17 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to aThessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, bas his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them cout of the scriptures, 3 dOpening and alleging, that eChrist must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this fJesus, ||whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 gAnd some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and hSilas; and of the idevout kGreeks a great multitude, and of lthe chief women not a few. 5 But mthe Jews which believed not, nmoved with envy, took unto them certain olewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of pJason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain qbrethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, rThese that have sturned tthe world upside down are come hither also; 7 Whom Jason hath ureceived: and these all do contrary to the vdecrees of Caesar, wsaying that there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

10 And qthe brethren immediately xsent away Paul and hSilas by night unto Berea: who coming thither bwent into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more ynoble than those in aThessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and zsearched the scriptures adaily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of bhonourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at cBerea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. 14 And then immediately the brethren dsent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but eSilas and fTimotheus abode there still. 15 And they that gconducted Paul brought him unto hAthens: and ireceiving a commandment unto eSilas and fTimotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

16 *kNow while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city ||wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore ldisputed he min the synagogue with the Jews, and with the ndevout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this ||babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because ohe preached unto them Jesus, and pthe resurrection. 19 And they took him, and brought him unto ||Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and qstrangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of ||Mars’ hill, and said,

Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too rsuperstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your ||devotions, I found an altar with this sinscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, thim declare I unto you. 24 uGod that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is xLord of heaven and earth, ydwelleth not in temples zmade with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, aas though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all blife, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath cdetermined the times before appointed, and dthe bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, ethough he be not far from every one of us: 28 For fin him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of gyour own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, hwe ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God iwinked at; but know commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which lhe will judge mthe world in righteousness by that man whom he hath cordained; whereof he ||hath given assurance unto all men, in that nhe hath raised him from the dead.

32 And when they heard of othe resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, pWe will hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them. 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the qAreopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

18 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to aCorinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named bAquila, born in cPontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife bPriscilla; (because that dClaudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and ewrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he freasoned gin the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And hwhen Silas and Timotheus were come from iMacedonia, Paul was jpressed in the spirit, and ktestified to the Jews that lJesus ||was Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves, and mblasphemed, nhe shook his raiment, and said unto them, oYour blood be upon your own heads; pI am clean: qfrom henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, rone that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8 And sCrispus, the tchief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord uwith all his house; and many of athe Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9 Then xspake the Lord to Paul in the night by ya vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For zI 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 adeputy of bAchaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and cbrought him to dthe judgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to ethe law. 14 And when Paul was now about to fopen his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked glewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should hbear with you: 15 iBut if it be a question of words and names, and of eyour law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 16 And he drave them from dthe judgment seat. 17 Then all the Greeks took kSosthenes, the lchief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before dthe judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then mtook his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into nSyria, and with him oPriscilla and oAquila; having pshorn his head in qCenchrea: for he had pa vow. 19 And he came to rEphesus, and left them there: but he himself entered sinto the synagogue, and treasoned with the Jews. 20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 21 But mbade them farewell, saying, uI must by all means xkeep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, yif God will. And he sailed from rEphesus. 22 *And when he had landed at zCaesarea, and agone up, and saluted the church, he went down to bAntioch. 23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of cGalatia and dPhrygia ein order, fstrengthening all the gdisciples.

24 And a certain Jew named hApollos, born at iAlexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to jEphesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being kfervent in the spirit, he spake and taught ldiligently the things of the Lord, knowing only mthe baptism of John. 26 And he began to nspeak boldly in the synagogue: whom when oAquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and pexpounded unto him qthe way of God more lperfectly. 27 And when he was disposed to pass into rAchaia, the brethren wrote, sexhorting the disciples to treceive him: who, when he was come, uhelped them much which had believed through grace: 28 For he wmightily convinced xthe Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the yscriptures that zJesus ||was Christ.

19 And it came to pass, that, while aApollos was at bCorinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to cEphesus: 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 dwhether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto eJohn’s baptism. 4 Then said Paul, fJohn verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that gthey should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, hthey were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had ilaid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they jspake with tongues, and kprophesied. 7 And all the men were about twelve. 8 And he went linto the synagogue, and mspake boldly for the space of three months, ndisputing and opersuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of pthat way before the multitude, he departed qfrom them, and separated the rdisciples, ndisputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of stwo years; so that all they which dwelt in tAsia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11 And uGod wrought wspecial miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 So that xfrom his body were brought unto the sick yhandkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and zthe evil spirits went out of them.

13 *Then certain of the vagabond Jews, aexorcists, btook upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and cchief of the priests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house dnaked and wounded. 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at eEphesus; and ffear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many that believed came, and gconfessed, and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand hpieces of silver. 20 So mightily igrew the word of God and prevailed.

