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Actus Apostolorum 20-28
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
Actus Apostolorum 20-28
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
20 Postquam autem cessavit tumultus, vocatis Paulus discipulis, et exhortatus eos, valedixit, et profectus est ut iret in Macedoniam.
2 Cum autem perambulasset partes illas, et exhortatus eos fuisset multo sermone, venit ad Graeciam:
3 ubi cum fecisset menses tres, factae sunt illi insidiae a Judaeis navigaturo in Syriam: habuitque consilium ut reverteretur per Macedoniam.
4 Comitatus est autem eum Sopater Pyrrhi Beroeensis, Thessalonicensium vero Aristarchus, et Secundus, et Gajus Derbeus, et Timotheus: Asiani vero Tychicus et Trophimus.
5 Hi cum praecessissent, sustinuerunt nos Troade:
6 nos vero navigavimus post dies azymorum a Philippis, et venimus ad eos Troadem in diebus quinque, ubi demorati sumus diebus septem.
7 Una autem sabbati cum convenissemus ad frangendum panem, Paulus disputabat cum eis profecturus in crastinum, protraxitque sermonem usque in mediam noctem.
8 Erant autem lampades copiosae in coenaculo, ubi eramus congregati.
9 Sedens autem quidam adolescens nomine Eutychus super fenestram, cum mergeretur somno gravi, disputante diu Paulo, ductus somno cecidit de tertio coenaculo deorsum, et sublatus est mortuus.
10 Ad quem cum descendisset Paulus, incubuit super eum: et complexus dixit: Nolite turbari, anima enim ipsius in ipso est.
11 Ascendens autem, frangensque panem, et gustans, satisque allocutus usque in lucem, sic profectus est.
12 Adduxerunt autem puerum viventem, et consolati sunt non minime.
13 Nos autem ascendentes navem, navigavimus in Asson, inde suscepturi Paulum: sic enim disposuerat ipse per terram iter facturus.
14 Cum autem convenisset nos in Asson, assumpto eo, venimus Mitylenen.
15 Et inde navigantes, sequenti die venimus contra Chium, et alia applicuimus Samum, et sequenti die venimus Miletum.
16 Proposuerat enim Paulus transnavigare Ephesum, ne qua mora illi fieret in Asia. Festinabat enim, si possibile sibi esset, ut diem Pentecostes faceret Jerosolymis.
17 A Mileto autem mittens Ephesum, vocavit majores natu ecclesiae.
18 Qui cum venissent ad eum, et simul essent, dixit eis: Vos scitis a prima die qua ingressus sum in Asiam, qualiter vobiscum per omne tempus fuerim,
19 serviens Domino cum omni humilitate, et lacrimis, et tentationibus, quae mihi acciderunt ex insidiis Judaeorum:
20 quomodo nihil subtraxerim utilium, quominus annuntiarem vobis et docerem vos, publice et per domos,
21 testificans Judaeis atque gentilibus in Deum poenitentiam, et fidem in Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum.
22 Et nunc ecce alligatus ego spiritu, vado in Jerusalem: quae in ea ventura sint mihi, ignorans:
23 nisi quod Spiritus Sanctus per omnes civitates mihi protestatur, dicens quoniam vincula et tribulationes Jerosolymis me manent.
24 Sed nihil horum vereor: nec facio animam meam pretiosiorem quam me, dummodo consummem cursum meum, et ministerium verbi quod accepi a Domino Jesu, testificari Evangelium gratiae Dei.
25 Et nunc ecce ego scio quia amplius non videbitis faciem meam vos omnes, per quos transivi praedicans regnum Dei.
26 Quapropter contestor vos hodierna die, quia mundus sum a sanguine omnium.
27 Non enim subterfugi, quominus annuntiarem omne consilium Dei vobis.
28 Attendite vobis, et universo gregi, in quo vos Spiritus Sanctus posuit episcopos regere ecclesiam Dei, quam acquisivit sanguine suo.
29 Ego scio quoniam intrabunt post discessionem meam lupi rapaces in vos, non parcentes gregi.
30 Et ex vobisipsis exsurgent viri loquentes perversa, ut abducant discipulos post se.
31 Propter quod vigilate, memoria retinentes quoniam per triennium nocte et die non cessavi, cum lacrimis monens unumquemque vestrum.
32 Et nunc commendo vos Deo, et verbo gratiae ipsius, qui potens est aedificare, et dare haereditatem in sanctificatis omnibus.
33 Argentum, et aurum, aut vestem nullius concupivi, sicut
34 ipsi scitis: quoniam ad ea quae mihi opus erant, et his qui mecum sunt, ministraverunt manus istae.
35 Omnia ostendi vobis, quoniam sic laborantes, oportet suscipere infirmos ac meminisse verbi Domini Jesu: quoniam ipse dixit: Beatius est magis dare, quam accipere.
36 Et cum haec dixisset, positis genibus suis oravit cum omnibus illis.
37 Magnus autem fletus factus est omnium: et procumbentes super collum Pauli, osculabantur eum,
38 dolentes maxime in verbo quod dixerat, quoniam amplius faciem ejus non essent visuri. Et deducebant eum ad navem.
21 Cum autem factum esset ut navigaremus abstracti ab eis, recto cursu venimus Coum, et sequenti die Rhodum, et inde Pataram.
2 Et cum invenissemus navem transfretantem in Phoenicen, ascendentes navigavimus.
3 Cum apparuissemus autem Cypro, relinquentes eam ad sinistram, navigavimus in Syriam, et venimus Tyrum: ibi enim navis expositura erat onus.
4 Inventis autem discipulis, mansimus ibi diebus septem: qui Paulo dicebant per Spiritum ne ascenderet Jerosolymam.
5 Et expletis diebus, profecti ibamus, deducentibus nos omnibus cum uxoribus et filiis usque foras civitatem: et positis genibus in littore, oravimus.
6 Et cum valefecissemus invicem, ascendimus navem: illi autem redierunt in sua.
7 Nos vero navigatione expleta a Tyro descendimus Ptolemaidam: et salutatis fratribus, mansimus die una apud illos.
8 Alia autem die profecti, venimus Caesaream. Et intrantes domum Philippi evangelistae, qui erat unus de septem, mansimus apud eum.
9 Huic autem erant quatuor filiae virgines prophetantes.
10 Et cum moraremur per dies aliquot, supervenit quidam a Judaea propheta, nomine Agabus.
11 Is cum venisset ad nos, tulit zonam Pauli: et alligans sibi pedes et manus, dixit: Haec dicit Spiritus Sanctus: Virum, cujus est zona haec, sic alligabunt in Jerusalem Judaei, et tradent in manus gentium.
