Acts
 

Chapter One

1:1
The former treatise have I made,
O Theophilus,
of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

1:2
Until the day in which he was taken up,
after that he through the Holy Ghost
had given commandments unto the apostles
whom he had chosen:

1:3
To whom also he shewed himself alive
after his passion
by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days,
and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom of God:

1:4
And, being assembled together with them,
commanded them that they should not
depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the promise of the Father,
which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

1:5
For John truly baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost
not many days hence.

1:6
When they therefore
were come together,
they asked of him,
saying,
Lord, wilt thou at this time
restore again the kingdom to Israel?

1:7
And he said unto them,
It is not for you to know
the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own power.

1:8
But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost
is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me
both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

1:9
And when he had spoken these things,
while they beheld, he was taken up;
and a cloud received him out of their sight.

1:10
And while they looked stedfastly
toward heaven as he went up,
behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

1:11
Which also said,
Ye men of Galilee,
why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus,
which is taken up from you
into heaven,
shall so come in like manner
as ye have seen him go into heaven.

1:12
Then returned they unto Jerusalem
from the mount called Olivet,
which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

1:13
And when they were come in,
they went up into an upper room,
where abode both Peter,
and James, and John, and Andrew,
Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus,
and Simon Zelotes,
and Judas the brother of James.

1:14
These all continued with one accord
in prayer and supplication,
with the women,
and Mary the mother of Jesus,
and with his brethren.

1:15
And in those days
Peter stood up
in the midst of the disciples,
and said,
(the number of names together
were about an hundred and twenty,)

1:16
Men and brethren,
this scripture must needs
have been fulfilled,
which the Holy Ghost
by the mouth of David spake
before concerning Judas,
which was guide to them that took Jesus.

1:17
For he was numbered with us,
and had obtained part of this ministry.

1:18
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity;
and falling headlong,
he burst asunder in the midst,
and all his bowels gushed out.

1:19
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem;
insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue,
Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

1:20
For it is written in the book of Psalms,
Let his habitation be desolate,
and let no man dwell therein:
and his bishoprick let another take.

1:21
Wherefore of these men
which have companied with us
all the time that the Lord Jesus
went in and out among us,

1:22
Beginning from the baptism of John,
unto that same day
that he was taken up from us,
must one be ordained to be
a witness with us of his resurrection.

1:23
And they appointed two,
Joseph called Barsabas,
who was surnamed Justus,
and Matthias.

1:24
And they prayed, and said,
Thou, Lord,
which knowest the hearts of all men,
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

1:25
That he may take part of this ministry
and apostleship,
from which Judas
by transgression fell,
that he might go to his own place.

1:26
And they gave forth their lots;
and the lot fell upon Matthias;
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
 
 

Chapter Two

2:1
And when the day of Pentecost
was fully come,
they were all
with one accord in one place.

2:2
And suddenly there came
a sound from heaven
as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house
where they were sitting.

2:3
And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire,
and it sat upon each of them.

2:4
And they were all filled
with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them utterance.
 

2:5
And there were dwelling
at Jerusalem Jews,
devout men,
out of every nation under heaven.

2:6
Now when this was noised abroad,
the multitude came together,
and were confounded,
because that every man
heard them speak
in his own language.

2:7
And they were all amazed
and marvelled,
saying one to another,
Behold,
are not all these
which speak Galilaeans?

2:8
And how hear we every man
in our own tongue,
wherein we were born?

2:9
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites,
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia,
and in Judaea, and Cappadocia,
in Pontus, and Asia,
 

2:10
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt,
and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene,
and strangers of Rome,
Jews and proselytes,

2:11
Cretes and Arabians,
we do hear them speak
in our tongues
the wonderful works of God.

2:12
And they were all amazed,
and were in doubt,
saying one to another,
What meaneth this?

2:13
Others mocking said,
These men are full of new wine.

2:14
But Peter,
standing up with the eleven,
lifted up his voice,
and said unto them,
Ye men of Judaea,
and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,
be this known unto you,
and hearken to my words:

2:15
For these are not drunken,
as ye suppose,
seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

2:16
But this is that
which was spoken
by the prophet Joel;

2:17
And it shall come to pass
in the last days,
saith God,
I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh:
and your sons
and your daughters
shall prophesy,
and your young men
shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams:

2:18
And on my servants
and on my handmaidens
I will pour out
in those days of my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy:

2:19
And I will shew wonders
in heaven above,
and signs in the earth beneath;
blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

2:20
The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great
and notable day of the Lord come:

2:21
And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call
on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

2:22
Ye men of Israel,
hear these words;
Jesus of Nazareth,
a man approved of God
among you
by miracles and wonders
and signs,
which God did by him
in the midst of you,
as ye yourselves also know:

2:23
Him,
being delivered
by the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge of God,
ye have taken,
and by wicked hands
have crucified and slain:

2:24
Whom God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death:
because it was not possible
that he should be holden of it.

2:25
For David speaketh
concerning him,
I foresaw the Lord
always before my face,
for he is on my right hand,
that I should not be moved:

2:26
Therefore did my heart rejoice,
and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

2:27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,
neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
 

2:28
Thou hast made known to me
the ways of life;
thou shalt make me
full of joy with thy countenance.

2:29
Men and brethren,
let me freely speak unto you
of the patriarch David,
that he is both dead and buried,
and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

2:30
Therefore being a prophet,
and knowing that God had sworn
with an oath to him,
that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh,
he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

2:31
He seeing this before
spake of the resurrection of Christ,
that his soul was not left in hell,
neither his flesh did see corruption.

2:32
This Jesus hath
God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses.

2:33
Therefore being by the right hand
of God exalted,
and having received
of the Father
the promise of the Holy Ghost,
he hath shed forth this,
which ye now see and hear.

2:34
For David is not ascended into the heavens:
but he saith himself,
The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,

2:35
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

2:36
Therefore let all the house of Israel
know assuredly,
that God hath made
the same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified,
both Lord and Christ.

2:37
Now when they heard this,
they were pricked in their heart,
and said unto Peter
and to the rest of the apostles,
Men and brethren,
what shall we do?

2:38
Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized
every one of you
in the name of
Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.

2:39
For the promise is unto you,
and to your children,
and to all that are afar off,
even as many
as the Lord our God shall call.

2:40
And with many other words
did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves
from this untoward generation.

2:41
Then they that gladly received his word
were baptized: and the same day
there were added
unto them about
three thousand souls.

2:42
And they continued stedfastly
in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship,
and in breaking of bread,
and in prayers.

2:43
And fear came upon every soul:
and many wonders
and signs
were done by the apostles.

2:44
And all that believed were together,
and had all things common;

2:45
And sold their possessions
and goods,
and parted them
to all men,
as every man had need.

2:46
And they,
continuing daily with one accord
in the temple, and breaking bread
from house to house,
did eat their meat with gladness
and singleness of heart,

2:47
Praising God,
and having favour with all the people.
And the Lord
added to the church daily
such as should be saved.
 

Chapter Three

3:1
Now Peter and John went up together
into the temple at the hour of prayer,
being the ninth hour.

3:2
And a certain man lame
from his mother's womb
was carried,
whom they laid daily
at the gate of the temple
which is called Beautiful,
to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

3:3
Who seeing Peter and John
about to go into the temple
asked an alms.

3:4
And Peter,
fastening his eyes upon him
with John, said,
Look on us.

3:5
And he gave heed unto them,
expecting to receive something of them.

3:6
Then Peter said,
Silver and gold have I none;
but such as I have give I thee:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
rise up and walk.

3:7
And he took him by the right hand,
and lifted him up:
and immediately his feet
and ankle bones
received strength.

3:8
And he leaping up stood,
and walked,
and entered with them
into the temple,
walking, and leaping,
and praising God.

3:9
And all the people saw him
walking and praising God:

3:10
And they knew that it was he
which sat for alms
at the Beautiful gate of the temple:
and they were filled with wonder
and amazement
at that which had happened unto him.

3:11
And as the lame man
which was healed held Peter and John,
all the people ran together
unto them in the porch
that is called Solomon's,
greatly wondering.

3:12
And when Peter saw it,
he answered unto the people,
Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this?
or why look ye so earnestly on us,
as though by our own power
or holiness
we had made this man to walk?

3:13
The God of Abraham,
and of Isaac, and of Jacob,
the God of our fathers,
hath glorified his Son Jesus;
whom ye delivered up,
and denied him
in the presence of Pilate,
when he was determined to let him go.

3:14
But ye denied the Holy One
and the Just,
and desired a murderer
to be granted unto you;

3:15
And killed the Prince of life,
whom God hath raised from the dead;
whereof we are witnesses.

3:16
And his name
through faith in his name
hath made this man strong,
whom ye see and know:
yea, the faith which is by him
hath given him this
perfect soundness
in the presence of you all.

3:17
And now, brethren,
I wot that through ignorance ye did it,
as did also your rulers.

3:18
But those things,
which God before
had shewed by the mouth of
all his prophets,
that Christ should suffer,
he hath so fulfilled.

3:19
Repent ye therefore,
and be converted,
that your sins
may be blotted out,
when the times
of refreshing
shall come from
the presence of the Lord.
 

3:20
And he shall send Jesus Christ,
which before was preached
unto you:

3:21
Whom the heaven must receive
until the times of restitution
of all things,
which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all his
holy prophets since the world began.

