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+<book name='Acts' permalink='acts' id='44'>
+  <chapter no='1'>
+    <verse no='1'>The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that  Jesus began both to do and teach,</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized  with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,  saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to  Israel?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he  was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went  up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called  Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>These all continued with one accord in prayer and  supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with  his brethren.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,)</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this  ministry.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the  time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was  surnamed Justus, and Matthias.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the  hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon  Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='2'>
+    <verse no='1'>And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all  with one accord in one place.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire,  and it sat upon each of them.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to  speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out  of every nation under heaven.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to  another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were  born?</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in  Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya  about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues  the wonderful works of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to  another, What meaneth this?</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but  the third hour of the day.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in  those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the  earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into  blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the  name of the Lord shall be saved.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and  foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified  and slain:</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:  because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;  moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt  thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make  me full of joy with thy countenance.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>Until I make thy foes thy footstool.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying,  Save yourselves from this untoward generation.</verse>
+    <verse no='41'>Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and  the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.</verse>
+    <verse no='42'>And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and  fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.</verse>
+    <verse no='43'>And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs  were done by the apostles.</verse>
+    <verse no='44'>And all that believed were together, and had all things  common;</verse>
+    <verse no='45'>And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all  men, as every man had need.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='47'>Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the  Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='3'>
+    <verse no='1'>Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the  hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked  an alms.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look  on us.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something  of them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and  immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them  into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And all the people saw him walking and praising God:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a  murderer to be granted unto you;</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the  dead; whereof we are witnesses.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it,  as did also your rulers.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth  of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached  unto you:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not  hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow  after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='4'>
+    <verse no='1'>And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the  captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached  through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the  next day: for it was now eventide.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the  number of the men was about five thousand.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and  elders, and scribes,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what  power, or by what name, have ye done this?</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye  rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the  impotent man, by what means he is made whole;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,  which is become the head of the corner.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none  other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And beholding the man which was healed standing with them,  they could say nothing against it.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the  council, they conferred among themselves,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all  nor teach in the name of Jesus.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and  heard.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle  of healing was shewed.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And being let go, they went to their own company, and  reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the  heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were  gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined  before to be done.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy  servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and  wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>And with great power gave the apostles witness of the  resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution  was made unto every man according as he had need.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at  the apostles' feet.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='5'>
+    <verse no='1'>But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife,  sold a possession,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the  ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out,  and buried him.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And it was about the space of three hours after, when his  wife, not knowing what was done, came in.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the  land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as  heard these things.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the  people magnified them.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes  both of men and women.)</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the  common prison.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors,  and brought them forth, and said,</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the  words of this life.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>But when the officers came, and found them not in the  prison, they returned and told,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them  without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have  been stoned.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>And when they had brought them, they set them before the  council: and the high priest asked them,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We  ought to obey God rather than men.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and  hanged on a tree.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took  counsel to slay them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to  yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='39'>But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye  be found even to fight against God.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='41'>And they departed from the presence of the council,  rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.</verse>
+    <verse no='42'>And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not  to teach and preach Jesus Christ.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='6'>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the  ministry of the word.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed,  they laid their hands on them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and  miracles among the people.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit  by which he spake.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak  blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not  to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him,  saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='7'>
+    <verse no='1'>Then said the high priest, Are these things so?</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt:  but God was with him,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and  Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent  out our fathers first.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And at the second time Joseph was made known to his  brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and  all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our  fathers,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had  sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and  nourished up in his father's house three months:</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up,  and nourished him for her own son.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,  and was mighty in words and in deeds.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart  to visit his brethren the children of Israel.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and  avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that  God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying,  Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the  land of Madian, where he begat two sons.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet:  for the place where thou standest is holy ground.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='39'>To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from  them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='41'>And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice  unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='46'>Who found favour before God, and desired to find a  tabernacle for the God of Jacob.</verse>
+    <verse no='47'>But Solomon built him an house.</verse>
+    <verse no='48'>Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with  hands; as saith the prophet,</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='50'>Hath not my hand made all these things?</verse>
+    <verse no='51'>Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do  always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='53'>Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and  have not kept it.</verse>
+    <verse no='54'>When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart,  and they gnashed on him with their teeth.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='56'>And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of  man standing on the right hand of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='57'>Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their  ears, and ran upon him with one accord,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='59'>And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord  Jesus, receive my spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='8'>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great  lamentation over him.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into  every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where  preaching the word.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached  Christ unto them.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things  which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And there was great joy in that city.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,  saying, This man is the great power of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had  bewitched them with sorceries.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they  might receive the Holy Ghost:</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were  baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the  Holy Ghost.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles'  hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay  hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart  is not right in the sight of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if  perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and  in the bond of iniquity.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the  prophet.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself  to this chariot.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the  prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who  shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of  whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same  scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he  preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='9'>
