Деяния Апостолов

1) True, I created the first word / essay / about everything (Oh, Theophilus!) that Jesus began to do and teach, 2) up to [that] day on which He, having commanded through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen, was taken; 3) He presented Himself to them alive, after His passion, with many proofs, appearing to them for forty days and speaking about the Kingdom of God. 4) And, having eaten with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father: “... which you have heard,” He said, “from My mouth, 5) for John truly baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit after these few days.” 6) Therefore those who had come together asked Him, saying: “Lord, are You at this time restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7) He said to them: “It is not your business to know the times or moments that the Father has appointed in His power, 8) but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit coming on you from above; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.” 9) And as he said these things, as they looked, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. 10) And as they looked up to heaven, as He ascended, behold, two men in white robes stood before them, 11) who said: “Men of Galilee! Why are you standing looking at the sky? This Jesus, who has ascended from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him going into heaven.” 12) Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath's journey away. 13) And when they entered the refectory, they went up to where Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the Zealot, were staying. 14) They were all with one accord persevering in prayer, with the women and Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and His brothers. 15) In those days Peter, standing in the midst of the brethren, said (there was a crowd, about a hundred and twenty people together): 16) “Men and brethren! The Scripture had to be fulfilled, in which the Holy Spirit spoke through the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who took Jesus; 17) He was numbered among us and the lot of this ministry fell to him. 18) And he, indeed, acquired the land for the bribe of unrighteousness, and when he hanged himself, his belly was split in the middle, and his whole womb was poured out. 19) And [this] became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that land was called, in their language, Akeldama, that is, “field of blood.” 20) For in the book of Psalms it is written: “Let their habitation be desolate, and let there be no one living in it” (Ps. 69:26); and: “Let another take his bishopric” (Ps. 109:8). 21) Therefore, it is necessary that one of these men who gathered with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us, 22) beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which He was taken from us, in order to make one of them, together with us, a witness of His resurrection.” 23) And they appointed two: Joseph, called Barsaba, who was called Justus, and Matthias. 24) And having prayed, they said: “You, Lord, know the hearts of all, show which of these two you have chosen alone: ​​25) [in order] to take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell away in order to go to his place.” 26) And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered among the eleven Apostles. 1) And when the days of Pentecost were fulfilled, they were all gathered together in one place. 2) And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as from a rushing strong wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3) And divided tongues like fire appeared to them, and sat one on each of them. 4) And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues, as the Holy Spirit gave them utterance. 5) Now there were Jews who dwelt in Jerusalem, pious people, from every nation that is under heaven. 6) When this voice came, a multitude gathered and their minds were confused, because each of them heard them speaking in their own language. 7) They were all amazed and amazed, saying: “Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans? 8) And how do we hear each of our own languages ​​in which we were born? 9) Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who live in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10) Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya that are around Cyrene, and the Romans who come, 11) and Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians: we hear them proclaiming our the great works of God with tongues!” 12) They were all amazed and amazed, saying to each other: “What could this be?” 13) Others mocked and said, “For they are full of new wine.” 14) Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them: “Men of the Jews, and all who live in Jerusalem! Let this be known to you, and accept my words with your ears: 15) these are not drunk, as you think, for it is the third hour of the day; 16) but this is what was said by the prophet Joel: 17) “And it shall come to pass in the last days,” says the Lord, “that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy; and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 18) And on My servants and on My handmaids in those days I will pour out My Spirit, and they will prophesy. 19) And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke. 20) The sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and revealed day of the Lord comes. 21) And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Joel 2:28–32). 22) Men of Israel! Hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man approved of God before you by the powers and wonders and signs that God did through Him among you, as you [yourselves] know, 23) Him, according to the definite counsel and foreknowledge of God, delivered, you, with the hands of the wicked, nailed him down and killed him; 24) Whom God raised, breaking away the sorrows of hell, for it was impossible for him to hold Him. 25) For David says of Him: “I have always seen the Lord in my sight, for He is at my right hand, so that I will not be moved. 26) For this reason my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad; Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope, 27) because You will not leave my soul in hell and will not allow Your holy one to see corruption. 28) You have made me know the ways of life, and You will fill me with joy in Your presence” (Ps. 16:8-11). 29) Men, brothers! Let it be allowed to boldly tell you about the forefather David, that he died and was buried, and his tomb is with us even to this day. 30) So, being a prophet and knowing that God, swearing by an oath, promised to set him on the throne from the fruit of his loins; 31) foreseeing, he said about the resurrection of Christ that He was not left in hell, and His flesh did not see corruption. 32) This Jesus was raised up by God, of which we are all witnesses. 33) So He, exalted by the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, poured out what you see and hear. 34) For David did not ascend into heaven; He himself says: “The Lord said to my Lord: ‘Sit at My right hand, 35) until I make Your enemies Your footstool’” (Ps. 109:1). 36) Therefore, let all the house of Israel know very surely that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both their Master and the Christ.” 37) Having heard this, they were contrite in heart and said to Peter and the other Apostles: “What should we do, men and brethren?” 38) Peter said to them: “Do repentance, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission /for forgiveness/ of your sins; and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39) For the promise [is] to you, and to your children, and to all those who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call.” 40) And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying: “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” 41) So those who received his word were baptized, and about three thousand souls were added that day. 42) They continued in the teaching of the Apostles and in the fellowship of breaking bread and in prayer. 43) There was fear in every soul; and many wonders and signs were performed through the Apostles in Jerusalem, and there was great fear among everyone. 44) All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45) They sold estates and property, and divided them for everyone, depending on the needs that each had. 46) And they continued daily with one accord in the church and, breaking bread from house to house, ate their food with joy and simplicity of heart, 47) praising God together and having favor with all the people. The Lord daily multiplied among them those who were destined to be saved. 1) Peter and John went up to the church at the hour of prayer - the ninth. 2) And a certain man was lame from his mother’s womb; they brought him; whom they placed daily at the gates of the church, called Red, to ask for alms from those entering the church. 3) When he saw Peter and John approaching the entrance to the church, he begged in order to receive alms. 4) Peter, together with John, fixed his gaze on him and said: “Look at us.” 5) And he gazed at them, hoping to get something from them for himself. 6) Peter said: “I have no silver or gold; What I have, this I give to you: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk.” 7) And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up; and immediately his legs and feet became stronger. 8) And he jumped up, stood and walked, and entered the church with them, walking and jumping and praising God. 9) And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10) They recognized him that it was the one who sat at the Red Gate of the church for the sake of alms; and were filled with stupor and ecstasy from what happened to him. 11) When [the healed lame man] stayed close to Peter and John, all the people ran to them in the porch called Solomon, being amazed. 12) When Peter saw it, he answered the people: “Men of Israel! Why are you amazed at this, or why do you look at us as if we, by our strength or authority, made him walk? 13) The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob - the God of our fathers, glorified His Son Jesus, whom you betrayed and denied [Him] before the face of Pilate, when he thought to release Him. 14) You denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked to be given a murderous husband, 15) You killed the author of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses. 16) And by faith in His name, this one whom you see and know, His name strengthened, and the faith that came from Him granted him this complete healing in the sight of you all. 17) And now, brothers, I know that you did this out of ignorance, just like your leaders; 18) God, as he foretold through the mouth of all the prophets that His Christ should suffer, so [and] fulfilled it. 19) Therefore, repent and be converted, so that your sins may be blotted out, 20) that times of coolness may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you, 21) whom heaven was destined to receive until the times of restoration of all things; what God has spoken through the mouth of all His holy prophets from all eternity. 22) Moses said: “For the Lord your God will raise up for you from among your brothers a Prophet like me; obey Him in everything He tells you” (Deut. 18:15, 18); 23) “It will come to pass that every soul that does not listen to that Prophet will be cut off from among the people” (Lev. 23:29; Deut. 18:19). 24) And all the prophets, from Samuel and after him, no matter how many they spoke, announced these days. 25) You are the sons of the prophets and the covenant that God made to your fathers, saying to Abraham: “And in your seed shall all families [familiae] of the earth be blessed” (Gen. 12:3, 18:18, 22:18). 26) To you first God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, that everyone might turn from his wickedness.” 1) When they spoke to the people, the priests and the church magistrates and the Sadducees advanced, 2) lamenting that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead; 3) and laid hands on them and placed them in custody until the morning; for it was already evening. 4) Many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was five thousand. 5) It came to pass on the next day that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, 6) and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and all who were of the priestly family. 7) And, placing them in the middle, they asked: “By what power or by what name did you do this?” 8) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers of the people and elders, listen! 9) If we are judged today for doing good to a weak man, through which he was healed, 10) let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, through Him he has been set before you in health. 11) This is “the stone that was rejected by you who built it, and became the head of the corner” (Ps. 117:22; Isa. 28:16), 12) and there is salvation in no one else. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” 13) Seeing the steadfastness of Peter and John and noticing that they were unlearned and simple people, they were surprised and recognized them that they were with Jesus; 14) and seeing the man standing with them who was healed, they could not say anything contrary. 15) They ordered them to leave the council, and they reasoned among themselves, 16) saying: “What should we do with these people? Because everyone who lives in Jerusalem knows the sign that they created, it is obvious, and we cannot deny. 17) But so that this will no longer be disclosed among the people, we will strictly threaten them not to speak about this name to any person.” 18) And calling them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all about the name of Jesus. 19) Peter and John answered and said to them: “Judge whether it is fair in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God. 20) For we cannot help but say what we have seen and heard.” 21) And they, threatening, let them go, not finding any way to punish them, because of the people; because everyone praised what happened when it happened. 22) For the man upon whom this sign of healing took place was more than forty years old. 23) Having been released, they came to their own and told them everything that the high priests and elders had told them. 24) The listeners unanimously raised their voices to God and said: “Sovereign, You are the One who created the heavens and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them, 25) Who by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said: “Why are the Gentiles troubled, and the nations plotting vain things? 26) The kings of the earth rose up, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ” (Ps. 2:1-2). 27) For verily in this city Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against Thy Holy Servant Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed, 28) [to] do that which Thy hand and Thy counsel had decreed to be done. 29) And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to Thy servants to speak Thy word with all confidence, 30) in that Thou hast stretched forth Thy hand, that healings, signs, and wonders may be done in the name of Thy Holy Son Jesus.” 31) And while they were praying, the place where they were gathered shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. 32) The multitude of those who believed had one heart and one soul; and no one called anything of what he owned his own, but they had everything in common. 