3:22
For Moses truly said unto the fathers,
A prophet shall the Lord your God
raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me;
him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever
he shall say unto you.

3:23
And it shall come to pass,
that every soul,
which will not hear that prophet,
shall be destroyed
from among the people.
 

3:24
Yea,
and all the prophets from Samuel
and those that follow after,
as many as have spoken,
have likewise foretold of these days.

3:25
Ye are the children of the prophets,
and of the covenant which God made
with our fathers, saying unto Abraham,
And in thy seed shall all the kindreds
of the earth be blessed.

3:26
Unto you first God,
having raised up his Son Jesus,
sent him to bless you,
in turning away
every one of you
from his iniquities.

Chapter Four

4:1
And as they spake unto the people,
the priests, and the captain of the temple,
and the Sadducees, came upon them,

4:2
Being grieved
that they taught the people,
and preached through Jesus
the resurrection from the dead.

4:3
And they laid hands on them,
and put them in hold
unto the next day:
for it was now eventide.

4:4
Howbeit many of them
which heard the word believed;
and the number of the men was about five thousand.

4:5
And it came to pass
on the morrow,
that their rulers,
and elders, and scribes,

4:6
And Annas the high priest,
and Caiaphas,
and John, and Alexander,
and as many as were of
the kindred of the high priest,
were gathered together at Jerusalem.

4:7
And when they had
set them in the midst,
they asked,
By what power,
or by what name,
have ye done this?

4:8
Then Peter,
filled with the Holy Ghost,
said unto them,
Ye rulers of the people,
and elders of Israel,

4:9
If we this day be examined
of the good deed done
to the impotent man,
by what means he is made whole;

4:10
Be it known unto you all,
and to all the people of Israel,
that by the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead,
even by him doth this man
stand here before you whole.

4:11
This is the stone
which was set at nought
of you builders,
which is become
the head of the corner.

4:12
Neither is there salvation
in any other:
for there is none other name
under heaven
given among men,
whereby we must be saved.

4:13
Now when they saw
the boldness of Peter and John,
and perceived that they were
unlearned and ignorant men,
they marvelled;
and they took knowledge of them,
that they had been with Jesus.

4:14
And beholding the man
which was healed standing with them,
they could say nothing against it.

4:15
But when they had
commanded them
to go aside
out of the council,
they conferred among themselves,

4:16
Saying,
What shall we do to these men?
for that indeed a notable miracle
hath been done by them
is manifest to all them
that dwell in Jerusalem;
and we cannot deny it.

4:17
But that it spread no further
among the people,
let us straitly threaten them,
that they speak henceforth to no man
in this name.

4:18
And they called them,
and commanded them
not to speak at all
nor teach in the name of Jesus.

4:19
But Peter and John answered
and said unto them,
Whether it be right
in the sight of God
to hearken unto you more
than unto God, judge ye.

4:20
For we cannot
but speak the things
which we have seen
and heard.

4:21
So when they had
further threatened them,
they let them go,
finding nothing
how they might punish them,
because of the people:
for all men glorified God
for that which was done.

4:22
For the man was above
forty years old,
on whom this miracle
of healing was shewed.

4:23
And being let go,
they went to their own company,
and reported all
that the chief priests
and elders had said unto them.

4:24
And when they heard that,
they lifted up their voice to God
with one accord, and said,
Lord, thou art God,
which hast made heaven,
and earth, and the sea,
and all that in them is:

4:25
Who by the mouth
of thy servant David
hast said,
Why did the heathen rage,
and the people imagine vain things?

4:26
The kings of the earth stood up,
and the rulers were gathered together
against the Lord, and against his Christ.

4:27
For of a truth
against thy holy child Jesus,
whom thou hast anointed,
both Herod, and Pontius Pilate,
with the Gentiles,
and the people of Israel,
were gathered together,

4:28
For to do whatsoever
thy hand and thy counsel
determined before to be done.

4:29
And now,
Lord, behold their threatenings:
and grant unto thy servants,
that with all boldness
they may speak thy word,

4:30
By stretching forth thine hand to heal;
and that signs and wonders
may be done by the name
of thy holy child Jesus.

4:31
And when they had prayed,
the place was shaken
where they were assembled together;
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and they spake the word of God with boldness.

4:32
And the multitude of them
that believed were of one heart
and of one soul:
neither said any of them
that ought of the things
which he possessed was his own;
but they had all things common.

4:33
And with great power
gave the apostles witness
of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus:
and great grace was upon them all.

4:34
Neither was there
any among them that lacked:
for as many as were
possessors of lands
or houses sold them,
and brought the prices
of the things that were sold,

4:35
And laid them down
at the apostles' feet:
and distribution was made
unto every man according as he had need.

4:36
And Joses,
who by the apostles
was surnamed Barnabas,
(which is, being interpreted,
The son of consolation,)
a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

4:37
Having land, sold it,
and brought the money,
and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Chapter Five

5:1
But a certain man named Ananias,
with Sapphira his wife,
sold a possession,

5:2
And kept back part of the price,
his wife also being privy to it,
and brought a certain part,
and laid it at the apostles' feet.

5:3
But Peter said,
Ananias,
why hath Satan filled thine heart
to lie to the Holy Ghost,
and to keep back
part of the price
of the land?

5:4
Whiles it remained,
was it not thine own?
and after it was sold,
was it not in thine own power?
why hast thou conceived
this thing in thine heart?
thou hast not lied unto men,
but unto God.

5:5
And Ananias hearing these words
fell down, and gave up the ghost:
and great fear came on all them
that heard these things.

5:6
And the young men arose,
wound him up,
and carried him out,
and buried him.

5:7
And it was about the space
of three hours after,
when his wife,
not knowing
what was done,
came in.

5:8
And Peter answered unto her,
Tell me whether ye sold the land
for so much?
And she said,
Yea, for so much.

5:9
Then Peter said unto her,
How is it that ye have agreed
together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?
behold, the feet of them
which have buried thy husband
are at the door,
and shall carry thee out.

5:10
Then fell she down
straightway at his feet,
and yielded up the ghost:
and the young men came in,
and found her dead,
and, carrying her forth,
buried her by her husband.

5:11
And great fear came upon
all the church,
and upon as many
as heard these things.

5:12
And by the hands of the apostles
were many signs
and wonders wrought
among the people;
(and they were all
with one accord
in Solomon's porch.

5:13
And of the rest
durst no man join himself to them:
but the people magnified them.

5:14
And believers were
the more added to the Lord,
multitudes both of men and women.)

5:15
Insomuch that they
brought forth the sick
into the streets,
and laid them
on beds and couches,
that at the least the shadow
of Peter passing by
might overshadow some of them.

5:16
There came also a multitude
out of the cities round about
unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks,
and them which were vexed
with unclean spirits:
and they were healed every one.

5:17
Then the high priest rose up,
and all they that were with him,
(which is the sect of the Sadducees,)
and were filled with indignation,

5:18
And laid their hands on the apostles,
and put them in the common prison.

5:19
But the angel of the Lord by night
opened the prison doors,
and brought them forth,
and said,

5:20
Go,
stand and speak
in the temple
to the people
all the words
of this life.

5:21
And when they heard that,
they entered into the temple
early in the morning, and taught.
But the high priest came,
and they that were with him,
and called the council together,
and all the senate
of the children of Israel,
and sent to the prison
to have them brought.

5:22
But when the officers came,
and found them not in the prison,
they returned and told,

5:23
Saying,
The prison truly
found we shut with all safety,
and the keepers
standing without
before the doors:
but when we had opened,
we found no man within.

5:24
Now when the high priest
and the captain of the temple
and the chief priests
heard these things,
they doubted of them
whereunto this would grow.

5:25
Then came one
and told them, saying,
Behold, the men whom ye
put in prison
are standing in the temple,
and teaching the people.

5:26
Then went the captain with the officers,
and brought them without violence:
for they feared the people,
lest they should have been stoned.

5:27
And when they had brought them,
they set them before the council:
and the high priest asked them,

5:28
Saying,
Did not we straitly command you
that ye should not teach in this name?
and, behold,
ye have filled Jerusalem
with your doctrine,
and intend
to bring this man's blood upon us.

5:29
Then Peter
and the other apostles
answered and said,
We ought to obey God
rather than men.

5:30
The God of our fathers
raised up Jesus,
whom ye slew
and hanged on a tree.

5:31
Him hath God exalted
with his right hand
to be a Prince
and a Saviour,
for to give repentance to Israel,
and forgiveness of sins.

5:32
And we are his witnesses
of these things;
and so is also
the Holy Ghost,
whom God hath
given to them that obey him.

5:33
When they heard that,
they were cut to the heart,
and took counsel to slay them.

5:34
Then stood there up
one in the council,
a Pharisee, named Gamaliel,
a doctor of the law,
had in reputation
among all the people,
and commanded
to put the apostles forth a little space;

5:35
And said unto them,
Ye men of Israel,
take heed to yourselves
what ye intend to do
as touching these men.

5:36
For before these days rose up
Theudas,
boasting himself to be somebody;
to whom a number of men,
about four hundred,
joined themselves:
who was slain;
and all, as many as obeyed him,
were scattered, and brought to nought.

5:37
After this man rose up
Judas of Galilee
in the days of the taxing,
and drew away
much people after him:
he also perished;
and all,
even as many as
obeyed him,
were dispersed.

5:38
And now I say unto you,
Refrain from these men,
and let them alone:
for if this counsel
or this work be of men,
it will come to nought:

5:39
But if it be of God,
ye cannot overthrow it;
lest haply ye be found
even to fight against God.

