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2 Letter from the Editor Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. The closing line of Philip P. Bliss s hymn says it perfectly. God s Word is filled with beautiful, wonderful words that give us life. The words of Scripture are indeed beautiful for their love, grace, exhortation, correction, wisdom, hope and truth. While we know that God s Word stands alone and needs no help from us to speak to the reader, in this Bible we complemented Scripture with illustrations of God s beautiful words. In partnership with seven unique artists who each brought their own personal creative style to 500 verses, we added visual beauty to the pages of Scripture. With the help from data collected by BibleGateway, we selected key verses online Bible readers search most often. We paired our review with an editorial eye to select verses that represented every book of the Bible and that balanced popular verses with less familiar ones. Some verses are great to memorize, others will introduce you to a section of God s Word that may be unfamiliar. How many women have prayed a prayer such as Hannah did in 1 Samuel? Do you feel you have been placed in a work, home, or family situation for such a time as this, like Esther? Perhaps you need a reminder that sins will be found out (Numbers 32:23) and God is a just God (Deuteronomy 32:4) but also that he is a merciful God (Jonah 4:2) whose love knows no end. Maybe today you need the hope of 2 Chronicles 15:7: But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded. As Psalm 150 encourages us, Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. And no matter what season you are in, 2 Thessalonians 3:3 reminds us, The Lord is faithful both sun and rain are important to growth and he will not fail you in any season. We hope that through the beauty of these illustrated words, you will pause, read and be drawn in to explore God s Word deeper than you have before. We also hope that the artwork will inspire you to illustrate or journal about your favorite, life-changing verses and passages in the margins of this Bible. We pray that this inspirational, Scripture-based art will open your hearts to his beautiful, wonderful words of life in a way you ve never experienced. Melinda Bouma Associate Publisher, Bible Group

3 Preface The goal of the New International Version (NIV) is to enable English-speaking people from around the world to read and hear God s eternal Word in their own language. Our work as translators is motivated by our conviction that the Bible is God s Word in written form. We believe that the Bible contains the divine answer to the deepest needs of humanity, sheds unique light on our path in a dark world and sets forth the way to our eternal well-being. Out of these deep convictions, we have sought to recreate as far as possible the experience of the original audience blending transparency to the original text with accessibility for the millions of English speakers around the world. We have prioritized accuracy, clarity and literary quality with the goal of creating a translation suitable for public and private reading, evangelism, teaching, preaching, memorizing and liturgical use. We have also sought to preserve a measure of continuity with the long tradition of translating the Scriptures into English. The complete NIV Bible was first published in It was a completely new translation made by over a hundred scholars working directly from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts. The translators came from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, giving the translation an international scope. They were from many denominations and churches including Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Brethren, Christian Reformed, Church of Christ, Evangelical Covenant, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Wesleyan and others. This breadth of denominational and theological perspective helped to safeguard the translation from sectarian bias. For these reasons, and by the grace of God, the NIV has gained a wide readership in all parts of the English-speaking world. The work of translating the Bible is never finished. As good as they are, English translations must be regularly updated so that they will continue to communicate accurately the meaning of God s Word. Updates are needed in order to reflect the latest developments in our understanding of the biblical world and its languages and to keep pace with changes in English usage. Recognizing, then, that the NIV would retain its ability to communicate God s Word accurately only if it were regularly updated, the original translators established the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT). The Committee is a self-perpetuating group of biblical scholars charged with keeping abreast of advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English and issuing periodic updates to the NIV. The CBT is an independent, self-governing body and has sole responsibility for the NIV text. The Committee mirrors the original group of translators in its diverse international and denominational makeup and in its unifying commitment to the Bible as God s inspired Word. In obedience to its mandate, the Committee has issued periodic updates to the NIV. An initial revision was released in A more thorough revision process was completed in 2005, resulting in the separately published TNIV. The updated NIV you now have in your hands builds on both the original NIV and the TNIV and represents the latest effort of the Committee to articulate God s unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it had they been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today. Translation Philosophy The Committee s translating work has been governed by three widely accepted principles about the way people use words and about the way we understand them. First, the meaning of words is determined by the way that users of the language actually use them at any given time. For the biblical languages, therefore, the Committee utilizes the best and most recent scholarship on the way Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek words were being used in biblical times. At the same time, the Committee carefully studies the state of modern English. Good translation is like good communication: one must know the target

4 viii PREFACE audience so that the appropriate choices can be made about which English words to use to represent the original words of Scripture. From its inception, the NIV has had as its target the general Englishspeaking population all over the world, the International in its title reflecting this concern. The aim of the Committee is to put the Scriptures into natural English that will communicate effectively with the broadest possible audience of English speakers. Modern technology has enhanced the Committee s ability to choose the right English words to convey the meaning of the original text. The field of computational linguistics harnesses the power of computers to provide broadly applicable and current data about the state of the language. Translators can now access huge databases of modern English to better understand the current meaning and usage of key words. The Committee utilized this resource in preparing the 2011 edition of the NIV. An area of especially rapid and significant change in English is the way certain nouns and pronouns are used to refer to human beings. The Committee therefore requested experts in computational linguistics at Collins Dictionaries to pose some key questions about this usage to its database of English the largest in the world, with over 4.4 billion words, gathered from several English-speaking countries and including both spoken and written English. (The Collins Study, called The Development and Use of Gender Language in Contemporary English, can be accessed at thenivbible.com/about-the-niv/about-the-2011-edition/.) The study revealed that the most popular words to describe the human race in modern U.S. English were humanity, man and mankind. The Committee then used this data in the updated NIV, choosing from among these three words (and occasionally others also) depending on the context. A related issue creates a larger problem for modern translations: the move away from using the third-person masculine singular pronouns he/ him/his to refer to men and women equally. This usage does persist in some forms of English, and this revision therefore occasionally uses these pronouns in a generic sense. But the tendency, recognized in day-to-day usage and confirmed by the Collins study, is away from the generic use of he, him and his. In recognition of this shift in language and in an effort to translate into the natural English that people are actually using, this revision of the NIV generally uses other constructions when the biblical text is plainly addressed to men and women equally. The reader will encounter especially frequently a they, their or them to express a generic singular idea. Thus, for instance, Mark 8:36 reads: What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? This generic use of the distributive or singular they/ them/their has been used for many centuries by respected writers of English and has now become established as standard English, spoken and written, all over the world. A second linguistic principle that feeds into the Committee s translation work is that meaning is found not in individual words, as vital as they are, but in larger clusters: phrases, clauses, sentences, discourses. Translation is not, as many people think, a matter of word substitution: English word x in place of Hebrew word y. Translators must first determine the meaning of the words of the biblical languages in the context of the passage and then select English words that accurately communicate that meaning to modern listeners and readers. This means that accurate translation will not always reflect the exact structure of the original language. To be sure, there is debate over the degree to which translators should try to preserve the form of the original text in English. From the beginning, the NIV has taken a mediating position on this issue. The manual produced when the translation that became the NIV was first being planned states: If the Greek or Hebrew syntax has a good parallel in modern English, it should be used. But if there is no good parallel, the English syntax appropriate to the meaning of the original is to be chosen. It is fine, in other words, to carry over the form of the biblical languages into English but not at the expense of natural expression. The principle that meaning resides in larger clusters of words means that the Committee has not insisted on a word-for-word approach to translation. We certainly believe that every word of Scripture is inspired by God and

5 PREFACE ix therefore to be carefully studied to determine what God is saying to us. It is for this reason that the Committee labors over every single word of the original texts, working hard to determine how each of those words contributes to what the text is saying. Ultimately, however, it is how these individual words function in combination with other words that determines meaning. A third linguistic principle guiding the Committee in its translation work is the recognition that words have a spectrum of meaning. It is popular to define a word by using another word, or gloss, to substitute for it. This substitute word is then sometimes called the literal meaning of a word. In fact, however, words have a range of possible meanings. Those meanings will vary depending on the context, and words in one language will usually not occupy the same semantic range as words in another language. The Committee therefore studies each original word of Scripture in its context to identify its meaning in a particular verse and then chooses an appropriate English word (or phrase) to represent it. It is impossible, then, to translate any given Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek word with the same English word all the time. The Committee does try to translate related occurrences of a word in the original languages with the same English word in order to preserve the connection for the English reader. But the Committee generally privileges clear natural meaning over a concern with consistency in rendering particular words. Textual Basis For the Old Testament the standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic Text as published in the latest edition of Biblia Hebraica, has been used throughout. The Masoretic Text tradition contains marginal notations that offer variant readings. These have sometimes been followed instead of the text itself. Because such instances involve variants within the Masoretic tradition, they have not been indicated in the textual notes. In a few cases, words in the basic consonantal text have been divided differently than in the Masoretic Text. Such cases are usually indicated in the textual footnotes. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain biblical texts that represent an earlier stage of the transmission of the Hebrew text. They have been consulted, as have been the Samaritan Pentateuch and the ancient scribal traditions concerning deliberate textual changes. The translators also consulted the more important early versions. Readings from these versions, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the scribal traditions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading. In rare cases, the translators have emended the Hebrew text where it appears to have become corrupted at an even earlier stage of its transmission. These departures from the Masoretic Text are also indicated in the textual footnotes. Sometimes the vowel indicators (which are later additions to the basic consonantal text) found in the Masoretic Text did not, in the judgment of the translators, represent the correct vowels for the original text. Accordingly, some words have been read with a different set of vowels. These instances are usually not indicated in the footnotes. The Greek text used in translating the New Testament has been an eclectic one, based on the latest editions of the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Societies Greek New Testament. The translators have made their choices among the variant readings in accordance with widely accepted principles of New Testament textual criticism. Footnotes call attention to places where uncertainty remains. The New Testament authors, writing in Greek, often quote the Old Testament from its ancient Greek version, the Septuagint. This is one reason why some of the Old Testament quotations in the NIV New Testament are not identical to the corresponding passages in the NIV Old Testament. Such quotations in the New Testament are indicated with the footnote (see Septuagint). Footnotes and Formatting Footnotes in this version are of several kinds, most of which need no explanation. Those giving alternative translations begin with Or and generally introduce the alternative with the last word preceding it in the text, except when it is a single-word

6 x PREFACE alternative. When poetry is quoted in a footnote a slash mark indicates a line division. It should be noted that references to diseases, minerals, flora and fauna, architectural details, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments and other articles cannot always be identified with precision. Also, linear measurements and measures of capacity can only be approximated (see the Table of Weights and Measures). Although Selah, used mainly in the Psalms, is probably a musical term, its meaning is uncertain. Since it may interrupt reading and distract the reader, this word has not been kept in the English text, but every occurrence has been signaled by a footnote. As an aid to the reader, sectional headings have been inserted. They are not to be regarded as part of the biblical text and are not intended for oral reading. It is the Committee s hope that these headings may prove more helpful to the reader than the traditional chapter divisions, which were introduced long after the Bible was written. Sometimes the chapter and/or verse numbering in English translations of the Old Testament differs from that found in published Hebrew texts. This is particularly the case in the Psalms, where the traditional titles are included in the Hebrew verse numbering. Such differences are indicated in the footnotes at the bottom of the page. In the New Testament, verse numbers that marked off portions of the traditional English text not supported by the best Greek manuscripts now appear in brackets, with a footnote indicating the text that has been omitted (see, for example, Matthew 17:[21]). Mark 16:9 20 and John 7:53 8:11, although long accorded virtually equal status with the rest of the Gospels in which they stand, have a questionable standing in the textual history of the New Testament, as noted in the bracketed annotations with which they are set off. A different typeface has been chosen for these passages to indicate their uncertain status. Basic formatting of the text, such as lining the poetry, paragraphing (both prose and poetry), setting up of (administrative-like) lists, indenting letters and lengthy prayers within narratives and the insertion of sectional headings, has been the work of the Committee. However, the choice between single-column and double-column formats has been left to the publishers. Also the issuing of redletter editions is a publisher s choice one that the Committee does not endorse. The Committee has again been reminded that every human effort is flawed including this revision of the NIV. We trust, however, that many will find in it an improved representation of the Word of God, through which they hear his call to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and to service in his kingdom. We offer this version of the Bible to him in whose name and for whose glory it has been made. The Committee on Bible Translation

7 Acts Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven 1 In my for mer book, The oph i lus, I wrote about all that Jesus be gan to do and to teach 2 un til the day he was tak en up to heav en, af ter giv ing in struc tions through the Holy Spir it to the apos tles he had cho sen. 3 Af ter his suf fer ing, he pre sent ed him self to them and gave many con vinc ing proofs that he was alive. He ap peared to them over a pe ri od of for ty days and spoke about the king dom of God. 4 On one oc ca sion, while he was eat ing with them, he gave them this command: Do not leave Je ru sa lem, but wait for the gift my Fa ther prom ised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John bap tized with a wa ter, but in a few days you will be bap tized with a the Holy Spir it. 6 Then they gath ered around him and asked him, Lord, are you at this time go ing to re store the king dom to Is ra el? 7 He said to them: It is not for you to know the times or dates the Fa ther has set by his own authority. 8 But you will re ceive pow er when the Holy Spir it comes on you; and you will be my wit ness es in Je ru sa lem, and in all Ju dea and Sa mar ia, and to the ends of the earth. 9 Af ter he said this, he was tak en up be fore their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. 10 They were look ing in tent ly up into the sky as he was go ing, when sud den ly two men dressed in white stood be side them. 11 Men of Gal i lee, they said, why do you stand here look ing into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been tak en from you into heav en, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heav en. Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas 12 Then the apos tles re turned to Je ru sa lem from the hill called the Mount of Ol ives, a Sab bath day s walk b from the city. 13 When they ar rived, they went up stairs to the room where they were stay ing. Those pres ent were Pe ter, John, James and An drew; Phil ip and Thom as, Bar thol o mew and Mat thew; James son of Al phae us and Si mon the Zeal ot, and Ju das son of James. 14 They all joined togeth er con stant ly in prayer, along with the wom en and Mary the moth er of Jesus, and with his broth ers. 15 In those days Pe ter stood up among the be liev ers (a group num ber ing about a hun dred and twen ty) 16 and said, Broth ers and sis ters, c the Scrip ture had to be ful filled in which the Holy Spir it spoke long ago through Da vid con cern ing Ju das, who served as guide for those who ar rest ed Jesus. 17 He was one of our num ber and shared in our min is try. 18 (With the pay ment he re ceived for his wick ed ness, Ju das bought a field; there he fell head long, his body burst open and all his in tes tines spilled out. 19 Ev ery one in Je ru sa lem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akel da ma, that is, Field of Blood.) 20 For, said Pe ter, it is writ ten in the Book of Psalms: and, May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it, d May another take his place of leadership. e a 5 Or in b 12 That is, about 5/8 mile or about 1 kilometer c 16 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God s family; also in 6:3; 11:29; 12:17; 16:40; 18:18, 27; 21:7, 17; 28:14, 15. d 20 Psalm 69:25 e 20 Psalm 109:8

