="G1501"\w* \w fathoms|strong="G3712"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w farther|strong="G1339"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w sounding|strong="G1001"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w fifteen|strong="G1178"\w* \w fathoms|strong="G3712"\w*.  
\v 29 \w Fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \f + \fr 27:29 \fq we \ft ¦ they ST\f*\w we|strong="G2250"\w* \w might|strong="G1096"\w* \w run|strong="G1601"\w* \f + \fr 27:29 \fq aground \ft ¦ aground somewhere CT\f*\w aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w rocks|strong="G5138"\w*, \w they|strong="G5037"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* anchors \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w stern|strong="G4403"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* prayed \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sailors|strong="G3492"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \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 by|strong="G1537"\w* lowering \w the|strong="G2532"\w* skiff \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w under|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pretense|strong="G4392"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w lay|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* anchors \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bow|strong="G4408"\w*.  
\v 31 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”  
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G1601"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ropes|strong="G4979"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* skiff \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* drift \w away|strong="G1601"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="G5065"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* suspense \w without|strong="G3367"\w* eating, having \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w take|strong="G3335"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* important \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \f + \fr 27:34 \fq your \ft ¦ our PCK\f*\w your|strong="G5212"\w* \w survival|strong="G4991"\w*, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w a|strong="G4314"\w* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \f + \fr 27:34 \fq fall \ft ¦ perish CT\f*fall \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”  
\v 35 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w presence|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.  
\v 36 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G2115"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* themselves.  
\v 37 (Altogether \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \f + \fr 27:37 \fq two hundred \ft ¦ about WH\f*\w two|strong="G1250"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1250"\w* \w seventy-six|strong="G1440"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.)  
\v 38 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w eaten|strong="G2880"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w fill|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2281"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w lighten|strong="G2893"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w throwing|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.   
\s1 The Shipwreck  
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\v 39 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* sailors \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* noticed \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w bay|strong="G2859"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* beach \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \f + \fr 27:39 \fq possible \ft ¦ they could ANT CT TR\f*\w possible|strong="G1410"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \f + \fr 27:39 \fq run the ship ashore \ft ¦ bring the ship safely to shore WH\f*run \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w ashore|strong="G1093"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 40 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G4014"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* anchors \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1439"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* time loosening \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bands|strong="G2202"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rudders|strong="G4079"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hoisted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* foresail \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blowing|strong="G4154"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beach.  
\v 41 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* struck \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sandbar \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2027"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w* \w aground|strong="G2027"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w bow|strong="G4408"\w* \w stuck|strong="G2043"\w* \w fast|strong="G2043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w remained|strong="G3306"\w* immovable, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stern|strong="G4403"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w broken|strong="G3089"\w* apart \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 27:41 \fq force of the waves \ft 97.2% ¦ forceful impact SBL WH 1.2%\f*force \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves.  
\v 42 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*' \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w swim|strong="G1579"\w* \w away|strong="G1579"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w escape|strong="G1309"\w*.  
\v 43 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w*, \w wishing|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w save|strong="G1295"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*'s \w life|strong="G1295"\w*, \w kept|strong="G2967"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* carrying \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* plan. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w swim|strong="G2860"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* jump overboard \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w get|strong="G1826"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*,  
\v 44 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w*, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w planks|strong="G4548"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* pieces \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w brought|strong="G1295"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*.   