5:40
And to him they agreed:
and when they had called the apostles,
and beaten them,
they commanded
that they should not
speak in the name of Jesus,
and let them go.

5:41
And they departed
from the presence of the council,
rejoicing that they were
counted worthy
to suffer shame for his name.

5:42
And daily in the temple,
and in every house,
they ceased not
to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
 

Chapter Six

6:1
And in those days,
when the number of the disciples was multiplied,
there arose a murmuring of the Grecians
against the Hebrews,
because their widows were neglected
in the daily ministration.

6:2
Then the twelve called
the multitude of the disciples unto them,
and said,
It is not reason
that we should leave
the word of God,
and serve tables.

6:3
Wherefore, brethren,
look ye out among you
seven men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom,
whom we may appoint over this business.

6:4
But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer,
and to the ministry of the word.

6:5
And the saying pleased the whole multitude:
and they chose Stephen,
a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost,
and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor,
and Timon, and Parmenas,
and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

6:6
Whom they set before the apostles:
and when they had prayed,
they laid their hands on them.

6:7
And the word of God increased;
and the number of the disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem greatly;
and a great company of the priests
were obedient to the faith.

6:8
And Stephen,
full of faith and power,
did great wonders
and miracles
among the people.

6:9
Then there arose certain
of the synagogue,
which is called
the synagogue of the Libertines,
and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,
and of them of Cilicia and of Asia,
disputing with Stephen.

6:10
And they were not able
to resist the wisdom and the spirit
by which he spake.

6:11
Then they suborned men,
which said,
We have heard him speak
blasphemous words
against Moses,
and against God.

6:12
And they stirred up the people,
and the elders,
and the scribes,
and came upon him,
and caught him,
and brought him to the council,

6:13
And set up false witnesses,
which said,
This man ceaseth not
to speak blasphemous words
against this holy place,
and the law:

6:14
For we have heard him say,
that this Jesus of Nazareth
shall destroy this place,
and shall change the customs
which Moses delivered us.

6:15
And all that sat in the council,
looking stedfastly on him,
saw his face
as it had been
the face of an angel.

Chapter Seven

7:1
Then said the high priest,
Are these things so?

7:2
And he said,
Men, brethren,
and fathers, hearken;
The God of glory appeared
unto our father Abraham,
when he was in Mesopotamia,
before he dwelt in Charran,

7:3
And said unto him,
Get thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred,
and come into the land
which I shall shew thee.

7:4
Then came he out
of the land of the Chaldaeans,
and dwelt in Charran:
and from thence,
when his father was dead,
he removed  him into this land,
wherein ye now dwell.

7:5
And he gave him none inheritance in it,
no, not so much as to set his foot on:
yet he promised that he would
give it to him for a possession,
and to his seed after him,
when as yet he had no child.

7:6
And God spake on this wise,
That his seed should
sojourn in a strange land;
and that they should
bring them into bondage,
and entreat them evil four hundred years.

7:7
And the nation
to whom they shall be in bondage
will I judge, said God:
and after that shall they come forth,
and serve me in this place.

7:8
And he gave him
the covenant of circumcision:
and so Abraham begat Isaac,
and circumcised him the eighth day;
and Isaac begat Jacob;
and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

7:9
And the patriarchs,
moved with envy,
sold Joseph into Egypt:
but God was with him,

7:10
And delivered him
out of all his afflictions,
and gave him favour and wisdom
in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt;
and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

7:11
Now there came
a dearth over all the land of Egypt
and Chanaan, and great affliction:
and our fathers found no sustenance.

007:012
But when Jacob heard
that there was corn in Egypt,
he sent out our fathers first.

7:13
And at the second time
Joseph was made known to his brethren;
and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

7:14
Then sent Joseph,
and called his father Jacob to him,
and all his kindred,
threescore and fifteen souls.

7:15
So Jacob went down into Egypt,
and died, he, and our fathers,

7:16
And were carried over into Sychem,
and laid in the sepulchre
that Abraham bought
for a sum of money
of the sons of Emmor
the father of Sychem.

7:17
But when the time
of the promise drew nigh,
which God had sworn to Abraham,
the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

7:18
Till another king arose,
which knew not Joseph.

7:19
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred,
and evil entreated our fathers,
so that they cast out their young children,
to the end they might not live.

7:20
In which time Moses was born,
and was exceeding fair,
and nourished up in his father's house three months:

7:21
And when he was cast out,
Pharaoh's daughter took him up,
and nourished him for her own son.

7:22
And Moses was learned
in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
and was mighty in words and in deeds.

7:23
And when he was full forty years old,
it came into his heart
to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

7:24
And seeing one of them suffer wrong,
he defended him,
and avenged him that was oppressed,
and smote the Egyptian:

7:25
For he supposed
his brethren would have understood
how that God by his hand would deliver them:
but they understood not.

7:26
And the next day
he shewed himself
unto them as they strove,
and would have set them at one again,
saying, Sirs, ye are brethren;
why do ye wrong one to another?

7:27
But he that did his neighbour wrong
thrust him away, saying,
Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

7:28
Wilt thou kill me,
as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

7:29
Then fled Moses at this saying,
and was a stranger in the land of Madian,
where he begat two sons.

7:30
And when forty years were expired,
there appeared to him
in the wilderness of mount Sina
an angel of the Lord
in a flame of fire in a bush.

7:31
When Moses saw it,
he wondered at the sight:
and as he drew near to behold it,
the voice of the LORD came unto him,

7:32
Saying,
I am the God of thy fathers,
the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.
Then Moses trembled,
and durst not behold.

7:33
Then said the Lord to him,
Put off thy shoes from thy feet:
for the place where thou standest
is holy ground.

7:34
I have seen,
I have seen the affliction of my people
which is in Egypt,
and I have heard their groaning,
and am come down to deliver them.
And now come,
I will send thee into Egypt.

7:35
This Moses whom they refused, saying,
Who made thee a ruler and a judge?
the same did God send to be a ruler
and a deliverer by the hand of the angel
which appeared to him in the bush.
7:36
He brought them out,
after that he had shewed wonders
and signs in the land of Egypt,
and in the Red sea,
and in the wilderness forty years.

7:37
This is that Moses,
which said unto the children of Israel,
A prophet shall the Lord your God
raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear.

7:38
This is he,
that was in the church
in the wilderness
with the angel
which spake to him
in the mount Sina,
and with our fathers:
who received the lively oracles
to give unto us:

7:39
To whom our fathers would not obey,
but thrust him from them,
and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

7:40
Saying unto Aaron,
Make us gods to go before us:
for as for this Moses,
which brought us out
of the land of Egypt,
we wot not what is become of him.

7:41
And they made a calf in those days,
and offered sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

7:42
Then God turned,
and gave them up to worship
the host of heaven;
as it is written in the book of the prophets,
O ye house of Israel,
have ye offered to me slain beasts
and sacrifices
by the space of forty years
in the wilderness?

7:43
Yea,
ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
and the star of your god Remphan,
figures which ye made to worship them:
and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

7:44
Our fathers had the tabernacle
of witness in the wilderness,
as he had appointed,
speaking unto Moses,
that he should make it
according to the fashion that he had seen.

7:45
Which also our fathers
that came after brought in with Jesus
into the possession of the Gentiles,
whom God drave out
before the face of our fathers,
unto the days of David;

7:46
Who found favour before God,
and desired to find a tabernacle
for the God of Jacob.

7:47
But Solomon built him an house.

7:48
Howbeit the most High
dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
as saith the prophet,

7:49
Heaven is my throne,
and earth is my footstool:
what house will ye build me?
saith the Lord:
or what is the place of my rest?

7:50
Hath not my hand made all these things?

7:51
Ye stiffnecked
and uncircumcised
in heart and ears,
ye do always resist
the Holy Ghost:
as your fathers did,
so do ye.

7:52
Which of the prophets
have not your fathers persecuted?
and they have slain them
which shewed before of the coming of
the Just One;
of whom ye have been now
the betrayers and murderers:
 

7:53
Who have received the law
by the disposition of angels,
and have not kept it.

7:54
When they heard these things,
they were cut to the heart,
and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

7:55
But he,
being full of the Holy Ghost,
looked up stedfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

7:56
And said, Behold,
I see the heavens opened,
and the Son of man
standing on the right hand of God.

7:57
Then they cried out
with a loud voice,
and stopped their ears,
and ran upon him with one accord,

7:58
And cast him out of the city,
and stoned him:
and the witnesses laid down their clothes
at a young man's feet,
whose name was Saul.

7:59
And they stoned Stephen,
calling upon God,
and saying,
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

7:60
And he kneeled down,
and cried with a loud voice,
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
And when he had said this,
he fell asleep.

Chapter Eight

8:1
And Saul was consenting unto his death.
And at that time
there was a great persecution
against the church
which was at Jerusalem;
and they were all scattered abroad
throughout the regions
of Judaea and Samaria,
except the apostles.

8:2
And devout men
carried Stephen to his burial,
and made great lamentation over him.

8:3
As for Saul,
he made havock of the church,
entering into every house,
and haling men and women
committed them to prison.

8:4
Therefore
they that were scattered abroad
went every where
 preaching the word.

8:5
Then Philip
went down
to the city of Samaria,
and preached Christ unto them.

8:6
And the people
with one accord
gave heed unto those things
which Philip spake,
hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did.