8 Acts 2: There fore it is nec es sary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was liv ing among us, 22 beginning from John s baptism to the time when Jesus was tak en up from us. For one of these must be come a wit ness with us of his res ur rec tion. 23 So they nom i nated two men: Jo seph called Bar sab bas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24 Then they prayed, Lord, you know ev ery one s heart. Show us which of these two you have cho sen 25 to take over this ap os tol ic min is try, which Ju das left to go where he be longs. 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Mat thi as; so he was add ed to the elev en apos tles. The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost 2 When the day of Pen te cost came, they were all to geth er in one place. 2 Sudden ly a sound like the blow ing of a vi o lent wind came from heav en and filled the whole house where they were sit ting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that sep a rat ed and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spir it and be gan to speak in oth er tongues a as the Spir it en abled them. 5 Now there were stay ing in Je ru sa lem God-fear ing Jews from ev ery na tion un der heav en. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came to geth er in be wilder ment, be cause each one heard their own lan guage be ing spo ken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: Aren t all these who are speak ing Gal i le ans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our na tive lan guage? 9 Par thi ans, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, b 10 Phryg ia and Pam phyl ia, Egypt and the parts of Lib ya near Cy re ne; vis i tors from Rome 11 (both Jews and con verts to Ju da ism); Cre tans and Arabs we hear them de clar ing the won ders of God in our own tongues! 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one an oth er, What does this mean? 13 Some, how ev er, made fun of them and said, They have had too much wine. Peter Addresses the Crowd 14 Then Pe ter stood up with the Elev en, raised his voice and ad dressed the crowd: Fel low Jews and all of you who live in Je ru sa lem, let me ex plain this to you; lis ten care ful ly to what I say. 15 These peo ple are not drunk, as you sup pose. It s only nine in the morn ing! 16 No, this is what was spo ken by the proph et Joel: 17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. c 22 Fel low Is ra el ites, lis ten to this: Jesus of Naz a reth was a man ac cred it ed by God to you by mir a cles, won ders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you your selves know. 23 This man was hand ed over to you by God s de liber ate plan and fore knowl edge; and you, with the help of wick ed men, d put him a 4 Or languages; also in verse 11 b 9 That is, the Roman province by that name c 21 Joel 2:28-32 d 23 Or of those not having the law (that is, Gentiles)

9 1284 ACTS 2:24 to death by nail ing him to the cross. 24 But God raised him from the dead, free ing him from the ag o ny of death, be cause it was im pos si ble for death to keep its hold on him. 25 Da vid said about him: I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, 27 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence. a 29 Fel low Is ra el ites, I can tell you con fi dent ly that the pa tri arch Da vid died and was bur ied, and his tomb is here to this day. 30 But he was a proph et and knew that God had prom ised him on oath that he would place one of his de scen dants on his throne. 31 See ing what was to come, he spoke of the res ur rec tion of the Mes si ah, that he was not aban doned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. 32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all wit ness es of it. 33 Exalt ed to the right hand of God, he has re ceived from the Fa ther the prom ised Holy Spir it and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For Da vid did not as cend to heav en, and yet he said, The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. b 36 There fore let all Is ra el be as sured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you cru ci fied, both Lord and Mes si ah. 37 When the peo ple heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Pe ter and the oth er apos tles, Broth ers, what shall we do? 38 Pe ter re plied, Re pent and be bap tized, ev ery one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the for give ness of your sins. And you will re ceive the gift of the Holy Spir it. 39 The prom ise is for you and your chil dren and for all who are far off for all whom the Lord our God will call. 40 With many oth er words he warned them; and he plead ed with them, Save your selves from this cor rupt gen er a tion. 41 Those who ac cept ed his mes sage were bap tized, and about three thou sand were add ed to their num ber that day. The Fellowship of the Believers 42 They de vot ed them selves to the apos tles teach ing and to fel low ship, to the break ing of bread and to prayer. 43 Ev ery one was filled with awe at the many won ders and signs per formed by the apos tles. 44 All the believers were together and had ev ery thing in com mon. 45 They sold prop er ty and pos ses sions to give to any one who had need. 46 Ev ery day they con tin ued to meet to geth er in the tem ple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate to geth er with glad and sin cere hearts, 47 prais ing God and en joy ing the fa vor of all the peo ple. And the Lord add ed to their num ber dai ly those who were be ing saved. Peter Heals a Lame Beggar 3 One day Pe ter and John were go ing up to the tem ple at the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. 2 Now a man who was lame from birth was be ing carried to the tem ple gate called Beau ti ful, where he was put ev ery day to beg from those go ing into the tem ple courts. 3 When he saw Pe ter and John about to en ter, he asked them for mon ey. 4 Pe ter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Pe ter a 28 Psalm 16:8-11 (see Septuagint) b 35 Psalm 110:1

10 Acts 4: said, Look at us! 5 So the man gave them his at ten tion, ex pect ing to get something from them. 6 Then Pe ter said, Sil ver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Naz a reth, walk. 7 Tak ing him by the right hand, he helped him up, and in stant ly the man s feet and an kles be came strong. 8 He jumped to his feet and be gan to walk. Then he went with them into the tem ple courts, walk ing and jump ing, and prais ing God. 9 When all the peo ple saw him walk ing and prais ing God, 10 they rec og nized him as the same man who used to sit beg ging at the tem ple gate called Beau ti ful, and they were filled with won der and amaze ment at what had hap pened to him. Peter Speaks to the Onlookers 11 While the man held on to Pe ter and John, all the peo ple were as ton ished and came run ning to them in the place called Sol o mon s Col on nade. 12 When Peter saw this, he said to them: Fel low Is ra el ites, why does this sur prise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own pow er or god li ness we had made this man walk? 13 The God of Abra ham, Isaac and Ja cob, the God of our fa thers, has glo ri fied his ser vant Jesus. You hand ed him over to be killed, and you dis owned him be fore Pi late, though he had de cid ed to let him go. 14 You dis owned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a mur der er be re leased to you. 15 You killed the au thor of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are wit ness es of this. 16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus name and the faith that comes through him that has com plete ly healed him, as you can all see. 17 Now, fel low Is ra el ites, I know that you act ed in ig no rance, as did your leaders. 18 But this is how God ful filled what he had fore told through all the proph ets, say ing that his Mes si ah would suf fer. 19 Re pent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of re fresh ing may come from the Lord, 20 and that he may send the Mes si ah, who has been ap point ed for you even Jesus. 21 Heav en must re ceive him un til the time comes for God to re store every thing, as he prom ised long ago through his holy proph ets. 22 For Mo ses said, The Lord your God will raise up for you a proph et like me from among your own peo ple; you must lis ten to ev ery thing he tells you. 23 Any one who does not lis ten to him will be com plete ly cut off from their peo ple. a 24 In deed, be gin ning with Sam uel, all the proph ets who have spo ken have foretold these days. 25 And you are heirs of the proph ets and of the cov enant God made with your fa thers. He said to Abra ham, Through your off spring all peo ples on earth will be blessed. b 26 When God raised up his ser vant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turn ing each of you from your wick ed ways. Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin 4 The priests and the cap tain of the tem ple guard and the Sad du cees came up to Pe ter and John while they were speak ing to the peo ple. 2 They were great ly dis turbed be cause the apos tles were teach ing the peo ple, pro claim ing in Jesus the res ur rec tion of the dead. 3 They seized Pe ter and John and, be cause it was eve ning, they put them in jail un til the next day. 4 But many who heard the message be lieved; so the num ber of men who be lieved grew to about five thou sand. 5 The next day the rul ers, the el ders and the teach ers of the law met in Je ru salem. 6 An nas the high priest was there, and so were Ca ia phas, John, Al ex an der and oth ers of the high priest s fam i ly. 7 They had Pe ter and John brought be fore them and be gan to ques tion them: By what pow er or what name did you do this? 8 Then Pe ter, filled with the Holy Spir it, said to them: Rul ers and el ders of the peo ple! 9 If we are be ing called to ac count to day for an act of kind ness shown to a man who was lame and are be ing asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, a 23 Deut. 18:15,18,19 b 25 Gen. 22:18; 26:4

11 1286 ACTS 4:11 you and all the peo ple of Is ra el: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Naz a reth, whom you cru ci fied but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. a 12 Sal va tion is found in no one else, for there is no oth er name un der heav en giv en to man kind by which we must be saved. 13 When they saw the cour age of Pe ter and John and re al ized that they were un schooled, or di nary men, they were as ton ished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. 14 But since they could see the man who had been healed stand ing there with them, there was noth ing they could say. 15 So they or dered them to with draw from the San he drin and then con ferred to geth er. 16 What are we go ing to do with these men? they asked. Ev ery one liv ing in Jeru sa lem knows they have per formed a no ta ble sign, and we can not deny it. 17 But to stop this thing from spread ing any fur ther among the peo ple, we must warn them to speak no lon ger to any one in this name. 18 Then they called them in again and com mand ed them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Pe ter and John re plied, Which is right in God s eyes: to lis ten to you, or to him? You be the judg es! 20 As for us, we can not help speak ing about what we have seen and heard. 21 Af ter fur ther threats they let them go. They could not de cide how to pun ish them, be cause all the peo ple were prais ing God for what had hap pened. 22 For the man who was mi rac u lous ly healed was over for ty years old. The Believers Pray 23 On their re lease, Pe ter and John went back to their own peo ple and re port ed all that the chief priests and the el ders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voic es to geth er in prayer to God. Sov er eign Lord, they said, you made the heav ens and the earth and the sea, and ev ery thing in them. 25 You spoke by the Holy Spir it through the mouth of your ser vant, our fa ther Da vid: Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 26 The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one. b c 27 In deed Her od and Pon tius Pi late met to geth er with the Gen tiles and the people of Is ra el in this city to con spire against your holy ser vant Jesus, whom you anoint ed. 28 They did what your pow er and will had de cid ed be fore hand should happen. 29 Now, Lord, con sid er their threats and en able your ser vants to speak your word with great bold ness. 30 Stretch out your hand to heal and per form signs and won ders through the name of your holy ser vant Jesus. 31 Af ter they prayed, the place where they were meet ing was shak en. And they were all filled with the Holy Spir it and spoke the word of God bold ly. The Believers Share Their Possessions 32 All the be liev ers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their pos ses sions was their own, but they shared ev ery thing they had. 33 With great pow er the apos tles con tin ued to tes ti fy to the res ur rec tion of the Lord Jesus. And God s grace was so pow er ful ly at work in them all 34 that there were no needy per sons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or hous es sold them, brought the mon ey from the sales 35 and put it at the apos tles feet, and it was dis trib ut ed to any one who had need. a 11 Psalm 118:22 b 26 That is, Messiah or Christ c 26 Psalm 2:1,2

12 ACTS 5: Jo seph, a Le vite from Cy prus, whom the apos tles called Bar na bas (which means son of encouragement ), 37 sold a field he owned and brought the mon ey and put it at the apos tles feet. Ananias and Sapphira 5 Now a man named An a ni as, to geth er with his wife Sap phi ra, also sold a piece of prop er ty. 2 With his wife s full knowl edge he kept back part of the mon ey for him self, but brought the rest and put it at the apos tles feet. 3 Then Pe ter said, An a ni as, how is it that Sa tan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spir it and have kept for your self some of the mon ey you re ceived for the land? 4 Didn t it be long to you be fore it was sold? And af ter it was sold, wasn t the mon ey at your dis pos al? What made you think of do ing such a thing? You have not lied just to hu man be ings but to God. 5 When An a ni as heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had hap pened. 6 Then some young men came for ward, wrapped up his body, and car ried him out and bur ied him. 7 About three hours lat er his wife came in, not know ing what had hap pened. 8 Pe ter asked her, Tell me, is this the price you and An a ni as got for the land? Yes, she said, that is the price. 9 Pe ter said to her, How could you con spire to test the Spir it of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who bur ied your hus band are at the door, and they will car ry you out also. 10 At that mo ment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, find ing her dead, car ried her out and bur ied her be side her hus band. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events. The Apostles Heal Many 12 The apos tles per formed many signs and won ders among the peo ple. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon s Colonnade. 13 No one else dared join them, even though they were high ly re gard ed by the peo ple. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and wom en be lieved in the Lord and were add ed to their number. 15 As a re sult, peo ple brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Pe ter s shad ow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds gath ered also from the towns around Je ru sa lem, bring ing their sick and those tor ment ed by im pure spir its, and all of them were healed. The Apostles Persecuted 17 Then the high priest and all his as so ci ates, who were mem bers of the par ty of the Sad du cees, were filled with jeal ou sy. 18 They ar rest ed the apos tles and put them in the pub lic jail. 19 But dur ing the night an an gel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. 20 Go, stand in the tem ple courts, he said, and tell the peo ple all about this new life. 21 At day break they en tered the tem ple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the peo ple. When the high priest and his as so ci ates ar rived, they called to geth er the Sanhe drin the full as sem bly of the el ders of Is ra el and sent to the jail for the apos tles. 22 But on ar riv ing at the jail, the of fi cers did not find them there. So they went back and re port ed, 23 We found the jail se cure ly locked, with the guards stand ing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one in side. 24 On hear ing this re port, the cap tain of the tem ple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, won der ing what this might lead to. 25 Then some one came and said, Look! The men you put in jail are stand ing in the tem ple courts teach ing the peo ple. 26 At that, the cap tain went with his of fi cers and brought the apos tles. They did not use force, be cause they feared that the peo ple would stone them. 27 The apos tles were brought in and made to ap pear be fore the San he drin to be ques tioned by the high priest. 28 We gave you strict or ders not to teach in this

13 1288 ACTS 5:29 name, he said. Yet you have filled Je ru sa lem with your teach ing and are de termined to make us guilty of this man s blood. 29 Pe ter and the oth er apos tles re plied: We must obey God rath er than hu man beings! 30 The God of our an ces tors raised Jesus from the dead whom you killed by hang ing him on a cross. 31 God ex alt ed him to his own right hand as Prince and Sav ior that he might bring Is ra el to re pen tance and for give their sins. 32 We are wit ness es of these things, and so is the Holy Spir it, whom God has giv en to those who obey him. 33 When they heard this, they were fu ri ous and want ed to put them to death. 34 But a Phar i see named Ga ma li el, a teach er of the law, who was hon ored by all the peo ple, stood up in the San he drin and or dered that the men be put out side for a little while. 35 Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: Men of Israel, consider careful ly what you in tend to do to these men. 36 Some time ago Theu das ap peared, claim ing to be some body, and about four hun dred men ral lied to him. He was killed, all his fol low ers were dis persed, and it all came to noth ing. 37 After him, Ju das the Gal i le an ap peared in the days of the cen sus and led a band of peo ple in re volt. He too was killed, and all his fol low ers were scat tered. 38 There fore, in the pres ent case I ad vise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their pur pose or ac tiv i ty is of hu man or i gin, it will fail. 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find your selves fight ing against God. 40 His speech per suad ed them. They called the apos tles in and had them flogged. Then they or dered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 The apos tles left the San he drin, re joic ing be cause they had been count ed wor thy of suf fer ing dis grace for the Name. 42 Day af ter day, in the tem ple courts and from house to house, they nev er stopped teach ing and pro claim ing the good news that Jesus is the Mes si ah. The Choosing of the Seven 6 In those days when the num ber of dis ci ples was in creas ing, the Hel len is tic Jews a among them com plained against the He bra ic Jews be cause their widows were be ing over looked in the dai ly dis tri bu tion of food. 2 So the Twelve gathered all the dis ci ples to geth er and said, It would not be right for us to ne glect the min is try of the word of God in or der to wait on ta bles. 3 Broth ers and sis ters, choose sev en men from among you who are known to be full of the Spir it and wis dom. We will turn this re spon si bil i ty over to them 4 and will give our at tention to prayer and the min is try of the word. 5 This pro pos al pleased the whole group. They chose Ste phen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spir it; also Phil ip, Proc o rus, Ni ca nor, Ti mon, Par me nas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 6 They pre sent ed these men to the apos tles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. 7 So the word of God spread. The num ber of dis ci ples in Je ru sa lem in creased rap id ly, and a large num ber of priests be came obe di ent to the faith. Stephen Seized 8 Now Ste phen, a man full of God s grace and pow er, per formed great won ders and signs among the peo ple. 9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Syn a gogue of the Freed men (as it was called) Jews of Cy re ne and Al ex an dria as well as the prov inc es of Ci li cia and Asia who be gan to ar gue with Ste phen. 10 But they could not stand up against the wis dom the Spir it gave him as he spoke. 11 Then they se cret ly per suad ed some men to say, We have heard Ste phen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God. 12 So they stirred up the peo ple and the el ders and the teach ers of the law. They seized Ste phen and brought him be fore the San he drin. 13 They pro duced false wit ness es, who tes ti fied, This fel low nev er stops speak ing against this holy a 1 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture

14 Acts 7: place and against the law. 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Naz a reth will de stroy this place and change the cus toms Mo ses hand ed down to us. 15 All who were sit ting in the San he drin looked in tent ly at Ste phen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an an gel. Stephen s Speech to the Sanhedrin 7 Then the high priest asked Ste phen, Are these charg es true? 2 To this he re plied: Broth ers and fa thers, lis ten to me! The God of glo ry appeared to our fa ther Abra ham while he was still in Mes o po ta mia, be fore he lived in Harran. 3 Leave your coun try and your peo ple, God said, and go to the land I will show you. a 4 So he left the land of the Chal de ans and set tled in Har ran. Af ter the death of his fa ther, God sent him to this land where you are now liv ing. 5 He gave him no in her i tance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God prom ised him that he and his de scen dants af ter him would pos sess the land, even though at that time Abra ham had no child. 6 God spoke to him in this way: For four hundred years your de scen dants will be strang ers in a coun try not their own, and they will be en slaved and mis treat ed. 7 But I will pun ish the na tion they serve as slaves, God said, and af ter ward they will come out of that coun try and wor ship me in this place. b 8 Then he gave Abra ham the cov enant of cir cum ci sion. And Abra ham be came the fa ther of Isaac and cir cum cised him eight days af ter his birth. Lat er Isaac be came the fa ther of Ja cob, and Ja cob be came the fa ther of the twelve pa tri archs. 9 Be cause the pa tri archs were jeal ous of Jo seph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him 10 and res cued him from all his trou bles. He gave Jo seph wis dom and en abled him to gain the good will of Phar aoh king of Egypt. So Phar aoh made him rul er over Egypt and all his pal ace. 11 Then a fam ine struck all Egypt and Ca naan, bring ing great suf fer ing, and our an ces tors could not find food. 12 When Ja cob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fore fa thers on their first vis it. 13 On their second visit, Joseph told his broth ers who he was, and Phar aoh learned about Jo seph s fam i ly. 14 After this, Jo seph sent for his fa ther Ja cob and his whole fam i ly, sev en ty-five in all. 15 Then Ja cob went down to Egypt, where he and our an ces tors died. 16 Their bod ies were brought back to She chem and placed in the tomb that Abra ham had bought from the sons of Ha mor at She chem for a cer tain sum of mon ey. 17 As the time drew near for God to ful fill his prom ise to Abra ham, the number of our peo ple in Egypt had great ly in creased. 18 Then a new king, to whom Jo seph meant noth ing, came to pow er in Egypt. c 19 He dealt treacherously with our peo ple and op pressed our an ces tors by forc ing them to throw out their newborn ba bies so that they would die. 20 At that time Mo ses was born, and he was no or di nary child. d For three months he was cared for by his fam i ly. 21 When he was placed out side, Phar aoh s daugh ter took him and brought him up as her own son. 22 Moses was educated in all the wis dom of the Egyp tians and was pow er ful in speech and ac tion. 23 When Mo ses was for ty years old, he de cid ed to vis it his own peo ple, the Is ra el ites. 24 He saw one of them be ing mis treat ed by an Egyp tian, so he went to his de fense and avenged him by kill ing the Egyp tian. 25 Mo ses thought that his own peo ple would re al ize that God was us ing him to res cue them, but they did not. 26 The next day Mo ses came upon two Is ra el ites who were fight ing. He tried to rec on cile them by say ing, Men, you are broth ers; why do you want to hurt each other? 27 But the man who was mis treat ing the oth er pushed Mo ses aside and said, Who made you rul er and judge over us? 28 Are you think ing of kill ing me as you killed the Egyp tian yes ter day? e 29 When Mo ses heard this, he fled to Mid i an, where he set tled as a for eign er and had two sons. a 3 Gen. 12:1 b 7 Gen. 15:13,14 c 18 Exodus 1:8 d 20 Or was fair in the sight of God e 28 Exodus 2:14

15 1290 ACTS 7:30 30 Af ter for ty years had passed, an an gel ap peared to Mo ses in the flames of a burn ing bush in the des ert near Mount Si nai. 31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a clos er look, he heard the Lord say: 32 I am the God of your fa thers, the God of Abra ham, Isaac and Ja cob. a Mo ses trem bled with fear and did not dare to look. 33 Then the Lord said to him, Take off your san dals, for the place where you are stand ing is holy ground. 34 I have in deed seen the op pres sion of my peo ple in Egypt. I have heard their groan ing and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt. b 35 This is the same Mo ses they had re ject ed with the words, Who made you rul er and judge? He was sent to be their rul er and de liv er er by God him self, through the an gel who ap peared to him in the bush. 36 He led them out of Egypt and per formed won ders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for for ty years in the wil der ness. 37 This is the Mo ses who told the Is ra el ites, God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own peo ple. c 38 He was in the as sem bly in the wil der ness, with the an gel who spoke to him on Mount Si nai, and with our an ces tors; and he re ceived liv ing words to pass on to us. 39 But our an ces tors re fused to obey him. In stead, they re ject ed him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. 40 They told Aar on, Make us gods who will go be fore us. As for this fel low Mo ses who led us out of Egypt we don t know what has hap pened to him! d 41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sac ri fic es to it and rev eled in what their own hands had made. 42 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the wor ship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is writ ten in the book of the proph ets: Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel? 43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile e beyond Babylon. 44 Our an ces tors had the tab er na cle of the cov enant law with them in the wilder ness. It had been made as God di rect ed Mo ses, ac cord ing to the pat tern he had seen. 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the na tions God drove out be fore them. It re mained in the land un til the time of Da vid, 46 who en joyed God s fa vor and asked that he might pro vide a dwell ing place for the God of Ja cob. f 47 But it was Sol o mon who built a house for him. 48 How ev er, the Most High does not live in hous es made by hu man hands. As the proph et says: 49 Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? Or where will my resting place be? 50 Has not my hand made all these things? g says the Lord. 51 You stiff necked peo ple! Your hearts and ears are still un cir cum cised. You are just like your an ces tors: You al ways re sist the Holy Spir it! 52 Was there ever a proph et your an ces tors did not per se cute? They even killed those who pre dict ed the com ing of the Righ teous One. And now you have be trayed and mur dered him 53 you who have re ceived the law that was giv en through an gels but have not obeyed it. a 32 Exodus 3:6 b 34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10 c 37 Deut. 18:15 d 40 Exodus 32:1 e 43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint) f 46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob g 50 Isaiah 66:1,2

16 ACTS 8: The Stoning of Stephen 54 When the mem bers of the San he drin heard this, they were fu ri ous and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Ste phen, full of the Holy Spir it, looked up to heav en and saw the glo ry of God, and Jesus stand ing at the right hand of God. 56 Look, he said, I see heav en open and the Son of Man stand ing at the right hand of God. 57 At this they cov ered their ears and, yell ing at the top of their voic es, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city and be gan to stone him. Mean while, the wit ness es laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 While they were ston ing him, Ste phen prayed, Lord Jesus, re ceive my spirit. 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, Lord, do not hold this sin against them. When he had said this, he fell asleep. 8 And Saul ap proved of their kill ing him. The Church Persecuted and Scattered On that day a great per se cu tion broke out against the church in Je ru sa lem, and all ex cept the apos tles were scat tered through out Ju dea and Sa mar ia. 2 Godly men bur ied Ste phen and mourned deep ly for him. 3 But Saul be gan to de stroy the church. Go ing from house to house, he dragged off both men and wom en and put them in pris on. Philip in Samaria 4 Those who had been scat tered preached the word wher ev er they went. 5 Philip went down to a city in Sa mar ia and pro claimed the Mes si ah there. 6 When the crowds heard Phil ip and saw the signs he per formed, they all paid close at tention to what he said. 7 For with shrieks, im pure spir its came out of many, and many who were par a lyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was great joy in that city. Simon the Sorcerer 9 Now for some time a man named Si mon had prac ticed sor cery in the city and amazed all the peo ple of Sa mar ia. He boast ed that he was some one great, 10 and all the peo ple, both high and low, gave him their at ten tion and ex claimed, This man is right ly called the Great Pow er of God. 11 They fol lowed him be cause he had amazed them for a long time with his sor cery. 12 But when they be lieved Philip as he pro claimed the good news of the king dom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were bap tized, both men and wom en. 13 Si mon him self be lieved and was bap tized. And he fol lowed Phil ip ev ery where, as ton ished by the great signs and mir a cles he saw. 14 When the apos tles in Je ru sa lem heard that Sa mar ia had ac cept ed the word of God, they sent Pe ter and John to Sa mar ia. 15 When they ar rived, they prayed for the new be liev ers there that they might re ceive the Holy Spir it, 16 because the Holy Spir it had not yet come on any of them; they had sim ply been bap tized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Pe ter and John placed their hands on them, and they re ceived the Holy Spir it. 18 When Si mon saw that the Spir it was giv en at the lay ing on of the apos tles hands, he of fered them mon ey 19 and said, Give me also this abil i ty so that every one on whom I lay my hands may re ceive the Holy Spir it. 20 Pe ter an swered: May your mon ey per ish with you, be cause you thought you could buy the gift of God with mon ey! 21 You have no part or share in this min is try, be cause your heart is not right be fore God. 22 Re pent of this wick edness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may for give you for hav ing such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bit ter ness and cap tive to sin. 24 Then Si mon an swered, Pray to the Lord for me so that noth ing you have said may hap pen to me. 25 Af ter they had fur ther pro claimed the word of the Lord and tes ti fied about

17 1292 ACTS 8:26 Jesus, Pe ter and John re turned to Je ru sa lem, preach ing the gos pel in many Samar i tan vil lag es. Philip and the Ethiopian 26 Now an an gel of the Lord said to Phil ip, Go south to the road the des ert road that goes down from Je ru sa lem to Gaza. 27 So he start ed out, and on his way he met an Ethi o pi an a eu nuch, an im por tant of fi cial in charge of all the treasury of the Kan da ke (which means queen of the Ethi o pi ans ). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sit ting in his char i ot read ing the Book of Isa iah the proph et. 29 The Spir it told Phil ip, Go to that chari ot and stay near it. 30 Then Phil ip ran up to the char i ot and heard the man read ing Isa iah the proph et. Do you un der stand what you are read ing? Phil ip asked. 31 How can I, he said, un less some one ex plains it to me? So he in vit ed Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 This is the pas sage of Scrip ture the eu nuch was read ing: He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth. b 34 The eu nuch asked Phil ip, Tell me, please, who is the proph et talk ing about, him self or some one else? 35 Then Phil ip be gan with that very pas sage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they trav eled along the road, they came to some wa ter and the eu nuch said, Look, here is wa ter. What can stand in the way of my be ing bap tized? [37] c 38 And he gave or ders to stop the char i ot. Then both Phil ip and the eu nuch went down into the wa ter and Phil ip bap tized him. 39 When they came up out of the wa ter, the Spir it of the Lord sud den ly took Phil ip away, and the eu nuch did not see him again, but went on his way re joic ing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and trav eled about, preach ing the gos pel in all the towns un til he reached Caes a rea. Saul s Conversion 9 Mean while, Saul was still breath ing out mur der ous threats against the Lord s dis ci ples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for let ters to the syn a gogues in Da mas cus, so that if he found any there who be longed to the Way, wheth er men or wom en, he might take them as pris on ers to Je ru sa lem. 3 As he neared Da mas cus on his jour ney, sud den ly a light from heav en flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? 5 Who are you, Lord? Saul asked. I am Jesus, whom you are per se cut ing, he re plied. 6 Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. 7 The men trav el ing with Saul stood there speech less; they heard the sound but did not see any one. 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see noth ing. So they led him by the hand into Da mas cus. 9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink any thing. 10 In Da mas cus there was a dis ci ple named An a ni as. The Lord called to him in a vision, Ananias! Yes, Lord, he an swered. 11 The Lord told him, Go to the house of Ju das on Straight Street and ask for a a 27 That is, from the southern Nile region b 33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint) c 37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. The eunuch answered, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

18 Acts 9: man from Tar sus named Saul, for he is pray ing. 12 In a vi sion he has seen a man named An a ni as come and place his hands on him to re store his sight. 13 Lord, An a ni as an swered, I have heard many re ports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy peo ple in Je ru sa lem. 14 And he has come here with au thor i ty from the chief priests to ar rest all who call on your name. 15 But the Lord said to An a ni as, Go! This man is my cho sen in stru ment to pro claim my name to the Gen tiles and their kings and to the peo ple of Is ra el. 16 I will show him how much he must suf fer for my name. 17 Then An a ni as went to the house and en tered it. Plac ing his hands on Saul, he said, Broth er Saul, the Lord Jesus, who ap peared to you on the road as you were com ing here has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 18 Im me di ate ly, some thing like scales fell from Saul s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was bap tized, 19 and af ter tak ing some food, he re gained his strength. Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem Saul spent sev er al days with the dis ci ples in Da mas cus. 20 At once he be gan to preach in the syn a gogues that Jesus is the Son of God. 21 All those who heard him were as ton ished and asked, Isn t he the man who raised hav oc in Je ru salem among those who call on this name? And hasn t he come here to take them as pris on ers to the chief priests? 22 Yet Saul grew more and more pow er ful and baf fled the Jews liv ing in Da mas cus by prov ing that Jesus is the Mes si ah. 23 Af ter many days had gone by, there was a con spir a cy among the Jews to kill him, 24 but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in or der to kill him. 25 But his fol low ers took him by night and low ered him in a bas ket through an open ing in the wall. 26 When he came to Je ru sa lem, he tried to join the dis ci ples, but they were all afraid of him, not be liev ing that he real ly was a dis ci ple. 27 But Bar na bas took him and brought him to the apos tles. He told them how Saul on his jour ney had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spo ken to him, and how in Da mas cus he had preached fear less ly in the name of Jesus. 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about free ly in Je ru sa lem, speak ing bold ly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, a but they tried to kill him. 30 When the be liev ers learned of this, they took him down to Caes a rea and sent him off to Tarsus. 31 Then the church through out Ju dea, Gal i lee and Sa mar ia en joyed a time of peace and was strength ened. Liv ing in the fear of the Lord and en cour aged by the Holy Spir it, it in creased in num bers. Aeneas and Dorcas 32 As Pe ter trav eled about the coun try, he went to vis it the Lord s peo ple who lived in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Ae ne as, who was par a lyzed and had been bed rid den for eight years. 34 Ae ne as, Pe ter said to him, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat. Im me di ate ly Ae ne as got up. 35 All those who lived in Lyd da and Shar on saw him and turned to the Lord. 36 In Jop pa there was a dis ci ple named Tab i tha (in Greek her name is Dor cas); she was al ways do ing good and help ing the poor. 37 About that time she be came sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an up stairs room. 38 Lydda was near Jop pa; so when the dis ci ples heard that Pe ter was in Lyd da, they sent two men to him and urged him, Please come at once! 39 Pe ter went with them, and when he ar rived he was tak en up stairs to the room. All the wid ows stood around him, cry ing and show ing him the robes and oth er cloth ing that Dor cas had made while she was still with them. 40 Pe ter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turn ing to ward the dead wom an, he said, Tab i tha, get up. She opened a 29 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture

19 1294 ACTS 9:41 her eyes, and see ing Pe ter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the be liev ers, es pe cial ly the wid ows, and pre sented her to them alive. 42 This be came known all over Jop pa, and many peo ple believed in the Lord. 43 Pe ter stayed in Jop pa for some time with a tan ner named Si mon. Cornelius Calls for Peter At Caes a rea there was a man named Cor nel i us, a cen tu ri on in what was 10 known as the Ital ian Reg i ment. 2 He and all his fam i ly were de vout and God-fear ing; he gave gen er ous ly to those in need and prayed to God reg u lar ly. 3 One day at about three in the af ter noon he had a vi sion. He dis tinct ly saw an an gel of God, who came to him and said, Cor nel i us! 4 Cor nel i us stared at him in fear. What is it, Lord? he asked. The an gel an swered, Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a me mo ri al of fer ing be fore God. 5 Now send men to Jop pa to bring back a man named Si mon who is called Pe ter. 6 He is stay ing with Si mon the tan ner, whose house is by the sea. 7 When the an gel who spoke to him had gone, Cor nel i us called two of his servants and a de vout sol dier who was one of his at ten dants. 8 He told them ev erything that had hap pened and sent them to Jop pa. Peter s Vision 9 About noon the fol low ing day as they were on their jour ney and ap proaching the city, Pe ter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He be came hun gry and want ed some thing to eat, and while the meal was be ing pre pared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heav en opened and some thing like a large sheet be ing let down to earth by its four cor ners. 12 It con tained all kinds of four-foot ed an i mals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13 Then a voice told him, Get up, Pe ter. Kill and eat. 14 Sure ly not, Lord! Pe ter re plied. I have nev er eat en any thing im pure or unclean. 15 The voice spoke to him a sec ond time, Do not call any thing im pure that God has made clean. 16 This hap pened three times, and im me di ate ly the sheet was tak en back to heav en. 17 While Pe ter was won der ing about the mean ing of the vi sion, the men sent by Cor nel i us found out where Si mon s house was and stopped at the gate. 18 They called out, ask ing if Si mon who was known as Pe ter was stay ing there. 19 While Pe ter was still think ing about the vi sion, the Spir it said to him, Simon, three a men are look ing for you. 20 So get up and go down stairs. Do not hesi tate to go with them, for I have sent them. 21 Pe ter went down and said to the men, I m the one you re look ing for. Why have you come? 22 The men re plied, We have come from Cor nel i us the cen tu ri on. He is a righteous and God-fear ing man, who is re spect ed by all the Jew ish peo ple. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say. 23 Then Pe ter in vit ed the men into the house to be his guests. Peter at Cornelius s House The next day Pe ter start ed out with them, and some of the be liev ers from Joppa went along. 24 The fol low ing day he ar rived in Caes a rea. Cor nel i us was expect ing them and had called to geth er his rel a tives and close friends. 25 As Peter en tered the house, Cor nel i us met him and fell at his feet in rev er ence. 26 But Pe ter made him get up. Stand up, he said, I am only a man my self. 27 While talk ing with him, Pe ter went in side and found a large gath er ing of peo ple. 28 He said to them: You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew a 19 One early manuscript two; other manuscripts do not have the number.

20 Acts 11: to as so ci ate with or vis it a Gen tile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. 29 So when I was sent for, I came with out rais ing any ob jec tion. May I ask why you sent for me? 30 Cor nel i us an swered: Three days ago I was in my house pray ing at this hour, at three in the af ter noon. Sud den ly a man in shin ing clothes stood be fore me 31 and said, Cor nel i us, God has heard your prayer and re mem bered your gifts to the poor. 32 Send to Jop pa for Si mon who is called Pe ter. He is a guest in the home of Si mon the tan ner, who lives by the sea. 33 So I sent for you im me di ate ly, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the pres ence of God to lis ten to ev ery thing the Lord has com mand ed you to tell us. 34 Then Pe ter be gan to speak: I now re al ize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but ac cepts from ev ery na tion the one who fears him and does what is right. 36 You know the mes sage God sent to the peo ple of Is ra el, an nouncing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37 You know what has hap pened through out the prov ince of Ju dea, be gin ning in Gal i lee af ter the bap tism that John preached 38 how God anoint ed Jesus of Naz a reth with the Holy Spir it and pow er, and how he went around do ing good and heal ing all who were un der the pow er of the dev il, be cause God was with him. 39 We are wit ness es of ev ery thing he did in the coun try of the Jews and in Jeru sa lem. They killed him by hang ing him on a cross, 40 but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. 41 He was not seen by all the peo ple, but by wit ness es whom God had al ready cho sen by us who ate and drank with him af ter he rose from the dead. 42 He com mand ed us to preach to the peo ple and to tes ti fy that he is the one whom God ap point ed as judge of the liv ing and the dead. 43 All the proph ets tes ti fy about him that ev ery one who be lieves in him re ceives for give ness of sins through his name. 44 While Pe ter was still speak ing these words, the Holy Spir it came on all who heard the message. 45 The cir cum cised be liev ers who had come with Pe ter were as ton ished that the gift of the Holy Spir it had been poured out even on Gen tiles. 46 For they heard them speak ing in tongues a and prais ing God. Then Pe ter said, 47 Sure ly no one can stand in the way of their be ing bap tized with wa ter. They have re ceived the Holy Spir it just as we have. 48 So he or dered that they be bap tized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Pe ter to stay with them for a few days. Peter Explains His Actions The apos tles and the be liev ers through out Ju dea heard that the Gen tiles 11 also had re ceived the word of God. 2 So when Pe ter went up to Je ru sa lem, the circumcised believers criticized him 3 and said, You went into the house of un cir cum cised men and ate with them. 4 Start ing from the be gin ning, Pe ter told them the whole sto ry: 5 I was in the city of Jop pa pray ing, and in a trance I saw a vi sion. I saw some thing like a large sheet be ing let down from heav en by its four cor ners, and it came down to where I was. 6 I looked into it and saw four-foot ed an i mals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. 7 Then I heard a voice tell ing me, Get up, Pe ter. Kill and eat. 8 I re plied, Sure ly not, Lord! Noth ing im pure or un clean has ever en tered my mouth. 9 The voice spoke from heav en a sec ond time, Do not call any thing im pure that God has made clean. 10 This hap pened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heav en again. 11 Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caes a rea stopped at the house where I was stay ing. 12 The Spir it told me to have no hes i ta tion about go ing with them. These six broth ers also went with me, and we en tered the man s house. 13 He told us how he had seen an an gel ap pear in his house and say, Send to Jop pa for Si mon who is called Pe ter. 14 He will bring you a mes sage through which you and all your house hold will be saved. a 46 Or other languages

21 1296 ACTS 11:15 15 As I be gan to speak, the Holy Spir it came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. 16 Then I re mem bered what the Lord had said: John bap tized with a wa ter, but you will be bap tized with a the Holy Spir it. 17 So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who be lieved in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God s way? 18 When they heard this, they had no fur ther ob jec tions and praised God, saying, So then, even to Gen tiles God has grant ed re pen tance that leads to life. The Church in Antioch 19 Now those who had been scat tered by the per se cu tion that broke out when Ste phen was killed trav eled as far as Phoe nic ia, Cy prus and An ti och, spread ing the word only among Jews. 20 Some of them, how ev er, men from Cy prus and Cyre ne, went to An ti och and be gan to speak to Greeks also, tell ing them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21 The Lord s hand was with them, and a great num ber of peo ple be lieved and turned to the Lord. 22 News of this reached the church in Je ru sa lem, and they sent Bar na bas to Antioch. 23 When he ar rived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and en cour aged them all to re main true to the Lord with all their hearts. 24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spir it and faith, and a great num ber of peo ple were brought to the Lord. 25 Then Bar na bas went to Tar sus to look for Saul, 26 and when he found him, he brought him to An ti och. So for a whole year Bar na bas and Saul met with the church and taught great num bers of peo ple. The dis ci ples were called Chris tians first at Antioch. 27 Dur ing this time some proph ets came down from Je ru sa lem to An ti och. 28 One of them, named Ag a bus, stood up and through the Spir it pre dict ed that a se vere fam ine would spread over the en tire Ro man world. (This hap pened during the reign of Claudius.) 29 The dis ci ples, as each one was able, de cid ed to pro vide help for the broth ers and sis ters liv ing in Ju dea. 30 This they did, send ing their gift to the el ders by Bar na bas and Saul. Peter s Miraculous Escape From Prison It was about this time that King Her od ar rest ed some who be longed to the 12 church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the broth er of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with ap prov al among the Jews, he pro ceed ed to seize Pe ter also. This hap pened dur ing the Fes ti val of Unleavened Bread. 4 Af ter ar rest ing him, he put him in pris on, hand ing him over to be guard ed by four squads of four sol diers each. Her od in tend ed to bring him out for pub lic tri al af ter the Pass over. 5 So Pe ter was kept in pris on, but the church was ear nest ly pray ing to God for him. 6 The night be fore Her od was to bring him to tri al, Pe ter was sleep ing be tween two sol diers, bound with two chains, and sen tries stood guard at the en trance. 7 Sud den ly an an gel of the Lord ap peared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Pe ter on the side and woke him up. Quick, get up! he said, and the chains fell off Pe ter s wrists. 8 Then the an gel said to him, Put on your clothes and san dals. And Pe ter did so. Wrap your cloak around you and fol low me, the an gel told him. 9 Peter fol lowed him out of the pris on, but he had no idea that what the an gel was do ing was real ly hap pen ing; he thought he was see ing a vi sion. 10 They passed the first and sec ond guards and came to the iron gate lead ing to the city. It opened for them by it self, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, sud den ly the an gel left him. 11 Then Pe ter came to him self and said, Now I know with out a doubt that the Lord has sent his an gel and res cued me from Her od s clutch es and from ev erything the Jew ish peo ple were hop ing would hap pen. a 16 Or in

22 Acts 13: When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the moth er of John, also called Mark, where many peo ple had gath ered and were pray ing. 13 Pe ter knocked at the out er en trance, and a ser vant named Rho da came to answer the door. 14 When she rec og nized Pe ter s voice, she was so over joyed she ran back with out open ing it and ex claimed, Pe ter is at the door! 15 You re out of your mind, they told her. When she kept in sist ing that it was so, they said, It must be his an gel. 16 But Pe ter kept on knock ing, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Pe ter mo tioned with his hand for them to be qui et and de scribed how the Lord had brought him out of pris on. Tell James and the other broth ers and sis ters about this, he said, and then he left for an oth er place. 18 In the morn ing, there was no small com mo tion among the sol diers as to what had be come of Pe ter. 19 Af ter Her od had a thor ough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-ex am ined the guards and or dered that they be ex e cut ed. Herod s Death Then Her od went from Ju dea to Caes a rea and stayed there. 20 He had been quar rel ing with the peo ple of Tyre and Si don; they now joined to geth er and sought an au di ence with him. After se cur ing the sup port of Blas tus, a trust ed per son al ser vant of the king, they asked for peace, be cause they de pend ed on the king s coun try for their food sup ply. 21 On the ap point ed day Her od, wear ing his roy al robes, sat on his throne and de liv ered a pub lic ad dress to the peo ple. 22 They shout ed, This is the voice of a god, not of a man. 23 Im me di ate ly, be cause Her od did not give praise to God, an an gel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eat en by worms and died. 24 But the word of God con tin ued to spread and flour ish. Barnabas and Saul Sent Off 25 When Bar na bas and Saul had fin ished their mis sion, they re turned from 13 a Je ru sa lem, tak ing with them John, also called Mark. 1 Now in the church at An ti och there were proph ets and teach ers: Bar na bas, Sim e on called Ni ger, Lu ci us of Cy re ne, Man a en (who had been brought up with Her od the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were wor ship ing the Lord and fast ing, the Holy Spir it said, Set apart for me Bar na bas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. 3 So af ter they had fast ed and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. On Cyprus 4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spir it, went down to Se leu cia and sailed from there to Cy prus. 5 When they ar rived at Sal a mis, they pro claimed the word of God in the Jew ish syn a gogues. John was with them as their help er. 6 They trav eled through the whole is land un til they came to Pa phos. There they met a Jew ish sor cer er and false proph et named Bar Jesus, 7 who was an atten dant of the pro con sul, Ser gi us Pau lus. The pro con sul, an in tel li gent man, sent for Bar na bas and Saul be cause he want ed to hear the word of God. 8 But El y mas the sor cer er (for that is what his name means) op posed them and tried to turn the pro con sul from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spir it, looked straight at El y mas and said, 10 You are a child of the dev il and an en e my of ev ery thing that is right! You are full of all kinds of de ceit and trick ery. Will you nev er stop per vert ing the right ways of the Lord? 11 Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are go ing to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun. Im me di ate ly mist and dark ness came over him, and he groped about, seek ing some one to lead him by the hand. 12 When the pro con sul saw what had happened, he be lieved, for he was amazed at the teach ing about the Lord. a 25 Some manuscripts to

