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Verse 1

And{G1161} when it came to pass{G1096} that we{G2248} were{G5613} parted{G645} from{G575} them{G846} and had set sail,{G321} we came{G2064} with a straight course{G2113} unto{G1519} Cos,{G2972} and{G1161} the{G1836} next{G1836} day unto{G1519} Rhodes,{G4499} and from thence{G2547} unto{G1519} Patara:{G3959}

Verse 2

and{G2532} having found{G2147} a ship{G4143} crossing over{G1276} unto{G1519} Phoenicia,{G5403} we went aboard,{G1910} and set sail.{G321}

Verse 3

And{G1161} when we{G2532} had come in sight{G398} of Cyprus,{G2954} leaving{G2641} it{G846} on the left{G2641} hand,{G2176} we sailed{G4126} unto Syria,{G4947} and{G2532} landed{G2609} at{G1519} Tyre;{G5184} for{G1063} there{G1566} the ship{G4143} was{G2258} to unlade{G670} her burden.{G1117}

Verse 4

And{G2532} having found{G429} the disciples,{G3101} we tarried{G1961} there{G847} seven{G2033} days:{G2250} and these{G3748} said{G3004} to Paul{G3972} through{G1223} the Spirit,{G4151} that he should{G305} not{G3361} set foot{G305} in{G1519} Jerusalem.{G2419}

Verse 5

And{G1161} when{G3753} it came to pass that we{G2248} had{G1096} accomplished{G1822} the days,{G2250} we{G2248} departed{G1831} and went on our journey;{G4198} and they all,{G3956} with{G4862} wives{G1135} and children,{G5043} brought{G4311} us{G2248} on our way{G4311} till{G2193} we were out of{G1854} the city:{G4172} and{G2532} kneeling down{G1119} on{G1909} the beach,{G123} we prayed,{G4336} and{G2532} bade each other farewell;

Verse 6

and{G2532} we went on{G1519} board{G1910} the ship,{G4143} but they{G1565} returned{G5290} {G1519} home again.{G2398}

Verse 7

And{G1161} when we{G2249} had finished{G1274} the voyage{G4144} from{G575} Tyre,{G5184} we arrived{G2658} at Ptolemais;{G4424} and{G2532} we saluted{G782} the brethren,{G80} and{G2532} abode{G3306} with{G3844} them{G846} one{G1520} day.{G2250}

Verse 8

And{G1161} on the morrow{G1887} we departed,{G1831} and{G2532} came{G2064} unto{G1519} Caesarea:{G2542} and{G2532} entering{G1525} into{G1519} the house{G3624} of Philip{G5376} the evangelist,{G2099} who was{G5607} one of{G1537} the seven,{G2033} we abode{G3306} with{G3844} him.{G846}

Verse 9

Now{G1161} this man{G5129} had{G2258} four{G5064} virgin{G3933} daughters,{G2364} who prophesied.{G4395}

Verse 10

And{G1161} as we{G2257} tarried{G1961} there some{G4119} days,{G2250} there came down{G2718} from{G575} Judaea{G2449} a certain{G5100} prophet,{G4396} named{G3686} Agabus.{G13}

Verse 11

And{G2532} coming{G2064} to{G4314} us,{G2532} and taking{G142} Paul's{G3972} girdle,{G2223} he{G5037} bound{G1210} his own{G846} feet{G4228} and{G5037} hands,{G5495} and said,{G2036} Thus{G3592} saith{G3004} the Holy{G40} Spirit,{G4151} So{G3779} shall{G1210} the Jews{G2453} at{G1722} Jerusalem{G2419} bind{G1210} the man{G435} that{G3739} owneth{G2076} this{G3778} girdle,{G2223} and{G2532} shall deliver{G3860} him into{G1519} the hands{G5495} of the Gentiles.{G1484}

Verse 12

And{G1161} when{G5613} we heard{G191} these things,{G5023} both{G5037} we{G2249} and{G2532} they{G3588} of that place{G1786} besought{G3870} him{G846} not{G3361} to{G1519} go up{G305} to Jerusalem.{G2419}

Verse 13

Then{G1161} Paul{G3972} answered,{G611} What{G5101} do ye,{G4160} weeping{G2799} and{G2532} breaking{G4919} my{G3450} heart?{G2588} for{G1063} I{G1473} am{G2192} ready{G2093} not{G3756} to be bound{G1210} only,{G3440} but{G235} also{G2532} to die{G599} at{G1519} Jerusalem{G2419} for{G5228} the name{G3686} of the Lord{G2962} Jesus.{G2424}