8:7
For unclean spirits,
crying with loud voice,
came out of many
that were possessed with them:
and many taken with palsies,
and that were lame, were healed.

8:8
And there was
great joy in that city.

8:9
But there was a certain man,
called Simon,
which beforetime
in the same city used sorcery,
and bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some great one:

8:10
To whom they all gave heed,
from the least to the greatest,
saying,
This man
is the great power of God.

8:11
And to him they had regard,
because that of long time
he had bewitched them with sorceries.

8:12
But when they believed
Philip preaching
the things concerning
the kingdom of God,
and the name of Jesus Christ,
they were baptized,
both men and women.

8:13
Then Simon himself believed also:
and when he was baptized,
he continued with Philip,
and wondered,
beholding the miracles
and signs which were done.

8:14
Now when the apostles
which were at Jerusalem
heard that Samaria
had received
the word of God,
they sent unto them
Peter and John:

8:15
Who,
when they were come down,
prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

8:16
(For as yet
he was fallen upon
none of them:
only they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

8:17
Then laid they their hands on them,
and they received the Holy Ghost.

8:18
And when Simon saw
that through laying on
of the apostles' hands
the Holy Ghost was given,
he offered them money,
 

8:19
Saying,
Give me also this power,
that on whomsoever
I lay hands,
he may receive the Holy Ghost.

8:20
But Peter said unto him,
Thy money perish with thee,
because thou hast thought
that the gift of God
may be purchased
with money.

8:21
Thou hast neither
part nor lot in this matter:
for thy heart
is not right in the sight of God.

8:22
Repent therefore
of this thy wickedness,
and pray God,
if perhaps the thought
of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

8:23
For I perceive that thou art
in the gall of bitterness,
and in the bond of iniquity.
 

8:24
Then answered Simon,
and said,
Pray ye to the Lord for me,
that none of these things
which ye have spoken come upon me.

8:25
And they,
when they had testified
and preached the word of the Lord,
returned to Jerusalem,
and preached the gospel
in many villages of the Samaritans.

8:26
And the angel of the Lord
spake unto Philip,
saying, Arise,
and go toward the south
unto the way
that goeth down from Jerusalem
unto Gaza,
which is desert.

8:27
And he arose and went:
and, behold, a man of Ethiopia,
an eunuch of great authority
under Candace queen of the Ethiopians,
who had the charge of all her treasure,
and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
 

8:28
Was returning,
and sitting in his chariot
read Esaias the prophet.

8:29
Then the Spirit said unto Philip,
Go near,
and join thyself to this chariot.

8:30
And Philip ran thither to him,
and heard him
read the prophet Esaias,
and said,
Understandest thou what thou readest?

8:31
And he said,
How can I,
except some man should guide me?
And he desired Philip
that he would come up and sit with him.

8:32
The place of the scripture
which he read was this,
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
and like a lamb dumb before his shearer,
so opened he not his mouth:

8:33
In his humiliation
his judgment was taken away:
and who shall declare his generation?
for his life is taken from the earth.

8:34
And the eunuch answered Philip,
and said, I pray thee,
of whom speaketh the prophet this?
of himself,
or of some other man?

8:35
Then Philip opened his mouth,
and began at the same scripture,
and preached unto him Jesus.

8:36
And as they went on their way,
they came unto a certain water:
and the eunuch said,
See, here is water;
what doth hinder me to be baptized?

8:37
And Philip said,
If thou believest with all thine heart,
thou mayest.
And he answered and said,
I believe that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God.
 

8:38
And he commanded
the chariot to stand still:
and they went down
both into the water,
both Philip and the eunuch;
and he baptized him.

8:39
And when they were come up
out of the water,
the Spirit of the Lord
caught away Philip,
that the eunuch saw him no more:
and he went on his way rejoicing.

8:40
But Philip was found at Azotus:
and passing through
he preached in all the cities,
till he came to Caesarea.
 
 

Chapter Nine

9:1
And Saul,
yet breathing out
threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord,
went unto the high priest,

9:2
And desired of him
letters to Damascus
to the synagogues,
that if he found
any of this way,
whether they were men or women,
he might bring them
bound unto Jerusalem.

9:3
And as he journeyed,
he came near Damascus:
and suddenly
there shined round about him
a light from heaven:

9:4
And he fell to the earth,
and heard a voice saying unto him,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

9:5
And he said,
Who art thou, Lord?
And the Lord said,
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
it is hard for thee
to kick against the pricks.

9:6
And he trembling
and astonished said,
Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do?
And the Lord said unto him,
Arise, and go into the city,
and it shall be told thee
what thou must do.

9:7
And the men which
journeyed with him
stood speechless,
hearing a voice,
but seeing no man.

9:8
And Saul arose from the earth;
and when his eyes were opened,
he saw no man:
but they led him by the hand,
and brought him into Damascus.

9:9
And he was three days without sight,
and neither did eat nor drink.

9:10
And there was a certain disciple
at Damascus,
named Ananias;
and to him said the Lord in a vision,
Ananias. And he said,
Behold, I am here, Lord.

9:11
And the Lord said unto him,
Arise, and go into the street
which is called Straight,
and enquire in the house of Judas
for one called Saul, of Tarsus:
for, behold, he prayeth,

9:12
And hath seen in a vision
a man named Ananias coming in,
and putting his hand on him,
that he might receive his sight.

9:13
Then Ananias answered,
Lord, I have heard by many of this man,
how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

9:14
And here he hath authority
from the chief priests
to bind all that call on thy name.

9:15
But the Lord said unto him,
Go thy way:
for he is a chosen vessel unto me,
to bear my name before the Gentiles,
and kings, and the children of Israel:

9:16
For I will shew him
how great things
he must suffer
for my name's sake.

9:17
And Ananias went his way,
and entered into the house;
and putting his hands on him said,
Brother Saul, the Lord,
even Jesus,
that appeared unto thee
in the way as thou camest,
hath sent me,
that thou mightest receive thy sight,
and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

9:18
And immediately
there fell from his eyes
as it had been scales:
and he received sight forthwith,
and arose, and was baptized.

9:19
And when he had received meat,
he was strengthened.
Then was Saul
certain days with the disciples
which were at Damascus.

9:20
And straightway
he preached Christ
in the synagogues,
that he is the Son of God.

9:21
But all that heard him
were amazed,
and said;
Is not this he
that destroyed them
which called on this name
in Jerusalem,
and came hither
for that intent,
that he might bring them
bound unto the chief priests?
 

9:22
But Saul increased
the more in strength,
and confounded
the Jews which dwelt
at Damascus,
proving that this is very Christ.

9:23
And after that
many days were fulfilled,
the Jews took counsel to kill him:

9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul.
And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

9:25
Then the disciples
took him by night,
and let him down
by the wall in a basket.

9:26
And when Saul
was come to Jerusalem,
he assayed to join himself
to the disciples:
but they were all
afraid of him,
and believed not
that he was a disciple.
 

9:27
But Barnabas took him,
and brought him to the apostles,
and declared unto them
how he had seen
the Lord in the way,
and that he had spoken to him,
and how he had preached boldly
at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

9:28
And he was with them
coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

9:29
And he spake boldly
in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and disputed against the Grecians:
but they went about to slay him.

9:30
Which when the brethren knew,
they brought him down to Caesarea,
and sent him forth to Tarsus.

9:31
Then had the churches rest
throughout all Judaea and Galilee
and Samaria, and were edified;
and walking in the fear of the Lord,
and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost,
were multiplied.
 

9:32
And it came to pass,
as Peter passed throughout all quarters,
he came down also
to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

9:33
And there he found
a certain man named Aeneas,
which had kept his bed eight years,
and was sick of the palsy.

9:34
And Peter said unto him,
Aeneas,
Jesus Christ
maketh thee whole:
arise, and make thy bed.
And he arose immediately.

9:35
And all that dwelt at Lydda
and Saron saw him,
and turned to the Lord.

9:36
Now there was at Joppa
a certain disciple named Tabitha,
which by interpretation is called Dorcas:
this woman was full of good works
and almsdeeds which she did.

9:37
And it came to pass
in those days,
that she was sick,
and died:
whom when they had washed,
they laid her in an upper chamber.

9:38
And forasmuch
as Lydda was nigh to Joppa,
and the disciples
had heard that Peter was there,
they sent unto him two men,
desiring him
that he would not delay
to come to them.

9:39
Then Peter arose
and went with them.
When he was come,
they brought him into
the upper chamber:
and all the widows
stood by him weeping,
and shewing the coats
and garments
which Dorcas made,
while she was with them.

9:40
But Peter put them all forth,
and kneeled down, and prayed;
and turning him to the body said,
Tabitha, arise.
And she opened her eyes:
and when she saw Peter,
she sat up.

9:41
And he gave her his hand,
and lifted her up,
and when he had called the saints
and widows,
presented her alive.

9:42
And it was known
throughout all Joppa;
and many believed
in the Lord.

9:43
And it came to pass,
that he tarried
many days in Joppa
with one Simon a tanner.

Chapter Ten

10:1
There was a certain man
in Caesarea called Cornelius,
a centurion of the band
called the Italian band,

10:2
A devout man,
and one that feared God
with all his house,
which gave much alms
to the people,
and prayed to God alway.

10:3
He saw in a vision
evidently about
the ninth hour of the day
an angel of God
coming in to him,
and saying unto him,
Cornelius.

