The Bible, King James version, Book 44: Acts
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44:005:026 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them
without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should
have been stoned.
44:005:027 And when they had brought them, they set them before the
council: and the high priest asked them,
44:005:028 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not
teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with
your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
44:005:029 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought
to obey God rather than men.
44:005:030 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and
hanged on a tree.
44:005:031 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a
Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of
sins.
44:005:032 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the
Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
44:005:033 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took
counsel to slay them.
44:005:034 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named
Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the
people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little
space;
44:005:035 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves
what ye intend to do as touching these men.
44:005:036 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be
somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined
themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him,
were scattered, and brought to nought.
44:005:037 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the
taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished;
and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
44:005:038 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them
alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will
come to nought:
44:005:039 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be
found even to fight against God.
44:005:040 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles,
and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in
the name of Jesus, and let them go.
44:005:041 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing
that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
44:005:042 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not
to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
44:006:001 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was
multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against
the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily
ministration.
44:006:002 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto
them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word
of God, and serve tables.
44:006:003 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest
report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint
over this business.
44:006:004 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word.
44:006:005 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and
Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
44:006:006 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed,
they laid their hands on them.
44:006:007 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the
priests were obedient to the faith.
44:006:008 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people.
44:006:009 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the
synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,
and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
44:006:010 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by
which he spake.
44:006:011 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
44:006:012 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the
scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to
the council,
44:006:013 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not
to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the
law:
44:006:014 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall
destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses
delivered us.
44:006:015 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him,
saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
44:007:001 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
44:007:002 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of
glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in
Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
44:007:003 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
44:007:004 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in
Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed
him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
44:007:005 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to
set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him
for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he
had no child.
44:007:006 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a
strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage,
and entreat them evil four hundred years.
44:007:007 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge,
said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me
in this place.
44:007:008 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham
begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac
begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
44:007:009 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt:
but God was with him,
44:007:010 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him
favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and
he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
44:007:011 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and
Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no
sustenance.
44:007:012 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out
our fathers first.
44:007:013 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren;
and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
44:007:014 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all
his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
44:007:015 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
44:007:016 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre
that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor
the father of Sychem.
44:007:017 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had
sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
44:007:018 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
44:007:019 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated
our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to
the end they might not live.
44:007:020 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and
nourished up in his father's house three months:
44:007:021 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and
nourished him for her own son.
44:007:022 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and
was mighty in words and in deeds.
44:007:023 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart
to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
44:007:024 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and
avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
44:007:025 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that
God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
44:007:026 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove,
and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are
brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
44:007:027 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying,
Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
44:007:028 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
44:007:029 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land
of Madian, where he begat two sons.
44:007:030 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in
the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame
of fire in a bush.
44:007:031 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew
near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,
44:007:032 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled,
and durst not behold.
44:007:033 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet:
for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
44:007:034 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is
in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to
deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
44:007:035 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler
and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a
deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in
the bush.
44:007:036 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and
signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the
wilderness forty years.
44:007:037 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A
prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your
brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
44:007:038 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the
angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our
fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
44:007:039 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them,
and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
44:007:040 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for
this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot
not what is become of him.
44:007:041 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto
the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
44:007:042 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of
heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye
house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and
sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
44:007:043 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your
god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will
carry you away beyond Babylon.
44:007:044 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness,
as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make
it according to the fashion that he had seen.
44:007:045 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus
into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before
the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
44:007:046 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle
for the God of Jacob.
44:007:047 But Solomon built him an house.
44:007:048 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
as saith the prophet,
44:007:049 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house
will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my
rest?
44:007:050 Hath not my hand made all these things?
44:007:051 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do
always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
44:007:052 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and
they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the
Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and
murderers:
44:007:053 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and
have not kept it.
44:007:054 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and
they gnashed on him with their teeth.
44:007:055 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly
into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on
the right hand of God,
44:007:056 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man
standing on the right hand of God.
44:007:057 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears,
and ran upon him with one accord,
44:007:058 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the
witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose
name was Saul.
44:007:059 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit.
44:007:060 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay
not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he
fell asleep.
44:008:001 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there
was a great persecution against the church which was at
Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the
regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
44:008:002 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great
lamentation over him.
44:008:003 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every
house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
44:008:004 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where
preaching the word.
44:008:005 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached
Christ unto them.
44:008:006 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things
which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he
did.
44:008:007 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many
that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies,
and that were lame, were healed.
44:008:008 And there was great joy in that city.
44:008:009 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in
the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of
Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
44:008:010 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,
saying, This man is the great power of God.
44:008:011 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had
bewitched them with sorceries.
44:008:012 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning
the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
baptized, both men and women.
44:008:013 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he
continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles
and signs which were done.
44:008:014 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that
Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them
Peter and John:
44:008:015 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they
might receive the Holy Ghost:
44:008:016 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
44:008:017 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy
Ghost.
44:008:018 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles'
hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
44:008:019 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay
hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
44:008:020 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because
thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with
money.
44:008:021 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart
is not right in the sight of God.
44:008:022 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if
perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
44:008:023 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in
the bond of iniquity.
44:008:024 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me,
that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
44:008:025 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the
Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many
villages of the Samaritans.
44:008:026 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise,
and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from
Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
44:008:027 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an
eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the
Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
come to Jerusalem for to worship,
44:008:028 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the
prophet.
44:008:029 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to
this chariot.
44:008:030 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet
Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
44:008:031 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And
he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
44:008:032 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led
as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his
shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
44:008:033 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall
declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
44:008:034 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom
speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
44:008:035 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture,
and preached unto him Jesus.
44:008:036 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:
and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me
to be baptized?
44:008:037 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou
mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God.
44:008:038 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went
down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he
baptized him.
44:008:039 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the
Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and
he went on his way rejoicing.
44:008:040 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he
preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
44:009:001 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against
the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
44:009:002 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that
if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women,
he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
44:009:003 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there
shined round about him a light from heaven:
44:009:004 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
44:009:005 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks.
44:009:006 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into
the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
44:009:007 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing
a voice, but seeing no man.
44:009:008 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened,
he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him
into Damascus.
44:009:009 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor
drink.
44:009:010 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias;
and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said,
Behold, I am here, Lord.
44:009:011 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street
which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas
for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
44:009:012 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and
putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
44:009:013 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man,
how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
44:009:014 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all
that call on thy name.
44:009:015 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen
vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and
kings, and the children of Israel:
44:009:016 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my
name's sake.
44:009:017 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and
putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even
Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath
sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled
with the Holy Ghost.
44:009:018 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
baptized.
44:009:019 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was
Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
44:009:020 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he
is the Son of God.
44:009:021 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he
that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem,
and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them
bound unto the chief priests?
44:009:022 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the
Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very
Christ.
44:009:023 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel
to kill him:
44:009:024 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the
gates day and night to kill him.
44:009:025 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the
wall in a basket.
44:009:026 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join
himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and
believed not that he was a disciple.
44:009:027 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and
declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and
that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at
Damascus in the name of Jesus.
44:009:028 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
44:009:029 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay
him.
44:009:030 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to
Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
44:009:031 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee
and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the
Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
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