Acts:2:22-
rsv@Acts:2:22 @ "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know--
rsv@Acts:2:23 @ this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
rsv@Acts:2:24 @ But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
rsv@Acts:2:25 @ For David says concerning him, `I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
rsv@Acts:2:26 @ therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope.
rsv@Acts:2:27 @ For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let thy Holy One see corruption.
rsv@Acts:2:28 @ Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy presence.'
rsv@Acts:2:29 @ "Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
rsv@Acts:2:30 @ Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne,
rsv@Acts:2:31 @ he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
rsv@Acts:2:32 @ This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
rsv@Acts:2:33 @ Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.
rsv@Acts:2:34 @ For David did not ascend into the heavens; but he himself says, `The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
rsv@Acts:2:35 @ till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.'
rsv@Acts:2:36 @ Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
rsv@Acts:2:37 @ Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"
rsv@Acts:2:38 @ And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
rsv@Acts:2:39 @ For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him."
rsv@Acts:2:40 @ And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."
rsv@Acts:2:41 @ So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
rsv@Acts:2:42 @ And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
rsv@Acts:2:43 @ And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
rsv@Acts:2:44 @ And all who believed were together and had all things in common;
rsv@Acts:2:45 @ and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need.
rsv@Acts:2:46 @ And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts,
rsv@Acts:2:47 @ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
rsv@Acts:20:1 @ After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and having exhorted them took leave of them and departed for Macedo'nia.
rsv@Acts:20:2 @ When he had gone through these parts and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
rsv@Acts:20:3 @ There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedo'nia.
rsv@Acts:20:4 @ Sop'ater of Beroe'a, the son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalo'nians, Aristar'chus and Secun'dus; and Ga'ius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tych'icus and Troph'imus.
rsv@Acts:20:5 @ These went on and were waiting for us at Tro'as,
rsv@Acts:20:6 @ but we sailed away from Philip'pi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Tro'as, where we stayed for seven days.
rsv@Acts:20:7 @ On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
rsv@Acts:20:8 @ There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered.
rsv@Acts:20:9 @ And a young man named Eu'tychus was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer; and being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
rsv@Acts:20:10 @ But Paul went down and bent over him, and embracing him said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."
rsv@Acts:20:11 @ And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
rsv@Acts:20:12 @ And they took the lad away alive, and were not a little comforted.
rsv@Acts:20:13 @ But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
rsv@Acts:20:14 @ And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mityle'ne.
rsv@Acts:20:15 @ And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chi'os; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we came to Mile'tus.
rsv@Acts:20:16 @ For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
rsv@Acts:20:17 @ And from Mile'tus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.
rsv@Acts:20:18 @ And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived among you all the time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
rsv@Acts:20:19 @ serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which befell me through the plots of the Jews;
rsv@Acts:20:20 @ how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,
rsv@Acts:20:21 @ testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance to God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
rsv@Acts:20:22 @ And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what shall befall me there;
rsv@Acts:20:23 @ except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
rsv@Acts:20:24 @ But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
rsv@Acts:20:25 @ And now, behold, I know that all you among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom will see my face no more.
rsv@Acts:20:26 @ Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you,
rsv@Acts:20:27 @ for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
rsv@Acts:20:28 @ Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
rsv@Acts:20:29 @ I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
rsv@Acts:20:30 @ and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
rsv@Acts:20:31 @ Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.
rsv@Acts:20:32 @ And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
rsv@Acts:20:33 @ I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
rsv@Acts:20:34 @ You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.
rsv@Acts:20:35 @ In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, `It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
rsv@Acts:20:36 @ And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
rsv@Acts:20:37 @ And they all wept and embraced Paul and kissed him,
rsv@Acts:20:38 @ sorrowing most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him to the ship.
rsv@Acts:21:1 @ And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Pat'ara.
rsv@Acts:21:2 @ And having found a ship crossing to Phoeni'cia, we went aboard, and set sail.
rsv@Acts:21:3 @ When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.
rsv@Acts:21:4 @ And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
rsv@Acts:21:5 @ And when our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were outside the city; and kneeling down on the beach we prayed and bade one another farewell.
