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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 showed 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.
11:16 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.

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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 show 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.

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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 subtlety 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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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 show 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.

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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
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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 publicly, showing by
 the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.