Paul and Silas imprisoned.

CHAP. XVII.

They are set at liberty vants of the most high God, which shew this saying to Paul, The magistrates have unto us the way of salvation. sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

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

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

38 And the sergeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Ro

19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place unto the rulers, 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do ex-mans. ceedingly trouble our city,

39 And they came and besought them 21 And teach customs which are not and brought them out, and desired thei awful for us to receive, neither to ob-to depart out of the city. serve, being Romans. 40 And they went out of the prison, 22 And the multitude rose up together and entered into the house of Lydia: against them: and the magistrates rent and when they had seen the brethren, off their clothes, and commanded to beat they comforted them, and departed them. CHAP. XVII.

23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

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

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

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

Paul preacheth at Thessalonica. NOW when they had passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews.

2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

4 And some of thein believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas: and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and ot

27 And the keeper of the prison awak-the chief women not a few.
ing out of his sleep, and seeing the prison-
doors open, he drew out his sword, and
would have killed himself, supposing that
the prisoners had been fled.

25 But Pau! cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are

all here.

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

29 Then he called for a light, and sprang 6 And when they found them not, they in, and came trembling, and fell downdrew Jason and certain brethren unto the before Paul and Silas; rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also;

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

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

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

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

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

33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and 9 And when they had taken security of was baptized, he and ali his, straightway. Jason and of the other, they let them go. 34 And when he had brought them into 10 T And the brethren immediately his house, he set meat before them, and re-sent away Paul and Silas by night unto joiced, believing in God with all his house. Berea: who coming thither, went into 35 And when it was day, the magis- the synagogue of the Jews. trates sent the sergeants, saying, Let 11 These were more noble than those those men go. in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and

36 And the keeper of the prison told

Paul preacheth at Athens.

THE ACTS.

He is accused before Gallio. searched the scriptures daily, whether times before appointed, and the bounds of those things were so. their habitation;

12 Therefore many of them believed; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if also of honourable women which were haply they might feel after him, and find Greeks, and of men not a few. hin, though he be not far from every

13 But when the Jews of Thessalo-one of us: nica had knowledge that the word of 28 For in him we live, and move, and God was preached of Paul at Berea, have our being; as certain also of your they came thither also, and stirred up own poets have said, For we are also the people. his offspring.

14 And then immediately the brethren 29 Forsmuch then as we are the offsent away Paul, to go as it were to the spring of God, we ought not to think that sea: but Silas and Timotheus abcde the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, there still. or stone, graven by art and man's device. 15 And they that conducted Paul 30 And the times of this ignorance God brought him unto Athens: and receiving winked at; but now commandeth all a coinmandment unto Silas and Timo- men every where to repent: theus for to come to him with all speed, 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in they departed. the which he will judge the world in 16 Now, while Paul waited for them righteousness, by that man whom he at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, hath ordained: whereof he hath given when he saw the city wholly given to assurance unto all men, in that he hath idolatry. raised him from the dead.

17 Therefore disputed he in the syna- 32 And when they heard of the resurgogue with the Jews, and with the devout rection of the dead, some mocked: and persons, and in the market daily with others said, We will hear thee again of them that met with him.

this matter.

18 Then certain philosophers of the 33 So Paul departed from among them. Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encoun- 34 Howbeit, certain men clave unto tered him. And some said, What will him, and believed: among the which this babbler say? other some, Ile seem-was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a eth to be a setter forth of strange gods woman named Damaris, and others because he preached unto them Jesus, with them. and the resurrection.

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

CHAP. XVIII.
Paul accused before Gallio.

FTER these things, Paul departed

from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named 20 For thou bringest certain strange Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from things to our ears; we would know Italy, with his wife Priscilla, (because therefore what these things mean. that Claudius had commanded all Jews

21 (For all the Athenians and strangers to depart from Rome) and came unto which were there, spent their time in them. nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear 3 And because he was of the same some new thing.) craft, he abode with them, and wrought: (for by their occupation they were tentmakers.)

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

4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your and the Greeks. devotions, I found an altar with this in- 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were scription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, in the spirit, and testified to the Jews him declare I unto you. that Jesus was Christ.

24 God that made the world, and all 6 And when they opposed themselves, things therein, seeing that he is Lord of and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, heaven and earth, dwelleth not in tem- and said unto them, Your blood be upon ples made with hands; your own heads: I am clean from 25 Neither is worshipped with men's henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles., hands, as though he needed any thing, 7 And he departed thence, and enseeing he giveth to all life, and breathi, tered into a certain man's house, named and all things; Justus, one that worshipped God, whose 26 And hath made of cne blood all na-house joined hard to the synagogue. tions of men for to dwell on all the face 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the of the earth, and hath determined the synagogue, believed on the Lord with

Paul preacheth at Ephesus.

al: his house: and many of the Corin-synagogue: Who, when Aquila and thians hearing, believed, and were bap-Priscilla had heard, they took him unto tized. them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

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

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

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

12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection

with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment-seat,

13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong, or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

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

ment-seat.

27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace. 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scrip tures, that Jesus was Christ.

CHAP. XIX.

The Holy Ghost given, &c.