33) And with great power the Apostles gave testimony of the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord; and great grace was upon them all. 34) And among them there was no one in need. For everyone who owned fields or houses, when selling, brought the price of what was sold 35) and laid it at the feet of the Apostles. And it was distributed to everyone according to what they needed. 36) Joseph, called by the Apostles Barnabas (which means “Son of Consolation”), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, 37) having a field, sold it and brought the value, and laid it at the feet of the Apostles. 1) A certain man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold the field 2) and withheld from the price, with the knowledge of his wife, and, bringing a certain part, laid it at the feet of the Apostles. 3) Peter said: “Ananias! Why did Satan tempt your heart so that you would lie to the Holy Spirit and hide the price of the field? 4) Remaining /t. i.e. unsold / wouldn’t it be yours to remain, and sold / etc. e. the income from the sale/ was it not in your power? Why have you put this thing in your heart? You lied not to men, but to God.” 5) Hearing these words, Ananias fell and gave up the ghost. And great fear came upon all who heard. 6) Getting up, the young men moved him and, carrying him out, buried him. 7) It came to pass, after about three hours, that his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. 8) Peter said to her: “Woman, tell me, how much did you sell the field for?” And she said: “Yes, for that much.” 9) Peter said to her: “Why did you agree to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband are at the door; and they will carry you out.” 10) Immediately she fell at his feet and gave up the ghost. When the young men entered, they found her dead and carried her out and buried her next to her husband. 11) And great fear came upon the whole church and on all who heard it. 12) By the hands of the Apostles many signs and wonders were performed among the people. And they all remained with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13) None of the outsiders dared to join them, but the people magnified them. 14) The multitude of believers in the Lord, men and women, grew more and more, 15) so that they carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and beds, so that when Peter passed, at least his shadow would overshadow one of them, and they would be delivered from their ailments. 16) Many from the surrounding cities also converged on Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those possessed by unclean spirits, who were all healed. 17) Having risen, the high priest and all who were with him (the real heresy of the Sadducees) were filled with envy, 18) and laid their hands on the Apostles, and imprisoned them in public prison. 19) The angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison at night and leading them out, said: 20) “Go and stand and speak to the people in the church all the words of this life.” 21) When they had heard it, they entered the church in the morning and taught. When the high priest and those with him came, they called the Sanhedrin and all the elders from the children of Israel; and they sent them to prison to bring [the Apostles]. 22) When the servants came and, having opened the prison, did not find them, they returned and reported, 23) saying: “We found the prison locked with all precautions and a guard standing in front of the doors; Having opened it, they found no one in it.” 24) When the church magistrate and the high priests heard these words, they wondered what it could be. 25) When someone came, he reported to them, saying: “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the church, standing and teaching the people.” 26) Then the magistrate went with the servants and brought them in without force, for they were afraid of the people, lest they should be stoned. 27) And when they were brought in, they appointed them in council; and the high priest asked them, 28) saying: “We have prescribed for you /i.e. e. strictly commanded / not to teach in this Name. And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring the blood of that Man upon us.” 29) Answering, Peter and the Apostles said: “We must obey God rather than men. 30) The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging on a tree. 31) God has exalted this Leader and Savior with His right hand, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel. 32) And we are witnesses of these words, and the Holy Spirit, whom God gives to all who obey Him.” 33) When they heard this, they were torn with anger and plotted to kill them. 34) Standing up in council, a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, revered by all the people, ordered the people to be brought out for a short time, 35) and he said to them: “Men of Israel! Take heed to yourself about these people, what you should do with them. 36) For before these days Theudas appeared, announcing about himself that he [is something], with which about four hundred men agreed; he was killed, and all who believed him were scattered and turned into nothing. 37) After this, during the census, Judas the Galilean appeared and drew the people with him; and he himself died, and everyone who agreed with him scattered. 38) And now, thus I say to you, get away from these people and leave them; because if this advice or deed comes from men, it will be destroyed, 39) if it is from God, you cannot destroy it; so that one day you won’t turn out to be fighters against God.” They agreed with him. 40) And calling the Apostles, they fought and told them not to speak at all in the name of Jesus, and sent them away. 41) But they went away from the sight of the council, rejoicing that they were deemed worthy to suffer dishonor for the name of Jesus. 42) Every day they did not cease in the church and from house to house, teaching and preaching Christ Jesus. 1) In those days, when the number of disciples increased, there was a murmur among the “Greeks” against the Jews, since their widows were neglected in their daily service. 2) Having called together a multitude of disciples, the twelve said: “It is not fitting for us to leave the word of God and serve tables. 3) Therefore, brethren, look out from among you seven men who have a good testimony, filled with the Holy Spirit and wisdom; whom we will assign to this work, 4) we will constantly remain in prayer and the ministry of the word.” 5) And [it] pleased the word before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenes, and Nicholas, a stranger / converted from the pagans / from Antioch. 6) They were placed before the eyes of the Apostles and, having prayed, they laid hands on them. 7) And the word of God increased, and the number of disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem; and a great multitude of priests submitted to the faith. 8) Stephen, full of grace and power, performed miracles and great signs among the people. 9) Some of the so-called synagogue of the Libertines and the Cyreneans and the Alexandrians and those from Cilicia and Asia rebelled, arguing with Stephen; 10) and could not resist the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he spoke. 11) Then they sent some men, who said that they heard him speaking words of blasphemy against Moses and against God. 12) So they set the people in motion, both the elders and the scribes; and, running, they grabbed him and took him to the council. 13) And they brought forward false witnesses who said: “This man does not stop speaking words against the holy place and the law. 14) For we heard him saying that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the traditions which Moses delivered to us.” 15) And, fixing their gaze on him, all those sitting in the council saw his face like the face of an angel. 1) The high priest said: “Is it really so?” 2) He said: “Men, brothers and fathers! Listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he moved to Haran, 3) and said to him: “Get out of your land and from your kindred and from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.” 4) Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran; and from there, after his father died, [God] moved him to this land in which you now live. 5) And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even one foot, but promised to give it as an inheritance to him and his descendants after him, when he had no son. 6) God said to him: “For his seed will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be subject to enslavement and mistreated for four hundred years. 7) “And I will judge the people to whom they will serve,” said the Lord, “and after that they will go out and serve Me in this place.” 8) And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac is Jacob, and Jacob is the twelve patriarchs. 9) And the patriarchs, being jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him, 10) and delivered him from all his sorrows, and gave him favor and wisdom in the face of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him ruler over Egypt and over all his house. 11) A famine came to all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers found no food. 12) When Jacob heard that there was grain of wheat in Egypt, he sent our fathers there for the first time; 13) and [when they came] the second time, his brothers recognized Joseph, and his family was shown to Pharaoh. 14) Having sent, Joseph called his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five souls. 15) And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he and our fathers died; 16) and were carried to Shechem and laid in the tomb, which Abraham bought at the price of silver from the sons of Hamor the son of Shechem. 17) When the time drew near [for the fulfillment of] the promise that God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt. 18) Until another king arose in Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 19) This one, surrounding our family, oppressed our fathers, so that they would throw out their children so that they would not live. 20) At the same time Moses was born and was pleasing to God. He was fed for three months in his father's house. 21) When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and raised him as a son. 22) And Moses was taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and deeds. 23) When he was forty years old, it came into his heart that he should visit his brothers the children of Israel. 24) And when he saw one of them being offended, he avenged him, and inflicted retribution on the offender by striking the Egyptian. 25) He thought that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand; but they didn't understand. 26) The very next day he appeared while some of them were arguing, and reconciled them peacefully, saying: “Men, you are brothers; Why do you offend each other? 27) The one who offended his neighbor rejected him, saying: “Who made you a leader and a judge over us? 28) Don’t you want to kill me, just like you killed the Egyptian yesterday?” 29) Moses fled from this word and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he gave birth to two sons. 30) And when he was forty years old, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flames of a fiery bush. blackberry bush [rubi]/. 31) When Moses saw it, he marveled at the vision. And when he approached to look, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying: 32) “I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” Moses, overcome with trepidation, did not dare to look closely. 33) The Lord said to him: “Take off your boots from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. 34) Seeing, I see the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and I hear their groaning, and I came down to deliver them. And now go, and I will send you to Egypt.” 35) This Moses, whom they rejected, saying: “Who made you a ruler and a judge?” - this God sent as a leader and redeemer with the hand of an Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36) He brought them out, performing signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37) This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel: “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers; Listen to him." 38) This one was in the church in solitude with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, [and] who received the words of life to pass on to us. 39) Whom our fathers did not want to obey, but rejected and turned their hearts to Egypt, 40) saying to Aaron: “Make us gods who will precede us; for this Moses, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what happened to him.” 41) And in those days they made a calf, and sacrificed to the image, and rejoiced in the work of their hands. 42) God turned away and gave them over to serve the army of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “Did you bring slaughter and sacrifices to Me for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 43) And ye took the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the images which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.” 44) Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, as the Lord planned, telling Moses to make it according to the pattern he had seen. 45) Our fathers with Jesus took it and brought it into the possession of the nations whom God had driven out from before our fathers, until the days of David, 46) who found grace before God and prayed that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. 47) Solomon built him a house. 48) But the Most High does not live in churches made with hands, as the prophet says: 49) “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or what is the place for My rest? 50) Was it not My hand that created all these things?” (Isa. 66:1–2). 51) Stiff-necked and with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just like your fathers and you. 52) Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now become traitors and murderers, 53) who accepted the law in the favor of the angels and did not keep it.” 54) Hearing this, they tore their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him. 55) When he was filled with the Holy Spirit, he looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said: “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 56) They shouted loudly, stopped their ears, and with one accord rushed towards him. 57) And they drove him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of the young man, whose name was Saul. 58) And they stoned Stephen, who was praying and saying: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 59) Kneeling down, he exclaimed loudly, saying: “Lord! Do not impute this sin to them.” And when he had said this, he rested in the Lord. Saul agreed with his killing. 1) On that day there occurred a great persecution against the church that was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles. 2) Reverent men took care of the [burial] of Stephen, and made a great lamentation for him. 3) Saul devastated the church, entering houses and dragging off men and women, and putting them into custody. 4) So, [those] who were scattered went by, preaching the word of God. 5) Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. 6) The people listened to what Philip said, listening with one accord and seeing the signs that he performed. 7) For many of those possessed by unclean spirits, who came out crying loudly, [and] many of the paralytic and lame were healed. 8) So there was great joy in that city. 9) A certain man named Simon had previously been in the city as a sorcerer, seducing the people of Samaria, posing as someone great. 