+    <verse no='1'>And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter  against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly  there shined round about him a light from heaven:</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,  Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,  hearing a voice, but seeing no man.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor  drink.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this  man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind  all that call on thy name.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my  name's sake.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been  scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was  Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that  he is the Son of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the  Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took  counsel to kill him:</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched  the gates day and night to kill him.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by  the wall in a basket.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and  disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to  Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all  quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had  kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee  whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to  the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='41'>And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had  called the saints and widows, presented her alive.</verse>
+    <verse no='42'>And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in  the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='43'>And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with  one Simon a tanner.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='10'>
+    <verse no='1'>There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a  centurion of the band called the Italian band,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose  surname is Peter:</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the  sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent  them to Joppa.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while  they made ready, he fell into a trance,</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth,  and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any  thing that is common or unclean.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God  hath cleansed, that call not thou common.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again  into heaven.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed  Peter, were lodged there.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him,  Behold, three men seek thee.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them,  doubting nothing: for I have sent them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And  Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and  near friends.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down  at his feet, and worshipped him.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a  man.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that  were come together.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are  had in remembrance in the sight of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive  that God is no respecter of persons:</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh  righteousness, is accepted with him.</verse>
+    <verse no='36'>The word which God sent unto the children of Israel,  preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout  all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John  preached;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='43'>To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name  whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.</verse>
+    <verse no='44'>While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on  all them which heard the word.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='46'>For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.  Then answered Peter,</verse>
+    <verse no='47'>Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized,  which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?</verse>
+    <verse no='48'>And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the  Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='11'>
+    <verse no='1'>And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that  the Gentiles had also received the word of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of  the circumcision contended with him,</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat  with them.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and  expounded it by order unto them, saying,</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and  eat.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath  at any time entered into my mouth.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath  cleansed, that call not thou common.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again  into heaven.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And, behold, immediately there were three men already come  unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house  shall be saved.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on  us at the beginning.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number  believed, and turned unto the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of  faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,  determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands  of Barnabas and Saul.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='12'>
+    <verse no='1'>Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands  to vex certain of the church.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further  to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made  without ceasing of the church unto God for him.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came  to hearken, named Rhoda.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the  door, and saw him, they were astonished.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the  soldiers, what was become of Peter.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon  his throne, and made an oration unto them.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a  god, and not of a man.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>But the word of God grew and multiplied.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had  fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was  Mark.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='13'>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on  them, they sent them away.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto  Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by  interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from  the faith.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy  Ghost, set his eyes on him.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being  astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came  to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to  Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of  Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners  in the wilderness.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of  Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of  four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised  unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>When John had first preached before his coming the baptism  of repentance to all the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired  they Pilate that he should be slain.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>But God raised him from the dead:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise  which was made unto the fathers,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not  suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.</verse>
+    <verse no='38'>Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that  through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:</verse>
+    <verse no='39'>And by him all that believe are justified from all things,  from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken  of in the prophets;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='44'>And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together  to hear the word of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='49'>And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the  region.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='51'>But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and  came unto Iconium.</verse>
+    <verse no='52'>And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy  Ghost.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='14'>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made  their minds evil affected against the brethren.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held  with the Jews, and part with the apostles.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities  of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And there they preached the gospel.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and  perceiving that he had faith to be healed,</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he  leaped and walked.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,  because he was the chief speaker.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they  rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own  ways.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people,  that they had not done sacrifice unto them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to  Pamphylia.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down  into Attalia:</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been  recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>And there they abode long time with the disciples.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='15'>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of  this matter.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving  them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And put no difference between us and them, purifying their  hearts by faith.</verse>
+    <verse no='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?</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus  Christ we shall be saved, even as they.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying,  Men and brethren, hearken unto me:</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the  Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is  written,</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the  world.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which  from among the Gentiles are turned to God:</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>But that we write unto them, that they abstain from  pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled,  and from blood.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach  him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to  send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord  Jesus Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell  you the same things by mouth.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon  you no greater burden than these necessary things;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when  they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,  exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go  in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and  preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose  surname was Mark.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the  brethren unto the grace of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='41'>And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the  churches.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='16'>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at  Lystra and Iconium.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And so were the churches established in the faith, and  increased in number daily.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into  Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course  to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men,  being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive,  neither to observe, being Romans.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And the multitude rose up together against them: and the  magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast  them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the  inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto  God: and the prisoners heard them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no  harm: for we are all here.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came  trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be  saved?</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou  shalt be saved, and thy house.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all  that were in his house.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed  their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat  before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants,  saying, Let those men go.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='38'>And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and  they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.</verse>
