KING JAMES VERSION
Paul’s FirstMissionary Journey
Acts 13-14
13:1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certainprophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Luciusof Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, andSaul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, theHoly Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I havecalled them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, andlaid 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. 5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagoguesof the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certainsorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; whocalled for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them,seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9 ThenSaul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyeson him, 10 And said, O full of all subtlety and allmischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of allrighteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt beblind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mistand a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. 12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at thedoctrine of the Lord. 13 Now when Paul and his companyloosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing fromthem returned to Jerusalem.
13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they cameto Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and satdown. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophetsthe rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men andbrethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, andye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this peopleof Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangersin the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. 18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided theirland to them by lot. 20 And after that he gave untothem judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuelthe prophet. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and Godgave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the spaceof forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, he raisedup unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, Ihave found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, whichshall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man's seed hath Godaccording to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to allthe people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course,he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there comethone after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. 26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever amongyou feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27For 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 havefulfilled them in condemning him. 28 Andthough they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate thathe should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled allthat was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid himin a sepulchre. 30 But God raised him from the dead: 31And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee toJerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. 32 Andwe declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto thefathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us theirchildren, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in thesecond psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more toreturn to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies ofDavid. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell onsleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men andbrethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye couldnot be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore,lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, awork which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. 42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought thatthese words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religiousproselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them tocontinue in the grace of God.
13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the wholecity together to hear the word of God. 45 But when theJews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against thosethings which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word ofGod should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, andjudge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a lightof the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of theearth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they wereglad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained toeternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord waspublished throughout all the region. 50 But the Jewsstirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, andraised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of theircoasts. 51 But they shook off the dust of their feetagainst them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And the discipleswere filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they wentboth together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a greatmultitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. 2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evilaffected against the brethren. 3 Long time therefore abodethey speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of hisgrace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and partwith the apostles. 5 And when there was an assault madeboth of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use themdespitefully, and to stone them, 6 They were ware of it,and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region thatlieth round about: 7 And there they preached the gospel.
14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotentin his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that hehad faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Standupright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And whenthe people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in thespeech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chiefspeaker. 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was beforetheir city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have donesacrifice with the people. 14 Which when theapostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ranin among the people, crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs, whydo ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach untoyou that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which madeheaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: 16Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. 17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gaveus rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food andgladness. 18 And with these sayings scarce restrained theythe people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
14:19 And there came thither certain Jewsfrom Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul,drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. 20Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into thecity: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. 21And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, theyreturned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, 22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue inthe faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom ofGod. 23 And when they had ordained them elders in everychurch, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whomthey believed. 24 And after they had passed throughoutPisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they hadpreached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: 26And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the graceof God for the work which they fulfilled. 27 And when theywere come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God haddone with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. 28And there they abode long time with the disciples.
Paul’s SecondMissionary Journey
Acts 15:36-18:23
15:36
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go againand visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of theLord, and see how they do. 37 And Barnabasdetermined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them fromPamphylia, and went not with them to the work. 39 And thecontention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from theother: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; 40And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto thegrace of God. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia,confirming the churches.16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold,a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, whichwas a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him becauseof the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father wasa Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, theydelivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles andelders which were at Jerusalem. 5 And so were the churchesestablished in the faith, and increased in number daily. 6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and wereforbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 7After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spiritsuffered them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came downto Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night;There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over intoMacedonia, and help us. 10 And after he had seen thevision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gatheringthat the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. 11Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, andthe next day to Neapolis; 12 And from thence toPhilippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and acolony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. 13And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer waswont 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 ofpurple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whoseheart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken ofPaul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, shebesought 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, acertain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought hermasters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followedPaul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God,which show unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this didshe many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I commandthee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the samehour.
16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope oftheir gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into themarketplace unto the rulers, 20 And brought them to themagistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe,being Romans. 22 And the multitude rose up togetheragainst them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, theycast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely: 24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and madetheir feet fast in the stocks.
16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, andsang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prisonwere shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bandswere loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking outof his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and wouldhave killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are allhere. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, andcame trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, andthy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of theLord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he tookthem the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and wasbaptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he hadbrought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing inGod with all his house. 35 And when it was day, themagistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. 36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sentto let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. 37But 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? nayverily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. 38And the sergeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, whenthey heard that they were Romans. 39 And they came andbesought them, and brought them out, and desired them to departout of the city. 40 And they went out of the prison, andentered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren,they comforted them, and departed.