10:4
And when he looked on him,
he was afraid, and said,
What is it, Lord?
And he said unto him,
Thy prayers and thine alms
are come up for a memorial before God.
 

10:5
And now send men to Joppa,
and call for one Simon,
whose surname is Peter:

10:6
He lodgeth with one
Simon a tanner,
whose house is by the sea side:
he shall tell thee
what thou oughtest to do.

10:7
And when the angel
 which spake unto Cornelius was departed,
he called two of his household servants,
and a devout soldier
of them that waited on him continually;

10:8
And when he had declared
all these things unto them,
he sent them to Joppa.

10:9
On the morrow,
as they went on their journey,
and drew nigh unto the city,
Peter went up
upon the housetop
to pray about the sixth hour:

10:10
And he became very hungry,
and would have eaten:
but while they made ready,
he fell into a trance,

10:11
And saw heaven opened,
and a certain vessel
descending upon him,
as it had been
a great sheet
knit at the four corners,
and let down to the earth:

10:12
Wherein were
all manner
of fourfooted beasts of the earth,
and wild beasts,
and creeping things,
and fowls of the air.

10:13
And there came a voice to him,
Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

10:14
But Peter said, Not so, Lord;
for I have never eaten
any thing that is common
or unclean.
 

10:15
And the voice spake
unto him again the second time,
What God hath cleansed,
that call not thou common.

10:16
This was done thrice:
and the vessel
was received up again
into heaven.

10:17
Now while Peter doubted in himself
what this vision which he had seen
should mean, behold,
the men which were sent from Cornelius
had made enquiry for Simon's house,
and stood before the gate,

10:18
And called,
and asked whether Simon,
which was surnamed Peter,
were lodged there.

10:19
While Peter thought on the vision,
the Spirit said unto him,
Behold, three men seek thee.

10:20
Arise therefore,
and get thee down,
and go with them,
doubting nothing:
for I have sent them.

10:21
Then Peter went down to the men
which were sent unto him
from Cornelius;
and said,
Behold, I am he whom ye seek:
what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

10:22
And they said,
Cornelius the centurion,
a just man,
and one that feareth God,
and of good report
among all the nation of the Jews,
was warned from God
by an holy angel
to send for thee into his house,
and to hear words of thee.

10:23
Then called he them in,
and lodged them.
And on the morrow
Peter went away with them,
and certain brethren
from Joppa accompanied him.

10:24
And the morrow
after they entered into Caesarea.
And Cornelius waited for them,
and he had called together
his kinsmen and near friends.

10:25
And as Peter was coming in,
Cornelius met him,
and fell down at his feet,
and worshipped him.

10:26
But Peter took him up,
saying, Stand up;
I myself also am a man.

10:27
And as he talked with him,
he went in, and found many
that were come together.

10:28
And he said unto them,
Ye know how
that it is an unlawful thing
for a man that is a Jew
to keep company,
or come unto one
of another nation;
but God hath shewed me
that I should not call any man
common or unclean.

10:29
Therefore came I unto you
without gainsaying,
as soon as I was sent for:
I ask therefore
for what intent ye have sent for me?

10:30
And Cornelius said,
Four days ago
I was fasting
until this hour;
and at the ninth hour
I prayed in my house,
and, behold,
a man stood before me
in bright clothing,

10:31
And said,
Cornelius,
thy prayer is heard,
and thine alms
are had in remembrance
in the sight of God.

10:32
Send therefore to Joppa,
and call hither Simon,
whose surname is Peter;
he is lodged in the house
of one Simon a tanner
by the sea side:
who, when he cometh,
shall speak unto thee.

10:33
Immediately therefore
I sent to thee;
and thou hast well done
that thou art come.
Now therefore
are we all here present
before God,
to hear all things
that are commanded thee of God.

10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth,
and said,
Of a truth I perceive
that God is no respecter of persons:

10:35
But in every nation
he that feareth him,
and worketh righteousness,
is accepted with him.

10:36
The word which God
sent unto the children of Israel,
preaching peace by Jesus Christ:
(he is Lord of all:)

10:37
That word,
I say, ye know,
which was published throughout all
Judaea, and began from Galilee,
after the baptism
which John preached;

10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Ghost and with power:
who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;
for God was with him.
 

10:39
And we are witnesses
of all things which he did
both in the land of the Jews,
and in Jerusalem;
whom they slew
and hanged on a tree:

10:40
Him God raised up
the third day,
and shewed him openly;

10:41
Not to all the people,
but unto witnesses chosen before God,
even to us,
who did eat and drink with him after
he rose from the dead.

10:42
And he commanded us
to preach unto the people,
and to testify that it is he
which was ordained of God
to be the Judge of quick and dead.

10:43
To him give all the prophets witness,
that through his name
whosoever believeth in him
shall receive remission of sins.
 

10:44
While Peter yet spake these words,
the Holy Ghost fell on all them
which heard the word.

10:45
And they of the circumcision
which believed were astonished,
as many as came with Peter,
because that on the Gentiles also
was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

10:46
For they heard them speak with tongues,
and magnify God.
Then answered Peter,

10:47
Can any man forbid water,
that these should not be baptized,
which have received
the Holy Ghost as well as we?

10:48
And he commanded them
to be baptized
in the name of the Lord.
Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
 
 

Chapter eleven

11:1
And the apostles
and brethren
that were in Judaea
heard that the Gentiles
had also received the word of God.

11:2
And when Peter
was come up to Jerusalem,
they that were of the circumcision
contended with him,

11:3 Saying,
Thou wentest in to men
uncircumcised,
and didst eat with them.

11:4
But Peter rehearsed the matter
from the beginning,
and expounded it
by order unto them, saying,

11:5
I was in the city of Joppa praying:
and in a trance I saw a vision,
A certain vessel descend,
as it had been a great sheet,
let down from heaven by four corners;
and it came even to me:

11:6
Upon the which
when I had fastened mine eyes,
I considered,
and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth,
and wild beasts, and creeping things,
and fowls of the air.

11:7
And I heard a voice saying unto me,
Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

11:8
But I said,
Not so, Lord:
for nothing common
or unclean hath at any time
entered into my mouth.

11:9
But the voice answered me
again from heaven,
What God hath cleansed,
that call not thou common.

11:10
And this was done three times:
and all were drawn up again
into heaven.

11:11
And, behold,
immediately there were
three men already come
unto the house where I was,
sent from Caesarea unto me.

11:12
And the Spirit bade me go with them,
nothing doubting.
Moreover these six brethren
accompanied me,
and we entered into the man's house:

11:13
And he shewed us
how he had seen an angel
in his house,
which stood and said unto him,
Send men to Joppa,
and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

11:14
Who shall tell thee words,
whereby thou and all thy house
shall be saved.

11:15
And as I began to speak,
the Holy Ghost fell on them,
as on us at the beginning.

011:016
Then remembered I
the word of the Lord,
how that he said,
John indeed baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost.

11:17
Forasmuch then
as God gave them the like gift
as he did unto us,
who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ;
what was I, that I could withstand God?

11:18
When they heard these things,
they held their peace,
and glorified God, saying,
then hath God also to the Gentiles
granted repentance unto life.

11:19
Now they which were
scattered abroad
upon the persecution
that arose about Stephen
travelled as far as Phenice,
and Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word
to none but unto the Jews only.

11:20
And some of them
were men of Cyprus and Cyrene,
which, when they were come
to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians,
preaching the LORD Jesus.

11:21
And the hand of the Lord
was with them:
and a great number believed,
and turned unto the Lord.

11:22
Then tidings
of these things
came unto the ears of the church
which was in Jerusalem:
and they sent forth Barnabas,
that he should go as far as Antioch.

11:23
Who, when he came,
and had seen the grace of God,
was glad,
and exhorted them all,
that with purpose of heart
they would cleave unto the Lord.

11:24
For he was a good man,
and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith:
and much people was added unto the Lord.

11:25
Then departed Barnabas
to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

11:26
And when he had found him,
he brought him unto Antioch.
And it came to pass,
that a whole year they assembled themselves
with the church, and taught much people.
And the disciples
were called Christians first in Antioch.

11:27
And in these days
came prophets from Jerusalem
unto Antioch.

11:28
And there stood up
one of them named Agabus,
and signified by the Spirit
that there should be
great dearth throughout
all the world:
which came to pass
in the days of Claudius Caesar.

11:29
Then the disciples,
every man according to his ability,
determined to send relief
unto the brethren
which dwelt in Judaea:

11:30
Which also they did,
and sent it to the elders
by the hands of
Barnabas and Saul.
 
 

Chapter Twelve

12:1
Now about that time
Herod the king
stretched forth his hands
to vex certain of the church.

12:2
And he killed James
the brother of John
with the sword.

12:3
And because he saw it pleased the Jews,
he proceeded further to take Peter also.
(Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
 
 

12:4
And when he had apprehended him,
he put him in prison,
and delivered him
to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him;
intending after Easter
to bring him forth to the people.

12:5
Peter therefore
was kept in prison:
but prayer was made
without ceasing
of the church unto God for him.

12:6
And when Herod
would have brought him forth,
the same night Peter was sleeping
between two soldiers,
bound with two chains:
and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

12:7
And, behold,
the angel of the Lord
came upon him,
and a light shined in the prison:
and he smote Peter on the side,
and raised him up, saying,
Arise up quickly.
And his chains fell off from his hands.
 

12:8
And the angel said unto him,
Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals.
And so he did. And he saith unto him,
Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

12:9
And he went out,
and followed him;
and wist not that it was true
which was done by the angel;
but thought he saw a vision.

