The Inner Temple

41 Then he ^(A)brought me to the ^[a](B)nave and measured the ^(C)side pillars; six cubits wide on each side was the width of the ^[b]side pillar. ² The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the ^[c]sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. And he measured ^[d]the length of the nave, ^(D)forty cubits, and the width, ^(E)twenty cubits. ³ Then he went ^[e](F)inside and measured each ^(G)side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits. ⁴ He measured its length, ^(H)twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the ^(I)nave; and he said to me, “This is the ^(J)most holy place.”

⁵ Then he measured the wall of the ^[f]temple, six cubits; and the width of the ^(K)side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side. ^6 (L)The side chambers were in three stories, ^[g]one above another, and ^[h]thirty in each story; and ^[i]the side chambers ^(M)extended to the wall which stood on ^[j]their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself. ⁷ The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the ^(N)structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, therefore the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the ^[k]second story. ⁸ I saw also that the house had a raised ^[l]platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of ^(O)six ^[m]long cubits in height. ⁹ The ^[n]thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the ^(P)free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple ¹⁰ and the outer ^(Q)chambers was twenty cubits in width all around the temple on every side. ¹¹ The ^[o]doorways of the ^[p]side chambers toward the ^(R)free space consisted of one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the ^(S)free space was five cubits all around.

¹² The ^(T)building that was in front of the ^(U)separate area at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits ^[q]thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.

¹³ Then he measured the temple, a ^(V)hundred cubits long; the ^(W)separate area with the ^(X)building and its walls were also a ^(Y)hundred cubits long. ¹⁴ Also the width of the front of the temple and that of the separate ^[r]areas along the east side totaled a hundred cubits.

¹⁵ He measured the length of the ^(Z)building ^[s]along the front of the ^(AA)separate area behind it, with a ^[t](AB)gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner nave and the porches of the court. ¹⁶ The ^(AC)thresholds, the ^[u](AD)latticed windows and the ^[v](AE)galleries round about their ^(AF)three stories, opposite the threshold, were ^(AG)paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), ¹⁷ over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement. ¹⁸ It was ^[w]carved with ^(AH)cherubim and ^(AI)palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, ¹⁹ a ^(AJ)man’s face toward the palm tree on one side and a young ^(AK)lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were ^[x]carved on all the house all around. ²⁰ From the ground to above the entrance ^(AL)cherubim and ^(AM)palm trees were ^[y]carved, as well as on the wall of the nave.

²¹ The ^(AN)doorposts of the ^(AO)nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. ²² The ^(AP)altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its ^[z]base and its ^[aa]sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the ^(AQ)table that is before the Lord.” ²³ The ^(AR)nave and the ^(AS)sanctuary each had a double ^(AT)door. ²⁴ Each of the doors had two leaves, two ^[ab](AU)swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. ²⁵ Also there were ^[ac]carved on them, on the doors of the nave, ^(AV)cherubim and ^(AW)palm trees like those ^[ad]carved on the walls; and there was a ^[ae](AX)threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. ²⁶ There were ^[af](AY)latticed windows and ^(AZ)palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the ^(BA)porch; thus were the ^(BB)side chambers of the house and the ^[ag]thresholds.

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Paul’s Defense before Agrippa

26 ^(A)Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and proceeded to make his defense:

² “In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense before you today; ^3 [a]especially because you are an expert in all ^(B)customs and ^[b]questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

⁴ “So then, all Jews know ^(C)my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem; ⁵ since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a ^(D)Pharisee ^(E)according to the strictest ^(F)sect of our religion. ⁶ And now I am ^[c]standing trial ^(G)for the hope of ^(H)the promise made by God to our fathers; ⁷ the promise ^(I)to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this ^(J)hope, O King, I am being ^(K)accused by Jews. ⁸ Why is it considered incredible among you people ^(L)if God does raise the dead?

⁹ “So then, ^(M)I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to ^(N)the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ¹⁰ And this is ^[d]just what I ^(O)did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the ^[e]saints in prisons, having ^(P)received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I ^(Q)cast my vote against them. ¹¹ And ^(R)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being ^(S)furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them ^(T)even to ^[f]foreign cities.

¹² “^[g]While so engaged ^(U)as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, ¹³ at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, ^[h]brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me. ¹⁴ And when we had ^(V)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the ^[i](W)Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? ^[j]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ ¹⁵ And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. ¹⁶ But get up and ^(X)stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to ^(Y)appoint you a ^(Z)minister and ^(AA)a witness not only to the things which you have ^[k]seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; ^17 (AB)rescuing you ^(AC)from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, ¹⁸ to ^(AD)open their eyes so that they may turn from ^(AE)darkness to light and from the dominion of ^(AF)Satan to God, that they may receive ^(AG)forgiveness of sins and an ^(AH)inheritance among those who have been sanctified by ^(AI)faith in Me.’

¹⁹ “So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, ²⁰ but kept declaring both ^(AJ)to those of Damascus first, and also ^(AK)at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even ^(AL)to the Gentiles, that they should ^(AM)repent and turn to God, performing deeds ^(AN)appropriate to repentance. ²¹ For this reason some Jews ^(AO)seized me in the temple and tried ^(AP)to put me to death. ²² So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day ^(AQ)testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what ^(AR)the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place; ^23 [l](AS)that ^[m]the Christ was ^[n]to suffer, and ^[o]that ^(AT)by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim ^(AU)light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

²⁴ While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! ^[p]Your great ^(AV)learning is ^[q]driving you mad.” ²⁵ But Paul *said, “I am not out of my mind, ^(AW)most excellent Festus, but I utter words ^[r]of sober truth. ²⁶ For the king ^[s](AX)knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a ^[t]corner. ²⁷ King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you ^[u]do.” ²⁸ Agrippa replied to Paul, “^[v]In a short time you ^[w]will persuade me to ^[x]become a ^(AY)Christian.” ²⁹ And Paul said, “^[y]I would wish to God, that whether ^[z]in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these ^(AZ)chains.”

^30 (BA)The king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them, ³¹ and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, “^(BB)This man is not doing anything worthy of death or ^[aa]imprisonment.” ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been ^(BC)set free if he had not ^(BD)appealed to Caesar.”