17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis andApollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasonedwith them out of the scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging,that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and thatthis Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 And someof them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks agreat multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved withenvy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered acompany, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason,and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And whenthey found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of thecity, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary tothe decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. 8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard thesethings. 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, andof the other, they let them go.
17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Pauland Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogueof the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those inThessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, andsearched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, andof men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonicahad knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they camethither also, and stirred up the people. 14 And thenimmediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silasand Timotheus abode there still. 15 And they thatconducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silasand Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, hisspirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devoutpersons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him.And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setterforth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and theresurrection. 19 And they took him, and brought him untoAreopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears:we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (Forall the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothingelse, 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 toosuperstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld yourdevotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whomtherefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heavenand earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing hegiveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 Andhath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of theearth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of theirhabitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haplythey might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one ofus: 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. 29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that theGodhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, inthe which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom hehath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, inthat he hath raised him from the dead.
17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of thedead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.33 So Paul departed from among them. 34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which wasDionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens,and came to Corinth: 2 And found a certain Jew namedAquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla;(because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and cameunto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, heabode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and theGreeks. 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come fromMacedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews thatJesus was Christ. 6 And when they opposedthemselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them,Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth Iwill go unto the Gentiles. 7 And he departed thence, andentered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one thatworshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all hishouse; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak,and hold not thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no manshall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. 11And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of Godamong them.
18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, theJews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to thejudgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadethmen to worship God contrary to the law. 14 And when Paulwas now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were amatter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I shouldbear with you: 15 But if it be a question of words andnames, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge ofsuch matters. 16 And he drave them from thejudgment seat. 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, thechief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. AndGallio cared for none of those things.
18:18 And Paul after this tarried thereyet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thenceinto Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head inCenchrea: for he had a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, andleft them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned withthe Jews. 20 When they desired him to tarry longertime with them, he consented not; 21 But bade themfarewell, 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. 22And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he wentdown to Antioch. 23 And after he had spent some time there,he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia inorder, strengthening all the disciples.
Paul’s ThirdMissionary Journey
Acts 18:24-21:14
18:24
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, aneloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25This 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 baptismof John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue:whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, andexpounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 Andwhen he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting thedisciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which hadbelieved through grace: 28 For he mightily convinced theJews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was atCorinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: andfinding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have yereceived the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have notso much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And hesaid unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John'sbaptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with thebaptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on himwhich should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them;and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 7 And all themen were about twelve. 8 And he went into the synagogue,and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading thethings concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when diverswere hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before themultitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing dailyin the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued bythe space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word ofthe Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11 And God wroughtspecial miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 So that from hisbody were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseasesdeparted from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists,took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LordJesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of thepriests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered andsaid, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, andprevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fearfell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds. 19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, andburned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and foundit fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 Somightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposedin the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go toJerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 22So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus andErastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 23And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silvershrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; 25Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, yeknow that by this craft we have our wealth. 26 Moreover yesee and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, thisPaul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods,which are made with hands: 27 So that not only this ourcraft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the greatgoddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whomall Asia and the world worshippeth. 28 And when they heardthese sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great isDiana of the Ephesians. 29 And the whole city was filledwith confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia,Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 30And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered himnot. 31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were hisfriends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himselfinto the theatre. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, andsome another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew notwherefore they were come together. 33 And they drewAlexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexanderbeckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. 34But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of twohours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men ofEphesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesiansis a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which felldown from Jupiter? 36 Seeing then that these things cannotbe spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 37For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, noryet blasphemers of your goddess. 38 Wherefore if Demetrius,and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law isopen, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. 39But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined ina lawful assembly. 40 For we are in danger to be called inquestion for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give anaccount of this concourse. 41 And when he had thus spoken,he dismissed the assembly.
20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul calledunto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to gointo Macedonia. 2 And when he had gone over those parts,and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as hewas about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians,Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia,Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These going before tarried forus at Troas. 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after thedays of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where weabode seven days. 7 And upon the first day of theweek, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them,ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 8And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gatheredtogether. 9 And there sat in a window a certain young mannamed Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching,he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken updead. 10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, andembracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. 11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talkeda long while, even till break of day, so he departed. 12And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed untoAssos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himselfto go afoot. 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we tookhim in, and came to Mitylene. 15 And we sailed thence, andcame the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrivedat Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because hewould not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, tobe at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, andcalled the elders of the church. 18 And when they werecome to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came intoAsia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, andtemptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but haveshown you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, 21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, andfaith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now, behold, Igo bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befallme there: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in everycity, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 24 Butnone of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so thatI might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received ofthe Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching thekingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore Itake you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all thecounsel of God.