12:10
When they were past
the first and the second ward,
they came unto the iron gate
that leadeth unto the city;
which opened to them
of his own accord:
and they went out,
and passed on through one street;
and forthwith the angel departed from him.

12:11
And when Peter was come to himself, he said,
Now I know of a surety,
that the Lord hath sent his angel,
and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod,
and from all the expectation
of the people of the Jews.

12:12
And when he had
considered the thing,
he came to the house of
Mary the mother of John,
whose surname was Mark;
where many were gathered together praying.

12:13
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate,
a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

12:14
And when she knew Peter's voice,
she opened not the gate for gladness,
but ran in, and told how Peter
stood before the gate.

12:15
And they said unto her,
Thou art mad.
But she constantly affirmed
that it was even so.
Then said they,
It is his angel.

12:16
But Peter continued knocking:
and when they had opened the door,
and saw him,
they were astonished.

12:17
But he,
beckoning unto them
with the hand
to hold their peace,
declared unto them
how the Lord
had brought him out of the prison.
And he said,
Go shew these things unto James,
and to the brethren.
And he departed,
and went into another place.

12:18
Now as soon as it was day,
there was no small stir
among the soldiers,
what was become of Peter.

12:19
And when Herod had sought for him,
and found him not,
he examined the keepers,
and commanded
that they should be put to death.
And he went down from Judaea
to Caesarea,
and there abode.

12:20
And Herod was highly displeased
with them of Tyre and Sidon:
but they came with one accord to him,
and, having made Blastus
the king's chamberlain their friend,
desired peace;
because their country
was nourished by the king's country.

12:21
And upon a set day
Herod, arrayed in royal apparel,
sat upon his throne,
and made an oration unto them.

12:22
And the people gave a shout, saying,
It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

12:23
And immediately the angel of the Lord
smote him,
because he gave not God the glory:
and he was eaten of worms,
and gave up the ghost.

12:24
But the word of God grew and multiplied.
 

12:25
And Barnabas and Saul
returned from Jerusalem,
when they had fulfilled their ministry,
and took with them John,
whose surname was Mark.
 

Chapter Thirteen

13:1
Now there were in the church
that was at Antioch
certain prophets and teachers;
as Barnabas, and Simeon
that was called Niger,
and Lucius of Cyrene,
and Manaen, which had been brought up
with Herod the tetrarch,
and Saul.

13:2
As they ministered to the Lord,
and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate me Barnabas and Saul
for the work whereunto I have called them.

13:3
And when they had
fasted and prayed,
and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away.
 

13:4
So they,
being sent forth
by the Holy Ghost,
departed unto Seleucia;
and from thence
they sailed to Cyprus.

13:5
And when they were at Salamis,
they preached the word of God
in the synagogues of the Jews:
and they had also
John to their minister.

13:6
And when they had gone
through the isle unto Paphos,
they found a certain sorcerer,
a false prophet, a Jew,
whose name was Barjesus:

13:7
Which was with the deputy of the country,
Sergius Paulus, a prudent man;
who called for Barnabas and Saul,
and desired to hear the word of God.

13:8
But Elymas the sorcerer
(for so is his name by interpretation)
withstood them,
seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

13:9
Then Saul,
(who also is called Paul,)
filled with the Holy
Ghost, set his eyes on him.

13:10
And said,
O full of all subtilty
and all mischief,
thou child of the devil,
thou enemy of all righteousness,
wilt thou not
cease to pervert
the right ways of the Lord?

13:11
And now, behold,
the hand of the Lord
is upon thee,
and thou shalt be blind,
not seeing the sun for a season.
And immediately there fell on him
a mist and a darkness;
and he went about
seeking some to lead him by the hand.

13:12
Then the deputy,
when he saw what was done,
believed,
being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

13:13
Now when Paul
and his company
loosed from Paphos,
they came to Perga
in Pamphylia:
and John departing from them
returned to Jerusalem.

13:14
But when they departed
from Perga,
they came to Antioch in Pisidia,
and went into the synagogue
on the sabbath day,
and sat down.

13:15
And after the reading of the law
and the prophets
the rulers of the synagogue
sent unto them, saying,
Ye men and brethren,
if ye have any word
of exhortation for the people,
say on.

13:16
Then Paul stood up,
and beckoning with his hand said,
Men of Israel,
and ye that fear God, give audience.

13:17
The God of this people of Israel
chose our fathers,
and exalted the people
when they dwelt as strangers
in the land of Egypt,
and with an high arm
brought he them out of it.

13:18
And about the time
of forty years
suffered he their manners
in the wilderness.

13:19
And when he had destroyed
seven nations
in the land of Chanaan,
he divided their land to them by lot.

13:20
And after that he gave unto them
judges about the space of
four hundred and fifty years,
until Samuel the prophet.

13:21
And afterward they desired a king:
and God gave unto them Saul
the son of Cis,
a man of the tribe of Benjamin,
by the space of forty years.

13:22
And when he had removed him,
he raised up unto them David
to be their king;
to whom also
he gave their testimony,
and said,
I have found David the son of Jesse,
a man after mine own heart,
which shall fulfil all my will.

13:23
Of this man's seed
hath God
according to his promise
raised unto Israel a Saviour,
Jesus:

13:24
When John had first preached
before his coming
the baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel.

13:25
And as John fulfilled his course,
he said,
Whom think ye that I am?
I am not he. But, behold,
there cometh one after me,
whose shoes of his feet
I am not worthy to loose.

13:26
Men and brethren,
children of the stock of Abraham,
and whosoever among you
feareth God,
to you is the word
of this salvation sent.

13:27
For they that dwell at Jerusalem,
and their rulers,
because they knew him not,
nor yet the voices of the prophets
which are read every sabbath day,
they have fulfilled them
in condemning him.

13:28
And though they found
no cause of death in him,
yet desired they Pilate
that he should be slain.

13:29
And when they had
fulfilled all that was written of him,
they took him down from the tree,
and laid him in a sepulchre.

13:30
But God raised him from the dead:

13:31
And he was seen
many days of them
which came up with him
from Galilee to Jerusalem,
who are his witnesses unto the people.

13:32
And we declare unto you glad tidings,
how that the promise
which was made unto the fathers,

13:33
God hath fulfilled
the same unto us their children,
in that he hath raised up Jesus again;
as it is also written in the second psalm,
Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee.

13:34
And as concerning
that he raised him up from the dead,
now no more
to return to corruption,
he said on this wise,
I will give you the sure mercies of David.

13:35
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,
Thou shalt not
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

13:36
For David,
after he had
served his own generation
by the will of God,
fell on sleep,
and was laid unto his fathers,
and saw corruption:

13:37
But he,
whom God raised again,
saw no corruption.

13:38
Be it known unto you therefore,
men and brethren,
that through this man
is preached unto you
the forgiveness of sins:

13:39
And by him all that believe
are justified from all things,
from which ye
could not be justified
by the law of Moses.

13:40
Beware therefore,
lest that come upon you,
which is spoken of in the prophets;

13:41
Behold, ye despisers,
and wonder, and perish:
for I work a work in your days,
a work which ye shall in no wise believe,
though a man declare it unto you.

13:42
And when the Jews
were gone out of the synagogue,
the Gentiles besought
that these words
might be preached
to them the next sabbath.

13:43
Now when the congregation
was broken up,
many of the Jews
and religious proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas:
who, speaking to them,
persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

13:44
And the next sabbath day
came almost the whole city together
to hear the word of God.

13:45
But when the Jews
saw the multitudes,
they were filled with envy,
and spake against
those things
which were spoken by Paul,
contradicting and blaspheming.

13:46
 Then Paul and Barnabas
waxed bold, and said,
It was necessary that the word of God
should first have been spoken to you:
but seeing ye put it from you,
and judge yourselves unworthy
of everlasting life, lo,
we turn to the Gentiles.

13:47
For so hath the Lord
commanded us, saying,
I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles,
that thou shouldest be
for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

13:48
And when the Gentiles
heard this, they were glad,
and glorified the word of the Lord:
and as many as were ordained
to eternal life believed.

13:49
And the word of the Lord
was published throughout
all the region.

13:50
But the Jews
stirred up the devout
and honourable women,
and the chief men of the city,
and raised persecution
against Paul and Barnabas,
and expelled them out of their coasts.

13:51
But they shook off
the dust of their feet against them,
and came unto Iconium.

13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy,
and with the Holy Ghost.
 

Chapter Fourteen

14:1
And it came to pass in Iconium,
that they went both together
into the synagogue of the Jews,
and so spake, that a great multitude
both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles,
and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

14:3
Long time therefore abode they
speaking boldly in the Lord,
which gave testimony
unto the word of his grace,
and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

14:4
But the multitude of the city was divided:
and part held with the Jews,
and part with the apostles.

14:5
And when there was an assault made
both of the Gentiles,
and also of the Jews
with their rulers,
to use them despitefully,
and to stone them,

14:6
They were ware of it,
and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,
cities of Lycaonia,
and unto the region that lieth round about:

14:7
And there they preached the gospel.

14:8
And there sat a certain man at Lystra,
impotent in his feet,
being a cripple from his mother's womb,
who never had walked:

14:9
The same heard Paul speak:
who stedfastly beholding him,
and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

14:10
Said with a loud voice,
Stand upright on thy feet.
And he leaped and walked.