12 Quod cum audissemus, rogabamus nos, et qui loci illius erant, ne ascenderet Jerosolymam.
13 Tunc respondit Paulus, et dixit: Quid facitis flentes, et affligentes cor meum? Ego enim non solum alligari, sed et mori in Jerusalem paratus sum propter nomen Domini Jesu.
14 Et cum ei suadere non possemus, quievimus, dicentes: Domini voluntas fiat.
15 Post dies autem istos, praeparati ascendebamus in Jerusalem.
16 Venerunt autem et ex discipulis a Caesarea nobiscum, adducentes secum apud quem hospitaremur Mnasonem quemdam Cyprium, antiquum discipulum.
17 Et cum venissemus Jerosolymam, libenter exceperunt nos fratres.
18 Sequenti autem die introibat Paulus nobiscum ad Jacobum, omnesque collecti sunt seniores.
19 Quos cum salutasset, narrabat per singula quae Deus fecisset in gentibus per ministerium ipsius.
20 At illi cum audissent, magnificabant Deum, dixeruntque ei: Vides, frater, quot millia sunt in Judaeis qui crediderunt, et omnes aemulatores sunt legis.
21 Audierunt autem de te quia discessionem doceas a Moyse eorum qui per gentes sunt Judaeorum, dicens non debere eos circumcidere filios suos, neque secundum consuetudinem ingredi.
22 Quid ergo est? utique oportet convenire multitudinem: audient enim te supervenisse.
23 Hoc ergo fac quod tibi dicimus. Sunt nobis viri quatuor, votum habentes super se.
24 His assumptis, sanctifica te cum illis, et impende in illis ut radant capita: et scient omnes quia quae de te audierunt, falsa sunt, sed ambulas et ipse custodiens legem.
25 De his autem qui crediderunt ex gentibus, nos scripsimus judicantes ut abstineant se ab idolis immolato, et sanguine, et suffocato, et fornicatione.
26 Tunc Paulus, assumptis viris, postera die purificatus cum illis intravit in templum, annuntians expletionem dierum purificationis, donec offerretur pro unoquoque eorum oblatio.
27 Dum autem septem dies consummarentur, hi qui de Asia erant Judaei, cum vidissent eum in templo, concitaverunt omnem populum, et injecerunt ei manus, clamantes:
28 Viri Israelitae, adjuvate: hic est homo qui adversus populum, et legem, et locum hunc, omnes ubique docens, insuper et gentiles induxit in templum, et violavit sanctum locum istum.
29 Viderant enim Trophimum Ephesium in civitate cum ipso, quem aestimaverunt quoniam in templum introduxisset Paulus.
30 Commotaque est civitas tota, et facta est concursio populi. Et apprehendentes Paulum, trahebant eum extra templum: et statim clausae sunt januae.
31 Quaerentibus autem eum occidere, nuntiatum est tribuno cohortis quia tota confunditur Jerusalem.
32 Qui statim, assumptis militibus et centurionibus, decurrit ad illos. Qui cum vidissent tribunum et milites, cessaverunt percutere Paulum.
33 Tunc accedens tribunus apprehendit eum, et jussit eum alligari catenis duabus: et interrogabat quis esset, et quid fecisset.
34 Alii autem aliud clamabant in turba. Et cum non posset certum cognoscere prae tumultu, jussit duci eum in castra.
35 Et cum venisset ad gradus, contigit ut portaretur a militibus propter vim populi.
36 Sequebatur enim multitudo populi, clamans: Tolle eum.
37 Et cum coepisset induci in castra Paulus, dicit tribuno: Si licet mihi loqui aliquid ad te? Qui dixit: Graece nosti?
38 nonne tu es AEgyptius, qui ante hos dies tumultum concitasti, et eduxisti in desertum quatuor millia virorum sicariorum?
39 Et dixit ad eum Paulus: Ego homo sum quidem Judaeus a Tarso Ciliciae, non ignotae civitatis municeps. Rogo autem te, permitte mihi loqui ad populum.
40 Et cum ille permisisset, Paulus stans in gradibus annuit manu ad plebem, et magno silentio facto, allocutus est lingua hebraea, dicens:
22 Viri fratres, et patres, audite quam ad vos nunc reddo rationem.
2 Cum audissent autem quia hebraea lingua loqueretur ad illos, magis praestiterunt silentium.
3 Et dicit: Ego sum vir Judaeus, natus in Tarso Ciliciae, nutritus autem in ista civitate, secus pedes Gamaliel eruditus juxta veritatem paternae legis, aemulator legis, sicut et vos omnes estis hodie:
4 qui hanc viam persecutus sum usque ad mortem, alligans et tradens in custodias viros ac mulieres,
5 sicut princeps sacerdotum mihi testimonium reddit, et omnes majores natu: a quibus et epistolas accipiens, ad fratres Damascum pergebam, ut adducerem inde vinctos in Jerusalem ut punirentur.
6 Factum est autem, eunte me, et appropinquante Damasco media die, subito de caelo circumfulsit me lux copiosa:
7 et decidens in terram, audivi vocem dicentem mihi: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?
8 Ego autem respondi: Quis es, domine? Dixitque ad me: Ego sum Jesus Nazarenus, quem tu persequeris.
9 Et qui mecum erant, lumen quidem viderunt, vocem autem non audierunt ejus qui loquebatur mecum.
10 Et dixi: Quid faciam, domine? Dominus autem dixit ad me: Surgens vade Damascum: et ibi tibi dicetur de omnibus quae te oporteat facere.
11 Et cum non viderem prae claritate luminis illius, ad manum deductus a comitibus, veni Damascum.
12 Ananias autem quidam vir secundum legem, testimonium habens ab omnibus cohabitantibus Judaeis,
13 veniens ad me et astans, dixit mihi: Saule frater, respice. Et ego eadem hora respexi in eum.
14 At ille dixit: Deus patrum nostrorum praeordinavit te, ut cognosceres voluntatem ejus, et videres justum, et audires vocem ex ore ejus:
15 quia eris testis illius ad omnes homines eorum quae vidisti et audisti.
16 Et nunc quid moraris? Exsurge, et baptizare, et ablue peccata tua, invocato nomine ipsius.
17 Factum est autem revertenti mihi in Jerusalem, et oranti in templo, fieri me in stupore mentis,
18 et videre illum dicentem mihi: Festina, et exi velociter ex Jerusalem: quoniam non recipient testimonium tuum de me.
19 Et ego dixi: Domine, ipsi sciunt quia ego eram concludens in carcerem, et caedens per synagogas eos qui credebant in te:
20 et cum funderetur sanguis Stephani testis tui, ego astabam, et consentiebam, et custodiebam vestimenta interficientium illum.
