²⁹ So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?”

¹⁸ So he took him to the commander.

The centurion said, “Paul, the prisoner,^(A) sent for me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”

The Lord’s Grace to Paul

¹² I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength,^(A) that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.^(B)

³⁰ If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?^(A)

²⁵ But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the Lord your God.

²⁴ Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”

⁴ For I wrote you^(A) out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

⁴³ The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.^(A)

³ By the ninth day of the fourth^[a] month the famine^(A) in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.

⁶ By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.^(A)