23 1298 ACTS 13:13 In Pisidian Antioch 13 From Pa phos, Paul and his com pan ions sailed to Per ga in Pam phyl ia, where John left them to re turn to Je ru sa lem. 14 From Per ga they went on to Pi sid i an An ti och. On the Sab bath they en tered the syn a gogue and sat down. 15 Af ter the read ing from the Law and the Proph ets, the lead ers of the syn a gogue sent word to them, say ing, Broth ers, if you have a word of ex hor ta tion for the peo ple, please speak. 16 Stand ing up, Paul mo tioned with his hand and said: Fel low Is ra el ites and you Gen tiles who wor ship God, lis ten to me! 17 The God of the peo ple of Is rael chose our an ces tors; he made the peo ple pros per dur ing their stay in Egypt; with mighty pow er he led them out of that coun try; 18 for about for ty years he endured their conduct a in the wil der ness; 19 and he over threw sev en na tions in Ca naan, giv ing their land to his peo ple as their in her i tance. 20 All this took about 450 years. Af ter this, God gave them judg es un til the time of Sam uel the proph et. 21 Then the peo ple asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. 22 Af ter re mov ing Saul, he made Da vid their king. God tes ti fied con cern ing him: I have found Da vid son of Jes se, a man af ter my own heart; he will do ev ery thing I want him to do. 23 From this man s de scen dants God has brought to Is ra el the Sav ior Jesus, as he prom ised. 24 Be fore the com ing of Jesus, John preached re pen tance and bap tism to all the peo ple of Is ra el. 25 As John was com plet ing his work, he said: Who do you sup pose I am? I am not the one you are look ing for. But there is one com ing af ter me whose san dals I am not wor thy to un tie. 26 Fel low chil dren of Abra ham and you God-fear ing Gen tiles, it is to us that this mes sage of sal va tion has been sent. 27 The peo ple of Je ru sa lem and their rulers did not rec og nize Jesus, yet in con demn ing him they ful filled the words of the proph ets that are read ev ery Sab bath. 28 Though they found no prop er ground for a death sen tence, they asked Pi late to have him ex e cut ed. 29 When they had car ried out all that was writ ten about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days he was seen by those who had trav eled with him from Gal i lee to Je ru sa lem. They are now his wit ness es to our peo ple. 32 We tell you the good news: What God prom ised our an ces tors 33 he has fulfilled for us, their chil dren, by rais ing up Jesus. As it is writ ten in the sec ond Psalm: You are my son; today I have become your father. b 34 God raised him from the dead so that he will nev er be sub ject to de cay. As God has said, I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David. c 35 So it is also stat ed else where: You will not let your holy one see decay. d 36 Now when Da vid had served God s pur pose in his own gen er a tion, he fell asleep; he was bur ied with his an ces tors and his body de cayed. 37 But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see de cay. 38 There fore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the for giveness of sins is pro claimed to you. 39 Through him ev ery one who be lieves is set free from ev ery sin, a jus ti fi ca tion you were not able to ob tain un der the law of Mo ses. 40 Take care that what the proph ets have said does not hap pen to you: 41 Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, a 18 Some manuscripts he cared for them b 33 Psalm 2:7 c 34 Isaiah 55:3 d 35 Psalm 16:10 (see Septuagint)

24 Acts 14: for I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you. a 42 As Paul and Bar na bas were leav ing the syn a gogue, the peo ple in vit ed them to speak fur ther about these things on the next Sab bath. 43 When the congregation was dis missed, many of the Jews and de vout con verts to Ju da ism fol lowed Paul and Bar na bas, who talked with them and urged them to con tin ue in the grace of God. 44 On the next Sab bath al most the whole city gath ered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jeal ou sy. They began to con tra dict what Paul was say ing and heaped abuse on him. 46 Then Paul and Bar na bas an swered them bold ly: We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you re ject it and do not con sid er your selves wor thy of eter nal life, we now turn to the Gen tiles. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you b a light for the Gentiles, that you b may bring salvation to the ends of the earth. c 48 When the Gen tiles heard this, they were glad and hon ored the word of the Lord; and all who were ap point ed for eter nal life be lieved. 49 The word of the Lord spread through the whole re gion. 50 But the Jew ish lead ers in cit ed the God-fear ing wom en of high stand ing and the lead ing men of the city. They stirred up per se cu tion against Paul and Bar na bas, and ex pelled them from their re gion. 51 So they shook the dust off their feet as a warn ing to them and went to Ico ni um. 52 And the dis ci ples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spir it. In Iconium At Ico ni um Paul and Bar na bas went as usu al into the Jew ish syn a gogue. 14 There they spoke so ef fec tive ly that a great num ber of Jews and Greeks be lieved. 2 But the Jews who re fused to be lieve stirred up the oth er Gen tiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3 So Paul and Bar na bas spent con sider able time there, speak ing bold ly for the Lord, who con firmed the mes sage of his grace by en abling them to per form signs and won ders. 4 The peo ple of the city were di vid ed; some sid ed with the Jews, oth ers with the apos tles. 5 There was a plot afoot among both Gen tiles and Jews, to geth er with their lead ers, to mis treat them and stone them. 6 But they found out about it and fled to the Lyc a o ni an cities of Lys tra and Der be and to the sur round ing coun try, 7 where they continued to preach the gos pel. In Lystra and Derbe 8 In Lys tra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. 9 He lis tened to Paul as he was speak ing. Paul looked di rect ly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, Stand up on your feet! At that, the man jumped up and be gan to walk. 11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shout ed in the Lyc a o ni an lan guage, The gods have come down to us in hu man form! 12 Bar na bas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Her mes be cause he was the chief speak er. 13 The priest of Zeus, whose tem ple was just out side the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates be cause he and the crowd want ed to of fer sac ri fic es to them. 14 But when the apos tles Bar na bas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shout ing: 15 Friends, why are you do ing this? We too are only hu man, like you. We are bring ing you good news, tell ing you to turn from these worth less things to the liv ing God, who made the heav ens a 41 Hab. 1:5 b 47 The Greek is singular. c 47 Isaiah 49:6

25 1300 ACTS 14:16 and the earth and the sea and ev ery thing in them. 16 In the past, he let all na tions go their own way. 17 Yet he has not left him self with out tes ti mo ny: He has shown kind ness by giv ing you rain from heav en and crops in their sea sons; he pro vides you with plen ty of food and fills your hearts with joy. 18 Even with these words, they had dif fi cul ty keep ing the crowd from sac ri fic ing to them. 19 Then some Jews came from An ti och and Ico ni um and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him out side the city, think ing he was dead. 20 But af ter the dis ci ples had gath ered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Bar na bas left for Der be. The Return to Antioch in Syria 21 They preached the gos pel in that city and won a large num ber of dis ci ples. Then they re turned to Lys tra, Ico ni um and An ti och, 22 strength en ing the disci ples and en cour ag ing them to re main true to the faith. We must go through many hard ships to en ter the king dom of God, they said. 23 Paul and Bar na bas ap point ed el ders a for them in each church and, with prayer and fast ing, commit ted them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. 24 Af ter go ing through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia, 25 and when they had preached the word in Per ga, they went down to At ta lia. 26 From At ta lia they sailed back to An ti och, where they had been com mit ted to the grace of God for the work they had now com plet ed. 27 On arriving there, they gath ered the church to geth er and re port ed all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gen tiles. 28 And they stayed there a long time with the dis ci ples. The Council at Jerusalem Cer tain peo ple came down from Ju dea to An ti och and were teach ing the 15 be liev ers: Un less you are cir cum cised, ac cord ing to the cus tom taught by Mo ses, you can not be saved. 2 This brought Paul and Bar na bas into sharp dispute and de bate with them. So Paul and Bar na bas were ap point ed, along with some oth er be liev ers, to go up to Je ru sa lem to see the apos tles and el ders about this question. 3 The church sent them on their way, and as they trav eled through Phoe nic ia and Sa mar ia, they told how the Gen tiles had been con vert ed. This news made all the be liev ers very glad. 4 When they came to Je ru sa lem, they were wel comed by the church and the apos tles and el ders, to whom they re port ed ev ery thing God had done through them. 5 Then some of the be liev ers who be longed to the par ty of the Phar i sees stood up and said, The Gen tiles must be cir cum cised and re quired to keep the law of Mo ses. 6 The apos tles and el ders met to con sid er this ques tion. 7 After much discussion, Pe ter got up and ad dressed them: Broth ers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gen tiles might hear from my lips the mes sage of the gos pel and be lieve. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he ac cept ed them by giv ing the Holy Spir it to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not dis crim i nate be tween us and them, for he pu ri fied their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by put ting on the necks of Gen tiles a yoke that nei ther we nor our an ces tors have been able to bear? 11 No! We be lieve it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are. 12 The whole as sem bly be came si lent as they lis tened to Bar na bas and Paul tell ing about the signs and won ders God had done among the Gen tiles through them. 13 When they fin ished, James spoke up. Broth ers, he said, lis ten to me. 14 Si mon b has de scribed to us how God first in ter vened to choose a peo ple for his name from the Gen tiles. 15 The words of the proph ets are in agree ment with this, as it is writ ten: a 23 Or Barnabas ordained elders; or Barnabas had elders elected variant of Simon; that is, Peter b 14 Greek Simeon, a

26 Acts 15: After this I will return and rebuild David s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, 17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things a 18 things known from long ago. b 19 It is my judg ment, there fore, that we should not make it dif fi cult for the Gen tiles who are turn ing to God. 20 In stead we should write to them, tell ing them to ab stain from food pol lut ed by idols, from sex u al im mo ral i ty, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Mo ses has been preached in ev ery city from the ear li est times and is read in the syn a gogues on ev ery Sabbath. The Council s Letter to Gentile Believers 22 Then the apos tles and el ders, with the whole church, de cid ed to choose some of their own men and send them to An ti och with Paul and Bar na bas. They chose Ju das (called Bar sab bas) and Si las, men who were lead ers among the believ ers. 23 With them they sent the fol low ing let ter: The apos tles and el ders, your broth ers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greet ings. 24 We have heard that some went out from us with out our au tho ri za tion and dis turbed you, trou bling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 There fore we are send ing Ju das and Si las to con firm by word of mouth what we are writ ing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spir it and to us not to bur den you with any thing be yond the fol low ing re quirements: 29 You are to ab stain from food sac ri ficed to idols, from blood, from the meat of stran gled an i mals and from sex u al im mo ral i ty. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell. 30 So the men were sent off and went down to An ti och, where they gath ered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The peo ple read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Ju das and Si las, who them selves were proph ets, said much to en cour age and strength en the be liev ers. 33 Af ter spend ing some time there, they were sent off by the be liev ers with the bless ing of peace to re turn to those who had sent them. [34] c 35 But Paul and Bar na bas re mained in An ti och, where they and many oth ers taught and preached the word of the Lord. Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas 36 Some time lat er Paul said to Bar na bas, Let us go back and vis it the be liev ers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing. 37 Bar na bas want ed to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, be cause he had de sert ed them in Pam phyl ia and had not con tin ued with them in the work. 39 They had such a sharp dis agree ment that they part ed com pa ny. Bar na bas took Mark and sailed for Cy prus, 40 but Paul a 17 Amos 9:11,12 (see Septuagint) b 17,18 Some manuscripts things / 18 the Lord s work is known to him from long ago c 34 Some manuscripts include here But Silas decided to remain there.

27 1302 ACTS 15:41 chose Si las and left, com mend ed by the be liev ers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. Timothy Joins Paul and Silas Paul came to Der be and then to Lys tra, where a dis ci ple named Tim o thy 16 lived, whose moth er was Jew ish and a be liev er but whose fa ther was a Greek. 2 The be liev ers at Lys tra and Ico ni um spoke well of him. 3 Paul want ed to take him along on the jour ney, so he cir cum cised him be cause of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his fa ther was a Greek. 4 As they trav eled from town to town, they de liv ered the de ci sions reached by the apos tles and elders in Je ru sa lem for the peo ple to obey. 5 So the church es were strength ened in the faith and grew dai ly in num bers. Paul s Vision of the Man of Macedonia 6 Paul and his com pan ions trav eled through out the re gion of Phryg ia and Ga la tia, hav ing been kept by the Holy Spir it from preach ing the word in the prov ince of Asia. 7 When they came to the bor der of Mys ia, they tried to en ter Bi thyn ia, but the Spir it of Jesus would not al low them to. 8 So they passed by Mys ia and went down to Tro as. 9 Dur ing the night Paul had a vi sion of a man of Mac e do nia stand ing and beg ging him, Come over to Mac e do nia and help us. 10 Af ter Paul had seen the vi sion, we got ready at once to leave for Mac e do nia, con clud ing that God had called us to preach the gos pel to them. Lydia s Conversion in Philippi 11 From Tro as we put out to sea and sailed straight for Sam o thrace, and the next day we went on to Ne ap o lis. 12 From there we trav eled to Phi lip pi, a Ro man col o ny and the lead ing city of that dis trict a of Mac e do nia. And we stayed there sev er al days. 13 On the Sab bath we went out side the city gate to the riv er, where we ex pect ed to find a place of prayer. We sat down and be gan to speak to the wom en who had gathered there. 14 One of those lis ten ing was a wom an from the city of Thy a ti ra named Lyd ia, a deal er in pur ple cloth. She was a wor ship er of God. The Lord opened her heart to re spond to Paul s mes sage. 15 When she and the mem bers of her house hold were bap tized, she in vit ed us to her home. If you con sid er me a be liev er in the Lord, she said, come and stay at my house. And she per suaded us. Paul and Silas in Prison 16 Once when we were go ing to the place of prayer, we were met by a fe male slave who had a spir it by which she pre dict ed the fu ture. She earned a great deal of mon ey for her own ers by for tune-tell ing. 17 She fol lowed Paul and the rest of us, shout ing, These men are ser vants of the Most High God, who are tell ing you the way to be saved. 18 She kept this up for many days. Fi nal ly Paul be came so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spir it, In the name of Jesus Christ I com mand you to come out of her! At that mo ment the spir it left her. 19 When her own ers re al ized that their hope of mak ing mon ey was gone, they seized Paul and Si las and dragged them into the mar ket place to face the au thorities. 20 They brought them be fore the mag is trates and said, These men are Jews, and are throw ing our city into an up roar 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Ro mans to ac cept or prac tice. 22 The crowd joined in the at tack against Paul and Si las, and the mag is trates or dered them to be stripped and beat en with rods. 23 Af ter they had been se vere ly flogged, they were thrown into pris on, and the jail er was com mand ed to guard them carefully. 24 When he re ceived these or ders, he put them in the in ner cell and fas tened their feet in the stocks. a 12 The text and meaning of the Greek for the leading city of that district are uncertain.