21 Et dixit ad me: Vade, quoniam ego in nationes longe mittam te.
22 Audiebant autem eum usque ad hoc verbum, et levaverunt vocem suam, dicentes: Tolle de terra hujusmodi: non enim fas est eum vivere.
23 Vociferantibus autem eis, et projicientibus vestimenta sua, et pulverem jactantibus in aerem,
24 jussit tribunus induci eum in castra, et flagellis caedi, et torqueri eum, ut sciret propter quam causam sic acclamarent ei.
25 Et cum astrinxissent eum loris, dicit astanti sibi centurioni Paulus: Si hominem Romanum et indemnatum licet vobis flagellare?
26 Quo audito, centurio accessit ad tribunum, et nuntiavit ei, dicens: Quid acturus es? hic enim homo civis Romanus est.
27 Accedens autem tribunus, dixit illi: Dic mihi si tu Romanus es? At ille dixit: Etiam.
28 Et respondit tribunus: Ego multa summa civilitatem hanc consecutus sum. Et Paulus ait: Ego autem et natus sum.
29 Protinus ergo discesserunt ab illo qui eum torturi erant. Tribunus quoque timuit postquam rescivit, quia civis Romanus esset, et quia alligasset eum.
30 Postera autem die volens scire diligentius qua ex causa accusaretur a Judaeis, solvit eum, et jussit sacerdotes convenire, et omne concilium: et producens Paulum, statuit inter illos.
23 Intendens autem in concilium Paulus, ait: Viri fratres, ego omni conscientia bona conversatus sum ante Deum usque in hodiernum diem.
2 Princeps autem sacerdotum Ananias praecepit astantibus sibi percutere os ejus.
3 Tunc Paulus dixit ad eum: Percutiet te Deus, paries dealbate. Et tu sedens judicas me secundum legem, et contra legem jubes me percuti?
4 Et qui astabant dixerunt: Summum sacerdotem Dei maledicis.
5 Dixit autem Paulus: Nesciebam, fratres, quia princeps est sacerdotum. Scriptum est enim: Principem populi tui non maledices.
6 Sciens autem Paulus quia una pars esset sadducaeorum, et altera pharisaeorum, exclamavit in concilio: Viri fratres, ego pharisaeus sum, filius pharisaeorum: de spe et resurrectione mortuorum ego judicor.
7 Et cum haec dixisset, facta est dissensio inter pharisaeos et sadducaeos, et soluta est multitudo.
8 Sadducaei enim dicunt non esse resurrectionem, neque angelum, neque spiritum: pharisaei autem utraque confitentur.
9 Factus est autem clamor magnus. Et surgentes quidam pharisaeorum, pugnabant, dicentes: Nihil mali invenimus in homine isto: quid si spiritus locutus est ei, aut angelus?
10 Et cum magna dissensio facta esset, timens tribunus ne discerperetur Paulus ab ipsis, jussit milites descendere, et rapere eum de medio eorum, ac deducere eum in castra.
11 Sequenti autem nocte assistens ei Dominus, ait: Constans esto: sicut enim testificatus es de me in Jerusalem, sic te oportet et Romae testificari.
12 Facta autem die collegerunt se quidam ex Judaeis, et devoverunt, se dicentes neque manducaturos, neque bibituros donec occiderent Paulum.
13 Erant autem plus quam quadraginta viri qui hanc conjurationem fecerant:
14 qui accesserunt ad principes sacerdotum et seniores, et dixerunt: Devotione devovimus nos nihil gustaturos, donec occidamus Paulum.
15 Nunc ergo vos notum facite tribuno cum concilio, ut producat illum ad vos, tamquam aliquid certius cognituri de eo. Nos vero priusquam appropiet, parati sumus interficere illum.
16 Quod cum audisset filius sororis Pauli insidias, venit, et intravit in castra, nuntiavitque Paulo.
17 Vocans autem Paulus ad se unum ex centurionibus, ait: Adolescentem hunc perduc ad tribunum, habet enim aliquid indicare illi.
18 Et ille quidem assumens eum duxit ad tribunum, et ait: Vinctus Paulus rogavit me hunc adolescentem perducere ad te, habentem aliquid loqui tibi.
19 Apprehendens autem tribunus manum illius, secessit cum eo seorsum, et interrogavit illum: Quid est quod habes indicare mihi?
20 Ille autem dixit: Judaeis convenit rogare te ut crastina die producas Paulum in concilium, quasi aliquid certius inquisituri sint de illo:
21 tu vero ne credideris illis: insidiantur enim ei ex eis viri amplius quam quadraginta, qui se devoverunt non manducare, neque bibere donec interficiant eum: et nunc parati sunt, exspectantes promissum tuum.
22 Tribunus igitur dimisit adolescentem, praecipiens ne cui loqueretur quoniam haec nota sibi fecisset.
23 Et vocatis duobus centurionibus, dixit illis: Parate milites ducentos ut eant usque Caesaream, et equites septuaginta, et lancearios ducentos a tertia hora noctis,
24 et jumenta praeparate ut imponentes Paulum, salvum perducerent ad Felicem praesidem.
25 (Timuit enim ne forte raperent eum Judaei, et occiderent, et ipse postea calumniam sustineret, tamquam accepturus pecuniam.)
26 Scribens epistolam continentem haec: Claudius Lysias optimo praesidi Felici, salutem.
27 Virum hunc comprehensum a Judaeis, et incipientem interfici ab eis, superveniens cum exercitu eripui, cognito quia Romanus est.
28 Volensque scire causam quam objiciebant illi, deduxi eum in concilium eorum.
29 Quem inveni accusari de quaestionibus legis ipsorum, nihil vero dignum morte aut vinculis habentem criminis.
30 Et cum mihi perlatum esset de insidiis quas paraverant illi, misi eum ad te, denuntians et accusatoribus ut dicant apud te. Vale.
31 Milites ergo secundum praeceptum sibi assumentes Paulum, duxerunt per noctem in Antipatridem.
32 Et postera die dimissis equitibus ut cum eo irent, reversi sunt ad castra.
33 Qui cum venissent Caesaream, et tradidissent epistolam praesidi, statuerunt ante illum et Paulum.
34 Cum legisset autem, et interrogasset de qua provincia esset, et cognoscens quia de Cilicia:
35 Audiam te, inquit, cum accusatores tui venerint. Jussitque in praetorio Herodis custodiri eum.
24 Post quinque autem dies descendit princeps sacerdotum Ananias, cum senioribus quibusdam, et Tertullo quodam oratore, qui adierunt praesidem adversus Paulum.
2 Et citato Paulo coepit accusare Tertullus, dicens: Cum in multa pace agamus per te, et multa corrigantur per tuam providentiam,
3 semper et ubique suscipimus, optime Felix, cum omni gratiarum actione.