20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and toall the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feedthe church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in amongyou, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selvesshall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not towarn every one night and day with tears. 32 And now,brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able tobuild you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which aresanctified. 33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, orapparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands haveministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35I have shown you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak,and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed togive than to receive.
20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down,and prayed with them all. 37 And they all wept sore, andfell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 38 Sorrowing most ofall for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. Andthey accompanied him unto the ship.
21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gottenfrom them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the dayfollowing unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 2 Andfinding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. 3Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed intoSyria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. 4And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through theSpirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 5 And whenwe had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they allbrought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of thecity: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. 6 Andwhen we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned homeagain. 7 And when we had finished our course fromTyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them oneday. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul'scompany departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house ofPhilip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. 9And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. 10And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certainprophet, named Agabus. 11 And when he was come unto us, hetook Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith theHoly Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle,and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 12And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought himnot to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, Whatmean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only,but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord bedone.
Paul’s FourthMissionary Journey (to Rome)
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And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor,and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 31 And when theywere gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothingworthy of death or of bonds. 32 Then said Agrippa untoFestus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed untoCaesar.27:1 And when it was determined that we should sailinto Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto onenamed Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. 2 Andentering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coastsof Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreatedPaul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the windswere contrary. 5 And when we had sailed over the sea ofCilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and heput us therein. 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days,and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailedunder Crete, over against Salmone; 8 And, hardly passingit, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was thecity of Lasea. 9 Now when much time was spent, andwhen sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Pauladmonished them, 10 And said unto them, Sirs, Iperceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of thelading and ship, but also of our lives. 11 Neverthelessthe centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than thosethings which were spoken by Paul. 12 And because the havenwas not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, ifby any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; whichis an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained theirpurpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear upinto the wind, we let her drive. 16 And runningunder a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by theboat: 17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps,undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands,strake sail, and so were driven. 18 And we beingexceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of theship. 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many daysappeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should besaved was then taken away. 21 But after long abstinencePaul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkenedunto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of anyman's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For therestood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hathgiven thee all them that sail with thee. 25 Wherefore,sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was toldme. 26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. 27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria,about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; 28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a littlefurther, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors outof the stern, and wished for the day. 30 And as theshipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat intothe sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Exceptthese abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. 32 Then thesoldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. 33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat,saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continuedfasting, having taken nothing. 34 Wherefore I pray you totake some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hairfall from the head of any of you. 35 And when he had thusspoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and whenhe had broken it, he began to eat. 36 Then werethey all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. 37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheatinto the sea. 39 And when it was day, they knew not theland: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they wereminded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. 40 Andwhen they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto thesea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, andmade toward shore. 41 And falling into a place where twoseas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remainedunmoveable, but the hinderpart was broken with the violence of the waves. 42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them shouldswim out, and escape. 43 But the centurion, willing tosave Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they whichcould swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get toland: 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on brokenpieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe toland.
28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew thatthe island was called Melita. 2 And the barbarous peopleshowed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us everyone, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. 3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire,there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, theysaid among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hathescaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. 5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. 6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly:but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, theychanged their minds, and said that he was a god. 7 In thesame quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name wasPublius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. 8And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of abloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, andhealed him. 9 So when this was done, others also, whichhad diseases in the island, came, and were healed: 10 Whoalso honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded uswith such things as were necessary. 11 And after threemonths we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle,whose sign was Castor and Pollux. 12 And landing atSyracuse, we tarried there three days. 13 And fromthence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the southwind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: 14 Wherewe found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so wewent toward Rome. 15 And from thence, when the brethrenheard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appiiforum, and The three taverns:whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. 16And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captainof the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kepthim. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paulcalled the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he saidunto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against thepeople, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusaleminto the hands of the Romans. 18 Who, when they hadexamined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death inme. 19 But when the Jews spake against it, I wasconstrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught to accuse my nation of. 20For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speakwith you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters outof Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spakeany harm of thee. 22 But we desire to hear of thee whatthou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it isspoken against. 23 And when they had appointed him a day,there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded andtestified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of thelaw of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. 24And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. 25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul hadspoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto ourfathers, 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearingye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and notperceive: 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross,and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest theyshould see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, andunderstand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should healthem. 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that thesalvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 29And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoningamong themselves. 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in hisown hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the LordJesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