rsv@Acts:21:6 @ Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
rsv@Acts:21:7 @ When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolema'is; and we greeted the brethren and stayed with them for one day.
rsv@Acts:21:8 @ On the morrow we departed and came to Caesare'a; and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
rsv@Acts:21:9 @ And he had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
rsv@Acts:21:10 @ While we were staying for some days, a prophet named Ag'abus came down from Judea.
rsv@Acts:21:11 @ And coming to us he took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, `So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
rsv@Acts:21:12 @ When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
rsv@Acts:21:13 @ Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
rsv@Acts:21:14 @ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "The will of the Lord be done."
rsv@Acts:21:15 @ After these days we made ready and went up to Jerusalem.
rsv@Acts:21:16 @ And some of the disciples from Caesare'a went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
rsv@Acts:21:17 @ When we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
rsv@Acts:21:18 @ On the following day Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
rsv@Acts:21:19 @ After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
rsv@Acts:21:20 @ And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed; they are all zealous for the law,
rsv@Acts:21:21 @ and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.
rsv@Acts:21:22 @ What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.
rsv@Acts:21:23 @ Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;
rsv@Acts:21:24 @ take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you but that you yourself live in observance of the law.
rsv@Acts:21:25 @ But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity."
rsv@Acts:21:26 @ Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself with them and went into the temple, to give notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for every one of them.
rsv@Acts:21:27 @ When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, who had seen him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd, and laid hands on him,
rsv@Acts:21:28 @ crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place; moreover he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."
rsv@Acts:21:29 @ For they had previously seen Troph'imus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
rsv@Acts:21:30 @ Then all the city was aroused, and the people ran together; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
rsv@Acts:21:31 @ And as they were trying to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
rsv@Acts:21:32 @ He at once took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
rsv@Acts:21:33 @ Then the tribune came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
rsv@Acts:21:34 @ Some in the crowd shouted one thing, some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
rsv@Acts:21:35 @ And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
rsv@Acts:21:36 @ for the mob of the people followed, crying, "Away with him!"
rsv@Acts:21:37 @ As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?
rsv@Acts:21:38 @ Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"
rsv@Acts:21:39 @ Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cili'cia, a citizen of no mean city; I beg you, let me speak to the people."
rsv@Acts:21:40 @ And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying:
rsv@Acts:22:1 @ "Brethren and fathers, hear the defense which I now make before you."
rsv@Acts:22:2 @ And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet. And he said:
rsv@Acts:22:3 @ "I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cili'cia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gama'li-el, educated according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as you all are this day.
rsv@Acts:22:4 @ I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,
rsv@Acts:22:5 @ as the high priest and the whole council of elders bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brethren, and I journeyed to Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
rsv@Acts:22:6 @ "As I made my journey and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone about me.
rsv@Acts:22:7 @ And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, `Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'
rsv@Acts:22:8 @ And I answered, `Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, `I am Jesus of Nazareth whom you are persecuting.'
rsv@Acts:22:9 @ Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
rsv@Acts:22:10 @ And I said, `What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, `Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.'
rsv@Acts:22:11 @ And when I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.
rsv@Acts:22:12 @ "And one Anani'as, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
rsv@Acts:22:13 @ came to me, and standing by me said to me, `Brother Saul, receive your sight.' And in that very hour I received my sight and saw him.
rsv@Acts:22:14 @ And he said, `The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Just One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
rsv@Acts:22:15 @ for you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
rsv@Acts:22:16 @ And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'
rsv@Acts:22:17 @ "When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
rsv@Acts:22:18 @ and saw him saying to me, `Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'
rsv@Acts:22:19 @ And I said, `Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in thee.
rsv@Acts:22:20 @ And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by and approving, and keeping the garments of those who killed him.'
rsv@Acts:22:21 @ And he said to me, `Depart; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
rsv@Acts:22:22 @ Up to this word they listened to him; then they lifted up their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he ought not to live."
rsv@Acts:22:23 @ And as they cried out and waved their garments and threw dust into the air,
rsv@Acts:22:24 @ the tribune commanded him to be brought into the barracks, and ordered him to be examined by scourging, to find out why they shouted thus against him.
rsv@Acts:22:25 @ But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned?"
rsv@Acts:22:26 @ When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."