4 Ne diutius autem te protraham, oro, breviter audias nos pro tua clementia.
5 Invenimus hunc hominem pestiferum, et concitantem seditiones omnibus Judaeis in universo orbe, et auctorem seditionis sectae Nazarenorum:
6 qui etiam templum violare conatus est, quem et apprehensum voluimus secundum legem nostram judicare.
7 Superveniens autem tribunus Lysias, cum vi magna eripuit eum de manibus nostris,
8 jubens accusatores ejus ad te venire: a quo poteris ipse judicans, de omnibus istis cognoscere, de quibus nos accusamus eum.
9 Adjecerunt autem et Judaei, dicentes haec ita se habere.
10 Respondit autem Paulus (annuente sibi praeside dicere): Ex multis annis te esse judicem genti huic sciens, bono animo pro me satisfaciam.
11 Potes enim cognoscere quia non plus sunt mihi dies quam duodecim, ex quo ascendi adorare in Jerusalem:
12 et neque in templo invenerunt me cum aliquo disputantem, aut concursum facientem turbae, neque in synagogis, neque in civitate:
13 neque probare possunt tibi de quibus nunc me accusant.
14 Confiteor autem hoc tibi, quod secundum sectam quam dicunt haeresim, sic deservio Patri et Deo meo, credens omnibus quae in lege et prophetis scripta sunt:
15 spem habens in Deum, quam et hi ipsi exspectant, resurrectionem futuram justorum et iniquorum.
16 In hoc et ipse studeo sine offendiculo conscientiam habere ad Deum et ad homines semper.
17 Post annos autem plures eleemosynas facturus in gentem meam, veni, et oblationes, et vota,
18 in quibus invenerunt me purificatum in templo: non cum turba, neque cum tumultu.
19 Quidam autem ex Asia Judaei, quos oportebat apud te praesto esse, et accusare si quid haberent adversum me:
20 aut hi ipsi dicant si quid invenerunt in me iniquitatis cum stem in concilio,
21 nisi de una hac solummodo voce qua clamavi inter eos stans: Quoniam de resurrectione mortuorum ego judicor hodie a vobis.
22 Distulit autem illos Felix, certissime sciens de via hac, dicens: Cum tribunus Lysias descenderit, audiam vos.
23 Jussitque centurioni custodire eum, et habere requiem, nec quemquam de suis prohibere ministrare ei.
24 Post aliquot autem dies veniens Felix cum Drusilla uxore sua, quae erat Judaea, vocavit Paulum, et audivit ab eo fidem quae est in Christum Jesum.
25 Disputante autem illo de justitia, et castitate, et de judicio futuro, tremefactus Felix, respondit: Quod nunc attinet, vade: tempore autem opportuno accersam te:
26 simul et sperans quod pecunia ei daretur a Paulo, propter quod et frequenter accersens eum, loquebatur cum eo.
27 Biennio autem expleto, accepit successorem Felix Portium Festum. Volens autem gratiam praestare Judaeis Felix, reliquit Paulum vinctum.
25 Festus ergo cum venisset in provinciam, post triduum ascendit Jerosolymam a Caesarea.
2 Adieruntque eum principes sacerdotum et primi Judaeorum adversus Paulum: et rogabant eum,
3 postulantes gratiam adversus eum, ut juberet perduci eum in Jerusalem, insidias tendentes ut interficerent eum in via.
4 Festus autem respondit servari Paulum in Caesarea: se autem maturius profecturum.
5 Qui ergo in vobis, ait, potentes sunt, descendentes simul, si quod est in viro crimen, accusent eum.
6 Demoratus autem inter eos dies non amplius quam octo aut decem, descendit Caesaream, et altera die sedit pro tribunali, et jussit Paulum adduci.
7 Qui cum perductus esset, circumsteterunt eum, qui ab Jerosolyma descenderant Judaei, multas et graves causas objicientes, quas non poterant probare:
8 Paulo rationem reddente: Quoniam neque in legem Judaeorum, neque in templum, neque in Caesarem quidquam peccavi.
9 Festus autem volens gratiam praestare Judaeis, respondens Paulo, dixit: Vis Jerosolymam ascendere, et ibi de his judicari apud me?
10 Dixit autem Paulus: Ad tribunal Caesaris sto: ibi me oportet judicari: Judaeis non nocui, sicut tu melius nosti.
11 Si enim nocui, aut dignum morte aliquid feci, non recuso mori: si vero nihil est eorum quae hi accusant me, nemo potest me illis donare. Caesarem appello.
12 Tunc Festus cum concilio locutus, respondit: Caesarem appellasti? ad Caesarem ibis.
13 Et cum dies aliquot transacti essent, Agrippa rex et Bernice descenderunt Caesaream ad salutandum Festum.
14 Et cum dies plures ibi demorarentur, Festus regi indicavit de Paulo, dicens: Vir quidam est derelictus a Felice vinctus,
15 de quo cum essem Jerosolymis, adierunt me principes sacerdotum et seniores Judaeorum, postulantes adversus illum damnationem.
16 Ad quos respondi: Quia non est Romanis consuetudo damnare aliquem hominem priusquam is qui accusatur praesentes habeat accusatores, locumque defendendi accipiat ad abluenda crimina.
17 Cum ergo huc convenissent sine ulla dilatione, sequenti die sedens pro tribunali, jussi adduci virum.
18 De quo, cum stetissent accusatores, nullam causam deferebant, de quibus ego suspicabar malum.
19 Quaestiones vero quasdam de sua superstitione habebant adversus eum, et de quodam Jesu defuncto, quem affirmabat Paulus vivere.
20 Haesitans autem ego de hujusmodi quaestione, dicebam si vellet ire Jerosolymam, et ibi judicari de istis.
21 Paulo autem appellante ut servaretur ad Augusti cognitionem, jussi servari eum, donec mittam eum ad Caesarem.
22 Agrippa autem dixit ad Festum: Volebam et ipse hominem audire. Cras, inquit, audies eum.
23 Altera autem die cum venisset Agrippa et Bernice cum multa ambitione, et introissent in auditorium cum tribunis et viris principalibus civitatis, jubente Festo, adductus est Paulus.
24 Et dicit Festus: Agrippa rex, et omnes qui simul adestis nobiscum viri, videtis hunc de quo omnis multitudo Judaeorum interpellavit me Jerosolymis, petentes et acclamantes non oportere eum vivere amplius.
25 Ego vere comperi nihil dignum morte eum admisisse. Ipso autem hoc appellante ad Augustum, judicavi mittere.
26 De quo quid certum scribam domino, non habeo. Propter quod produxi eum ad vos, et maxime ad te, rex Agrippa, ut interrogatione facta habeam quid scribam.
