termined to send 1relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Ju30 dæa: which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. 12 Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened 4 bread. And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him 5 forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto 6 God for him. And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door 7 kept the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from 8 his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about 9 thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed; and he wist not that it was true which was done 2 by the angel, but thought he saw a vision. 10 And when they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one 1 Gr. for ministry. 2 Or, through 3 Gr. led away to death. street; and straightway the angel departed from him. And 11 when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. And when he had considered 12 the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying. And when he knocked at 13 the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's 14 voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate. And they said unto 15 her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel. But Peter con- 16 tinued knocking and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed. But 17 he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place. Now as soon as it was 18 day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. And when 19 Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be 3 put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and tarried there. Now he was highly displeas- 20 ed with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the 21 king's country. And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on 10r, the throne, and made an ora22 tion unto them. And the peo ple shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 25 But the word of God grew and multiplied. judgement-seat 2 Many ancient authorities read to Jerusalem. And Barnabas and Saul returned 2 from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministration, taking with them John whose surname was Mark. 13 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cy- 1, 7, 16. rene, and Manaen the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, 2 and Saul. And as they minis tered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate 3 Gr. Magus: as in Matt. ii. derstanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the 3 sor- 8 cerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith. But 9 Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, fastened his eyes on him, and 10 said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, 11 the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun 4 for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul, 12 when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. Now Paul and his company 13 set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and me Barnabas and Saul for the 4 Or, until returned to Jerusalem. But 14 work whereunto I have called 3 them. Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they 5 sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as 6 their attendant. And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain 3sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus; 7 which was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of un they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after the reading 15 of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. And Paul stood up, and beck- 16 oning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken. The God 17 of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it. And for about the 18 time of forty years 5 suffered dead and he was seen for 31 many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people. And we bring you good tidings 32 20 fifty years: and after these 1 Gr. wills. of the promise made unto the things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21 And afterward they asked for a king and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty 22 years. And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my 23 1 will. Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a 24 Saviour, Jesus; when John had first preached 2 before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there cometh one after me, the shoes of whose fect I am not worthy to un26 loose. Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of 27 this salvation sent forth. For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he 29 should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from the fathers, how that God hath 33 Behold, ye despisers, and 41 A work which ye shall in And as they went out, they 42 besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath. Now when the 48 synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and 44 Barnabas: who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God. ancient made them evil affected against the brethren. Long time 3 therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, which bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. But the mul- 4 titude of the city was divided; the Lord. and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. And when there was made an 5 onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to entreat them shamefully, and to stone them, they be- 6 came aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about: and there 7 they preached the gospel. And the next sabbath al- I have set thee for a light That thou shouldest be for railed And at Lystra there sat a 8 certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mo salvation unto the utter- 3 Or, saved ther's womb, who never had most part of the earth. 48 And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to 49 eternal life believed. And the walked. The same heard Paul 9 speaking: who, fastening his eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be 3 made whole, said with a loud voice, 10 Stand upright on thy feet. word of the Lord was spread 4 Gr. Zeus. And he leaped up and walked. abroad throughout all the re 50 gion. But the Jews urged on. Hermes. shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto 52 Iconium. And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost. 14 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they entered 6 Or, together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believ-i 2 ed. But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and nature And when the multitudes saw 11 you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is: 16 who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to 17 walk in their own ways. And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food 18 and gladness. And with these 19 sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them. But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was 20 dead. But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to 21 Derbe. And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to An22 tioch, confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the 23 kingdom of God. And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed. 24 And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went 26 down to Attalia; and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. And when they were 27 And certain men came down 15 from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. And when Paul and Barnabas 2 had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. They therefore, be- 3 ing brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, 1 Gr. from declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. And when they were 4 come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them. But there rose up certain of 5 the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses. early days. And the apostles and the 6 elders were gathered together to consider of this matter. And when there had been 7 much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know how that 1a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which 8 knoweth the heart, bare them |