Verse 14

And when{G1161} he{G846} would{G3982} not{G3361} be persuaded,{G3982} we ceased,{G2270} saying,{G2036} The will{G2307} of the Lord{G2962} be done.{G1096}

Verse 15

And{G1161} after{G3326} these{G3778} days{G2250} we took up our baggage{G643} and went up{G305} to{G1519} Jerusalem.{G2419}

Verse 16

And there{G1161} went{G4905} with{G4862} us{G2254} also{G2532} [certain] of{G575} the disciples{G3101} from Caesarea,{G2542} bringing [with them]{G71} one{G5100} Mnason{G3416} of Cyprus,{G2953} an early{G744} disciple,{G3101} with{G3844} whom{G3739} we should lodge.{G3579}

Verse 17

And{G1161} when we{G2257} were come{G1096} to{G1519} Jerusalem,{G2414} the brethren{G80} received{G1209} us{G2248} gladly.{G780}

Verse 18

And{G1161} the{G3588} day following{G1966} Paul{G3972} went in{G1524} with{G4862} us{G2254} unto{G4314} James;{G2385} and{G5037} all{G3956} the elders{G4245} were present.{G3854}

Verse 19

And{G2532} when he had saluted{G782} them,{G846} he rehearsed{G1834} one{G1520} by one{G1538} the things{G3739} which God{G2316} had wrought{G4160} among{G1722} the Gentiles{G1484} through{G1223} his{G846} ministry.{G1248}

Verse 20

And{G1161} they, when they heard{G191} it, glorified{G1392} God;{G2962} and{G5037} they said{G2036} unto him,{G846} Thou seest,{G2334} brother,{G80} how many{G4214} thousands{G3461} there are{G1526} among the Jews{G2453} of them that{G3588} have believed;{G4100} and{G2532} they are{G5225} all{G3956} zealous{G2207} for the law:{G3551}

Verse 21

and{G1161} they have been informed{G2727} concerning{G4012} thee,{G4675} that{G3754} thou teachest{G1321} all{G3956} the Jews{G2453} who{G3588} are among{G2596} the Gentiles{G1484} to forsake{G646} {G575} Moses,{G3475} telling{G3004} them{G846} {G4059} not{G3361} to circumcise{G4059} their children{G5043} neither{G3366} to walk after{G4043} the customs.{G1485}

Verse 22

What{G5101} is it{G2076} therefore?{G3767} They{G4128} will{G1163} certainly{G3843} {G4905} {G1063} hear{G191} that{G3754} thou art come.{G2064}

Verse 23

Do{G4160} therefore{G3767} this{G5124} that we say{G3004} to thee:{G4671} We{G2254} have{G1526} four{G5064} men{G435} that{G3739} have{G2192} a vow{G2171} on{G1909} them;{G1438}

Verse 24

these{G5128} take,{G3880} and purify thyself{G48} with{G4862} them,{G846} and{G2532} be at charges{G1159} for{G1909} them,{G846} that{G2443} they may shave{G3587} their heads:{G2776} and{G2532} all{G3956} shall know{G1097} that{G3754} there is{G2076} no truth{G3762} in the things{G3739} whereof they have been informed{G2727} concerning{G4012} thee;{G4675} but{G235} that thou thyself{G846} also{G2532} walkest orderly,{G4748} keeping{G5442} the law.{G3551}

Verse 25

But as{G1161} touching{G4012} the Gentiles{G1484} that{G2919} have believed,{G4100} we{G2249} wrote,{G1989} giving judgment that{G3361} they should keep{G5083} themselves{G846} from{G5037} things sacrificed to idols,{G1494} and{G2532} from blood,{G129} and{G2532} from what is strangled,{G4156} and{G2532} from fornication.{G4202}

Verse 26

Then{G5119} Paul{G3972} took{G3880} the men,{G435} and the next{G2192} day{G2250} purifying himself{G48} with{G4862} them{G846} went{G1524} into{G1519} the temple,{G2411} declaring{G1229} the fulfilment{G1604} of the days{G2250} of purification,{G49} until{G2193} the{G3739} offering was{G4374} offered{G4376} for{G5228} every{G1538} one{G1520} of them.{G846}

Verse 27

And{G1161} when{G5613} the seven{G2033} days{G2250} were almost{G3195} completed,{G4931} the Jews{G2453} {G3588} from{G575} Asia,{G773} when they saw{G2300} him{G846} in{G1722} the temple,{G2411} stirred up{G4797} all{G3956} the multitude{G3793} and{G2532} laid{G1911} hands{G5495} on{G1909} him,{G846}