27 Sine ratione enim mihi videtur mittere vinctum, et causas ejus non significare.
26 Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait: Permittitur tibi loqui pro temetipso. Tunc Paulus extenta manu coepit rationem reddere:
2 De omnibus quibus accusor a Judaeis, rex Agrippa, aestimo me beatum apud te cum sim defensurus me hodie,
3 maxime te sciente omnia, et quae apud Judaeos sunt consuetudines et quaestiones: propter quod obsecro patienter me audias.
4 Et quidem vitam meam a juventute, quae ab initio fuit in gente mea in Jerosolymis, noverunt omnes Judaei:
5 praescientes me ab initio (si velint testimonium perhibere) quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostrae religionis vixi pharisaeus.
6 Et nunc, in spe quae ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo, sto judicio subjectus:
7 in quam duodecim tribus nostrae nocte ac die deservientes, sperant devenire. De qua spe accusor a Judaeis, rex.
8 Quid incredibile judicatur apud vos, si Deus mortuos suscitat?
9 Et ego quidem existimaveram me adversus nomen Jesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere,
10 quod et feci Jerosolymis, et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi, a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam.
11 Et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos, compellebam blasphemare: et amplius insaniens in eos, persequebar usque in exteras civitates.
12 In quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate et permissu principum sacerdotum,
13 die media in via vidi, rex, de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen, et eos qui mecum simul erant.
14 Omnesque nos cum decidissemus in terram, audivi vocem loquentem mihi hebraica lingua: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris? durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.
15 Ego autem dixi: Quis es, domine? Dominus autem dixit: Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris.
16 Sed exsurge, et sta super pedes tuos: ad hoc enim apparui tibi, ut constituam te ministrum, et testem eorum quae vidisti, et eorum quibus apparebo tibi,
17 eripiens te de populo et gentibus, in quas nunc ego mitto te,
18 aperire oculos eorum, ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem, et de potestate Satanae ad Deum, ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum, et sortem inter sanctos, per fidem quae est in me.
19 Unde, rex Agrippa, non fui incredulus caelesti visioni:
20 sed his qui sunt Damasci primum, et Jerosolymis, et in omnem regionem Judaeae, et gentibus, annuntiabam, ut poenitentiam agerent, et converterentur ad Deum, digna poenitentiae opera facientes.
21 Hac ex causa me Judaei, cum essem in templo, comprehensum tentabant interficere.
22 Auxilio autem adjutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem, sto, testificans minori atque majori, nihil extra dicens quam ea quae prophetae locuti sunt futura esse, et Moyses,
23 si passibilis Christus, si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum, lumen annuntiaturus est populo et gentibus.
24 Haec loquente eo, et rationem reddente, Festus magna voce dixit: Insanis, Paule: multae te litterae ad insaniam convertunt.
25 Et Paulus: Non insanio, inquit, optime Feste, sed veritatis et sobrietatis verba loquor.
26 Scit enim de his rex, ad quem et constanter loquor: latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror. Neque enim in angulo quidquam horum gestum est.
27 Credis, rex Agrippa, prophetis? Scio quia credis.
28 Agrippa autem ad Paulum: In modico suades me christianum fieri.
29 Et Paulus: Opto apud Deum, et in modico et in magno, non tantum te, sed etiam omnes qui audiunt hodie fieri tales, qualis et ego sum, exceptis vinculis his.
30 Et exsurrexit rex, et praeses, et Bernice, et qui assidebant eis.
31 Et cum secessissent, loquebantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quia nihil morte aut vinculis dignum quid fecit homo iste.
32 Agrippa autem Festo dixit: Dimitti poterat homo hic, si non appellasset Caesarem.
27 Ut autem judicatum est navigare eum in Italiam, et tradi Paulum cum reliquis custodiis centurioni nomine Julio cohortis Augustae,
2 ascendentes navem Adrumetinam, incipientes navigare circa Asiae loca, sustulimus, perseverante nobiscum Aristarcho Macedone Thessalonicensi.
3 Sequenti autem die devenimus Sidonem. Humane autem tractans Julius Paulum, permisit ad amicos ire, et curam sui agere.
4 Et inde cum sustulissemus, subnavigavimus Cyprum, propterea quod essent venti contrarii.
5 Et pelagus Ciliciae et Pamphyliae navigantes, venimus Lystram, quae est Lyciae:
6 et ibi inveniens centurio navem Alexandrinam navigantem in Italiam, transposuit nos in eam.
7 Et cum multis diebus tarde navigaremus, et vix devenissemus contra Gnidum, prohibente nos vento, adnavigavimus Cretae juxta Salmonem:
8 et vix juxta navigantes, venimus in locum quemdam qui vocatur Boniportus, cui juxta erat civitas Thalassa.
9 Multo autem tempore peracto, et cum jam non esset tuta navigatio eo quod et jejunium jam praeteriisset, consolabatur eos Paulus,
10 dicens eis: Viri, video quoniam cum injuria et multo damno non solum oneris, et navis, sed etiam animarum nostrarum incipit esse navigatio.
11 Centurio autem gubernatori et nauclero magis credebat, quam his quae a Paulo dicebantur.
12 Et cum aptus portus non esset ad hiemandum, plurimi statuerunt consilium navigare inde, si quomodo possent, devenientes Phoenicen hiemare, portum Cretae respicientem ad Africum et ad Corum.
13 Aspirante autem austro, aestimantes propositum se tenere, cum sustulissent de Asson, legebant Cretam.
14 Non post multum autem misit se contra ipsam ventus typhonicus, qui vocatur Euroaquilo.
15 Cumque arrepta esset navis, et non posset conari in ventum, data nave flatibus, ferebamur.
16 In insulam autem quamdam decurrentes, quae vocatur Cauda, potuimus vix obtinere scapham.
17 Qua sublata, adjutoriis utebantur, accingentes navem, timentes ne in Syrtim inciderent, summisso vase sic ferebantur.
18 Valida autem nobis tempestate jactatis, sequenti die jactum fecerunt:
19 et tertia die suis manibus armamenta navis projecerunt.
20 Neque autem sole, neque sideribus apparentibus per plures dies, et tempestate non exigua imminente, jam ablata erat spes omnis salutis nostrae.
21 Et cum multa jejunatio fuisset, tunc stans Paulus in medio eorum, dixit: Oportebat quidem, o viri, audito me, non tollere a Creta, lucrique facere injuriam hanc et jacturam.
22 Et nunc suadeo vobis bono animo esse: amissio enim nullius animae erit ex vobis, praeterquam navis.
23 Astitit enim mihi hac nocte angelus Dei, cujus sum ego, et cui deservio,
24 dicens: Ne timeas, Paule: Caesari te oportet assistere: et ecce donavit tibi Deus omnes qui navigant tecum.