\c 28  
\s1 Paul on Malta  
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\v 1 Once \f + \fr 28:1 \fq they … they \ft ¦ we … we CT\f*\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* reached shore, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G1921"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \f + \fr 28:1 \fq Malta \ft ¦ Melitene WH\f*\w Malta|strong="G3194"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* native \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w showed|strong="G3930"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w extraordinary|strong="G5177"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5363"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* welcomed \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kindled \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2186"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cold|strong="G5592"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4962"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bundle|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w sticks|strong="G5434"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w putting|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w viper|strong="G2191"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heat|strong="G2329"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 28:3 \fq fastened \ft ¦ fastened itself PCK\f*\w fastened|strong="G2510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* native \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w creature|strong="G2342"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w undoubtedly|strong="G3843"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w murderer|strong="G5406"\w*. \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G1295"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* goddess \w Justice|strong="G1349"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allowed|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* shook \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w creature|strong="G2342"\w* off \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\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 he|strong="G2532"\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* suddenly \w fall|strong="G2667"\w* \w down|strong="G2667"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* expectantly \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeing|strong="G2334"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* unusual \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w changed|strong="G3328"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G3328"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* region \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w lands|strong="G5564"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G4413"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*, \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* welcomed \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* hospitably \w took|strong="G1161"\w* care \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* guests \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* bed, \w suffering|strong="G4912"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* fevers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dysentery|strong="G1420"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laying|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 9 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\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 also|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w bestowed|strong="G5091"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w honors|strong="G5091"\w* \w on|strong="G2007"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w set|strong="G5091"\w* sail, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* provided \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Arrives in Rome  
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\v 11 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* set sail \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* Alexandrian \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w wintered|strong="G3914"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w twin|strong="G1359"\w* sons \w of|strong="G1722"\w* Zeus \w as|strong="G1722"\w* its \w figurehead|strong="G3902"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Putting|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syracuse|strong="G4946"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 13 \w From|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \f + \fr 28:13 \fq took a circuitous course \ft ¦ cast off ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL WH\f*\w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* circuitous course \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rhegium|strong="G4484"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w south|strong="G3558"\w* \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w sprang|strong="G1920"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1206"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Puteoli|strong="G4223"\w*.  
\v 14 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w invited|strong="G3870"\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 seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Rome heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* news \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \f + \fr 28:15 \fq out \ft ¦ — ECM\+sup †\+sup* NA SBL TH WH\f*\w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Forum|strong="G5410"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* Appius \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w Taverns|strong="G4999"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w courage|strong="G2294"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*, \f + \fr 28:16 \fq the centurion transferred the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but \ft 64.6% • HF 19.2% • ANT 0% ¦ — CT 4.4%\f*\w the|strong="G1519"\w* centurion transferred \w the|strong="G1519"\w* prisoners \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* captain \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2010"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w guarding|strong="G5442"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Paul Addresses the Jews in Rome  
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w prominent|strong="G4413"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Brothers, \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3971"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w delivered|strong="G3860"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* examined \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w willing|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* release \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* grounds \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w case|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* objected, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* forced \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w appeal|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w accusation|strong="G2723"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G2723"\w* \w against|strong="G2723"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* own \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 20 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G4354"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G3767"\w* \w account|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* bound \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* chain.”  
\v 21 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w no|strong="G3777"\w* \w letters|strong="G1121"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* yoʋ, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w none|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* brothers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G3854"\w* \w here|strong="G3854"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* yoʋ.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* best \w to|strong="G1161"\w* hear \w what|strong="G3739"\w* yoʋr \w views|strong="G5426"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sect, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1110"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* spoken \w against|strong="G4012"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* arranged \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w lodging|strong="G3578"\w*. \w From|strong="G2064"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w evening|strong="G2073"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* matter \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* convince \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* refused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* disagreement \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w another|strong="G1520"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* final \w statement|strong="G4487"\w*: “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \f + \fr 28:25 \fq our \ft ¦ your CT\f*\w our|strong="G1223"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*:   
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\v 26 ‘\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w perceive|strong="G3708"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w become|strong="G3975"\w* \w dull|strong="G3975"\w*;  
\q1 \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* barely heard,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w closed|strong="G2576"\w*,  
\q1 \w lest|strong="G3379"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*,  
\q1 hear \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2390"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
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\v 28 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \f + \fr 28:28 \fq the \ft ¦ this ANT CT\f*\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4992"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*; \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* listen.”  
\v 29 \f + \fr 28:29 \fq After Paul said these things, the Jews went away and had a great dispute among themselves. \ft 87.6% ¦ — NA SBL TH WH 4.6% {Note: ECM encloses this text with double brackets.}\f*After Paul said these things, the Jews went away and had a great dispute among themselves.   
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\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* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w rented|strong="G3410"\w* \w house|strong="G3410"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* welcomed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 31 \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\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 with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* hindrance.