rsv@Acts:22:27 @ So the tribune came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he said, "Yes."
rsv@Acts:22:28 @ The tribune answered, "I bought this citizenship for a large sum." Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."
rsv@Acts:22:29 @ So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him instantly; and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.
rsv@Acts:22:30 @ But on the morrow, desiring to know the real reason why the Jews accused him, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
rsv@Acts:23:1 @ And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, "Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience up to this day."
rsv@Acts:23:2 @ And the high priest Anani'as commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
rsv@Acts:23:3 @ Then Paul said to him, "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?"
rsv@Acts:23:4 @ Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest?"
rsv@Acts:23:5 @ And Paul said, "I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, `You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"
rsv@Acts:23:6 @ But when Paul perceived that one part were Sad'ducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial."
rsv@Acts:23:7 @ And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sad'ducees; and the assembly was divided.
rsv@Acts:23:8 @ For the Sad'ducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
rsv@Acts:23:9 @ Then a great clamor arose; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?"
rsv@Acts:23:10 @ And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.
rsv@Acts:23:11 @ The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome."
rsv@Acts:23:12 @ When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
rsv@Acts:23:13 @ There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.
rsv@Acts:23:14 @ And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
rsv@Acts:23:15 @ You therefore, along with the council, give notice now to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near."
rsv@Acts:23:16 @ Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush; so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
rsv@Acts:23:17 @ And Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the tribune; for he has something to tell him."
rsv@Acts:23:18 @ So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, "Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you."
rsv@Acts:23:19 @ The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
rsv@Acts:23:20 @ And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
rsv@Acts:23:21 @ But do not yield to them; for more than forty of their men lie in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you."
rsv@Acts:23:22 @ So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of this."
rsv@Acts:23:23 @ Then he called two of the centurions and said, "At the third hour of the night get ready two hundred soldiers with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesare'a.
rsv@Acts:23:24 @ Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."
rsv@Acts:23:25 @ And he wrote a letter to this effect:
rsv@Acts:23:26 @ "Claudius Lys'ias to his Excellency the governor Felix, greeting.
rsv@Acts:23:27 @ This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
rsv@Acts:23:28 @ And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
rsv@Acts:23:29 @ I found that he was accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
rsv@Acts:23:30 @ And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him."
rsv@Acts:23:31 @ So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antip'atris.
rsv@Acts:23:32 @ And on the morrow they returned to the barracks, leaving the horsemen to go on with him.
rsv@Acts:23:33 @ When they came to Caesare'a and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.
rsv@Acts:23:34 @ On reading the letter, he asked to what province he belonged. When he learned that he was from Cili'cia
rsv@Acts:23:35 @ he said, "I will hear you when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's praetorium.
rsv@Acts:24:1 @ And after five days the high priest Anani'as came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertul'lus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul;
rsv@Acts:24:2 @ and when he was called, Tertul'lus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your provision, most excellent Felix, reforms are introduced on behalf of this nation,
rsv@Acts:24:3 @ in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude.
rsv@Acts:24:4 @ But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly.
rsv@Acts:24:5 @ For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
rsv@Acts:24:6 @ He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
rsv@Acts:24:7 @ By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him about everything of which we accuse him."
rsv@Acts:24:8 @ The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all this was so.
rsv@Acts:24:9 @ And when the governor had motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: "Realizing that for many years you have been judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
rsv@Acts:24:10 @ As you may ascertain, it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem;
rsv@Acts:24:11 @ and they did not find me disputing with any one or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues, or in the city.
rsv@Acts:24:12 @ Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
rsv@Acts:24:13 @ But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the law or written in the prophets,
rsv@Acts:24:14 @ having a hope in God which these themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
rsv@Acts:24:15 @ So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men.
rsv@Acts:24:16 @ Now after some years I came to bring to my nation alms and offerings.
rsv@Acts:24:17 @ As I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia--
rsv@Acts:24:18 @ they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, if they have anything against me.
rsv@Acts:24:19 @ Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
rsv@Acts:24:20 @ except this one thing which I cried out while standing among them, `With respect to the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you this day.'"
rsv@Acts:24:21 @ But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lys'ias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case."