25 Propter quod bono animo estote, viri: credo enim Deo quia sic erit, quemadmodum dictum est mihi.
26 In insulam autem quamdam oportet nos devenire.
27 Sed posteaquam quartadecima nox supervenit, navigantibus nobis in Adria circa mediam noctem, suspicabantur nautae apparere sibi aliquam regionem.
28 Qui et summittentes bolidem, invenerunt passus viginti: et pusillum inde separati, invenerunt passus quindecim.
29 Timentes autem ne in aspera loca incideremus, de puppi mittentes anchoras quatuor, optabant diem fieri.
30 Nautis vero quaerentibus fugere de navi, cum misissent scapham in mare, sub obtentu quasi inciperent a prora anchoras extendere,
31 dixit Paulus centurioni et militibus: Nisi hi in navi manserint, vos salvi fieri non potestis.
32 Tunc absciderunt milites funes scaphae, et passi sunt eam excidere.
33 Et cum lux inciperet fieri, rogabat Paulus omnes sumere cibum, dicens: Quartadecima die hodie exspectantes jejuni permanetis, nihil accipientes.
34 Propter quod rogo vos accipere cibum pro salute vestra: quia nullius vestrum capillus de capite peribit.
35 Et cum haec dixisset, sumens panem, gratias egit Deo in conspectu omnium: et cum fregisset, coepit manducare.
36 Animaequiores autem facti omnes, et ipsi sumpserunt cibum.
37 Eramus vero universae animae in navi ducentae septuaginta sex.
38 Et satiati cibo alleviabant navem, jactantes triticum in mare.
39 Cum autem dies factus esset, terram non agnoscebant: sinum vero quemdam considerabant habentem littus, in quem cogitabant si possent ejicere navem.
40 Et cum anchoras sustulissent, committebant se mari, simul laxantes juncturas gubernaculorum: et levato artemone secundum aurae flatum, tendebant ad littus.
41 Et cum incidissemus in locum dithalassum, impegerunt navem: et prora quidem fixa manebat immobilis, puppis vero solvebatur a vi maris.
42 Militum autem consilium fuit ut custodias occiderent, ne quis cum enatasset, effugeret.
43 Centurio autem volens servare Paulum, prohibuit fieri: jussitque eos qui possent natare, emittere se primos, et evadere, et ad terram exire:
44 et ceteros, alios in tabulis ferebant, quosdam super ea quae de navi erant. Et sic factum est, ut omnes animae evaderent ad terram.
28 Et cum evasissemus, tunc cognovimus quia Melita insula vocabatur. Barbari vero praestabant non modicam humanitatem nobis.
2 Accensa enim pyra, reficiebant nos omnes propter imbrem qui imminebat, et frigus.
3 Cum congregasset autem Paulus sarmentorum aliquantam multitudinem, et imposuisset super ignem, vipera a calore cum processisset, invasit manum ejus.
4 Ut vero viderunt barbari pendentem bestiam de manu ejus, ad invicem dicebant: Utique homicida est homo hic, qui cum evaserit de mari, ultio non sinit eum vivere.
5 Et ille quidem excutiens bestiam in ignem, nihil mali passus est.
6 At illi existimabant eum in tumorem convertendum, et subito casurum et mori. Diu autem illis exspectantibus, et videntibus nihil mali in eo fieri, convertentes se, dicebant eum esse deum.
7 In locis autem illis erant praedia principis insulae, nomine Publii, qui nos suscipiens, triduo benigne exhibuit.
8 Contigit autem patrem Publii febribus et dysenteria vexatum jacere. Ad quem Paulus intravit: et cum orasset, et imposuisset ei manus, salvavit eum.
9 Quo facto, omnes qui in insula habebant infirmitates, accedebant, et curabantur:
10 qui etiam multis honoribus nos honoraverunt, et navigantibus imposuerunt quae necessaria erant.
11 Post menses autem tres navigavimus in navi Alexandrina, quae in insula hiemaverat, cui erat insigne Castorum.
12 Et cum venissemus Syracusam, mansimus ibi triduo.
13 Inde circumlegentes devenimus Rhegium: et post unum diem, flante austro, secunda die venimus Puteolos:
14 ubi inventis fratribus rogati sumus manere apud eos dies septem: et sic venimus Romam.
15 Et inde cum audissent fratres, occurrerunt nobis usque ad Appii forum, ac tres Tabernas. Quos cum vidisset Paulus, gratias agens Deo, accepit fiduciam.
16 Cum autem venissemus Romam, permissum est Paulo manere sibimet cum custodiente se milite.
17 Post tertium autem diem convocavit primos Judaeorum. Cumque convenissent, dicebat eis: Ego, viri fratres, nihil adversus plebem faciens, aut morem paternum, vinctus ab Jerosolymis traditus sum in manus Romanorum,
18 qui cum interrogationem de me habuissent, voluerunt me dimittere, eo quod nulla esset causa mortis in me.
19 Contradicentibus autem Judaeis, coactus sum appellare Caesarem, non quasi gentem meam habens aliquid accusare.
20 Propter hanc igitur causam rogavi vos videre, et alloqui. Propter spem enim Israel catena hac circumdatus sum.
21 At illi dixerunt ad eum: Nos neque litteras accepimus de te a Judaea, neque adveniens aliquis fratrum nuntiavit, aut locutus est quid de te malum.
22 Rogamus autem a te audire quae sentis: nam de secta hac notum est nobis quia ubique ei contradicitur.
23 Cum constituissent autem illi diem, venerunt ad eum in hospitium plurimi, quibus exponebat testificans regnum Dei, suadensque eis de Jesu ex lege Moysi et prophetis a mane usque ad vesperam.
24 Et quidam credebant his quae dicebantur: quidam vero non credebant.
25 Cumque invicem non essent consentientes, discedebant, dicente Paulo unum verbum: Quia bene Spiritus Sanctus locutus est per Isaiam prophetam ad patres nostros,
26 dicens: Vade ad populum istum, et dic ad eos: Aure audietis, et non intelligetis, et videntes videbitis, et non perspicietis.
27 Incrassatum est enim cor populi hujus, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos compresserunt: ne forte videant oculis, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos.
28 Notum ergo sit vobis, quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei, et ipsi audient.
29 Et cum haec dixisset, exierunt ab eo Judaei, multam habentes inter se quaestionem.
30 Mansit autem biennio toto in suo conducto: et suscipiebat omnes qui ingrediebantur ad eum,
31 praedicans regnum Dei, et docens quae sunt de Domino Jesu Christo cum omni fiducia, sine prohibitione.
