which dwelt there,
13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same
hour I looked up upon him.
14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and
see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the
name of the Lord.
17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the
temple, I was in a trance;
18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they
will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed
on thee:
20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting
unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and thenlifted up their voices, and said, Away
with such a fellowfrom the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23 And as they cried out, and cast off theirclothes, and threw dust into the air,
24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be
examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful
for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what
thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said,
But I was freeborn.
29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief
captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the
Jews, he loosed him from hisbands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to
appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men andbrethren, I have lived in all good
conscience before God until this day.
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thouwhited wall: for sittest thou to judge me
after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt
not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried
out in the council, Men andbrethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and
resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension 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: but the
Pharisees confess both.

9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that wereof the Pharisees' part arose, and
strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us
not fight against God.
10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have
been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force
from among them, and to bring himinto the castle.
11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou
hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a
curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a
great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto
you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or
ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the
castle, and told Paul.
17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the
chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
18 So he took him, and brought himto the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me
unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with himaside privately, and asked
him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to
morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men,
which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have
killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
22 So the chief captain thenlet the young man depart, and charged him, See thoutell no man
that thou hast shewed these things to me.
23 And he called unto himtwo centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to
Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the
night;
24 And provide thembeasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring himsafe unto Felix the
governor.
25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendethgreeting.
27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an
army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth
into their council:
29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his
charge worthy of death or of bonds.
30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to
thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they hadagainst him.
Farewell.
31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought himby night to
Antipatris.

32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul
also before him.
34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he
understood that he wasof Cilicia;
35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be
kept in Herod's judgment hall.
1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and witha certain
orator namedTertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we
enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
3 We accept italways, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear
us of thy clemency a few words.
5 For we have found this man apestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews
throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged
according to our law.
7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took himaway out of our
hands,
8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take
knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I
know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully
answer for myself:
11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to
Jerusalem for to worship.
12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the
people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God
of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a
resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God,
and towardmen.
17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude,
nor with tumult.
19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
20 Or else let these same heresay, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before
the council,
21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection
of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of thatway, he deferred
them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of
your matter.
23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let himhave liberty, and that he should