10) Everyone listened to him, from the smallest to the greatest, saying: “This is the power of God, which is called great.” 11) They listened to him because for a considerable time he amazed / deprived them of their minds / with his magic. 12) When they believed Philip preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God, both men and women were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. 13) Then Simon himself believed; and when he was baptized, he clung to Philip. Seeing the signs and great powers taking place, he marveled with trepidation. 14) When the Apostles who were in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15) When they arrived, they prayed for them, so that they would receive the Holy Spirit; 16) for He had not yet descended upon any of them, but only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17) Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18) When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of hands of the Apostles, he brought them money, 19) saying: “Give me this power too, so that whoever I lay hands on will receive the Holy Spirit.” Peter said to him: 20) “Let your money perish with you, because you thought to receive the gift of God with money. 21) You have neither part nor lot in this word, for your heart is not right before God. 22) So, repent of this iniquity of yours, and pray to God: then, perhaps, this thought of your heart will be forgiven you; 23) For I see that you are in the gall of sorrow and in the bonds of unrighteousness.” 24) Simon answered and said: “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing that you have said may befall me.” 25) And they, having testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem and preached the gospel in many places in Samaria. 26) The angel of the Lord said to Philip: “Get up and go at noon / south / to the road descending from Jerusalem to Gaza, it is empty.” 27) And he got up and went. And so, an Ethiopian husband, a eunuch, a nobleman of Candace, the queen of Ethiopia, who was [placed] over all her treasures, came to worship in Jerusalem 28) and returned, sitting on his chariot and reading the prophet Isaiah. 29) The Spirit said to Philip: “Come and dock with this chariot.” 30) Philip came running and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said: “Do you think that you understand what you are reading?” 31) He said: “And how can I [understand] unless someone shows me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. 32) The passage of Scripture that he read was this: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb that is silent before its shearers, so He opens not His mouth. 33) In humility His judgment was taken. Who will explain His generation? For His life will be taken from the earth” (Isaiah 53:7–8). 34) Answering Philip, the eunuch said: “I ask you, about whom is the prophet saying this: about himself or about someone else?” 35) And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at that Scripture, preached Jesus to him. 36) And as they were traveling along the way, they came to a certain reservoir; and the eunuch said: “Here is water; What prevents me from being baptized? 37) Philip said: “If you believe with all your heart, you can.” And he answered and said: “I believe that the Son of God is Jesus Christ.” 38) And he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water; and he baptized him. 39) When they came up from the water, the Holy Spirit captured Philip, and the eunuch no longer saw him. He went his way, rejoicing. 40) Philip found himself in Azotus and, as he passed, he preached the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea. 1) Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest 2) and asked him for letters to Damascus to the synagogues, so that if he found anyone [standing on] this way, men and women, he would bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3) And as he made his way, it happened that he was approaching Damascus; and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. 4) And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: “Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting Me? 5) He said: “Who are you, Lord?” And He: “I am Jesus, whom you persecute. It’s hard for you to go against the grain.” 6) And, horrified and trembling, he said: “Lord, what do you want me to do?” – 7) and the Lord said to him: “Get up and enter the city; and there it will be told to you what you need to do.” The men walking with him stood in a daze, actually hearing the voice, but not seeing anyone. 8) Saul stood up from the ground, and with his eyes open he saw nothing. Leading him by the hands, they brought him to Damascus. 9) And he was there for three days, neither seeing nor eating nor drinking. 10) Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias; and in a vision the Lord said to him: “Ananias!” He said, “Here am I, Lord.” 11) And the Lord [said] to him: “Get up and go to the street that is called Straight, and ask in the house of Judas [a man] named Saul, a Tarsian; for, behold, he prays. 12) And he saw a man named Ananias come to him and lay his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.” 13) Ananias answered: “Lord! I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem; 14) and here he has authority from the high priests to bind all who call on Your name.” 15) The Lord said to him: “Go, for he is My chosen vessel to carry My name before the nations, and kings, and the children of Israel. 16) For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.” 17) And Ananias went and entered the house, and laying his hands on him, said: “Saul, brother! The Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the path you walked, sent me so that you could receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18) And immediately scales fell from his eyes, and he regained sight; and, standing up, he was baptized. 19) And when he had eaten, he refreshed himself. Now Saul and the disciples were in Damascus for several days. 20) And immediately Jesus preached in the synagogues that this is the Son of God. 21) All who heard marveled and said: “Is this not the same one who persecuted in Jerusalem those who call on this name? And he came here for this, to lead them bound to the high priests.” 22) Saul grew stronger and stronger and confused the Jews living in Damascus, claiming that this is Christ. 23) When many days were completed, the Jews united and made a meeting to kill him. 24) Their plots became known to Saul. They kept watch at the gate day and night to kill him. 25) Taking it at night, the disciples hung it over the wall, lowering it in a basket. 26) When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; and everyone was afraid of him, not believing that he was a student. 27) Barnabas, taking him, came to the Apostles and told them how on the way he had seen the Lord, and what the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he confidently expounded [the creed] in the name of Jesus. 28) And he remained with them, going in and out, in Jerusalem, and confidently acted in the name of the Lord. 29) He also spoke to the pagans and competed with the Greeks; they tried to kill him. 30) When the brethren found out about this, they escorted him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus. 31) The church throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria had peace and was built up, walking in the fear of the Lord; and, with the consolation of the Holy Spirit, she multiplied. 32) It happened that Peter, when he had gone around everyone, came down to the saints living in Lydda. 33) He found there a man named Aeneas, who had been lying in bed for eight years, who was paralyzed. 34) And Peter said to him: “Aeneas! Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your own bed.” And he immediately stood up. 35) And all who dwelt in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the Lord. 36) In Joppa there was one disciple named Tabitha, which in translation sounds: “Chamois” (Dorcas); she was full of good deeds and alms that she did. 37) It happened in those days that she, having fallen ill, died. Which, as soon as they had washed it, they laid it in the refectory. 38) And when Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, asking: “Do not hesitate to come to us.” 39) Peter got up and went with them. And when he arrived, they brought him into the refectory, and all his widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and gimanties that Serna had made for them. 40) Having sent everyone out, Peter knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, said: “Tabitha! Stand up." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat down. 41) He gave her his hand and raised her. And, as he called the saints and widows, he made her live. 42) Now [this] became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 43) It happened that he spent many days in Joppa, with a certain Simon the tanner. 1) There was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called Italian, 2) pious and fearing God with all his household, who did a lot of alms to the people and always prayed to God. 3) In a waking vision, he saw, at about the ninth hour of the day, an Angel of God coming to him and saying: “Cornelius!” 4) And he, looking at him, overcome with fear, said: “What, sir?” He said to him: “Your prayers and your alms have come as a memorial in the sight of God. 5) And now send men to Joppa and call a certain Simon, who is called Peter. 6) He is visiting a certain Simon the tanner, whose house [is located] by the sea; he will tell you what you should do.” 7) And when the angel who had spoken to him had departed, he called two of his household and a soldier who feared God from among those under him, 8) whom, as he told everything, he sent them to Joppa. 9) The very next day, as they were making their way and approaching the city, Peter went up to the top of the house to pray, about the sixth hour. 10) And when he was hungry, he wanted to eat. While they were preparing, a frenzy of mind attacked him 11) and he saw the open sky and a certain vessel descending towards it, like a large tablecloth, lowered from heaven to earth by its four corners; 12) In it were all four-footed creatures, and serpents of the earth, and birds of the air. 13) And a voice came to him: “Rise, Peter, kill and eat.” 14) Peter said: “Let it not be, Lord, for I have never eaten anything common.” i.e. nasty / or unclean.” 15) And again the voice came to him, for the second time: “What God has purified, [that] you do not call common.” 16) This happened three times; and immediately the vessel was taken to heaven. 17) And when Peter was perplexed within himself as to what the vision he saw meant, behold, the men sent by Cornelius, having inquired about Simon's house, stopped at the gate. 18) And they shouted and asked if Simon, called Peter, was staying there. 19) As Peter pondered the vision, the Spirit said to him: “Behold, three men are looking for you. 20) So, get up, get down and go with them, without hesitation / without any doubt / for I sent them.” 21) Peter went down to the men and said: “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you came?” 22) They said: “Cornelius the centurion, a virtuous man who fears God, and who has a [good] testimony from all the people of the Jews, received an answer from the holy Angel to call you to his house and to listen to the words [spoken] from you.” 23) So, having brought them in, he showed hospitality. The next day, he got up and advanced with them, and some of the Joppa brethren went with him. 24) The next day they came to Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them, having called his relatives and close friends. 25) And it came to pass: as Peter was entering, Cornelius came out to meet him and bowed down, falling at his feet. 26) Peter lifted him up, saying: “Stand up; and I myself am a man.” 27) And talking with him, he went in and found many gathered together. 28) And he said to them: “You know that it is not proper for a Jewish man to associate or become intimate with a foreigner; but God revealed to me that I should not call a single person common or unclean. 29) For this reason I came without doubting, having been called. So I ask: for what reason did you call me?” 30) And Cornelius said: “From the fourth day until the present hour, I prayed in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in shining clothes and said: 31) “Cornelius! Your prayer is heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God. 32) So, go to Joppa and call Simon, who is called Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.” 33) I immediately sent to you, and you did well to come. Now we all stand before your eyes to listen to everything that is commanded to you from God.” 34) Having opened his mouth, Peter said: “Truly I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, 35) but in every nation whoever fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him. 36) He sent a word to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is the Lord of all). 37) You know the word that was heard throughout all Judea, for they said, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism preached by John: 38) about Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power; He went about doing good and healing all who were tormented by the devil, because God was with Him. 39) And we are witnesses of everything that He did in the land of Judea and in Jerusalem, [and] that they killed Him by hanging Him on a tree. 40) This one God raised up on the third day, and gave Him to perform manifestations 41) not to all the people, but to the witnesses appointed by God—us, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. 42) And He commanded us to preach to the people and testify that He is the judge appointed by God of the living and the dead. 43) To this all the prophets have testified that everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins through His name.” 44) While Peter was speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came upon all who heard the word. 45) And the believers of the circumcision were amazed that they had come with Peter, and that the grace of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles as well. 46) For we heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. 47) Then Peter answered: “Can anyone really withhold water, lest those who have received the Holy Spirit, just as we have, be baptized?” 48) And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to stay with them for a few days. 1) The apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the pagans also received the word of God. 2) When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised argued with him, 3) saying: “Why did you go in to men who had foreskins and eat with them?” 4) Having begun, Peter recounted it to them in order, saying: 5) “I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and in a frenzy of mind I saw a vision: a certain vessel came down, like a large tablecloth, lowered from heaven by four corners, and even came towards me. 6) Having looked into it, I peered and saw the four-legged creatures of the earth, and animals, and reptiles, and birds of the air. 7) I also heard a voice saying to me: “Get up, Peter; kill and eat." 8) I said: “By no means, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.” 9) A voice answered me a second time from heaven: “What God has purified, [that] you do not call common.” 10) This happened three times, and again everything was taken up to heaven. 