Acts 20-27
New International Version
Acts 20-27
New International Version
Through Macedonia and Greece
20 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples(A) and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.(B) 2 He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, 3 where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him(C) just as he was about to sail for Syria,(D) he decided to go back through Macedonia.(E) 4 He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus(F) and Secundus from Thessalonica,(G) Gaius(H) from Derbe, Timothy(I) also, and Tychicus(J) and Trophimus(K) from the province of Asia.(L) 5 These men went on ahead and waited for us(M) at Troas.(N) 6 But we sailed from Philippi(O) after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas,(P) where we stayed seven days.
Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas
7 On the first day of the week(Q) we came together to break bread.(R) Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upstairs room(S) where we were meeting. 9 Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 Paul went down, threw himself on the young man(T) and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!”(U) 11 Then he went upstairs again and broke bread(V) and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12 The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders
13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. 14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. 15 The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.(W) 16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus(X) to avoid spending time in the province of Asia,(Y) for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem,(Z) if possible, by the day of Pentecost.(AA)
17 From Miletus,(AB) Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders(AC) of the church. 18 When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you,(AD) from the first day I came into the province of Asia.(AE) 19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears(AF) and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.(AG) 20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything(AH) that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. 21 I have declared to both Jews(AI) and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance(AJ) and have faith in our Lord Jesus.(AK)
22 “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem,(AL) not knowing what will happen to me there. 23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me(AM) that prison and hardships are facing me.(AN) 24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;(AO) my only aim is to finish the race(AP) and complete the task(AQ) the Lord Jesus has given me(AR)—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.(AS)
25 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom(AT) will ever see me again.(AU) 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(AV) 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(AW) 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(AX) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(AY) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](AZ) which he bought(BA) with his own blood.[b](BB) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(BC) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(BD) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(BE) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(BF) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(BG)
32 “Now I commit you to God(BH) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance(BI) among all those who are sanctified.(BJ) 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.(BK) 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(BL) 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.(BM) 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.(BN) 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again.(BO) Then they accompanied him to the ship.(BP)
On to Jerusalem
21 After we(BQ) had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,(BR) went on board and set sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(BS) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4 We sought out the disciples(BT) there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit(BU) they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(BV) 6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
7 We continued our voyage from Tyre(BW) and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters(BX) and stayed with them for a day. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea(BY) and stayed at the house of Philip(BZ) the evangelist,(CA) one of the Seven. 9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.(CB)
10 After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus(CC) came down from Judea. 11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says,(CD) ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind(CE) the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”(CF)
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die(CG) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(CH) 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up(CI) and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”(CJ)
15 After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.(CK) 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea(CL) accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus(CM) and one of the early disciples.
Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem
17 When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters(CN) received us warmly.(CO) 18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James,(CP) and all the elders(CQ) were present. 19 Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles(CR) through his ministry.(CS)
20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous(CT) for the law.(CU) 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses,(CV) telling them not to circumcise their children(CW) or live according to our customs.(CX) 22 What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.(CY) 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(CZ) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(DA) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(DB)
26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.(DC)
Paul Arrested
27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,(DD) 28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”(DE) 29 (They had previously seen Trophimus(DF) the Ephesian(DG) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
30 The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul,(DH) they dragged him(DI) from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.(DJ)
33 The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound(DK) with two(DL) chains.(DM) Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,(DN) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(DO) 35 When Paul reached the steps,(DP) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”(DQ)
Paul Speaks to the Crowd(DR)
37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,(DS) he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”
“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness(DT) some time ago?”(DU)
39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus(DV) in Cilicia,(DW) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”
40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned(DX) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[c]:(DY) 22 1 “Brothers and fathers,(DZ) listen now to my defense.”
2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(EA) they became very quiet.
Then Paul said: 3 “I am a Jew,(EB) born in Tarsus(EC) of Cilicia,(ED) but brought up in this city. I studied under(EE) Gamaliel(EF) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.(EG) I was just as zealous(EH) for God as any of you are today. 4 I persecuted(EI) the followers of this Way(EJ) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(EK) 5 as the high priest and all the Council(EL) can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates(EM) in Damascus,(EN) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(EO) 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
8 “‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.
“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,(EP) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. 9 My companions saw the light,(EQ) but they did not understand the voice(ER) of him who was speaking to me.
10 “‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.
“ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’(ES) 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.(ET)
12 “A man named Ananias came to see me.(EU) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.(EV) 13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.
14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors(EW) has chosen you to know his will and to see(EX) the Righteous One(EY) and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witness(EZ) to all people of what you have seen(FA) and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized(FB) and wash your sins away,(FC) calling on his name.’(FD)
17 “When I returned to Jerusalem(FE) and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance(FF) 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
19 “‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison(FG) and beat(FH) those who believe in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr[d] Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’(FI)
21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”(FJ)
Paul the Roman Citizen
22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him!(FK) He’s not fit to live!”(FL)
23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks(FM) and flinging dust into the air,(FN) 24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(FO) He directed(FP) that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”(FQ)
26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”
“Yes, I am,” he answered.
28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”
“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 Those who were about to interrogate him(FR) withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen,(FS) in chains.(FT)
Paul Before the Sanhedrin
30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.(FU) So the next day he released him(FV) and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin(FW) to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.
23 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin(FX) and said, “My brothers,(FY) I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience(FZ) to this day.” 2 At this the high priest Ananias(GA) ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.(GB) 3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!(GC) You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”(GD)
4 Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”
5 Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’[e]”(GE)
6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees(GF) and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers,(GG) I am a Pharisee,(GH) descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”(GI) 7 When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,(GJ) and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)
9 There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees(GK) stood up and argued vigorously. “We find nothing wrong with this man,”(GL) they said. “What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”(GM) 10 The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.(GN)
11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage!(GO) As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”(GP)
The Plot to Kill Paul
12 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy(GQ) and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.(GR) 13 More than forty men were involved in this plot. 14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.(GS) 15 Now then, you and the Sanhedrin(GT) petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.”
16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks(GU) and told Paul.
17 Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him to the commander.
The centurion said, “Paul, the prisoner,(GV) sent for me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”
19 The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked, “What is it you want to tell me?”
20 He said: “Some Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the Sanhedrin(GW) tomorrow on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about him.(GX) 21 Don’t give in to them, because more than forty(GY) of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him.(GZ) They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”
22 The commander dismissed the young man with this warning: “Don’t tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”
Paul Transferred to Caesarea
23 Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen[f] to go to Caesarea(HA) at nine tonight.(HB) 24 Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix.”(HC)
25 He wrote a letter as follows:
26 Claudius Lysias,
To His Excellency,(HD) Governor Felix:
Greetings.(HE)
27 This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him,(HF) but I came with my troops and rescued him,(HG) for I had learned that he is a Roman citizen.(HH) 28 I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin.(HI) 29 I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law,(HJ) but there was no charge against him(HK) that deserved death or imprisonment. 30 When I was informed(HL) of a plot(HM) to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers(HN) to present to you their case against him.