28 Acts 17: About mid night Paul and Si las were pray ing and sing ing hymns to God, and the oth er pris on ers were lis ten ing to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earth quake that the foun da tions of the pris on were shak en. At once all the prison doors flew open, and ev ery one s chains came loose. 27 The jail er woke up, and when he saw the pris on doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself be cause he thought the pris on ers had es caped. 28 But Paul shout ed, Don t harm your self! We are all here! 29 The jail er called for lights, rushed in and fell trem bling be fore Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 They re plied, Be lieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved you and your house hold. 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the oth ers in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jail er took them and washed their wounds; then im me di ate ly he and all his house hold were bap tized. 34 The jail er brought them into his house and set a meal be fore them; he was filled with joy be cause he had come to be lieve in God he and his whole house hold. 35 When it was day light, the mag is trates sent their of fi cers to the jail er with the order: Release those men. 36 The jail er told Paul, The mag is trates have or dered that you and Si las be re leased. Now you can leave. Go in peace. 37 But Paul said to the of fi cers: They beat us pub lic ly with out a tri al, even though we are Ro man cit i zens, and threw us into pris on. And now do they want to get rid of us qui et ly? No! Let them come them selves and es cort us out. 38 The of fi cers re port ed this to the mag is trates, and when they heard that Paul and Si las were Ro man cit i zens, they were alarmed. 39 They came to ap pease them and es cort ed them from the pris on, re quest ing them to leave the city. 40 After Paul and Si las came out of the pris on, they went to Lyd ia s house, where they met with the broth ers and sis ters and en cour aged them. Then they left. In Thessalonica When Paul and his com pan ions had passed through Am phip o lis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue As was his cus tom, Paul went into the syn a gogue, and on three Sab bath days he rea soned with them from the Scrip tures, 3 ex plain ing and prov ing that the Mes si ah had to suf fer and rise from the dead. This Jesus I am pro claim ing to you is the Mes si ah, he said. 4 Some of the Jews were per suad ed and joined Paul and Si las, as did a large num ber of God-fear ing Greeks and quite a few prom i nent wom en. 5 But oth er Jews were jeal ous; so they round ed up some bad char ac ters from the mar ket place, formed a mob and start ed a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason s house in search of Paul and Si las in or der to bring them out to the crowd. a 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Ja son and some oth er be lievers be fore the city of fi cials, shout ing: These men who have caused trou ble all over the world have now come here, 7 and Ja son has wel comed them into his house. They are all de fy ing Cae sar s de crees, say ing that there is an oth er king, one called Jesus. 8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city of fi cials were thrown into tur moil. 9 Then they made Ja son and the oth ers post bond and let them go. In Berea 10 As soon as it was night, the be liev ers sent Paul and Si las away to Be rea. On ar riv ing there, they went to the Jew ish syn a gogue. 11 Now the Be re an Jews were of more no ble char ac ter than those in Thes sa lo ni ca, for they re ceived the message with great ea ger ness and ex am ined the Scrip tures ev ery day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a re sult, many of them be lieved, as did also a num ber of prom i nent Greek wom en and many Greek men. 13 But when the Jews in Thes sa lo ni ca learned that Paul was preach ing the a 5 Or the assembly of the people

29 1304 ACTS 17:14 word of God at Be rea, some of them went there too, ag i tat ing the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The be liev ers im me di ate ly sent Paul to the coast, but Si las and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who es cort ed Paul brought him to Ath ens and then left with in struc tions for Si las and Tim o thy to join him as soon as pos si ble. In Athens 16 While Paul was wait ing for them in Ath ens, he was great ly dis tressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he rea soned in the syn a gogue with both Jews and God-fear ing Greeks, as well as in the mar ket place day by day with those who hap pened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to de bate with him. Some of them asked, What is this bab bler try ing to say? Others re marked, He seems to be ad vo cat ing for eign gods. They said this be cause Paul was preach ing the good news about Jesus and the res ur rec tion. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meet ing of the Ar e op a gus, where they said to him, May we know what this new teach ing is that you are pre sent ing? 20 You are bring ing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean. 21 (All the Athe ni ans and the for eign ers who lived there spent their time do ing noth ing but talk ing about and lis ten ing to the lat est ideas.) 22 Paul then stood up in the meet ing of the Ar e op a gus and said: Peo ple of Ath ens! I see that in ev ery way you are very re li gious. 23 For as I walked around and looked care ful ly at your ob jects of wor ship, I even found an al tar with this inscription: to an un known god. So you are ig no rant of the very thing you worship and this is what I am go ing to pro claim to you. 24 The God who made the world and ev ery thing in it is the Lord of heav en and earth and does not live in tem ples built by hu man hands. 25 And he is not served by hu man hands, as if he need ed any thing. Rath er, he him self gives ev ery one life and breath and ev ery thing else. 26 From one man he made all the na tions, that they should in hab it the whole earth; and he marked out their ap point ed times in his to ry and the bound aries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and per haps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and have our be ing. a As some of your own po ets have said, We are his off spring. b 29 There fore since we are God s off spring, we should not think that the di vine be ing is like gold or sil ver or stone an im age made by hu man de sign and skill. 30 In the past God over looked such ig no rance, but now he com mands all peo ple ev ery where to re pent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with jus tice by the man he has ap point ed. He has giv en proof of this to ev ery one by rais ing him from the dead. 32 When they heard about the res ur rec tion of the dead, some of them sneered, but oth ers said, We want to hear you again on this sub ject. 33 At that, Paul left the Coun cil. 34 Some of the peo ple be came fol low ers of Paul and be lieved. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Dam a ris, and a num ber of oth ers. In Corinth 18 Af ter this, Paul left Ath ens and went to Cor inth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aq ui la, a na tive of Pon tus, who had re cent ly come from It a ly with his wife Pris cil la, be cause Clau di us had or dered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and be cause he was a tent mak er as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 4 Ev ery Sab bath he rea soned in the syn a gogue, try ing to persuade Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusive ly to preach ing, tes ti fy ing to the Jews that Jesus was the Mes si ah. 6 But when they op posed Paul and be came abu sive, he shook out his clothes in pro test and a 28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides Aratus b 28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher

30 Acts 19: said to them, Your blood be on your own heads! I am in no cent of it. From now on I will go to the Gen tiles. 7 Then Paul left the syn a gogue and went next door to the house of Ti ti us Justus, a wor ship er of God. 8 Cris pus, the syn a gogue lead er, and his en tire household be lieved in the Lord; and many of the Co rin thi ans who heard Paul be lieved and were bap tized. 9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vi sion: Do not be afraid; keep on speak ing, do not be si lent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is go ing to at tack and harm you, be cause I have many peo ple in this city. 11 So Paul stayed in Cor inth for a year and a half, teach ing them the word of God. 12 While Gal lio was pro con sul of Acha ia, the Jews of Cor inth made a unit ed at tack on Paul and brought him to the place of judg ment. 13 This man, they charged, is per suad ing the peo ple to wor ship God in ways con trary to the law. 14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gal lio said to them, If you Jews were making a com plaint about some mis de mean or or se ri ous crime, it would be rea sonable for me to lis ten to you. 15 But since it in volves ques tions about words and names and your own law set tle the mat ter your selves. I will not be a judge of such things. 16 So he drove them off. 17 Then the crowd there turned on Sosthe nes the syn a gogue lead er and beat him in front of the pro con sul; and Gal lio showed no con cern what ev er. Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos 18 Paul stayed on in Cor inth for some time. Then he left the broth ers and sisters and sailed for Syr ia, ac com pa nied by Pris cil la and Aq ui la. Be fore he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cen chreae be cause of a vow he had tak en. 19 They arrived at Eph e sus, where Paul left Pris cil la and Aq ui la. He him self went into the syn a gogue and rea soned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to spend more time with them, he de clined. 21 But as he left, he prom ised, I will come back if it is God s will. Then he set sail from Eph e sus. 22 When he land ed at Caes a rea, he went up to Je ru sa lem and greet ed the church and then went down to An ti och. 23 Af ter spend ing some time in An ti och, Paul set out from there and trav eled from place to place through out the re gion of Ga la tia and Phryg ia, strength en ing all the disciples. 24 Mean while a Jew named Apol los, a na tive of Al ex an dria, came to Eph e sus. He was a learned man, with a thor ough knowl edge of the Scrip tures. 25 He had been in struct ed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fer vor a and taught about Jesus ac cu rate ly, though he knew only the bap tism of John. 26 He began to speak bold ly in the syn a gogue. When Pris cil la and Aq ui la heard him, they in vit ed him to their home and ex plained to him the way of God more ad e quate ly. 27 When Apol los want ed to go to Acha ia, the broth ers and sis ters en cour aged him and wrote to the dis ci ples there to wel come him. When he ar rived, he was a great help to those who by grace had be lieved. 28 For he vigorously refuted his Jew ish op po nents in pub lic de bate, prov ing from the Scrip tures that Jesus was the Mes si ah. Paul in Ephesus While Apol los was at Cor inth, Paul took the road through the in te ri or and 19 arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, Did you re ceive the Holy Spir it when b you be lieved? They an swered, No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spir it. 3 So Paul asked, Then what bap tism did you re ceive? John s bap tism, they re plied. 4 Paul said, John s bap tism was a bap tism of re pen tance. He told the peo ple to be lieve in the one com ing af ter him, that is, in Jesus. 5 On hear ing this, they were bap tized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 When Paul placed his hands on a 25 Or with fervor in the Spirit b 2 Or after

31 1306 ACTS 19:7 them, the Holy Spir it came on them, and they spoke in tongues a and proph e sied. 7 There were about twelve men in all. 8 Paul en tered the syn a gogue and spoke bold ly there for three months, ar guing per sua sive ly about the king dom of God. 9 But some of them be came ob stinate; they re fused to be lieve and pub lic ly ma ligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the dis ci ples with him and had dis cus sions dai ly in the lec ture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the prov ince of Asia heard the word of the Lord. 11 God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, 12 so that even hand ker chiefs and aprons that had touched him were tak en to the sick, and their ill ness es were cured and the evil spir its left them. 13 Some Jews who went around driv ing out evil spir its tried to in voke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were de mon-pos sessed. They would say, In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preach es, I com mand you to come out. 14 Seven sons of Sce va, a Jew ish chief priest, were do ing this. 15 One day the evil spir it answered them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you? 16 Then the man who had the evil spir it jumped on them and over pow ered them all. He gave them such a beat ing that they ran out of the house na ked and bleed ing. 17 When this be came known to the Jews and Greeks liv ing in Eph e sus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high hon or. 18 Many of those who be lieved now came and open ly con fessed what they had done. 19 A num ber who had prac ticed sor cery brought their scrolls to geth er and burned them pub lic ly. When they cal cu lat ed the val ue of the scrolls, the to tal came to fif ty thou sand drach mas. b 20 In this way the word of the Lord spread wide ly and grew in pow er. 21 Af ter all this had hap pened, Paul de cid ed c to go to Je ru sa lem, pass ing through Mac e do nia and Acha ia. Af ter I have been there, he said, I must vis it Rome also. 22 He sent two of his help ers, Tim o thy and Eras tus, to Mac e do nia, while he stayed in the prov ince of Asia a lit tle lon ger. The Riot in Ephesus 23 About that time there arose a great dis tur bance about the Way. 24 A silversmith named De me tri us, who made sil ver shrines of Ar te mis, brought in a lot of busi ness for the crafts men there. 25 He called them to geth er, along with the work ers in re lat ed trades, and said: You know, my friends, that we re ceive a good in come from this busi ness. 26 And you see and hear how this fel low Paul has con vinced and led astray large num bers of peo ple here in Eph e sus and in practi cal ly the whole prov ince of Asia. He says that gods made by hu man hands are no gods at all. 27 There is dan ger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the tem ple of the great god dess Ar te mis will be dis cred it ed; and the god dess her self, who is wor shiped through out the prov ince of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her di vine maj es ty. 28 When they heard this, they were fu ri ous and be gan shout ing: Great is Ar temis of the Ephe si ans! 29 Soon the whole city was in an up roar. The peo ple seized Ga ius and Ar is tar chus, Paul s trav el ing com pan ions from Mac e do nia, and all of them rushed into the the ater to geth er. 30 Paul want ed to ap pear be fore the crowd, but the dis ci ples would not let him. 31 Even some of the of fi cials of the prov ince, friends of Paul, sent him a mes sage beg ging him not to ven ture into the the ater. 32 The as sem bly was in con fu sion: Some were shout ing one thing, some anoth er. Most of the peo ple did not even know why they were there. 33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Al ex an der to the front, and they shout ed in struc tions to him. He mo tioned for si lence in or der to make a de fense be fore the peo ple. 34 But when they re al ized he was a Jew, they all shout ed in uni son for about two hours: Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! a 6 Or other languages b 19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day s wages. c 21 Or decided in the Spirit

32 ACTS 20: The city clerk qui et ed the crowd and said: Fel low Ephe si ans, doesn t all the world know that the city of Eph e sus is the guard ian of the tem ple of the great Ar te mis and of her im age, which fell from heav en? 36 Therefore, since these facts are un de ni able, you ought to calm down and not do any thing rash. 37 You have brought these men here, though they have nei ther robbed tem ples nor blasphemed our god dess. 38 If, then, De me tri us and his fel low crafts men have a griev ance against any body, the courts are open and there are pro con suls. They can press charg es. 39 If there is any thing fur ther you want to bring up, it must be set tled in a le gal as sem bly. 40 As it is, we are in dan ger of be ing charged with ri ot ing be cause of what hap pened to day. In that case we would not be able to ac count for this com mo tion, since there is no rea son for it. 41 Af ter he had said this, he dis missed the as sem bly. Through Macedonia and Greece When the up roar had end ed, Paul sent for the dis ci ples and, af ter encour ag ing them, said goodbye and set out for Mac e do nia. 2 He trav eled 20 through that area, speak ing many words of en cour age ment to the peo ple, and finally arrived in Greece, 3 where he stayed three months. Be cause some Jews had plot ted against him just as he was about to sail for Syr ia, he de cid ed to go back through Mac e do nia. 4 He was ac com pa nied by So pa ter son of Pyr rhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy also, and Tych i cus and Troph i mus from the prov ince of Asia. 5 These men went on ahead and wait ed for us at Tro as. 6 But we sailed from Phi lip pi af ter the Festi val of Un leav ened Bread, and five days lat er joined the oth ers at Tro as, where we stayed sev en days. Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas 7 On the first day of the week we came to geth er to break bread. Paul spoke to the peo ple and, be cause he in tend ed to leave the next day, kept on talk ing un til mid night. 8 There were many lamps in the up stairs room where we were meet ing. 9 Seat ed in a win dow was a young man named Eu ty chus, who was sink ing into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third sto ry and was picked up dead. 10 Paul went down, threw him self on the young man and put his arms around him. Don t be alarmed, he said. He s alive! 11 Then he went up stairs again and broke bread and ate. Af ter talk ing un til day light, he left. 12 The peo ple took the young man home alive and were great ly com fort ed. Paul s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for As sos, where we were go ing to take Paul aboard. He had made this ar range ment be cause he was go ing there on foot. 14 When he met us at As sos, we took him aboard and went on to Mit y le ne. 15 The next day we set sail from there and ar rived off Chi os. The day af ter that we crossed over to Sa mos, and on the fol low ing day ar rived at Mi le tus. 16 Paul had de cid ed to sail past Eph e sus to avoid spend ing time in the prov ince of Asia, for he was in a hur ry to reach Je ru sa lem, if pos si ble, by the day of Pen te cost. 17 From Mi le tus, Paul sent to Eph e sus for the el ders of the church. 18 When they ar rived, he said to them: You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the prov ince of Asia. 19 I served the Lord with great hu mil i ty and with tears and in the midst of se vere test ing by the plots of my Jewish opponents. 20 You know that I have not hes i tat ed to preach any thing that would be help ful to you but have taught you pub lic ly and from house to house. 21 I have de clared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in re pen tance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. 22 And now, com pelled by the Spir it, I am go ing to Je ru sa lem, not know ing what will hap pen to me there. 23 I only know that in ev ery city the Holy Spir it warns me that pris on and hard ships are fac ing me. 24 However, I consider my life

33 1308 ACTS 20:25 worth noth ing to me; my only aim is to fin ish the race and com plete the task the Lord Jesus has giv en me the task of tes ti fy ing to the good news of God s grace. 25 Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preach ing the king dom will ever see me again. 26 There fore, I de clare to you to day that I am in no cent of the blood of any of you. 27 For I have not hes i tat ed to pro claim to you the whole will of God. 28 Keep watch over your selves and all the flock of which the Holy Spir it has made you over seers. Be shep herds of the church of God, a which he bought with his own blood. b 29 I know that af ter I leave, sav age wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from your own num ber men will arise and dis tort the truth in or der to draw away dis ci ples af ter them. 31 So be on your guard! Re mem ber that for three years I nev er stopped warn ing each of you night and day with tears. 32 Now I com mit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an in her i tance among all those who are sanc ti fied. 33 I have not cov et ed any one s sil ver or gold or cloth ing. 34 You your selves know that these hands of mine have sup plied my own needs and the needs of my com pan ions. 35 In ev ery thing I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, re mem ber ing the words the Lord Jesus him self said: It is more blessed to give than to re ceive. 36 When Paul had fin ished speak ing, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. 37 They all wept as they em braced him and kissed him. 38 What grieved them most was his state ment that they would nev er see his face again. Then they ac com pa nied him to the ship. On to Jerusalem Af ter we had torn our selves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed 21 straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Pat a ra. 2 We found a ship cross ing over to Phoe nic ia, went on board and set sail. 3 After sight ing Cy prus and pass ing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syr ia. We land ed at Tyre, where our ship was to un load its car go. 4 We sought out the dis ci ples there and stayed with them sev en days. Through the Spir it they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 When it was time to leave, we left and con tin ued on our way. All of them, in clud ing wives and chil dren, ac com pa nied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray. 6 Af ter say ing goodbye to each oth er, we went aboard the ship, and they re turned home. 7 We con tin ued our voy age from Tyre and land ed at Ptol e ma is, where we greet ed the broth ers and sis ters and stayed with them for a day. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caes a rea and stayed at the house of Phil ip the evan ge list, one of the Sev en. 9 He had four un mar ried daugh ters who proph e sied. 10 Af ter we had been there a num ber of days, a proph et named Ag a bus came down from Ju dea. 11 Com ing over to us, he took Paul s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, The Holy Spir it says, In this way the Jew ish lead ers in Jeru sa lem will bind the own er of this belt and will hand him over to the Gen tiles. 12 When we heard this, we and the peo ple there plead ed with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul an swered, Why are you weep ing and break ing my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Je ru sa lem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14 When he would not be dis suad ed, we gave up and said, The Lord s will be done. 15 Af ter this, we start ed on our way up to Je ru sa lem. 16 Some of the dis ci ples from Caes a rea ac com pa nied us and brought us to the home of Mna son, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cy prus and one of the ear ly dis ci ples. Paul s Arrival at Jerusalem 17 When we ar rived at Je ru sa lem, the broth ers and sis ters re ceived us warm ly. 18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all the el ders were a 28 Many manuscripts of the Lord b 28 Or with the blood of his own Son.