14:11
And when the people saw
what Paul had done,
they lifted up their voices,
saying in the speech of Lycaonia,
The gods are come down to us
in the likeness of men.

14:12
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;
and Paul, Mercurius,
because he was the chief speaker.

14:13
Then the priest of Jupiter,
which was before their city,
brought oxen and garlands unto the gates,
and would have done sacrifice with the people.

14:14
Which when the apostles,
Barnabas and Paul, heard of,
they rent their clothes,
and ran in among the people,
crying out,

14:15
And saying,
Sirs, why do ye these things?
We also are men of like passions with you,
and preach unto you
that ye should turn from these vanities
unto the living God,
which made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and all things that are therein:

14:16
Who in times past
suffered all nations
to walk in their own ways.

14:17
Nevertheless
he left not himself
without witness,
in that he did good,
and gave us rain from heaven,
and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts
with food and gladness.

14:18
And with these sayings
scarce restrained they the people,
that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

14:19
And there came thither
certain Jews from Antioch
and Iconium,
who persuaded the people,
and having stoned Paul,
drew him out of the city,
supposing he had been dead.

14:20
Howbeit,
as the disciples stood round about him,
he rose up, and came into the city:
and the next day he departed
with Barnabas to Derbe.

14:21
And when they had preached
the gospel to that city,
and had taught many,
they returned again to Lystra,
and to Iconium, and Antioch,

14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples,
and exhorting them to continue in the faith,
and that we must through much tribulation
enter into the kingdom of God.

14:23
And when they had ordained them elders
in every church,
and had prayed with fasting,
they commended them to the Lord,
on whom they believed.

14:24
And after they had passed throughout Pisidia,
they came to Pamphylia.

14:25
And when they had preached
the word in Perga,
they went down into Attalia:

14:26
And thence sailed to Antioch,
from whence they had been
recommended to the grace of God
for the work which they fulfilled.

14:27
And when they were come,
and had gathered the church together,
they rehearsed all that God had done with them,
and how he had opened
the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

14:28
And there they abode
long time with the disciples.
 

Chapter Fifteen

15:1
And certain men
which came down from Judaea
taught the brethren, and said,
Except ye be circumcised
after the manner of Moses,
ye cannot be saved.

15:2
When therefore Paul and Barnabas
had no small dissension
and disputation with them,
they determined that Paul and Barnabas,
and certain other of them,
should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles
and elders about this question.

15:3
And being brought on their way
by the church,
they passed through
Phenice and Samaria,
declaring the conversion
of the Gentiles:
and they caused great joy
unto all the brethren.

15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem,
they were received of the church,
and of the apostles and elders,
and they declared all things
that God had done with them.

15:5
But there rose up
certain of the sect of the Pharisees
which believed, saying,
That it was needful to circumcise them,
and to command them
to keep the law of Moses.

15:6
And the apostles and elders
came together
for to consider of this matter.

15:7
And when there had been
much disputing, Peter rose up,
and said unto them,
Men and brethren,
ye know how that a good while ago
God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my mouth
should hear the word of the gospel,
and believe.

15:8
And God,
which knoweth the hearts,
bare them witness,
giving them the Holy Ghost,
even as he did unto us;

15:9
And put no difference
between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.

15:10
Now therefore why tempt ye God,
to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples,
which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

15:11
But we believe
that through the grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ
we shall be saved, even as they.

15:12
Then all the multitude kept silence,
and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul,
declaring what miracles and wonders
God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

15:13
And after they had held their peace,
James answered, saying,
Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

15:14
Simeon hath declared
how God at the first did visit the Gentiles,
to take out of them a people for his name.

15:15
And to this agree the words of the prophets;
as it is written,

15:16
After this I will return,
and will build again the tabernacle of David,
which is fallen down;
and I will build again the ruins thereof,
and I will set it up:

15:17
That the residue of men
might seek after the Lord,
and all the Gentiles,
upon whom my name is called,
saith the Lord,
who doeth all these things.

15:18
Known unto God
are all his works
from the beginning
of the world.

15:19
Wherefore
my sentence is,
that we trouble not them,
which from among the Gentiles
are turned to God:

15:20
But that
we write unto them,
that they abstain from
pollutions of idols,
and from fornication,
and from things strangled,
and from blood.

15:21
For Moses of old time
hath in every city
them that preach him,
being read in the synagogues
every sabbath day.

15:22
Then pleased it the apostles and elders
with the whole church,
to send chosen men of their own company
to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas;
namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas
and Silas,
chief men among the brethren:

15:23
And they wrote letters
by them after this manner;
The apostles and elders
and brethren send greeting
unto the brethren
which are of the Gentiles
in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

15:24
Forasmuch as we have heard,
that certain which went out from us
have troubled you with words,
subverting your souls, saying,
Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law:
to whom we gave no such commandment:

15:25
It seemed good unto us,
being assembled with one accord,
to send chosen men unto you
with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

15:26
Men that have hazarded their lives
for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15:27
We have sent therefore
Judas and Silas,
who shall also tell you
the same things by mouth.

15:28
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost,
and to us, to lay upon you
no greater burden
than these necessary things;

15:29
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols,
and from blood, and from things strangled,
and from fornication:
from which if ye keep yourselves,
ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

15:30
So when they were dismissed,
they came to Antioch:
and when they had gathered
the multitude together,
they delivered the epistle:

15:31
Which when they had read,
they rejoiced for the consolation.

15:32
And Judas and Silas,
being prophets also themselves,
exhorted the brethren
with many words,
and confirmed them.

15:33
And after they had
tarried there a space,
they were let go in peace
from the brethren unto the apostles.

15:34
Notwithstanding
it pleased Silas
to abide there still.

15:35
Paul also and Barnabas
continued in Antioch,
teaching and preaching
the word of the Lord,
with many others also.

15:36
And some days after
Paul said unto Barnabas,
Let us go again and visit our brethren
in every city where we have preached
the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

15:37
And Barnabas determined
to take with them John,
whose surname was Mark.

15:38
But Paul thought not good to take him with them,
who departed from them from Pamphylia,
and went not with them to the work.

15:39
And the contention was so sharp between them,
that they departed asunder one from the other:
and so Barnabas took Mark,
and sailed unto Cyprus;

15:40
And Paul chose Silas,
and departed, being recommended
by the brethren unto the grace of God.

15:41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia,
confirming the churches.
 

Chapter Sixteen

16:1
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra:
and, behold, a certain disciple was there,
named Timotheus,
the son of a certain woman,
which was a Jewess, and believed;
but his father was a Greek:

16:2
Which was well reported of
by the brethren
that were at Lystra and Iconium.

16:3
Him would Paul
have to go forth with him;
and took and circumcised him
because of the Jews
which were in those quarters:
for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

16:4
And as they went through the cities,
they delivered them the decrees for to keep,
that were ordained of the apostles
and elders which were at Jerusalem.

16:5
And so were the churches
established in the faith,
and increased in number daily.

16:6
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia
and the region of Galatia,
and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost
to preach the word in Asia,

16:7
After they were come to Mysia,
they assayed to go into Bithynia:
but the Spirit suffered them not.

16:8
And they passing by
Mysia came down to Troas.

16:9
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night;
There stood a man of Macedonia,
and prayed him, saying,
Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

16:10
And after he had seen the vision,
immediately we endeavoured
to go into Macedonia,
assuredly gathering
that the Lord had called us
for to preach the gospel unto them.

16:11
Therefore loosing from Troas,
we came with a straight course
to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

16:12
And from thence to Philippi,
which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia,
and a colony: and we were in that city
abiding certain days.

16:13
And on the sabbath
we went out of the city by a river side,
where prayer was wont to be made;
and we sat down, and spake unto the women
which resorted thither.

16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia,
a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira,
which worshipped God, heard us:
whose heart the Lord opened,
that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

16:15
And when she was baptized,
and her household,
she besought us, saying,
If ye have judged me
to be faithful to the Lord,
come into my house,
and abide there.
And she constrained us.

16:16
And it came to pass,
as we went to prayer,
a certain damsel
possessed with a spirit of divination met us,
which brought her masters
much gain by soothsaying:

16:17
The same followed Paul and us,
and cried, saying,
These men are the servants
of the most high God,
which shew unto us the way of salvation.

16:18
And this did she many days.
But Paul, being grieved,
turned and said to the spirit,
I command thee in the name of
Jesus Christ to come out of her.
And he came out the same hour.

16:19
And when her masters
saw that the hope
of their gains was gone,
they caught Paul and Silas,
and drew them into the marketplace
unto the rulers,

16:20
And brought them to the magistrates,
saying,
These men, being Jews,
do exceedingly trouble our city,

16:21
And teach customs,
which are not lawful for us to receive,
neither to observe, being Romans.

16:22
And the multitude
rose up together against them:
and the magistrates rent off their clothes,
and commanded to beat them.

16:23
And when they had laid
many stripes upon them,
they cast them into prison,
charging the jailor to keep them safely:

16:24
Who,
having received such a charge,
thrust them into the inner prison,
and made their feet fast in the stocks.

16:25
And at midnight
Paul and Silas prayed,
and sang praises unto God:
and the prisoners heard them.

16:26
And suddenly
there was a great earthquake,
so that the foundations of the prison were shaken:
and immediately all the doors were opened,
and every one's bands were loosed.

16:27
And the keeper of the prison
awaking out of his sleep,
and seeing the prison doors open,
he drew out his sword,
and would have killed himself,
supposing that the prisoners
had been fled.