11) And behold, immediately three men appeared before the house where I was, sent from Caesarea to me. 12) The Spirit told me that I should go with them without any doubt. So these six brothers also went with me, and we came to the house of [that] husband. 13) He told us how he saw an angel in his house, standing and saying to him: “Send to Joppa and call Simon, who is called Peter; 14) He will tell you words by which you and your whole house will be saved.” 15) When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16) I remembered the words of the Lord, how He said: “John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 17) So, if God gave them the same grace as he gave to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could rebuke God? 18) Having heard this, they fell silent; and they glorified God, saying: “Consequently, God gave repentance unto life to the pagans.” 19) And those who were scattered from the torment that happened under Stephen went as far as Phenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the word to no one except the Jews. 20) Now there were some of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they entered Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus. 21) And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number of believers were converted to the Lord. 22) The word about them reached the ears of the Church that was in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas even to Antioch. 23) When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced; and exhorted everyone with determination in their hearts to abide in the Lord; 24) for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and faith. And many people came to the Lord. 25) Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul, whom, when he found, he brought to Antioch. 26) And for a whole year they gathered there in the church and taught a large crowd, so that the disciples in Antioch for the first time began to be called Christians. 27) In those days the prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28) And standing up, one of them, named Agabus, foreshadowed by the Spirit that there would be a great famine throughout the entire circle of the earth, which happened under Claudius. 29) The disciples, each according to who had how much, decided to send [alms] to the brothers living in Judea to serve, 30) which they did, sending [the collected] to the elders through the hands of Barnabas and Saul. 1) At the same time, King Herod raised his hands to harm some of the Church. 2) He killed Jacob, John’s brother, with the sword. 3) Seeing that he pleased the Jews, he also decided to take Peter too. Those were the days of unleavened bread. 4) Whom, when he was captured, he threw him into prison, handing him over to four quartets of soldiers for guard, wanting to bring him out to the people after Easter. 5) And Peter, however, was guarded in prison. The Church’s prayer to God for him was non-stop. 6) When Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter slept between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards at the door kept watch over the prison. 7) And behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the room; and [the Angel], pushing Peter in the side, woke him up, saying: “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell from his hands. 8) The Angel said to him: “Gird yourself, and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him: “Put on your clothes and follow me.” 9) And going out, he followed him, and did not know that what the Angel was doing was real, but believed that he was seeing a vision. 10) Having passed through the first and second guards, they came to the iron gates that led into the city, which opened to them of their own accord. And going out, they walked one street, and suddenly the Angel left him. 11) And Peter, coming to his senses, said: “Now I know in truth that the Lord sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod, and from all the hope of the Jewish people.” 12) And having looked around, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, called Mark, where many were gathered and praying. 13) When he knocked on the door at the gate, a maid came out to listen, named Rod. 14) And when she recognized Peter’s voice, she did not open the gate for joy, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gate. 15) And they said to her: “You are mad!” She claimed that it was so. They said: “This is his angel.” 16) Peter continued to knock. When they opened it, they saw him and trembled. 17) Having given them a sign with his hand to remain silent, he told how the Lord brought him out of prison, and said: “Tell this to Jacob and the brothers.” And, leaving, he went to another place. 18) When the day came, there was considerable confusion among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter. 19) Herod, when he searched for him and did not find him, subjected the guards to investigation, and ordered them to be led [to execution]. And having descended from Judea to Caesarea, he remained there. 20) He was angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians. And they unanimously came to him and, admonishing Vlast, who was the king’s bedfellow, asked for peace, since their regions were fed from him. 21) On the appointed day, Herod, putting on the royal robe, sat down in the judge's seat and spoke to them. 22) The people exclaimed: “[Behold], the voices of God, and not men!” 23) Suddenly an Angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God; and, eaten by worms, gave up the ghost. 24) The Word of the Lord grew and multiplied. 25) Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having completed their service, taking with them John, called Mark. 1) There were in the church that was in Antioch, prophets and teachers, among whom were: Barnabas, and Simon, called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaim, who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2) When they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said to them: “Set apart for Me Saul and Barnabas for the work for which I took them.” 3) Then they, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, sent them away. 4) And they, [being] indeed sent by the Holy Spirit, came to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5) And when they came to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John with them to serve. 6) And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus, 7) who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a wise man. This man, calling Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God. 8) Elymas, the sorcerer [magus] (for this is how his name is translated), opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9) And Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked at him, 10) said: “O, full of all deceit and all deception, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness [justitiae]! You never cease to lead astray from the straight paths of the Lord! 11) And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you: and you will be blind, not seeing the sun even for a time.” And suddenly darkness and darkness fell upon him, and he, turning around, looked for someone to give him a hand. 12) Then the proconsul, when he saw what had happened, believed, marveling at the teaching of the Lord. 13) And when Paul and those who were with him sailed from Paphos, they arrived at Perga Pamphylia. John, having separated from them, returned to Jerusalem. 14) They, having passed through Perga, arrived at Antioch in Pisidia and, entering the synagogue on the Sabbath day, sat down. 15) After reading the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: “Men and brethren! If you have a word of instruction for the people, speak.” 16) Standing up and making a sign with his hand to keep quiet, Paul said: “Men of Israel and those who fear God, listen. 17) The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people while they were in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted shoulder brought them out of it, 18) and for forty years tolerated their manners in the wilderness. 19) And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land for them as an inheritance, 20) for about four hundred and fifty years. And after this he gave [them] judges, even to Samuel the prophet. 21) And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22) And having rejected him, he made David king for them, about whom he said, testifying: “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will fulfill all My desires” (1 Sam. 13:14; Ps. 89:21). 23) From this [man’s] seed God brought the Savior Jesus to Israel according to promise. 24) First, in the face of His coming, John preached a baptism of repentance to the entire people of Israel. 25) When John finished his career, he said: “Who do you say that I am? I am not He; but behold, he comes after me, whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.” 26) Men and brethren, children of the family of Abraham, and those who fear God among you, the word of this salvation has been sent to you. 27) For the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders did not know Him and, having condemned Him, fulfilled the words of the prophets read every Sabbath, 28) and, not finding in Him any basis for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate to allow them to kill Him. 29) And when they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30) God raised Him from the dead on the third day. For many days He was visible to those 31) who went out with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem; to this day they are His witnesses before the people. 32) And we preach to you the promise that was made to our fathers, 33) because God fulfilled this to our children by raising Jesus, just as it is written in the second psalm: “Thou art my son: this day have I begotten thee” (Ps. 2:7). 34) And that He raised Him from the dead, [so that] He would no longer turn into corruption, said this: “For I will give you the holy [property] of faithful David” (Isa. 55:3). 35) Therefore, in another place he says: “You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption” (Ps. 15:10). 36) For David, when he had served his generation, died by the will of God; and he venerated his fathers, and saw corruption; 37) Whom God raised from the dead, he did not see corruption. 38) Let it be known to you, men and brethren, that for His sake the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you; and from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses, 39) through Him everyone who believes is justified. 40) Be careful that what is said in the prophets does not come upon you: 41) “Behold, you despisers, and be amazed, and be scattered: for I am doing a work in your days, a work which you would not believe if anyone told you” (Hab. 1:5). 42) When they left, they asked them that on the next Saturday they would speak these [same] words /about the same thing/. 43) And when the assembly [synagoga] was dissolved, many Jews and worshipers [of God], converts from the pagans, followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking, encouraged them to continue in the grace of God. 44) The very next Saturday, almost the entire city gathered to listen to the word of God. 45) When the Jews saw the crowd, they were filled with envy and contradicted what Paul had said, blaspheming. 46) Then Paul and Barnabas said firmly: “You ought first and foremost to preach the word of God, but because you reject it and judge yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 47) For this is what the Lord commanded us: “I have made You a light to the Gentiles, so that You may be a source of salvation to the ends of the earth” (Isa. 49:6). 48) When the pagans heard [this], they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were destined for eternal life believed. 49) The word of the Lord was scattered throughout the whole region. 50) The Jews incited the pious and honest women and the leading people in the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their borders. 51) And they, shaking off the dust from their feet, went to Iconium. 52) And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. 1) It came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great multitude of Jews and Greeks believed. 2) The Jews, who were unbelievers, aroused and brought to anger the souls of the pagans against their brothers. 3) So, they stayed [here] a long time, confidently working in the Lord, testifying to the word of His grace, giving signs and wonders done by their hands. 4) The multitude [of the people] in the city was divided: and some were on the side of the Jews, while others were on the side of the Apostles. 5) When there was an onslaught of pagans and Jews with their leaders, in order to mock them and stone them, 6) they, realizing [this], fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe, and to all their surroundings, and preached the gospel there. 7) And behold, in Lystra a certain man sat, weak in his legs, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. 8) He listened to Paul speak, who, looking at him and seeing that he had faith to receive healing, 9) said in a loud voice: “Stand upright on your feet.” And he jumped up and went. 10) When the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in Lycaonian: “The gods, made like men, have come down to us.” 11) And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury, because he was the ruler of the word. 12) The priest of [the idol] Jupiter, who was in front of the city, having delivered oxen and wreaths to the gates, wanted to make a sacrifice with the people. 13) As soon as the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and jumped up before the people, crying out 14) and saying: “Men! What are you doing? And we are mortal men like you, preaching the gospel to you so that you turn from these vanities to the Living God, who created heaven and earth and the sea and everything that is in them, 15) who in past generations left all nations to walk in their own ways. 16) Although He did not leave Himself without testimony, He did good from heaven, giving rain and fruitful times, filling our hearts with food and joy.” 17) And while they were saying this, they barely convinced the people not to offer sacrifices to them. 18) Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium; and, inciting the crowds and stoning Paul, they dragged him out of the city, considering him dead. 19) When the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the city, and the next day he withdrew with Barnabas to Derbe. 20) And when they had preached the gospel to that city and taught many, they went back through Lystra and Iconium and Antioch, 21) strengthening the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith; and that through many tribulations we must enter the Kingdom of God. 22) And when they had appointed elders for them in each church and had prayed and fasted, they handed them over to the Lord in whom they believed. 23) And having passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia, 24) and having preached the word of the Lord in Perga, they went down to Attalia; 25) and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they were committed to the grace of God for the work they accomplished. 26) When they arrived and gathered the church, they told how much God had done with them and how He opened the door of faith to the pagans. 27) They spent a considerable time with the disciples. 1) And some who came down from Judea taught the brothers: “For unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2) There was a considerable dispute between Paul and Barnabas against them; they decided that Paul and Barnabas, and some others from the rest, should go up to the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem on this [issue]. 