34 Acts 22: pres ent. 19 Paul greet ed them and re port ed in de tail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: You see, broth er, how many thou sands of Jews have be lieved, and all of them are zealous for the law. 21 They have been in formed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gen tiles to turn away from Mo ses, tell ing them not to cir cum cise their chil dren or live ac cord ing to our cus toms. 22 What shall we do? They will cer tain ly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their ex pens es, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then ev ery one will know there is no truth in these re ports about you, but that you your self are liv ing in obe di ence to the law. 25 As for the Gen tile be liev ers, we have writ ten to them our de ci sion that they should ab stain from food sac ri ficed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. 26 The next day Paul took the men and pu ri fied him self along with them. Then he went to the tem ple to give no tice of the date when the days of pu ri fi ca tion would end and the of fer ing would be made for each of them. Paul Arrested 27 When the sev en days were near ly over, some Jews from the prov ince of Asia saw Paul at the tem ple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28 shout ing, Fel low Is ra el ites, help us! This is the man who teach es ev ery one ev ery where against our peo ple and our law and this place. And be sides, he has brought Greeks into the tem ple and de filed this holy place. 29 (They had pre vious ly seen Troph i mus the Ephe si an in the city with Paul and as sumed that Paul had brought him into the tem ple.) 30 The whole city was aroused, and the peo ple came run ning from all di rections. Seiz ing Paul, they dragged him from the tem ple, and im me di ate ly the gates were shut. 31 While they were try ing to kill him, news reached the command er of the Ro man troops that the whole city of Je ru sa lem was in an up roar. 32 He at once took some of fi cers and sol diers and ran down to the crowd. When the ri ot ers saw the com mand er and his sol diers, they stopped beat ing Paul. 33 The com mand er came up and ar rest ed him and or dered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd shout ed one thing and some an oth er, and since the com mand er could not get at the truth be cause of the up roar, he or dered that Paul be tak en into the bar racks. 35 When Paul reached the steps, the vi o lence of the mob was so great he had to be car ried by the sol diers. 36 The crowd that fol lowed kept shout ing, Get rid of him! Paul Speaks to the Crowd 37 As the sol diers were about to take Paul into the bar racks, he asked the command er, May I say some thing to you? Do you speak Greek? he re plied. 38 Aren t you the Egyp tian who start ed a re volt and led four thou sand ter ror ists out into the wil der ness some time ago? 39 Paul an swered, I am a Jew, from Tar sus in Ci li cia, a cit i zen of no or di nary city. Please let me speak to the peo ple. 40 After re ceiv ing the com mand er s per mis sion, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all si lent, he said to them in 22 Ar a ma ic a : 1 Broth ers and fa thers, lis ten now to my de fense. 2 When they heard him speak to them in Ar a ma ic, they be came very qui et. Then Paul said: 3 I am a Jew, born in Tar sus of Ci li cia, but brought up in this city. I stud ied un der Ga ma li el and was thor ough ly trained in the law of our ances tors. I was just as zeal ous for God as any of you are to day. 4 I persecuted the follow ers of this Way to their death, ar rest ing both men and wom en and throw ing a 40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2

35 1310 ACTS 22:5 them into pris on, 5 as the high priest and all the Coun cil can them selves tes ti fy. I even ob tained let ters from them to their as so ci ates in Da mas cus, and went there to bring these peo ple as pris on ers to Je ru sa lem to be pun ished. 6 About noon as I came near Da mas cus, sud den ly a bright light from heav en flashed around me. 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, Saul! Saul! Why do you per se cute me? 8 Who are you, Lord? I asked. I am Jesus of Naz a reth, whom you are per se cut ing, he re plied. 9 My compan ions saw the light, but they did not un der stand the voice of him who was speaking to me. 10 What shall I do, Lord? I asked. Get up, the Lord said, and go into Da mas cus. There you will be told all that you have been as signed to do. 11 My com pan ions led me by the hand into Damas cus, be cause the bril liance of the light had blind ed me. 12 A man named An a ni as came to see me. He was a de vout ob serv er of the law and high ly re spect ed by all the Jews liv ing there. 13 He stood be side me and said, Broth er Saul, re ceive your sight! And at that very mo ment I was able to see him. 14 Then he said: The God of our an ces tors has cho sen you to know his will and to see the Righ teous One and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his wit ness to all peo ple of what you have seen and heard. 16 And now what are you wait ing for? Get up, be bap tized and wash your sins away, call ing on his name. 17 When I re turned to Je ru sa lem and was pray ing at the tem ple, I fell into a trance 18 and saw the Lord speak ing to me. Quick! he said. Leave Je ru sa lem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me. 19 Lord, I re plied, these peo ple know that I went from one syn a gogue to anoth er to im pris on and beat those who be lieve in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr a Ste phen was shed, I stood there giv ing my ap prov al and guard ing the clothes of those who were kill ing him. 21 Then the Lord said to me, Go; I will send you far away to the Gen tiles. Paul the Roman Citizen 22 The crowd lis tened to Paul un til he said this. Then they raised their voic es and shout ed, Rid the earth of him! He s not fit to live! 23 As they were shout ing and throw ing off their cloaks and fling ing dust into the air, 24 the com mand er or dered that Paul be tak en into the bar racks. He direct ed that he be flogged and in ter ro gat ed in or der to find out why the peo ple were shout ing at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the cen tu ri on stand ing there, Is it le gal for you to flog a Ro man cit i zen who hasn t even been found guilty? 26 When the cen tu ri on heard this, he went to the com mand er and re port ed it. What are you go ing to do? he asked. This man is a Ro man cit i zen. 27 The com mand er went to Paul and asked, Tell me, are you a Ro man cit i zen? Yes, I am, he an swered. 28 Then the com mand er said, I had to pay a lot of mon ey for my cit i zen ship. But I was born a cit i zen, Paul re plied. 29 Those who were about to in ter ro gate him with drew im me di ate ly. The command er him self was alarmed when he re al ized that he had put Paul, a Ro man citizen, in chains. Paul Before the Sanhedrin 30 The com mand er want ed to find out ex act ly why Paul was be ing ac cused by the Jews. So the next day he re leased him and or dered the chief priests and all the mem bers of the San he drin to as sem ble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand be fore them. a 20 Or witness

36 Paul looked straight at the San he drin and said, My broth ers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good con science to this day. 2 At this the high 23 priest An a ni as or dered those stand ing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, God will strike you, you white washed wall! You sit there to judge me ac cord ing to the law, yet you your self vi o late the law by com mand ing that I be struck! 4 Those who were stand ing near Paul said, How dare you in sult God s high priest! 5 Paul re plied, Broth ers, I did not re al ize that he was the high priest; for it is writ ten: Do not speak evil about the rul er of your peo ple. a 6 Then Paul, know ing that some of them were Sad du cees and the oth ers Phari sees, called out in the San he drin, My broth ers, I am a Phar i see, de scend ed from Phar i sees. I stand on tri al be cause of the hope of the res ur rec tion of the dead. 7 When he said this, a dis pute broke out be tween the Phar i sees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 (The Sad du cees say that there is no res ur rec tion, and that there are nei ther an gels nor spir its, but the Phar i sees believe all these things.) 9 There was a great up roar, and some of the teach ers of the law who were Phari sees stood up and ar gued vig or ous ly. We find noth ing wrong with this man, they said. What if a spir it or an an gel has spo ken to him? 10 The dispute became so vi o lent that the com mand er was afraid Paul would be torn to piec es by them. He or dered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the bar racks. 11 The fol low ing night the Lord stood near Paul and said, Take cour age! As you have tes ti fied about me in Je ru sa lem, so you must also tes ti fy in Rome. The Plot to Kill Paul 12 The next morn ing some Jews formed a con spir a cy and bound them selves with an oath not to eat or drink un til they had killed Paul. 13 More than for ty men were in volved in this plot. 14 They went to the chief priests and the el ders and said, We have tak en a sol emn oath not to eat any thing un til we have killed Paul. 15 Now then, you and the San he drin pe ti tion the com mand er to bring him be fore you on the pre text of want ing more ac cu rate in for ma tion about his case. We are ready to kill him be fore he gets here. 16 But when the son of Paul s sis ter heard of this plot, he went into the bar racks and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the cen tu ri ons and said, Take this young man to the com mand er; he has some thing to tell him. 18 So he took him to the commander. The cen tu ri on said, Paul, the pris on er, sent for me and asked me to bring this young man to you be cause he has some thing to tell you. 19 The com mand er took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked, What is it you want to tell me? 20 He said: Some Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul be fore the San hedrin to mor row on the pre text of want ing more ac cu rate in for ma tion about him. 21 Don t give in to them, be cause more than for ty of them are wait ing in am bush for him. They have tak en an oath not to eat or drink un til they have killed him. They are ready now, wait ing for your con sent to their re quest. 22 The com mand er dis missed the young man with this warn ing: Don t tell any one that you have re port ed this to me. Paul Transferred to Caesarea 23 Then he called two of his cen tu ri ons and or dered them, Get ready a de tachment of two hun dred sol diers, sev en ty horse men and two hun dred spear men b to go to Caes a rea at nine to night. 24 Pro vide hors es for Paul so that he may be tak en safely to Governor Felix. Acts 23: a 5 Exodus 22:28 b 23 The meaning of the Greek for this word is uncertain.

37 1312 ACTS 23:25 25 He wrote a let ter as fol lows: 26 Clau di us Lys i as, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greet ings. 27 This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I came with my troops and res cued him, for I had learned that he is a Ro man cit i zen. 28 I want ed to know why they were ac cus ing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin. 29 I found that the ac cu sa tion had to do with ques tions about their law, but there was no charge against him that de served death or im pris on ment. 30 When I was in formed of a plot to be car ried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also or dered his ac cus ers to pre sent to you their case against him. 31 So the sol diers, car ry ing out their or ders, took Paul with them dur ing the night and brought him as far as An tip a tris. 32 The next day they let the cav al ry go on with him, while they re turned to the bar racks. 33 When the cav al ry ar rived in Caes a rea, they de liv ered the let ter to the gov er nor and hand ed Paul over to him. 34 The gov er nor read the let ter and asked what prov ince he was from. Learn ing that he was from Ci li cia, 35 he said, I will hear your case when your ac cus ers get here. Then he or dered that Paul be kept un der guard in Her od s pal ace. Paul s Trial Before Felix 24 Five days lat er the high priest An a ni as went down to Caes a rea with some of the el ders and a law yer named Ter tul lus, and they brought their charges against Paul be fore the gov er nor. 2 When Paul was called in, Ter tul lus present ed his case be fore Fe lix: We have en joyed a long pe ri od of peace un der you, and your fore sight has brought about re forms in this na tion. 3 Everywhere and in ev ery way, most ex cel lent Fe lix, we ac knowl edge this with pro found grat i tude. 4 But in or der not to wea ry you fur ther, I would re quest that you be kind enough to hear us brief ly. 5 We have found this man to be a trou ble mak er, stir ring up ri ots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ring lead er of the Naz a rene sect 6 and even tried to des e crate the tem ple; so we seized him. [7] a 8 By ex am in ing him your self you will be able to learn the truth about all these charg es we are bring ing against him. 9 The oth er Jews joined in the ac cu sa tion, as sert ing that these things were true. 10 When the gov er nor mo tioned for him to speak, Paul re plied: I know that for a num ber of years you have been a judge over this na tion; so I glad ly make my defense. 11 You can eas i ly ver i fy that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Je ru sa lem to wor ship. 12 My ac cus ers did not find me ar gu ing with any one at the tem ple, or stir ring up a crowd in the syn a gogues or any where else in the city. 13 And they can not prove to you the charg es they are now mak ing against me. 14 How ev er, I ad mit that I wor ship the God of our an ces tors as a fol low er of the Way, which they call a sect. I be lieve ev ery thing that is in ac cor dance with the Law and that is writ ten in the Proph ets, 15 and I have the same hope in God as these men them selves have, that there will be a res ur rec tion of both the righteous and the wick ed. 16 So I strive al ways to keep my con science clear be fore God and man. 17 Af ter an ab sence of sev er al years, I came to Je ru sa lem to bring my peo ple gifts for the poor and to pre sent of fer ings. 18 I was ceremonially clean when they found me in the tem ple courts do ing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was a 6-8 Some manuscripts include here him, and we would have judged him in accordance with our law. 7 But the commander Lysias came and took him from us with much violence, 8 ordering his accusers to come before you.