21 *After these things were ended, Paul kpurposed in the spirit, lwhen he had passed through mnMacedonia and moAchaia, pto go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, qI must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into nMacedonia two of rthem that ministered unto him, sTimotheus and tErastus; but he himself stayed in uAsia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose wno small stir about xthat way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought yno small gain unto the craftsmen; 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. 26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at eEphesus, but almost throughout all uAsia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that zthey be no gods, which are made with hands: 27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana ashould be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all hAsia and bthe world worshippeth. 28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29 And the whole city was filled with iconfusion: and having ccaught dGaius and eAristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s fcompanions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the gdisciples suffered him not. 31 And certain of the chief of hAsia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was iconfused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. 33 And they kdrew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And lAlexander mbeckoned with the hand, and would have nmade his defence unto the people. 34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 35 And when the townclerk had oappeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is †a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be oquiet, and to do nothing prashly. 37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither qrobbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, ||the law is open, and there are rdeputies: let them simplead one another. 39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a ||lawful assembly. 40 For we are in danger to be scalled 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.

20 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him athe disciples, and bembraced them, and cdeparted for to go into dMacedonia. 2 *And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 3 And there abode three months. And ewhen the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into fSyria, he purposed to return through dMacedonia. 4 And there accompanied him into gAsia Sopater of hBerea; and of the iThessalonians, kAristarchus and Secundus; and kGaius of lDerbe, and mTimotheus; and of gAsia, nTychicus and oTrophimus. 5 These going before tarried for pus at qTroas. 6 And we sailed away from rPhilippi after sthe days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to qTroas in five days; where we abode seven days. 7 And upon tthe first day of the week, when athe disciples came together to ubreak bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 8 And there were many vlights in wthe upper chamber, where they were gathered together. 9 And there sat in a xwindow 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 yloft, and was taken up dead. 10 And Paul went down, and zfell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; afor his life is in him. 11 When he therefore was come up again, and had bbroken 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. 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. 15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and cthe next day we came to dMiletus. 16 For Paul had determined to sail by eEphesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, fto be at Jerusalem gthe day of Pentecost. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called hthe elders of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them,

Ye know, ifrom the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me kby the lying in wait of the Jews: 20 And how lI kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, lbut have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 21 mTestifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, norepentance toward God, and nfaith 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 pthe Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, qsaying that bonds and afflictions ||abide me. 24 But rnone of these things move me, neither scount I my life dear unto myself, so that I might tfinish my course with joy, and uthe ministry, which I have received wof the Lord Jesus, to mtestify the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone xpreaching the kingdom of God, yshall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that zI am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For aI have not shunned to declare unto you all bthe counsel of God. 28 cTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all dthe flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you eoverseers, dto feed the church of God, which he hath fpurchased gwith his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall hgrievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also iof your own selves shall men arise, speaking kperverse things, to draw away ldisciples after them. 31 Therefore mwatch, and remember, that by the space of nthree years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I ocommend you to God, and to pthe word of his grace, which is able to qbuild you up, and to give you ran inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 33 sI have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or tapparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that uthese hands have ministered unto my necessities, and xto them that were with me. 35 I have shewed you all things, how that sso labouring ye ought to ysupport the 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 zkneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37 And they all wept sore, and afell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him, 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words bwhich he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they caccompanied him unto the ship.

21 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we acame with a straight course unto bCoos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 2 And finding a ship sailing over unto cPhenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. 3 Now when we had discovered dCyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into eSyria, and landed at fTyre: for gthere the ship was to unlade her burden. 4 And finding hdisciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul ithrough the Spirit, that he should not kgo up to Jerusalem. 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all lbrought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we mkneeled down on the shore, and prayed. 6 And when we had mmtaken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned nhome again. 7 And when we had finished our course from fTyre, we came to oPtolemais, and saluted pthe brethren, and abode with them one day. 8 And the next day we qthat were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto rCaesarea: and we entered into the house of sPhilip tthe evangelist, which was one sof the seven; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, uwhich did prophesy. 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain xprophet, named yAgabus. 11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s zgirdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith athe Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to bgo up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, cbut also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, dThe will of the Lord be done. 15 And after those days we took up our ecarriages, and bwent up to Jerusalem. 16 There went with us also certain of the fdisciples of gCaesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of hCyprus, an old fdisciple, with whom we should lodge.

17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, ithe brethren kreceived us gladly. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto lJames; and all mthe elders were present. 19 And when he had saluted them, he ndeclared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by ohis ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they pglorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all qzealous of the law: 21 And they rare informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the scustoms. 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have ua vow on them; 24 Them take, and tpurify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may ushave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof rthey were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. 25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, xwe have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day tpurifying himself with them yentered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that zan offering should be offered for every one of them. 27 And when athe seven days were almost ended, bthe Jews which were of cAsia, bdwhen they saw him in the temple, estirred up all the people, and flaid hands on him, 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and gthe law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hhath polluted this holy place. 29 (For they had seen before with him in the city iTrophimus an kEphesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 30 And all the city was moved, and the people lran together: and mthey took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. 31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto nthe chief captain of the oband, that all Jerusalem ewas in an uproar. 32 pWho immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw nthe chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. 33 Then nthe chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him qto be bound with rtwo chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. 34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into sthe castle. 35 And when he came upon tthe stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. 36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, uAway with him.

37 And as Paul was to be led into sthe castle, he said unto the nchief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? 38 vArt not thou that Egyptian, which *before these days wmadest an uproar, and leddest out into xthe wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? 39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of yTarsus, a city in zCilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. 40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on tthe stairs, and abeckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in bthe Hebrew tongue, saying,