3) They, having been escorted by the church, passed through Phenicia and Samaria, talking about the conversion of the pagans, and caused great joy in all the brethren. 4) When they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles, and the elders, declaring how much God had done with them. 5) Then some of the Pharisaic heresy rose up and believed, saying that they should be circumcised and commanded to keep the law of Moses. 6) The Apostles and elders gathered to consider this issue. 7) When there was a long debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Men and brethren! You know that from the days of old God chose [me] from among us, so that from my mouth the Gentiles might hear the word of the Gospel and believe. 8) And God, the Knower of the Heart, gave them a testimony, giving them the Holy Spirit, as he did to us; 9) and made no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 10) Why are you now tempting God by placing a yoke on the necks of your disciples, which neither our fathers nor we could bear? 11) But we believe that by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we will be saved in the same way as they were.” 12) The whole multitude fell silent; and listened to Barnabas and Paul tell how many signs and wonders God had done through them. 13) And after they were silent, Jacob answered, saying: “Men and brethren! Listen to me. 14) Simon explained how God initially looked upon the pagans in order to form them into a people for His name. 15) And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written: 16) “After this I will turn and rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen, and I will rebuild its ruins and raise it up, 17) so that the rest of the people and all the nations among whom my name is called, says the Lord who does these things” ( Amos 9:11-12 ). 18) God has known His work from eternity. 19) For this reason I judge: not to make it difficult for those of the pagans who turn to God, 20) but to write to them so that they abstain from what is defiled by idols, and fornication, and strangulation, and blood. 21) For Moses from ancient times has had those preaching him in all the cities in the synagogues, where it is read every Sabbath.” 22) Then it pleased the apostles and elders with the whole church to choose men from among themselves, and send [them] to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, who is called Barsaba, and Silas, the first men among the brethren, 23) writing in their hands: “The apostles and the elder brethren - to the brethren who are in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia pagans: hi. 24) since we heard that some of those who went out from us troubled you with words, shaking your souls, which we did not entrust [to them], 25) it pleased us, having assembled with one accord, to choose men and send [them] to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26) men who gave their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27) So we have sent Judas and Silas, who will tell you the same things verbally. 28) For it seems [good] to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any more burden on you than this necessary: ​​29) to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and blood, and things strangled, and fornication. Whatever you abstain from, you will do well. Be healthy." 30) So, these sent ones went down to Antioch and, having gathered a multitude [of people], handed over the message. 31) When they read it, they rejoiced at the consolation. 32) Judas and Silas, and themselves, [since] they were prophets, comforted the brethren with abundant words and strengthened them. 33) Having stayed there for some time, they were sent away in peace by the brethren to those who had sent them. 34) The force decided to stay there. Judas returned alone to Jerusalem. 35) Paul and Barnabas lived in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord with many others. 36) After some days had passed, Paul said to Barnabas: “Let us return and visit our brothers in all the cities in which we preached the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.” 37) Barnabas wanted to take John, called Mark, with him. 38) Paul begged him that the one who fell behind them in Pamphylia and did not go with them to the work should not be taken again. 39) Disagreement arose, so that they were separated from each other; and so Barnabas, taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus. 40) Paul, having chosen Silas, set out, being betrayed by the brethren to the grace of God. 41) He went through Syria and Cilicia, establishing churches, commanding them to observe the instructions of the Apostles and elders. 1) He reached Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple named Timothy, the son of a faithful Jewish wife and a pagan father. 2) The brethren in Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him. 3) This Paul wished to take with him; and he took it and circumcised it for the sake of the Jews who were in those places; for everyone knew that his father was a pagan. 4) When they passed through the cities, they told the faithful to observe the dogmas established by the Apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. 5) And the churches were established by faith and increased in number daily. 6) Having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian region, they were not allowed by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the word in Asia. 7) When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia; but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. 8) When they had passed Mysia, they went down to Troas. 9) And a vision appeared to Paul at night: a certain man, a Macedonian, appeared and asked him, and said: “Having passed into Macedonia, help us.” 10) When he saw the vision, we immediately decided to go to Macedonia, becoming firmly convinced that the Lord was calling us to preach the gospel to them. 11) Having sailed from Troas, we arrived on a direct course to Samothrace, and the next day to Naples, 12) and from there to Philippi: this is the first city in [that] part of Macedonia, a colony. We were in this city for several days, collaborating. 13) On the Sabbath day we went out of the gates [of the city] along the river, where, apparently, prayer was being performed, and, sitting down, we talked with the women who had gathered. 14) And a certain woman from the city of Thyatira, named Lydia, a merchant of purple, honoring God, listened; by which the Lord opened her heart to listen to what Paul said. 15) When she was baptized and her household, she asked, saying: “If you have considered me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she convinced us. 16) It happened that when we were going to prayer, we met a certain young woman, possessed by the spirit of Python (diviner), who brought great income to her masters through divination. 17) This one, following Paul and us, cried out, saying: “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” 18) She did this for many days. Paul was upset, and turning, he said to the spirit: “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And the [spirit] came out at that [same] hour. 19) Seeing that the hope of their income had disappeared, her masters grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the marketplace [in forum] to the leaders; 20) and, bringing them to the magistrates, they said: “These people are disturbing our city, being Jews, 21) and proclaiming a custom that we should neither accept nor practice, for we are Romans.” 22) And the people ran against them, and the magistrates, tearing off their clothes, ordered them to be beaten with sticks. 23) And when they had received many blows, they threw them into prison, ordering the guard to guard them tightly. 24) Who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and bound their feet with a block. 25) At midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God; and those who were in custody listened to them. 26) Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were broken. 27) The prison guard, waking up and seeing the open doors of the prison, drawing his sword from its sheath, wanted to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. 28) Paul cried out loudly, saying: “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.” 29) And, asking for a lamp, he ran in and fell in trepidation at the feet of Paul and Silas, 30) and, leading them out, said: “Sirs! What should I do to be saved?” 31) And they said: “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you and your whole house will be saved.” 32) And they told him the word of the Lord with all that were in his house. 33) And taking them at that hour of the night, he washed their wounds; and he and all his household were baptized immediately. 34) And when he brought them to his house, he offered a meal and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. 35) And when the day came, the magistrates sent lictors, saying: “Release those people.” 36) The jailer announced these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent to release you; So come out now, go in peace.” 37) Paul said to them: “Having beaten us publicly, unconvicted people, Roman citizens, they threw us into prison, and now they are releasing us secretly? No, but let them come 38) and take us out themselves.” The lictors announced these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens; 39) and having come, they entreated them, and brought them out, asking them to leave the city. 40) Coming out of the prison, they went in to Lydia and, seeing the brothers, consoled them, and set off. 1) When they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2) As usual, Paul went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3) revealing and explaining to them that Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead, and that this is Jesus Christ, whom I proclaim to you. 4) And some of them believed and joined Paul and Silas, and of those who worshiped [God] and of the Gentiles there was a great multitude, and [of] noble women there were not a few. 5) The jealous Jews, taking some worthless men from the mob and gathering a crowd, disturbed the city; and, approaching the house of Jason, they tried to bring them out to the people. 6) And when they were not found, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers to the city leaders, shouting: “For those who troubled the city have come here too, 7) whom Jason received, and they all act against the commandments of Caesar, saying that Jesus is another king.” 8) The people and city leaders who listened to this alarmed. 9) Having received satisfaction from Jason and the others, they released them. 10) The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas to Berea at night. When they arrived, they entered the Jewish synagogue. 11) These were more noble than those in Thessalonica: they received the word with all diligence, testing the Scriptures daily to see if these things were true. 12) And many of them believed, both respectable pagan women and not a few men. 13) When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been preached by Paul in Berea, they came there too, stirring up and disturbing the multitude. 14) And then the brethren immediately released Paul, so that he could go even to the sea; Silas and Timothy remained there. 15) Those who accompanied Paul escorted him all the way to Athens; and having received from him an order to Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they set off. 16) Paul, when he was waiting for them in Athens, was troubled in his spirit, seeing the city given over to idolatry. 17) So he debated in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped [God], and daily in the marketplace with those who came. 18) Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers spoke to him; and some said: “What does this sower of words [to the wind] want to say?” - others: “It seems that he is the herald of new gods [daemoniorum],” for he preached Jesus and the resurrection to them. 19) And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying: “Can we know what this new teaching is that you proclaim? 20) For you are putting something new into our ears. Therefore, we want to know what it would be?” 21) All the Athenians and the strangers visiting [them] did not spend their time doing anything better than talking or listening to something new. 22) Standing in the middle of the Areopagus, Paul said: “Men of Athens! From everything I see that you seem to be especially superstitious. 23) For as I passed by and saw your idols, I also found an altar on which was written: “To the unknown God.” Whom you, not knowing, honor, This is what I preach to you. 24) God, who created the world and everything in it, when He is the Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in churches made with hands 25) and is not worshiped by human hands as if He needed anything, when He Himself gives to all life and breath and everything. 26) And from one [ancestor] He created the entire human race to inhabit the entire face of the earth, appointing certain times and limits for their sojourn, 27) so that they would seek God, if they would suddenly sense Him and find Him, although He is not far from each of us. 28) For in Him we live and move and have our being, just as some of your poets said: “For we are His and [His] race” (Arat, Cleanthes). 29) So, since we are the race of God, we should not think that gold, or silver, or stone carved by art, or human invention, is like the Divine. 30) And God, neglecting at that time the times of this ignorance, now tells people that everyone and everywhere should do repentance, 31) since He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness, through the Man appointed by Him, having given proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.” 32) When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and others said: “We will listen to you about this again.” 33) So Paul went out from among them. 34) Some men came to him and believed; among them was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damar, and others with them. 1) After this [Paul] left Athens and came to Corinth; 2) and, having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife (since Claudius commanded all Jews to leave Rome), he came to them; 3) And, since he had the same craft, he stayed with them and worked. (For they were tent-makers by trade.) 4) And on every Sabbath he argued in the synagogue, introducing the name of the Lord Jesus, and convinced the Jews and the Greeks. 5) When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, the word of Paul became stronger, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. 6) [When] they contradicted and blasphemed, he, shaking his clothes, said to them: “Your blood is on your head; I am clean; From here I will go to the Gentiles.” 7) And going out from there, he entered the house of a certain [man] named Titus Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was adjacent to the synagogue. 8) Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house, and many of the Corinthians, listening, believed and were baptized. 