rsv@Acts:24:22 @ Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but should have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.
rsv@Acts:24:23 @ After some days Felix came with his wife Drusil'la, who was a Jewess; and he sent for Paul and heard him speak upon faith in Christ Jesus.
rsv@Acts:24:24 @ And as he argued about justice and self-control and future judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity I will summon you."
rsv@Acts:24:25 @ At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.
rsv@Acts:24:26 @ But when two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
rsv@Acts:25:1 @ Now when Festus had come into his province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesare'a.
rsv@Acts:25:2 @ And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they urged him,
rsv@Acts:25:3 @ asking as a favor to have the man sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
rsv@Acts:25:4 @ Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesare'a, and that he himself intended to go there shortly.
rsv@Acts:25:5 @ "So," said he, "let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them accuse him."
rsv@Acts:25:6 @ When he had stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesare'a; and the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
rsv@Acts:25:7 @ And when he had come, the Jews who had gone down from Jerusalem stood about him, bringing against him many serious charges which they could not prove.
rsv@Acts:25:8 @ Paul said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended at all."
rsv@Acts:25:9 @ But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, "Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem, and there be tried on these charges before me?"
rsv@Acts:25:10 @ But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried; to the Jews I have done no wrong, as you know very well.
rsv@Acts:25:11 @ If then I am a wrongdoer, and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death; but if there is nothing in their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar."
rsv@Acts:25:12 @ Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."
rsv@Acts:25:13 @ Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Berni'ce arrived at Caesare'a to welcome Festus.
rsv@Acts:25:14 @ And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix;
rsv@Acts:25:15 @ and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him, asking for sentence against him.
rsv@Acts:25:16 @ I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
rsv@Acts:25:17 @ When therefore they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.
rsv@Acts:25:18 @ When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed;
rsv@Acts:25:19 @ but they had certain points of dispute with him about their own superstition and about one Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
rsv@Acts:25:20 @ Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.
rsv@Acts:25:21 @ But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be held until I could send him to Caesar."
rsv@Acts:25:22 @ And Agrippa said to Festus, "I should like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," said he, "you shall hear him."
rsv@Acts:25:23 @ So on the morrow Agrippa and Berni'ce came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then by command of Festus Paul was brought in.
rsv@Acts:25:24 @ And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
rsv@Acts:25:25 @ But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
rsv@Acts:25:26 @ But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you, and, especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write.
rsv@Acts:25:27 @ For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him."
rsv@Acts:26:1 @ Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:
rsv@Acts:26:2 @ "I think myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews,
rsv@Acts:26:3 @ because you are especially familiar with all customs and controversies of the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
rsv@Acts:26:4 @ "My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
rsv@Acts:26:5 @ They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
rsv@Acts:26:6 @ And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,
rsv@Acts:26:7 @ to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!
rsv@Acts:26:8 @ Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
rsv@Acts:26:9 @ "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
rsv@Acts:26:10 @ And I did so in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
rsv@Acts:26:11 @ And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
rsv@Acts:26:12 @ "Thus I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
rsv@Acts:26:13 @ At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who journeyed with me.
rsv@Acts:26:14 @ And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, `Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.'
rsv@Acts:26:15 @ And I said, `Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
rsv@Acts:26:16 @ But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,
rsv@Acts:26:17 @ delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles--to whom I send you
rsv@Acts:26:18 @ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
rsv@Acts:26:19 @ "Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
rsv@Acts:26:20 @ but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.
rsv@Acts:26:21 @ For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
rsv@Acts:26:22 @ To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
rsv@Acts:26:23 @ that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."
rsv@Acts:26:24 @ And as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are mad; your great learning is turning you mad."
rsv@Acts:26:25 @ But Paul said, "I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth.
rsv@Acts:26:26 @ For the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.
rsv@Acts:26:27 @ King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
rsv@Acts:26:28 @ And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time you think to make me a Christian!"
rsv@Acts:26:29 @ And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am--except for these chains."
rsv@Acts:26:30 @ Then the king rose, and the governor and Berni'ce and those who were sitting with them;
rsv@Acts:26:31 @ and when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, "This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."
rsv@Acts:26:32 @ And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."