+    <verse no='39'>And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and  desired them to depart out of the city.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='17'>
+    <verse no='1'>Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,  they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three  sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the  decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city,  when they heard these things.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other,  they let them go.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by  night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the  Jews.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women  which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it  were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was  stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying,  May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we  would know therefore what these things mean.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.)</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='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;</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now  commandeth all men every where to repent:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some  mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>So Paul departed from among them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='18'>
+    <verse no='1'>After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to  Corinth;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them,  and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and  persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not  afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt  thee: for I have much people in this city.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the  word of God among them.</verse>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary  to the law.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And he drave them from the judgment seat.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself  entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he  consented not;</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted  the church, he went down to Antioch.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an  eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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:</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly,  shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='19'>
+    <verse no='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,</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And  they said, Unto John's baptism.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the  Lord Jesus.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost  came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And all the men were about twelve.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>So that from his body were brought unto the sick  handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the  evil spirits went out of them.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them  to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus,  saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of  the priests, which did so.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and  Paul I know; but who are ye?</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and  overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of  that house naked and wounded.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling  at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus  was magnified.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their  deeds.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Many of them also which used curious arts brought their  books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the  price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit,  when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,  saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto  him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made  silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation,  and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but  almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away  much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at  nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be  despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and  the world worshippeth.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath,  and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having  caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in  travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the  disciples suffered him not.</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends,  sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into  the theatre.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the  assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were  come together.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews  putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would  have made his defence unto the people.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice  about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the  Ephesians.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye  men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of  the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the  image which fell down from Jupiter?</verse>
+    <verse no='36'>Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye  ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither  robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.</verse>
+    <verse no='38'>Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with  him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are  deputies: let them implead one another.</verse>
+    <verse no='39'>But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it  shall be determined in a lawful assembly.</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's  uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this  concourse.</verse>
+    <verse no='41'>And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='20'>
+    <verse no='1'>And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the  disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them  much exhortation, he came into Greece,</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait  for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return  through Macedonia.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And 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.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>These going before tarried for us at Troas.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of  unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we  abode seven days.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came  together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on  the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they  were gathered together.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And there sat in a window a certain young man named  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 up dead.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said,  Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread,  and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he  departed.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little  comforted.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there  intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to  go afoot.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came  to Mitylene.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against  Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium;  and the next day we came to Miletus.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would  not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him,  to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders  of the church.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know,  from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been  with you at all seasons,</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many  tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the  Jews:</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you,  but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to  house,</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,  repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem,  not knowing the things that shall befall me there:</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying  that bonds and afflictions abide me.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>But none of these things move me, neither count I my life  dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the  ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the  gospel of the grace of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone  preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from  the blood of all men.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel  of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,  over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the  church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous  wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse  things, to draw away disciples after them.</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three  years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of  his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an  inheritance among all them which are sanctified.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered  unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>I have shewed 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 to give than to receive.</verse>
+    <verse no='36'>And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed  with them all.</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed  him,</verse>
+    <verse no='38'>Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that  they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the  ship.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='21'>
+    <verse no='1'>And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them,  and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day  following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went  aboard, and set forth.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left  hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was  to unlade her burden.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said  to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and  went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and  children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the  shore, and prayed.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took  ship; and they returned home again.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to  Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed,  and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the  evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did  prophesy.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And as we tarried there many days, there came down from  Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and  bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So  shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and  shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that  place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Then Paul answered, What mean 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.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The  will of the Lord be done.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up  to Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>There went with us also certain of the disciples of  Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple,  with whom we should lodge.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us  gladly.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and  all the elders were present.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what  things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said  unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are  which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the  Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they  ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the  customs.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come  together: for they will hear that thou art come.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men  which have a vow on them;</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges  with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those  things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but  that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and  concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep  themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from  strangled, and from fornication.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself  with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the  days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for  every one of them.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which  were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the  people, and laid hands on him,</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that  teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this  place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath  polluted this holy place.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an  Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and  they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors  were shut.</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the  chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down  unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they  left beating of Paul.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and  commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and  what he had done.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude:  and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded  him to be carried into the castle.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was  borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.</verse>