9) The Lord said at night in a vision to Paul: “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent, 10) because I am with you, and no one will come near you to do you harm, because I have many people in this city.” 11) He settled there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 12) Meanwhile, during the proconsulship of Gallio in Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul and brought him to the seat of judgement, 13) saying: “For he instructs people to honor God not according to the law.” 14) When Paul had barely opened his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: “If there had been any crime or evil deed at this time, O men of the Jews, I would have done right by putting up with you. 15) When questions arise about the word and about names, and about your Law, you yourself know better; I don’t want to be the judge of that.” 16) And he drove them away from the judgment seat. 17) Nevertheless, they seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judge's place; and Gallio had no concern about this. 18) Paul, having stayed quite a few days, said goodbye to the brethren, sailed to Syria (and with him Aquila and Priscilla), and he shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow. 19) And he reached Ephesus and left them there. And he himself entered the synagogue and debated with the Jews. 20) When they asked him to stay with them for more time, he did not agree, 21) but said goodbye and said: “I will return to you again, if God’s will.” He set out from Ephesus. 22) And going down to Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went to Antioch. 23) And having spent some time there, he went out, passing through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, confirming all the disciples. 24) A certain Jew, Apollos by name, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man and versed in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25) He was instructed in the way of the Lord and, burning in spirit, carefully taught about the things pertaining to Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John. 26) He began to act boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they accepted him and more accurately explained to him the way of the Lord. 27) When he wanted to go to Achaia, the brethren exhorted him, writing to the disciples, to receive him. When He came, He helped those who believed a lot. 28) For he powerfully refuted the Jews publicly, proving by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. 1) It happened when Apollos was in Corinth: that Paul, having passed through the upper countries, arrived at Ephesus and found some disciples there, 2) and said to them: “Have you received the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him: “But we have not heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” 3) He said: “What were you baptized into?” They said: "In John's baptism." 4) Paul said: “John baptized the people with a baptism of repentance, saying that they should believe in him who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5) Hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6) And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. 7) There were about twelve of them all. 8) Entering the synagogue, he boldly proclaimed for three months, arguing and exhorting about the Kingdom of God. 9) When some became hardened and did not believe, slandering the way of the Lord before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, preaching daily in the school of a certain Tyrannus. 10) This continued for two years, so that all those living in Asia heard the word of the Lord—Jews and also Gentiles. 11) And God created extraordinary powers through the hands of Paul, 12) so that they placed handkerchiefs and half-belts from his body on the sick, and their illnesses left them, and evil spirits came out. 13) Some of the wandering Jewish exorcists tried to call upon those who had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: “I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.” 14) There were seven sons of a certain Jew, the high priest of Sceva, who did this. 15) Answering, the evil spirit said to them: “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?!” 16) And the man in whom there was an evil demon rushed at them, and, having overcome both, prevailed against them so that they, naked and wounded, ran out of that house. 17) Now this became known to all the Jews, and also to the Gentiles living in Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18) Many of those who believed came, confessing and divulging their deeds. 19) Many of those who were devoted to sorcery collected the books and burned them in front of everyone, and, adding up their prices, they found that the sum of money was fifty thousand denarii. 20) Thus the word of God grew stronger and was established. 21) When this was done, Paul decided in spirit, having passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying: “For after I have been there, I must also see Rome.” 22) Having sent two of those who served him, Timothy and Erast, to Macedonia, he himself remained for a while in Asia. 23) At that time there was considerable indignation against the way of the Lord. 24) For someone named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver idols of Diana, which brought considerable profit to the artists, 25) having gathered them and other similar artisans, said: “Men! You know that our well-being depends on this craft; 26) you both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul with his convictions seduced a large crowd, saying: “For they are not gods made with hands.” 27) Not only does this threaten us that our lot will come to contempt, but also the church of the great Diana will be considered nothing, but the greatness of her, whom all Asia and the universe reveres, will begin to be crushed.” 28) When they heard this, they were filled with rage and cried out, saying: “Great is Diana of Ephesus!” 29) And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed unanimously into the theater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus the Macedonians, Paul’s companions. 30) When Paul wanted to enter the people, the disciples did not allow him. 31) Some of the Asian leaders, who were his friends, sent to him asking him not to appear in the theater. 32) Some shouted one thing, and others another, for the meeting was disorderly, and many did not know why they had gathered. 33) Alexander was called from the crowd, as the Jews proposed him. Alexander, having given a sign with his hand to observe silence, wanted to give an account to the people. 34) When they found out that he was a Jew, they all shouted with one voice, and for about two hours they shouted: “Great is Diana of Ephesus!” 35) And when the scribe calmed the people, he said: “Men of Ephesians! What person does not know that the city of Ephesus is the servant of the great goddess Diana and Jupiter's offspring? 36) If there is no dispute about this, you need to be calm and not act rashly. 37) For you brought these people who neither robbed the church nor blasphemed your goddess. 38) For if Demetrius and other artists with him have a complaint against someone, judicial assemblies act and there are proconsuls: let them accuse each other. 39) And if you are looking for something else, then this can be decided in a legal meeting. 40) For we are in danger of being blamed for the disturbance that has occurred today, for there is no guilt on the basis of which we could present an [exculpatory] account for such a gathering.” And when he had said this, he dissolved the meeting. 1) After the end of the rebellion, Paul, having called his disciples and given them instructions, took leave and went on to go to Macedonia. 2) When he passed through those regions, and having instructed them with abundant words, he came to Greece. 3) Where, when he stayed for three months, it happened that the Jews were preparing an assassination attempt on him during the sea route ahead of him to Syria, and he received advice / made a decision / to return through Macedonia. 4) Accompanying him to Asia were Sosipater Pyrrhus, the Berean, [from] the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Guy Dervanin, and Timothy, and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5) They, as they passed ahead, were waiting for us in Troas. 6) After the days of unleavened bread, we sailed from Philippi and five days later we arrived at Troas with them, where we stayed for seven days. 7) On the first [day after] the Sabbath, when we gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to go on the next day, and continued the word even until midnight. 8) There were enough lamps in the refectory where we were gathered. 9) Sitting on the window, a certain young man named Eutychus, during Pavlova’s conversation, fell into a deep sleep, staggered in his sleep, fell from the third floor down, and was raised dead. 10) When Paul came down to him, he lay down on him and, embracing him, said: “Do not be alarmed, for his soul is in him.” 11) He went up and broke the bread, and ate, and talked quite a lot, even until dawn, and so he went out. 12) They brought the lad alive and were greatly consoled. 13) We boarded the ship and sailed to Asson to take Paul from there; for he so ordered, intending to go by land himself. 14) When he met with us in Assona, we took him and arrived at Mytilene. 15) And having sailed from there, the next day we arrived at [a place] opposite Chios, and on the next we landed at Samos and the next day we arrived at Mylitus. 16) For Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, so as not to be delayed in Asia. For he hastened, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. 17) Having sent from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the elders of the church. 18) When they came to him and were together, he said to them: “You know how from the first day on which I came to Asia, I was with you all the time, 19) serving the Lord with all humility and tears and temptations that befell me from the wiles of the Jews; 20) how I did not miss anything useful, which I would not proclaim to you and teach you publicly and from house to house, 21) testifying to Jews and pagans repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22) And now I, bound by the Spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there; 23) except that the Holy Spirit testified to me in all the cities, saying that bonds and tribulations will be with me in Jerusalem. 24) But I am not afraid of any of this, and I do not value my life more than myself, if only I could complete my race and the ministry of the word that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God. 25) And now, behold, I know that all of you among whom I walked preaching the Kingdom of God will no longer see my face. 26) Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all. 27) For I have not failed to proclaim to you all the counsel of God. 28) Pay attention to yourselves and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to rule the Church of God, which He acquired with His Blood. 29) For I know that after I am gone, ravenous wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30) and from among yourselves men will arise speaking perversely, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31) For this reason, watch, keeping in mind that for three years I did not cease, admonishing each of you day and night with tears. 32) And now I commend you, brethren, to God and to the word of His grace, who is able to edify [you] and to give you an inheritance with all those who are sanctified. 33) I did not desire silver, gold, or clothing from anyone, as 34) you yourself know that these hands served my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 35) In everything I have shown you that, while working in this way, you must support the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for He Himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” 36) And when he had said this, he knelt down and prayed with them all. 37) Then everyone began to cry a lot, and, falling on Paul’s neck, they kissed him, 38) grieving especially at the word he had spoken, that they would no longer see his face. And they escorted him to the ship. 1) When it became clear that we had sailed, having escaped from them, we took a direct course to Kos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara, 2) and when we found a ship going to Phenicia, having boarded, we sailed. 3) When we arrived at Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria and arrived in Tire, for here the cargo from the ship had to be laid down. 4) Having found the disciples, they stayed there for seven days. They told Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem. 5) And after these days we went out and went, and everyone accompanied us with their wives and children, even out of the city; and, kneeling on the shore, they prayed. 6) And when we said goodbye to each other, we boarded the ship, and they returned home. 7) We, having started our voyage from Tire, descended to Ptolemais, and, having greeted the brothers, stayed with them for one day. 8) The next day they went out and came to Caesarea. And going into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven [deacons], they remained with him. 9) He had four virgin daughters who prophesied. 10) And while we were staying with them for several days, a certain prophet named Agabus came from Judea. 11) And when he came in to us, he took Paul’s belt and, tying his hands and feet, said: “This says the Holy Spirit: “The man whose belt is this will be bound by the Jews in Jerusalem and delivered into the hands of the Gentiles.” 12) When we heard this, we and those who were in that place asked that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 13) Then Paul answered and said, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? “I am not only ready to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14) And when we could not persuade him, we calmed down, saying: “The will of the Lord be done!” 15) After these days, having prepared ourselves, we went to Jerusalem. 16) Some disciples from Caesarea also walked with us, escorting us to a certain old disciple, Mnason the Cyprian, with whom we were to live. 17) And when we came to Jerusalem, the brethren received us cordially. 18) The very next day Paul came with us to James; and all the elders gathered. 19) To whom [Paul], as he greeted [them], told in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20) And when they listened, they magnified God and said to him: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and all of them are zealots of the law. 21) They heard about you that you are teaching the Jews who live among the Gentiles to apostatize from Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor act according to custom. 22) So, what? Truly the people must gather; for they will hear that you have come. 23) Do what we tell you. We have four husbands who have a vow. 24) Having taken them, sanctify yourself with them, and join forces with them to shave your head, and everyone will know that what they have heard about you is false, but that you yourself walk keeping the law. 25) We wrote about the pagans who believed, having decided that they should abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication. 26) Then Paul, taking the men, and the next day purifying himself with them, entered the church, announcing the end of the days of purification, when an offering would be made for each of them. 27) When the seven days were over, the Asian Jews, seeing him in the church, outraged all the people and laid hands on him, shouting: 28) “Men of Israel, help! This man, teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place, also brought the pagans into the temple and desecrated this holy place.” 29) For they saw with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they thought Paul had brought into the church. 