here, crying that he ought not ise made of God unto our fathto live any longer.

ers:

25 But when I found that he 7 Unto which promise our had committed nothing worthy twelve tribes, instantly serving of death, and that he himself God day and night, hope to hath appealed to Augustus, I come. For which hope's sake, have determined to send him. king Agrippa, I am accused of 26 Of whom I have no certain the Jews.

thing to write unto my lord. 8 Why should it be thought Wherefore I have brought him a thing incredible with you, that forth before you, and specially God should raise the dead! before thee, O king Agrippa, 9I verily thought with myself, that after examination had, I that I ought to do many things might have somewhat to contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

write.

27 For it seemeth to me un- 10 Which thing I also did in reasonable to send a prisoner, Jerusalem: and many of the and not withal to signify the saints did I shut up in prison, crimes laid against him. having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

CHAP. XXVI. 1 Paul, before Agrippa declareth, his life,

12 and his wonderful conversion, &c.

THEN Agrippa said unto

11 And I punished them oft Paul, Thou art permitted in every synagogue, and comto speak for thyself. Then Paul pelled them to blaspheme: and stretched forth the hand, and being exceedingly mad against answered for himself: them, I persecuted them even

2 I think myself happy, king unto strange cities. Agrippa, because I shall answer 12 Whereupon, as I went for myself this day before thee, to Damascus, with authority and touching all the things whereof commission from the chief I am accused of the Jews: priests, 3 Especially, because I know 13 Átmid-day, O king, I saw thee to be expert in all customs in the way a light from heaven, and questions which are among above the brightness of the sun, the Jews: wherefore I beseech shining round about me, and thee to hear me patiently. them which journeyed with me. 4 My manner of life from 14 And when we were all my youth, which was at the first fallen to the earth, I heard a among mine own nation at Je- voice speaking unto me, and rusalem, know all the Jews, saying in the Hebrew tongue,

5 Which knew me from the Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou beginning, (if they would testify,) me? It is hard for thee to kick that after the most straitest sect against the pricks. of our religion, I lived a Phari

see.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord! And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

6 And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the prom- 16 But rise, and stand upon

thy feet: for I have appeared 25 But he said, I am not mad, unto thee for this purpose, to most noble Festus; but speak make thee a minister and a wit- forth the words of truth and soness both of these things which berness.

thou hast seen, and of those 26 For the king knoweth of things in the which I will ap- these things, before whom also pear unto thee; I speak freely. For I am per

17 Delivering thee from the suaded that none of these things people, and from the Gentiles, are hidden from him; for this unto whom now I send thee, thing was not done in a corner.

18 To open their eyes, and 27 King Agrippa, believest to turn them from darkness to thou the prophets? I know that light, and from the power of thou believest.

Satan unto God, that they may 28 Then Agrippa said unto receive forgiveness of sins, and Paul, Almost thou persuadest inheritance among them which me to be a Christian. are sanctified by faith that is in 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but al19 Whereupon,O king Agrip- so all that hear me this day, pa, I was not disobedient unto were both almost, and altogeththe heavenly vision: er such as I am, except these

me.

20 But shewed first unto them bonds. of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, 30 And when he had thus and throughout all the coasts of spoken, the king rose up, and the Judea, and then to the Gentiles, governor, and Bernice, and they that they should repent and turn that sat with them: to God, and do works meet for 31 And when they were gone repentance. aside, they talked between them21 For these causes the Jews selves, saying, This man doeth caught me in the temple, and nothing worthy of death, or of went about to kill me. bonds.

22 Having therefore obtained 32 Then said Agrippa unto help of God, I continue unto Festus, This man might have this day, witnessing both to been set at liberty, if he had not small and great, saying none appealed unto Cesar.

other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

AND when it was determined

that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of

24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud Augustus' band. voice, Paul, thou art beside thy

2 And entering into a ship

self; much learning doth make of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of

thee mad.

Asia, one Aristarchus, a Mace-part thence also, if by any means donian of Thessalonica, being they might attain to Phenice, with us. and there to winter; which is a

3 And the next day we touch-haven of Crete, and lieth_toed at Sidon. And Julius cour-ward the south-west and northteously entreated Paul, and gave west. him liberty to go unto his friends 13 And when the south wind to refresh himself. blew softly, supposing that they 4 And when he had launch-had obtained their purpose, loosed from thence, we sailed under ing thence, they sailed close by Cyprus, because the winds were Crete.

contrary.