Verse 28

crying out,{G2896} Men{G435} of Israel,{G2475} help:{G997} This{G3778} is{G2076} the man{G444} that teacheth{G1321} all{G3956} men everywhere{G3837} against{G2596} the people,{G2992} and{G2532} the law,{G3551} and{G2532} this{G5127} place;{G5117} and{G5037} moreover{G2089} he brought{G1521} Greeks{G1672} also{G2532} into{G1519} the temple,{G2411} and{G2532} hath defiled{G2840} this{G5126} holy{G40} place.{G5117}

Verse 29

For{G1063} they had{G2258} before{G4308} seen with{G4862} him{G846} in{G1722} the city{G4172} Trophimus{G5161} the Ephesian,{G2180} whom{G3739} they supposed{G3543} that{G3754} Paul{G3972} had brought{G1521} into{G1519} the temple.{G2411}

Verse 30

And{G5037} all{G3650} the city{G4172} was{G1096} moved,{G2795} and{G2532} the people{G2992} ran together;{G4890} and{G2532} they laid hold{G1949} on Paul,{G3972} and{G2532} dragged{G1670} him{G846} out of{G1854} the temple:{G2411} and{G2532} straightway the doors{G2374} were shut.{G2808}

Verse 31

And{G1161} as they were seeking{G2212} to kill{G615} him,{G846} tidings{G5334} came up to{G305} the chief captain{G5506} of the band,{G4686} that{G3754} all{G3650} Jerusalem{G2419} was in confusion.{G4797}

Verse 32

And{G3739} forthwith{G1824} he took{G3880} soldiers{G4757} and{G1161} centurions,{G1543} and ran down{G2701} upon{G1909} them:{G846} and{G2532} they, when they saw{G1492} the chief captain{G5506} and{G2532} the soldiers,{G4757} left{G3973} off beating{G5180} Paul.{G3972}

Verse 33

Then{G5119} the chief captain{G5506} came near,{G1448} and laid hold{G1949} on him,{G846} and{G2532} commanded{G2753} him to be bound{G1210} with two{G1417} chains;{G254} and{G2532} inquired{G4441} who{G5101} {G302} he was,{G1498} and{G2532} what{G5101} he had{G2076} done.{G4160}

Verse 34

And{G1161} some{G243} shouted{G994} one thing,{G5100} some another,{G243} among{G1722} the crowd:{G3793} and{G1161} when he could{G1410} not{G3361} know{G1097} the certainty{G804} for{G1223} the uproar,{G2351} he commanded{G2753} him{G846} to be brought{G71} into{G1519} the castle.{G3925}

Verse 35

And{G1161} when{G3753} he{G846} came{G1096} upon{G1909} the stairs,{G304} so it was{G4819} that he was borne{G941} of{G5259} the soldiers{G4757} for{G1223} the violence{G970} of the crowd;{G3793}

Verse 36

for{G1063} the multitude{G4128} of the people{G2992} followed after,{G190} crying{G2896} out, Away with{G142} him.{G846}

Verse 37

And{G5037} as Paul{G3972} was{G3195} about to be brought{G1521} into{G1519} the castle,{G3925} he saith{G3004} unto{G4314} the chief captain,{G5506} May{G1832} I{G3427} say{G2036} something unto{G4314} thee?{G4571} And he said,{G1161} Dost thou know{G1097} Greek?{G1676}

Verse 38

Art{G1488} thou{G4771} not{G3756} then{G687} the{G3588} Egyptian,{G124} who{G3588} before{G4253} these{G5130} days{G2250} stirred up to sedition{G387} and{G2532} led out{G1806} into{G1519} the wilderness{G2048} the four thousand{G5070} men{G435} of the Assassins?{G4607}

Verse 39

But{G1161} Paul{G3972} said,{G2036} I{G1473} am{G1510} a {G444} {G3303} Jew,{G2453} of Tarsus{G5018} in Cilicia,{G2791} a citizen{G4177} of{G767} no{G3756} mean{G767} city:{G4172} and{G1161} I beseech{G1189} thee,{G4675} give{G2010} me{G3427} leave to speak{G2980} unto{G4314} the people.{G2992}

Verse 40

And{G1161} when he had given{G2010} him{G846} leave,{G2010} Paul,{G3972} standing{G2476} on{G1909} the stairs,{G304} beckoned{G2678} with the hand{G5495} unto the people;{G2992} and{G1161} when there was made{G1096} a great{G4183} silence,{G4602} he spake unto{G4377} them in the Hebrew{G1446} language,{G1258} saying,{G3004}

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