31 So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul with them during the night and brought him as far as Antipatris. 32 The next day they let the cavalry(HO) go on with him, while they returned to the barracks.(HP) 33 When the cavalry(HQ) arrived in Caesarea,(HR) they delivered the letter to the governor(HS) and handed Paul over to him. 34 The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,(HT) 35 he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers(HU) get here.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard(HV) in Herod’s palace.
Paul’s Trial Before Felix
24 Five days later the high priest Ananias(HW) went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges(HX) against Paul before the governor.(HY) 2 When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: “We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation. 3 Everywhere and in every way, most excellent(HZ) Felix, we acknowledge this with profound gratitude. 4 But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly.
5 “We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots(IA) among the Jews(IB) all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene(IC) sect(ID) 6 and even tried to desecrate the temple;(IE) so we seized him. [7] [g] 8 By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges we are bringing against him.”
9 The other Jews joined in the accusation,(IF) asserting that these things were true.
10 When the governor(IG) motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: “I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense. 11 You can easily verify that no more than twelve days(IH) ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. 12 My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple,(II) or stirring up a crowd(IJ) in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city. 13 And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me.(IK) 14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors(IL) as a follower of the Way,(IM) which they call a sect.(IN) I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,(IO) 15 and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection(IP) of both the righteous and the wicked.(IQ) 16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear(IR) before God and man.
17 “After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor(IS) and to present offerings. 18 I was ceremonially clean(IT) when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance.(IU) 19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia,(IV) who ought to be here before you and bring charges if they have anything against me.(IW) 20 Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin— 21 unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”(IX)
22 Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way,(IY) adjourned the proceedings. “When Lysias the commander comes,” he said, “I will decide your case.” 23 He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard(IZ) but to give him some freedom(JA) and permit his friends to take care of his needs.(JB)
24 Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus.(JC) 25 As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control(JD) and the judgment(JE) to come, Felix was afraid(JF) and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.” 26 At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for him frequently and talked with him.
27 When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus,(JG) but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews,(JH) he left Paul in prison.(JI)
Paul’s Trial Before Festus
25 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus(JJ) went up from Caesarea(JK) to Jerusalem, 2 where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.(JL) 3 They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.(JM) 4 Festus answered, “Paul is being held(JN) at Caesarea,(JO) and I myself am going there soon. 5 Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”
6 After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court(JP) and ordered that Paul be brought before him.(JQ) 7 When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him,(JR) but they could not prove them.(JS)
8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple(JT) or against Caesar.”
9 Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor,(JU) said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?”(JV)
10 Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews,(JW) as you yourself know very well. 11 If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”(JX)
12 After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
Festus Consults King Agrippa
13 A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea(JY) to pay their respects to Festus. 14 Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner.(JZ) 15 When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him(KA) and asked that he be condemned.
16 “I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges.(KB) 17 When they came here with me, I did not delay the case, but convened the court the next day and ordered the man to be brought in.(KC) 18 When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. 19 Instead, they had some points of dispute(KD) with him about their own religion(KE) and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive. 20 I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges.(KF) 21 But when Paul made his appeal to be held over for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him held until I could send him to Caesar.”(KG)
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.”
He replied, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”(KH)
Paul Before Agrippa(KI)
23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice(KJ) came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24 Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community(KK) has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.(KL) 25 I found he had done nothing deserving of death,(KM) but because he made his appeal to the Emperor(KN) I decided to send him to Rome. 26 But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write. 27 For I think it is unreasonable to send a prisoner on to Rome without specifying the charges against him.”
26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(KO)
So Paul motioned with his hand(KP) and began his defense: 2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(KQ) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(KR) 3 and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(KS) and controversies.(KT) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(KU) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. 5 They have known me for a long time(KV) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(KW) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(KX) 6 And now it is because of my hope(KY) in what God has promised our ancestors(KZ) that I am on trial today. 7 This is the promise our twelve tribes(LA) are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night.(LB) King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.(LC) 8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(LD)
9 “I too was convinced(LE) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(LF) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(LG) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(LH) in prison,(LI) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(LJ) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(LK) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(LL) saying to me in Aramaic,[h](LM) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“ ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.(LN) I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.(LO) 17 I will rescue you(LP) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(LQ) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(LR) and turn them from darkness to light,(LS) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(LT) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(LU)
19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(LV) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(LW) then to those in Jerusalem(LX) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(LY) I preached that they should repent(LZ) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(MA) 21 That is why some Jews seized me(MB) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.(MC) 22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen(MD)— 23 that the Messiah would suffer(ME) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(MF) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(MG)
24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(MH) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(MI) is driving you insane.”
25 “I am not insane, most excellent(MJ) Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things,(MK) and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”(ML)
29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”(MM)
30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice(MN) and those sitting with them. 31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”(MO)
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free(MP) if he had not appealed to Caesar.”(MQ)
Paul Sails for Rome
27 When it was decided that we(MR) would sail for Italy,(MS) Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.(MT) 2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia,(MU) and we put out to sea. Aristarchus,(MV) a Macedonian(MW) from Thessalonica,(MX) was with us.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon;(MY) and Julius, in kindness to Paul,(MZ) allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs.(NA) 4 From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.(NB) 5 When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia(NC) and Pamphylia,(ND) we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship(NE) sailing for Italy(NF) and put us on board. 7 We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course,(NG) we sailed to the lee of Crete,(NH) opposite Salmone. 8 We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
9 Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement.[i](NI) So Paul warned them, 10 “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.”(NJ) 11 But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship. 12 Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete,(NK) facing both southwest and northwest.
The Storm
13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. 14 Before very long, a wind of hurricane force,(NL) called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. 15 The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. 16 As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat(NM) secure, 17 so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground(NN) on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor[j] and let the ship be driven along. 18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.(NO) 19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
21 After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice(NP) not to sail from Crete;(NQ) then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss.
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
- Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2
- Acts 22:20 Or witness
- Acts 23:5 Exodus 22:28
- Acts 23:23 The meaning of the Greek for this word is uncertain.
- Acts 24:7 Some manuscripts include here him, and we would have judged him in accordance with our law. 7 But the commander Lysias came and took him from us with much violence, 8 ordering his accusers to come before you.
- Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew
- Acts 27:9 That is, Yom Kippur
- Acts 27:17 Or the sails
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