+    <verse no='36'>For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away  with him.</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the  chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?</verse>
+    <verse no='38'>Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest  an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that  were murderers?</verse>
+    <verse no='39'>But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city  in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me  to speak unto the people.</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs,  and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a  great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='22'>
+    <verse no='1'>Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make  now unto you.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to  them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in  Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and  taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and  was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and  delivering into prisons both men and women.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the  estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the  brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound  unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was  come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a  great light round about me.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto  me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I  am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were  afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto  me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all  things which are appointed for thee to do.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being  led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a  good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul,  receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that  thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear  the voice of his mouth.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast  seen and heard.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash  away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to  Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly  out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning  me.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in  every synagogue them that believed on thee:</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also  was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of  them that slew him.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence  unto the Gentiles.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted  up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for  it is not fit that he should live.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw  dust into the air,</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the  castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might  know wherefore they cried so against him.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the  centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is  a Roman, and uncondemned?</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief  captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art  thou a Roman? He said, Yea.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I  this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Then straightway they departed from him which should have  examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that  he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty  wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and  commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and  brought Paul down, and set him before them.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='23'>
+    <verse no='1'>And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and  brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this  day.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him  to smite him on the mouth.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited  wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to  be smitten contrary to the law?</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high  priest?</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high  priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of  thy people.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees,  and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren,  I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of  the dead I am called in question.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between  the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither  angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of  the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this  man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight  against God.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain,  fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded  the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and  to bring him into the castle.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be  of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so  must thou bear witness also at Rome.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together,  and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat  nor drink till they had killed Paul.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And they were more than forty which had made this  conspiracy.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We  have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing  until we have slain Paul.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief  captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would  enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he  come near, are ready to kill him.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait,  he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said,  Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain  thing to tell him.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and  said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this  young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with  him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou  wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they  would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for  him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an  oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him:  and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and  charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to  me.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready  two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and  ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and  bring him safe unto Felix the governor.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And he wrote a letter after this manner:</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix  sendeth greeting.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed  of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood  that he was a Roman.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused  him, I brought him forth into their council:</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law,  but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the  man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers  also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and  brought him by night to Antipatris.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and  returned to the castle:</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to  the governor, presented Paul also before him.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what  province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also  come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='24'>
+    <verse no='1'>And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with  the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the  governor against Paul.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him,  saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very  worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix,  with all thankfulness.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I  pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover  of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader  of the sect of the Nazarenes:</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we  took, and would have judged according to our law.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great  violence took him away out of our hands,</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of  whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we  accuse him.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were  so.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to  speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years  a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but  twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any  man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in  the city:</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse  me.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they  call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things  which are written in the law and in the prophets:</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow,  that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and  unjust.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience  void to offence toward God, and toward men.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and  offerings.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the  temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they  had ought against me.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil  doing in me, while I stood before the council,</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among  them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by  you this day.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect  knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the  chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your  matter.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him  have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to  minister or come unto him.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife  Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him  concerning the faith in Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and  judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this  time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul,  that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and  communed with him.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room:  and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='25'>