14 But not long after there 5 And when we had sailed arose against it a tempestuous over the sea of Cilicia and Pam- wind, called Euroclydon. phylia, we came to Myra, a city 15 And when the ship was of Lycia. caught, and could not bear up 6 And there the centurion into the wind, we let her drive. found a ship of Alexandria sail- 16 And running under a cering into Italy; and he put us tain island which is called Clautherein. da, we had much work to come

7 And when we had sailed by the boat: slowly many days, and scarce 17 Which when they had tawere come over against Cnidus, ken up, they used helps, underthe wind not suffering us, we girding the ship; and fearing lest sailed under Crete, over against they should fall into the quickSalmone: sands, strake sail, and so were

8 And hardly passing it, came driven. unto a place which is called, The 18 And we being exceedingly Fair Havens; nigh whereunto tossed with a tempest, the next was the city of Lasea, day they lightened the ship;

9 Now, when much time 19 And the third day we cast was spent, and when sailing was out with our own hands the now dangerous, because the fast tackling of the ship. was now already past, Paul ad- 20 And when neither sun nor monished them, stars in many days appeared, and 10 And said unto them, Sirs, no small tempest lay on us, all I perceive that this voyage will hope that we should be saved be with hurt and much damage, was then taken away. not only of the lading and ship, 21 But after long abstinence, but also of our lives. Paul stood forth in the midst of

11 Nevertheless, the centu- them, and said, Sirs, ye should rion believed the master and the have hearkened unto me,and not owner of the ship more than have loosed from Crete, and to those things which were spoken have gained this harm and loss. by Paul. 22 And now I exhort you to 12 And because the haven be of good cheer: for there shall was not commodious to winter be no loss of any man's life in, the more part advised to de-'among you, but of the ship.

23 For there stood by me this 34 Wherefore I pray you to night the angel of God, whose take some meat; for this is for I am, and whom I serve, 'your health for there shall not 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; a hair fall from the head of any thou must be brought before Ce- of you. sar: and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good thanks to God in presence of cheer: for I believe God, that it them all; and when he had shall be even as it was told broken it, he began to eat. 36 Then were they all of 26 Howbeit, we must be cast good cheer, and they also took upon a certain island.

me.

some meat.

27 But when the fourteenth 37 And we were in all in the night was come, as we were ship two hundred threescore and driven up and down in Adria, sixteen souls.

about midnight the shipmen 38 And when they had eaten deemed that they drew near to enough, they lightened the ship, some country; and cast out the wheat into the

28 And sounded, and found it sea. twenty fathoms: and when they 39 And when it was day, had gone a little further, they they knew not the land: but sounded again, and found it fif- they discovered a certain creek teen fathoms. with a shore, into the which 29 Then fearing lest they they were minded, if it were should have fallen upon rocks, possible, to thrust in the ship. they cast four anchors out of! 40 And when they had taken the stern, and wished for the up the anchors, they committed day. themselves unto the sea, and 30 And as the shipmen were loosed the rudder-bands, and about to flee out of the ship, when hoised up the mainsail to the they had let down the boat into wind, and made toward the sea, under colour as though shore. they would have cast anchors 41 And falling into a place out of the foreship, where two seas met, they ran 31 Paul said to the centurion the ship aground; and the fore and to the soldiers, Except these part struck fast, and remained abide in the ship, ye cannot be unmoveable, but the hinder part saved. was broken with the violence of 32 Then the soldiers cut off the waves. the ropes of the boat, and let her, fall off.

42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any 33 And while the day was of them should swim out, and coming on, Paul besought them escape.

all to take meat, saying, This 43 But the centurion, willing day is the fourteenth day that to save Paul, kept them from ye have tarried, and continued their purpose, and commanded fasting, having taken nothing. that they which could swim.

U

should cast themselves first into the father of Publius lay sick of the sea, and get to land: a fever, and of a bloody-flux: to 44 And the rest, some on whom Paul entered in, and boards, and some on broken prayed, and laid his hands on pieces of the ship. And so it him, and healed him.

came to pass, that they escaped. all safe to land.

CHAP. XXVIII.

1 Paul and company entertained by the barbarians: 8 he healeth many in the island,

&c.

9. So when this was done, others also which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

10 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when

AND when they were escap- we departed, they laded us with ed, then they knew that such things as were necessary. 11 And after three months

the island was called Melita.

2 And the barbarous people we departed in a ship of Alexshewed us no little kindness: for andria, which had wintered in they kindled a fire, and receiv- the isle, whose sign was Castor ed us every one, because of the and Pollux. present rain, and because of the cold.

12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. 3 And when Paul had gather- 13 And from thence we ed a bundle of sticks, and laid fetched a compass, and came them on the fire, there came a to Rhegium: and after one day viper out of the heat, and fast-the south wind blew, and we ened on his hand. came the next day to Puteoli:

4 And when the barbarians 14 Where we found brethren, saw the venomous beast hang on and were desired to tarry with his hand, they said among them seven days and so we themselves, No doubt this man went toward Rome. is a murderer, whom, though he 15 And from thence, when hath escaped the sea, yet ven- the brethren heard of us, they geance suffereth not to live. came to meet us as far as Appii5 And he shook off the beast Forum, and The Three Tavinto the fire, and felt no harm. erns; whom when Paul saw, 6 Howbeit, they looked when he thanked God, and took courhe should have swollen, or fall-age. en down dead suddenly: but 16 And when we came to after they had looked a great Rome, the centurion delivered while, and saw no harm come the prisoners to the captain of to him, they changed their the guard: but Paul was sufferminds, and said that he was a ed to dwell by himself, with a god. soldier that kept him.

7 In the same quarters were 17 And it came to pass, that possessions of the chief man of after three days, Paul called the the island, whose name was chief of the Jews together. And Publius; who received us, and when they were come together, lodged us three days courteously he said unto them, Men and 8 And it came to pass, that brethren, though I have com-'