16:28
But Paul cried
with a loud voice, saying,
Do thyself no harm:
for we are all here.

16:29
Then he called for a light,
and sprang in,
and came trembling,
and fell down before Paul and Silas,

16:30
And brought them out,
and said, Sirs,
what must I do to be saved?

16:31
And they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

16:32
And they spake unto him
the word of the Lord,
and to all that were in his house.

16:33
And he took them
the same hour of the night,
and washed their stripes;
and was baptized,
he and all his, straightway.

16:34
And when he had brought them into his house,
he set meat before them,
and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

16:35
And when it was day,
the magistrates sent the serjeants,
saying,
Let those men go.

16:36
And the keeper of the prison
told this saying to Paul,
The magistrates have sent
to let you go:
now therefore depart,
and go in peace.

16:37
But Paul said unto them,
They have beaten us openly
uncondemned,
being Romans,
and have cast us into prison;
and now do they thrust us out privily?
nay verily; but let them
come themselves
and fetch us out.

16:38
And the serjeants told these words
unto the magistrates:
and they feared,
when they heard that they were Romans.

16:39
And they came
and besought them,
and brought them out,
and desired them to depart out of the city.

16:40
And they went out of the prison,
and entered into the house of Lydia:
and when they had seen the brethren,
they comforted them, and departed.
 

Chapter Seventeen

17:1
Now when they had passed through
Amphipolis and Apollonia,
they came to Thessalonica,
where was a synagogue of the Jews:

17:2
And Paul, as his manner was,
went in unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

17:3
Opening and alleging,
that Christ must needs have suffered,
and risen again from the dead;
and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you,
is Christ.

17:4
And some of them believed,
and consorted with Paul and Silas;
and of the devout Greeks a great multitude,
and of the chief  women not a few.

17:5
But the Jews which believed not,
moved with envy,
took unto them certain lewd fellows
of the baser sort,
and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar,
and assaulted the house of Jason,
and sought to bring them out to the people.

17:6
And when they found them not,
they drew Jason and certain brethren
unto the rulers of the city, crying,
These that have turned the world upside down
are come hither also;

17:7
Whom Jason hath received:
and these all do contrary
to the decrees of Caesar,
saying that there is another king,
one Jesus.

17:8
And they troubled the people
and the rulers of the city,
when they heard these things.

17:9
And when they had taken security of Jason,
and of the other, they let them go.

17:10
And the brethren immediately
sent away Paul and Silas
by night unto Berea:
who coming thither
went into the synagogue of the Jews.

17:11
These were more noble
than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word
with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so.

17:12
Therefore many of them believed;
also of honourable women
which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

17:13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica
had knowledge that
the word of God
was preached of Paul at Berea,
they came thither also,
and stirred up the people.

17:14
And then immediately
the brethren sent away Paul
to go as it were to the sea:
but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

17:15
And they that conducted Paul
brought him unto Athens:
and receiving a commandment
unto Silas and Timotheus
for to come  to him
with all speed,
they departed.

17:16
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens,
his spirit was stirred in him,
when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

17:17
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews,
and with the devout persons,
and in the market daily
with them that met with him.

17:18
Then certain philosophers
of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him.
And some said, What will this babbler say?
other some,
He seemeth to be a setter forth
of strange gods:
because he preached unto them Jesus,
and the resurrection.

17:19
And they took him,
and brought him unto Areopagus,
saying, May we know what this new doctrine,
whereof thou speakest, is?

17:20
For thou bringest
certain strange things
to our ears:
we would know therefore
what these things mean.

17:21
(For all the Athenians and strangers
which were there spent their time
in nothing else,
but either to tell,
or to hear some new thing.)

17:22
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill,
and said, Ye men of Athens,
I perceive that in all things
ye are too superstitious.

17:23
For as I passed by,
and beheld your devotions,
I found an altar with this inscription,
“To The Unknown God.”
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship,
him declare I unto you.

17:24
God that made the world
and all things therein,
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth,
dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

17:25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands,
as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life,
and breath,
and all things;

17:26
And hath made of one blood
all nations of men
for to dwell on all the face of the earth,
and hath determined the times
before appointed,
and the bounds of their habitation;

17:27
That they should seek the Lord,
if haply they might feel after him,
and find him,
though he be not far from every one of us:

17:28
For in him we live,
and move,
and have our being;
as certain also of your own poets have said,
For we are also his offspring.

17:29
Forasmuch then as we are
the offspring of God,
we ought not to think
that the Godhead is like unto gold,
or silver, or stone,
graven by art and man's device.

17:30
And the times of this ignorance
God winked at;
but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:

17:31
Because he hath appointed a day,
in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness
by that man whom he hath ordained;
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men,
in that he hath raised him from the dead.

17:32
And when they heard
of the resurrection of the dead,
some mocked: and others said,
We will hear thee again
of this matter.

17:33
So Paul departed from among them.

17:34
Howbeit certain men clave unto him,
and believed:
among the which was
Dionysius the Areopagite,
and a woman named Damaris,
and others with them.
 
 

Chapter Eighteen

18:1
After these things
Paul departed from Athens,
and came to Corinth;

18:2
And found a certain Jew named Aquila,
born in Pontus,
lately come from Italy,
with his wife Priscilla;
(because that Claudius had commanded all Jews
to depart from Rome:)
and came unto them.

18:3
And because he was of the same craft,
he abode with them, and wrought:
for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue
every sabbath,
and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

18:5
And when Silas and Timotheus were come
from Macedonia,
Paul was pressed in the spirit,
and testified to the Jews that
Jesus was Christ.

18:6
And when they opposed themselves,
and blasphemed,
he shook his raiment,
and said unto them,
Your blood be upon
your own heads;
I am clean;
from henceforth
I will go unto the Gentiles.

18:7
And he departed thence,
and entered into
a certain man's house,
named Justus,
one that worshipped God,
whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

18:8
And Crispus,
the chief ruler of the synagogue,
believed on the Lord
with all his house;
and many of the Corinthians
hearing  believed, and were baptized.

18:9
Then spake the Lord to Paul
in the night by a vision,
Be not afraid, but speak,
and hold not thy peace:

18:10
For I am with thee,
and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee:
for I have much people in this city.

18:11
And he continued there
a year and six months,
teaching the word of God among them.

18:12
And when Gallio
was the deputy of Achaia,
the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

18:13
Saying,
This fellow persuadeth men
to worship God
contrary to the law.

18:14
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth,
Gallio said unto the Jews,
If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness,
O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

18:15
But if it be a question of words and names,
and of your law, look ye to it;
for I will be no judge of such matters.

18:16
And he drave them from the judgment seat.

18:17
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes,
the chief ruler of the synagogue,
and beat him before the judgment seat.
And Gallio cared for none of those things.

18:18
And Paul after this tarried there
yet a good while,
and then took his leave of the brethren,
and sailed thence into Syria,
and with him Priscilla and Aquila;
having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

18:19
And he came to Ephesus, and left them there:
but he himself entered into the synagogue,
and reasoned with the Jews.

18:20
When they desired him to tarry longer time with them,
he consented not;

18:21
But bade them farewell, saying,
I must by all means keep this feast
that cometh in Jerusalem:
but I will return again unto you, if God will.
And he sailed from Ephesus.

18:22
And when he had landed at Caesarea,
and gone up,
and saluted the church,
he went down to Antioch.

18:23
And after he had spent
some time there,
he departed,
and went over
all the country of Galatia
and Phrygia
in order, strengthening all the disciples.

18:24
And a certain Jew
named Apollos,
born at Alexandria,
an eloquent man,
and mighty in the scriptures,
came to Ephesus.

18:25
This man was instructed
in the way of the Lord;
and being fervent in the spirit,
he spake and taught diligently
the things of the Lord,
knowing only the baptism of John.

18:26
And he began to speak boldly
in the synagogue:
whom when
Aquila and Priscilla had heard,
they took him unto them,
and expounded unto him
the way of God more perfectly.

18:27
And when he was disposed
to pass into Achaia,
the brethren wrote,
exhorting the disciples
to receive him:
who, when he was come,
helped them much
which had believed through grace:

18:28
For he mightily convinced the Jews,
and that publickly,
shewing by the scriptures
that Jesus was Christ.
 

Chapter Nineteen

19:1
And it came to pass, that,
while Apollos was at Corinth,
Paul having passed through
the upper coasts came to Ephesus:
and finding certain disciples,

19:2
He said unto them,
Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye believed?
And they said unto him,
We have not so much as heard
whether there be any Holy Ghost.

19:3
And he said unto them,
Unto what then were ye baptized?
And they said,
Unto John's baptism.

19:4
Then said Paul,
John verily baptized
with the baptism of repentance,
saying unto the people,
that they should believe
on him which should come after him,
that is, on Christ Jesus.

19:5
When they heard this,
they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus.

19:6
And when Paul
had laid his hands upon them,
the Holy Ghost came on them;
and they spake with tongues,
and prophesied.

19:7
And all the men were about twelve.

19:8
And he went into the synagogue,
and spake boldly
for the space of three months,
disputing and persuading
the things concerning the kingdom of God.

19:9
But when divers were hardened,
and believed not,
but spake evil of that way
before the multitude,
he departed from them,
and separated the disciples,
disputing daily
in the school of one Tyrannus.

19:10
And this continued
by the space of two years;
so that all they
which dwelt in Asia
heard the word of the Lord Jesus,
both Jews and Greeks.