38 ACTS 25: I in volved in any dis tur bance. 19 But there are some Jews from the prov ince of Asia, who ought to be here be fore you and bring charg es if they have any thing against me. 20 Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin 21 un less it was this one thing I shout ed as I stood in their pres ence: It is con cern ing the res ur rec tion of the dead that I am on tri al be fore you to day. 22 Then Fe lix, who was well ac quaint ed with the Way, ad journed the pro ceedings. When Lys i as the com mand er comes, he said, I will de cide your case. 23 He or dered the cen tu ri on to keep Paul un der guard but to give him some freedom and per mit his friends to take care of his needs. 24 Sev er al days lat er Fe lix came with his wife Dru sil la, who was Jew ish. He sent for Paul and lis tened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 As Paul talked about righ teous ness, self-con trol and the judg ment to come, Fe lix was afraid and said, That s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it conve nient, I will send for you. 26 At the same time he was hop ing that Paul would of fer him a bribe, so he sent for him fre quent ly and talked with him. 27 When two years had passed, Fe lix was suc ceed ed by Por ci us Fes tus, but because Fe lix want ed to grant a fa vor to the Jews, he left Paul in pris on. Paul s Trial Before Festus Three days af ter ar riv ing in the prov ince, Fes tus went up from Caes a rea to 25 Jerusalem, 2 where the chief priests and the Jew ish lead ers ap peared be fore him and pre sent ed the charg es against Paul. 3 They re quest ed Fes tus, as a fa vor to them, to have Paul trans ferred to Je ru sa lem, for they were pre par ing an am bush to kill him along the way. 4 Fes tus an swered, Paul is be ing held at Caes a rea, and I my self am go ing there soon. 5 Let some of your lead ers come with me, and if the man has done any thing wrong, they can press charg es against him there. 6 Af ter spend ing eight or ten days with them, Fes tus went down to Caes a rea. The next day he con vened the court and or dered that Paul be brought be fore him. 7 When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Je ru sa lem stood around him. They brought many se ri ous charg es against him, but they could not prove them. 8 Then Paul made his de fense: I have done noth ing wrong against the Jew ish law or against the tem ple or against Cae sar. 9 Fes tus, wish ing to do the Jews a fa vor, said to Paul, Are you will ing to go up to Je ru sa lem and stand tri al be fore me there on these charg es? 10 Paul an swered: I am now stand ing be fore Cae sar s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you your self know very well. 11 If, how ev er, I am guilty of do ing any thing de serv ing death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charg es brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I ap peal to Cae sar! 12 Af ter Fes tus had con ferred with his coun cil, he de clared: You have appealed to Cae sar. To Cae sar you will go! Festus Consults King Agrippa 13 A few days lat er King Agrip pa and Ber ni ce ar rived at Caes a rea to pay their re spects to Fes tus. 14 Since they were spend ing many days there, Fes tus discussed Paul s case with the king. He said: There is a man here whom Fe lix left as a prisoner. 15 When I went to Je ru sa lem, the chief priests and the el ders of the Jews brought charg es against him and asked that he be con demned. 16 I told them that it is not the Ro man cus tom to hand over any one be fore they have faced their ac cus ers and have had an op por tu ni ty to de fend them selves against the charges. 17 When they came here with me, I did not de lay the case, but con vened the court the next day and or dered the man to be brought in. 18 When his ac cus ers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had ex pect ed. 19 In stead, they had some points of dis pute with him about their own re li gion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive.

39 1314 ACTS 25:20 20 I was at a loss how to in ves ti gate such mat ters; so I asked if he would be will ing to go to Je ru sa lem and stand tri al there on these charg es. 21 But when Paul made his ap peal to be held over for the Em per or s de ci sion, I or dered him held un til I could send him to Cae sar. 22 Then Agrip pa said to Fes tus, I would like to hear this man my self. He re plied, To mor row you will hear him. Paul Before Agrippa 23 The next day Agrip pa and Ber ni ce came with great pomp and en tered the au di ence room with the high-rank ing mil i tary of fi cers and the prom i nent men of the city. At the com mand of Fes tus, Paul was brought in. 24 Fes tus said: King Agrip pa, and all who are pres ent with us, you see this man! The whole Jew ish com mu ni ty has pe ti tioned me about him in Je ru sa lem and here in Caes a rea, shout ing that he ought not to live any lon ger. 25 I found he had done noth ing deserv ing of death, but be cause he made his ap peal to the Em per or I de cid ed to send him to Rome. 26 But I have noth ing def i nite to write to His Maj es ty about him. There fore I have brought him be fore all of you, and es pe cial ly be fore you, King Agrip pa, so that as a re sult of this in ves ti ga tion I may have some thing to write. 27 For I think it is un rea son able to send a pris on er on to Rome with out specifying the charges against him. 26 Then Agrip pa said to Paul, You have per mis sion to speak for your self. So Paul mo tioned with his hand and be gan his de fense: 2 King Agrippa, I con sid er my self for tu nate to stand be fore you to day as I make my de fense against all the ac cu sa tions of the Jews, 3 and es pe cial ly so be cause you are well ac quaint ed with all the Jew ish cus toms and con tro ver sies. There fore, I beg you to lis ten to me pa tient ly. 4 The Jew ish peo ple all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the be gin ning of my life in my own coun try, and also in Je ru sa lem. 5 They have known me for a long time and can tes ti fy, if they are will ing, that I conformed to the strict est sect of our re li gion, liv ing as a Phar i see. 6 And now it is be cause of my hope in what God has prom ised our an ces tors that I am on tri al to day. 7 This is the prom ise our twelve tribes are hop ing to see ful filled as they ear nest ly serve God day and night. King Agrip pa, it is be cause of this hope that these Jews are ac cus ing me. 8 Why should any of you con sid er it in cred i ble that God rais es the dead? 9 I too was con vinced that I ought to do all that was pos si ble to op pose the name of Jesus of Naz a reth. 10 And that is just what I did in Je ru sa lem. On the author i ty of the chief priests I put many of the Lord s peo ple in pris on, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 Many a time I went from one syn a gogue to an oth er to have them pun ished, and I tried to force them to blas pheme. I was so ob sessed with per se cut ing them that I even hunt ed them down in for eign cit ies. 12 On one of these jour neys I was go ing to Da mas cus with the au thor i ty and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrip pa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heav en, bright er than the sun, blaz ing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say ing to me in Ar a ma ic, a Saul, Saul, why do you per se cute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads. 15 Then I asked, Who are you, Lord? I am Jesus, whom you are per se cut ing, the Lord re plied. 16 Now get up and stand on your feet. I have ap peared to you to ap point you as a ser vant and as a wit ness of what you have seen and will see of me. 17 I will res cue you from your own peo ple and from the Gen tiles. I am send ing you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from dark ness to light, and from the pow er of Sa tan to God, so that they may re ceive for give ness of sins and a place among those who are sancti fied by faith in me. a 14 Or Hebrew

40 Acts 27: So then, King Agrip pa, I was not dis obe di ent to the vi sion from heav en. 20 First to those in Da mas cus, then to those in Je ru sa lem and in all Ju dea, and then to the Gen tiles, I preached that they should re pent and turn to God and dem on strate their re pen tance by their deeds. 21 That is why some Jews seized me in the tem ple courts and tried to kill me. 22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and tes ti fy to small and great alike. I am say ing noth ing be yond what the proph ets and Mo ses said would hap pen 23 that the Mes si ah would suf fer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the mes sage of light to his own peo ple and to the Gen tiles. 24 At this point Fes tus in ter rupt ed Paul s de fense. You are out of your mind, Paul! he shout ed. Your great learn ing is driv ing you in sane. 25 I am not in sane, most ex cel lent Fes tus, Paul re plied. What I am say ing is true and reasonable. 26 The king is fa mil iar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am con vinced that none of this has es caped his no tice, be cause it was not done in a cor ner. 27 King Agrip pa, do you be lieve the proph ets? I know you do. 28 Then Agrip pa said to Paul, Do you think that in such a short time you can per suade me to be a Chris tian? 29 Paul re plied, Short time or long I pray to God that not only you but all who are lis ten ing to me to day may be come what I am, ex cept for these chains. 30 The king rose, and with him the gov er nor and Ber ni ce and those sit ting with them. 31 Af ter they left the room, they be gan say ing to one an oth er, This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment. 32 Agrip pa said to Fes tus, This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar. Paul Sails for Rome When it was de cid ed that we would sail for It a ly, Paul and some oth er 27 pris on ers were hand ed over to a cen tu ri on named Jul ius, who be longed to the Imperial Regiment. 2 We board ed a ship from Ad ra myt ti um about to sail for ports along the coast of the prov ince of Asia, and we put out to sea. Ar is tar chus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us. 3 The next day we land ed at Si don; and Jul ius, in kind ness to Paul, al lowed him to go to his friends so they might pro vide for his needs. 4 From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cy prus be cause the winds were against us. 5 When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Ci li cia and Pam phyl ia, we land ed at Myra in Lyc ia. 6 There the cen tu ri on found an Al ex an dri an ship sail ing for It a ly and put us on board. 7 We made slow head way for many days and had dif fi cul ty ar riv ing off Cni dus. When the wind did not al low us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, op po site Sal mo ne. 8 We moved along the coast with dif fi cul ty and came to a place called Fair Ha vens, near the town of Lasea. 9 Much time had been lost, and sail ing had al ready be come dan ger ous because by now it was af ter the Day of Atone ment. a So Paul warned them, 10 Men, I can see that our voy age is go ing to be di sas trous and bring great loss to ship and car go, and to our own lives also. 11 But the cen tu ri on, in stead of lis ten ing to what Paul said, fol lowed the ad vice of the pi lot and of the own er of the ship. 12 Since the har bor was un suit able to win ter in, the ma jor i ty de cid ed that we should sail on, hop ing to reach Phoe nix and win ter there. This was a har bor in Crete, fac ing both south west and north west. The Storm 13 When a gen tle south wind be gan to blow, they saw their op por tu ni ty; so they weighed an chor and sailed along the shore of Crete. 14 Be fore very long, a wind of hur ri cane force, called the North east er, swept down from the is land. 15 The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driv en along. 16 As we passed to the lee of a small is land called Cau da, a 9 That is, Yom Kippur

41 1316 ACTS 27:17 we were hard ly able to make the life boat se cure, 17 so the men hoist ed it aboard. Then they passed ropes un der the ship it self to hold it to geth er. Be cause they were afraid they would run aground on the sand bars of Syr tis, they low ered the sea an chor a and let the ship be driv en along. 18 We took such a vi o lent bat tering from the storm that the next day they be gan to throw the car go over board. 19 On the third day, they threw the ship s tack le over board with their own hands. 20 When nei ther sun nor stars ap peared for many days and the storm con tin ued rag ing, we fi nal ly gave up all hope of be ing saved. 21 Af ter they had gone a long time with out food, Paul stood up be fore them and said: Men, you should have tak en my ad vice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared your selves this dam age and loss. 22 But now I urge you to keep up your cour age, be cause not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be de stroyed. 23 Last night an an gel of the God to whom I be long and whom I serve stood beside me 24 and said, Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand tri al be fore Cae sar; and God has gra cious ly giv en you the lives of all who sail with you. 25 So keep up your cour age, men, for I have faith in God that it will hap pen just as he told me. 26 Nev er the less, we must run aground on some is land. The Shipwreck 27 On the four teenth night we were still be ing driv en across the Adri a tic b Sea, when about mid night the sail ors sensed they were ap proach ing land. 28 They took sound ings and found that the wa ter was a hun dred and twen ty feet c deep. A short time lat er they took sound ings again and found it was nine ty feet d deep. 29 Fear ing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four an chors from the stern and prayed for day light. 30 In an at tempt to es cape from the ship, the sail ors let the life boat down into the sea, pre tend ing they were go ing to low er some an chors from the bow. 31 Then Paul said to the cen tu ri on and the sol diers, Un less these men stay with the ship, you can not be saved. 32 So the sol diers cut the ropes that held the life boat and let it drift away. 33 Just be fore dawn Paul urged them all to eat. For the last four teen days, he said, you have been in con stant sus pense and have gone with out food you haven t eaten anything. 34 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a sin gle hair from his head. 35 Af ter he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and be gan to eat. 36 They were all en cour aged and ate some food them selves. 37 Al to geth er there were 276 of us on board. 38 When they had eat en as much as they want ed, they light ened the ship by throw ing the grain into the sea. 39 When day light came, they did not rec og nize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they de cid ed to run the ship aground if they could. 40 Cut ting loose the an chors, they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rud ders. Then they hoist ed the fore sail to the wind and made for the beach. 41 But the ship struck a sand bar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was bro ken to piec es by the pound ing of the surf. 42 The sol diers planned to kill the pris on ers to pre vent any of them from swimming away and es cap ing. 43 But the cen tu ri on want ed to spare Paul s life and kept them from car ry ing out their plan. He or dered those who could swim to jump over board first and get to land. 44 The rest were to get there on planks or on oth er piec es of the ship. In this way ev ery one reached land safe ly. Paul Ashore on Malta Once safe ly on shore, we found out that the is land was called Mal ta The is land ers showed us un usu al kind ness. They built a fire and wel comed us all be cause it was rain ing and cold. 3 Paul gath ered a pile of a 17 Or the sails b 27 In ancient times the name referred to an area extending well south of Italy. c 28 Or about 37 meters d 28 Or about 27 meters

42 ACTS 28: brush wood and, as he put it on the fire, a vi per, driv en out by the heat, fas tened it self on his hand. 4 When the is land ers saw the snake hang ing from his hand, they said to each oth er, This man must be a mur der er; for though he es caped from the sea, the god dess Jus tice has not al lowed him to live. 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suf fered no ill ef fects. 6 The peo ple ex pect ed him to swell up or sud den ly fall dead; but af ter wait ing a long time and see ing noth ing un usu al hap pen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. 7 There was an es tate near by that be longed to Pub li us, the chief of fi cial of the is land. He wel comed us to his home and showed us gen er ous hos pi tal i ty for three days. 8 His fa ther was sick in bed, suf fer ing from fe ver and dys en tery. Paul went in to see him and, af ter prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. 9 When this had hap pened, the rest of the sick on the is land came and were cured. 10 They hon ored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they fur nished us with the sup plies we need ed. Paul s Arrival at Rome 11 Af ter three months we put out to sea in a ship that had win tered in the island it was an Al ex an dri an ship with the fig ure head of the twin gods Cas tor and Pollux. 12 We put in at Syr a cuse and stayed there three days. 13 From there we set sail and ar rived at Rhe gi um. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some broth ers and sisters who in vit ed us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. 15 The broth ers and sis ters there had heard that we were com ing, and they trav eled as far as the Fo rum of Ap pi us and the Three Tav erns to meet us. At the sight of these peo ple Paul thanked God and was en cour aged. 16 When we got to Rome, Paul was al lowed to live by him self, with a sol dier to guard him. Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard 17 Three days lat er he called to geth er the lo cal Jew ish lead ers. When they had as sem bled, Paul said to them: My broth ers, al though I have done noth ing against our peo ple or against the cus toms of our an ces tors, I was ar rest ed in Jeru sa lem and hand ed over to the Ro mans. 18 They ex am ined me and want ed to re lease me, be cause I was not guilty of any crime de serv ing death. 19 The Jews ob ject ed, so I was com pelled to make an ap peal to Cae sar. I cer tain ly did not intend to bring any charge against my own peo ple. 20 For this rea son I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is be cause of the hope of Is ra el that I am bound with this chain. 21 They re plied, We have not re ceived any let ters from Ju dea con cern ing you, and none of our peo ple who have come from there has re port ed or said any thing bad about you. 22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people ev ery where are talk ing against this sect. 23 They ar ranged to meet Paul on a cer tain day, and came in even larg er numbers to the place where he was stay ing. He wit nessed to them from morn ing till eve ning, ex plain ing about the king dom of God, and from the Law of Mo ses and from the Proph ets he tried to per suade them about Jesus. 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but oth ers would not be lieve. 25 They disagreed among them selves and be gan to leave af ter Paul had made this fi nal state ment: The Holy Spir it spoke the truth to your an ces tors when he said through Isa iah the proph et: 26 Go to this people and say, You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. 27 For this people s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.

43 1318 ACTS 28:28 Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. a 28 There fore I want you to know that God s sal va tion has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will lis ten! [29] b 30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rent ed house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 He pro claimed the king dom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ with all bold ness and with out hin drance! a 27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint) b 29 Some manuscripts include here After he said this, the Jews left, arguing vigorously among themselves.

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