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Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was
necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but
seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life,
lo, we turn to the Gentiles. |
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to
speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider
yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. |
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Which when
the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of,
they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, |
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this,
they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: |
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When
therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and
disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them,
should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. |
This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and
debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other
believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this
question. |
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And
this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the
spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he
came out the same hour. |
She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so
annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus
Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.
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And at
midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto
God: and the prisoners heard them. |
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing
hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. |
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But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself
no harm: for we are all here. |
But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!” |
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Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was
stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Paul was greatly distressed, sad. |
While Paul was waiting for them in
Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. |
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Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid,
but speak, and hold not thy peace: |
One night the Lord spoke to Paul
in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. |
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And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake
with tongues, and prophesied. |
When Paul placed his hands on
them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
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And God wrought special
miracles by the hands of Paul: |
God did extraordinary miracles
through Paul, |
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And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the
disciples suffered him not. |
Paul wanted to appear before the
crowd, but the disciples would not let him.
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And after the uproar was
ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. |
When the uproar had ended, Paul
sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out
for Macedonia. |
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And finding disciples, we
tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go
up to Jerusalem. |
We sought out the disciples there
and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go
on to Jerusalem. |
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Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to
break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. |
Then Paul answered, “Why are you
weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to
die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” |
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And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said,
Men and brethren, I have lived in
all good conscience before God until this day. |
Paul looked straight at the
Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good
conscience to this day.” |
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But when Paul perceived that the one part were
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son
of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in
question. |
Then Paul, knowing that some of them
were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My
brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because
of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.” |
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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. |
The following night the Lord stood
near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in
Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” |
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Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a
Christian. |
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you
think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?” |
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And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou,
but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as
I am, except these bonds. |
Paul replied, “Short time or
long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today
may become what I am, except for these chains.” |
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And
when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy
Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, Paul had spoken. |
They disagreed among themselves and
began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit
spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
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