30) And the whole city began to move, and there was a crowd of people. And they grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the church, and immediately the doors were closed. 31) When they sought to kill him, news reached the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was indignant. 32) He immediately took the soldiers and centurions and rushed towards them; When they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33) Then, approaching, the tribune took him and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done. 34) In the crowd, some shouted one thing, others another. And since he could not, due to confusion, find out anything certain, he ordered him to be led to the camp. 35) And as [Paul] walked up the steps, it happened to him that he was carried by soldiers because of the pressure of the crowd. 36) For a multitude of people followed, shouting: “Take him!” 37) At the very entrance to the camp, Paul said to the tribune: “Can I tell you something?” He said: “Do you know Greek? 38) Are you not the Egyptian who, just before these days, caused a disturbance and led four thousand Sicarii into the desert? 39) And Paul said to him: “I am a Jew, a Tarsian, a citizen of the well-known city of Cilicia. I beg you, let me speak to the people.” 40) And when he allowed it, Paul, standing on the steps, gave a sign with his hand to the people; and when there was deep silence, he spoke in Hebrew, saying: 1) “Men, brothers and fathers! Listen as I present my report to you now.” 2) When they heard that he spoke to them in Hebrew, they observed even greater silence. 3) And he said: “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, raised in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught in the truth of the fatherly law, a zealot for the law, like all of you today. 4) I, who on this path initiated persecution even to death, binding and putting men and women into custody, 5) as the high priest and all the elders testify about me, from whom I took letters, I went to the brethren living in Damascus to be brought from there in chains to Jerusalem for punishment. 6) It came to pass, as I was walking and approaching Damascus, that at noon suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me. 7) and falling to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: “Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting Me? 8) I answered: “Who are you, Lord?” And He said to me: “I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.” 9) And those who were with me saw the light, and fell into fear; but the voice of Him who spoke to me was not heard. 10) And I said: “Lord! What should I do?" The Lord said to me: “Get up, go to Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that you need to do.” 11) But because of the clarity of that light I saw [nothing], being led by the hand by companions, Damascus came. 12) A certain Ananias, a [pious] man according to the law, having a [positive] testimony from all the Jews living with him, 13) came to me and stood next to me, and said to me: “Saul, brother! "See the light." And I immediately looked at him. 14) He said to me: “The God of our fathers has destined you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice from His mouth, 15) for you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. 16) And now, why are you delaying? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.” 17) It happened to me, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the church, that I went into a frenzy of mind, 18) and saw Him saying to me: “Hurry up and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.” 19) And I said: “Lord! They know that I was the one who imprisoned and beat in the synagogues those who believed in You, 20) and when the blood of Stephen, Your witness, was shed, I stood there and agreed, and guarded the clothes of those who killed him.” 21) And He said to me: “Go, for I will send you far to the Gentiles.” 22) They listened to him right up to this word; and they raised their voice, saying: “Destroy such a one from the earth! For he should not live.” 23) While they were shouting and throwing their clothes and throwing dust into the air, 24) the tribune ordered him to be brought to the camp and subjected to scourging, and to torture him in order to find out why they shouted so much [against] him. 25) And when they had stretched him with straps, Paul said to the centurion standing next to him: “Are you allowed to scourge a Roman man / citizen /, and even without trial?” 26) Hearing this, the centurion approached the tribune and reported to him, saying: “What do you want to do? After all, this man is a Roman citizen.” 27) The tribune approached and said to him: “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said: “Yes.” 28) And the tribune answered: “I acquired this citizenship for a large sum.” And Paul said: “And I was born [in him].” 29) Immediately those who wanted to torture him retreated from him. The tribune was frightened when he learned that he was a Roman citizen and because he had tied him up. 30) The next day, wanting to know more precisely what the Jews accused him of, he freed him [from his bonds] and ordered the priests and the whole council to gather and, bringing Paul, placed him among them. 1) Having fixed his gaze on the council, Paul said: “Men and brethren! With all my good conscience I have approached God until this day.” 2) The high priest Ananias ordered those standing before him to strike him on the mouth. 3) Then Paul said to him: “God will beat you, you whitewashed wall! And you, sitting to judge me according to the Law, and contrary to the Law, order me to be beaten? 4) And those present said: “You slander the High Priest of God.” 5) Paul said: “I did not know, brethren, that he was a high priest; for it is written: “You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people”” (Ex. 22:28). 6) When Paul learned that [here] one part was Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he exclaimed in council: “Men and brethren! I am a Pharisee, the son of the Pharisees; for the hope and [for] the resurrection of the dead I am judged.” 7) And when he had said this, there was a quarrel between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided. 8) For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit; The Pharisees profess both [beliefs]. 9) There was a big cry. And some of the Pharseees stood up and argued, saying: “We find nothing bad in this man; what if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?” 10) And when there was great discord, the tribune, fearing that Paul would not be torn to pieces by them, ordered the soldiers to go down and take him from among them and take him to the camp. 11) The next night the Lord appeared to him and said: “Be steadfast; for as you testified about Me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” 12) When the day came, some Jews gathered together and swore not to eat or drink until they killed Paul. 13) There were more than forty men who made such a spell. 14) They came to the chief priests and elders and said: “We have sworn by an oath not to eat anything until we kill Paul. 15) So, now you will let the tribune know with advice so that he will bring him to you tomorrow, as if you want to find out more about him. Before he gets close, we are ready to kill him.” 16) When the son of Pavlova’s sister heard about this conspiracy, he came and entered the camp and notified Paul. 17) Paul, calling one of the centurions, said: “Take this teenager to the tribune, for he has something to say to him.” 18) And so he took him, led him to the tribune and said: “The prisoner Paul asked to take this teenager to you, who has something to say to you.” 19) The tribune, taking him by the hand and stepping aside with him, asked: “What do you have to tell me?” 20) He said: “The Jews agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the council tomorrow, as if they wanted to more accurately investigate the matter about him. 21) But don’t believe them; for more than forty men of them lie in wait for him, who have sworn not to eat or drink until they kill him; and they are now ready, waiting for your promise.” 22) Then the tribune released the young man, telling him not to tell anyone that he had made this known to him. 23) And calling two centurions, he said to them: “Prepare two hundred [foot] soldiers to go to Caesarea (from the third hour of the night), and seventy and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen. 24) And also prepare beasts of burden, so that, having planted Paul, they will convey him alive and well to the governor Felix.” 25) For he was afraid that the Jews would somehow seize him (Paul) and kill him, and that he (Lysiah) would subsequently be slandered as if he had taken the money. 26) Wrote a letter containing this: “Claudius Lysias to the honorable ruler Felix - greetings. 27) The Jews captured this man and they almost killed [him]; I came with the soldiers and took him away, learning that he was a Roman. 28) And wanting to know what the matter was for which they accused him, he brought him to their council. 29) I found that he was accused in matters relating to their Law, but there is no crime worthy of death or chains. 30) And since I was informed about the intrigues that are being set up against him, I sent him to you, ordering the accusers also to speak before you. Be healthy." 31) So, the soldiers, according to the orders given to them, took Paul and led him at night to Antipatris. 32) And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the camp. 33) When they came to Caesarea and gave the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. 34) When he read and asked what region he was from, and learning that he was from Cilicia, 35) he said: “I will listen to you when your accusers appear.” And he ordered Herod’s praetorium to guard him. 1) After five days, the high priest Ananias came with some of the elders and a certain rhetorician Tertullus, who complained to the governor about Paul. 2) And, at the calling of Paul, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying: “When, thanks to you, we enjoy deep peace and many things have been corrected as a result of your care, 3) which is always and everywhere acceptable, venerable Felix, with all gratitude. 4) But in order not to bother you too much, I ask you to listen to us briefly, for the sake of your mercy. 5) We found this man a carrier of infection, and instigating rebellion among all the Jews living throughout the universe, and the culprit of the temptation of the Nazarene sect, 6) and who even tried to desecrate the church, whom we, having taken, wanted to judge according to our Law. 7) The tribune Lysias, advancing, took him from our hands with great violence, 8) commanding his accusers to come to you. From whom you can yourself, having analyzed it, find out about everything that we accuse him of.” 9) And the Jews confirmed it, saying that it was so. 10) Paul answered when the governor gave him a sign to say: “Knowing that you have been judging this people for many years, I will be complacent in giving satisfaction for myself. 11) For you can know that it was not more than twelve days since I came to Jerusalem to worship. 12) And neither in the temple did they find me arguing with anyone or causing public indignation, nor in the synagogues, nor throughout the city, 13) and cannot prove to you what they are now accusing me of. 14) But this I confess to you, that according to the teaching which they call heresy, I thus serve the Father and my God, believing everything written in the law and the prophets, 15) having hope in God, which they themselves expect - the future resurrection [of the dead], the righteous and the unjust. 16) Therefore, I myself strive to always have an immaculate conscience before God and people. 17) After many years I came to bring alms and offerings and vows to my people. 18) What they found me in, cleansed in the church, not with the people and not with noise. 19) [These were] certain Jews from Asia who should have come before you and accused me if they had anything against me. 20) Or let them themselves say if they found any untruth in me when I appeared before the council, 21) except this one statement that I proclaimed while standing among them: “Because for [the doctrine of] the resurrection of the dead I am judged by you today.” 22) Felix sent them away, for he firmly knew about this path, saying: “When the tribune Lysias comes, I will listen to you.” 23) And he ordered the centurion to guard him, but to have leniency and not forbid any of his own to serve him. 24) After a few days Felix, coming with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jew, called Paul and heard him about the faith that is in Christ Jesus. 25) When he talked about justice and chastity, and about the future judgment, Felix, being horrified, answered: “Well, as for the present [moment], go, at the right time I will call you.” 26) At the same time, he hoped that he would be given money from Paul: for this reason, calling him often, he talked with him. 27) After two years Felix had Porcius Festus as his successor. Wanting to show mercy to the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds. 1) So, Festus, when he arrived in the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2) And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews made a complaint against Paul to him, and interceded with him, 3) asking for mercy against him, so that he would order him to be brought to Jerusalem, preparing a trap to kill him on the way. 4) Festus replied that Paul was being held in custody in Caesarea, and that he himself would soon have to leave there. 5) “So, as many of you as are able,” he said, “let them come down with [me], and if there is any crime committed by [this] husband, let them accuse him.” 6) Having stayed with them no more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat down in the judge’s seat and ordered Paul to be brought. 7) When he was brought, the Jews who had come from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and grave accusations that they could not prove. 8) Paul, giving an account, [said]: “For I have sinned in nothing against the law of the Jews, nor against the church, nor against Caesar.” 9) Festus, wanting to show mercy to the Jews, answered Paul and said: “Do you want to go up to Jerusalem and be judged there by me?” 10) Paul said: “I stand before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I should be judged. I did not offend the Jews, as you know very well. 11) For if I have caused offense and done something worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; and if there is nothing of what they accuse me of, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar." 12) Then Festus, having spoken with the council, answered: “Did you appeal to Caesar? And you will go to Caesar.” 13) And when several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice descended to Caesarea to congratulate Festus. 14) And as they spent many days there, Festus spoke to the king about Paul, saying: “[Here] there is a certain man who was left in bonds by Felix, 15) about whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the high priests and elders of the Jews complained, demanding condemnation against him. 16) I answered them: “For the Romans are not in the habit of condemning any person before the accused has his accusers present and is given freedom to defend himself, in order to be cleared of [imputed] crimes.” 17) When they came here, [then], without any delay, the next day, sitting down in the judge’s seat, I ordered to bring [this man]. 