AND it came to pass, that while Apo

los was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost, 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized 16 And he drave them from the judg-with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, on him which should come after hin, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and that is, on Christ Jesus. beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. 18 ¶ And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla, and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

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

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

7 And all the men were about twelve. 8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when divers were hardened, and 20 When they desired him to tarry believed not, but spake evil of that way longer time with them, he consented not: before the multitude, he departed from 21 But bade them farewell, saying, Ithem, and separated the disciples, disputmust by al. means keep this feast that ing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return 10 And this continued by the space of again unto you, if God will. And he two years; so that all they which dwelt sailed from Ephesus. in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

22 And when he had landed at Cesarea,, and gone up and saluted the church, het went down to Antioch.

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

11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs, or aprons, and the diseases departed from then, and the evil spirits went out of them. 241 And a certain Jew, named Apollos, 13 T Then certain of the vagabond born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. over them which had evil spirits, the 25 This man was instructed in the way name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adof the Lord and being fervent in the jure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth spirit, he spake and taught diligently the 14 And there were seven sons of one things of the Lord, knowing only the Sceva a Jew, and chief of the priests, baptism of John. which did so.

26 And he began to speak boldly in the

15 And the evil spirit answered and

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THE ACTS.

Uproar against Paul. Paul goeth to Macedonia said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; desiring him that he would not adventure but who are ye? himself into the theatre. 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and was, leaped on them, and overcame some another: for the assembly was them, and prevailed against thein, so confused, and the more part knew not that they fled out of that house naked wherefore they were come together. and wounded. 33 And they drew Alexander out of the

17 And this was known to all the Jews multitude, the Jews putting him forward. and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus: And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and fear fell on them all, and the name and would have made his defence unto of the Lora Jesus was magnified. the people.

18 And many that believed came, and 34 But when they knew that he was a confessed, and shewed their deeds. Jew, all with one voice about the space 19 Many also of them which used curi-of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of ous arts, brought their books together, the Ephesians.

and burned them before all men; and 35 And when the town-clerk had apthey counted the price of them, and peased the people, he said, Ye men of found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

20 So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed.

Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, 21 T After these things were ended, and of the image which fell down fron Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had Jupiter? passed through Macedonia, and Achaia, 36 Seeing then that these things car to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have not be spoken against, ye ought to be been there, I must also see Rome. quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

22 So he sent into Macedonia two of 37 For ye have brought hither these them that ministered unto him, Timo-men, which are neither robbers of theas and Erastus; but he himself stayed churches, nor yet blasphemers of your in Asia for a season.

goddess.

23 And the same time there arose no 38 Wherefore, if Demetrius, and the small stir about that way. craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implea 1 one another.

24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-smith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen ; 39 But if ye inquire any thing concern25 Whom he called together with the ing other matters, it shall be determined workmen of like occupation, and said, in a lawful assembly. Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth:

26 Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying, that they be no gods which are made with hands.

40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

CHAP. XX.

Paul goeth to Macedonia, &c

27 So that not only this our craft is in AND after the uproar was ceased, Paul danger to be set at nought; but also that, called unto him the disciples, and the temple of the great goddess Diana embraced them, and departed for to go should be despised, and her magnificence into Macedonia.

should be destroyed, whom all Asia, and 2 And when he had gone over those the world worshippeth. parts, and had given them much exhor.

28 And when they heard these say-tation, he came into Greece, ings, they were full of wrath, and cried 3 And there abode three nionths. And out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephe- when the Jews laid wait for him, as he sians. was about to sail into Syria, he purposed 29 And the whole city was filled with to return through Macedonia. confusion: and having caught Gaius and 4 And there accompanied him into Asia, Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalo companions in travel, they rushed with nians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and one accord into the theatre.

30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him

Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of
Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

5 These going before, tarried for us at Troas.

6 And we sailed away from Philippe after the days of unleavened bread, and

His speech at Miletus

Paui celebrates the Lord's supper CHAP. XXI. came unto them to Troas in five days; 24 But none of these things move me, where we abode seven days. neither count I my life dear unto myself, 7 Aud upon the first day of the week, so that I might finish my course with joy, when he disciples came together to break and the ministry which I have received bread, Faul preached unto them, (ready of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of to depart on the morrow) and continued the grace of God." his speech until midnight.

8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

25 And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face

no more.

26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of alf men,

27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

28 Take heed therefore unto your10 And Paul went down, and fell on selves, and to all the flock over the which him, and embracing him, said, Trouble [the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, uot yourselves; for his life is in him to feed the church of God, which he hathi I When he therefore was come up purchased with his own blood. again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. 13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I cease t not to warn every one night and day with tears.

14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. 32 And now, brethren, I commend you 15 And we sailed thence, and came the to God, and to the word of his grace, next day over against Chios; and the which is able to build you up, and to give next day we arrived at Samos, and tar-you an inheritance among all them which ried at Trogyllum; and the next day are sanctified. we came to Miletus.

16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I have shewed you all things, how 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephe-that so labouring ye ought to support the sus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,

weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

36 ¶ And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

19 Serving the Lord with all humility 37 And they all wept sore, and fell on of mind, and with many tears and temp-Paul's neck, and kissed him, tations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitabie unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,

21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide ine.

38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.