+    <verse no='1'>Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days  he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him  against Paul, and besought him,</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And desired favour against him, that he would send for him  to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea,  and that he himself would depart shortly thither.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go  down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he  went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat  commanded Paul to be brought.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And when he was come, the Jews which came down from  Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints  against Paul, which they could not prove.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of  the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I  offended any thing at all.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered  Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of  these things before me?</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I  ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well  knowest.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy  of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things  whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto  Caesar.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,  answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto  Caesarea to salute Festus.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And when they had been there many days, Festus declared  Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in  bonds by Felix:</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and  the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against  him.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to  deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the  accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself  concerning the crime laid against him.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on  the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be  brought forth.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none  accusation of such things as I supposed:</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>But had certain questions against him of their own  superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to  be alive.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked  him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these  matters.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing  of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to  Caesar.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man  myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with  great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief  captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul  was brought forth.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here  present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the  Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that  he ought not to live any longer.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of  death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined  to send him.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord.  Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before  thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have  somewhat to write.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and  not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='26'>
+    <verse no='1'>Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for  thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer  for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am  accused of the Jews:</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs  and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to  hear me patiently.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first  among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify,  that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise  made of God, unto our fathers:</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God  day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am  accused of the Jews.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that  God should raise the dead?</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things  contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints  did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief  priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled  them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted  them even unto strange cities.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and  commission from the chief priests,</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven,  above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which  journeyed with me.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice  speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why  persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom  thou persecutest.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto  thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of  these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I  will appear unto thee;</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto  whom now I send thee,</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light,  and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness  of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that  is in me.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the  heavenly vision:</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem,  and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that  they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went  about to kill me.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this  day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than  those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first  that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people,  and to the Gentiles.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud  voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak  forth the words of truth and soberness.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I  speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden  from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou  believest.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be  a Christian.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also  all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I  am, except these bonds.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the  governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>And when they were gone aside, they talked between  themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set  at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='27'>
+    <verse no='1'>And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy,  they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius,  a centurion of Augustus' band.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched,  meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of  Thessalonica, being with us.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously  entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh  himself.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under  Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and  Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing  into Italy; and he put us therein.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were  come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under  Crete, over against Salmone;</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called  The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now  dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will  be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also  of our lives.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner  of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the  more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might  attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and  lieth toward the south west and north west.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had  obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous  wind, called Euroclydon.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the  wind, we let her drive.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And running under a certain island which is called Clauda,  we had much work to come by the boat:</verse>
+    <verse no='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.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day  they lightened the ship;</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And the third day we cast out with our own hands the  tackling of the ship.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no  small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then  taken away.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of  them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have  loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be  no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I  am, and whom I serve,</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar:  and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that  it shall be even as it was told me.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>But 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;</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had  gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen  fathoms.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they  cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when  they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they  would have cast anchors out of the foreship,</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these  abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her  fall off.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>And 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 continued fasting, having taken nothing.</verse>
+    <verse no='34'>Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your  health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.</verse>
+    <verse no='35'>And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks  to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to  eat.</verse>
+    <verse no='36'>Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some  meat.</verse>
+    <verse no='37'>And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and  sixteen souls.</verse>
+    <verse no='38'>And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and  cast out the wheat into the sea.</verse>
+    <verse no='39'>And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they  discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were  minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.</verse>
+    <verse no='40'>And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed  themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the  mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.</verse>
+    <verse no='41'>And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the  ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but  the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.</verse>
+    <verse no='42'>And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest  any of them should swim out, and escape.</verse>
+    <verse no='43'>But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from  their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast  themselves first into the sea, and get to land:</verse>
+    <verse no='44'>And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of  the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='28'>
+    <verse no='1'>And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island  was called Melita.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for  they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present  rain, and because of the cold.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>And 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.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his  hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer,  whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to  live.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Howbeit 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, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of  the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us  three days courteously.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of  a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and  laid his hands on him, and healed him.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in  the island, came, and were healed:</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we  departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria,  which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium:  and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to  Puteoli:</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them  seven days: and so we went toward Rome.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to  meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul  saw, he thanked God, and took courage.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the  prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell  by himself with a soldier that kept him.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the  chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said  unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against  the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner  from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go,  because there was no cause of death in me.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to  appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you,  and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound  with this chain.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of  Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or  spake any harm of thee.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as  concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to  him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of  God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,  and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And some believed the things which were spoken, and some  believed not.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed,  after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by  Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear,  and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears  are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should  see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with  their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is  sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had  great reasoning among themselves.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and  received all that came in unto him,</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things  which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man  forbidding him.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+</book>