18) Regarding him, when his accusers surrounded him, they did not present any of the accusations of those evil [deeds] that I assumed; 19) but they had some questions for him about their superstition and about a certain Jesus who had died, about whom Paul claimed to be alive. 20) Finding it difficult to resolve such a question, I said whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be judged there on this matter. 21) But since Paul appealed that he should be left for consideration by Augustus, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.” 22) Agrippa said to Festus: “I would like to listen to [this] man.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you will hear him.” 23) The next day, when Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall with the tribunes and the leading men of the city, Paul was brought in by order of Festus. 24) And Festus said: “King Agrippa and all the men who came with us! You see the one against whom the whole multitude of Jews, interrupting me, pestered me in Jerusalem, asking and crying out that he should no longer live. 25) But I found that he did nothing worthy of death. And as he himself appealed to Augustus, I decided to send [him to him]. 26) About whom I have nothing certain to write to the sovereign. For this reason, I brought him to you, and especially to you, King Agrippa, so that, having carried out the interrogation, I would have something to write. 27) It seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not indicate charges against him.” 1) Agrippa said to Paul: “You are allowed to speak for yourself.” Then Paul, stretching out his hand, began to give an account: 2) “Concerning everything that I am accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed when I defend myself before you today. 3) Moreover, you know everything that the Jews have: both customs and issues /controversial opinions/. For this reason, I ask you to listen to me patiently. 4) And now, all the Jews know my life from my youth, which I first spent among my people in Jerusalem; 5) they have long known about me (if they want to testify) that, according to the most definite teaching in our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. 6) And now for the hope that was given by God to our fathers through the promise, I stand condemned, 7) which [promise] fulfillment, diligently serving God day and night, our twelve tribes hope to achieve. For this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king! 8) What incredible thing is seen among you if God raises the dead? 9) And I, it’s true, thought that there should be a lot of opposition to me against the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10) This is what I did in Jerusalem: I also imprisoned many saints, having received authority from the high priests, and when they were killed, I passed judgment. 11) And in all the synagogues, I often punished them, forced them to blaspheme, and, completely mad against them, persecuted them even in the outer cities. 12) In these [conditions], when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission from the high priest, 13) at noon on the road, O king, I saw from heaven a light, surpassing the radiance of the sun, shining around me and those who were with me. 14) And we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in Hebrew: “Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It’s hard for you to go against the grain.” 15) I said: “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said: “I am Jesus, whom you persecute. 16) But arise and stand on your feet; For this is why I appeared to you, to make you a minister and a witness of what you have seen and what I will reveal to you, 17) delivering you from the people [Jewish] and from the heathen, to whom I am now sending you, 18) to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith in Me.” 19) Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not an unbeliever of the heavenly vision, 20) but first I preached to the inhabitants of Damascus and Jerusalem, [then] throughout the whole land of Judea, and to the pagans, that they should repent and turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance. 21) For this reason, the Jews, when I was in the church, seized me and tried to kill me. 22) Supported by the help of God, I stand even to this day, testifying to small and great things, saying nothing other than what the prophets said would happen, and Moses: 23) if Christ is the Passion-Bearer, if He is the First from the resurrection of the dead, [then] He must proclaim light to the people [Jewish] and to the Gentiles.” 24) After he had said this and given an account, Festus said loudly: “You are crazy, Paul! Being well read drives you crazy.” 25) And Paul: “No, venerable Festus,” he said, “I am not mad, but I speak words of truth and sobriety. 26) For the king knows about this, [addressing] to whom I speak with steadfastness. After all, I in no way allow any of this to be hidden from him; for it was not in the corner that any of these things happened. 27) Do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? I know that you believe.” 28) Agrippa [said] to Paul: “You are not convincing me to become a Christian.” 29) And Paul: “I would pray to God that, who knows how much, not only you, but even everyone who listens to me today, would become like me, with the exception of these bonds.” 30) And the king, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them, stood up. 31) And when they stepped aside, they spoke to each other, saying: “After all, this man has done nothing worthy of death or chains.” 32) Agrippa said to Festus: “It would have been possible to release this man if he had not appealed to Caesar.” 1) When it was decided to sail for him to Italy, they gave Paul and the rest of those escorted to the centurion, named Julius, of the Augustan cohort. 2) Having boarded the Adrumitian ship, we, having begun sailing near the Asian places, weighed [anchor], having with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica. 3) The next day we landed at Sidon. Julius, treating Pavel humanely, allowed him to go to his friends and take care of himself. 4) And then, when we set off from there, we sailed to Cyprus, because the winds were contrary, 5) and, having sailed across the open sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Lystra, which is in Lycia. 6) And there the centurion, having found the Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, transferred us onto it. 7) And when we had been sailing slowly for many days and had barely approached the place opposite Cnidus, although the wind did not allow us, we sailed to Crete at Salmon. 8) And having made their way with difficulty around it, they arrived at a certain place called Boniportus, near which was the city of Thalassa. 9) When enough time had passed, and when the voyage was no longer safe, since the fast had already passed, Paul consoled them, 10) saying to them: “Men! I see that this voyage will begin with disaster and great damage not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives.” 11) The centurion believed more in the helmsman and the shipowner than in what Paul said. 12) And since the pier was not suitable for wintering, many gave advice to leave from there, so that, if somehow possible, reaching Finik, they would spend the winter; [this] is the Cretan pier, looking at the African /southwest wind/ and the Kavr /northwest wind/. 13) When the Austrian (southern wind) blew, they, thinking that they had already received what they wanted for themselves when they sailed from Asson, sailed near Crete. 14) A little [time] later, a typhoon wind arose against him, called Euroaquilon /northeast wind/. 15) And when the ship was seized, and it could not resist the wind, the ship was given over to the winds, [and] we rushed about. 16) Having run onto one island, which is called Kavda, we could hardly hold the boat. 17) Having lifted it, they began to use devices, tying the ship; fearing not to end up in Sirte, having lowered the vessel, they rushed around in this way. 18) Tossed about by a strong storm, the next day we dumped [the cargo]; 19) and on the third we threw the ship’s equipment with our own hands. 20) Neither the sun nor the stars appeared for many days, and a considerable storm continued, and all hope of our salvation had already disappeared. 21) And as they fasted for a long time, Paul, standing in the midst of them, said: “It was indeed necessary, O men, to listen to me, and not depart from Crete, in which way they would have avoided these difficulties and harm. 22) Now I exhort you to be complacent, for not a single soul among you will perish, but only the ship. 23) For the angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, appeared before me that night, 24) saying: “Do not be afraid, Paul! You must sit before Caesar, and behold, God has given you all those who sail with you.” 25) For this reason, be complacent, men, for I believe God that it will be as it was told to me. 26) We must reach some island.” 27) But after the fourteenth night we were in the Adriatic, around midnight, it seemed to the shipmen that they were approaching some land. 28) And, throwing the lot, they found twenty fathoms; and moving away a little, we found fifteen fathoms. 29) Fearing that we would end up on the reefs, we threw four anchors from the stern and waited for the day. 30) When the shipmen tried to escape from the ship and lowered the boat to the sea, pretending that they wanted to throw anchors from the bow, 31) Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers: “If they do not stay on the ship, then you cannot escape.” 32) Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let it fall. 33) And as it began to get light, Paul begged everyone to take food, saying: “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been fasting while you wait, eating nothing. 34) For this reason I ask you to take food for your salvation; for not a hair of your head will be lost.” 35) And when he had said this, taking the bread, he gave thanks to God in front of everyone; and, as soon as he broke it, he began to eat. 36) They all took courage and took food themselves. 37) There were two hundred and seventy-six souls of all of us on the ship. 38) And having had their fill of food, they began to lighten the ship, throwing the wheat into the sea. 39) When the day came, they did not recognize the land, but saw only a certain bay with a [sloping] shore, to which they thought, if possible, to land with the ship. 40) And when they weighed anchor, they set sail across the sea, simultaneously untying the rudders; and, raising the topmost straight sail of the ship/ in the wind, held it towards the shore. 41) And when they hit the spit, the ship ran aground; and the bow got stuck and remained motionless, while the stern was broken by the force of the sea. 42) The soldiers agreed to kill those escorted, so that someone, as soon as they emerged, would not run away. 43) The centurion, wanting to save Paul, forbade this, and ordered those who knew how to swim to rush first, and jump out, and go to land, 44) and the rest to escape, some on planks, and others on something from the ship. And so it turned out that all the souls reached the earth. 1) And when we got out, we then learned that the island was called Melit. The barbarians showed us considerable humanity. 2) For they, having lit a fire, refreshed us all due to the continuous rain and cold. 3) When Paul collected a certain amount of brushwood and put it on the fire, the viper, when it came out from the heat, rushed at his hand. 4) When the barbarians saw the creature hanging on his hand, they said to each other: “Undoubtedly, this man is a murderer, when he got out of the sea, the [highest] retribution does not allow him to live.” 5) But he, having shaken the snake into the fire, did not suffer any harm. 6) And they expected him to swell and suddenly fall and die. Despite the fact that they waited for a long time and saw that no trouble had happened to him, they changed in themselves [and] said that he was a god. 7) In those places there were estates of the chief of the island, named Publius; who, having received us, treated us kindly for three days. 8) Publius’ father lay stricken with fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him, and when he prayed and laid his hands on him, he saved him. 9) When this happened, everyone on the island who had illnesses came and were healed, 10) They honored us with many honors, and upon departure they provided us with [everything] necessary. 11) Three months later we sailed on an Alexandrian ship called the Dioscuri [Castorum], which wintered on that island. 12) And when they arrived at Syracuse, they stayed there three days. 13) From there, rounding the shore, we arrived at Regium. And a day later, when the Austrian (southern wind) blew, on the second day they arrived in Puteoli, 14) where, having found the brothers, they were asked to stay with them for seven days, and so they went to Rome. 15) And when the brothers there heard, they came out from there to meet us even as far as the Appian Forum and the Three Taverns. Whom Paul, when he saw, gave thanks to God, and received [from Him] bold confidence. 16) When we arrived in Rome, Paul was allowed to live independently with a soldier guarding him. 17) After three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they came together, he said to them: “I, men and brethren, having done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, was handed over from Jerusalem in chains into the hands of the Romans. 18) They, having conducted an investigation against me, wanted to release me, since there was no guilt in me worthy of death; 19) Since the Jews contradicted, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, however, not in order to accuse my people of anything. 20) For the same reason I called you, to see and talk [with you]. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with these bonds.” 21) They said to him: “We have not received any letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the visiting brothers reported you or said anything bad about you. 22) We beg you to hear from you how you reason; for we know about this sect that [it] will be reproached everywhere.” 23) And when they had appointed a day for him, many came to his inn; by which he expounded [the doctrine], testifying to the Kingdom of God, admonishing them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning even to evening. 24) And some believed what was said, while others did not believe. 25) And when they departed, not agreeing with each other, Paul spoke one word: “For the Holy Spirit spoke well to our fathers through the prophet Isaiah, 26) saying: “Go to this people and say to them: You will hear with your ears and will not understand, and with your eyes you will look and will not see, 27) for the heart of this people is fat and their ears are hard to hear, and their eyes they have closed their eyes, so that they may never see with their eyes, or hear with their ears, or understand with their heart, or be converted. And I will heal them” (Isa. 6:9–10). 28) So, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the pagans: they will hear.” 29) And when he had said this, the Jews went away, having many questions among themselves. 30) And he lived for two whole years at his own expense; and he received everyone who came to him, 31) preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things of the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without restraint.